MECHANISM OF ACTION OF CEREBRAL EPOXYEICOSATRIENOIC ACIDS ON CEREBRAL ARTERIAL SMOOTH-MUSCLE
MECHANISM OF ACTION OF CEREBRAL EPOXYEICOSATRIENOIC ACIDS ON CEREBRAL ARTERIAL SMOOTH-MUSCLE
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DOI:
10.1152/ajpheart.1992.263.2.h519
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发表时间:
1992-08-01
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HARDER, DR
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GEBREMEDHIN, D;MA, YH;HARDER, DR
Microsomal preparations of cat brain incubated with [C-14]arachidonic acid produced epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) that eluted with the same retention times as synthetically prepared 5,6-, 8,9-, and 11,12-EETs. These compounds dilated serotonin-preconstricted, pressurized cat cerebral arteries in a dose-dependent fashion. Epoxide formation was not found in mitochondrial fractions and was dependent on the presence of NADPH. The maximum effects of 8,9-EET and 11,12-EET were greater than those of 5,6-EET. The cellular basis of this vasodilation was further investigated by examining the effects of 8,9-EET and 11,12-EET on K+ channel activity in vascular muscle cells freshly isolated from cat cerebral arteries. Both 8,9-EET and 11,12-EET increased the frequency of opening, mean open time, and open-state probability of a 98-pS K+ channel recorded in the cell-attached mode with 145 mM KCl in the pipette and 4.7 mM KCl in the bath. Blockade of K+ channel activity with tetraethylammonium attenuated the vasodilatory effects of 11,12-EET on serotonin-preconstricted cat cerebral arteries. These results suggest that endogenously formed EETs may participate in local regulation of cerebral blood flow by dilating cerebral arteries through a mechanism that involves activation of K+ channels.