Differential responses of ovine intrapulmonary arteries and veins to acetylcholine.
We compared the effects of acetylcholine (Ach) in intrapulmonary arteries and veins of adult sheep. Preconstricted arterial rings with endothelium relaxed with Ach whereas arteries without endothelium or pretreated with NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME), an inhibitor of nitric oxide (NO) synthesis, did not dilate. Venous rings with or without endothelium, whether under resting tension or preconstricted, always contracted with Ach. However, preconstricted veins dilated with bradykinin, another endothelium-dependent vasodilator. Preconstricted veins pretreated with indomethacin or SQ29548, a prostaglandin H2 (PGH2)/TxA2 receptor blocker, did not constrict but rather dilated with Ach. This dilation was abolished with removal of endothelium or treatment with L-NAME, indicating that endothelium-derived NO (EDNO) was mediating the dilation. We conclude that Ach is an endothelium-dependent vasodilator in ovine intrapulmonary arteries, whereas in veins, Ach elicits two responses: EDNO-mediated vasodilation and vasoconstriction mediated by TxA2/PGH2.
Department of Pediatrics, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance 90502, USA.
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D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001920:Bradykinin / Q000494:pharmacology; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester / Q000494:pharmacology; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D044262:Prostaglandin H2; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / Q000378:metabolism; D011463:Prostaglandins H / Q000378:metabolism; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D012756:Sheep; D013928:Thromboxane A2 / Q000378:metabolism; D014661:Vasoconstriction / Q000187:drug effects; D014664:Vasodilation / Q000187:drug effects
D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D011463:Prostaglandins H; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D044262:Prostaglandin H2; D013928:Thromboxane A2; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases; D000109:Acetylcholine; D001920:Bradykinin; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester