title: Mechanisms of ergonovine-induced hyperconstriction of coronary artery after x-ray irradiation in pigs.
abstract: Mechanisms of ergonovine-induced coronary hyperconstriction were examined in vivo and in vitro in miniature pigs. To provoke coronary hyperconstriction, the endothelium of a segment of a major branch of the left coronary artery was denuded in 19 Göttingen miniature pigs (4 to 6 months of age). In Group I (n = 12), the denuded site of the coronary artery was selectively irradiated with 15Gy of x-ray twice, 3 and 4 months after endothelial denudation. The remaining 7 pigs were not irradiated (Group II). The vasoconstrictive effect of intracoronary administration of ergonovine (1 to 1000 microgram) was examined angiographically 3 months (just before irradiation in group I) and 5 months after denudation in the two groups. After the angiographical study, the vessels were isolated and isometric tensions were measured in an organ chamber. In the in vivo studies, ergonovine-induced vasoconstriction at the denuded and x-ray irradiated site in Group I was significantly greater than that at the control site or that at the denuded site in Group II. Pretreatments with serotonin receptor blockers (ketanserin or methysergide) significantly attenuated ergonovine-induced hyperconstriction, while an alpha-adrenergic receptor blocker (prazosin) did not (% inhibition; ketanserin 74 +/- 9%, p < 0.01, methysergide 60 +/- 10%, p < 0.01, prazosin 9 +/- 5%, NS). In the in vitro studies, ergonovine produced significantly greater tension at the denuded and x-ray irradiated site (Group I) than at the control site or at the denuded site (Group II). Ergonovine-induced endothelium-dependent relaxation was impaired at the denuded site in both groups to a similar extent. These results suggest that ergonovine-induced hyperconstriction at the denuded and x-ray irradiated coronary artery resulted mainly from the hyperreactivity of medial smooth muscle mediated by serotonin receptors.
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Angiocardiology and Cardiovascular Clinic, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Egashira
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Mitsuoka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tagawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kuga
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tomoike
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takeshita
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002404:Catheterization; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology* / Q000528:radiation effects; D004874:Ergonovine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007650:Ketanserin / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D008784:Methysergide / Q000494:pharmacology; D011224:Prazosin / Q000494:pharmacology; D013552:Swine; D013556:Swine, Miniature; D013997:Time Factors; D014661:Vasoconstriction / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000528:radiation effects
chemical_list: D007650:Ketanserin; D004874:Ergonovine; D011224:Prazosin; D008784:Methysergide