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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3 Pt 2
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-4-12
pubmed:abstractText
The purpose of this study was to characterize the responses of various types of vascular smooth muscle to conditions that would be encountered during photodynamic therapy, namely laser illumination of photosensitizer-pretreated tissue. Vascular smooth muscle obtained from representative canine, rodent, and rabbit vascular beds was cut into rings and placed in organ baths (37 degrees C, aerated with 95% O2-5% CO2). These vessels were pretreated for 30 min with the photosensitizer hematoporphyrin derivative (HpD, 3-30 micrograms/ml) washed, and then exposed to red laser light (633 nm, 1-3.5 mW) for up to 20 min. Under basal tension conditions laser illumination of HpD-pretreated vessels resulted in an increase in tension, whereas laser illumination of vessels not exposed to HpD did not contract. This sustained contraction was not reversed by washing the tissue with fresh Krebs-Ringer solution. Responses to norepinephrine, transmural electrical stimulation, and elevated concentrations of KCl were reduced in blood vessels tested after HpD laser illumination. Laser-induced contractions of canine carotid arteries did not require the presence of an intact vascular endothelium. Vascular effect of these photosensitizers appears to involve the formation of oxygen-derived radicals. This preparation could provide a good model for examining the effects of free radicals on vascular physiology.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0002-9513
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
256
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
H655-64
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:2522280-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:2522280-Arteries, pubmed-meshheading:2522280-Ascorbic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:2522280-Catalase, pubmed-meshheading:2522280-Dimethyl Sulfoxide, pubmed-meshheading:2522280-Dogs, pubmed-meshheading:2522280-Electric Stimulation, pubmed-meshheading:2522280-Hematoporphyrin Derivative, pubmed-meshheading:2522280-Hematoporphyrins, pubmed-meshheading:2522280-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:2522280-Lasers, pubmed-meshheading:2522280-Mannitol, pubmed-meshheading:2522280-Muscle, Smooth, Vascular, pubmed-meshheading:2522280-Muscle Contraction, pubmed-meshheading:2522280-Rabbits, pubmed-meshheading:2522280-Radiation-Sensitizing Agents, pubmed-meshheading:2522280-Superoxide Dismutase, pubmed-meshheading:2522280-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:2522280-Veins
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Contractile properties of isolated vascular smooth muscle after photoradiation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Anesthesiology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland 20814.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.