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RGS5 promotes arterial growth during arteriogenesis.


ABSTRACT: Arteriogenesis-the growth of collateral arterioles-partially compensates for the progressive occlusion of large conductance arteries as it may occur as a consequence of coronary, cerebral or peripheral artery disease. Despite being clinically highly relevant, mechanisms driving this process remain elusive. In this context, our study revealed that abundance of regulator of G-protein signalling 5 (RGS5) is increased in vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) of remodelling collateral arterioles. RGS5 terminates G-protein-coupled signalling cascades which control contractile responses of SMCs. Consequently, overexpression of RGS5 blunted G?q/11-mediated mobilization of intracellular calcium, thereby facilitating G?12/13-mediated RhoA signalling which is crucial for arteriogenesis. Knockdown of RGS5 evoked opposite effects and thus strongly impaired collateral growth as evidenced by a blockade of RhoA activation, SMC proliferation and the inability of these cells to acquire an activated phenotype in RGS5-deficient mice after the onset of arteriogenesis. Collectively, these findings establish RGS5 as a novel determinant of arteriogenesis which shifts G-protein signalling from G?q/11-mediated calcium-dependent contraction towards G?12/13-mediated Rho kinase-dependent SMC activation.

SUBMITTER: Arnold C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4154134 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Arteriogenesis-the growth of collateral arterioles-partially compensates for the progressive occlusion of large conductance arteries as it may occur as a consequence of coronary, cerebral or peripheral artery disease. Despite being clinically highly relevant, mechanisms driving this process remain elusive. In this context, our study revealed that abundance of regulator of G-protein signalling 5 (RGS5) is increased in vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) of remodelling collateral arterioles. RGS5  ...[more]

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