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The effects of β-adrenergic stimulation, vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP), adenosine, the nitric oxide (NO)-releasing agent sodium nitroprusside and of metabolic end-products of gas gland cell metabolism on swimbladder blood flow were investigated using saline- or blood-perfused swimbladder preparations of the freshwater European eel Anguilla anguilla. While β-adrenergic vasodilation was not detectable, a bolus injection of adenosine (100 microl, 10(−)7 mol l-1) and application of VIP (10(−)7 mol kg-1) caused a significant decrease in perfusion pressure in saline-perfused swimbladder preparations. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed the presence of VIP-immunoreactive nerve fibres in the swimbladder artery and in the swimbladder vein (seawater-adapted eels were used for immunohistochemical studies). Application of sodium nitroprusside also elicited a small, but significant, decrease in perfusion pressure in saline-perfused swimbladder preparations, while preincubation of swimbladder tissue with N(ω)nitro-l-arginine, a non-selective inhibitor of nitric oxide synthase, significantly enhanced the flow-induced increase in perfusion pressure. Lactate, the major metabolic end-product of gas gland cell metabolism, had no effect on perfusion pressure. In contrast, an increase in proton concentration in both saline- and blood-perfused preparations induced a vasodilation, as indicated by a significant decrease in perfusion pressure. The results demonstrate that VIP, NO, adenosine and protons may induce a vasodilation of swimbladder blood vessels. None of these effects, however, compares in time span with the previously described immediate, short-lasting vasodilation of swimbladder vessels elicited by pulse stimulation of the vagus nerve.

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Vasodilation of swimbladder vessels in the european eel (<i>Anguilla anguilla</i>) induced by vasoactive intestinal polypeptide, nitric oxide, adenosine and protons

Vasodilation of swimbladder vessels in the european eel (Anguilla anguilla) induced by vasoactive intestinal polypeptide, nitric oxide, adenosine and protons