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Department of Neurosurgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110
Effects of extraluminal UTP
were studied and compared with vascular responses to ATP and its
analogs in rat cerebral-penetrating arterioles. UTP, UDP,
2-methylthio-ATP, and
,
-methylene-ATP dilated arterioles at the
lowest concentration and constricted them at high concentrations. Low
concentrations of ATP dilated the vessels; high concentrations caused a
biphasic response, with transient constriction followed by dilation.
Endothelial impairment inhibited ATP- and UTP-mediated dilation and
potentiated constriction to UTP but not to ATP. ATP- and
2-methylthio-ATP- but not UTP-mediated constrictions were inhibited by
desensitization with 10
6 M
,
-methylene-ATP or
3 × 10
6 M pyridoxal
phosphate-6-azophenyl-2',4'-disulfonic acid (PPADS). PPADS at
10
4 M abolished the UTP-mediated constriction and induced
vasodilation in a dose-dependent manner but did not affect the dilation
to ATP. These results suggest that in rat cerebral microvessels
1) ATP and 2-methylthio-ATP induce transient constriction
via smooth muscle P2X1 receptors in the cerebral arteriole,
2) UTP stimulates two different classes of P2Y
receptors, resulting in constriction (smooth muscle P2Y4)
and dilation (possibly endothelial P2Y2), and 3)
ATP and UTP produce dilation by stimulation of a single receptor
(P2Y2).
ATP; cerebral circulation; UTP; purine receptors; pyrimidine receptors
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