title: Endothelin-1 induces vasoconstriction and nitric oxide release via endothelin ET(B) receptors in isolated perfused rat liver.
abstract: Endothelin-1 (0.1, 1 and 10 nM) induced a significant increase in portal pressure and nitric oxide (NO) release in the isolated rat liver. The endothelin ET(B) receptor agonist, IRL 1620 (Suc-[Glu9,Ala(11,15)]endothelin-1-(8-21)) (0.1, 1 and 10 nM) also elicited a marked increase in portal pressure and NO release. The potency of endothelin-1 was higher than that of IRL 1620. The endothelin ET(A) receptor antagonist, BQ-123 (cyclo(-D-Trp-D-Asp-Pro-D-Val-Leu)) (1 and 10 microM), had no effect on the endothelin-1-induced change in portal pressure and NO current. In contrast, the endothelin ET(B) receptor antagonist, BQ-788 (N-cis-2,6-dimethylpiperidinocarbonyl-L-gamma-methyl-leucyl-D-1-++ +methoxycarbonyltryptophanyl-D-norleucine) (1 and 10 nM), attenuated the endothelin-1-induced change in portal pressure and NO current. Administration of N(G)-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA), a NO synthase inhibitor, completely abolished the endothelin-1- or IRL 1620-induced NO release. L-NMMA enhanced the increase in portal pressure and decrease in O2 consumption caused by endothelin-1. These results indicated that endothelin ET(B) receptors mediate both vasoconstriction and NO release and that NO plays a significant role in stabilizing microcirculation in isolated perfused rat liver.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Higuchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Satoh
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D065128:Endothelin Receptor Antagonists; D019332:Endothelin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016232:Endothelins / Q000494:pharmacology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000494:pharmacology; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000187:drug effects; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000494:pharmacology; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic / Q000494:pharmacology; D010880:Piperidines / Q000494:pharmacology; D017082:Portal Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D044023:Receptor, Endothelin B; D017466:Receptors, Endothelin / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D014661:Vasoconstriction / Q000187:drug effects*; D019323:omega-N-Methylarginine / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D065128:Endothelin Receptor Antagonists; D019332:Endothelin-1; D016232:Endothelins; D009842:Oligopeptides; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic; D010880:Piperidines; D044023:Receptor, Endothelin B; D017466:Receptors, Endothelin; C074308:sovateltide; D019323:omega-N-Methylarginine; D009569:Nitric Oxide; C086539:BQ 788; C072247:cyclo(Trp-Asp-Pro-Val-Leu)