title: Antagonism of LTD4-evoked relaxation in canine renal artery and vein.
abstract: The goal of this study was to characterize further the manner in which the peptide leukotriene (LT) D4 evokes endothelium-dependent relaxation of the canine renal vein (RV) and artery (RA). The effects of four chemically and structurally dissimilar LT receptor antagonists and pertussis toxin (PTX), on LTD4-evoked relaxation of RV and RA rings, were determined and compared. In the presence of ICI 198,615 (10(-5) M), relaxation of both the RA and RV evoked by LTD4 was markedly attenuated. MK-571 (10(-5) M) altered neither RA nor RV relaxation evoked by LTD4. Relaxation of the RV but not the RA, evoked by LTD4, was attenuated in the presence of LY171,883 (10(-5) M). L649,923 (10(-5) M) solely inhibited LTD4-evoked relaxation of the RA. Pretreatment of vascular rings with PTX (250 ng/ml) for 2 h attenuated the vasomotor relaxation evoked by LTD4 in the RA but not in the RV. These observations suggest that LTD4-evoked relaxation of the RA and RV is dependent on different mechanisms. The endothelium-dependent response produced in the RA apparently involves a PTX-sensitive G protein. It is proposed that multiple signal transduction pathways and perhaps different LTD4 receptors may account for the diverse activity of LTD4.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacological and Physiological Science, St. Louis University School of Medicine, Missouri 63104.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Pawloski
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Chapnick
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000502:physiology; D020024:Leukotriene Antagonists; D017998:Leukotriene D4 / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000187:drug effects*; D012082:Renal Veins / Q000187:drug effects*; D014664:Vasodilation / Q000187:drug effects*; D014666:Vasomotor System / Q000187:drug effects; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D020024:Leukotriene Antagonists; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; D017998:Leukotriene D4; D037342:Pertussis Toxin