Diabetes-induced changes in endothelial mechanisms implicated in rabbit carotid arterial response to 5-hydroxytryptamine |
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| Authors: | Miranda F J Alabadí J A Lloréns S Ruiz de Apodaca R F Centeno J M Alborch E |
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| Institution: | Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Valencia, Avda. Vicente Andrés Estellés s/n, 46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain. francisco.j.miranda@uv.es |
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| Abstract: | The influence of diabetes on endothelial mechanisms implicated in the response of isolated rabbit carotid arteries to 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) was studied. 5-HT induced a concentration-dependent contraction that was potentiated in arteries from diabetic rabbits with respect to that in arteries from control rabbits. Endothelium removal potentiated 5-HT contractions in arteries from both control and diabetic rabbits but increased the maximum effect only in arteries from diabetic rabbits. Incubation of arterial segments with N(G)-nitro-L-arginine (L-NA) enhanced the contractile response to 5-HT. This L-NA enhancement was greater in arteries from diabetic rabbits than in arteries from control rabbits. Aminoguanidine did not modify the 5-HT contraction in arteries from control and diabetic rabbits. Indomethacin inhibited the 5-HT-induced response, and this inhibition was higher in arteries from control rabbits than in arteries from diabetic rabbits. In summary, diabetes enhances the sensitivity of the rabbit carotid artery to 5-HT. In control animals, the endothelium modulated the arterial response to 5-HT by the release of both nitric oxide (NO) and a vasoconstrictor prostanoid. Diabetes enhances endothelial constitutive NO activity and impairs the production of the endothelial vasoconstrictor. |
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