Abstract：
:Although the vasorelaxant effects of taurine have been studied in rabbit ear artery, rat isolated aorta and mesenteric artery, its pharmacological properties in other vascular beds and underlying mechanism(s) are still not well clarified. The present study was designed to observe the effects of taurine on the contractions induced by depolarization and phenylephrine in rat isolated aortic, renal and mesenteric arterial rings, and to get an insight into its mechanism(s). Arterial rings were suspended in organ baths and tension was recorded isometrically. Taurine 20-80 mM produced concentration-dependent relaxations of rat isolated aortic rings precontracted by 30 mM potassium chloride and 1 microM phenylephrine; the maximal relaxation was 17.17+/-3.18% and 22.23+/-1.83% respectively. The relaxation was not affected by 0.1 mM NG-nitro-L-arginine methylester ester (a nitric oxide synthetase inhibitor), 10 microM indomethacin (a cyclooxygenase inhibitor), 1 mM 4-aminopyridine (a K(V) blocker), 10 muM glibenclamide (a K(ATP) blocker), 1 mM barium chloride (BaCl(2), a K(IR) blocker), and 100 nM iberiotoxin (a BK(Ca) blocker), but was nearly abolished by 10 mM tetraethylammonium (TEA, a non-selective potassium channel blocker). Preincubation with taurine 20-60 mM did not affect the basal tone but inhibited the contraction induced by phenylephrine, and the inhibitory effect was attenuated by TEA in isolated renal and mesenteric arterial rings. Present experiments show that taurine relaxes contracted rat aorta and inhibits the phenylephrine-induced contraction of renal and mesenteric arteries, and suggest that a mechanism related to potassium channel opening may be involved in the action of taurine.
journal_name
Eur J Pharmacoljournal_title
European journal of pharmacologyauthors
Niu LG,Zhang MS,Liu Y,Xue WX,Liu DB,Zhang J,Liang YQdoi
10.1016/j.ejphar.2007.10.039subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2008-02-02 00:00:00pages
169-74issue
1-2eissn
0014-2999issn
1879-0712pii
S0014-2999(07)01198-3journal_volume
580pub_type
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