Figure 4.
Effect of FTY720 on vasomotor responses of isolated vessels. Basilar and femoral arteries of rat were challenged with cumulative concentrations of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT; A, B), sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P, C) or phenylephrine (PE, D) following 1h incubation with vehicle (H2O) or 10 µmol/L FTY720. Contractile responses are normalized to vasoconstriction induced by exposure to 100 mmol/L KCl in the same preparation before FTY720-treatment. Data are mean ± SEM of 5 independent measurements. In A and C P<0.05 and P<0.01, respectively; two-way ANOVA.