title: Contractile and relaxant responses of diabetic dog femoral arteries.
abstract: Strips of femoral arteries of normal and alloxan-treated dogs were set up for isometric recording. The contractile response to phenylephrine and the relaxant response to acetylcholine were determined. Neither alloxan treatment nor mechanical removal of endothelium altered the EC50 value for phenylephrine. The slope of phenylephrine dose-response curves of diabetic and healthy vessels with intact endothelium was similar, whereas the slope of phenylephrine dose-response curves of endothelium-denuded diabetic arteries was significantly greater than that of the denuded healthy arteries. Removal of the endothelium completely abolished the relaxant effect of acetylcholine. The relaxant potency (IC50) of acetylcholine was not affected by alloxan treatment. The results suggest that in canine femoral arteries the relaxant activity of acetylcholine is unaffected in experimental diabetes and the damage of the arterial endothelium may play a role in the increased responsiveness of diabetic vessels to adrenergic agonists.
authors.affiliation: Semmelweis University, Medical School, Department of Pharmacodynamics, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gebremedhin
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hadházy
authors.forename: M Z
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Koltai
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pogátsa
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004285:Dogs; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000187:drug effects / Q000503:physiopathology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009126:Muscle Relaxation / Q000187:drug effects; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010656:Phenylephrine / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D010656:Phenylephrine; D000109:Acetylcholine