The sources of calcium for noradrenaline-induced contraction in the human thoracic internal artery

Autor: Anna Kostrzewska, Beata Modzelewska, Leszek Buzun, Ewa Kleszczewska, Tomasz Kleszczewski
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 469:1135-1140
ISSN: 1432-2013
0031-6768
Popis: The aim of the present study was to examine the contribution of intracellular and extracellular calcium sources in contraction caused by noradrenaline (NA) of the human internal thoracic artery (ITA) in vitro. Distal segments of ITA were obtained from 20 patients (aged 38–73, at the time of routine coronary artery surgical revascularization (CABG)). Contractile responses to 10−6 mol/L NA in the physiological salt solution and in Ca2+-free solution without and after incubation with 10−6 mol/L thapsigargin (TSG) were recorded under isometric conditions. Responses of ITA rings to 1 μM NA without incubation with TSG accounted (% of reaction to 80 mM KCl) 224.70 ± 14.06% in PSS solution, 141.30 ± 8.66% in Ca2+-free solution, and 80.03 ± 1.71% after PSS restoration and were statistically significantly different (p
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