Transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 channel regulates vascular endothelial permeability during colonic inflammation in dextran sulphate sodium-induced murine colitis

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<div class="section"> <a class="named-anchor" id="bph14072-sec-0001">  </a> <h5 class="section-title" id="d662220e252">Background and Purpose</h5> <p id="d662220e254">The transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 (TRPV4) channel is a non‐selective cation channel involved in physical sensing in various tissue types. The present study aimed to elucidate the function and expression of TRPV4 channels in colonic vascular endothelial cells during dextran sulphate sodium (DSS)‐induced colitis. </p> </div><div class="section"> <a class="named-anchor" id="bph14072-sec-0002">  </a> <h5 class="section-title" id="d662220e257">Experimental Approach</h5> <p id="d662220e259">The role of TRPV4 channels in the progression of colonic inflammation was examined in a murine DSS‐induced colitis model using immunohistochemical analysis, Western blotting and Evans blue dye extrusion assay. </p> </div><div class="section"> <a class="named-anchor" id="bph14072-sec-0003">  </a> <h5 class="section-title" id="d662220e262">Key Results</h5> <p id="d662220e264">DSS‐induced colitis was significantly attenuated in TRPV4‐deficient (TRPV4 KO) as compared to wild‐type mice. Repeated intrarectal administration of GSK1016790A, a TRPV4 agonist, exacerbated the severity of DSS‐induced colitis. Bone marrow transfer experiments demonstrated the important role of TRPV4 in non‐haematopoietic cells for DSS‐induced colitis. DSS treatment up‐regulated TRPV4 expression in the vascular endothelia of colonic mucosa and submucosa. DSS treatment increased vascular permeability, which was abolished in TRPV4 KO mice. This DSS‐induced increase in vascular permeability was further enhanced by i.v. administration of GSK1016790A, and this effect was abolished by the TRPV4 antagonist RN1734. TRPV4 was co‐localized with vascular endothelial (VE)‐cadherin, and VE‐cadherin expression was decreased by repeated i.v. administration of GSK1016790A during colitis. Furthermore, GSK106790A decreased VE‐cadherin expression in mouse aortic endothelial cells exposed to TNF‐α. </p> </div><div class="section"> <a class="named-anchor" id="bph14072-sec-0004">  </a> <h5 class="section-title" id="d662220e267">Conclusion and Implications</h5> <p id="d662220e269">These findings indicate that an up‐regulation of TRPV4 channels in vascular endothelial cells contributes to the progression of colonic inflammation by increasing vascular permeability. Thus, TRPV4 is an attractive target for the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases. </p> </div>

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Impaired pressure sensation in mice lacking TRPV4.

Makoto Suzuki, Atsuko Mizuno, Kunihiko Kodaira … (2003)

The sensation of pressure, mechanosensation, in vertebrates remains poorly understood on the molecular level. The ion channel TRPV4 is in the TRP family and is a candidate for a mechanosensitive calcium-permeable channel. It is located in dorsal root ganglia. In the present study, we show that disrupting the Trpv4 gene in mice markedly reduced the sensitivity of the tail to pressure and acidic nociception. The threshold to noxious stimuli and the conduction velocity of myelinated nerve responding to stimuli were also impaired. Activation of unmyelinated nerve was undetected. However, the mouse still retained olfaction, taste sensation, and heat avoidance. The TRPV4 channel expressed in vitro in Chinese hamster ovary cells was opened by low pH, citrate, and inflation but not by heat or capsaicin. These data identify the TRPV4 channel as essential for the normal detection of pressure and as a receptor of the high-threshold mechanosensory complex.

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N-((1S)-1-{[4-((2S)-2-{[(2,4-dichlorophenyl)sulfonyl]amino}-3-hydroxypropanoyl)-1-piperazinyl]carbonyl}-3-methylbutyl)-1-benzothiophene-2-carboxamide (GSK1016790A), a novel and potent transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 channel agonist induces urinary bladder contraction and hyperactivity: Part I.

Kathryn Evans, Erin S R Lashinger, T C Westfall … (2008)

The transient receptor potential (TRP) vanilloid 4 (TRPV4) member of the TRP superfamily has recently been implicated in numerous physiological processes. In this study, we describe a small molecule TRPV4 channel activator, (N-((1S)-1-{[4-((2S)-2-{[(2,4-dichlorophenyl)sulfonyl]amino}-3-hydroxypropanoyl)-1-piperazinyl]carbonyl}-3-methylbutyl)-1-benzothiophene-2-carboxamide (GSK1016790A), which we have used as a valuable tool in investigating the role of TRPV4 in the urinary bladder. GSK1016790A elicited Ca2+ influx in mouse and human TRPV4-expressing human embryonic kidney (HEK) cells (EC50 values of 18 and 2.1 nM, respectively), and it evoked a dose-dependent activation of TRPV4 whole-cell currents at concentrations above 1 nM. In contrast, the TRPV4 activator 4alpha-phorbol 12,13-didecanoate (4alpha-PDD) was 300-fold less potent than GSK1016790A in activating TRPV4 currents. TRPV4 mRNA was detected in urinary bladder smooth muscle (UBSM) and urothelium of TRPV4+/+ mouse bladders. Western blotting and immunohistochemistry demonstrated protein expression in both the UBSM and urothelium that was absent in TRPV4-/- bladders. TRPV4 activation with GSK1016790A contracted TRPV4+/+ mouse bladders in vitro, both in the presence and absence of the urothelium, an effect that was undetected in TRPV4-/- bladders. Consistent with the effects on TRPV4 HEK whole-cell currents, 4alpha-PDD demonstrated a weak ability to contract bladder strips compared with GSK1016790A. In vivo, urodynamics in TRPV4+/+ and TRPV4-/- mice revealed an enhanced bladder capacity in the TRPV4-/- mice. Infusion of GSK1016790A into the bladders of TRPV4+/+ mice induced bladder overactivity with no effect in TRPV4-/- mice. Overall TRPV4 plays an important role in urinary bladder function that includes an ability to contract the bladder as a result of the expression of TRPV4 in the UBSM.

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TRPV4 channels augment macrophage activation and ventilator-induced lung injury.

J. Parker, Deng-Yuan Jian, Mary M Clapp … (2010)

We have previously implicated transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 (TRPV4) channels and alveolar macrophages in initiating the permeability increase in response to high peak inflation pressure (PIP) ventilation. Alveolar macrophages were harvested from TRPV4(-/-) and TRPV4(+/+) mice and instilled in the lungs of mice of the opposite genotype. Filtration coefficients (K(f)) measured in isolated perfused lungs after ventilation with successive 30-min periods of 9, 25, and 35 cmH(2)O PIP did not significantly increase in lungs from TRPV4(-/-) mice but increased >2.2-fold in TRPV4(+/+) lungs, TRPV4(+/+) lungs instilled with TRPV4(-/-) macrophages, and TRPV4(-/-) lungs instilled with TRPV4(+/+) macrophages after ventilation with 35 cmH(2)O PIP. Activation of TRPV4 with 4-alpha-phorbol didecanoate (4alphaPDD) significantly increased intracellular calcium, superoxide, and nitric oxide production in TRPV4(+/+) macrophages but not TRPV4(-/-) macrophages. Cross-sectional areas increased nearly 3-fold in TRPV4(+/+) macrophages compared with TRPV4(-/-) macrophages after 4alphaPDD. Immunohistochemistry staining of lung tissue for nitrotyrosine revealed increased amounts in high PIP ventilated TRPV4(+/+) lungs compared with low PIP ventilated TRPV4(+/+) or high PIP ventilated TRPV4(-/-) lungs. Thus TRPV4(+/+) macrophages restored susceptibility of TRPV4(-/-) lungs to mechanical injury. A TRPV4 agonist increased intracellular calcium and reactive oxygen and nitrogen species in harvested TRPV4(+/+) macrophages but not TRPV4(-/-) macrophages. K(f) increases correlated with tissue nitrotyrosine, a marker of peroxynitrite production.