title: The effect of the endothelin ET(A) receptor antagonist CI-1020 on hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction.
abstract: The mechanism of Hypoxic Pulmonary Vasoconstriction is unknown. The role of endothelin-1 in hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction was studied in precontracted small and large pulmonary arteries using the endothelin ETA receptor antagonist sodium-2-benzol [1,3]dioxol-5-yl-4-(4-methoxyphenyl)-4-oxo-3-(3,4,5-trimethoxy-ben zyl)-but-2-enoate (CI-1020). Small rat pulmonary arteries exhibit a mixed endothelin ETA receptor and endothelin ETB2 receptor population whereas large rat pulmonary arteries contain only endothelin ETA receptors. CI-1020 inhibited endothelin-1 in small vessels via endothelin ETA receptor blockade (1 and 10 microM) and at high concentrations via endothelin ETA receptor and endothelin ETB2 receptor blockade (100 microM). CI-1020 (0.01, 0.1 and 1 microM) inhibited endothelin-1 in large vessels via endothelin ETA receptor blockade alone. CI-1020 (1, 10 and 100 microM) significantly reduced hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction in small vessels, by -9.8+/-1.4, -9.2+/-2.3 and -8.0+/-1.7% 80 mM K+, respectively, compared to +2.5+/-4.2% with vehicle (P < 0.05). CI-1020 (0.01, 0.1 and 1 microM) had no significant effect upon hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction in large vessels. In small, but not large, pulmonary arteries hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction is due in part to the action of endothelin-1 at the endothelin ETA receptor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, The University of Hull, Castle Hill Hospital, Yorkshire, UK.
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Wanstall
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gambino
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Morice
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004149:Dioxoles / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D065128:Endothelin Receptor Antagonists; D019332:Endothelin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000503:physiopathology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D044022:Receptor, Endothelin A; D014661:Vasoconstriction / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D004149:Dioxoles; D065128:Endothelin Receptor Antagonists; D019332:Endothelin-1; C093321:PD 156707; D044022:Receptor, Endothelin A