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Vascular effects of neuropeptides on nasal mucosa
1Department of Otolaryngology, Tokyo Metropolitan Fuchu Hospital, Japan.
Abstract:
We used dog nasal blood vessels and an in vitro muscle tension-detecting technique to examine the vascular effects of several neuropeptides: vasoactive intestinal polypeptide, substance P, neurotensin, somatostatin, and neuropeptide Y (NPY). Electrically induced vasoconstriction was inhibited by every peptide except neurotensin, which enhanced this response. Every preparation treated with somatostatin, and one tissue treated with NPY, showed an enhanced noradrenaline-induced contraction. Only NPY caused a tissue contraction. Preparations precontracted by methoxamine were relaxed by every peptide. These results indicate that all peptides examined have marked but varied vasoactivities.
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