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1. We have studied the effect of endothelin-1 stimulation on protein tyrosine phosphorylation levels in intact small mesenteric arteries of the rat and investigated the effects of tyrosine kinase inhibition on the contractile response to this agonist. 2. Endothelin-1 stimulated a rapid (20 s), sustained (up to 20 min) and concentration-dependent (1-100 nM) increase in protein tyrosine phosphorylation levels which coincided temporally with the contractile response in intact and alpha-toxin permeabilized small artery preparations. Tyrosine phosphorylation was increased in four main clusters of proteins of apparent molecular mass 28-33, 56-61, 75-85 and 105-115 kDa. Endothelin-1-induced protein tyrosine phosphorylation was independent of extracellular calcium, antagonized by the tyrosine kinase inhibitor tyrphostin A23 but not by the inactive tyrphostin A1. 3. In intact small arteries tyrphostin A23 inhibited the force developed to endothelin-1 at all concentrations studied; at higher concentrations (10 and 100 nM) the profile of contraction was altered from a sustained to a transient response. Tyrphostin A1 inhibited the contractile response to endothelin-1 at all concentrations except 100 nM; the profile of the response was not altered. Neither tyrphostin affected the transient phasic contraction induced by endothelin-1 (100 nM) in the absence of extracellular calcium. 4. In rat alpha-toxin permeabilized mesenteric arteries endothelin-1 caused a concentration-dependent increase in force in the presence of 10 microM GTP and low (pCa 6.7) constant calcium, demonstrating increased sensitivity of the contractile apparatus to calcium. Tyrphostin A23 inhibited this response by approximately 50%, tyrphostin A1 did not affect endothelin-1-induced calcium sensitization of force. 5. We conclude that increased tyrosine phosphorylation is important in the contractile response induced by endothelin-1 in intact small mesenteric arteries. Furthermore our data implicate activation of this signalling pathway in the tonic phase of contraction possibly through modulation of the sensitivity of the contractile apparatus to calcium.
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