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内皮に由来するハイパーポラライジングファクターは,休息状態と刺激された前腕の血管拡張体調を健康と疾患において決定する
Muhiddin A Ozkor1, Jonathan R Murrow, Ayaz M Rahman
1Emory Clinical Cardiovascular Research Institute, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Circulation
|May 11, 2011
まとめ
内皮由来高極化因子 (EDHF) は,K+(Ca) チャンネルを活性化し,エポキシエコサトリエノ酸を放出することによって,血管トーンに寄与します. EDHFは,特に高コレステロール血症で見られるように,酸化窒素が減少すると,血液の流れを維持するのに役立ちます.
科学分野:
- 心血管生理学 心血管の生理学
- 内皮機能の機能について
- 血管生物学 血管生物学
背景:
- 内皮由来高極化因子 (EDHF) は,血管トーンを調節する役割を果たします.
- テトラエチルアモニウム塩化物 (TEA) やフルコナゾールなどの阻害剤は,EDHF経路の研究に使用されました.
- この研究は,健康と病気における静止状態と刺激された血管拡張に対するEDHFの貢献を調査した.
研究 の 目的:
- 静止状態とアゴニスト刺激の血管拡張体調におけるEDHFの役割を評価する.
- EDHFが窒素酸化物の生物利用率の低下を補償するかどうかを判断する.
- K+(Ca) チャンネル活性化とエポキシイコサトリエノ酸合成を含むEDHF作用のメカニズムを調査する.
主な方法:
- 前腕の血流 (FBF) は,静脈閉塞プレシスモグラフィを使用して,健康な103人と高血圧でない71人の被験者に測定されました.
- 静脈内注射でN(G) -モノメチル-l-アルギニン (L-NMMA),TEA,フルコナゾールが投与されました.
- これらの薬剤が静止状態のFBFおよびブラジキニンとアセチルコリンによって誘発された血管拡張に及ぼす効果を分析した.
主要な成果:
- L-NMMAとTEAは,すべての被験者において,休息時のFBFを減少させ,L-NMMAの反応はより大きく,TEAの反応は健康な被験者においてより低くした.
- フルコナゾールは静止FBFを低下させ,TEAとの組み合わせはFBFをさらに低下させ,シトクロームP450代謝産物および他のEDHFの関与を示した.
- L-NMMAとTEAは,ブラジキニン媒介の血管拡張を弱めた;TEAは,高コレステロール血症においてのみ,アセチルコリン媒介の血管拡張に影響を与えた.
結論:
- EDHFは,TEA阻害性K+(Ca) 経路と酸化窒素を通じて,静止状態のマイクロ血管トーンに寄与する.
- K+(Ca) チャンネル活性化は,部分的にエポキシエコサトリエノ酸によって媒介されますが,他のEDHFメカニズムも存在します.
- 高コレステロール血症では,EDHFの活動は,酸化窒素の減少を補償し,休息とアゴニスト刺激の間に血管拡張を維持します.
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