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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 284, Issue 2, Pages R531-R537Publisher
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00337.2002
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CGRP1 receptor; vascular endothelium; vascular tone; human thymus
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [HL-62000] Funding Source: Medline
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Responses to human CGRP, adrenomedullin (ADM), and proadrenomedullin NH2-terminal 20 peptide (PAMP) were studied in small human thymic arteries. CGRP, ADM, and PAMP produced concentration-dependent vasodilator responses in arteries preconstricted with the thromboxane mimic U-46619. Responses to ADM and PAMP were attenuated, whereas responses to CGRP were not altered by endothelial denudation. Inhibitors of nitric oxide synthase and guanylyl cyclase attenuated responses to ADM and PAMP but not to CGRP. The CGRP1 receptor antagonist CGRP(8-37) attenuated responses to CGRP and ADM but not to PAMP. Responses to CGRP were reduced by SQ-22536 and Rp-cAMPS, inhibitors of adenylyl cyclase and PKA. These data suggest that responses to CGRP and ADM are mediated by CGRP( 8-37)-sensitive receptors and that the endothelial ADM receptor induces vasodilation by a nitric oxide-guanylyl cyclase mechanism, whereas a smooth muscle CGRP receptor signals by a cAMP-dependent mechanism. A different endothelial receptor recognizes PAMP and signals by a nitric oxide-dependent mechanism.
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