title: Selective inhibition of endothelium-dependent relaxation by sympathectomy in rabbit carotid artery rings in vitro.
abstract: The influence of cervical and periarterial sympathectomy on endothelium-dependent relaxation of the rabbit common carotid artery was studied in vitro. Noradrenaline, serotonin, acetylcholine and papaverine concentration-response curves of sympathectomized and control rabbit common carotid artery rings were recorded and analyzed and effects of endothelium removal were investigated. Endothelium-dependent relaxation was selectively and significantly inhibited in 3 weeks postsympathectomy arterial preparations. Alterations in acetylcholine receptors of endothelial cells, decrease in endothelium-derived relaxing factor synthesis, or desensitization of medial muscular cells to endothelium-derived relaxing factor are hypothetical causes of this phenomenon.
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, Cumhuriyet University Medical School, Sivas, Turkey.
authors: H Z
authors: HZ
authors: Kars
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Utkan
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Sarioglu
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Yaradanakul
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000294:innervation / Q000502:physiology; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D010208:Papaverine / Q000494:pharmacology; D011817:Rabbits; D012701:Serotonin / Q000494:pharmacology; D013562:Sympathectomy; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000502:physiology*; D014664:Vasodilation / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D012701:Serotonin; D010208:Papaverine; D000109:Acetylcholine; D009638:Norepinephrine