title: Vascular responsiveness to periarterial electrical nerve stimulation on canine ophthalmic arteries.
abstract: Both periarterial electrical stimulation (ES) and intraluminal application of norepinephrine (NE) produced a vasoconstriction in the isolated canine ophthalmic artery (OA). The ES-induced vasoconstrictor response was markedly inhibited by treatment with tetrodotoxin and slightly but significantly depressed by xylazine, a selective alpha-2 adrenoceptor agonist. Moreover, the ES-induced response was enhanced by either DG-5128, a selective alpha-2 adrenoceptor antagonist, or angiotensin II. The inhibitory effect of bunazosin on the ES-induced response was significant, but it was rather small compared with that on the NE-induced response. The NE-induced constriction was not affected by xylazine and DG-5128, but significantly enhanced by angiotensin II. These results indicate that (1) the ES-induced response is mediated via sympathetic nerve activation, (2) there are inhibitory prejunctional alpha-2 adrenoceptors, (3) there are more postjunctional alpha-1 than postjunctional alpha-2 adrenoceptors in canine OAs, and (4) prejunctional angiotensin II receptors may exist in isolated OA preparations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohkubo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chiba
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D005260:Female; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009880:Ophthalmic Artery / Q000294:innervation / Q000502:physiology*; D010477:Perfusion; D011312:Pressure; D014661:Vasoconstriction / Q000187:drug effects; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents; D014665:Vasodilator Agents