VASODILATION INDUCED BY ACETYLCHOLINE AND BY GLYCERYL TRINITRATE IN RAT AORTIC AND MESENTERIC VASCULATURE

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作者
KHAN, MT [1 ]
JOTHIANANDAN, D [1 ]
MATSUNAGA, K [1 ]
FURCHGOTT, RF [1 ]
机构
[1] SUNY HLTH SCI CTR,DEPT PHARMACOL,BOX 29,BROOKLYN,NY 11203
关键词
ENDOTHELIUM-DERIVED RELAXING FACTOR; RESISTANCE VESSELS; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; VASODILATION; MESENTERIC ARTERIAL VASCULATURE;
D O I
10.1159/000158927
中图分类号
Q4 [生理学];
学科分类号
071003 ;
摘要
In endothelium-containing rings of rat aorta which had been precontracted with phenylephrine, addition of acetylcholine (ACh) (0.010-10-mu-M) resulted in concentration-dependent, graded relaxation through the release of endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF). Hemoglobin (3 and 10-mu-M) and methylene blue (10-mu-M) both produced marked inhibition of this EDRF-mediated relaxation. In the perfused mesenteric arterial vasculature of the rat, ACh-induced vasodilation was also inhibited by hemoglobin and by methylene blue, although to a lesser extent than was ACh-induced relaxation of aortic rings by these two agents. These findings indicate that EDRF mediates in large part ACh-induced relaxation of resistance vessels in the mesenteric vascular bed as well as large arteries. The nitrovasodilator glyceryl trinitrate (GTN) caused endothelium-independent relaxation of aortic rings as well as vasodilation of mesenteric arterial vasculature. GTN-induced relaxation of aortic rings was antagonized by hemoglobin as well as methylene blue, but to a lesser extent than was ACh-induced relaxation. However, hemoglobin did not inhibit and methylene blue actually potentiated GTN-induced vasodilation in the perfused mesenteric vasculature. Possible explanations of these paradoxical results are discussed.
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