title: Mechanisms underlying enhanced contractile response to endothelin-1 in diabetic rat basilar artery.
abstract: We investigated the influence of streptozotocin-induced diabetes on the responsiveness of the rat basilar artery to endothelin-1 (ET-1) and nitric oxide (NO), which is known to counteract ET-1. In basilar arteries isolated from diabetic rats: (a) the ET-1-induced contraction was enhanced, (b) the contraction induced by N(G)-nitro-l-arginine [a nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitor] was weaker, and (c) the levels of the mRNAs for ET(A)/ET(B) receptors and prepro-ET-1, but not for NOS, were significantly elevated (all versus age-matched controls). These data indicate that ET-1-induced vasoconstriction may be increased in the diabetic rat basilar artery, and that this hyper-reactivity to ET-1 may be due to an overproduction of ET-1, an up-regulation of ET(A)/ET(B) receptors, and a defect in the bioavailability of NO.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Morphology, Institute of Medicinal Chemistry, Hoshi University, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8501, Japan.
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Shintaro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoshiyama
authors.forename: Tsuneo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Katsuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kamata
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001488:Basilar Artery / Q000187:drug effects*; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000378:metabolism*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D065128:Endothelin Receptor Antagonists; D019332:Endothelin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016232:Endothelins / Q000494:pharmacology; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D019335:Nitroarginine / Q000494:pharmacology; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000494:pharmacology; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000494:pharmacology; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic / Q000494:pharmacology; D010880:Piperidines / Q000494:pharmacology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D017466:Receptors, Endothelin / Q000819:agonists; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014661:Vasoconstriction / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D001786:Blood Glucose; D065128:Endothelin Receptor Antagonists; D019332:Endothelin-1; D016232:Endothelins; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D009842:Oligopeptides; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic; D010880:Piperidines; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D017466:Receptors, Endothelin; C074308:sovateltide; D019335:Nitroarginine; D009569:Nitric Oxide; C086539:BQ 788; C072247:cyclo(Trp-Asp-Pro-Val-Leu)