. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 1.

Published in final edited form as: Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2013 Jul 25;33(10):10.1161/ATVBAHA.112.300648. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.112.300648

Table I.

Arteriolar diameters and spontaneous vasomotor tone

	β1^e3/e3			ismβ1^e3/e3

	1A	2A	3A	1A	2A	3A
Diameter, µm
Rest	59 ± 5	14 ± 2	6 ± 1	44 ± 1^*	11 ± 1	7 ± 1
Maximum	61 ± 5	32 ± 3	22 ± 3	45 ± 2^*	19 ± 3^*	12 ± 2^*
Vasomotor tone	5 ± 1	57 ± 6	68 ± 4	3 ± 1	35 ± 9^*	36 ± 6^*

Arteriolar diameters and spontaneous vasomotor tone in cremaster muscle preparations of β1^e3/e3 and ismβ1^e3/e3 mice. Maximum diameters were recorded during superfusion with ACh + SNP (10 µM each). Vasomotor tone is expressed as “% maximum diameter” calculated as: [(maximum diameter - resting baseline diameter)/maximum diameter] × 100. Values are means ± SE (n=6 per cell).

Arteriolar diameter of ismβ1^e3/e3 significantly different from corresponding branch of β1^e3/e3, P < 0.01.