FIGURE 5.
Vascular reactivity of wild type and endothelium-specific RGS2-deficient MA. A, changes in WT (Tie2-CreERT2 + tamoxifen) (n = 6) and RGS2EC−/− (Tie2-CreERT2/RGS2fl/fl + tamoxifen) (n = 5) arterial diameter after application of PE and increasing concentrations of ACh as indicated. B, concentration response of ACh-induced vasodilatation in A expressed as percentages of increase in arterial diameter after application of PE (100 μmol/liter). C, vasoconstriction of WT and RGS2EC−/− MA to phenylephrine. D, vasodilatation of WT and RGS2EC−/− MA to SNP, following constriction with PE. The data are expressed as the means ± S.E. **, p < 0.01 versus WT (two-way analysis of variance).