Endothelin-B-receptor-selective antagonist inhibits endothelin-1 induced potentiation on the vasoconstriction to noradrenaline and angiotensin II

Mario Gössl, Anna Mitchell, Amir Lerman, Anabelle Opazo Saez, Rafael F. Schäfers, Raimund Erbel, Thomas Philipp, René R. Wenzel

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Abstract

Objective: Endothelin-A-receptor-antagonists inhibit angiotensin II- and noradrenaline-induced vasoconstriction. Whether functional constrictive endothelin-B-receptors play a role in the endothelin-1-mediated potentiation of vasoconstriction to angiotensin II and noradrenaline is thus far unknown. Methods: We studied the effects of noradrenaline and angiotensin II (10 -14,-16,-18 mol/l) in the presence of exogenous endothelin-1 (10 -18 mol/l) with and without selective endothelin-B-receptor-blockade by BQ-788 (10-8 mol/l) and dual receptor blockade with BQ-788 and the endothelin-A-selective antagonist BQ-123 (10-8 mol/l) in 14 healthy male volunteers (aged 20-28). Studies were performed in the human skin microcirculation under in vivo conditions using laser-Doppler flowmetry and double injection technique. The area under the time-response curve of all doses was calculated. Results: Endothelin-1 potentiated the effects of angiotensin II and noradrenaline (-944 ± 139 perfusion units (PU), P < 0.01; -926 ± 117 PU, P < 0.05, respectively). In the presence of BQ-788, the potentiating effect of endothelin-1 was significantly blunted (-624 ± 132 PU, P < 0.01; -549 ± 136 PU, P < 0.01, respectively). In the presence of BQ-123 and BQ-788 the vasoconstriction was fully inhibited (431 ± 108 PU, P < 0.001 and 421 ± 86 PU, P < 0.001, respectively). Conclusions: These data suggest that functional vasoconstrictive endothelin-B receptors on vascular smooth muscle cells may contribute to the potentiating effects of high local concentrations of endothelin-1 on the vasoconstriction to noradrenaline and angiotensin II in human microcirculation.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1909-1916
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of hypertension
Volume22
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2004

Keywords

  • Angiotensin II
  • BQ-788 and BQ-123
  • Endothelin-1
  • Microcirculation
  • Noradrenaline
  • Potentiation
  • Vasoconstriction

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Internal Medicine
  • Physiology
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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