Iwabuchi S, Ono S, Funata J, Hoshikawa Y, Ueda S, Ashino Y, Tanita T, Fujimura S, Koike K
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
Nihon Kyobu Shikkan Gakkai Zasshi. 1995 Mar;33(3):262-7.
We studied the effects of Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide (VIP) on the pulmonary circulation in isolated perfused rat lungs. VIP caused pulmonary vasodilation in a dose-dependent manner. This effect was inhibited by pretreatment with L-N omega-nitro-arginine (L-NNA), a competitive inhibitor of endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF/NO), but not by meclofenamate, a cyclooxygenase inhibitor. Addition of L-arginine, a substrate of EDRF/NO, after treatment with L-NNA reversed VIP-induced pulmonary vasodilation. These results indicate that VIP causes pulmonary vasodilation, and they suggest a role for EDRF/NO in VIP-induced pulmonary vasodilation in isolated rat lungs.
我们研究了血管活性肠肽(VIP)对离体灌流大鼠肺脏肺循环的影响。VIP 以剂量依赖的方式引起肺血管舒张。这种效应可被内皮源性舒张因子(EDRF/NO)的竞争性抑制剂 L-Nω-硝基精氨酸(L-NNA)预处理所抑制,但不能被环氧化酶抑制剂甲氯芬那酸所抑制。在用 L-NNA 处理后添加 EDRF/NO 的底物 L-精氨酸可逆转 VIP 诱导的肺血管舒张。这些结果表明 VIP 可引起肺血管舒张,并提示 EDRF/NO 在离体大鼠肺脏中 VIP 诱导的肺血管舒张中发挥作用。