Hypertension and the absence of EDHF-mediated responses favour endothelium-dependent contractions in renal arteries of the rat.
OBJECTIVE
Experiments were designed to determine the modulation by nitric oxide (NO) and endothelium-dependent hyperpolarizations (EDHF-mediated responses) of endothelium-dependent contractions in renal arteries of normotensive and hypertensive rats.


METHODS
Rings, with or without endothelium, of renal arteries of 8-month-old Wistar Kyoto rats (WKY) and spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) were suspended in myographs for isometric force recording.


RESULTS
ACh evoked relaxations in preparations contracted with phenylephrine. L-NAME (inhibitor of NOS) attenuated (WKY) or abolished (SHR) these relaxations. TRAM-34 plus UCL 1684 (inhibitors of EDHF-mediated responses) did not decrease the relaxation, except in rings of WKY when L-NAME was also present. High concentrations of ACh caused a secondary increase in tension, augmented in rings of WKY by L-NAME or TRAM-34 plus UCL 1684. The increase in tension was prevented by indomethacin. Under baseline tension, ACh induced endothelium-dependent contractions, prevented by indomethacin (COX inhibitor) or terutroban (TP receptor antagonist). The calculated endothelium-dependent contractions were larger in rings of SHR compared with those of WKY. In preparations of SHR, the contractions were augmented by L-NAME in the presence of SC19220 (EP-1 receptor antagonist). In arteries of WKY, the endothelium-dependent contractions were augmented by TRAM-34 plus UCL 1684. The responses were reduced by SC19220.


CONCLUSIONS
In the renal artery of the rat, EDCF-mediated contractions are augmented by hypertension. The endothelium-dependent contractions are facilitated by NOS inhibition (in the presence of an EP-1 receptor antagonist) and by the withdrawal of EDHF-mediated responses.
Department of Pharmacology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China.
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D019796:15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001685:Biological Factors / Q000172:deficiency*; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000502:physiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006973:Hypertension / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology*; D052250:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D010656:Phenylephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D011188:Potassium / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR; D011920:Rats, Inbred WF; D011921:Rats, Inbred WKY; D018078:Receptors, Prostaglandin E / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D058306:Receptors, Prostaglandin E, EP1 Subtype; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014661:Vasoconstriction / Q000502:physiology*
D001685:Biological Factors; C545637:Ptger1 protein, rat; D018078:Receptors, Prostaglandin E; D058306:Receptors, Prostaglandin E, EP1 Subtype; C067410:endothelium-dependent hyperpolarization factor; D010656:Phenylephrine; D019796:15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid; D052250:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III; D011188:Potassium