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. 1992 Nov;107(3):771–776. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1992.tb14522.x

Effects of neuropeptide Y and agonists selective for neuropeptide Y receptor sub-types on arterioles of the guinea-pig small intestine and the rat brain.

J Xia 1, T O Neild 1, N Kotecha 1
PMCID: PMC1907762  PMID: 1472974

Abstract

1. The actions of neuropeptide Y (NPY) and agonists selective for NPY receptor subtypes were examined on arterioles from the guinea-pig small intestine and the rat pia in order to characterize the receptors mediating the vasoconstrictor and potentiating effects of NPY. 2. A method was developed for measuring the potentiating effects of NPY in situations where it was not possible to obtain a full concentration-response relationship for the vasoconstrictor. NPY, 50 nM, had a greater potentiating effect on the guinea-pig intestinal arterioles than those from the rat pia. 3. NPY and the Y1-selective agonist, NPY[Leu31,Pro34], potentiated the constrictor responses to U46619 in both arterioles and responses to noradrenaline in the guinea-pig arterioles. There was marked desensitization of the potentiating effect, and cross-desensitization between NPY and NPY[Leu31,Pro34]. Both NPY and NPY[Leu31,Pro34] caused constriction of the rat pial arterioles but not of those from the guinea-pig intestine. 4. The Y2-selective agonist PYY(13-36) caused no potentiation or vasoconstriction and did not affect the potentiation by NPY or NPY[Leu31,Pro34]. 5. The potentiating and vasoconstrictor effects of NPY on these arterioles were mediated by Y1 receptors.

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