title: [Elevation of the vascular smooth muscle sensitivity to effects of constrictors after denervation and under decreased blood pressure].
abstract: Changes in contractile activity of saphenous artery in normotensive rats and in rats with regional hypotension have been investigated. The abdominal aorta was partially occluded in Wistar rats distally to the renal arteries. Four weeks later, a 5-7-mm segment of the femoral nerve in one hindlimb was resected to denervate the saphenous artery. After two weeks, the isometric contraction of innervated and denervated saphenous artery segments was studied. In normotensive rats, the denervation augmented vessel sensitivity to noradrenaline, phenylephrine, serotonin, and KCl (in the presence of phentolamine). Chronic hypotension also augmented vessel sensitivity to constrictor agonists, whereas denervation did not result in further increase of sensitivity. In glyoxilic acid-stained preparations obtained from hypotensive rats, a reduced intensity of fluorescence of adrenergic fibers was observed. It was assumed that the higher sensitivity of vascular smooth muscle in hypotensive rats is due to functional disturbances of sympathetic innervation.
authors.forename: O S
authors.initials: OS
authors.lastname: Tarasova
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Puzdrova
authors.forename: V U
authors.initials: VU
authors.lastname: Kalenchuk
authors.forename: V B
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Koshelev
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001158:Arteries / Q000187:drug effects / Q000294:innervation; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006614:Hindlimb / Q000098:blood supply; D007022:Hypotension / Q000503:physiopathology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007537:Isometric Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009121:Muscle Denervation; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000294:innervation*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents