Functional integrity of endothelium determines Ca2+ channel availability in smooth muscle:: involvement of nitric oxide
Functional integrity of endothelium determines Ca2+ channel availability in smooth muscle:: involvement of nitric oxide
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DOI:
10.1007/s004240051001
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发表时间:
2000-04-01
影响因子:
4.5
通讯作者:
Li, X
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作者:
Simard, JM;Li, X
Endothelium regulates smooth muscle contractility in part via nitric oxide (NO). We tested the hypothesis that endothelial dysfunction, either produced by injury or simulated pharmacologically by reducing the bioavailability of NO, results in elevated Ca2+ channel availability (ng,,,,= maximum conductance/cell capacitance) in smooth muscle cells isolated from the vessel. Using basilar arteries of normotensive Wistar rats, we measured ng,,, in smooth muscle cells from control vessels, from vessels in which endothelium was injured using Na fluoroscene plus light, and from vessels in which the bioavailability of NO was reduced by pretreatment with the NO scavenger 1H-imidazol-1-yloxy,2-(4-carboxyphenyl)-4,5-dihydro-4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-3-oxide,potassium salt (C-PTIO), or the endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) inhibitor NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME). Values of ng,,, in these four groups of cells were 0.28+/-0.02 nS/pF (n=22), 0.51+/-0.05 nS/pF (n=15), 0.43+/-0.03 nS/pF (n=12), and 0.47+/-0.04 nS/pF (n=14) (P