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. 1993 Aug;109(4):992–997. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1993.tb13719.x

Acetylcholine-induced endothelium-independent relaxations in monkey isolated superior and inferior caval veins.

S Fukushima 1, T Ohhashi 1
PMCID: PMC2175750  PMID: 8401953

Abstract

1. We examined the effects of acetylcholine (ACh), isoprenaline (Isop) and Ca-ionophore, A23187 on monkey isolated superior (SCV) and inferior caval veins (ICV) with and without intact endothelium, which had been partially contracted by 2 x 10(-6)-5 x 10(-6) M prostaglandin F2 alpha (PGF2 alpha). 2. Low concentrations of ACh (10(-10)-10(-9) M) produced a dose-dependent relaxation in the precontracted venous segments with endothelium. ACh at concentrations more than 10(-7) M elicited a transient contraction followed by a relaxation in these segments. 3. An addition of 5 x 10(-7) M A 23187 induced about 60% of maximum relaxation produced by 10(-5) M sodium nitroprusside (SNP) in each venous segment with endothelium. 4. Isop (10(-10)-10(-5) M) caused a dose-related relaxation in the precontracted caval veins with intact endothelium. 5. Removal of endothelium caused no significant effect on the ACh-induced dual responses but a significant inhibition of the A23187-induced relaxation. 6. Pretreatment with atropine antagonized competitively the ACh-induced relaxations in the endothelium-intact and endothelium-denuded caval veins. The Schild plot analysis showed that the pA2 values of the segments with and without endothelium were 9.72 +/- 0.14 (n = 5) and 10.01 +/- 0.23 (n = 6) in the ICV; and 9.95 +/- 0.20 (n = 5) and 9.70 +/- 0.10 (n = 5) in the SCV, respectively.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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