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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-7-26
pubmed:abstractText
Transmural electrical stimulation was used to elicit frequency-dependent adrenergic neurogenic contractions in isolated carotid arteries from cholesterol-fed and control rabbits. In rings with endothelium, responses to adrenergic nerve stimulation were significantly greater in arteries from cholesterol-fed as compared with those from control rabbits. Responses to adrenergic nerve stimulation of rings without endothelium were not different between the two groups. Methylene blue, a guanylate cyclase inhibitor, increased contractions of rings with endothelium and abolished the difference between the responses of arteries from cholesterol-fed and control rabbits. Methylene blue had no significant effect on arteries without endothelium. The overflow of endogenous norepinephrine (NE) caused by transmural electrical stimulation was not different between segments of arteries from cholesterol-fed and control rabbits. In control rabbits, exogenously applied NE contracted arteries with endothelium less than arteries without endothelium, whereas in cholesterol-fed rabbits the contractions caused by NE were not different between arteries with and without endothelium. Acetylcholine-induced relaxations were not different between rings with endothelium from cholesterol-fed and control rabbits. These results suggest that hypercholesterolemia selectively impairs the inhibitory influence of the endothelium on adrenergic contractions.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0160-2446
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
820-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Augmented adrenergic contractions of carotid arteries from cholesterol-fed rabbits due to endothelial cell dysfunction.
pubmed:affiliation
Robert Dawson Evans Memorial Department of Clinical Research, Boston University Medical Center, Massachusetts 02118.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't