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Prolonged hypoxia augments L-citrulline transport by system A in the newborn piglet pulmonary circulation.

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AIMS:Pulmonary arterial endothelial cells (PAECs) express the enzymes needed for generation of l-arginine from intracellular l-citrulline but do not express the enzymes needed for de novo l-citrulline synthesis. Hence, l-citrulline levels in PAECs are dependent on l-citrulline transport. Once generated, l-arginine can be converted to l-citrulline and nitric oxide (NO) by the enzyme NO synthase. We sought to determine whether hypoxia, a condition aetiologically linked to pulmonary hypertension, alters the transport of l-citrulline and the expression of the sodium-coupled neutral amino acid transporters (SNATs) in PAECs from newborn piglets. METHODS AND RESULTS:PAECs isolated from newborn piglets were cultured under normoxic and hypoxic conditions and used to measure SNAT1, 2, 3, and 5 protein expression and (14)C-l-citrulline uptake. SNAT1 protein expression was increased, while SNAT2, SNAT3, and SNAT5 expression was unaltered in hypoxic PAECs. (14)C-l-citrulline uptake was increased in hypoxic PAECs. Studies with inhibitors of System A (SNAT1/2) and System N (SNAT3/5) revealed that the increased (14)C-l-citrulline uptake was largely due to System A-mediated transport. Additional studies were performed to evaluate SNAT protein expression and l-citrulline levels in lungs of piglets with chronic hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension and comparable age controls. Lungs from piglets raised in chronic hypoxia exhibited greater SNAT1 expression and higher l-citrulline levels than lungs from controls. CONCLUSION:Increased SNAT1 expression and the concomitant enhanced ability to transport l-citrulline in PAECs could represent an important regulatory mechanism to counteract NO signalling impairments known to occur during the development of chronic hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension in newborns.

journal_name

Cardiovasc Res

journal_title

Cardiovascular research

authors

Fike CD,Sidoryk-Wegrzynowicz M,Aschner M,Summar M,Prince LS,Cunningham G,Kaplowitz M,Zhang Y,Aschner JL

doi

10.1093/cvr/cvs186

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2012-08-01 00:00:00

pages

375-84

issue

eissn

0008-6363

issn

1755-3245

pii

cvs186

journal_volume

pub_type

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Prolonged hypoxia augments L-citrulline transport by system A in the newborn piglet pulmonary circulation.