EFFECTS OF K+ CHANNEL BLOCKERS ON VASCULAR TONE IN THE PERFUSED RAT LUNG
EFFECTS OF K+ CHANNEL BLOCKERS ON VASCULAR TONE IN THE PERFUSED RAT LUNG
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DOI:
10.1164/ajrccm/144.4.884
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发表时间:
1991-10-01
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MCMURTRY, IF
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HASUNUMA, K;RODMAN, DM;MCMURTRY, IF
To learn more of the role of K+ channel activity in the regulation of pulmonary vascular tone, we compared the pressor effects of the differential blockers of numerous K+ channels, tetraethylammonium chloride and 4-aminopyridine, and the inhibitor of ATP-sensitive K+ channels glibenclamide in meclofenamate-treated salt solution-perfused rat lungs. Tetraethylammonium (1 to 20 mM) and 4-aminopyridine (1 to 10 mM), but not glibenclamide (1 to 20-mu-M) caused vasoconstriction in the normoxic lung. The Ca++ channel blocker nifedipine (0.1-mu-M) and the alpha adrenoceptor antagonist phentolamine (10-mu-M) inhibited the 4-aminopyridine response by about 50% and reduced slightly the smaller tetraethylammonium response. 4-Aminopyridine and, to a lesser extent, tetraethylammonium, but not glibenclamide, also potentiated peak vasoconstriction to angiotensin II and airway hypoxia. Nifedipine, but not phentolamine, inhibited hypoxic vasoconstriction and prevented the potentiation by 4-aminopyridine. These results suggest that Ca++- and/or voltage-activated (not ATP-sensitive) K+ channels may be important in maintaining low pulmonary vascular tone.