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BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY
卷 140, 期 1, 页码 186-194出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0705405
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cysteinyl leukotrienes; endothelium; 5-lipoxygenase; nitric oxide inhibition; noradrenaline; hypertension; rat aorta
1 Long-term treatment of rats with N-omega-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) induces hypertension associated with inflammatory and vascular changes. Leukotrienes are proinflammatory vasoactive products that are suspected to be involved in the pathogenesis of hypertension. We investigated, in rats chronically treated with L-NAME, the involvement of leukotrienes in the in vivo regulation of blood pressure and the in vitro contraction elicited by noradrenaline in isolated aorta. 2 Rats were randomly assigned to four groups and orally treated for 3 weeks with L-NAME (1 mg ml(-1)), L-NAME (1 mg ml(-1)) plus the leukotriene biosynthesis inhibitor MK-886 (0.1 mg ml(-1)), MK-886 (0.1 mg ml(-1)) alone or vehicle (Methocel, 0.1%). All the drugs were added to the drinking fluid. 3 The mean arterial blood pressure (MABP) increased significantly in L-NAME-treated rats (173.3+/-9.4 mmHg (n=25)) vs Methocel-treated rats (110.7 +/- 4.8 mmHg (n= 11), P<0.001). Chronic treatment with MK-886 prevented this rise in MABP. 4 Aortic rings with or without endothelium were suspended in organ baths for recording isometric changes in response to noradrenaline. Pretreatment with either MK-886 (10 μM), the CysLT(1) receptor antagonist MK571 (1 μM) or the dual CysLT(1)/CysLT(2) receptor antagonist BAY-u9773 (0.1 μM) reduced (P<0.05) noradrenaline-induced contractions in intact aortic rings from L-NAME-treated rats only. 5 Noradrenaline (0.3 muM) induced a two-fold increase in cysteinyl leukotriene (CysLT) release (measured by enzyme immunoassay) in intact aortic rings from L-NAME-treated rats only. 6 These data suggested (1) a role for the 5-lipoxygenase pathway in the regulation of blood pressure in L-NAME-treated rats and (2) the involvement of endothelial CysLTs in noradrenaline-induced contraction in aorta from L-NAME-treated rats.
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