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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 280: R968-R975, 2001;
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Vol. 280, Issue 4, R968-R975, April 2001

Expression of myogenic constrictor tone in the aorta of hypertensive rats

Michelle Rapacon-Baker, Fan Zhang, Michael L. Pucci, Hui Guan, and Alberto Nasjletti

Department of Pharmacology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York 10595

We investigated the effect of intraluminal pressure or stretch on the development of tone in the descending thoracic aorta from rats with aortic coarctation-induced hypertension of 7-14 days duration. Increments of pressure >100 mmHg decreased the diameter of thoracic aortas from hypertensive but not from normotensive rats. The pressure-induced constriction was not demonstrable in vessels superfused with calcium-free buffer. Stretched rings of aorta from hypertensive rats exhibited a calcium-dependent constrictor tone accompanied by elevated calcium influx that varied in relation to the degree of stretch. Blockers of L-type calcium channels and inhibitors of protein kinase C reduced both basal tone and calcium influx in aortic rings of hypertensive rats. Hence, the thoracic aorta of hypertensive rats expresses a pressure- and stretch-activated constrictor mechanism that relies on increased calcium influx through L-type calcium channels via a protein kinase C-regulated pathway. The expression of such a constrictor mechanism is suggestive of acquired myogenic behavior.

myogenic tone; protein kinase C; calcium influx; aortic smooth muscle; hypertension


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