神経ペプチドYと交感神経系がヒトの血管制御における相互作用
J Clarke1, N Benjamin, S Larkin
1Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK.
Circulation
|March 1, 1991
まとめ
ニューロペプチドY (NPY) は,アルファ受容体とは関係なく,ヒトの前腕血管を直接,強力に収縮させる. この研究では,NPYがノラドレナリンに影響を与えないことが判明しました.
科学分野:
- 心血管生理学 心血管の生理学
- 自律神経系の規制について
- 血管系薬理学について
背景:
- ニューロペプチドY (NPY) は,循環の自律的制御に関与しています.
- NPYは交感神経でノラドレナリンと共存し,血管床を収縮させます.
- In vitroでは,NPYの血管への影響は,ノラドレナリン調節による直接的または間接的ですが,in vivoの関連性は不明です.
研究 の 目的:
- 人間の前腕の血管抵抗に対するNPYのインビボ効果を調査する.
- NPYがノラドレナリンの静脈縮作用を vivoで調節するかどうかを判断する.
主な方法:
- 6人のボランティアに静脈内NPY輸血を行いました.
- ノラドレナリンとの併輸と下部体負圧 (LBNP) の時の評価は,反射交感刺激のためのものです.
- アルファ阻害剤 (フェントアラミン) の有無によるNPYの効果の評価.
主要な成果:
- NPYは前腕の血流量 (最大49%) の量依存的な減少を引き起こした.
- NPYは,注入されたノラドレナリンまたは反射共感刺激に対する静脈縮器の反応を変化させなかった.
- NPYの血管縮効果はアルファ受容体とは無関係で,フェントオラミン阻害後も持続していた.
結論:
- NPYは,アルファ受容体から独立した直接的なメカニズムを通じて,人間の前腕の抵抗容器の強力な収縮剤です.
- NPYは,内生性または注入されたノルアドレナリンの静脈縮効果をインビボで調節しません.
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