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Czigler A, Toth L, Szarka N, Szilágyi K, Kellermayer Z, Harci A, Vecsernyes M, Ungvari Z, Szolics A, Koller A, Buki A, Toth P. Prostaglandin E 2, a postulated mediator of neurovascular coupling, at low concentrations dilates whereas at higher concentrations constricts human cerebral parenchymal arterioles. Prostaglandins Other Lipid Mediat 2019; 146:106389. [PMID: 31689497 DOI: 10.1016/j.prostaglandins.2019.106389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2019] [Revised: 10/18/2019] [Accepted: 10/28/2019] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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There is considerable controversy regarding the vasoactive action of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2). On the one hand, indirect evidence implicates that astrocytic release of PGE2 contributes to neurovascular coupling responses mediating functional hyperemia in the brain. On the other hand, overproduction of PGE2 was also reported to contribute to cerebral vasospasm associated with subarachnoid hemorrhage. The present study was conducted to resolve this controversy by determining the direct vasoactive effects of PGE2 in resistance-sized human cerebral parenchymal arterioles. To achieve this goal PGE2-induced isotonic vasomotor responses were assessed in parenchymal arterioles isolated from fronto-temporo-parietal cortical tissues surgically removed from patients and expression of PGE2 receptors were examined. In functionally intact parenchymal arterioles lower concentrations of PGE2 (from 10-8 to 10-6 mol/l) caused significant, endothelium-independent vasorelaxation, which was inhibited by the EP4 receptor blocker BGC201531. In contrast, higher concentrations of PGE2 evoked significant EP1-dependent vasoconstriction, which could not be reversed by the EP4 receptor agonist CAY10598. We also confirmed previous observations that PGE2 primarily evokes constriction in intracerebral arterioles isolated from R. norvegicus. Importantly, vascular mRNA and protein expression of vasodilator EP4 receptors was significantly higher than that of vasoconstrictor EP1 receptors in human cerebral arterioles. PGE2 at low concentrations dilates whereas at higher concentrations constricts human cerebral parenchymal arterioles. This bimodal vasomotor response is consistent with both the proposed vasodilator role of PGE2 during functional hyperemia and its putative role in cerebral vasospasm associated with subarachnoid hemorrhage in human patients.
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- Andras Czigler
- Department of Neurosurgery and Szentagothai Research Center, University of Pecs, Medical School, Pecs, Hungary; Institute for Translational Medicine, University of Pecs, Medical School, Pecs, Hungary
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- Department of Neurosurgery and Szentagothai Research Center, University of Pecs, Medical School, Pecs, Hungary; Institute for Translational Medicine, University of Pecs, Medical School, Pecs, Hungary
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- Department of Neurosurgery and Szentagothai Research Center, University of Pecs, Medical School, Pecs, Hungary; Institute for Translational Medicine, University of Pecs, Medical School, Pecs, Hungary
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- Department of Neurosurgery and Szentagothai Research Center, University of Pecs, Medical School, Pecs, Hungary; Institute for Translational Medicine, University of Pecs, Medical School, Pecs, Hungary
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- Department of Immunology and Biotechnology, University of Pecs, Medical School, Pecs, Hungary
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- Department of Medical Biology and Central Electron Microscope Laboratory, University of Pecs, Medical School, Pecs, Hungary
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- Department of Medical Biology and Central Electron Microscope Laboratory, University of Pecs, Medical School, Pecs, Hungary
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- Reynolds Oklahoma Center on Aging, Donald W. Reynolds Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery and Szentagothai Research Center, University of Pecs, Medical School, Pecs, Hungary
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- Department of Neurosurgery and Szentagothai Research Center, University of Pecs, Medical School, Pecs, Hungary; Department of Morphology and Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary; Department of Physiology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery and Szentagothai Research Center, University of Pecs, Medical School, Pecs, Hungary
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- Department of Neurosurgery and Szentagothai Research Center, University of Pecs, Medical School, Pecs, Hungary; Institute for Translational Medicine, University of Pecs, Medical School, Pecs, Hungary; Reynolds Oklahoma Center on Aging, Donald W. Reynolds Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK USA; MTA-PTE Clinical Neuroscience MR Research Group, Pecs, Hungary.
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Intracellular acidification alters myogenic responsiveness and vasomotion of mouse middle cerebral arteries. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 2014; 34:161-8. [PMID: 24192638 PMCID: PMC3887363 DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.2013.192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2013] [Revised: 09/24/2013] [Accepted: 10/06/2013] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Intracellular pH (pHi) in the vascular wall modulates agonist-induced vasocontractile and vasorelaxant responses in mesenteric arteries, whereas effects on myogenic tone have been unsettled. We studied the role of Na(+),HCO3(-) cotransporter NBCn1 in mouse isolated middle cerebral arteries and the influence of pHi disturbances on myogenic tone. Na(+),HCO3(-) cotransport was abolished in arteries from NBCn1 knockout mice and steady-state pHi ∼0.3 units reduced compared with wild-type mice. Myogenic tone development was low under control conditions but increased on treatment with the NO-synthase inhibitor N-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME). This effect of L-NAME was smaller in arteries from NBCn1 knockout than wild-type mice. Myogenic tone with L-NAME present was significantly lower in arteries from NBCn1 knockout than wild-type mice and was abolished by rho-kinase inhibitor Y-27632. The arteries displayed vasomotion, and this rhythmic contractile pattern was also attenuated in arteries from NBCn1 knockout mice. No differences in membrane potential or intracellular [Ca(2+)] were seen between arteries from NBCn1 knockout and wild-type mice. We propose that NO production and rho-kinase-dependent Ca(2+) sensitivity are reduced at low pHi in pressurized mouse middle cerebral arteries. This likely impedes the ability to adjust to changes in perfusion pressure and regulate cerebral blood flow.
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Myren M, Olesen J, Gupta S. Pharmacological and expression profile of the prostaglandin I(2) receptor in the rat craniovascular system. Vascul Pharmacol 2011; 55:50-8. [PMID: 21749934 DOI: 10.1016/j.vph.2011.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2010] [Revised: 06/08/2011] [Accepted: 06/27/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Activation of the trigeminal nerve terminals around cerebral and meningeal arteries is thought to be an important patho-mechanism in migraine. Vasodilatation of the cranial arteries may also play a role in increasing nociception. Prostaglandin I(2) (PGI(2)) is capable of inducing a headache in healthy volunteers, a response that is likely to be mediated by the prostaglandin I(2) receptor (IP). This study investigates the functional and molecular characteristics of the IP receptor in the rat craniovascular system. In the closed cranial window model, iloprost, an IP receptor agonist, dilated the rat middle meningeal artery (MMA) (E(max)=170%±16%; pED(50)=6.5±0.2) but not the rat cerebral artery (CA) in vivo. The specific antagonist of the IP receptor, CAY10441, significantly blocked the iloprost-induced response dose-dependently, with the highest dose attenuating iloprost (1μgkg(-1)) induced dilatations by 70% (p<0.05). CAY10441 did not have any effect on the prostaglandin E(2)-induced vasodilatory response, thus suggesting no interaction with EP(2) and EP(4) receptors. IP receptor mRNA transcripts and protein were present in meningeal as well as in cerebral rat vasculature, and localized the IP receptor protein to the smooth vasculature of the cranial arteries (MMA, MCA and basilar artery). Together, these results demonstrate that the IP receptor mediates the dilatory effect of PGI(2) in the cranial vasculature in rats. Antagonism of this receptor might be of therapeutic relevance in acute migraine treatment.
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- Maja Myren
- Danish Headache Center, Department of Neurology, Glostrup Research Institute, Glostrup Hospital, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, DK-2600 Glostrup, Denmark
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Phillis JW, Horrocks LA, Farooqui AA. Cyclooxygenases, lipoxygenases, and epoxygenases in CNS: Their role and involvement in neurological disorders. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 52:201-43. [PMID: 16647138 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2006.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 266] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2005] [Revised: 02/23/2006] [Accepted: 02/24/2006] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Three enzyme systems, cyclooxygenases that generate prostaglandins, lipoxygenases that form hydroxy derivatives and leukotrienes, and epoxygenases that give rise to epoxyeicosatrienoic products, metabolize arachidonic acid after its release from neural membrane phospholipids by the action of phospholipase A(2). Lysophospholipids, the other products of phospholipase A(2) reactions, are either reacylated or metabolized to platelet-activating factor. Under normal conditions, these metabolites play important roles in synaptic function, cerebral blood flow regulation, apoptosis, angiogenesis, and gene expression. Increased activities of cyclooxygenases, lipoxygenases, and epoxygenases under pathological situations such as ischemia, epilepsy, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease produce neuroinflammation involving vasodilation and vasoconstriction, platelet aggregation, leukocyte chemotaxis and release of cytokines, and oxidative stress. These are closely associated with the neural cell injury which occurs in these neurological conditions. The metabolic products of docosahexaenoic acid, through these enzymes, generate a new class of lipid mediators, namely docosatrienes and resolvins. These metabolites antagonize the effect of metabolites derived from arachidonic acid. Recent studies provide insight into how these arachidonic acid metabolites interact with each other and other bioactive mediators such as platelet-activating factor, endocannabinoids, and docosatrienes under normal and pathological conditions. Here, we review present knowledge of the functions of cyclooxygenases, lipoxygenases, and epoxygenases in brain and their association with neurodegenerative diseases.
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- John W Phillis
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
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Jansen-Olesen I, Mortensen CH, El-Bariaki N, Ploug KB. Characterization of K(ATP)-channels in rat basilar and middle cerebral arteries: studies of vasomotor responses and mRNA expression. Eur J Pharmacol 2005; 523:109-18. [PMID: 16226739 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2005.08.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2005] [Accepted: 08/15/2005] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Changes in the activity of K+ channels represent a major mechanism that regulates vascular tone. Cerebrovascular adenosine 5'-triphosphate-sensitive K+(K(ATP)) channels were characterized in studies of the molecular expression and vasomotor reactivity to different K(ATP) channel openers in rat basilar and middle cerebral arteries. Both arteries showed strong mRNA expression of the subunits of the pore-forming inward-rectifying K+ channel type 6.1 (Kir6.1), Kir6.2 and the connected sulfonylurea receptor (SUR) subunits, SUR1 and SUR2B, while only weak bands for SUR2A were seen. The K(ATP) channel openers induced relaxation of prostaglalndin F2alpha-precontracted isolated basilar and middle cerebral arteries with the order of potency N-Cyano-N-(1,1-dimethylpropyl)-N''-3pyridylguanidine (P-1075)>levcromakalim>N-(4-Phenylsulfonylphenyl)-3,3,3-trifluoro-2-hydroxy-2-methylpropanamide (ZM226600)>pinacidil>diazoxide. The responses induced by levcromakalim, ZM226600 and diazoxide were significantly more potent in basilar arteries than in middle cerebral arteries, while pinacidil and P-1075 were equipotent. Endothelium removal decreased (P<0.05) the sensitivity (pIC50) of basilar arteries, but not of middle cerebral arteries, to pinacidil, levcromakalim, P-1075 and ZM226600. The maximum relaxant response to P-1075 was stronger (P<0.005) in basilar arteries with endothelium than without endothelium. Correlation of the relaxant potency of K(ATP) channel openers in rat basilar and middle cerebral arteries with historical measurements of affinity obtained in COS-7 cell lines expressing either SUR1, SUR2A or SUR2B showed that vasodilatation by K(ATP) channel openers correlated with binding to either the SUR2A or the SUR2B subunit. Glibenclamide was a blocker of relaxation induced by pinacidil, levcromakalim, P-1075 and ZM226600 in basilar arteries. Only a weak antagonistic effect of glibenclamide on pinacidil-, levcromakalim- and ZM226600-induced relaxations was found in middle cerebral arteries. The subunit profile and the observed pharmacological properties suggest that the K(ATP) channels expressed in rat basilar and middle cerebral artery are likely to be composed of SUR2B co-associated with Kir6.1 or Kir6.2. In basilar arteries, but not in middle cerebral arteries, endothelial K(ATP) channels may be involved.
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- Inger Jansen-Olesen
- Department of Neurology, Glostrup Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Nordre Ringvej 57, 2600 Glostrup, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Vasoconstricting agonists elevate the intracellular Ca2+ concentration and induce tension development in vascular smooth muscle cells by inducing both Ca2+ influx from the extracellular space and Ca2+ release from cellular stores. The relative importance of Ca2+ release has been found to vary between different sites in the vasculature. This review examines the role of Ca2+ release in the activation of cerebral arteries produced by several vasoconstricting stimuli. Although the activation of cerebral arteries by agonists such as 5-hydroxytryptamine and noradrenaline has typically been found to have little dependence on Ca2+ release, other vasoconstrictors such as thromboxane A2, which may be released from the endothelium by other agonists, appear to induce a substantial intracellular Ca2+ release in cerebral arteries. The limited efficacy of Ca2+ influx blockers in the treatment of delayed cerebrovascular constriction occurring as a result of subarachnoid haemorrhage suggests that intracellular mechanisms such as Ca2+ release and/or the activation of protein kinase C may be important determinants of vasoconstriction under pathological conditions.
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- P I Aaronson
- Department of Pharmacology, United Medical School, Guy's Hospital, London, U.K
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Uski TK, Högestätt ED. Effects of various cyclooxygenase and lipoxygenase metabolites on guinea-pig cerebral arteries. GENERAL PHARMACOLOGY 1992; 23:109-13. [PMID: 1592217 DOI: 10.1016/0306-3623(92)90056-p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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1. The effects of some prostanoids, leukotrienes, lipoxins and lipoxin precursors (15-HETE, 15-HPETE) were examined in guinea-pig isolated basilar arteries. 2. The potency order among the prostanoids to elicit contraction was U44069 greater than prostaglandin B2 greater than prostaglandin F2 alpha greater than prostaglandin E2. Leukotriene C4 and D4 were approximately equipotent with prostaglandin B2. 3. Lipoxin A4 and B4 elicited small contractions (4% of the contractile response to 124 mM K+ at 3 x 10(-6) M), which were significantly (P less than 0.02) enhanced by indomethacin. The contractile responses to 15-HETE and 15-HPETE varied considerably (2-102% and 2-56% at 3 x 10(-6) M, respectively) between different vascular segments. 4. Among the leukotrienes, lipoxins and lipoxin precursors, only lipoxin A4 elicited a relaxation, albeit small and transient. 5. In summary, all examined eicosanoids contracted the guinea-pig basilar artery, although the responses to the lipoxins were small but significantly enhanced by cyclooxygenase inhibition.
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- T K Uski
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital of Lund, Sweden
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Minami N, Tani E, Yokota M, Maeda Y, Yamaura I. Immunohistochemistry of leukotriene C4 in experimental cerebral vasospasm. Acta Neuropathol 1991; 81:401-7. [PMID: 2028744 DOI: 10.1007/bf00293461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Experimental cerebral vasospasm was produced in a "two-hemorrhage" canine model and examined by immunohistochemistry for leukotriene C4 (LTC4). The immunostain for LTC4 showed a strong positivity in intima and adventitia and a scattered reaction in media of normal basilar artery. The immunoreactivity after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) was little changed in intima and media. Inflammatory cells which were characterized histochemically as neutrophils and macrophages, were shown to infiltrate from the adventitia of basilar artery to the periphery of blood clot after SAH and were markedly immunoreactive for LTC4. Also the neutrophils increased in number with the lapse of time after SAH. Thus, it would be reasonable to conclude that the LTC4 responsible for the development of vasospasm would most likely be produced from the infiltrating neutrophils and macrophages. In addition, neurons in hypothalamus, median eminence, and pons, as well as ependymal and arachnoid cells were immunoreactive for LTC4 both in the control and after SAH, whereas astrocytes and oligodendrocytes were not immunoreactive for LTC4 in either case.
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- N Minami
- Department of Neurosurgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Japan
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Klaas M, Wadsworth R. Contraction followed by relaxation in response to hypoxia in the sheep isolated middle cerebral artery. Eur J Pharmacol 1989; 168:187-92. [PMID: 2514107 DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(89)90564-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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In rings of sheep middle cerebral artery, precontracted with 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) 10 microM, hypoxia (pO2 = 10 mm Hg) caused contraction and re-oxygenation caused a transient further relaxation. The hypoxic contraction was abolished and the re-oxygenation relaxation was reduced by removal of the endothelium. BW755C 20 microM reduced the hypoxic contraction and re-oxygenation relaxation. Haemolysate 1 microliter/ml and methylene blue 10 microM reduced the hypoxic contraction and re-oxygenation relaxation and enhanced the hypoxic relaxation phase. It is concluded that the endothelium of isolated rings of sheep middle cerebral artery releases vasoconstrictor substances during hypoxia and releases vasodilator substances during re-oxygenation.
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- M Klaas
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, U.K
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Schumacher WA, Heran CL, Allen GT, Ogletree ML. Leukotrienes cause mesenteric vasoconstriction and hemoconcentration in rats without activating thromboxane receptors. PROSTAGLANDINS 1989; 38:335-44. [PMID: 2528783 DOI: 10.1016/0090-6980(89)90137-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Thromboxane A2/prostaglandin H2 (TP)-receptor activation has been reported to participate in some of the responses to peptide leukotrienes (LT). We examined the effect of TP-receptor antagonism on LT-induced mesenteric vasoconstriction and hemoconcentration in anesthetized rats. The antagonist used in these studies, SQ 30,741, was shown to have high selectivity and potency for vascular TP-receptors in the rat. Arterial (i.a.) injection of LTC4 and D4 elicited dose-dependent and transient reductions in mesenteric blood flow without changes in arterial blood pressure. These responses were unaffected by a dose of SQ 30,741 which produced approximately 99% inhibition of similar responses to U-46,619. In contrast, LT-induced mesenteric vasoconstriction was inhibited approximately 90% by two LT antagonists, LY 171,883 and SKF 104,353. In other experiments i.v. infusion of LTD4 caused increases in hematocrit and reductions in arterial blood pressure that were not influenced by SQ 30,741. These data suggest that increases in mesenteric vascular resistance and hemoconcentration in response to LTs are not the result of TP-receptor activation.
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- W A Schumacher
- Department of Pharmacology, Squibb Institute for Medical Research, Princeton, NJ 08543-4000
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Smith EF, Slivjak MJ. Evidence for high and low affinity leukotriene D4 receptors mediating vascular responses in the conscious rat. Eur J Pharmacol 1989; 159:297-301. [PMID: 2537739 DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(89)90161-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Leukotriene D4 (0.17-17 nmol/kg i.v.) produced a dose-dependent increase in blood pressure in the conscious rat. Infusion of the selective peptidoleukotriene receptor antagonist, SK&F 104353, produced dose-dependent shifts in the leukotriene D4 dose-response curve. However, SK&F 104353 at doses of 0.2 mg/kg + 1 mg/kg per h or 1 mg/kg + 3 mg/kg per h produced similar dose ratios of 9.2 +/- 1.1 and 9.2 +/- 1.6, respectively. The peptidoleukotriene receptor antagonist, ICI 198615, also shifted the LTD4 dose-response curve, although doses of 0.2 mg/kg + 1 mg/kg per h, 1 mg/kg + 3 mg/kg per h or 2 mg/kg + 10 mg/kg per h produced similar dose ratios of 15.7 +/- 3.4, 19.1 +/- 6.3 and 16.2 +/- 3.6, respectively. The similarity in the dose ratios observed despite increasing doses of either SK&F 104353 or ICI 198615 suggests the existence of two vascular leukotriene D4 receptor subpopulations, differentiated by high and low agonist affinity.
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- E F Smith
- Smith Kline & French Laboratories, Department of Pharmacology, King of Prussia, PA 19406
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Nishiye E, Itoh T, Kuriyama H. Some effects of leukotriene D4 on the mechanical properties of the guinea-pig basilar artery. Br J Pharmacol 1988; 93:591-600. [PMID: 3259445 PMCID: PMC1853825 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1988.tb10315.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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1. The effects of leukotriene D4 (LTD4) on the mechanical properties of smooth muscle cells from the guinea-pig basilar artery were investigated in whole and chemically skinned muscle strips. 2. In strips with an intact endothelium, 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT; 10 microM), LTD4 and LTC4 (1 microM), STA2 (1 nM-10 nM) and high K+ (30 mM-128 mM) generated contractions. These comprised an initial phasic and subsequently generated tonic response with different amplitudes. Acetylcholine (ACh, 0.1-10 microM) inhibited and methylene blue (1-10 microM) enhanced the tonic component of these contractions in endothelium-intact muscle strips. In endothelium-denuded tissues, methylene blue had no effect on mechanical responses and ACh produced a further contraction in the presence of LTD4. 3. When the endothelium was removed, the amplitude of contractions induced by all tested stimulants markedly increased. In intact muscle strips, the order of potency for the production of a maximum response was; 128 mM K+ greater than STA2 greater than LTD4 = LTC4 = 5-HT. Following removal of the endothelium; STA2 greater than 128 mM K+ greater than LTD4 = LTC4 much greater than 5-HT. 4. In endothelium-denuded strips, the selective LTD4 antagonists, ONO-RS-411 and FPL 55712 inhibited the LTD4-induced contraction. In contrast, guanethidine, prazosin, yohimbine, atropine and mepyramine had no effect. Indomethacin and a thromboxane A2(TXA2) antagonist, ONO-3708 also had no effect on LTD4-induced contractions in endothelium-denuded strips. 5. In endothelium-denuded strips, nifedipine inhibited the tonic contraction induced by LTD4 but not the phasic component. In Ca2+-free solution containing 2 mM EGTA, LTD4 produced only the phasic contractions. 6. In saponin-treated chemically skinned muscle strips, LTD4 had no effect on either the pCa-tension relationship or on the release of Ca2+ from intracellular stores. However, inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate released Ca2+ from the stores and 1,2-diolein, an activator of protein kinase C, enhanced the contractions induced by 0.3 microM Ca2+. 7. It was concluded that LTD4 acts on both the endothelium and on the smooth muscle cells of the guinea-pig basilar artery. It stimulates the release of endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF) which tends to inhibit the LTD4-induced contraction. It also interacts with receptors on the smooth muscle and produces a contraction as a result of an increase in both voltage-dependent and receptor-activated Ca2+ influx and, in part, the release of Ca2+ from cellular storage sites.
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- E Nishiye
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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