ALTERED ENDOTHELIUM-MEDIATED RELAXATION BY SYMPATHECTOMY IN ISOLATED RABBIT CAROTID-ARTERY RINGS


KAYA T., UTKAN T., SARIOĞLU Y., GÖKSEL M.

METHODS AND FINDINGS IN EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY, cilt.17, sa.6, ss.369-375, 1995 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 17 Sayı: 6
  • Basım Tarihi: 1995
  • Dergi Adı: METHODS AND FINDINGS IN EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.369-375
  • Kocaeli Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The influence of cervical and periarterial sympathectomy on endothelium-dependent and endothelium-independent relaxations of the mature rabbit carotid artery was studied in vitro. The responses to adenosine, vasoactive intestinal polypeptide and substance P in sympathectomized and control rabbit carotid artery rings were recorded and analyzed. The effects of endothelium removal were also investigated. The maximal relaxation achieved by substance P, which produces endothelium-dependent relaxation, was significantly inhibited in 3 weeks in postsympathectomy arterial preparations as compared to controls. Adenosine and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide, which produce endothelium-independent relaxation, elicited similar relaxation in all tissues. These results demonstrated that the response to substance P was impaired by cervical and periarterial sympathectomy. The decreased maximum response to substance P may be the result of a decreased NK-1 receptor subtype density or excitation/response coupling, or it may be due to an impaired production and/or liberation of endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF).