Sulfur Dioxide Relaxes Rat Aorta by Endothelium-Dependent and -Independent Mechanisms
Sulfur Dioxide Relaxes Rat Aorta by Endothelium-Dependent and -Independent Mechanisms
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二氧化硫通过内皮依赖性和独立机制放松大鼠主动脉
DOI:
10.33549/physiolres.931456
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发表时间:
2009-01-01
影响因子:
2.1
通讯作者:
Lin, L.
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作者:
Wang, Y. -K.;Ren, A. -J.;Lin, L.
This study aimed to investigate the vasoactivity of sulfur dioxide (SO2), a novel gas identified from vascular tissue, in rat thoracic aorta. The thoracic aorta was isolated, cut into rings, and mounted in organ-bath chambers. After equilibrium, the rings were gradually stretched to a resting tension. Isometric tension was recorded under the treatments with vasoconstrictors, SO2 derivatives, and various drugs as pharmacological interventions. In endothelium-intact aortic rings constricted by 1 mu M phenylephrine (PE), SO2 derivatives (0.5 - 8 mM) caused a dose-dependent relaxation. Endothelium removal and a NOS inhibitor L-NAME reduced the relaxation to low doses of SO2 derivatives, but not that to relatively high doses (>= 2 mM). In endothelium-denuded rings, SO2 derivatives attenuated vasoconstriction induced by high K+ ( 60 mM) or CaCl2 (0.01-10 mM). The relaxation to SO2 derivatives in PE-constricted rings without endothelium was significantly inhibited by blockers of ATP-sensitive K+ (K-ATP) and Ca2+-activated K+ (K-Ca) channels, but not by those of voltage-dependent K+ channels, Na+-K+-ATPase or Na+-Ca2+ exchanger. SO2 relaxed vessel tone via endothelium-dependent mechanisms associated with NOS activation, and via endothelium-independent mechanisms dependent on the inhibition of voltage-gated Ca2+ channels, and the opening of K-ATP and K-Ca channels.