Epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) are also known as epoxyeicosanoids that have renal and cardiovascular actions. These renal and cardiovascular actions can be regulated by soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) that degrades and inactivates EETs. Extensive animal hypertension studies have determined that vascular, epithelial transport, and anti-inflammatory actions of EETs lower blood pressure and decrease renal and cardiovascular disease progression. Human studies have also supported the notion that increasing EET levels in hypertension could be beneficial. Pharmacological and genetic approaches to increase epoxyeicosanoids in several animal models and humans have found improved endothelial vascular function, increased sodium excretion, and decreased inflammation to oppose hypertension and associated renal and cardiovascular complications. These compelling outcomes support the concept that increasing epoxyeicosanoids via sEH inhibitors or EET analogs could be a valuable hypertension treatment.
Hypotonic solution alters ion channel activity, but little attention has been paid to voltage-dependent sodium channels. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of hypotonic solution on transient sodium currents (INaT) and persistent sodium currents (INaP). We also explored whether the intracellular signal transduction systems participated in the hypotonic modifications of sodium currents. INaT and INaP were recorded by means of whole-cell patch-clamp technique in isolated rat ventricular myocytes. Our results revealed that hypotonic solution reduced INaT and simultaneously augmented INaP with the occurrence of interconversion between INaT and INaP. Hypotonic solution shifted steady-state inactivation to a more negative potential, prolonged the time of recovery from inactivation, and enhanced intermediate inactivation (IIM). Ruthenium red (RR, inhibitor of TRPV4), bisindolylmaleimide VI (BIM, inhibitor of PKC), Kn-93 (inhibitor of Ca/CaMKII) and BAPTA (Ca2+-chelator) inhibited the effects of hypotonic solution on INaT and INaP. Therefore we conclude that hypotonic solution inhibits INaT, enhances INaP and IIM with the effects being reversible. TRPV4 and intracellular Ca2+, PKC and Ca/CaMKII participate in the hypotonic modifications of sodium currents., L. Hu ... [et al.]., and Obsahuje seznam literatury