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. 2019 Aug 27;10:815. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2019.00815

Table 5.

Effect of Thiazide Diuretics In Vitro on Vascular Constriction1.

Effect on Contractility2,3
Species Preparation Method Hypertension Agonist Inhibitor TZD Compared to TZD alone Reference
Guinea pig Mesenteric a. Isometric No NE none N/A Calder et al., 1992
NE Glib N/A
NE Indo N/A
NE CTX N/A
NE -Endo N/A
KCl none NA
KCl + Ca2+ none N/A Calder et al., 1993
KCl + Ca2+ IBT N/A
NE none NA Calder et al., 1994
NE Apamin N/A
NE Glib N/A
NE Phen N/A
NE CTX N/A
NE none N/A Pickkers and Hughes, 1995
NE CTX N/A
NE + Ca2+ KCl N/A
NE none 4 N/A Pickkers et al., 1999
NE CTX N/A
Human Internal mammary a. Isometric Yes5 NE none N/A Afsar et al., 2016
NE Glib N/A
NE CTX N/A
KCl none N/A
Mesenteric a. Isometric No NE none N/A Colas et al., 2001
Essential6 NE none N/A
Sub- cutaneous a. Isometric No NE none N/A Calder et al., 1992
NE Glib N/A
NE Indo N/A
NE CTX N/A
Mouse Aorta Isometric No7 Phe none N/A Alshahrani et al., 2017a
Mesenteric arteriole Perfused No7 Phe none N/A Rapoport et al., 2019
Rabbit Aorta Isometric No NE none Daniel and Nash, 1965
Rat Caudal a. Perfused No Ang II none N/A Nicholas, 1970
N.S. + Ang II none N/A
N.S. none N/A
None none N/A
Aorta Isometric No Phen none 8 N/A Abrahams et al., 1996; Abrahams et al., 1998
No Phe -Endo N/A 8
Spontaneous KCl + Ca2+ none N/A Colas et al., 2000a
KCl + Ca2+ L-NNA
KCl + Ca2+ -Endo N/A
KCl + Ca2+ CTX N/A
No NE none N/A Colas et al., 2000b
AVP none N/A
Spontaneous NE none N/A
NE -Endo N/A
AVP none N/A
NE -Endo N/A
No NE none N/A Colas et al., 2000c
NE none N/A
Spontaneous NE none N/A
NE -Endo N/A
NE L-NNA N/A
NE Indo N/A
KCl + Ca2+ none
No NE none N/A Zhu et al., 2005
Ang II none N/A
Ang II L-NAME N/A
Ang II -Endo N/A
KCl none N/A
BaCl2 none N/A
Femoral a. Isometric No ACh9 none N/A Sládková et al., 2007
L-NAME ACh9 none 10 N/A
Portal v. Isometric No KCl + Ca2+ none N/A Mironneau et al., 1981
No Spontaneous none N/A Abrahams et al., 1996
Pulmonary a. Isometric No Phe none 8 N/A Abrahams et al., 1996

1Adapted and expanded from Rapoport et al. (2019).

2Constriction unless relaxation noted.

3↑, ↓, − = increase, decrease, no change constriction/relaxation.

4Substantial and minimal inhibition by hydrochlorothiazide and bendroflumethazide, respectively.

5Hypertension, myocardial infarction, hyperlipidemia, treated with several pharmacologic agents.

6Treated with angiotensin II receptor antagonist, angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor, hydrochlorothiazide.

7NCC knockout plus Na+ restricted diet.

8Inhibition requires plasma (Abrahams et al., 1996) or albumin (Abrahams et al., 1998).

9Relaxation.

10Tended to increase.

a., artery, ACh, acetylcholine; Ang II, angiotensin II; AVP, arginine vasopressin; CTX, charybdotoxin; Endo, endothelium; Glib, glibenclamide; IBT, iberiotoxin; Indo, indomethacin; L-NAME, NG-nitro-L-arginine methylester; L-NNA, Nω-nitro-L-arginine; NE, norepinephrine; N.S., nerve stimulation; Pap, papaverine; Phenc, phencyclidine; Phe, phenylephrine; TZD, thiazide diuretic; v., vein.