期刊
CELL METABOLISM
卷 16, 期 4, 页码 462-472出版社
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2012.08.011
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资金
- NIH
- Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
- NIH [HL084207, HL048058, HL061446, HL062984, HL038901, NS024621, HL098276]
- American Heart Association [11POST5720021, 10PRE3740029]
- Roy J. Carver Trust
Dominant-negative (DN) mutations in the nuclear hormone receptor peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPAR gamma) cause hypertension by an unknown mechanism. Hypertension and vascular dysfunction are recapitulated by expression of DN PPAR gamma specifically in vascular smooth muscle of transgenic mice. DN PPAR gamma increases RhoA and Rho-kinase activity, and inhibition of Rho-kinase restores normal reactivity and reduces arterial pressure. RhoBTB1, a component of the Cullin-3 RING E3 ubiquitin ligase complex, is a PPAR gamma target gene. Decreased RhoBTB1, Cullin-3, and neddylated Cullin-3 correlated with increased levels of the Cullin-3 substrate RhoA. Knockdown of Cullin-3 or inhibition of cullin-RING ligase activity in aortic smooth muscle cells increased RhoA. Cullin-RING ligase inhibition enhanced agonist-mediated contraction in aortic rings from normal mice by a Rho-kinase-dependent mechanism, and it increased arterial pressure in vivo. We conclude that Cullin-3 regulates vascular function and arterial pressure, thus providing a mechanistic link between mutations in Cullin-3 and hypertension in humans.
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