Acetylcholine and adenosine diphosphate cause endothelium-dependent relaxation of isolated human pulmonary arteries

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Endothelium-dependent vasorelaxation mediated by endothelium-derived relaxing factors (EDRF) has been extensively studied in animals but only limited studies in man are available. Demonstration of EDRF-mediated dilatation of human vessels is fundamental for understanding the mechanisms of vascular diseases in man. We have investigated endothelium-dependent relaxation of isolated human pulmonary arteries. Vascular segments, taken from uninvolved regions of resected lung from eight patients undergoing lobectomy for lung carcinoma, were cut into rings. In rings precontracted with phenylephrine, both acetylcholine (ACh) and adenosine diphosphate (ADP) induced dose-dependent relaxation in the presence of endothelium but not when the endothelium had been carefully removed. The rings without endothelium relaxed completely with sodium nitroprusside, a vasodilator agent acting directly on vascular smooth muscle. Pre-incubation with indomethacin, a cyclo-oxygenase inhibitor which blocks production of prostacyclin, did not alter the vasorelaxant responses to ACh and ADP, suggesting that one (or several) non-prostanoid EDRF(s) are responsible for the endothelium-dependent relaxation of isolated hyman pulmonary arteries.

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Dinh Xuan, A. T., Higenbottan, T. W., Clelland, C., Pepke-Zaba, J., Wells, F. C., & Wallwork, J. (1990). Acetylcholine and adenosine diphosphate cause endothelium-dependent relaxation of isolated human pulmonary arteries. European Respiratory Journal, 3(6), 633–638. https://doi.org/10.1183/09031936.93.03060633

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