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Submitted on February 19, 2003
Revised on April 2, 2003
Accepted on April 4, 2003

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Steffen-Sebastian Bolz MD*, Lukas Vogel , Daniel Sollinger , Roland Derwand MD, Christa Boer PhD, Stuart M. Pitson PhD, Sarah Spiegel PhD, and Ulrich Pohl MD, PhD

From the Institute of Physiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany (S.-S.B., L.V., D.S., R.D., U.P.); the Institute for Cardiovascular Research, Vrije Universiteit Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (C.B.); the Hanson Institute, Human Immunology, Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide, Australia (S.M.P.); and the Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond (S.S.).

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: bolz{at}lrz.uni-muenchen.de.

Background--RhoA and Rho kinase are important modulators of microvascular tone.

Methods and Results--We tested whether sphingosine kinase (Sphk1) that generates the endogenous sphingolipid mediator sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) is part of a signaling cascade to activate the RhoA/Rho kinase pathway. Using a new transfection model, we report that resting tone and myogenic responses of isolated resistance arteries increased with forced expression of Sphk1 in smooth muscle cells of these arteries. Overexpression of a dominant negative Sphk1 mutant or coexpression of dominant negative mutants of RhoA or Rho kinase together with Sphk1 completely inhibited development of tone and myogenic responses.

Conclusions--The tone-increasing effects of a Sphk1 overexpression suggest that Sphk1 may play an important role in the control of peripheral resistance.


Key words: microcirculation • muscle, smooth • arteries • genetics • vasoconstriction




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