BioMed Research International
Volume 2017 (2017), Article ID 1720920, 13 pages
https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/1720920

Review Article

The Role of Adenosine A2A Receptor, CYP450s, and PPARs in the Regulation of Vascular Tone

Maan T. Khayat1,2 and Mohammed A. Nayeem¹

¹Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
²Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Correspondence should be addressed to Mohammed A. Nayeem; mnayeem@hsc.wvu.edu

Received 19 April 2017; Revised 22 June 2017; Accepted 12 July 2017; Published 13 August 2017

Academic Editor: Hugo Gutiérrez-De-Terán

Copyright © 2017 Maan T. Khayat and Mohammed A. Nayeem. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract.

Adenosine is an endogenous mediator involved in a myriad of physiologic functions, including vascular tone regulation. It is also implicated in some pathologic conditions. Four distinct receptor subtypes mediate the effects of adenosine, such as its role in the regulation of the vascular tone. Vascular tone regulation is a complex and continuous process which involves many mechanisms and mediators that are not fully disclosed. The vascular endothelium plays a pivotal role in regulating blood flow to and from all body organs. Also, the vascular endothelium is not merely a physical barrier; it is a complex tissue with numerous functions. Among adenosine receptors, receptor subtype (AR) stands out as the primary receptor responsible for the vasodilatory effects of adenosine. This review focuses on important effectors of the vascular endothelium, including adenosine, adenosine receptors, EETs (epoxyeicosatrienoic acids), HETEs (hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acids), PPARs (peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors), and channels. Given the impact of vascular tone regulation in cardiovascular physiology and pathophysiology, better understanding of the mechanisms affecting it could have a significant potential for developing therapeutic agents for cardiovascular diseases.

1. Introduction

The vascular system of the human is known to be the major pathway for nutrition exchange among cells as well as organs (i.e., it connects the heart with organs and other tissues) [1]. Likewise, the blood vessels are the tree branches: they originate from the heart through the aorta and conduit arteries to fine capillaries. Blood runs in vessels by proper pressure, and therefore any change or deregulation of blood pressure will result in serious diseases [2]. For example, if blood pressure is low as in hypotension, it could result in organ failure (e.g., acute renal failure) [3]. On the other hand, if blood pressure is high as in hypertension, which is one of the main risk factors for cardiovascular disease, it results in serious diseases such as stroke and chronic renal failure [4]. Currently, hypertension affects over 25% of the human adult population globally [5]. Therefore, it is very important to have optimum blood pressure. Over the past decade, research has been focusing on investigating vascular tone regulation.

Physiologically, vascular tone is the contractile tension of a blood vessel relative to its maximum dilation. Vascular tone regulation is one of the complicated mechanisms in the human body. It involves multiple physiological mechanisms and mediators such as the atrial natriuretic peptide, eicosanoids, adrenal steroids, sodium and water excretion, neurologic control, kallikrein-kinin, and renomedullary endothelial systems [6]. The vascular wall is composed of three layers: intima, media, and adventitia [7]. In the intima layer, the vascular endothelium lines all vessels. The best description of the endothelium could be the printed circuit board (PCB), which is composed of wires, capacitors, and resistors that deliver a particular order by the programmer (i.e., it contains all necessary information for specific functions). Likewise, the vascular endothelium contains all important proteins, enzymes, and ion channels that serve in vascular tone regulation. However, the signaling pathways and their involvement in vascular tone are still not fully clear. The aim of this review is to summarize the previous work of our lab for the past twelve years as well as touch on the related work from other laboratories in relation to vascular tone regulation. In particular, we will address the role of the endothelium, cytochrome P450s (CYPs), and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) in vascular tone regulation employing disease models, genetic manipulation, and pharmacologic intervention.

2. The Role of the Endothelium in Vascular Tone Regulation

For a long time, the endothelium was considered an inert cellophane-like membrane, which coated the entire vascular tree, and its primary function was thought to only regulate the blood vessel wall permeability [8] or to be a mechanical barrier [6]. With the advancement of technology and research, the endothelium is currently viewed as a dynamic, heterogeneous, widely spread tissue that has numerous functions involving secretion, synthesis, metabolism, and immunology [8]. In a human adult, the endothelium consists of between 1 and 6 × 10¹³ cells, weighs about 1 kg, and covers a surface area of 3 m². Also, the endothelium makes up the innermost layer, intima, of all vessels but has different structures and composition based on vessel type [9]. Considering the previous facts and figures, the endothelium is described by some as the largest organ [10, 11]. Since it is a disseminated tissue, it interacts with many systems and has an intricate role in “end organ disease of systems,” which include neurologic, renal, hepatic, cardiac, dermatologic, immunologic, and vascular systems [12].

The role of the endothelium in the vasculature is not only merely to serving as a barrier between the circulation and surrounding tissue; it has a critical function in vascular tone regulation by producing some chemical substances (mediators) that affect vascular hemodynamics. These mediators can be divided into two types: (1) vasodilators, such as endothelium-derived relaxing factors (EDRFs), nitric oxide (NO), prostacyclin (PGI₂) [8], and endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factors (EDHFs) [13–16], and (2) vasoconstrictors, which include endothelin-1, reactive oxygen species (ROS), platelet-activating factor (PAF) [8], and arachidonic acid (AA) cyclooxygenase-derived metabolites [17].

It is important to understand the functional complexity of the vascular endothelium; any chronic or acute disruption can cause endothelial dysfunction. This explains its involvement in many diseases such as cardiovascular disease, insulin resistance, obesity, and type 2 diabetes [18, 19]. A clear indicator of endothelial dysfunction is disabling the bioavailability of NO. Moreover, one or more of the following characteristics accompany endothelial dysfunction: reduction of endothelium-mediated vasorelaxation, enhanced cell layer permeability, increased production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), excessive oxidative stress, and overexpression of inflammatory genes [20–24].

The vascular endothelium plays a major role in mediating vascular tone. The cellular level, function, and pathogenesis of the vascular endothelium were explored deeply [8, 19, 25–28];  however, the exact signaling mechanism, enzymes, and substrates involved are not totally revealed. Therefore, we summarized the mechanisms and signaling pathways within the endothelium based on the work done at our lab and by others.

3. The Role of A2A Adenosine Receptor in Vascular Tone Regulation

Adenosine receptors are involved in many signaling pathways and downstream effects [14, 15, 29–35]. For instance, they modulate and maintain many mechanisms such as cell growth, apoptosis, cell proliferation, angiogenesis, and immune response in addition to their involvement in diseases like asthma, Parkinson’s disease, hypertension, and cancer [29, 36–38]. Moreover, adenosine receptors such as have significant effects in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease [39], schizophrenia [40], and Huntington’s disease [41]. However, A₁AR is implicated in pathological diseases such as Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease [42]. Therefore, it is worthy to discuss the insightful mechanisms of adenosine and its receptors specifically in vascular tone regulation. The scope of this part is to discuss AR and A₁AR in relation to CYPs, high salt, low salt, and soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) in vascular tone regulation. Both receptors belong to the G protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) family [43]. A₁AR and A₃AR bind to proteins family, whereas AR and AR bind with protein. The distribution of AR and A₁AR is not the same in the body [43, 44]. For instance, AR is highly distributed in the spleen, thymus, leukocytes, blood platelets, heart, lung, blood vessels, and brain [43]. Particularly in the brain, AR is highly expressed in the hippocampus [45], which is involved in Alzheimer’s disease [46]. In addition, AR is present in astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, microglia, and neurons [47, 48]. It is also reported that AR is present in dendritic spines and postsynaptic regions of the basal ganglia [49]. However, with the high AR expression in the brain, it has limited expression (“restrictive localization”) in the striatum and olfactory bulb [50]. Moreover, AR has various actions such as mediating vasodilation and aiding in new blood vessels build-up [51]. On the other hand, A₁AR is highly expressed in the CNS on neurons of the cortex, hippocampus, and cerebellum in the brain [50]. Adenosine A₁ receptor also exists in microglia [52], astrocytes [53], and oligodendrocytes [54]. In addition, A₁AR is found in other parts of the body such as adipose tissue, heart, and kidneys [44]. In the vascular system, A₁AR mediates the vasoconstrictive effect of adenosine in vascular beds [55, 56].

GPCRs, including A₁AR and AR, are known to form homo-, multi-, and heterodimers [57]. For example, if the same GPCRs bind together, they form a homodimer, whereas if different receptors bind together, they form a heterodimer [58]. If part of the heteromeric complex is activated, it will manipulate the receptor binding properties of the same complex [59]. Similarly, adenosine receptors are reported to form homodimers among each other and heterodimers with other GPCRs [58]. A good example of homodimer formation in ARs is A₁AR which has been reported in the intact tissue of the cortex in different species [60] and in Purkinje cells of the cerebellum and hippocampal pyramidal neurons [61]. On the other hand, AR homodimers were reported in HeLa and HEK-293T cells cotransfected with different AR receptor structures [62]. Ciruela et al. illustrated heterodimerization of A₁AR and AR on the cell surface of HEK-293T cells cotransfected with their cDNAs [63]. The activation of AR via CGS 21680 on these cells reduces the binding affinity of a selective radioligand to bind to A₁AR [63]. Also, A₁AR and AR formed heterodimers in rat astrocyte cultures [64]. The existence of A₁-AR heterodimers in the CNS was found to maintain neuronal excitability [58]. This finding is interesting because it indicates that ARs may affect each other’s ability to respond to different ligands even in the case of what we label as selective ligands, as in the case of CGS 21680, which is a selective agonist of AR. More interestingly, it was found that GABA uptake was inhibited upon activating A₁AR whereas GABA uptake was increased upon activating AR [64]. The data of adenosine receptor dimerization is mostly reported in the CNS; however, the AR oligomerization investigation in the vasculature is still lacking.

To study the mechanism of action of adenosine receptors, we utilized three major strategies: transgenic animal models, special diet, and pharmacological drugs. Genetically modified mice are utilized to discern the physiological importance of adenosine receptors [50]. Thus, most of the reported work in our lab focused on AR-null, sEH-null, and eNOS-null mice. In the special feeding diet, high salt (HS) and normal salt (NS) intake were used as external factors to investigate how adenosine’s effect on vascular response may change. Lastly, the pharmacological reagents were useful since they mimicked the actions and signaling pathway of adenosine. For example, CCPA is a selective A₁AR agonist that can be used in humans, rats, and mice [43]. DPCPX, a xanthine analog, is a specific A₁AR antagonist [65]. However, NECA, which was originally thought to be a selective A₂AR agonist, is now considered nonselective for ARs after the development of the more selective AR agonist CGS 21680 [66] (more examples are available in Table 1).  Taking into account the reports of dimerization of ARs, it would be prudent to rethink how we use and interpret the data from these pharmacologic agents. Combining the previous strategies provided a better understanding of AR’s role and function in the vasculature.

Table 1: List of pharmacological drugs commonly used in vascular response investigation.

Class
Reagents
Reagents’ full description

Nonspecific AR agonist
NECA
5′--Ethylcarboxamidoadenosine

Specific AR agonist
CGS 21680
2-p-(2-Carboxyethyl)phenethylamino-5′-N-ethylcarboxamidoadenosine hydrochloride hydrate

AR antagonist
ZM241385
4-(2-[7-Amino-2-(2-furyl)[1,2,4]triazolo[2,3-a][1,3,5]triazin-5-ylamino]ethyl)phenol

SCH-58261
7-(2-Phenylethyl)-5-amino-2-(2-furyl)-pyrazolo-[4,3-e]-1,2,4-triazolo[1,5-c]pyrimidine

A₁AR agonist
CCPA
2-Chloro-N6-cyclopentyladenosine

A₁AR antagonist
DPCPX
8-Cyclopentyl-1,3-dipropylxanthine

eNOSi
L-NAME
N-Nitroarginine methyl ester

CYP-epoxygenases inhibitor
MS PPOH
N-(Methylsulfonyl)-2-(2-propynyloxy)-benzenehexanamide

CYP-hydroxylase
DDMS
Dibromododecenyl methylsulfimide

Cyclooxygenase inhibitor
Indomethacin

sEH inhibitors
AUDA
12-(3-adamantan-1-yl-ureido)-dodecanoic acid

t-AUCB
trans-4-[4-(3-Adamantan-1-yl-ureido)-cyclohexyloxy]-benzoic acid

EET antagonist
14,15-EEZE
14,15-Epoxyeicosa-5(z)-enoic acid

20-HETE inhibitor
HET0016
N-Hydroxy-N′-(4-n-butyl-2-methylphenyl)formamidine

channel blocker
Glibenclamide

Mitochondrial- channel blocker
5-HD
5-Hydroxydecanoate

PPARγ agonist
Rosiglitazone

PPARα antagonist
GW 6471
N-((2S)-2-(((1Z)-1-Methyl-3-oxo-3-(4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)prop-1-enyl)amino)-3-(4-(2-(5-methyl-2-phenyl-1,3-oxazol-4-yl)ethoxy)phenyl)propyl)propanamide

Adenosine is a nucleoside generated through metabolic stress as well as high cellular activity [67]. Thus, it increases oxygen supply and decreases oxygen consumption [35]. It is mainly formed by the enzyme 5′-nucleotidase CD73, which dephosphorylates adenosine 5′-monophosphate (AMP) into adenosine that is distributed intracellularly and extracellularly. Intracellularly, adenosine is metabolized by adenosine kinase to AMP, whereas, extracellularly, it is degraded by adenosine deaminase to inosine [68–70]. Since adenosine can vasodilate and hyperpolarize the vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC), it is considered an EDHF [71]. There are four adenosine subfamily receptors in the vascular tissue that bind to adenosine, which are A₁AR, AR, AR, and A₃AR. These receptors are involved in vascular tone regulation via CYP enzymes family which will be discussed in more detail later. Most of the published data so far suggest that the activation of adenosine receptors AR and AR mediates vasodilation in various vessels [14, 15, 72–75], whereas the activation of A₁AR and A₃AR causes vasoconstriction [55, 56]. Moreover, both A₁AR and AR are necessary for maintaining blood pressure (BP) [76].

The inception studies in our lab of adenosine receptors’ role in vascular tone started by studying the vasodilation effect of activating AR in (wild type) and ( knockout) of mouse aorta. NECA (adenosine agonist) and CGS 21680 (a selective AR agonist) caused increased vasodilation in mouse aortae, whereas NECA caused vasoconstriction and CGS 21680 caused neither relaxation nor constriction in mouse aortae (see Table 1 for all pharmacological reagents) [15]. These findings were important since they partly led to better understanding of the vasodilatory effect of AR as evident in the lack of vasodilation when CGS 21680, which is a selective AR agonist, was used in knockout mice [15]. However, the nonselective nature of NECA meant that, in the absence of receptors in mice, this compound would activate the other adenosine receptors (A₁AR, AR, and A₃AR). The vasoconstrictive effect of A₁AR, along with the finding that the vasoconstrictive Cyp4a’s expression is increased in mice [15], could explain the NECA-mediated vasoconstriction in mice [15]. Additionally, the data suggested that AR-mediated vasodilation is endothelium-dependant since NECA-induced vasodilation was observed only in aortic rings with intact endothelium, whereas endothelium-denuded rings responded by contraction [15]. In contrast, Arsyad and Dobson illustrated that adenosine-induced vasodilation in male Sprague-Dawley rats’ thoracic aortic rings was partially endothelium-dependent [77]. This finding is in agreement with other reported studies in different vascular beds such as rat preglomerular microvessels [72, 78], porcine coronary artery wall [79], porcine retinal arterioles [80], rat pial arterioles [81], rat inferior mesenteric artery [82], and human coronary arterioles [83].

Other studies indicated that the activation of AR leads to vascular relaxation via CYP-epoxygenase [15, 75, 84–88]. In these experiments, and mice aortae and pharmacological agents such as MS-PPOH (selective CYP-epoxygenase inhibitor), NECA (adenosine agonist), and CGS 21680 (a selective AR agonist) were employed. The observed vasodilation induced by NECA and CGS 21680 was completely inhibited by MS-PPOH, which supports the findings we and others have reported in mouse aortae [15], rat preglomerular microvessels [72], and rat isolated perfused kidney [89]. Moreover, the activation of AR was associated with upregulation of Cyp2c29 (CYP-epoxygenase enzyme of mice species) in the endothelium-dependent relaxation. In comparison, in mice, vasoconstriction via Cyp4a (an ω-hydroxylase enzyme) was observed [15]. This pathway was explored by using DDMS and HET-0016 (ω-hydroxylases inhibitors) (see Figure 1 and Table 1). Both inhibitors reversed vascular contraction, which suggested that the induced vasoconstriction in mice was mediated by the Cyp4a enzyme [15]. Additionally, the endothelium layer was denuded to investigate its involvement in AR-induced vascular dilation. Vasoconstriction was observed in induced AR aorta; that is, the CGS 21680 agonist effect on AR was abolished in the denuded endothelium [15]. From the previous work and other studies, it is concluded that both CYP-epoxygenases and ω-hydroxylases were involved simultaneously with AR in vascular tone regulation [15, 90].

Figure 1: Illustration pathways of AR and A₁AR induced in mice aorta. AR induced demonstrates the involvement of CYP-epoxygenase which generates EETs from AA. EETs have substantial involvement in vascular relaxation and they undergo two pathways: (1) they are converted via sEH to DHETs which are inactive or less active metabolites and (2) they activate PPARγ which is involved in other signaling pathways in vascular relaxation. By contrast, A₁AR induced illustrates the involvement of ω-hydroxylases which utilize AA to form 20-HETE. Then, 20-HETE activates PPARα to produce vascular contraction. Different protein targets were probed using pharmacological agonists and antagonists to investigate the possible mechanism and signaling approaches (refer to Table 1 for drugs information). The solid line represents the reported pathways whereas the dashed line shows investigation still underway.

A group of metabolites have been linked to the actions mediated by adenosine receptors; studies have demonstrated that the vasodilatory effects induced by adenosine through AR and AR are mediated by several physiological factors including NO [80, 91], EETs [92], and ATP-sensitive K⁺ () channels [74, 80, 93, 94]. These studies also used pharmacological reagents, such as glibenclamide, for inhibiting the channels as well as potassium channels openers (PCO) such as pinacidil and cromakalim. One of the major effects of the opening of channels in vascular vessels is hyperpolarization of the smooth muscle resulting in vasorelaxation [95, 96]. Moreover, channels were involved in the signaling pathways of adenosine-induced vasodilation as reported by others in coronary arterioles of miniature swine [97], human isolated small coronary arteries [98], rat retinal microvessels [99], porcine coronary artery [100], isolated rat pulmonary artery rings [101], and perfused hydronephrotic rat kidney [102]. Also, Arsyad and Dobson demonstrated that voltage-dependent and are opened in response to AR-induced vasodilation in response to adenosine activation [77]. Using PCO in both and , vasorelaxation was significantly reduced in compared to , which indicated a role of sarcolemmal channels with in vascular relaxation [95]. The PCO-induced effect was inhibited by glibenclamide, confirming the role of PCO in opening the channels [95]. Therefore, the induced AR effect through CGS 21680 was blocked by glibenclamide confirming the involvement of sarcolemmal channels in the vasorelaxation process [95].

The involvement of AR in vascular relaxation through sarcolemmal channels was investigated. The principle of this study is based on utilizing PCO in and mice aortae. The had a comparable relaxation effect to the (WT), whereas the had decreased relaxation compared to . Further blocking AR with SCH 58261 (AR antagonist) generated the same response as in the . With the comparable effect observed from both AR and , it is suggested that the potassium channels mediate the relaxation induced by AR.

It is reported by Ye et al. [92, 103] and Lu et al. [104] that EETs act as activators of channels. Another study by Ponnoth et al. investigated the relationship between EETs and channels [95]. By blocking the CYP-epoxygenases with MS-PPOH, the relaxation effect induced by pinacidil was greatly decreased. Other laboratories investigated the involvement of NO in AR- pathway in pig coronary arterioles [74], porcine second-order retinal arterioles [80], and mouse aorta [95]. Their studies suggested that AR-mediated vasodilation was through NO (released by endothelium) and opening of channels on smooth muscles [74]. A link in the signaling cascade between the channels and adenosine-mediated vasorelaxation was reported in several vascular beds [97–102]. In our lab, the channel openers pinacidil and cromakalim produced relaxation in both wild-type () and AR knockout () mice but were significantly higher in the presence of AR [95]. This finding confirmed that adenosine-mediated vasorelaxation is mediated by channels [95]. Moreover, we demonstrated that NO played a role in the relaxation induced by pinacidil [95]. When L-NAME (NO synthase inhibitor) was used in wild type () in the presence of pinacidil, the vascular relaxation was decreased to a level comparable to that in mice [95]. Based on that, the signaling mechanism of adenosine at the AR for aortic vascular relaxation involved CYP-epoxygenases through the following mediators arranged in order: EETs, nitric oxide (NO), and the opening of sarcolemmal channels in the endothelium [95].

The involvement of 20-HETE with A₁AR was also investigated in vascular tone of mouse aorta [105]. Since 20-HETE is the active metabolite of AA through Cyp4a and is a potent vasoconstrictor [88], HET0016 was used to inhibit Cyp4a activity. As a result, the vascular contraction of induced A₁ was notably decreased in and , suggesting that Cyp4a is downstream of A₁AR [105].

Other studies were conducted to reveal the involvement of CYP enzymes and signaling pathways in and vascular endothelium of mice aortae. First, in mice, the data demonstrated vasoconstriction induced by Cyp4a through 20-HETE accompanied with upregulation of A₁AR, which mainly activates protein kinase C (PKC-α) and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) [105]. This effect on PKC is mediated by Gαi coupling [106]. The involvement of PKC-α and MAPK in induced A₁AR was also determined. In PKC-α, using Gö-6976, a selective PKC-α inhibitor, it primarily weakens the vasoconstriction response mediated by A₁AR in both and aortae [105]. However, the MAPK inhibitor, PD-98059, was used first to treat aortae, followed by CCPA to activate A₁AR. PD-98059 totally blocked A₁AR-induced vasoconstriction by CCPA suggesting the involvement of MAPK in vasoconstriction. Ponnoth et al. [105] and Ansari et al. [107] suggested that A₁AR-induced vascular contraction is through Cyp4a, which generates 20-HETE, and leads to the activation of PKC-α, which phosphorylates MAPK.

We mentioned earlier that the adenosine receptors, like other GPRCs, can interact with each other through dimerization. Ponnoth et al. reported that CCPA (a selective A₁ agonist) produced significantly higher contraction in compared to wild-type () mice [105]. It is also reported by the same authors [105] that the basal protein expression of A₁AR was higher in mice compared to mice [105]. This overexpression is due to lack of AR inhibition effect over A₁AR [105]. The more enhanced contraction in mice by an A₁AR agonist could be explained by the increased expression of A₁AR in this mouse genotype [105] and a possible lack of interaction, as suggested by the reported dimerization, between A₁AR and AR due to the absence of the latter [58, 63, 64].

High salt (HS) intake is considered one of the risk factors for many diseases such as hypertension [108, 109]. HS also acts as an external factor to affect vascular tone, and therefore it is important to study its potential involvement with AR and its downstream mechanism in vascular tone regulation, to which we turn our focus now. We previously reported a connection between adenosine receptors activation, particularly , and high dietary salt intake in mouse aorta [14, 33, 76] as done by others in isolated perfused rat kidney [89]. Therefore, the role of AR in high salt diet was investigated [76]. Data showed upregulation of AR expression in response to high salt intake [14, 76, 110] and subsequent increase in AR-induced vasorelaxation [14, 33, 72, 89, 110]. In contrast, A₁AR, which is involved in vasoconstriction, was downregulated in high salt-fed mice [14, 110]. Moreover, the produced adenosine levels were increased by HS diet ingestion in mice [111] and rats in other studies [33, 110, 112, 113].

Another study showed a relationship between activated AR and HS diet [14, 16, 78]. The data suggested that HS in improves AR-induced relaxation due to the enhanced CYP-epoxygenases activity, which produce more EETs. On the other hand, in , the HS caused vascular contraction due to the lower level of CYP-epoxygenases activity and enhanced level of A₁AR [76].

The use of NECA (a nonselective adenosine analog) and CGS 21680 (selective AR agonist) resulted in enhanced aortic vasodilation in HS-fed versus NS-fed mice [14]. The close relationship of AR either activated or induced via pharmacological drug and HS diet provided a better understanding of vascular modulation. Therefore, we investigated and R−/− mice in HS and normal salt (NS) diet study [76]. In the presence of AR, data demonstrated that HS increases AR-induced vasodilation. On the other hand, in the knockout mice, HS increases contraction through increased levels of A₁AR [76]. The HS and NS diet studies confirm the involvement of AR in vascular tone regulation. The AR response to HS-fed mice is possibly adaptive since it showed upregulation of AR and increased vasodilation of mice aortae [76] as previously demonstrated in preglomerular vessels of HS-fed mice [110].

Overall, the many experiments conducted by our lab and others have repeatedly confirmed the important role of adenosine, through its receptor subtypes, in vascular tone regulation. Also, they elucidated much of the downstream signaling pathways, which include CYP enzymes, EETs, ω-HETEs, PPARs, and channels.

4. The Role of CYP-Epoxygenase in Vascular Tone Modulation

The investigated downstream mechanism starting from AR and A₁AR until CYP enzymes was discussed above in detail. Now, we will continue the discussion of the other steps in the downstream cascade from CYPs until the hyperpolarization which ultimately leads to vascular smooth muscle relaxation. In this section, we will explore the involvement of CYP enzymes, sEH, PPARγ, and PPARα in vascular tone regulation (Figure 1) under normal and high salt conditions in the aorta and their roles in coronary reactive hyperemia (CRH) in response to ischemia.

AR-mediated vascular response involves CYP enzymes, which are related to cytochrome P450s (CYP450) enzyme family [90, 114]. CYP450 family are divided into two types, CYP-epoxygenases (CYP2C and CYP2J) and ω-hydroxylases (CYP4A and CYP4F), that are involved in maintaining vasculature tone [90, 114, 115]. Although both enzymes are from the same CYP450 family, they produce different metabolites from AA with widely different physiological functions. For instance, CYP-epoxygenases metabolize AA to generate epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs), which have a vasodilatory effect [116]. On the other hand, the ω-hydroxylases convert AA to 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (20-HETE), which is a vasoconstrictor [117]. Both groups of metabolites from AA are natriuretic agents.

EETs have four different regioisomers, 5,6-EET, 8,9-EET, 11,12-EET, and 14,15-EET, and have many biological functions; for example, they are released from endothelial cells and act as EDHFs to produce vasodilation through hyperpolarization [118, 119]. Their relaxation of vascular smooth muscle cells is believed to be through the activation of large conductance Ca²⁺-activated K⁺ channels () [118, 119]. Moreover, EETs have cardioprotective effects in response to ischemia/reperfusion injury (i.e., EETs reduced heart injury after ischemia) [120]. The vasodilatory effect of EETs is reported in different vascular beds such as the brain [121], preglomerular vasculature of the kidney [122], conduit arteries [14, 15, 32, 33], and intestines [116].

EETs are further metabolized to dihydroxyeicosatrienoic acids (DHETs), which are less active, through soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH), the primary metabolic pathway for EETs [123]. DHETs were shown to be either inactive or less active than their parent compounds EETs on smooth muscle cells [124]. Other enzyme families involved in AA metabolism are cyclooxygenase (COX) and lipoxygenase (LOX), in which they generate prostanoids and midchain HETEs, respectively. Overall, the metabolites generated by CYPs enzymes from AA are known as oxylipins.

The link between AR and CYP-epoxygenase was demonstrated earlier; most collected data so far demonstrated the relationship among AR, CYP-epoxygenase, sEH, and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) in addition to the involvement of A₁AR and PPARα in sEH+/+ (wild type) and sEH−/− (knockout) in regulating the vascular tone of mice aortae [32]. In sEH−/−, the vascular relaxation induced by adenosine was driven by the upregulation of AR, CYP2J, and PPARγ and downregulation of A₁AR and PPARα [32]. However, in sEH+/+, adenosine produced vasocontraction through PPARα [32]. Nayeem et al. illustrated that CGS 21680-induced relaxation in sEH−/− mice was induced by AR activation, which resulted in CYP-epoxygenases generation of EETs. Moreover, CGS 21680-induced vasodilation was inhibited by the EET antagonist 14,15-EEZE in sEH−/− mice. This finding is in agreement with previous data in which the adenosine-induced vasodilation was blocked by 14,15-EEZE in mouse aorta [14]. Likewise, Gauthier et al. confirmed the relationship between AR and sEH in bovine coronary arteries [125]. Additionally, in sEH−/− mouse aorta, CYP2J5 protein level was upregulated compared to sEH+/+, suggesting that the adenosine-induced vasodilation requires CYP-epoxygenases, such as CYP2J [32].

The sEH inhibitors were valuable in linking AR with sEH enzyme in vascular tone regulation. Herein, blocking sEH, which converts EETs (vasodilator) to DHETE (inactive) by AUDA or t-AUCB, further enhanced the vascular relaxation induced by CGS 21680 [32]. The strong response was suggested to be due to an increase in EET level based on other published data [126]. Moreover, the use of EETs antagonist, 14,15-EEZE, blocked the vascular relaxation induced by CGS 21680, which confirmed that the enhanced vasodilation was due to the increased effect of EET [32].

We evaluated the effect of high salt intake and the role of CYP-epoxygenases in vascular tone regulation [76]. We mentioned above the significance of AR and A₁AR in relation to HS intake in vascular modulation. The role of cyclooxygenase (COX) was investigated by using and mice aortae in vascular response. By treating HS-fed with CGS 21680, in the presence or absence of a COX inhibitor and an eNOS inhibitor, the same vasodilation was produced. This can be explained by the notion that vascular dilation in response to CGS 21680 was COX- and NO-independent [76]. Moreover, the use of EETs antagonist inhibited CGS 21680-induced vasodilation. This illustration is in agreement with previous studies [14, 15, 72, 78]. Additionally, in HS-fed mice, the level of CYP2c29, which generates EETs, was increased versus NS-fed mice [76]. In comparison with , the expression level of CYP2c29 was reduced in HS-fed versus NS diet . This observation suggests that CYP-epoxygenases, such as cyp2c29, have a substantial role in mediating vascular relaxation downstream of AR in response to HS intake. In rat studies of HS-fed [110], there was no increase of CYP-epoxygenase in response to HS, which supports this finding. Although the findings of Arsyad and Dobson supported our finding that COX was not involved in adenosine-induced vasodilation [77], they contrasted our finding that CGS 21680-induced vasodilation was NO-independent by demonstrating that the adenosine-induced vasodilation in thoracic aortic rings of male Sprague-Dawley rats was NO-dependent [77].

We sought to search for more evidence in our research on vascular tone regulation and moved a step forward from in vitro studies (vessel organ bath) to the ex vivo experiment Langendorff (isolated heart). This extension added more valuable understanding by bringing research data and hypothesis a step closer to translational, functional, and applied science. Herein, we evaluated the role of CYP-epoxygenases and sEH in coronary artery response to ischemia, or coronary reactive hyperemia (CRH), which is a protective mechanism to prevent potential damage to the heart due to ischemic insult [124]. When the heart is exposed to a brief ischemia, coronary blood flow immediately increases afterwards to compensate for the lack of blood supply and avoid any toxic metabolites build-up in the heart [127, 128]. We investigated the pharmacological inhibition on CYP-epoxygenases and sEH using two different genotypes of mice, sEH null (sEH−/−) and wild type (sEH+/+), using Langendorff (isolated heart) technique [124]. The inhibition of CYP-epoxygenases by MS-PPOH reduced CRH, whereas the inhibition of sEH by t-AUCB enhanced CRH in isolated mouse heart [124]. As mentioned previously, CYP-epoxygenases convert AA to EETs. It is reported that EETs were involved in insulin-induced augmentation of skeletal muscle perfusion. The study used MS-PPOH (CYP-epoxygenase inhibitor) to block EETs synthesis and confirmed EETs involvement in the augmentation of skeletal muscle perfusion [78]. Fleming reported that the majority of P450 enzymes are highly distributed in coronary arteries and small arterioles [119]. By blocking CYP-epoxygenases pathway, the synthesis of EETs was inhibited, and the protective CRH was attenuated as well [124]. On the other hand, by treating the heart with t-AUCB, CRH was enhanced versus nontreated WT mice [124]. In treating sEH−/− mice compared with nontreated sEH−/− mice by t-AUCB, there were no significant differences, which emphasizes the selectivity of sEH inhibitor, t-AUCB, in CRH response to brief ischemia [124].

The vasodilatory and cardioprotective roles EETs are reiterated in a number of blood vessels. The release of EETs was also linked to AR activation and was shown to be responsive to changes in EETs’ generating enzymes (CYP-epoxygenases) and EETs’ deactivating enzyme (sEH) [76]. These data further support the notion of finding clinical applications for these beneficial metabolites (EETs) through targeting different enzymes in their pathway.

5. The Role of PPAR in A2AAR-Induced Vascular Relaxation

PPARs are one of the downstream targets of EETs. Most of the epoxygenases effects are through PPARs stimulation; that is, PPARs activation produces similar effects to those of EETs and AR [129]. For instance, the stimulation of PPARs induces vascular tone regulation, vascular cell proliferation, and cell relocation [130, 131]. Moreover, one of the functions of PPARγ in the endothelial cell as reported by Liu et al. [126] is an anti-inflammatory effect. In diabetic mice study, activation of PPARγ caused endothelium-dependent vasodilation, which was found in nondiabetic mice (+db/+m) [132]. Moreover, others suggested that PPARs have a role in adipogenesis, insulin sensitivity, and regulation of blood vessels tone [133]. In our sEH+/+-sEH−/− mice study, the protein level of PPARγ was upregulated, and the proteins level of PPARα was downregulated in response to CGS 21680 in sEH−/− versus sEH+/+ mouse aorta [76, 129]. Therefore, these data suggest that PPARγ is involved in CGS 21680-induced vasodilation in sEH−/−, whereas the activation of PPARα causes vasocontraction [76, 129] (Figure 1). It was confirmed that the PPARα agonist (GW 7647) reduced the relaxation of CGS 21680 induced dose-dependently. Additionally, the vascular response induced by CGS 21680 was remarkably blocked by PPARγ antagonist in sEH−/− [32]. Overall, PPARγ in the vascular endothelial cell is activated by EETs to cause vascular relaxation. Since PPARγ is linked with EETs, which in turn are generated by enhanced CYP-epoxygenase activity via AR-induced vascular response, we reported the role of PPARγ in HS-fed and mice. In addition, we also reported the interplay between AR, sEH, EETs, PPARγ, and in vascular response [129]. In this study, CGS 21680, T0070907, rosiglitazone, AUDA, and glibenclamide were utilized. The data demonstrated in HS-fed that inhibiting PPARγ led to an increase in CGS 21680-induced vasodilation, which links AR with PPARγ [129]. Moreover, PPARγ antagonist attenuated AUDA-induced vascular relaxation response, which confirms the link between EETs (through the sEH inhibitor AUDA) and PPARγ. The channel blocker also attenuated the vasodilation-induced rosiglitazone; this establishes a connection between PPARγ and . On the other hand, in HS-fed , the HS-induced vascular contraction was attenuated by the sEH inhibitor AUDA [129]. Overall, the vascular response to mediators, such as PPARγ agonist, PPARγ-antagonist, sEH inhibitors, and channel blocker, was altered in response to HS feeding in both and . These data indicated that these mediators (EETs, PPARγ, and channels) are downstream of AR [129].

In the isolated mouse heart, the data showed that the effect of CRH was decreased by PPARγ antagonist (T0070907), whereas PPARγ agonist (rosiglitazone) enhanced it [124]. Since the t-AUCB-enhanced CRH was reduced by the PPARγ antagonist, T0070907, in WT mouse heart, a link between EETs and PPARγ is more likely [124]. This is an indication that the modulation of CRH involves PPARγ receptors through CYP-epoxygenase-EET pathway [124]. Other studies also reported that PPARγ receptors are induced by EETs [129, 134–136]. Liu et al. suggested that activation of PPARγ increased retention of EETs in endothelial cells and enhanced the anti-inflammatory effect upon using a selective sEH inhibitor [136]. The previously reported data with our finding illustrated that PPARγ activation is downstream of CYP-epoxygenase-EET pathway to mediate CRH.

6. Conclusion

The vascular endothelium is a complex tissue with numerous functions and roles that potentially affect all body organs and systems. The main physiologic as well as pathologic role of the vascular endothelium is related to its regulation of blood flow, which is known as vascular tone regulation. The complicated process of vascular tone regulation involves receptors, enzymes, ion channels, and many mediators that have not been fully disclosed. Therefore, understanding the vascular tone modulation by different pharmacological reagents and polymorphic or allelic variant models is very significant. Particularly in mice aortae, activation of AR triggers multiple steps to elicit a vascular response. AR activation is associated with enhanced CYP-epoxygenases activity, which generate EETs from AA, and opening of sarcolemmal channels. The reported data suggest that CYP-epoxygenases, EETs, PPARγ, and sarcolemmal channels are involved in vascular tone regulation. By thoroughly understanding the mechanisms controlling vascular tone regulation, we will likely become closer to finding potential targets for pharmacologic intervention for treating pathologies affected by or involving the vascular endothelium.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding the publication of this paper.

Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank Ahmad Hanif, Ph.D., for editing. This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH; Grant HL-114559) to Mohammed A. Nayeem.

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