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ArticlePloS one2019

Heteromerization fingerprints between bradykinin B2 and thromboxane TP receptors in native cells.

Oula K Dagher, Miran A Jaffa, Aïda Habib, Fuad N Ziyadeh, Ayad A Jaffa

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Article in PloS one, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Oula K DagherDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
Miran A JaffaDepartment of Epidemiology and Population Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
Aïda HabibDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.ORCID 0000-0001-6027-0043
Fuad N ZiyadehDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
Ayad A JaffaDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.ORCID 0000-0001-9204-2723
American University of Beirut · LBCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRMedical University of South Carolina · US

Funding

MECHANISMS OF VASCULAR DISEASE IN DIABETESR01HL077192 · NHLBI · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI JAFFA, AYAD A · 2006 to 2017
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NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL077192
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bradykinin (BK) and thromboxane-A2 (TX-A2) are two vasoactive mediators that modulate vascular tone and inflammation via binding to their cognate "class A" G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs), BK-B2 receptors (B2R) and TX-prostanoid receptors (TP), respectively. Both BK and TX-A2 lead to ERK1/2-mediated vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) proliferation and/or hypertrophy. While each of B2R and TP could form functional dimers with various GPCRs, the likelihood that B2R-TP heteromerization could contribute to their co-regulation has never been investigated. The main objective of this study was to investigate the mode of B2R and TP interaction in VSMC, and its possible impact on downstream signaling. Our findings revealed synergistically activated ERK1/2 following co-stimulation of rat VSMC with a subthreshold dose of BK and effective doses of the TP stable agonist, IBOP, possibly involving biased agonist signaling. Single detection of each of B2R and TP in VSMC, using in-situ proximity ligation assay (PLA), provided evidence of the constitutive expression of nuclear and extranuclear B2R and TP. Moreover, inspection of B2R-TP PLA signals in VSMC revealed agonist-modulated nuclear and extranuclear proximity between B2R and TP, whose quantification varied substantially following single versus dual agonist stimulations. B2R-TP interaction was further verified by the findings of co-immunoprecipitation (co-IP) analysis of VSMC lysates. To our knowledge, this is the first study that provides evidence supporting the existence of B2R-TP heteromerization fingerprints in primary cultured VSMC.

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Protein Interaction MapsAnimalsAortaCells, CulturedMaleMAP Kinase Signaling SystemMuscle, Smooth, VascularMyocytes, Smooth MuscleProtein MultimerizationRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyReceptor, Bradykinin B2Receptors, ThromboxaneReceptor, Bradykinin B2Receptors, Thromboxane

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PMID31086419
PMCPMC6516669
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