title: Endothelial modulation of vascular tone in isolated porcine and bovine basilar arteries.
abstract: Endothelium-dependent modulation of vascular tone was investigated in isolated porcine and bovine basilar arteries. L-Nitro-arginine (NO synthase inhibitor) and methylene blue (soluble guanylate cyclase inhibitor) increased, but indomethacin (cyclooxygenase inhibitor) decreased the vascular tone in the basilar arteries from both species. Bradykinin evoked relaxation of precontracted porcine basilar artery, but not bovine basilar artery. Sodium fluoride (endothelial G-protein activator) produced relaxation of precontracted basilar arteries from both species. The effects of bradykinin and sodium fluoride were completely abolished by endothelial denudation and markedly inhibited by L-nitro-arginine and methylene blue, but not by indomethacin. Sodium nitroprusside (guanylate cyclase activator) evoked relaxation of precontracted endothelium-denuded basilar arteries from both species. These results suggest that there is species variation in endothelium-dependent modulation of vascular tone in the basilar artery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Pharmacology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Miyamoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nishio
mesh_terms: D000594:Amino Acid Oxidoreductases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D000818:Animals; D001120:Arginine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D001488:Basilar Artery / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D001920:Bradykinin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002417:Cattle; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D006162:Guanylate Cyclase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D008751:Methylene Blue / Q000494:pharmacology; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009126:Muscle Relaxation / Q000187:drug effects; D009129:Muscle Tonus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D019335:Nitroarginine; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000494:pharmacology; D009919:Orchiectomy; D012969:Sodium Fluoride / Q000494:pharmacology; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D009599:Nitroprusside; D019335:Nitroarginine; D012969:Sodium Fluoride; D001120:Arginine; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D000594:Amino Acid Oxidoreductases; D006162:Guanylate Cyclase; D001920:Bradykinin; D008751:Methylene Blue; D007213:Indomethacin