Studies on the vasoconstrictor action of melatonin and putative melatonin receptor ligands in the tail artery of juvenile Wistar rats

British Journal of Pharmacology
K N TingV G Wilson

Abstract

1. In this study we compared the vasoconstrictor activity of melatonin in rat isolated tail artery using two different recording systems, the Halpern pressure myograph and the Halpern-Mulvany wire myograph, with the view to determining a reliable method for obtaining pharmacological data on vascular melatonin receptors. In addition, we characterized the melatonin receptor in this preparation, using analogues of melatonin, and examined the activity of various naphthalenic derivatives with biological activity in non-vascular models of melatonin receptors. 2. Using the Halpern pressure myograph, cumulative addition of melatonin (0.1 nM to 1 microM) produced direct vasoconstriction (19.3+/-6.4% reduction in lumen diameter, n=5) in five of 11 pressurized segments, with pEC50 of 9.14+/-0.17. Similarly, non-cumulative application of melatonin caused vasoconstriction (19.7+/-4.6% reduction in lumen diameter, n=7) in seven of 20 preparations examined with pEC50 of 8.74+/-0.26. The selective alpha2-adrenoceptor agonist, UK-14304 (5-bromo-6-[2-imidazolin-2-ylamino]-quinoxaline bitartrate), produced vasoconstriction in all 'melatonin-insensitive' preparations. 3. Melatonin (0.1 nM to 1 microM) failed to elicit isometric contractions of tai...Continue Reading

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