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(Hypertension. 2002;39:465.)
© 2002 American Heart Association, Inc.

Scientific Contributions

Vasopressin Increases Intracellular NO Concentration via Ca²⁺ Signaling in Inner Medullary Collecting Duct

Takefumi Mori; Jeffrey G. Dickhout; Allen W. Cowley, Jr

From the Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

Correspondence to Takefumi Mori, MD, PhD, Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Rd, Milwaukee, WI 53226. E-mail tmori{at}mcw.edu

The present study was designed to determine whether arginine vasopressin (AVP) stimulates NO production in the epithelial collecting duct cells of the inner medulla (IMCDs) and if this is mediated through Ca²⁺ signaling. Thin tissue layers containing IMCDs were dissected from Sprague-Dawley rats. Intracellular Ca²⁺ concentration ([Ca²⁺]_i) and NO production were measured in IMCDs by a fluorescence imaging system with the use of fura 2-AM and the cell-permeable form of the NO-sensitive dye 4,5-diaminofluorescein (DAF-2), respectively. AVP (100 nmol/L) produced a rapid peak increase in [Ca²⁺]_i of 320±70 nmol/L within a few seconds and a sustained increase of 120±62 nmol/L. The peak increase in [Ca²⁺]_i was followed by a significant increase of NO production (34±7 U). This was similar to that produced by 20 µmol/L of the NO donor DETA-NONOate (42±11 U). The NO scavenger carboxy-PTIO (100 µmol/L) or depletion of [Ca²⁺]_i by preincubation with 5 µmol/L of the Ca²⁺-ATPase inhibitor thapsigargin in Ca²⁺-free buffer abolished the NO response to AVP. We conclude that AVP mobilizes Ca²⁺ to produce NO in IMCDs.

Key Words: vasopressins • nitric oxide • calcium • kidney • signal transduction

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