title: Marked neuropeptide Y-induced contractions via NPY-Y1 receptor and its desensitization in rat veins.
abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate neuropeptide Y (NPY)-induced vasoconstrictions in rat blood vessels and which NPY receptor subtype is involved in vasoconstrictions. NPY produced marked contractions in rat common jugular, brachial, portal, femoral and tail veins, and vena cava inferior, whereas it produced little or no contractions in rat common carotid, brachial, femoral and tail arteries, and thoracic and abdominal aortae. The maximal NPY-induced contractions were larger than maximal phenylephrine (PE)-induced contractions in the veins. These NPY-induced contractions were blocked by the Y1 antagonists, SRL-21, and BIBP3226 but not by the Y5 antagonist, L-152804. A Y2 agonist, NPY (13-36), did not produce contractions. RT-PCR showed that NPY-Y1 was the only receptor subtype in the veins indicating that NPY-induced contractions are mediated through the Y1 receptor. Pretreatment with NPY showed a rapid and long-lasting desensitization of these contractions. The marked NPY-induced contractions and its desensitization in the veins suggest the physiological relevance of NPY in the venous circulation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pharmacology, Department of Molecular Genetics and Signal Transduction Research, Course for Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 1-757 Asahimachi-dori, Niigata, 951-8510, Japan.
authors.forename: Tatsuru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsurumaki
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Higuchi
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007537:Isometric Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects*; D009478:Neuropeptide Y / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D017476:Receptors, Neuropeptide Y / Q000819:agonists / Q000187:drug effects*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014680:Veins / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D009478:Neuropeptide Y; D017476:Receptors, Neuropeptide Y; C097212:neuropeptide Y-Y1 receptor