TY - JOUR
T1 - Diphenyleneiodonium inhibits both potassium and calcium currents in isolated pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells
AU - Weir, E. K.
AU - Wyatt, C. N.
AU - Reeve, H. L.
AU - Huang, J.
AU - Archer, S. L.
AU - Peers, C.
PY - 1994
Y1 - 1994
N2 - Diphenyleneiodonium (DPI) blocks hypoxic vasoconstriction in the pulmonary vasculature. Because one of the actions of DPI is the inhibition of NADPH oxidase, this has led to the suggestion that NADPH oxidase acts as an oxygen tension sensor in pulmonary smooth muscle cells. We investigated the effects of DPI on potassium and calcium currents in freshly isolated pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells by using whole cell patch-clamp recordings, since these ionic currents are known to be involved in hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction. DPI (3 and 10 μM) reversibly inhibited potassium currents, and in its presence, residual currents appeared markedly more transient than under control conditions. The actions of DPI could not be reversed by 4.4 mM hydrogen peroxide, the product of NADPH oxidase. Calcium channel currents were also reversibly inhibited by 3 μM DPI. Thus DPI is a nonselective blocker of ionic channels in pulmonary smooth muscle cells, and its mechanism of action does not appear to involve inhibition of hydrogen peroxide formation. The ability of DPI to block calcium currents can explain its inhibition of hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction.
AB - Diphenyleneiodonium (DPI) blocks hypoxic vasoconstriction in the pulmonary vasculature. Because one of the actions of DPI is the inhibition of NADPH oxidase, this has led to the suggestion that NADPH oxidase acts as an oxygen tension sensor in pulmonary smooth muscle cells. We investigated the effects of DPI on potassium and calcium currents in freshly isolated pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells by using whole cell patch-clamp recordings, since these ionic currents are known to be involved in hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction. DPI (3 and 10 μM) reversibly inhibited potassium currents, and in its presence, residual currents appeared markedly more transient than under control conditions. The actions of DPI could not be reversed by 4.4 mM hydrogen peroxide, the product of NADPH oxidase. Calcium channel currents were also reversibly inhibited by 3 μM DPI. Thus DPI is a nonselective blocker of ionic channels in pulmonary smooth muscle cells, and its mechanism of action does not appear to involve inhibition of hydrogen peroxide formation. The ability of DPI to block calcium currents can explain its inhibition of hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction.
KW - calcium channel blockers
KW - hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction
KW - oxygen tension sensor
KW - potassium channel blockers
KW - reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase
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U2 - 10.1152/jappl.1994.76.6.2611
DO - 10.1152/jappl.1994.76.6.2611
M3 - Article
C2 - 7928890
AN - SCOPUS:0028261209
SN - 8750-7587
VL - 76
SP - 2611
EP - 2615
JO - Journal of applied physiology
JF - Journal of applied physiology
IS - 6
ER -