Distribution of the perivascular nerve Ca2+ receptor in rat arteries
Distribution of the perivascular nerve Ca2+ receptor in rat arteries
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DOI:
10.1038/sj.bjp.0702195
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发表时间:
1998-12-01
影响因子:
7.3
通讯作者:
Bukoski, RD
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作者:
Wang, YL;Bukoski, RD
1 We recently showed that perivascular sensory nerves of mesenteric branch arteries express a receptor for extracellular Ca2+ (CaR), and reported data indicating that this CaR mediates relaxation induced by physiologic levels of Ca2+. We have now tested whether the perivascular sensory nerve CaR-linked dilator system is a local phenomenon restricted to the mesentery, or is present in other circulations.2 Vessels from the mesenteric, renal, coronary, and cerebral circulations were studied. Immunocytochemical analysis was performed using anti-CaR and anti-neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM) antibodies. Wire myography was used to assess contracation and relaxation.3 Although perivascular nerves of all arteries stained for CaR protein, there were regional differences. A morphometric method used to estimate CaR positive nerve density revealed the following rank order: mesenteric branch artery > basilar artery = renal interlobar artery > main renal trunk artery > left anterior descending coronary artery.4 Vessels from the mesentery, renal, coronary, and cerebral circulations showed nerve-dependent relaxation in response to electrical held stimulation (EFS) when precontracted with serotonin in the presence of guanethidine. The degree of Ca2+-induced relaxation of mesenteric, renal, and cerebral arteries positively correlated with the magnitude of EFS-induced relaxation. In contrast, coronary arteries contracted at Ca2+ levels between 1.5 and 3 mmol L-1,and relaxed to a small degree to 5 mmol L-1 Ca2+.5 Thus, a functional perivascular sensory nerve CaR-linked dilator system is present to varying degrees in the mesenteric, renal, and cerebral circulations, but only to a very limited extent in the coronary circulation.