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Yeast Luminometric and Xenopus Oocyte Electrophysiological Examinations of the Molecular Mechanosensitivity of TRPV4
Published on: December 31, 2013
Differential modulation of transendothelial electrical resistance by TRPV4 agonists is mediated by apoptosis and/or
N Pairet1,2, S Mang3,4, T Kiechle3
1Institute of General Physiology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
Abstract:
Transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 (TRPV4) has been implicated in many disease conditions also in the lung. Its activation leads to an increase endothelial permeability in an intracellular calcium-influx dependent manner. We investigated its function in vitro on primary human endothelial cells using two TRPV4 agonists, GSK1016790A and 4α-Phorbol 12,13-didecanoate (4α-PDD) and a selective TRPV4 blocker GSK2193874. Both TRPV4 agonists leaded to a reduction in transendothelial electrical resistance (TER) which was mediated however by differential cytotoxic effects. 4α-PDD induced apoptosis that could not be blocked by TRPV4 inhibition in HUVECs, whereas GSK1016790A selectively activated TRPV4 and reduced TER as a consequence of cellular necrosis. TRPV4 mediated cytotoxicity is poorly described and may provide significant context to the role of TRPV4 in barrier-function.
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