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. 1993 Oct;470:521–537. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1993.sp019873

Role of GTP-protein and endothelium in contraction induced by ethanol in pig coronary artery.

M Kuroiwa 1, H Aoki 1, S Kobayashi 1, J Nishimura 1, H Kanaide 1
PMCID: PMC1143932  PMID: 8308741

Abstract

1. We examined the effects of ethanol on the contractility of strips of porcine coronary artery, with and without endothelium, and following permeabilization with alpha-toxin, and of aortic valvular endothelial cells, in situ. Changes in cytosolic Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) of the coronary artery smooth muscle cells and of the valvular endothelial cells were monitored using front-surface fluorometry of the calcium indicator dye, fura-2. In permeabilized preparations, [Ca2+]i was clamped using 10 mM ethyleneglycol-bis-(beta-aminoethylether)-N,N,N',N'-tetra ace tic acid (EGTA) and 10 microM A23187 (a calcium ionophore). 2. The strips without endothelium were placed in normal physiological salt solution (normal PSS) in the presence of ethanol (100-1000 mM). There were dose-dependent increases in [Ca2+]i and a rapid sustained rise in tension. In Ca(2+)-free PSS, ethanol increased [Ca2+]i and tension, similar to, but much smaller than, findings with normal PSS. 3. For a given change in [Ca2+]i induced by ethanol, the developed tension was greater than that observed during contractions induced by high [K+]o. Thus, the [Ca2+]-tension curve for ethanol was shifted to the left of that for high [K+]o. The [Ca2+]-tension curve for the contraction induced by ethanol in the absence of extracellular Ca2+ was shifted further to the left from that obtained in the presence of [Ca2+]o. 4. The mechanisms involved in this Ca(2+)-sensitizing effect of ethanol were investigated using alpha-toxin-permeabilized coronary medial strips. Ethanol increased the tension development, in a concentration-dependent manner, at a fixed concentration of Ca2+ (pCa = 6.3) in the presence of guanosine-5'-triphosphate (GTP), an effect antagonized by guanosine-5'-O-(beta-thiodiphosphate) (GDP beta S), a non-hydrolysable GDP analogue. 5. With intact endothelium, the ethanol-induced tension development was markedly reduced, although inhibition in the increase in [Ca2+]i was slight. The [Ca2+]-tension relationship of this contraction overlapped with that obtained with high [K+]o-induced contraction and was shifted to the right from that obtained in the absence of the endothelium. This endothelium-dependent reduction of [Ca2+]i and tension induced by ethanol was inhibited when the strips were exposed to NG-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA). 6. Ethanol induced a gradual and sustained increase in [Ca2+]i in normal PSS, and a transient, concentration-dependent increase in [Ca2+]i in Ca(2+)-free PSS in porcine aortic valvular endothelial cells in situ.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)

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