Endothelin and Ca++ agonist Bay K 8644: different vasoconstrictive properties |
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Authors: | M Auguet S Delaflotte P E Chabrier E Pirotzky F Clostre P Braquet |
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Affiliation: | Institut Henri Beaufour, Les Ulis, France. |
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Abstract: | The mechanism of vasoconstriction induced by endothelin was investigated in rat isolated aorta in comparison with the Ca++ agonist, Bay K 8644. Endothelin (EC50 = 4 nM) induced a slow and sustained contraction in control medium whereas the one elicited by Bay K 8644 (EC50 = 14 nM) necessitating a partly K+ depolarized medium was fast with superimposed rhythmic contraction. By opposition with Bay K 8644, endothelin contraction was not inhibited by the calcium antagonists (1 microM), nifedipine, diltiazem and D 600, and substantially persisted in Ca++ free medium or after depletion of intracellular Ca++ by phenylephrine (1 microM). These data show that endothelin does not act as an activator of potential dependent Ca++ channels but probably through specific receptor(s) as suggested by its mode of vasoconstriction. |
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