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ArticleBritish journal of pharmacology1995

Effects of portal hypertension on responsiveness of rat mesenteric artery and aorta.

T Cawley, J Geraghty, H Osborne, J R Docherty

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Article in British journal of pharmacology, 1995. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

T CawleyDepartment of Physiology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin.
J Geraghty
H Osborne
J R Docherty
Beaumont Hospital · IERoyal College of Surgeons in Ireland · IE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

1. We have examined the effects of pre-hepatic portal hypertension on the responsiveness of rat small mesenteric arteries and aorta. Rats were made portal hypertensive by creating a calibrated portal vein stenosis, or sham-operated. 2. In rat mesenteric arteries, there was no significant difference between portal hypertensive and sham-operated animals in the contractile potency of noradrenaline (NA), but the maximum contractile responses to NA, U46619 and KCl were significantly increased in vessels from portal hypertensive animals. This altered maximum contractile response was not due to alterations in smooth muscle mass. 3. In rat mesenteric arteries, there were no significant differences between portal hypertensive and sham-operated animals in endothelium-dependent relaxations to acetylcholine (ACh). The difference between portal hypertensive and sham-operated rats in the maximum response to U46619 was maintained following a combination of methylene blue (1 microM) and NG-monomethyl-L-arginine (100 microM), suggesting that any differences in endothelial function do not explain differences in the response to vasoconstrictors. 4. In rat aorta, there were no significant differences between portal hypertensive and sham-operated animals in the contractile response to NA or KCl or in the endothelium-dependent relaxations to ACh. 5. In pithed rats, there was no difference between portal hypertensive and sham-operated animals in the pressor potency of NA. 6. It is concluded that portal hypertension produces an increase in the contractile response to the vasoconstrictors NA, U46619 and KCl in rat mesenteric arteries but not in the aorta. This suggests that the diminished responsiveness to vasoconstrictors reported in portal hypertensive rats in vivo is not due to a diminished responsiveness at the level of the vascular smooth muscle.

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15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic AcidAnimalsAortaArginineBlood PressureDecerebrate StateEndothelium, VascularHypertension, PortalMaleMesenteric ArteriesMicrospheresMuscle ContractionMuscle RelaxationMuscle, Smooth, VascularNorepinephrineomega-N-Methylarginine15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic AcidArginineNorepinephrineomega-N-MethylargininePotassium ChlorideProstaglandin Endoperoxides, SyntheticThromboxane A2Vasoconstrictor Agents

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PMID7773539
PMCPMC1510215
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