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Our previous studies have demonstrated that peritoneal macrophages obtained from endotoxin-tolerant rats exhibit altered cellular activation by endotoxin, possibly involving changes in guanine nucleotide regulatory (G) protein-coupled signal transduction pathways. Endotoxin-tolerant rats also exhibit cross tolerance and altered hemodynamic responses to thromboxane (Tx)A2 mimetics, suggesting potential changes in vascular responsiveness. We tested the hypothesis that endotoxin tolerance results in vascular hyporesponsiveness to a TxA2 mimetic via alterations in the TxA2 receptor, G protein function, and/or second messenger production. Rats were rendered endotoxin tolerant by increasing sublethal consecutive doses of Salmonella enteritidis endotoxin (100 to 5000 micrograms/kg, i.p.) for 4 days. The animals were sacrificed 2 days after the final dose of endotoxin for removal of aortas. Contractile responses of aortic rings to U46619, a TxA2 agonist, were assessed in control and tolerant rats. The EC50 values for U46619 were 14.8 +/- 6.6 nM and 32.3 +/- 3.1 nM (n = 5-7), (P < 0.05) for control and tolerant rats, respectively. Crude membranes were prepared from aortas of control and tolerant rats, and binding of I-BOP TxA2/PGH2 receptor agonist, [1S-(1 alpha, 2 beta (5Z), 3 alpha (1E, 3S*), 4 alpha)]-7-[3-(3-hydroxy-4-(4'-iodophenoxy)-1-butenyl)-7- oxabicyclo-[2.2.1]heptan-2-yl]-5-heptenoic acid (I-BOP), a TxA2 agonist, was assessed by Scatchard analysis. I-BOP binding to the TxA2 receptor was saturable and revealed a single class of TxA2 receptors for both groups. There was no significant difference in control (n = 7) compared with tolerant (n = 5) Kd values (2.1 +/- 0.2 vs. 2.4 +/- 0.9 nM, respectively), or Bmax (31 +/- 6 vs. 28 +/- 12 fmol/mg protein, respectively). To assess potential changes in G protein function, aortic membrane GTpase activity was determined. GTPase activity in tolerant membranes was significantly reduced (P < 0.05) compared with control membranes (309 +/- 23 (n = 5) vs. 440 +/- 32 (n = 7) pmol/mg/protein/min, respectively). However, U46619-stimulated phosphoinositide production was similar in vascular tissue from control and tolerant rats. These observations suggest that the decreased contractile response to TxA2 mimetics in endotoxin tolerance does not result from a change in receptor number, affinity of TxA2 receptors, or changes in phosphatidylinositol metabolism but is associated with decreased vascular G protein function.
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