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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-7-27
pubmed:abstractText
Vascular injury stimulates AT1-receptor expression and nitric oxide (NO) production in smooth muscle cells (SMCs). We examined the ability of AT1 agonists and antagonists to regulate vascular tone ex vivo in injured arteries and the possible modulation by SMC-derived NO. Rings of rat carotid arteries were isolated at day 7 after endothelial denudation and stimulated with angiotensin (Ang) II in the absence or presence of the AT1 antagonists losartan, L-158,809, or EXP-3174. Freshly denuded contralateral arteries were used as controls. AngII-induced contractions were similar in control and injured arteries. Losartan caused an insurmountable inhibition of AngII-induced contractions in injured but not control arteries. Enhanced inhibition of AngII in injured arteries also was observed in the presence of L-158,809 and EXP-3174. In the presence of the NO synthesis inhibitor nitromonomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA), maximal contractions to AngII were greater in injured than in control vessels, and AT1-receptor blockade with losartan was surmountable in all vessels. Mechanical removal of superficial neointimal SMCs attenuated NO production and normalized the efficacy of losartan in injured arteries. These results suggest a role for NO in reducing the biologic effects of AT1-receptor agonists and potentiating the efficacy of AT1 antagonists in vessels undergoing remodeling after injury.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antihypertensive Agents, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/EXP3174, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Enzyme Inhibitors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Imidazoles, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Losartan, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nitric Oxide, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 2, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Angiotensin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tetrazoles, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/omega-N-Methylarginine
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0160-2446
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
35
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
693-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10813369-Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:10813369-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10813369-Antihypertensive Agents, pubmed-meshheading:10813369-Carotid Arteries, pubmed-meshheading:10813369-Carotid Artery Injuries, pubmed-meshheading:10813369-Endothelium, Vascular, pubmed-meshheading:10813369-Enzyme Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:10813369-Imidazoles, pubmed-meshheading:10813369-Losartan, pubmed-meshheading:10813369-Male, pubmed-meshheading:10813369-Nitric Oxide, pubmed-meshheading:10813369-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:10813369-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:10813369-Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 1, pubmed-meshheading:10813369-Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 2, pubmed-meshheading:10813369-Receptors, Angiotensin, pubmed-meshheading:10813369-Tetrazoles, pubmed-meshheading:10813369-Vasoconstriction, pubmed-meshheading:10813369-omega-N-Methylarginine
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Evidence that nitric oxide regulates AT1-receptor agonist and antagonist efficacy in rat injured carotid artery.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pharmacology, University of Montreal, CHUM Research Center, Quebec, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't