Topics on the Na+/Ca2+ Exchanger: Role of Vascular NCX1 in Salt-Dependent Hypertension
Excess salt intake is a major risk factor for hypertension. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying salt-dependent hypertension remain obscure. Our recent studies using selective Na+/Ca2+ exchange inhibitors and genetically engineered mice provide compelling evidence that salt-dependent hyperte...
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2006-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | Excess salt intake is a major risk factor for hypertension. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying salt-dependent hypertension remain obscure. Our recent studies using selective Na+/Ca2+ exchange inhibitors and genetically engineered mice provide compelling evidence that salt-dependent hypertension is triggered by Ca2+ entry through Na+/Ca2+ exchanger type 1 (NCX1) in arterial smooth muscle. Endogenous cardiac glycosides, which may contribute to salt-dependent hypertension, seem to be necessary for NCX1-mediated hypertension. Intriguingly, recent studies by Dostanic-Larson et al. using knock-in mice with modified cardiac glycoside binding affinity of Na+,K+-ATPases demonstrate that this binding site plays an important physiological role in blood pressure control. Thus, when cardiac glycosides inhibit Na+,K+-ATPase in arterial smooth muscle cells, the elevation of local Na+ on the submembrane area is believed to facilitate Ca2+ entry through NCX1, resulting in vasoconstriction. This proposed pathway may have enabled us to explain how to link dietary salt to hypertension. Keywords:: salt-dependent hypertension, Na+/Ca2+ exchanger type 1 (NCX1), SEA0400, endogenous ouabain, Na+,K+-ATPase |
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| Item Description: | 1347-8613 10.1254/jphs.FMJ06002X6 |