Effect of Sodium-Potassium-Dependent ATPase Inhibition on Noradrenaline-Activated Calcium Sensitivity of Mesenteric Resistance Vessels in Adult Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats
- 1 December 1980
- journal article
- Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Clinical Science
- Vol. 59 (s6) , 203s-205s
- https://doi.org/10.1042/cs059203s
Abstract
1. We have investigated the noradrenaline-activated calcium sensitivity of 150 μm mesenteric resistance blood vessels from spontaneously hypertensive and control Wistar-Kyoto rats. 2. Under control conditions the spontaneously hypertensive rat blood vessels had a greater calcium sensitivity than the Wistar-Kyoto rat vessels. 3. In the presence of 1 mmol of ouabain/l, a treatment known to inhibit the sodium-potassium-dependent ATPase, the responses of the spontaneously hypertensive rat blood vessels were reduced more than those of the Wistar-Kyoto rat blood vessels, so that the responses of spontaneously hypertensive rat and Wistar-Kyoto rat blood vessels were then similar. 4. Similar results were obtained by removing external potassium, a procedure which should also inhibit the sodium-potassium-ATPase. 5. The results suggest that the greater noradrenaline-activated calcium sensitivity of spontaneously hypertensive rat blood vessels may be associated with an increased sodium-potassium-ATPase activity.Keywords
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