Control of vascular tone by endogenous endothelin-1 in human pial arteries

Stroke; a Journal of Cerebral Circulation
E ThorinA Bouthillier

Abstract

Endothelin-1 (ET) has been shown to be involved in human pathological conditions, but its physiological function remains to be elucidated. The aim of this work was to assess whether endothelium-derived ET was involved in the overall responsiveness of freshly isolated human pial arteries. Samples of cerebral cortex, otherwise discarded, were obtained during tumor or epileptic lesion resections (n = 10 donors). Arterial segments were isolated and mounted on a microvessel myograph. Inhibition of nitric oxide (NO) formation with N omega-nitro-L-arginine (L-NA, 100 micromol/L) increased basal tone by 7+/-1% Emax (n=5). This increase in tone was fully abolished in the presence of BQ123 (1 micromol/L; ET(A) receptor antagonist, P<.05) but potentiated by a subthreshold concentration of exogenous ET (1 nmol/L; 33+/-8% Emax; P<.05). In the presence of L-NA, serotonin (10 micromol/L)-induced tone was doubled compared with the control response (P<.05) but reduced by 90% in the presence of BQ123 (P<.05). In the absence of L-NA, BQ123 prevented serotonin-induced tone (n=3). Oxymetazoline, a selective alpha2-adrenergic receptor agonist, induced an endothelium-dependent relaxation of preconstricted human pial arteries. The relaxation was parti...Continue Reading

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