title: Interleukin-1 impairs both vascular contraction and relaxation in rabbit isolated aorta.
abstract: Incubation of rabbit aortic rings with interleukin-1 (100 U/ml) in vitro led to a depressed contractile response to norepinephrine, whether the endothelium was present or not. In both cases norepinephrine-induced contraction was restored in the presence of NG-methyl-L-arginine (300 microM), an inhibitor of nitric oxide synthesis. In interleukin-1-treated rings precontracted with norepinephrine (1 microM), the relaxing response to acetylcholine was totally suppressed independently on the presence of endothelium. High concentrations of acetylcholine (greater than 1 microM) induced a slight contraction which was of lower amplitude than that obtained in control endothelium-denuded rings and was increased in the presence of NG-methyl-L-arginine. These results show that interleukin-1 (i) affects not only vascular contraction but also relaxation and (ii) involves both endothelial and non-endothelial factors. These observations suggest an impairment of the whole vascular reactivity during septic shock.
authors.affiliation: CEREP, Celle l'Evescault, France.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Robert
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chapelain
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jean
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Néliat
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D001120:Arginine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*; D009126:Muscle Relaxation / Q000187:drug effects*; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D011817:Rabbits; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D019323:omega-N-Methylarginine
chemical_list: D007375:Interleukin-1; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D019323:omega-N-Methylarginine; D001120:Arginine; D000109:Acetylcholine; D009638:Norepinephrine