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Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 280: L432-L435, 2001;
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Vol. 280, Issue 3, L432-L435, March 2001

Phosphodiesterase 5 inhibition restores impaired ACh relaxation in hypertensive conduit pulmonary arteries

Masahiko Oka

Department of Respiratory Medicine, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan

Responses to acetylcholine (ACh) and sodium nitroprusside (SNP) were compared in large (LPA) and small pulmonary artery (SPA) rings from normoxic and chronically hypoxic (CH) rats. In addition, the effects of a selective phosphodiesterase (PDE) 5 inhibitor, E-4021, on ACh-induced relaxation were evaluated. Chronic hypoxia markedly decreased both ACh- and SNP-induced relaxations in LPA but not in SPA rings. Pretreatment with E-4021 caused a much greater leftward shift of the concentration-response curve for ACh in hypoxic than in normoxic LPA rings, eliminating the difference in response to ACh between these two vessels. These results suggest that cGMP-dependent relaxation is impaired in the proximal but not in the distal pulmonary artery of CH rats and that increased PDE5 activity could be a mechanism responsible for this impaired responsiveness.

chronic hypoxia; endothelium-dependent relaxation; guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate; sodium nitroprusside


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