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[Effect of SNP on KCa of resistance vascular smooth muscle cell membrane in SHRsp]
Objective:
To investigate the effect of sodium nitroprusside (SNP) on calcium activated potassium channels (KCa) of mesenteric arterial A4-A5 branches resistence vascular smooth muscle cell membrane in Stroke-prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRsp) and its normotensive control WKY rats.
Methods:
Cell-attached patch clamp technique was used.
Results:
It was found that SNP could activate the KCa of the resistance vascular smooth muscle in both SHRsp and WKY. Under the same dose of SNP (1 nmol/L), the conductance and channel current amplitude etc. of the activated KCa in SHRsp were smaller than that in WKY rats. Given the same dose of 8-Br-cGMP (10 mumol/L), the cGMP activation of SHRsp KCa was less potentiated than that of WKY, appeared very similar to SNP/NO activation.
Conclusions:
The results suggested the KCa of hypertensive resistance vascular smooth muscle membrane appearing weaker response to relaxing factor EDRF/NO.
