title: Endothelin-1-induced contraction in isolated aortae from normotensive and DOCA-salt hypertensive rats: effect of magnesium.
abstract: 1. The contractile responses to endothelin-1 and the effect on these of various magnesium concentrations, were studied in isolated aortic rings from normotensive Sprague-Dawley rats and deoxycorticosterone acetate-salt (DOCA-salt) hypertensive rats. 2. Contractions induced by endothelin-1 were smaller in endothelium-denuded aortae from DOCA-salt hypertensive rats than in those from normotensive rats. The absence of calcium in the medium attenuated endothelin-1-induced contractions of aortae from both normotensive and DOCA-salt rats, but the contraction was greater in aortae from DOCA-salt hypertensive rats. Ryanodine (which inhibits the release of intracellular calcium) inhibited endothelin-1-induced contractions in aortae from DOCA-salt hypertensive rats to a greater extent than in aortae from normotensive rats. 3. A high extracellular magnesium concentration (4.8 mM) attenuated endothelin-1-induced contractions in tissues from DOCA-salt hypertensive rats but not in tissues from normotensive rats. In the absence of calcium, a high concentration of magnesium attenuated endothelin-1-induced contraction in aortae from both normotensive and hypertensive rats. In the presence of ryanodine, a high concentration of magnesium did not modify the contraction in preparations from either strain. 4. Absence of magnesium attenuated endothelin-1-induced contractions in aortae from both normotensive and DOCA-salt hypertensive rats. In the absence of calcium, removal of magnesium totally inhibited endothelin-1-induced contraction in tissues from normotensive rats but had no effect in those from hypertensive rats. In the presence of ryanodine, the lack of magnesium inhibited endothelin-1-induced contractions in aortae from DOCA-salt hypertensive rats but increased the sensitivity to endothelin-1 of aortae from normotensive rats. 5. The presence of endothelium did not modify the effect of high magnesium on endothelin-1-induced contractions in aortae from normotensive and DOCA-salt hypertensive rats. Conversely, the attenuating effect of magnesium removal on endothelin-1-induced contractions did not occur when endothelium was present. 6. In conclusion, endothelin-1-induced contraction was blunted in aortae from DOCA-salt hypertensive rats. The blunted response was related to altered calcium utilization during contraction. Changes in extracellular magnesium concentration differentially alter endothelin-1-induced contraction in aortae from normotensive and hypertensive rats, possibly by interfering with calcium utilization during contraction. Magnesium may be required for the contractile response to endothelin-1 and increasing magnesium may limit the vascular effects of endothelin-1 in blood vessels from DOCA-salt hypertensive rats.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Physiologie, Pharmacologie et Nutrition Préventive Expérimentale, Université de Franche-Comte, Besançon, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Laurant
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berthelot
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000187:drug effects; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D003900:Desoxycorticosterone; D019332:Endothelin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000502:physiology; D006973:Hypertension / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000503:physiopathology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008274:Magnesium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008275:Magnesium Deficiency / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D019332:Endothelin-1; D003900:Desoxycorticosterone; D008274:Magnesium