Pache Mona, Kräuchi Kurt, Haefliger Ivan O, Wirz-Justice Anna, Flammer Josef, Meyer Peter
Basel University Eye Clinic, Basel, Switzerland.
Curr Eye Res. 2002 Apr;24(4):313-7. doi: 10.1076/ceyr.24.4.313.8416.
To investigate the effect of melatonin on isolated porcine ciliary arteries.
Isolated porcine ciliary arteries were suspended in myograph chambers filled with modified Krebs-Ringer solution (37 degrees C; 95% O2/5% CO2) for isometric tension recording.
In quiescent porcine ciliary arteries with endothelium, melatonin (10(-11)--10(-5) M) evoked no change in vascular tone. The highest concentration of melatonin (10(-4 ) M) evoked a small but significant contraction. In vessels precontracted with U-46619 (10(-7) M), increasing concentrations of melatonin (10(-11)--10(-5) M) did not evoke a response. In precontracted arteries with endothelium, contractile response of vascular smooth muscle to increasing concentrations of serotonin (10(-10)--10(-5) M) and noradrenaline (10(-10)--10(-5) M) was reduced after preincubation with melatonin (10(-4) M). Melatonin (10(-4) M) did not alter the response to endothelin-1 (10(-10)--10( -7) M) and U-46619 (10(-10)--10(-6 ) M) in precontracted arteries with endothelium.
These findings demonstrate that melatonin attenuates the effect of serotonin and noradrenaline and is itself a mild vasoconstrictor in porcine ciliary arteries. The role of melatonin in human ocular circulation remains to be established.
研究褪黑素对离体猪睫状动脉的作用。
将离体猪睫状动脉悬挂于充满改良克雷布斯-林格溶液(37℃;95% O₂/5% CO₂)的肌动描记室中,进行等长张力记录。
在有内皮的静息猪睫状动脉中,褪黑素(10⁻¹¹~10⁻⁵ M)未引起血管张力变化。最高浓度的褪黑素(10⁻⁴ M)引起轻微但显著的收缩。在用U-46619(10⁻⁷ M)预收缩的血管中,褪黑素浓度增加(10⁻¹¹~10⁻⁵ M)未引起反应。在有内皮的预收缩动脉中,用褪黑素(10⁻⁴ M)预孵育后,血管平滑肌对5-羟色胺(10⁻¹⁰~10⁻⁵ M)和去甲肾上腺素(10⁻¹⁰~10⁻⁵ M)浓度增加的收缩反应降低。褪黑素(10⁻⁴ M)未改变有内皮的预收缩动脉对内皮素-1(10⁻¹⁰~10⁻⁷ M)和U-46619(10⁻¹⁰~10⁻⁶ M)的反应。
这些发现表明,褪黑素减弱5-羟色胺和去甲肾上腺素的作用,其本身在猪睫状动脉中是一种轻度血管收缩剂。褪黑素在人眼循环中的作用仍有待确定。