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Nifedipine-sensitive vascular reactivity of femoral arteries in WKY: the effect of pertussis toxin pretreatment and endothelium removal
Silvia Líšková, J. Kuneš, J. Zicha
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- MeSH
- Femoral Artery drug effects MeSH
- Bacterial Toxins pharmacokinetics toxicity MeSH
- Endothelium physiology physiopathology drug effects MeSH
- Financing, Organized utilization MeSH
- Nifedipine pharmacokinetics MeSH
- Norepinephrine pharmacokinetics MeSH
- Whooping Cough microbiology MeSH
- Rats, Inbred WKY MeSH
- GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gi-Go pharmacokinetics physiology MeSH
- Calcium Channels, L-Type pharmacokinetics MeSH
Maintenance of norepinephrine (NE)-induced contraction is dependent on Ca2+ influx through L-type voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels (VDCC), which is opposed by nitric oxide. Adrenergic receptors are coupled with different G proteins, including inhibitory G proteins (Gi) that can be inactivated by pertussis toxin (PTX). Our study was aimed to investigate the effects of endothelium removal, PTX pretreatment and acute VDCC blockade by nifedipine on the contractions of femoral arteries stimulated by norepinephrine. We used 12-week-old male WKY, half of the rats being injected with PTX (10 µg/kg i.v., 48 h before the experiment), which considerably reduced their blood pressure (BP). Contractions of isolated arteries were measured using Mulvany-Halpern myograph. NE dose-response curves determined in femoral arteries from PTX-treated WKY rats were shifted to the right compared to those from control WKY. On the contrary, removal of endothelium augmented NE dose-response curves shifting them to the left. Acute VDCC blockade by nifedipine (10-7 M) abolished all differences in NE dose-response curves which were dependent on the presence of either intact endothelium or functional Gi proteins because all NE dose-response curves were identical to the curve seen in vessels with intact endothelium from PTX-treated animals. We can conclude that BP reduction after PTX injection is accompanied by the attenuation of NE-induced contraction of femoral arteries irrespective of endothelium presence. Moreover, our data indicate that both vasodilator action of endothelium and Gi-dependent vasoconstrictor effect of norepinephrine operate via the control of Ca2+ influx through VDCC.
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