Streptococcal Exotoxin Streptolysin O Causes Vascular Endothelial Dysfunction Through PKC
Animals
Aorta, Thoracic
/ drug effects
Bacterial Proteins
/ toxicity
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Endothelium, Vascular
/ drug effects
Male
Mesenteric Arteries
/ drug effects
Organ Culture Techniques
Protein Kinase C beta
/ metabolism
Rats
Rats, Inbred SHR
Rats, Inbred WKY
Rats, Wistar
Streptolysins
/ toxicity
Vasoconstriction
/ drug effects
Journal
The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics
ISSN: 1521-0103
Titre abrégé: J Pharmacol Exp Ther
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0376362
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
11 2021
11 2021
Historique:
received:
23
05
2021
accepted:
10
08
2021
pubmed:
15
8
2021
medline:
30
12
2021
entrez:
14
8
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Streptolysin O (SLO) is produced by common hemolytic streptococci that cause a wide range of diseases from pharyngitis to life-threatening necrotizing fasciitis and toxic shock syndrome. Although the importance of SLO in invasive hemolytic streptococcus infection has been well demonstrated, the role of circulating SLO in noninvasive infection remains unclear. The aim of this study was to characterize the pharmacological effect of SLO on vascular functions, focusing on cellular signaling pathways. In control Wistar rats, SLO treatment (1-1000 ng/ml) impaired acetylcholine-induced endothelial-dependent relaxation in the aorta and second-order mesenteric artery in a dose-dependent manner without any effects on sodium nitroprusside-induced endothelium-independent relaxation or agonist-induced contractions. SLO also increased phosphorylation of the endothelial NO synthase (eNOS) inhibitory site at Thr495 in the aorta. Pharmacological analysis indicated that either endothelial dysfunction or eNOS phosphorylation was mediated by protein kinase C
Identifiants
pubmed: 34389653
pii: jpet.121.000752
doi: 10.1124/jpet.121.000752
doi:
Substances chimiques
Bacterial Proteins
0
Streptolysins
0
streptolysin O
0
Protein Kinase C beta
EC 2.7.11.13
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
117-124Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2021 by The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.