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Role of superoxide and angiotensin II suppression in salt-induced changes in endothelial Ca²⁺ signaling and NO production in rat aorta

Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Submitted 24 June 2005 ; accepted in final form 28 March 2006

Male Sprague-Dawley rats were maintained on a low-salt (LS) diet (0.4% NaCl) or changed to a high-salt (HS) diet (4% NaCl) for 3 days. Increases in intracellular Ca²⁺ ([Ca²⁺]_i) in response to methacholine (10 µM) and histamine (10 µM) were significantly attenuated in aortic endothelial cells from rats fed a HS diet, whereas thapsigargin (10 µM)-induced increases in [Ca²⁺]_i were unaffected. Methacholine-induced nitric oxide (NO) production was eliminated in endothelial cells of aortas from rats fed a HS diet. Low-dose ANG II infusion (5 ng·kg^–1·min^–1 iv) for 3 days prevented impaired [Ca²⁺]_i signaling response to methacholine and histamine and restored methacholine-induced NO production in aortas from rats on a HS diet. Adding Tempol (500 µM) to the tissue bath to scavenge superoxide anions increased NO release and caused N-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester-sensitive vascular relaxation in aortas from rats fed a HS diet but had no effect on methacholine-induced Ca²⁺ responses. Chronic treatment with Tempol (1 mM) in the drinking water restored NO release, augmented vessel relaxation, and increased methacholine-induced Ca²⁺ responses significantly in aortas from rats on a HS diet but not in aortas from rats on a LS diet. These findings suggest that 1) agonist-induced Ca²⁺ responses and NO levels are reduced in aortas of rats on a HS diet; 2) increased vascular superoxide levels contribute to NO destruction, and, eventually, to impaired Ca²⁺ signaling in the vascular endothelial cells; and 3) reduced circulating ANG II levels during elevated dietary salt lead to elevated superoxide levels, impaired endothelial Ca²⁺ signaling, and reduced NO production in the endothelium.

endothelium; sodium; dietary salt intake; vascular relaxation; nitric oxide

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