TY - JOUR
T1 - Cardiovascular and vasoconstrictive actions of skate bradykinin in the little skate, Leucoraja erinacea (Elasmobranchii)
AU - Dasiewicz, Patricia J.
AU - Conlon, J. Michael
AU - Anderson, W. Gary
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors express their gratitude to the Huntsman Marine Science Centre, St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada for the supply of little skate; and to the animal care staff at the University of Manitoba Animal Holding Facility for their technical assistance; and to Dr. A.P. Farrell and two anonymous reviewers for constructive criticism of the manuscript. Funding for this research was provided by Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Canada Discovery grant and a Canadian Foundation for Innovation grant awarded to W.G.A. and a NSERC post graduate fellowship awarded to P.J.D.
PY - 2011/11/1
Y1 - 2011/11/1
N2 - The vasoconstrictive and cardiovascular actions of a recently identified bradykinin (BK)-related peptide (Gly-Ile-Thr-Ser-Trp-Leu-Pro-Phe) from the little skate, Leucoraja erinacea were examined in the unanesthetised little skate. Intra-arterial administration of a skate BK (0.1-1nmolkg-1) produced a hypertensive response with a rise in blood pressure reaching a maximum elevation of 28.7±4.8% over baseline (P<0.05, n=8) that was sustained for at least 12min following administration of a 1 and 0.3nmolkg-1 dose of skate BK. Further, in vivo administration of 1nmolkg-1 skate BK induced a significant delayed increase in stroke volume (reaching a maximum of 54.4±14.7% above baseline) without significant effect on either cardiac output or heart rate. In vitro, skate BK constricted the 1st branchial, mesenteric (EC50 2.7×10-9M) and coeliac (EC50 3.1×10-9M) arterial preparations of the skate. In contrast, skate [Arg9]BK, the mammalian B1 receptor agonist des-[Arg9]BK, and the mammalian B2 receptor antagonist HOE-140 failed to induce vasoconstriction in these isolated arterial preparations. The vasoconstrictor actions of skate BK in the isolated mesenteric, coeliac and branchial arterial preparations were significantly inhibited when co-administrated with esculetin and phentolamine. Indomethacin also inhibited the vasoconstrictor actions of skate BK in the isolated branchial artery. We conclude that, as in mammals and teleost fish, multiple pathways involving at least the alpha adrenergic and leukotriene synthesis pathway are involved in mediating the vasoconstrictive actions of BK in vascular smooth muscle of the little skate.
AB - The vasoconstrictive and cardiovascular actions of a recently identified bradykinin (BK)-related peptide (Gly-Ile-Thr-Ser-Trp-Leu-Pro-Phe) from the little skate, Leucoraja erinacea were examined in the unanesthetised little skate. Intra-arterial administration of a skate BK (0.1-1nmolkg-1) produced a hypertensive response with a rise in blood pressure reaching a maximum elevation of 28.7±4.8% over baseline (P<0.05, n=8) that was sustained for at least 12min following administration of a 1 and 0.3nmolkg-1 dose of skate BK. Further, in vivo administration of 1nmolkg-1 skate BK induced a significant delayed increase in stroke volume (reaching a maximum of 54.4±14.7% above baseline) without significant effect on either cardiac output or heart rate. In vitro, skate BK constricted the 1st branchial, mesenteric (EC50 2.7×10-9M) and coeliac (EC50 3.1×10-9M) arterial preparations of the skate. In contrast, skate [Arg9]BK, the mammalian B1 receptor agonist des-[Arg9]BK, and the mammalian B2 receptor antagonist HOE-140 failed to induce vasoconstriction in these isolated arterial preparations. The vasoconstrictor actions of skate BK in the isolated mesenteric, coeliac and branchial arterial preparations were significantly inhibited when co-administrated with esculetin and phentolamine. Indomethacin also inhibited the vasoconstrictor actions of skate BK in the isolated branchial artery. We conclude that, as in mammals and teleost fish, multiple pathways involving at least the alpha adrenergic and leukotriene synthesis pathway are involved in mediating the vasoconstrictive actions of BK in vascular smooth muscle of the little skate.
KW - Bradykinin
KW - Cardiovascular
KW - Skate
KW - Vasoconstriction
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.08.002
DO - 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.08.002
M3 - Article
C2 - 21893060
AN - SCOPUS:80054122538
SN - 0016-6480
VL - 174
SP - 89
EP - 96
JO - General and Comparative Endocrinology
JF - General and Comparative Endocrinology
IS - 2
ER -