Flow- and agonist-mediated nitric oxide- and prostaglandin-dependent dilation in spinal arteries

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 5 42-5, 1997, Pages

  Yashiro, Yasuaki ^a   Ohhashi, Toshio ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Endothelium derived relaxing factors; Resistance sized small artery; Shear stress; Spine

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ARACHIDONIC ACID; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED RELAXING FACTOR; INDOMETACIN; ISOCARBACYCLIN; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NIFEDIPINE; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSTACYCLIN DERIVATIVE; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SHEAR STRESS; SPINE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

EID: 33751300081     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1997.273.5.h2217     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Beetens, J. R., C. V. Hove, M. Rampart, and A. G. Herman. Acetylcholine stimulates the release of prostacyclin by rabbit aorta endothelium. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 35: 251-252, 1983.
2. Boczkowski, J., E. Vicaut, G. Danialou, and M. Aubier. Role of nitric oxide and prostaglandins in the regulation of diaphragmatic arteriolar tone in the rat. J. Appl. Physiol. 77: 590-596, 1994.
3. Copeland, J. R., K. A. Willoughby, T. M. Tynan, S. F. Moore, and E. F. Ellis. Endothelial and nonendothelial cyclooxygenase mediate rabbit pial arteriole dilation by bradykinin. Am. J. Physiol. 268 (Heart Circ. Physiol. 37): H458-H466, 1995.
4. Dacey, R. G., and B. R. Duling. A study of rat intracerebral arterioles: methods, morphology, and reactivity. Am. J. Physiol. 243 (Heart Circ. Physiol. 12): H598-H606, 1982.
5. Dacey, R. G., Jr., and J. E. Bassett. Cholinergic vasodilation of intracerebral arterioles in rats. Am. J. Physiol. 253 (Heart Circ. Physiol. 22): H1253-H1260, 1987.
6. Davies, P. F. Flow-mediated endothelial mechanotransduction. Physiol. Rev. 75: 519-560, 1995.
7. De Nucci, G., R. J. Gryglewski, T. D. Warner, and J. R. Vane. Receptor-mediated release of endothelium-derived relaxing factor and prostacyclin from bovine aortic endothelial cells is coupled. Pros. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 85: 2334-2338, 1988.
8. De Wit, C., P. Von Bismarck, and U. Pohl. Mediator role of prostaglandins in acetylcholine-induced vasodilation and control of resting vascular diameter in the hamster cremaster microcirculation in vivo. J. Vase. Res. 30: 272-278, 1993.
9. Doni, M. G., B. J. Whittle, R. M. Palmer, and S. Moncada. Actions of nitric oxide on the release of prostacyclin from bovine endothelial cells in culture. Eur. J. Pharmacol. 151: 19-25, 1988.
10. Duling, B. R., R. W. Gore, J. R. G. Dacey, and D. N. Damon. Methods for isolation, cannulation, and in vitro study of single microvessels. Am. J. Physiol. 241 (Heart Circ. Physiol. 10): H108-H116, 1981.
11. Fukushima, S., and T. Ohhashi. Acetylcholine-induced endothelium-independent relaxations in monkey isolated superior and inferior caval veins. Br. J. Pharmacol. 109: 992-997, 1993.
12. Furchgott, R. F., and J. V. Zawadzki. The obligatory role of endothelial cells in the relaxation of arterial smooth muscle by acetylcholine. Nature 288: 373-376, 1980.
13. Förstermann, U., G. Hertting, and B. Neufang. The role of endothelial and non-endothelial prostaglandins in the relaxation of isolated blood vessels of the rabbit induced by acetylcholine and bradykinin. Br. J. Pharmacol. 87: 521-532, 1986.
14. Heistad, D. D., and H. A. Kontos. Cerebral circulation. In: Handbook of Physiology. The Cardiovascular System. Peripheral Circulation and Organ Blood Flow. Bethesda, MD: Am. Physiol. Soc., 1983, sect. 2, vol. III, pt. 1, chapt. 5, p. 137-182.
15. Ishizaka, H., and L. Kuo. Acidosis-induced coronary arteriolar dilation is mediated by ATP-sensitive potassium channels in vascular smooth muscle. Circ. Res. 78: 50-57, 1996.
16. Koller, A., and G. Kaley. Prostaglandins mediate arteriolar dilation to increased blood flow velocity in skeletal muscle microcirculation. Circ. Res. 67: 529-534, 1990.
17. Kontos, H. A., E. P. Wei, R. C. Kukreja, E. F. Ellis, and M. L. Hess. Differences in eridothelium-dependent cerebral dilation by bradykinin and acetylcholine. Am. J. Physiol. 258 (Heart Circ. Physiol. 27): H1261-H1266, 1990.
18. Kuo, L., W. M. Chilian, and M. J. Davis. Interaction of pressure- and flow-induced responses in porcine coronary resistance vessels. Am. J. Physiol. 261 (Heart Circ. Physiol. 30): H1706-H1715, 1991.
19. Langille, B. L., and F. O'Donnell. Reductions in arterial diameter produced by chronic decreases in blood flow are endothelium-dependent. Science 231: 405-407, 1986.