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. 1992 Apr;105(4):799–804. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1992.tb09060.x

Evidence that epithelium-dependent relaxation of vascular smooth muscle detected by co-axial bioassays is not attributable to hypoxia.

D Spina 1, L B Fernandes 1, J M Preuss 1, D W Hay 1, R M Muccitelli 1, C P Page 1, R G Goldie 1
PMCID: PMC1908719  PMID: 1504713

Abstract

1. The present study was undertaken to examine further the contribution of hypoxia to airway epithelium-dependent relaxation of rat aorta in the co-axial bioassay. 2. Endothelium-denuded rat aorta contracted with phenylephrine (0.05 microM) relaxed in a time-dependent manner (t1/2 = 8.3 +/- 0.4 min, n = 38) when the bathing solution was bubbled with 95% N2 and 5% CO2. In co-axial bioassays, the t1/2 for histamine (100 microM; guinea-pig trachea)- and methacholine (100 microM; rabbit bronchus)- induced relaxation was 1.9 +/- 0.2 min (n = 14) and 1.2 +/- 0.1 min (n = 26), respectively. 3. Hypoxia-induced relaxation was not associated with a rise in intracellular guanosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate (cyclic GMP). This contrasts with previous findings of an elevation in cyclic GMP associated with epithelium-dependent relaxation of rat aorta in co-axial bioassays. 4. Hypoxia-induced vascular relaxation was antagonized by the ATP-sensitive K+ channel blocker, glibenclamide (100 microM). In contrast, glibenclamide (100 microM) failed to inhibit histamine (100 microM; guinea-pig trachea)- and methacholine (0.1-100 microM; rabbit bronchus)-induced release of epithelium-derived inhibitory factor (EpDIF), in co-axial bioassays. Glibenclamide (100 microM) antagonized BRL 38227 (lemakalin), but not isoprenaline-induced relaxation of phenylephrine-contracted rat aorta. 5. These data strongly suggest that the airway epithelium-dependent relaxant responses observed in co-axial bioassays cannot be attributed to hypoxia.

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