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Demel SL, Dong H, Swain GM, Wang X, Kreulen DL, Galligan JJ. Antioxidant treatment restores prejunctional regulation of purinergic transmission in mesenteric arteries of deoxycorticosterone acetate-salt hypertensive rats. Neuroscience 2010; 168:335-45. [PMID: 20398741 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.03.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2009] [Revised: 03/27/2010] [Accepted: 03/30/2010] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Norepinephrine (NE) and ATP are co-released by periarterial sympathetic nerves. In mesenteric arteries (MA) from deoxycorticosterone-acetate (DOCA)-salt hypertensive rats, ATP, but not norepinephrine, release is impaired suggesting that their release may be regulated differently. We tested the hypothesis that different calcium channels contribute to ATP and norepinephrine release from sympathetic nerves in vitro in MA from normotensive and DOCA-salt hypertensive rats and that oxidative stress disrupts prejunctional regulation of co-transmission. Excitatory junction potentials (EJPs) were used to measure ATP release. Norepinephrine release was measured amperometrically with carbon-fiber microelectrodes. CdCl2 (30 microM) inhibited norepinephrine release in sham and DOCA-salt arteries by 78% and 85%, respectively. The N-type calcium channel antagonist, omega-conotoxin GVIA (CTX, 0.1 microM) inhibited norepinephrine release by 50% and 67% in normotensive and DOCA-salt arteries, respectively while CTX blocked EJPs. The P/Q-type calcium channel antagonist omega-agatoxin IVA (ATX; 0.03 microM) reduced norepinephrine release in sham but not DOCA-salt arteries and increased EJPs in sham but not DOCA-salt arteries. ATX did not increase EJPs in sham arteries in the presence of the alpha(2)-adrenergic receptor antagonist, yohimbine (1 microM). alpha(2)-Autoreceptor-sensitive EJP facilitation is impaired in DOCA-salt hypertension but this response is restored in DOCA-salt rats treated chronically with the antioxidant, apocynin. Apocynin restored alpha(2)-autoreceptor regulation of norepinephrine release. We conclude that ATP released from periarterial sympathetic nerves is controlled directly by N-type calcium channels. Norepinephrine release is controlled by N and P/Q type calcium channels. Norepinephrine release controlled by P/Q channels acts at alpha(2)-adrenergic receptors to inhibit norepinephrine release suggesting that there may be multiple pools of norepinephrine in periarterial sympathetic nerves. Regulation of norepinephrine release by alpha(2)-autoreceptors and P/Q-type channels is impaired in DOCA-salt hypertension and alpha(2)-autoreceptor function is disrupted by oxidative stress.
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- S L Demel
- The Neuroscience Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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Morris JL, Ozols DI, Lewis RJ, Gibbins IL, Jobling P. Differential involvement of N-type calcium channels in transmitter release from vasoconstrictor and vasodilator neurons. Br J Pharmacol 2004; 141:961-70. [PMID: 14993106 PMCID: PMC1574280 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0705712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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1. The effects of calcium channel blockers on co-transmission from different populations of autonomic vasomotor neurons were studied on isolated segments of uterine artery and vena cava from guinea-pigs. 2. Sympathetic, noradrenergic contractions of the uterine artery (produced by 200 pulses at 1 or 10 Hz; 600 pulses at 20 Hz) were abolished by the N-type calcium channel blocker omega-conotoxin (CTX) GVIA at 1-10 nm. 3. Biphasic sympathetic contractions of the vena cava (600 pulses at 20 Hz) mediated by noradrenaline and neuropeptide Y were abolished by 10 nm CTX GVIA. 4. Neurogenic relaxations of the uterine artery (200 pulses at 10 Hz) mediated by neuronal nitric oxide and neuropeptides were reduced <50% by CTX GVIA 10-100 nm. 5. Capsaicin (3 microm) did not affect the CTX GVIA-sensitive or CTX GVIA-resistant neurogenic relaxations of the uterine artery. 6. The novel N-type blocker CTX CVID (100-300 nm), P/Q-type blockers agatoxin IVA (10-100 nm) or CTX CVIB (100 nm), the L-type blocker nifedipine (10 microm) or the 'R-type' blocker SNX-482 (100 nm), all failed to reduce CTX GVIA-resistant relaxations. The T-type channel blocker NiCl(2) (100-300 microm) reduced but did not abolish the remaining neurogenic dilations. 7. Release of different neurotransmitters from the same autonomic vasomotor axon depends on similar subtypes of calcium channels. N-type channels are responsible for transmitter release from vasoconstrictor neurons innervating a muscular artery and capacitance vein, but only partly mediate release of nitric oxide and neuropeptides from pelvic vasodilator neurons.
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- Judy L Morris
- Department of Anatomy & Histology, Centre for Neuroscience, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia.
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Tanaka K, Yang XP, Chiba S. Purinergic and adrenergic cotransmission in canine isolated and perfused gastroepiploic arteries. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2003; 30:678-83. [PMID: 12940888 DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1681.2003.03897.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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1. The vasoconstrictor responses of canine gastroepiploic artery to periarterial electrical nerve stimulation (PNS; 30 s trains of pulses at a frequency of 2, 4 or 8 Hz) were observed in a frequency dependent manner. The PNS-induced vasoconstrictions were abolished by tetrodotoxin (1 micromol/L) and mostly depressed but not completely by guanethidine (10 micromol/L). 2. Vasoconstrictor responses to administered noradrenaline were antagonized significantly by prazosin (0.1 micromol/L), an alpha1-adrenoceptor antagonist, but were not significantly affected by suramin (100 micromol/L), a P2 purinoceptor antagonist, or alpha,beta-methylene ATP (1 micromol/L), a P2X receptor desensitizing agent. Exogenous ATP-induced responses were clearly depressed by suramin or alpha,beta-methylene ATP, but were not significantly affected by prazosin. 3. The vasoconstrictor responses to PNS at a low frequency (2 and 4 Hz) of stimulation were markedly inhibited by suramin (100 micromol/L) and by alpha,beta-methylene ATP (1 micromol/L). The remaining responses after suramin or alpha,beta-methylene ATP were abolished by subsequent application of prazosin (0.1 micromol/L). At a high frequency (8 Hz) of stimulation, the vascular response was not significantly inhibited by suramin or alpha,beta-methylene ATP, but it was abolished by prazosin. 4. Injection of xylazine (0.3-30 nmol/L), an alpha2-adrenoceptor agonist, did not induce any clear vasoconstriction. The exposure of tissues to rauwolscine (0.1-0.3 micromol/L), an alpha2-adrenoceptor antagonist, dose-dependently increased PNS-induced vasoconstrictions at all frequencies tested. 5. The present results indicate that ATP acts as a cotransmitter with noradrenaline and is responsible for post-junctional vasoconstrictor responses at low frequencies of sitmulation, whereas the effect of noradrenaline is dominant at high-frequency stimulation in canine gastroepiploic artery. Prejunctional alpha2-adrenoceptor autoinhibition may modulate the release of either noradrenaline or ATP from sympathetic nerve terminals.
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- Kenichi Tanaka
- Department of Pharmacology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan
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Chiba S, Yang XP. Neuroeffector mechanisms involved in the regulation of dog splenic arterial tone. J Pharmacol Sci 2003; 92:84-92. [PMID: 12832835 DOI: 10.1254/jphs.92.84] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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It has been recognized that sympathetic neurons release several transmitters but mainly adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP), noradrenaline, and neuropeptide Y (NPY). Recently, we reported that periarterial nerve electrical stimulation (PNS) produced biphasic vasoconstrictions consisting of an initial transient, predominantly P2X-purinoceptor-mediated constriction followed by a prolonged, alpha(1)-adrenoceptor-mediated one in canine isolated splenic arteries. In this article, we tried to analyze the effects of several selective key drugs that influence the PNS-induced responses, and we functionally showed sympathetic transmitter releasing mechanisms by pharmacological analysis using purinergic, adrenergic, and NPYergic agonists and antagonists.
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- Shigetoshi Chiba
- Department of Pharmacology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.
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Chiba S, Yang XP. Pharmacological analysis of functional neurovascular transmission in canine splenic arteries: role of neuropeptide Y. AUTONOMIC & AUTACOID PHARMACOLOGY 2002; 22:187-97. [PMID: 12656944 DOI: 10.1046/j.1474-8673.2002.00265.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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1 The effects of neuropeptide Y (NPY) upon the isolated vasculature are reviewed. 2 The vasconstrictor responses to periarterial nerve stimulation (PNS) and neurotransmission by noradrenaline (NA) and ATP are discussed and illustrated using canine isolated perfused splenic artery. 3 Modulation of the vascular responses to PNS by NPY via pre- and post-junctional NPY Y2 and Y1 receptors is discussed. 4 Evidence is presented for different alpha1-adrenoceptor subtypes mediating vasoconstriction to exogenous and endogenously released NA and their different locations in the neurovascular junction and extrajunctional regions. 5 Activation of NPY Y1-receptors potentiates sympathetic nerve activated alpha1-adrenoceptor vasoconstriction. The proposal that the postjunctional alpha1B adrenoceptor may be linked to the NPY Y1-receptor and is responsible for co-operation between sympathetic and NPYergic interactions in the vasculature is discussed.
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- S Chiba
- Department of Pharmacology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan
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Yang XP, Chiba S. Antagonistic interaction between BIIE 0246, a neuropeptide Y Y2-receptor antagonist, and omega-conotoxin GVIA, a Ca2+ channel antagonist, in presynaptic transmitter releases in dog splenic arteries. JAPANESE JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY 2002; 89:188-91. [PMID: 12120763 DOI: 10.1254/jjp.89.188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Isolated dog splenic arteries were perfused with Krebs-Henseleit solution at 37 degrees C, using the cannula inserting method. Periarterial nerve electrical stimulation (10-V amplitude; 1-ms duration; 30-s trains of pulses; 1, 4 and 10 Hz) readily caused double peaked vasoconstrictions, i.e., 1st peaked response was mostly inhibited by alpha,beta-methylene ATP and the 2nd one, by prazosin. These responses were consistently inhibited by omega-conotoxin GVIA (omega-CTX), whereas they were facilitated by BIIE 0246, a neuropeptide Y (NPY) Y2-receptor antagonist. The omega-CTX-induced blocking effects of transmitter release were significantly antagonized by BIIE 0246. It is possible that the NPY Y2 receptor activity may partially be linked to presynaptic Ca2+ channels.
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- Xiao-Ping Yang
- Department of Pharmacology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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Yang XP, Chiba S. Different sensitivities to alpha1 adrenoceptor blockade on periarterial sympathetic nerve-induced constriction by low and high frequencies in canine isolated splenic arteries. TOHOKU J EXP MED 2002; 196:151-5. [PMID: 12002271 DOI: 10.1620/tjem.196.151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The periarterial nerve electrical stimulation at 4 and 10 Hz induced a monophasic vasoconstriction of the canine splenic artery in a pulse number-related manner (1-30 pulses). The responses at 4 Hz were not significantly affected by 0.1 microM prazosin, but abolished by 1 microM alpha, beta-methylene ATP. Prazosin (0.1 microM) partially but significantly inhibited responses at 10 Hz, and the remaining responses were blocked by 1 microM alpha, beta-methylene ATP. It indicates that the monophasic vasoconstrictor response to short pulses of stimulation at a low frequency is mediated by P2X-receptors, whereas the response at a high frequency may be due to activation of not only P2X-receptors but also alpha1 adrenoceptors.
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- Xiao-Ping Yang
- Department of Pharmacology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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Khalil Z, Merhi M, Livett BG. Differential involvement of conotoxin-sensitive mechanisms in neurogenic vasodilatation responses: effects of age. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2001; 56:B356-63. [PMID: 11487594 DOI: 10.1093/gerona/56.8.b356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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During aging there is a decline in sensory nerve function that is associated with reduced neurogenic inflammation and poor wound repair. The cellular mechanism(s) responsible for this decline in function with age is not well understood. We previously reported that sensory nerves in aged rats release sensory neuropeptides preferentially in response to low-frequency (5 Hz) as compared with higher-frequency (15 Hz) antidromic electrical stimulation, and that low-frequency transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation accelerates wound healing. The present study investigates possible mechanisms for this preferential response. Using laser Doppler techniques, we have measured changes in blood flow in the base of vacuum-induced blisters induced in the rat hind footpad of young and old animals in response to low-frequency (5 Hz) or high-frequency (15 Hz) electrical stimulation (20 V, 2 ms for 1 minute) of the sciatic nerve. The relative contributions of the sensory neuropeptides, substance P and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), and of N-type voltage-gated calcium channels to the vascular responses were assessed by using the specific receptor antagonists RP67580, which is 2-(1-imino-2-(2 methoxy phyenyl) ethyl)-7,7 diphenyl-4 perhydroisoindolone-(3aR, 7aR); CGRP(8-37); and omega-conotoxin GVIA (Conus geographus), respectively. The results showed a greater involvement of substance P at high-frequency electrical stimulation and of CGRP at low-frequency stimulation. Our finding that omega-conotoxin-sensitive N-type calcium channel function was preserved with age and was only involved in the vascular response to low-frequency electrical stimulation could explain our previous report demonstrating beneficial effects of low-frequency transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation to wound repair in aged animals. The current results have important practical implications for improving tissue repair in the aged.
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- Z Khalil
- National Ageing Research Institute, University of Melbourne, Poplar Road, Parkville, Victoria, Australia 3052.
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Yang XP, Chiba S. Existence of different alpha(1)-adrenoceptor subtypes in junctional and extrajunctional neurovascular regions in canine splenic arteries. Br J Pharmacol 2001; 132:1852-8. [PMID: 11309258 PMCID: PMC1572737 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0704020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The present study attempted to characterize the alpha(1)-adrenoceptor subtypes mediating vasoconstrictor responses to administered and nerve stimulation-evoked noradrenaline (NA) release in the isolated and perfused canine splenic artery. A previous study demonstrated that periarterial electrical nerve stimulation (30 s trains of pulses at a frequency of 1, 4 or 10 Hz) induced a double peaked vasoconstriction consisting of an initial transient, predominantly P2X-purinoceptor-mediated constriction followed by a prolonged, mainly alpha(1)-adrenoceptor-mediated response in the canine splenic artery. The effects of alpha(1)-adrenoceptor subtype antagonists on neuronally-mediated second peaked vasoconstrictions were analysed. BMY 7378 (10 - 100 nM), a selective alpha(1D)-adrenoceptor antagonist produced a dose-dependent inhibition of the second peak responses at all frequencies used. BMY 7378 (100 nM) reduced these responses by approximately 30%. Exposure of tissues to chloroethylclonidine (CEC, 60 microM), a selective alpha(1B)-adrenoceptor antagonist attenuated the second peak response by approximately 60%, even in the presence of BMY 7378 (100 nM). On the other hand, WB 4101 (100 nM), a selective alpha(1A)-adrenoceptor antagonist potentiated nerve-stimulation-evoked double peaked vasoconstrictions, especially at low frequencies (1 and 4 Hz). Vasoconstrictor responses to administered NA were dose-dependently antagonized by WB 4101 (10 - 100 nM), but were not significantly affected by either BMY 7378 (10 - 100 nM) or by CEC (60 microM). The present results indicate that NA released from sympathetic nerves may junctionally exert its vasoconstrictor effect via activation of postjunctional alpha(1B)- and in part alpha(1D)-adrenoceptors, whereas exogenous NA extrajunctionally activates alpha(1A)-adrenoceptors to produce its vascular action in canine splenic arteries.
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- Xiao-Ping Yang
- Department of Pharmacology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan
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Yang X, Chiba S. Differential effects of omega-conotoxin GVIA, tetrodotoxin and prolonged cold storage on purinergic and adrenergic transmission in isolated canine splenic artery. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 2001; 36 Suppl 2:S5-8. [PMID: 11206721 DOI: 10.1097/00005344-200000006-00003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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UNLABELLED Double-peaked vasoconstrictions (biphases of vasoconstrictions) were readily induced in the conditions of 30 s trains of pulses at 1 Hz in the isolated, perfused canine splenic artery. P2X purinoceptors have previously been shown to be involved mainfy in the first-peaked response and alpha1-adrenoceptors mostly in the second. The treatment with 10 nM omega-conotoxin GVIA (omega-CTX) produced a parallel inhibitory effect on the first- and second-peaked vasoconstrictor responses to nerve stimulation. A submaximal concentration of tetrodotoxin (TTX) (3 nM) did not affect the first peak of constriction, but strongly inhibited the second peak, although a larger dose of TTX (30 nM) abolished either the first- or second-peaked response. On the other hand, after cold storage at 4 degrees C for 7 days, the first-peaked vasoconstriction markedly decreased, whereas the second-peaked response was not significantly modified. IN CONCLUSION (1) omega-CTX-sensitive calcium channels may produce a parallel modulation of purinergic and adrenergic components of sympathetic cotransmission; (2) TTX-sensitive sodium channels may have a more important role in controlling the adrenergic rather than purinergic transmission; and (3) the function of purinergic transmission of sympathetic nerve might be affected more strongly than that of adrenergic transmission in the cold-stored canine splenic artery.
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- X Yang
- Department of Pharmacology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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