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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-8-2
pubmed:abstractText
The ?(7)-nicotinic ACh receptor (?(7)-nAChR) on sympathetic neurons innervating basilar arteries of pigs crossed bred between Landrace and Yorkshire (LY) is known to mediate nicotine-induced, ?-amyloid (A?)-sensitive nitrergic neurogenic vasodilation. Preliminary studies, however, demonstrated that nicotine-induced cerebral vasodilation in pigs crossbred among Landrace, Yorkshire, and Duroc (LYD) was insensitive to A? and ?-bungarotoxin (?-BGTX). We investigated nAChR subtype on sympathetic neurons innervating LYD basilar arteries. Nicotine-induced relaxation of porcine isolated basilar arteries was examined by tissue bath myography, inward currents on nAChR-expressing oocytes by two-electrode voltage recording, and mRNA and protein expression in the superior cervical ganglion (SCG) and middle cervical ganglion (MCG) by reverse transcription PCR and Western blotting. Nicotine-induced basilar arterial relaxation was not affected by A?, ?-BGTX, and ?-conotoxin IMI (?(7)-nAChR antagonists), or ?-conotoxin AuIB (?(3)?(4)-nAChR antagonist) but was inhibited by tropinone and tropane (?(3)-containing nAChR antagonists) and ?-conotoxin MII (selective ?(3)?(2)-nAChR antagonist). Nicotine-induced inward currents in ?(3)?(2)-nAChR-expressing oocytes were inhibited by ?-conotoxin MII but not by ?-BGTX, A?, or ?-conotoxin AuIB. mRNAs of ?(3)-, ?(7)-, ?(2)-, and ?(4)-subunits were expressed in both SCGs and MCGs with significantly higher mRNAs of ?(3)-, ?(2)-, and ?(4)-subunits than that of ?(7)-subunit. The A?-insensitive sympathetic ?(3)?(2)-nAChR mediates nicotine-induced cerebral nitrergic neurogenic vasodilation in LYD pigs. The different finding from A?-sensitive ?(7)-nAChR in basilar arteries of LY pigs may offer a partial explanation for different sensitivities of individuals to A? in causing diminished cerebral nitrergic vasodilation in diseases involving A?.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1522-1539
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
301
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
H344-54
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21536845-Amyloid beta-Peptides, pubmed-meshheading:21536845-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:21536845-Basilar Artery, pubmed-meshheading:21536845-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:21536845-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:21536845-Electric Stimulation, pubmed-meshheading:21536845-Female, pubmed-meshheading:21536845-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:21536845-Male, pubmed-meshheading:21536845-Membrane Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:21536845-Myography, pubmed-meshheading:21536845-Nicotinic Agonists, pubmed-meshheading:21536845-Nicotinic Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:21536845-Nitrergic Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:21536845-Oocytes, pubmed-meshheading:21536845-Patch-Clamp Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:21536845-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:21536845-Receptors, Nicotinic, pubmed-meshheading:21536845-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:21536845-Superior Cervical Ganglion, pubmed-meshheading:21536845-Swine, pubmed-meshheading:21536845-Vasoconstrictor Agents, pubmed-meshheading:21536845-Vasodilation, pubmed-meshheading:21536845-Vasodilator Agents, pubmed-meshheading:21536845-Xenopus
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Sympathetic ????-nAChRs mediate cerebral neurogenic nitrergic vasodilation in the swine.
pubmed:affiliation
Institutes of Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't