Ca2+ -regulated lysosome fusion mediates angiotensin II-induced lipid raft clustering in mesenteric endothelial cells

Hypertens Res. 2016 Apr;39(4):227-36. doi: 10.1038/hr.2015.144. Epub 2016 Jan 14.

Abstract

It has been reported that intracellular Ca2+ is involved in lysosome fusion and membrane repair in skeletal cells. Given that angiotensin II (Ang II) elicits an increase in intracellular Ca2+ and that lysosome fusion is a crucial mediator of lipid raft (LR) clustering, we hypothesized that Ang II induces lysosome fusion and activates LR formation in rat mesenteric endothelial cells (MECs). We found that Ang II acutely increased intracellular Ca2+ content, an effect that was inhibited by the extracellular Ca2+ chelator ethylene glycol tetraacetic acid (EGTA) and the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3)-induced Ca2+ release inhibitor 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate (2-APB). Further study showed that EGTA almost completely blocked Ang II-induced lysosome fusion, the translocation of acid sphingomyelinase (ASMase) to LR clusters, ASMase activation and NADPH (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate) oxidase activation. In contrast, 2-APB had a slight inhibitory effect. Functionally, both the lysosome inhibitor bafilomycin A1 and the ASMase inhibitor amitriptyline reversed Ang II-induced impairment of vasodilation. We conclude that Ca2+ -regulated lysosome fusion mediates the Ang II-induced regulation of the LR-redox signaling pathway and mesenteric endothelial dysfunction.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Angiotensin II / pharmacology*
  • Animals
  • Boron Compounds / pharmacology
  • Calcium / metabolism*
  • Calcium Chelating Agents / pharmacology
  • Egtazic Acid / pharmacology
  • Endothelial Cells / cytology
  • Endothelial Cells / drug effects
  • Endothelial Cells / metabolism*
  • Lysosomes / metabolism*
  • Membrane Microdomains / drug effects
  • Membrane Microdomains / metabolism*
  • Mesenteric Arteries / cytology
  • Mesenteric Arteries / drug effects
  • Mesenteric Arteries / metabolism*
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Signal Transduction / drug effects

Substances

  • Boron Compounds
  • Calcium Chelating Agents
  • Angiotensin II
  • Egtazic Acid
  • 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate
  • Calcium