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Session II : Receptor <strong>signaling</strong> <strong>and</strong> G proteins Poster II, 35<br />

Involvement of Kv1.5 channel endocytosis in serotonin-induced inhibition of voltagegated<br />

K+ currents <strong>and</strong> contraction in pulmonary arteries.<br />

Laura Moreno, Angel Cogolludo, Laura Cobeño, Federica Lodi, Giovanna Frazziano,<br />

Juan Tamargo, <strong>and</strong> Francisco Perez-Vizcaino.<br />

Department Pharmacology. School Medicine. Universidad Complutense de Madrid.<br />

28040 Madrid. SPAIN. E-mail: lmoreno@ift.csic.es<br />

Serotonin (5-HT) <strong>and</strong> voltage-gated K+ (Kv) channels play a central role in the pathogenesis<br />

of pulmonary hypertension (PH). We showed (abstract, this meeting) that 5-HT inhibits Kv<br />

channels in rat pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells (PASMC) establishing a link between<br />

these pathogenetic factors in PH. These effects were mediated by activation of 5-HT(2A)<br />

receptors via PLC, classic PKC <strong>and</strong> tyrosine kinase. Herein we analyzed whether 5-HT<br />

inhibited human Kv1.5 channels stably expressed in Ltk- <strong>and</strong> the possible role of Kv1.5<br />

endocytosis in native PASMC. 5-HT reduced Kv1.5 currents <strong>and</strong> this effect was prevented by<br />

the 5-HT(2A) receptor antagonist ketanserin <strong>and</strong> by the tyrosine kinase inhibitor tyrphostin<br />

23. However, we did not find changes in the Kv1.5 protein phosphorylation in tyrosine<br />

residues using an anti-phosphotyrosine antibody in Kv1.5 immunoprecipitates after treatment<br />

with 5-HT. Inhibition of caveolar disruption (#-cyclodextrin) or inhibition of endocytotic<br />

processes (concanavalin A), prevented the inhibitory effects of 5-HT on Kv currents in native<br />

PASMC. Concanavalin A also inhibited the vasoconstrictor effect of 5-HT in isolated rat<br />

pulmonary arteries. In homogenates from pulmonary arteries, 5-HT(2A) receptors <strong>and</strong><br />

caveolin-1 co-immunoprecipitated with Kv1.5 channels <strong>and</strong> this was increased upon<br />

stimulation with 5-HT. Moreover, confocal microscopy revealed that Kv1.5 channels were<br />

internalized when PASMC were stimulated with 5-HT. In conclusion, activation of 5-HT(2A)<br />

receptors inhibits rat native Kv currents as well as cloned human Kv1.5 currents. 5-HTinduced<br />

inhibition of Kv currents <strong>and</strong> the subsequent vasoconstriction of PA result from the<br />

interaction of 5-HT(2A) receptors with Kv1.5 channels within caveolar membrane<br />

microdomains <strong>and</strong> involve tyrosine phosphorylation <strong>and</strong> endocytotic processes.<br />

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