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Hypertension, Vol 17, 619-625, Copyright © 1991 by American Heart Association

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Effect of ouabain on endothelium-dependent relaxation of human resistance arteries

RG Woolfson and L Poston
Department of Physiology, St Thomas' Hospital, London, England.

Inhibition of active sodium transport by ouabain was found to cause concentration- and time-dependent impairment of acetylcholine-induced relaxation in human resistance arteries with a significant effect at 100 pM. The reduced acetylcholine response was attributable to inhibition of the NG-monomethyl L-arginine-sensitive but not the indomethacin-sensitive component of relaxation. Relaxation by sodium nitroprusside was not affected by ouabain, suggesting that inhibition of sodium transport, directly or indirectly, must affect synthesis or release of endothelium-derived relaxing factor rather than its effector pathway. These results do not support the existence of an additional endothelium-derived relaxing factor other than endothelium-derived relaxing factor, which is dependent on sodium pump activity. The finding that inhibition of sodium transport has a profound effect on vascular relaxation may have implications in the pathogenesis of certain forms of hypertension.

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