A role for the Ca2+-dependent tyrosine kinase Pyk2 in tonic depolarization-induced vascular smooth muscle contraction

Depolarization of the plasma membrane is a key mechanism of activation of contraction of vascular smooth muscle. This is commonly achieved in isolated, de-endothelialized vascular smooth muscle strips by increasing extracellular [K + ] (replacing Na + by K + ) and leads to a rapid phasic contraction...

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Published in:Journal of muscle research and cell motility 2015-12, Vol.36 (6), p.479-489
Main Authors: Mills, Ryan D., Mita, Mitsuo, Walsh, Michael P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal Anatomy
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Cell Biology
Histology
Life Sciences
Morphology
Proteomics
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Summary:Depolarization of the plasma membrane is a key mechanism of activation of contraction of vascular smooth muscle. This is commonly achieved in isolated, de-endothelialized vascular smooth muscle strips by increasing extracellular [K + ] (replacing Na + by K + ) and leads to a rapid phasic contraction followed by a sustained tonic contraction. The initial phasic contractile response is due to opening of voltage-gated Ca 2+ channels and entry of extracellular Ca 2+ , which binds to calmodulin, leading to activation of myosin light chain kinase, phosphorylation of the regulatory light chains of myosin II at Ser19 and cross-bridge cycling. The subsequent tonic contractile response involves, in addition to myosin light chain kinase activation, Ca 2+ -induced Ca 2+ sensitization whereby Ca 2+ entry activates the RhoA/Rho-associated kinase pathway leading to phosphorylation of MYPT1 (the myosin targeting subunit of myosin light chain phosphatase) and inhibition of the phosphatase. Investigations into the mechanism of activation of RhoA by Ca 2+ have implicated a genistein-sensitive tyrosine kinase, and recent evidence indicates this to be the Ca 2+ -dependent tyrosine kinase, Pyk2.
ISSN:0142-4319
1573-2657
DOI:10.1007/s10974-015-9416-2