title: Ryanodine-induced contraction in femoral artery from spontaneously hypertensive rats.
abstract: The mechanisms of ryanodine-induced contractions were studied in strips of femoral arteries from spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and normotensive Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY). Ryanodine (30 nM to 30 microM) alone contracted arterial strips in a dose-dependent manner. The maximum contraction in SHR was about 5 times greater than that in WKY. SHR strips had about a 30 times lower threshold than WKY strips. Pretreatment with ryanodine caused a more potent dose-dependent inhibition of 10 mM caffeine-induced contractions in SHR than in WKY. Ryanodine (10 microM) failed to contract SHR strips in a CaCl2-free solution, whereas caffeine induced a transient contraction in the solution. Under the conditions that the sarcoplasmic reticulum was depleted of Ca2+ by exposure of the strips to the CaCl2-free solution, ryanodine caused a contraction in the presence of extracellular Ca2+. Verapamil (1 nM) to 1 microM) relaxed the strips precontracted with ryanodine in a dose-dependent manner. In WKY strips exposed to a 15 mM K+ solution, ryanodine-induced contractions were potentiated and were not different from those of SHR strips in a normal K+ (5.9 mM) solution. These results suggest that ryanodine contracts rat femoral arteries by promoting Ca2+ influx through voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels, and that the ability of ryanodine to contract the arteries may depend on the state of the Ca2+ channels.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagoya City University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kojima
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dohi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sato
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002110:Caffeine / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D002122:Calcium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects*; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR; D011921:Rats, Inbred WKY; D012433:Ryanodine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014700:Verapamil / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D012433:Ryanodine; D002110:Caffeine; D014700:Verapamil; D002122:Calcium Chloride