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Article: Effects of inhibitors of arachidonic acid metabolism and calcium entry on responses to acetylcholine, potassium and norepinephrine in the isolated canine saphenous vein
Title | Effects of inhibitors of arachidonic acid metabolism and calcium entry on responses to acetylcholine, potassium and norepinephrine in the isolated canine saphenous vein |
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Issue Date | 1983 |
Publisher | American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. The Journal's web site is located at http://jpet.aspetjournals.org |
Citation | Journal Of Pharmacology And Experimental Therapeutics, 1983, v. 225 n. 3, p. 720-728 How to Cite? |
Abstract | The present study was designed to determine whether interference with the metabolism of arachidonic acid or the entry of extracellular calcium affects the responses of the canine saphenous vein to acetylcholine, potassium or norepinephrine. Rings of canine saphenous vein, with or without endothelium, were suspended in organ chambers filled with physiological salt solution and set at their optimal length for isometric tension recording. Removal of the endothelium, confirmed by the absence of the characteristic relaxation induced by thrombin in intact rings, did not affect concentration-response curves to acetylcholine or norepinephrine. The cyclooxygenase inhibitor, indomethacin, augmented the response to acetylcholine. This effect was comparable in rings with and without endothelium and in rings pretreated with phentolamine. Indomethacin did not alter the response to norepinephrine but augmented that to potassium. Similar results were obtained with the cyclooxygenase inhibitors, acetylsalicylic acid and meclofenamate. The antioxidant and lipoxygenase inhibitor nordihydroguaiaretic acid and the cyclooxygenase/lipoxygenase inhibitor phenidone blocked the ability of indomethacin to augment acetylcholine- and potassium-induced contractions. Arachidonic acid-induced contractions were not blocked by indomethacin but were inhibited by nordihydroguaiaretic acid, phenidone and the calcium entry blockers diltiazem and nimodipine. Diltiazem and nimodipine inhibited responses to potassium and acetylcholine without affecting those to norepinephrine. The augmentation by indomethacin of potassium- and acetylcholine-evoked contractions with inhibited by diltiazem and nimodipine. In rings of femoral artery denuded of endothelium, indomethacin had no effect on the responses to acetylcholine, norepinephrine or potassium. These results suggest that, in the canine saphenous vein but not in the femoral artery, activation of the lipoxygenase pathway for the metabolism of arachidonic acid augments preferentially contractions which depend upon the entry of extracellular calcium. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/170691 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 3.1 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.829 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Rimele, TJ | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Vanhoutte, PM | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-10-30T06:10:28Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2012-10-30T06:10:28Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 1983 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal Of Pharmacology And Experimental Therapeutics, 1983, v. 225 n. 3, p. 720-728 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0022-3565 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/170691 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The present study was designed to determine whether interference with the metabolism of arachidonic acid or the entry of extracellular calcium affects the responses of the canine saphenous vein to acetylcholine, potassium or norepinephrine. Rings of canine saphenous vein, with or without endothelium, were suspended in organ chambers filled with physiological salt solution and set at their optimal length for isometric tension recording. Removal of the endothelium, confirmed by the absence of the characteristic relaxation induced by thrombin in intact rings, did not affect concentration-response curves to acetylcholine or norepinephrine. The cyclooxygenase inhibitor, indomethacin, augmented the response to acetylcholine. This effect was comparable in rings with and without endothelium and in rings pretreated with phentolamine. Indomethacin did not alter the response to norepinephrine but augmented that to potassium. Similar results were obtained with the cyclooxygenase inhibitors, acetylsalicylic acid and meclofenamate. The antioxidant and lipoxygenase inhibitor nordihydroguaiaretic acid and the cyclooxygenase/lipoxygenase inhibitor phenidone blocked the ability of indomethacin to augment acetylcholine- and potassium-induced contractions. Arachidonic acid-induced contractions were not blocked by indomethacin but were inhibited by nordihydroguaiaretic acid, phenidone and the calcium entry blockers diltiazem and nimodipine. Diltiazem and nimodipine inhibited responses to potassium and acetylcholine without affecting those to norepinephrine. The augmentation by indomethacin of potassium- and acetylcholine-evoked contractions with inhibited by diltiazem and nimodipine. In rings of femoral artery denuded of endothelium, indomethacin had no effect on the responses to acetylcholine, norepinephrine or potassium. These results suggest that, in the canine saphenous vein but not in the femoral artery, activation of the lipoxygenase pathway for the metabolism of arachidonic acid augments preferentially contractions which depend upon the entry of extracellular calcium. | en_US |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. The Journal's web site is located at http://jpet.aspetjournals.org | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Acetylcholine - Pharmacology | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Animals | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Arachidonic Acid | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Arachidonic Acids - Antagonists & Inhibitors | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Aspirin - Pharmacology | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Calcium Channel Blockers - Pharmacology | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Dogs | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Electric Stimulation | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Female | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Indomethacin - Pharmacology | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Kinetics | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Male | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Meclofenamic Acid - Pharmacology | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Muscle Contraction - Drug Effects | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Muscle, Smooth, Vascular - Drug Effects - Physiology | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Norepinephrine - Pharmacology | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Potassium - Pharmacology | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Saphenous Vein - Physiology | en_US |
dc.title | Effects of inhibitors of arachidonic acid metabolism and calcium entry on responses to acetylcholine, potassium and norepinephrine in the isolated canine saphenous vein | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Vanhoutte, PM:vanhoutt@hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Vanhoutte, PM=rp00238 | en_US |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | 6408242 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-0020568882 | en_US |
dc.identifier.volume | 225 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issue | 3 | en_US |
dc.identifier.spage | 720 | en_US |
dc.identifier.epage | 728 | en_US |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:A1983QW44100037 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United States | en_US |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Rimele, TJ=7004614618 | en_US |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Vanhoutte, PM=7202304247 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0022-3565 | - |