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Cell-Specific Effects of Nitric Oxide Deficiency on Parathyroid Hormone-Related Peptide (PTHrP) Responsiveness and PTH1 Receptor Expression in Cardiovascular Cells

Physiologisches Institut (R.S., S.W., R.M.d.C.R., A.R., K.-D.S.), Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, D-35392 Giessen, Germany; and Institut für Physiologie II (R.M.), Universitätsklinikum Bonn, D-53111 Bonn, Germany

Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: Dr. Rolf Schreckenberg, Physiologisches Institut, Aulweg 129, D-35392 Giessen, Germany. E-mail: rolf.schreckenberg{at}ugcvr.de.

The missing influence of estrogen on endothelial nitric oxide (NO) synthase often forms the basis for a worsening of the cardiac risk profile for women in postmenopause. Various studies have shown that decreasing estrogen levels also directly effect the expression of PTHrP and TGFβ1. PTHrP is involved in the endothelium-dependent regulation of coronary resistance and cardiac function. The current study investigates to what extent chronic NO deficit affects the cardiac effects of PTHrP. NO deficit was achieved in female adult rats by feeding them the NO synthase inhibitor N-omega-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester over a period of 4 wk. Isolated hearts of the conditioned animals were investigated in Langendorff technique and perfused for 3 min with 100 nM PTHrP. The contraction behavior of isolated cardiomyocytes was registered in a cell-edge detection system. Hearts from untreated animals displayed a significant drop in left ventricular developed pressure and a pronounced increase in heart rate in consequence of short term PTHrP stimulation. In hearts from NO-deficient rats PTHrP no longer affected the inotropy and chronotropy. The vasodilating effect of PTHrP on coronary vessels was, however, independent of the NO level. These changes were accompanied by a differing expression of the PTH1 receptor. TGFβ1 was identified as an important mediator for the regulation of the PTH1 receptor in myocytic but not endothelial cells. These results indicate that chronic NO deficit down-regulates the PTH1 receptor in a TGFβ1-dependent way. These findings are important with respect to the relatively new therapy of postmenopausal osteoporosis with PTHrP analogs.

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