Coronary beta-adrenoceptor function is modified by the endothelium in heart failure

Journal of Vascular Research
G Larosa, C Forster

Abstract

Congestive heart failure is associated with abnormalities in myocardial beta-adrenoceptor function. The extent of vascular beta-adrenoceptor alterations at heart failure, however, is unknown. Accordingly, we examined beta-adrenoceptor-mediated relaxations in both circumflex (CRX) and left anterior descending (LAD) coronary arteries with and without endothelium from dogs in early and end-stage heart failure induced by rapid ventricular pacing (1 and 4 weeks pacing at 250 beats x min-1, respectively). At early heart failure, (1) CRX with endothelium were more sensitive to isoproterenol than CRX without endothelium (EC50: 1.1 x 10(-8) vs. 1.6 x 10(-7) M, p<0.05); and (2) in response to salbutamol, CRX with endothelium had a lower maximum relaxation response than CRX without endothelium (56.6 vs. 75.9%, p<0.05). At end-stage heart failure, (1) endothelium-intact CRX and LAD showed a significant decrease in sensitivity to isoproterenol compared to control (CRX-EC50: end-stage heart failure: 1.1 x 10(-7) vs. control: 1.8 x 10(-8)M,p<0.05; and LAD-EC50: end-stage heart failure: 8.8 x 10(-7) M vs. control: 8.3 x 10(-8) M, p<0.05); (2) LAD with endothelium showed greater maximum relaxation to salbutamol than LAD without endothelium (100...Continue Reading

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