Journal of Hypertension. 32(7):1415–1423, JULY 2014

DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000000206

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Issn Print: 0263-6352

Publication Date: July 2014


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Impaired nitric oxide production and increased blood pressure in systemic heterozygous ATP2B1 null mice

Akira Fujiwara;Nobuhito Hirawa;Megumi Fujita;Yusuke Kobayashi;Yuki Okuyama;Keisuke Yatsu;Mari Katsumata;Yuichiro Yamamoto;Naoaki Ichihara;Sanae Saka;Yoshiyuki Toya;Gen Yasuda;Yoshio Goshima;Yasuharu Tabara;Tetsuro Miki;Hirotsugu Ueshima;Yoshihiro Ishikawa;Satoshi Umemura;

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Abstract

Background:In the ‘Millennium Genome Project’, we identified ATP2B1 as a gene responsible for hypertension through single-nucleotide polymorphism analysis. The ATP2B1 gene encodes the plasma membrane calcium ATPase isoform 1, which contributes to the maintenance of intracellular calcium homeostasis by removing calcium ions.Method:Since ATP2B1 knockout mice are reported to be embryo-lethal, we generated systemic heterozygous ATP2B1 null (ATP2B1+/−) mice, and evaluated the implication of ATP2B1 in blood pressure.Results:ATP2B1+/− mice revealed significantly higher SBP as measured by a radiotelemetric method. Phenylephrine-induced vasoconstriction was significantly increased in vascular rings from ATP2B1+/− mice, and the difference in this contraction disappeared in the presence of a nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitor. Vasorelaxation to acetylcholine was significantly attenuated in vascular rings from ATP2B1+/− mice. In addition, cultured endothelial cells of ATP2B1+/− mice showed that the phosphorylation (Ser-1177) level of endothelial NOS protein was significantly lower, and nitric oxide production in endothelial cells and aorta was lower compared with those in control mice. In contrast, neural NOS expression in vascular smooth muscle cells from ATP2B1+/− mice and control mice were not significantly different.Conclusion:These results suggest that decreased ATP2B1 gene expression is associated with impaired endothelial NOS activity and nitric oxide production, and the ATP2B1 gene plays a crucial role in the regulation of blood pressure.

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