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Revised on June 11, 2002

Angiotensin II Triggers EGFR Tyrosine Kinase-Dependent Ca²⁺ Influx in Afferent Arterioles

Qi Che and Pamela K. Carmines^*

From the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Nebraska College of Medicine, Omaha, Neb.

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: pcarmines{at}unmc.edu.

Abstract—We previously reported that inhibition of epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase activity attenuates renal arteriolar contractile responses to angiotensin II. We performed the present experiments to determine if epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase activity contributes to the afferent arteriolar intracellular [Ca²⁺] response to angiotensin II. Afferent arterioles were dissected from rat kidney and intracellular [Ca²⁺] was monitored with the use of fura-2. In normal Ringer's bath containing 1.5 mmol/L Ca²⁺, basal intracellular [Ca²⁺] averaged 95±7 nmol/L and 100 nmol/L angiotensin II caused a rapid rise (peak =75±10 nmol/L) that waned to a plateau averaging 24±5 nmol/L above baseline. Pretreatment with 100 nmol/L AG1478 (epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor) reduced both the peak and the plateau stages of the angiotensin II response (peak =42±7 nmol/L; plateau =8±4 nmol/L). A structurally unrelated epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor also suppressed the peak response to angiotensin II, whereas tyrosine phosphatase inhibition enhanced the plateau phase of the response. In the presence of 100 nmol/L extracellular Ca²⁺, the angiotensin II response was characterized by a peak of diminished magnitude (=49±10 nmol/L; P<0.05 versus the response in normal Ringer's bath) with no plateau, and this response was unaffected by AG1478. Moreover, angiotensin II stimulation of divalent cation influx (Mn²⁺ quench of fura-2 fluorescence) was decreased significantly by AG1478. We conclude that epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase activity contributes to the afferent arteriolar intracellular [Ca²⁺] response to angiotensin II and that this process involves promotion of Ca²⁺ influx.

Key words: angiotensin • calcium • epidermal growth factor • renal circulation • protein kinases • muscle, smooth vascular

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