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. 1993 Aug;109(4):925–932. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1993.tb13709.x

Effects of rubidium on responses to potassium channel openers in rat isolated aorta.

I A Greenwood 1, A H Weston 1
PMCID: PMC2175758  PMID: 8401946

Abstract

1. In a physiological salt solution (PSS) in which potassium (K) was replaced by rubidium (Rb), segments of rat aorta precontracted with 20 mM RbCl were fully relaxed by K-channel openers with an order of potency levcromakalim > cromakalim > aprikalim > RP 49356. These relaxations were inhibited by glibenclamide. 2. Segments of rat aorta bathed in normal PSS and precontracted with 20 mM KCl were also relaxed by these K-channel openers with an order of potency levcromakalim > cromakalim > aprikalim > RP 49356. These relaxations were glibenclamide-sensitive. However, the absolute potencies of the K-channel openers were approximately four times greater in normal PSS than in RbPSS. 3. In RbPSS, minoxidil sulphate relaxed segments of aorta precontracted with 20 mM RbCl by approximately 20% whereas in normal PSS it fully relaxed those contracted with 20 mM KCl. 4. In RbPSS, levcromakalim-induced relaxation of aortic segments precontracted with 20 mM RbCl was initially well-maintained but then faded by approximately 60% of the initial relaxation to a new, stable level. Subsequent exposure to RP 49356 or to higher concentrations of levcromakalim was without further relaxant effect. Similar changes were observed when RP 49356 was the initial relaxant and tissues were exposed to either RP 49356 or levcromakalim. In normal PSS, levcromakalim- or RP 49356-induced relaxation of contractions produced by 20 mM KCl was well-maintained. 5. In RbPSS, minoxidil sulphate-induced relaxation of aortic segments precontracted with 20 mM RbCl was well-maintained. Subsequent exposure to either levcromakalim or to RP 49356 produced further tissue relaxation.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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