title: Characterization of agonist-induced vasoconstriction in mouse pulmonary artery.
abstract: In recent years, transgenic mouse models have been developed to examine the underlying cellular and molecular mechanisms of lung disease and pulmonary vascular disease, such as asthma, pulmonary thromboembolic disease, and pulmonary hypertension. However, there has not been systematic characterization of the basic physiological pulmonary vascular reactivity in normal and transgenic mice. This represents an intellectual "gap", since it is important to characterize basic murine pulmonary vascular reactivity in response to various contractile and relaxant factors to which the pulmonary vasculature is exposed under physiological conditions. The present study evaluates excitation- and pharmacomechanical-contraction coupling in pulmonary arteries (PA) isolated from wild-type BALB/c mice. We demonstrate that both pharmaco- and electromechanical coupling mechanisms exist in mice PA. These arteries are also reactive to stimulation by alpha(1)-adrenergic agonists, serotonin, endothelin-1, vasopressin, and U-46619 (a thromboxane A(2) analog). We conclude that the basic vascular responsiveness of mouse PA is similar to those observed in PA of other species, including rat, pig, and human, albeit on a different scale and to varying amplitudes.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California-San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0725, USA.
authors.forename: Minlin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Oleksandr
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Platoshyn
authors.forename: Ayako
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Makino
authors.forename: Wolfgang H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Dillmann
authors.forename: Katerina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Akassoglou
authors.forename: Carmelle V
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Remillard
authors.forename: Jason X-J
authors.initials: JX
authors.lastname: Yuan
mesh_terms: D019796:15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D015761:4-Aminopyridine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000316:Adrenergic alpha-Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D019332:Endothelin-1 / Q000378:metabolism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D010656:Phenylephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D011188:Potassium / Q000378:metabolism; D026902:Potassium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism*; D012701:Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism; D013045:Species Specificity; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D013917:Thrombin / Q000494:pharmacology; D014661:Vasoconstriction / Q000187:drug effects*; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D014667:Vasopressins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000316:Adrenergic alpha-Agonists; D019332:Endothelin-1; D026902:Potassium Channel Blockers; D015221:Potassium Channels; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D014667:Vasopressins; D010656:Phenylephrine; D012701:Serotonin; D019796:15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid; D015761:4-Aminopyridine; D013917:Thrombin; D000109:Acetylcholine; D011188:Potassium; D002118:Calcium