title: [Electrical responses of intact aortic endothelium in rats with experimental diabetes].
abstract: The changes in electrical properties of intact aortic endothelial cells from streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats were investigated. The mean resting membrane potential of unstimulated endothelium was significantly less negative (-32.7 +/- 0.8 mV) as compared with the aged-matched control group (-41.2 +/- 0.9 MB). In diabetic rat aortic strips, acetylcholine (2 microM) hyperpolarized endothelial cells to -57.6 +/- 1.1 mV, whereas in control group the hyperpolarization reached -64.4 +/- 0.9 mV. The amplitude of the hyperpolarization in diabetic rats, however, was not significantly different from the control group (24.9 +/- 1.1 mV and 23.2 +/- 0.9 mV, respectively). It was concluded that endothelial cells of diabetic rat aorta have less negative membrane potential values at rest and during acetylcholine stimulation that may partially account for the suppressed endothelium-dependent relaxation in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats.
authors.forename: O I
authors.initials: OI
authors.lastname: Bondarenko
authors.forename: O D
authors.initials: OD
authors.lastname: Prysiazhna
authors.forename: V F
authors.initials: VF
authors.lastname: Sahach
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D016764:Cell Polarity / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D000109:Acetylcholine