title: [Effect of isopropyl 3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl) -2-hydroxypropanoate on rat pulmonary artery smooth muscle].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the effect of isopropyl 3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-2- hydroxypropanoate on vascular smooth muscle.
  
  
  METHODS
  Isolated rat pulmonary artery was perfused and the tension of the vessel was measured, the effect of isopropyl 3-(3, 4-dihydroxyphenyl)-2-hydroxypropanoate on the pulmonary artery precontracted by noradrenaline (NE) and concentration-response curves of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), endothelin-1 (ET-1), U46619 and KCl was also observed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Isopropyl 3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl) -2-hydroxypropanoate exerted relaxation effect on the endothelium-intact artery precontracted by NE in a concentration-dependent manner, which was inhibited with denuded endothelium. The right-shift of the concentration-response curves of 5-HT, ET-1, U46619 and KCl.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Isopropyl 3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-2-hydroxypropanoate have relaxation action on rat pulmonary artery in the way of endothelium-dependance, the mechanism of relaxation action by isopropyl 3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl) -2-hydroxypropanoate may be related to calcium channels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Medical school of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Wei-Jin
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Zang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D011422:Propionates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D011422:Propionates; C528033:isopropyl 3-(3, 4-dihydroxyphenyl)-2-hydroxypropanoate