title: Effects of diabetes on the vascular response to nitric oxide and constrictor prostanoids: gender and regional differences.
abstract: To analyze the effects of diabetes mellitus on the vascular responsiveness to nitric oxide and thromboxane receptor stimulation, 2 mm long segments of basilar, coronary, renal and tail arteries from male and female, control (normoglycemic) and streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats, were prepared for isometric tension recording. In the segments at basal resting tension, the thromboxane analog U46619 (10(-9)-10(-5) M) produced concentration-dependent contraction, which was similar in arteries from male and female rats, and was reduced by diabetes in coronary arteries from male and in tail arteries from female rats. In the vascular segments precontracted with endothelin-1 (10(-9) M), acetylcholine (10(-9)-3 x 10(-5) M) produced concentration-dependent relaxation which was similar in all arteries from normoglycemic male and female rats, and was increased by diabetes in tail arteries from female, but not in those from male rats. In precontracted segments the nitric oxide donor sodium nitroprusside (10(-10)-10(-5) M) also produced concentration-dependent relaxation, which was higher in basilar arteries from normoglycemic females compared with males, and was increased by diabetes in tail arteries from female but not from male rats. These results suggest that diabetes may increase the relaxation to nitric oxide in tail arteries, and may reduce the contraction to thromboxane receptor activation in coronary and tail arteries in a gender-dependent way. These changes in vascular reactivity may be adaptative to the vascular alterations produced by diabetes.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma, Arzobispo Morcillo 2, 28029, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sanz
authors.forename: Nuria
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fernández
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Monge
authors.forename: María Angeles
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Martínez
authors.forename: Belén
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Climent
authors.forename: Godofredo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Diéguez
authors.forename: Angel Luis
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: García-Villalón
mesh_terms: D019796:15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001488:Basilar Artery / Q000187:drug effects; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000187:drug effects; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects*; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020030:Nitric Oxide Donors / Q000494:pharmacology; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000494:pharmacology; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012039:Regional Blood Flow / Q000187:drug effects; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000187:drug effects; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D013623:Tail / Q000098:blood supply; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D020030:Nitric Oxide Donors; D011453:Prostaglandins; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D009599:Nitroprusside; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D019796:15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid; D000109:Acetylcholine