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Endothelium-dependent vasorelaxant effect of procyanidin B2 on human internal mammary artery

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2017
Authors
Novaković, Aleksandra
Marinko, Marija
Janković, Goran
Stojanović, Ivan
Milojević, Predrag
Nenezić, Dragoslav
Kanjuh, Vladimir
Yang, Qin
He, Guo-Wei
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The aim of the present study was to investigate and characterize vasorelaxant effect of procyanidin B2 on human internal mammary artery (HIMA) as one of the mechanisms of its protective effect against vascular risk. Procyanidin B2 induced strong concentration-dependent relaxation of HIMA rings pre-contracted by phenylephrine. Pretreatment with L-NAME, a NO synthase inhibitor, hydroxocobalamin, a NO scavenger, and ODQ, an inhibitor of soluble guanylate cyclase, significantly inhibited procyanidin B2-induced relaxation of HIMA, while indomethacin, a cyclooxygenase inhibitor, considerably reduced effects of low concentrations. Among K+ channel blockers, iberiotoxin, a selective blocker of large conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channels (BKCa), abolished procyanidin B2-induced relaxation, glibenclamide, a selective ATP-sensitive K+(K-ATP) channels blocker, induced partial inhibition, while 4-aminopyridine, a blocker of voltage-gated K+(K-V) channels, and TRAM-34, an inhibitor of intermediate-...conductance Ca2+-activated K+(IKCa) channels, slightly reduced maximal relaxation of HIMA. Further, procyanidin B2 relaxed contraction induced by phenylephrine in Ca2+-free Krebs solution, but had no effect on contraction induced by caffeine. Finally, thapsigargin, a sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase inhibitor, significantly reduced relaxation of HIMA produced by procyanidin B2. These results demonstrate that procyanidin B2 produces endothelium-dependent relaxation of HIMA pre-contracted by phenylephrine. This effect is primarily the result of an increased NO synthesis and secretion by endothelial cells and partially of prostacyclin, although it involves activation of BKCa and K-ATP, as well as K-V and IKCa channels in high concentrations of procyanidin B2.

Keywords:
Procyanidin B2 / Human internal mammary artery / Vasorelaxation / K+ channels / Intracellular calcium / Endothelium
Source:
European Journal of Pharmacology, 2017, 807, 75-81
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  • Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam
Projects:
  • Investigation of the Effect and Mechanism of Action of Different Vasodilator Substances on the Human Bypass Grafts (RS-175088)

DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2017.04.015

ISSN: 0014-2999

PubMed: 28414054

WoS: 000403520300009

Scopus: 2-s2.0-85017480494
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