Endothelium-dependent relaxation in perforating branch of human internal mammary artery

Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 393-399

  Pesic S ^a   Jovanovic A ^b   Grbovic L ^b   Inic M ^c   Munjas, N ^c  

^a Medical Faculty   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ONCOLOGY AND RADIOLOGY OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Endothelium; Perforating branch of HIMA; Relaxation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; ACETYLCHOLINE; INDOMETACIN; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034254072     PISSN: 09672109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-2109(00)00044-2     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Furchgott R.F., Zawadzki J.V. The obligatory role of endothelial cells in the relaxation of arterial smooth muscle by acetylcholine. Nature. 288:1980;373-376.
2. Vane J.R., Angerred E.E., Botting R.M. Regulatory functions of the vascular endothelium. New England Journal of Medicine. 323:1990;27-36.
3. Evans D.H., Gunderson M.P. A prostaglandin, not NO, mediates endothelium-dependent dilation in ventral aorta of shark (Squalus acanthias). American Journal of Physiology. 43:1998;R1050-R1057.
4. Salmon, M., The arteries to the mammary gland. In Arteries of the Skin, eds I. G. Taylor and M. N. Tempest. Churchill Livingstone, 1988, pp. 97-99.
5. Jovanović A., Grbović L., Tulić I. Predominant role for nitric oxide in the relaxation induced by acetylcholine in human uterine artery. Human Reproduction. 9:1994;387-393.
6. Jovanović A., Grbović L., Tulić I. Endothelium-dependent relaxation in response to acetylcholine in the human uterine artery. European Journal of Pharmacology. 256:1994;131-139.
7. Yang Z., Segesser V.L., Baner E., Stulz P., Turina M., Lüscher T.F. Different activation of the endothelial L-arginine and cyclooxygenase patway in the human internal mammary artery and saphenous vein. Circulation Research. 68:1991;52-60.
8. Vane J.R. Inhibition of prostaglandin synthesis as a mechanism of action for aspirine-like drugs. Nature New Biology. 231:1971;232-239.
9. Feletou M., Vanhoutte P.M. Endothelium-derived relaxing factor(s) and membrane potential of vascular smooth muscle (Abstract). Blood Vessels. 23:1986;69.
10. Tare M., Parkington H.C., Coleman H.A., Neild T.O., Dusting G.J. Hyperpolarization and relaxation of arterial smooth muscle caused by nitric oxide derived from the endothelium. Nature. 346:1990;69-71.
11. Vanhoutte P.M. Other endothelium-derived vasoactive factors. Circulation. 87(Suppl. 5):1993;9-14.
12. Bauersachs J., Popp R., Hecker M., Sauer E., Fleming I., Busse R. Nitric oxide attenuates the release of endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor. Circulation. 12:1996;3341-3347.
13. Plane F., Garland C.J. Differential effects of acetylcholine, nitric oxide and levocromakalim on smooth muscle membrane potential and tone in the rabbit basilar artery. British Journal of Pharmacology. 110:1993;651-667.
14. Shimokawa H., Yasutake H., Fujii K., Owada M.K., Nakaike R., Fukumoto T., Takayanagi T., Nagao T., Egashira K., Fujishima M., Takeshita A. The importance of the hyperpolarizing mechanism increases as the vessel size decreases in endothelium-dependent relaxations in rat mesenteric circulation. Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology. 28:1996;703-711.
15. Wallrstedt S.M., Bodelsson M. Endothelium-dependent relaxation by substance P in human isolated omental arteries and veins: relative contribution of prostanoids, nitric oxide and hyperpolarization. British Journal of Pharmacology. 120:1997;25-30.
16. Urakami-Harasawa L., Shimokawa H., Nakashima M., Egashira K., Takeshita A. Importance of endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor in human arteries. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 11:1997;2793-2799.
17. Cook, N. S. and Quast, U. Potassium channel pharmacology. In Potassium Channels: Structure, Classification, Function and Therapeutic Potential, ed. N. S. Cook. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1990. p. 181.
18. Moncada S., Radomski M.W., Palmer R.M.J. Endothelium-derived relaxing factor: identification as nitric oxide and role in the control of vascular tone and platelet function. Biochemistry and Pharmacology. 37:1988;2495-2501.
19. Palmer R.M.J., Rees D.D., Ashton D.S., Moncada S. L-arginine is the physiological precursor for the formation of nitric oxide in endothelium-dependent relaxation. Bichemistry and Biophysics Research Communications. 153:1988;1251-1256.
20. Rees D.D., Palmer R.M.J., Moncada S. Role of endothelium-derived nitric oxide in the regulation of blood pressure. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA. 86:1989;3375-3378.
21. Jovanović A., Grbović L., Drekić D., Novaković S. Muscarinic receptor function in the guinea-pig uterine artery is not altered during pregnancy. European Journal of Pharmacology. 258:1994;185-194.
22. Jovanović A., Grbović L., Jovanović S. Effect of the vascular endothelium on noradrenaline-induced contractions in non-pregnant and pregnant guinea-pig uterine arteries. British Journal of Pharmacology. 114:1995;805-815.