title: The effect of chronic and acute administration of deuterium oxide (D2O) on vascular smooth muscle contraction in spontaneously hypertensive and Wistar-Kyoto rats.
abstract: 1. Oral administration of 25% D2O for 12 days reduced blood pressure of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) to the level of Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) controls. 2. However, the chronic D2O treatment appeared to have little effect on the phenylephrine and potassium chloride induced dose-response curves of SHR and WKY rats, producing a decreased maximal contraction of the potassium chloride dose-response curve of SHR only. 3. Further acute studies revealed that desensitization results from chronic exposure to D2O such that 60% D2O produces a significant depression of contraction only in aortic rings obtained from SHR and WKY which had not been chronically treated with 25% D2O.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John's, Canada.
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: McWilliam
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Liepins
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Rankin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000187:drug effects; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D003903:Deuterium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017666:Deuterium Oxide; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects*; D010656:Phenylephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D011189:Potassium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR; D011921:Rats, Inbred WKY; D014867:Water / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D014867:Water; D010656:Phenylephrine; D011189:Potassium Chloride; D003903:Deuterium; D017666:Deuterium Oxide