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Endothelium‐dependent hyperpolarization in resting and depolarized mammary and coronary arteries of guinea‐pigs
Author(s) -
Hammarström Anna K M,
Parkington Helena C,
Tare Marianne,
Coleman H A
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
british journal of pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.432
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1476-5381
pISSN - 0007-1188
DOI - 10.1038/sj.bjp.0702313
Subject(s) - hyperpolarization (physics) , prostacyclin , acetylcholine , medicine , iloprost , membrane potential , endocrinology , endothelium , vasodilation , artery , chemistry , biochemistry , organic chemistry , nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
The membrane potential responses in guinea‐pig coronary and mammary arteries attributable to endothelium‐derived nitric oxide (NO), prostaglandin (PG) and hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF), and to exogenous NO and the prostacyclin analogue, iloprost, were compared at rest and when depolarized with the thromboxane analogue, U46619. In the coronary artery, stimulation of the endothelium with acetylcholine (ACh) evoked hyperpolarization attributable to NO and a PG with similar pD 2 s at rest and in the presence of U46619. However, in depolarized tissues, the pD 2 of the response attributed to EDHF required a 10 fold lower concentration of ACh compared with at rest. In the mammary artery, lower concentrations of ACh were required to evoke NO‐ and EDHF‐dependent hyperpolarizations in depolarized mammary artery compared with at rest, while PG‐dependent hyperpolarization did not occur until the concentration of ACh was increased some 10 fold both at rest and in U46619. The smooth muscle of the coronary artery of guinea‐pigs was some 4 fold more sensitive to exogenous NO and iloprost than was the mammary artery. In conclusion, the membrane potential response in arteries at rest, that is, in the absence of constrictor, may be extrapolated to events in the presence of constrictor when NO and PG are under study. However, the sensitivity to ACh and the magnitude of the hyperpolarization attributed to EDHF obtained in tissues at rest may underestimate these parameters in depolarized tissues.British Journal of Pharmacology (1999) 126 , 421–428; doi: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0702313