title: 5-Hydroxytryptamine-induced contraction of human isolated umbilical artery and its dependence on cellular and extracellular Ca++.
abstract: The contribution of intra- and extracellular Ca++ during KCl- and 5-hydroxytryptamine-induced contractions was investigated in human isolated umbilical arteries obtained from cords of normal full-term deliveries. In normal solution, nifedipine caused dose-dependent relaxations of the arteries contracted by high K+ (80 mM) and 5-hydroxytryptamine. The IC50 value of nifedipine on KCl-induced contractions was about 9 times lower than that on 5-hydroxytryptamine-induced contractions. In Ca(++)-free medium, KCl failed to induce contractions of the artery. However, 5-hydroxytryptamine caused contractions amounting to 52% of the maximum response obtained by re-addition of Ca++, and this response was abolished by 10(-6) M of nifedipine. In the presence of either KCl or 5-hydroxytryptamine, subsequent addition of Ca++ caused reproducible contractions which were also inhibited by nifedipine. These results indicate that the KCl-induced contraction of human isolated umbilical artery is mainly dependent on extracellular Ca++, whereas that induced by 5-hydroxytryptamine involves both intra- and extracellular Ca++. It is also suggested that nifedipine does not only inhibit the influx of extracellular Ca++ during the contraction by 5-hydroxytryptamine but that it may also have intracellular effects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Selçuk University, Konya, Turkey.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Doğan
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ciçek
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Cenik
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Singirik
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kiliç
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Ozcan
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D009543:Nifedipine / Q000494:pharmacology; D011189:Potassium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D012701:Serotonin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014469:Umbilical Arteries / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D014661:Vasoconstriction / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D012701:Serotonin; D011189:Potassium Chloride; D009543:Nifedipine; D002118:Calcium