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Oestradiol-induced relaxation of rabbit basilar artery by inhibition of voltage-dependent Ca channels through GTP-binding protein.

Abstract：

:1. Effects of oestradiol on the electrical and mechanical properties of the rabbit basilar artery were investigated by use of microelectrode, patch-clamp and isometric tension recording methods. 2. Oestradiol (10 nM-100 microM) relaxed arterial tissue pre-contracted by excess [K]o solution (30 mM) in a concentration-dependent manner. In Ca-free solution, histamine (10 microM) and caffeine (20 mM) each produced a phasic contraction, but oestradiol (10 microM) did not significantly affect their amplitude. 3. Oestradiol (< or = 100 microM) did not change the resting membrane potential of the artery whether in the presence or absence of TEA (10 mM). Action potentials observed in the presence of 10 mM TEA were abolished by oestradiol (100 microM). 4. Oestradiol (1 microM-100 microM) inhibited the voltage-dependent Ba current in a concentration-dependent manner. Oestradiol (100 microM) inhibited the Ba current observed in the presence of nicardipine (1 microM) more than that in the absence of nicardipine (to 31.0% vs 62.0% of control). 5. GTP gamma S (30 microM) in the pipette enhanced the inhibitory actions of oestradiol on the Ba current. On the other hand, with GDP beta S (1 mM) in the pipette, oestradiol failed to inhibit the Ba current. Pertussis toxin (PTX 3 micrograms ml-1) in the pipette totally prevented the inhibitory action of oestradiol on the Ba current. 6. Oestradiol (< or = 100 microM) had no significant effect on the outward K currents evoked by a membrane depolarization. 7. These results strongly suggest that oestradiol relaxes arterial tissue by inhibition of voltage-dependent Ca channels and that it inhibits both nicardipine-sensitive and -resistant Ca currents via a PTX-sensitive GTP-binding protein. The main target of oestradiol among the arterial Ca channels seems to be the nicardipine-resistant Ca channel, rather than the nicardipine-sensitive one.

journal_name

Br J Pharmacol

journal_title

British journal of pharmacology

authors

Ogata R,Inoue Y,Nakano H,Ito Y,Kitamura K

doi

10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb15198.x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1996-01-01 00:00:00

pages

351-9

issue

eissn

0007-1188

issn

1476-5381

journal_volume

117

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Oestradiol-induced relaxation of rabbit basilar artery by inhibition of voltage-dependent Ca channels through GTP-binding protein.