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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-3-23
pubmed:abstractText
The CXC chemokine receptor 3 (CXCR3) has been linked to autoimmune and inflammatory disease, allograft rejection, and ischemic nephropathy. CXCR3 is expressed on endothelial and smooth muscle cells. Although a recent study posited that antagonizing of CXCR3 function may reduce atherosclerosis, the role of CXCR3 in controlling physiological vascular functions remains unclear. This study demonstrates that disruption of CXCR3 leads to elevated mean arterial pressures in anesthetized and conscious mice, respectively. Stimulation of isolated resistance vessels with various vasoconstrictors showed increased contractibility in CXCR3-/- mice in response to angiotensin II (ANG II) and a decreased vasodilatation in response to acetylcholine (ACh). The increased contractibility was related to higher ANG II type 1 receptor (AT1R) expression, whereas the decreased vasodilatation was related to lower M3-ACh receptor expression in the mesenteric arteries of CXCR3-/- mice compared with wild-type mice. The vasodilatatory response to ACh could be antagonized by the nonselective ACh receptor antagonist atropine and the selective M3 receptor antagonist 4-DAMP, but not by M1, M2, and M4 receptor antagonists. Additionally, EMSA studies revealed that transcription factors SP-1 and EGR-1 interact as a complex with the murine AT1R promoter region. Furthermore, we could show increased expression of SP-1 in CXCR3-/- mice indicating an imbalanced SP-1 and EGR-1 complex formation which causes increased AT1R expression and hypertension. The data indicate that CXCR3 receptor is important in vascular contractility and hypertension, possibly through upregulated AT1R expression.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Angiotensin II, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cxcr3 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Early Growth Response Protein 1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Egr1 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Muscarinic Antagonists, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptor, Muscarinic M3, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, CXCR3, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Sodium Chloride, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Sp1 Transcription Factor, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Vasoconstrictor Agents, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Vasodilator Agents
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1931-857X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
296
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
F780-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-4-28
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19129260-Angiotensin II, pubmed-meshheading:19129260-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19129260-Blood Pressure, pubmed-meshheading:19129260-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:19129260-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:19129260-Early Growth Response Protein 1, pubmed-meshheading:19129260-Hypertension, pubmed-meshheading:19129260-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:19129260-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:19129260-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:19129260-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:19129260-Muscarinic Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:19129260-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:19129260-Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 1, pubmed-meshheading:19129260-Receptor, Muscarinic M3, pubmed-meshheading:19129260-Receptors, CXCR3, pubmed-meshheading:19129260-Sodium Chloride, pubmed-meshheading:19129260-Sp1 Transcription Factor, pubmed-meshheading:19129260-Vasoconstriction, pubmed-meshheading:19129260-Vasoconstrictor Agents, pubmed-meshheading:19129260-Vasodilation, pubmed-meshheading:19129260-Vasodilator Agents
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Hypertension in mice lacking the CXCR3 chemokine receptor.
pubmed:affiliation
Dept. of Internal Medicine, Albert-Schweitzer-Str. 33, D-48149 Münster, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't