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The Role of Reactive Oxygen and Nitrogen Species in the Expression and Splicing of Nitric Oxide Receptor
Effects of acute ingestion of ethanol on hemodynamics and hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction in dogs—Role of leukotrienes
Oxidant and Redox Signaling in Vascular Oxygen Sensing: Implications for Systemic and Pulmonary Hypertension
It has been well known for >100 years that systemic blood vessels dilate in response to decreases in oxygen tension (hypoxia; low Po2), and this response appears to be critical to supply blood to the stressed organ. Conversely, pulmonary vessels constrict to a decrease in alveolar Po2 to maintain a balance in the ventilation-to-perfusion ratio. Currently, although little question exists that the Po2 affects vascular reactivity and vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) act as oxygen sensors, the molecular mechanisms involved in modulating the vascular reactivity are still not clearly understood. Many laboratories, including ours, have suggested that the intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca2+ ]i), which regulates vasomotor function, is controlled by free radicals and redox signaling, including NAD(P)H and glutathione (GSH) redox. In this review article, therefore, we discuss the implications of redox and oxidant alterations seen in pulmonary and systemic hypertension, and how key targets that control [Ca2+ ]i, such as ion channels, Ca2+ release from internal stores and uptake by the sarcoplasmic reticulum, and the Ca2+ sensitivity to the myofilaments, are regulated by changes in intracellular redox and oxidants associated with vascular Po2 sensing in physiologic or pathophysiologic conditions. Antioxid. Redox Signal. 10, 1137–1152