Studies with iontophoretic administration of drugs to human dermal vessels in vivo: cholinergic vasodilatation is mediated by dilator prostanoids rather than nitric oxide

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
J P NoonD J Webb

Abstract

Impaired function of the vascular endothelium has been well documented in hypertension and hypercholesterolaemia. However, the 'gold standard' method for assessing endothelial function, using intra-arterial drug infusion, is invasive and has only been applied in the forearm and coronary circulations in vivo. The aim of the present study was to establish the non-invasive technique of transdermal drug iontophoresis to assess endothelial function in human dermal vessels in vivo. In healthy male volunteers, we delivered acetylcholine (ACh) and sodium nitroprusside (SNP) to dermal vessels of the forearm using iontophoresis, and measured vasodilatation using laser Doppler fluximetry. Drugs were diluted in a methylcellulose gel vehicle which did not induce vasodilatation. To assess the contribution of nitric oxide and vasoactive prostanoids to cholinergic dilatation, the procedure was repeated during brachial artery infusion of the nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, L-N(G)-monomethyl-arginine (L-NMMA) and after intravenous administration of the cyclooxygenase inhibitor, aspirin. As a control for the vasoconstrictor effect of L-NMMA, which was measured by venous occlusion plethysmography, iontophoresis was repeated during brachial artery...Continue Reading

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