TY - JOUR
T1 - Binding of urokinase to low density lipoprotein-related receptor (LRP) regulates vascular smooth muscle cell contraction
AU - Nassar, Taher
AU - Haj-Yehia, Abdullah
AU - Akkawi, SA'Ed
AU - Kuo, Alice
AU - Bdeir, Khalil
AU - Mazar, Andrew
AU - Cines, Douglas B.
AU - Higazi, Abd Al Roof
PY - 2002/10/25
Y1 - 2002/10/25
N2 - Urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA) is a multifunctional protein that has been implicated in several physiological and pathological processes involving cell adhesion and migration in addition to fibrinolysis. In a previous study we found that two-chain urokinase plasminogen activator (tcuPA) stimulates phenylephrine-induced vasoconstriction of isolated rat aortic rings. In the present paper we report that uPA-/- mice have a significantly lower mean arterial blood pressure than do wild type mice and that aortic rings from uPA-/- mice show an attenuated contractile response to phenylephrine. In contrast, the blood pressure of urokinase receptor knockout (uPAR-/-) mice and the response of their isolated aortic rings to phenylephrine were normal, indicating that the effect of uPA on vascular contraction is independent of uPAR. Addition of mouse and human uPA almost completely reversed both the impaired vascular contractility and the lower arterial blood pressure in vivo. The in vitro and in vivo effects of infused uPA on aortic contractility and the restoration of normal blood pressure in uPA-/- mice were prevented by antibody to low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein/α2-macroglobulin receptor (LRP). A modified form of uPA that lacks the kringle failed to restore the blood pressure in uPA-/- mice, notwithstanding having a longer half-life in the circulation. Ligands that regulate the interaction of uPA with LRP, such as PAI-1 or the PAI-1-derived peptide (EEIIMD), abolished the vasoactivity of tcuPA in vitro and in vivo. These studies identify a novel signal transducing cellular receptor pathway involved in the regulation of vascular contractility.
AB - Urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA) is a multifunctional protein that has been implicated in several physiological and pathological processes involving cell adhesion and migration in addition to fibrinolysis. In a previous study we found that two-chain urokinase plasminogen activator (tcuPA) stimulates phenylephrine-induced vasoconstriction of isolated rat aortic rings. In the present paper we report that uPA-/- mice have a significantly lower mean arterial blood pressure than do wild type mice and that aortic rings from uPA-/- mice show an attenuated contractile response to phenylephrine. In contrast, the blood pressure of urokinase receptor knockout (uPAR-/-) mice and the response of their isolated aortic rings to phenylephrine were normal, indicating that the effect of uPA on vascular contraction is independent of uPAR. Addition of mouse and human uPA almost completely reversed both the impaired vascular contractility and the lower arterial blood pressure in vivo. The in vitro and in vivo effects of infused uPA on aortic contractility and the restoration of normal blood pressure in uPA-/- mice were prevented by antibody to low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein/α2-macroglobulin receptor (LRP). A modified form of uPA that lacks the kringle failed to restore the blood pressure in uPA-/- mice, notwithstanding having a longer half-life in the circulation. Ligands that regulate the interaction of uPA with LRP, such as PAI-1 or the PAI-1-derived peptide (EEIIMD), abolished the vasoactivity of tcuPA in vitro and in vivo. These studies identify a novel signal transducing cellular receptor pathway involved in the regulation of vascular contractility.
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U2 - 10.1074/jbc.M207172200
DO - 10.1074/jbc.M207172200
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C2 - 12171938
AN - SCOPUS:0037174845
SN - 0021-9258
VL - 277
SP - 40499
EP - 40504
JO - Journal of Biological Chemistry
JF - Journal of Biological Chemistry
IS - 43
ER -