title: ETB receptor mediating pulmonary hypertension and bronchoconstriction induced by endothelin-1 in the guinea pig.
abstract: Endothelin (ET-1) caused dose-related contraction of isolated superfused bronchus and pulmonary artery and bronchoconstriction and pulmonary vascular hypertension of the heart lung preparation (HLP) of guinea pig. The specific ETA receptor antagonist BQ 123 completely blocked the responses of the pulmonary artery, but failed to affect those of bronchus and of HLPs. The specific ETB receptor agonist Sarafotoxin S6c caused contractions of bronchus, but not of pulmonary artery, and bronchoconstriction and pulmonary hypertension in HLPs. It is concluded that non-ETA subtype receptors, perhaps ETB, appear to be the main responsible for the potent pulmonary hypertensive effects of ET-1.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Instituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: del Basso
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Stati
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Calabrese
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Argiolas
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001980:Bronchi / Q000187:drug effects; D001986:Bronchial Spasm / Q000139:chemically induced*; D019332:Endothelin-1; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000139:chemically induced*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000187:drug effects; D044023:Receptor, Endothelin B; D017466:Receptors, Endothelin / Q000819:agonists / Q000502:physiology*; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D014757:Viper Venoms / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D019332:Endothelin-1; D044023:Receptor, Endothelin B; D017466:Receptors, Endothelin; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents; D014757:Viper Venoms; C057354:sarafotoxins s6