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Ming, Z. et al.

Endothelin-dependent tone limits acetylcholine-induced dilation of resistance coronary vessels after blockade of NO formation in conscious dogs.

Nitric oxide (NO) impairs endothelin (ET) formation and/or action in isolated vessels. We hypothesized that ET may magnify the consequences of NO formation blockade on receptor-operated dilation of resistance coronary vessels in conscious dogs. In conscious instrumented dogs, graded intracoronary (IC) doses of acetylcholine (ACh) were delivered before IC administration of Nomega-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME), after L-NAME, and after L-NAME plus IC bosentan, an ETA/ETB receptor blocker. Before L-NAME, ACh (100 ng. kg-1. min-1) increased coronary blood flow (CBF) by 43+/-4% from 47+/-6 mL. min-1. After L-NAME, ACh failed to increase CBF (-3+/-2% from 50+/-7 mL. min-1). CBF responses to ACh were partially restored (+10+/-2% from 50+/-7 mL. min-1, P<0.01) after the addition of bosentan. Bosentan alone (without L-NAME) did not alter CBF responses to ACh. Blockade of ETA (Ro 61-1790) but not ETB (Ro 46-8443) receptors partially restored CBF responses to ACh after L-NAME. Myocardial immunoreactive ET levels in the perfusion territories of the circumflex and left anterior descending coronary arteries did not differ. ETA-dependent tone magnified the inhibitory effects of blockade of NO formation on receptor-operated dilation to ACh in resistance coronary vessels. Presumably, stimulated NO release has an inhibitory action on endogenous ET production and/or action at the level of resistance coronary vessels.[1]

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Endothelin-dependent tone limits acetylcholine-induced dilation of resistance coronary vessels after blockade of NO formation in conscious dogs. Ming, Z., Parent, R., Thorin, E., Lavallée, M. Hypertension (1998) [Pubmed]

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