title: Contractility of intrarenal arteries in Goldblatt hypertensive rabbits.
abstract: The present investigation contractile responses of microdissected intrarenal arcuate arteries from sham-operated rabbits and two-kidney, one clip Goldblatt hypertensive rabbits at 2 and 12 weeks after procedure. Arcuate arteries from both kidneys of the sham-operated rabbits and stenotic and nonstenotic kidneys of the Goldblatt hypertensive rabbits were studied. Mean arterial blood pressures of the sham-operated and Goldblatt hypertensive rabbits were 72 +/- 2 and 85 +/- 2, and 130 +/- 3 and 125 +/- 4 mm Hg at 2 weeks and 12 weeks, respectively. In vitro isometric contractile force measurements were made with a small-artery myograph. Responses to graded concentrations of norepinephrine were evoked in the arcuate arteries, and the maximum active force was developed and -log EC50 was determined. At 2 weeks after procedure, the maximum responses of the vessels from the left kidney of the sham-operated rabbits and those from the stenotic left kidney of the Goldblatt hypertensive rabbits did not differ. The responses of the vessels from the right kidney of the sham-operated rabbits did not differ from those of the nonstenotic right kidney of the hypertensive rabbits. A markedly depressed maximum response of the vessels from the nonstenotic kidney of the hypertensive as compared with the right kidney of the sham-operated rabbits was found at 12 weeks after procedure, whereas the vessels from the stenotic kidney of the hypertensive and the left kidney of the sham-operated rabbits exhibited almost identical maximal responses. Responses to U 46619 were similarly affected in the two groups of rabbits. Cold-induced contractile responses of the arcuate arteries from the nonstenotic kidney of the hypertensive rabbits did not differ from those of the sham-operated rabbits at the 12-week interval.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis.
authors.forename: N D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: McElroy
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Zimmerman
mesh_terms: D019796:15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid; D000818:Animals; D001158:Arteries / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D003080:Cold Temperature; D006978:Hypertension, Renovascular / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000378:metabolism; D011450:Prostaglandin Endoperoxides, Synthetic / Q000494:pharmacology; D011817:Rabbits; D012079:Renal Circulation; D013566:Sympathomimetics / Q000494:pharmacology; D014661:Vasoconstriction; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D011450:Prostaglandin Endoperoxides, Synthetic; D013566:Sympathomimetics; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents; D019796:15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid