title: Mechanisms underlying endothelium-dependent flow increase in perfused rat mesenteric vascular bed.
abstract: The isolated rat mesenteric vasculature was perfused at constant pressures of 40, 80 or 120 mm Hg and the change in flow rate was measured. In the presence of phenylephrine, treatment with 3-[(3-cholamidopropyl) dimethylammonio]-1-propane sulfonate (CHAPS) or N(G)-nitro-L-arginine (L-NA) significantly inhibited the pressure-dependent flow rate increase, but treatment with indomethacin or charybdotoxin plus apamin did not. Acetylcholine, bradykinin and ADP increased the flow rate, which had been markedly suppressed by CHAPS. At 80 mm Hg, the flow rate increase induced by these agonists was not affected by indomethacin plus L-NA, but was suppressed by subsequent treatment with charybdotoxin plus apamin. Changes in the perfusion pressure did not significantly affect the flow rate increases induced by the agonists. In conclusion, the opening of charybdotoxin plus apamin-sensitive Ca(2+)-dependent K(+) channels may be mainly involved in the endothelium-dependent flow rate increase induced by the agonists, whereas nitric oxide (NO) may be responsible for the endothelium-dependent, pressure-induced flow rate increase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta, Otsu, Shiga 520-2192, Japan.
authors.forename: Hideyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fujioka
authors.forename: Kazuhide
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ayajiki
authors.forename: Kazuya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shinozaki
authors.forename: Tomio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okamura
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D002793:Cholic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D008642:Mesenteric Veins / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D010477:Perfusion / Q000379:methods; D010656:Phenylephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D011312:Pressure; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D002793:Cholic Acids; D010656:Phenylephrine; C028213:3-((3-cholamidopropyl)dimethylammonium)-1-propanesulfonate