title: Inhibition of periarterial nerve stimulation-induced vasodilation of the mesenteric arterial bed by CGRP (8-37) and CGRP receptor desensitization.
abstract: We provide the first functional evidence that calcitonin gene-related peptide (8-37) induces a direct vasoconstriction and reversibly antagonizes vasodilation of the mesenteric arterial bed induced by calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) suggesting that CGRP (8-37) is a competitive antagonist of vascular CGRP receptors. Vasodilation induced by periarterial nerve stimulation was inhibited both by CGRP (8-37) and by desensitization of CGRP receptors. These results further support the evidence that the periarterial nerve stimulation-induced nonadrenergic noncholinergic vasodilation of the mesenteric vasculature is mediated by endogenous CGRP and its receptors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, St. Louis University School of Medicine, MO 63104.
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Naes
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Westfall
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000494:pharmacology; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries / Q000187:drug effects / Q000294:innervation*; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D018003:Receptors, Calcitonin; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000187:drug effects*; D014664:Vasodilation / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D010446:Peptide Fragments; D018003:Receptors, Calcitonin; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; C058636:calcitonin gene-related peptide (8-37); D002116:Calcitonin; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide