Abstract：
:This study was designed to establish the in vitro pharmacological responses of rat middle cerebral arteries (MCA), and also their susceptibility to overnight cold storage at 4 degrees C. MCAs were harvested from rats and pharmacological responses were studied using a Mulvany myograph. Responses to prostaglandin F2 alpha (PGF2 alpha), uridine triphosphate (UTP), noradrenaline (NA) and histamine were determined to investigate receptor-dependent responses, sodium nitroprusside and papaverine to investigate receptor-independent relaxation and L-arginine and N omega-Nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) to examine nitric oxide synthase-dependent responses. Responses in fresh arteries were established and compared with responses in arteries which had been mounted on a myograph and stored overnight at 4 degrees C before study the next day. The MCAs had an effective lumen diameter of 263 microns (SD 25) and sustained concentration-dependent contractions were produced by 124 mM K+, PGF2 alpha, UTP and L-NAME. Sodium nitroprusside, NA, histamine, papaverine and L-arginine produced concentration-dependent relaxations in precontracted arteries. Overnight cold storage did not alter the pharmacological responses to any of the agonists tested.
journal_name
J Vasc Resjournal_title
Journal of vascular researchauthors
Laing RJ,Jakubowski J,Morice AHdoi
10.1159/000159097subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1995-07-01 00:00:00pages
230-6issue
4eissn
1018-1172issn
1423-0135journal_volume
32pub_type
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pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00
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