Entry
Name
Vascular smooth muscle contraction - Sinocyclocheilus grahami (golden-line barbel)
Description
The vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) is a highly specialized cell whose principal function is contraction. On contraction, VSMCs shorten, thereby decreasing the diameter of a blood vessel to regulate the blood flow and pressure.
The principal mechanisms that regulate the contractile state of VSMCs are changes in cytosolic Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]c). In response to vasoconstrictor stimuli, Ca2+ is mobilized from intracellular stores and/or the extracellular space to increase [Ca2+]c in VSMCs. The increase in [Ca2+]c, in turn, activates the Ca2+-CaM-MLCK pathway and stimulates MLC20 phosphorylation, leading to myosin-actin interactions and, hence, the development of contractile force. The sensitivity of contractile myofilaments or MLC20 phosphorylation to Ca2+ can be secondarily modulated by other signaling pathways. During receptor stimulation, the contractile force is greatly enhanced by the inhibition of myosin phosphatase. Rho/Rho kinase, PKC, and arachidonic acid have been proposed to play a pivotal role in this enhancement.
The signaling events that mediate relaxation include the removal of a contractile agonist (passive relaxation) and activation of cyclic nucleotide-dependent signaling pathways in the continued presence of a contractile agonist (active relaxation). Active relaxation occurs through the inhibition of both Ca2+ mobilization and myofilament Ca2+ sensitivity in VSMCs.
Class
Organismal Systems; Circulatory system
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sgh04270 Vascular smooth muscle contraction
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Organism
Sinocyclocheilus grahami (golden-line barbel) [GN:
sgh ]
Gene
107596000 guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(q) subunit alpha [KO:K04634 ]
107586405 guanine nucleotide-binding protein subunit alpha-11-like isoform X1 [KO:K04634 ]
107600584 guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(q) subunit alpha-like [KO:K04634 ]
107586443 guanine nucleotide-binding protein subunit alpha-11-like [KO:K04634 ]
107600186 guanine nucleotide-binding protein subunit alpha-11-like isoform X1 [KO:K04635 ]
107558284 guanine nucleotide-binding protein subunit alpha-11 isoform X1 [KO:K04635 ]
107589535 LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: calcium-activated potassium channel subunit alpha-1-like [KO:K04936 ]
107597763 calcium-activated potassium channel subunit alpha-1-like [KO:K04936 ]
107595209 calcium-activated potassium channel subunit alpha-1-like [KO:K04936 ]
107582501 calcium-activated potassium channel subunit alpha-1 isoform X1 [KO:K04936 ]
107579315 calcium-activated potassium channel subunit beta-2-like [KO:K04938 ]
107600278 calcium-activated potassium channel subunit beta-2-like isoform X1 [KO:K04938 ]
107568625 calcium-activated potassium channel subunit beta-2-like isoform X1 [KO:K04938 ]
107599858 calcium-activated potassium channel subunit beta-3-like [KO:K04939 ]
107590584 voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1C-like [KO:K04850 ]
107589041 voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1C-like [KO:K04850 ]
107581799 voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1D-like [KO:K04851 ]
107549565 voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1D-like isoform X1 [KO:K04851 ]
107594982 LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1D-like [KO:K04851 ]
107582429 voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1D-like [KO:K04851 ]
107548248 voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1F-like [KO:K04853 ]
107549945 voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1D-like [KO:K04853 ]
107550115 voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1F-like [KO:K04853 ]
107550462 dihydropyridine-sensitive L-type skeletal muscle calcium channel subunit alpha-1 [KO:K04857 ]
107572552 dihydropyridine-sensitive L-type skeletal muscle calcium channel subunit alpha-1-like [KO:K04857 ]
107591792 dihydropyridine-sensitive L-type skeletal muscle calcium channel subunit alpha-1-like [KO:K04857 ]
107552879 LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: 1-phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate phosphodiesterase beta-2-like [KO:K05858 ] [EC:3.1.4.11 ]
107557901 1-phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate phosphodiesterase beta-4-like isoform X1 [KO:K05858 ] [EC:3.1.4.11 ]
107583283 1-phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate phosphodiesterase beta-3-like isoform X1 [KO:K05858 ] [EC:3.1.4.11 ]
107564330 1-phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate phosphodiesterase beta-4-like isoform X1 [KO:K05858 ] [EC:3.1.4.11 ]
107549213 itpr3; inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor type 3 isoform X1 [KO:K04960 ]
107555587 LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor type 3-like [KO:K04960 ]
107597604 protein phosphatase 1 regulatory subunit 14A-like isoform X1 [KO:K12328 ]
107560300 ppp1r12a; protein phosphatase 1 regulatory subunit 12A [KO:K06270 ]
107586341 protein phosphatase 1 regulatory subunit 12C-like isoform X1 [KO:K17457 ]
107581709 gna12; guanine nucleotide-binding protein subunit alpha-12 [KO:K04346 ]
107590387 guanine nucleotide-binding protein subunit alpha-13-like [KO:K04639 ]
107554062 guanine nucleotide-binding protein subunit alpha-13-like [KO:K04639 ]
107584085 guanine nucleotide-binding protein subunit alpha-13-like [KO:K04639 ]
107600769 rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor 12-like isoform X1 [KO:K07532 ]
107586229 rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor 12-like isoform X1 [KO:K07532 ]
107601722 rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor 12-like isoform X1 [KO:K07532 ]
107595767 rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor 1-like isoform X1 [KO:K12330 ]
107593668 arhgef1; rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor 1 isoform X1 [KO:K12330 ]
107562777 rho-related GTP-binding protein RhoA-D-like isoform X1 [KO:K04513 ]
107555409 calcitonin gene-related peptide type 1 receptor-like isoform X1 [KO:K04577 ]
107573297 receptor activity-modifying protein 3-like isoform X1 [KO:K08449 ]
107572625 receptor activity-modifying protein 3-like isoform X1 [KO:K08449 ]
107596786 guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(s) subunit alpha [KO:K04632 ]
107554191 guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(s) subunit alpha-like [KO:K04632 ]
Compound
C01245 D-myo-Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate
Reference
Authors
Akata T
Title
Cellular and molecular mechanisms regulating vascular tone. Part 2: regulatory mechanisms modulating Ca2+ mobilization and/or myofilament Ca2+ sensitivity in vascular smooth muscle cells.
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Reference
Authors
Ogut O, Brozovich FV
Title
Regulation of force in vascular smooth muscle.
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Authors
Hilgers RH, Webb RC
Title
Molecular aspects of arterial smooth muscle contraction: focus on Rho.
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Authors
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Title
Signaling through NO and cGMP-dependent protein kinases.
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Authors
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Title
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Authors
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Title
Smooth muscle signalling pathways in health and disease.
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Authors
Fukata Y, Amano M, Kaibuchi K
Title
Rho-Rho-kinase pathway in smooth muscle contraction and cytoskeletal reorganization of non-muscle cells.
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Authors
Dimopoulos GJ, Semba S, Kitazawa K, Eto M, Kitazawa T
Title
Ca2+-dependent rapid Ca2+ sensitization of contraction in arterial smooth muscle.
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Authors
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Title
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Authors
Brain SD, Grant AD
Title
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Authors
Roman RJ
Title
P-450 metabolites of arachidonic acid in the control of cardiovascular function.
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Authors
Surks HK
Title
cGMP-dependent protein kinase I and smooth muscle relaxation: a tale of two isoforms.
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Authors
Vanhoutte PM
Title
Endothelium-dependent hyperpolarizations: the history.
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Davis MJ, Hill MA
Title
Signaling mechanisms underlying the vascular myogenic response.
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Authors
Fleming I.
Title
Cytochrome p450 and vascular homeostasis.
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Authors
Carvajal JA, Germain AM, Huidobro-Toro JP, Weiner CP
Title
Molecular mechanism of cGMP-mediated smooth muscle relaxation.
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Authors
Ko EA, Han J, Jung ID, Park WS
Title
Physiological roles of K+ channels in vascular smooth muscle cells.
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Authors
Woodard GE, Rosado JA
Title
Natriuretic peptides in vascular physiology and pathology.
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Authors
Berry C, Touyz R, Dominiczak AF, Webb RC, Johns DG
Title
Angiotensin receptors: signaling, vascular pathophysiology, and interactions with ceramide.
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Authors
Hirano K, Hirano M, Kanaide H
Title
Regulation of myosin phosphorylation and myofilament Ca2+ sensitivity in vascular smooth muscle.
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Authors
Freeman EJ, Ruehr ML, Dorman RV
Title
ANG II-induced translocation of cytosolic PLA2 to the nucleus in vascular smooth muscle cells.
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Reference
Authors
Murphy TV, Spurrell BE, Hill MA
Title
Cellular signalling in arteriolar myogenic constriction: involvement of tyrosine phosphorylation pathways.
Journal
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