title: Pharmacological analysis of functional neurovascular transmission in canine splenic arteries: role of neuropeptide Y.
abstract: 1 The effects of neuropeptide Y (NPY) upon the isolated vasculature are reviewed. 2 The vasconstrictor responses to periarterial nerve stimulation (PNS) and neurotransmission by noradrenaline (NA) and ATP are discussed and illustrated using canine isolated perfused splenic artery. 3 Modulation of the vascular responses to PNS by NPY via pre- and post-junctional NPY Y2 and Y1 receptors is discussed. 4 Evidence is presented for different alpha1-adrenoceptor subtypes mediating vasoconstriction to exogenous and endogenously released NA and their different locations in the neurovascular junction and extrajunctional regions. 5 Activation of NPY Y1-receptors potentiates sympathetic nerve activated alpha1-adrenoceptor vasoconstriction. The proposal that the postjunctional alpha1B adrenoceptor may be linked to the NPY Y1-receptor and is responsible for co-operation between sympathetic and NPYergic interactions in the vasculature is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chiba
authors.forename: X-P
authors.initials: XP
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004558:Electric Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D009478:Neuropeptide Y / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000502:physiology; D011941:Receptors, Adrenergic / Q000502:physiology; D013157:Splenic Artery / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D014661:Vasoconstriction / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D009478:Neuropeptide Y; D011941:Receptors, Adrenergic