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lüll Milrinone relaxes pulmonary veins in guinea pigs and humans Rieg AD; Suleiman S; Perez-Bouza A; Braunschweig T; Spillner JW; Schroder T; Verjans E; Schalte G; Rossaint R; Uhlig S; Martin CPLoS One 2014[]; 9 (1): e87685INTRODUCTION: The phosphodiesterase-III inhibitor milrinone improves ventricular contractility, relaxes pulmonary arteries and reduces right ventricular afterload. Thus, it is used to treat heart failure and pulmonary hypertension (PH). However, its action on pulmonary veins (PVs) is not defined, although particularly PH due to left heart disease primarily affects the pulmonary venous bed. We examined milrinone-induced relaxation in PVs from guinea pigs (GPs) and humans. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Precision-cut lung slices (PCLS) were prepared from GPs or from patients undergoing lobectomy. Milrinone-induced relaxation was studied by videomicroscopy in naive PVs and in PVs pre-constricted with the ETA-receptor agonist BP0104. Baseline luminal area was defined as 100%. Intracellular cAMP was measured by ELISA and milrinone-induced changes of segmental vascular resistances were studied in the GP isolated perfused lung (IPL). RESULTS: In the IPL (GP), milrinone (10 microM) lowered the postcapillary resistance of pre-constricted vessels. In PCLS (GP), milrinone relaxed naive and pre-constricted PVs (120%) and this relaxation was attenuated by inhibition of protein kinase G (KT 5823), adenyl cyclase (SQ 22536) and protein kinase A (KT 5720), but not by inhibition of NO-synthesis (L-NAME). In addition, milrinone-induced relaxation was dependent on the activation of K ATP-, BK Ca (2+)- and Kv-channels. Human PVs also relaxed to milrinone (121%), however only if pre-constricted. DISCUSSION: Milrinone relaxes PVs from GPs and humans. In GPs, milrinone-induced relaxation is based on K ATP-, BK Ca (2+)- and Kv-channel-activation and on cAMP/PKA/PKG. The relaxant properties of milrinone on PVs lead to reduced postcapillary resistance and hydrostatic pressures. Hence they alleviate pulmonary edema and suggest beneficial effects of milrinone in PH due to left heart disease.|Animals[MESH]|Female[MESH]|Guinea Pigs[MESH]|Humans[MESH]|Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels/metabolism[MESH]|Male[MESH]|Milrinone/*pharmacology[MESH]|Organ Culture Techniques[MESH]|Phosphodiesterase 3 Inhibitors/*pharmacology[MESH]|Pulmonary Edema/drug therapy/metabolism/pathology/physiopathology[MESH]|Pulmonary Veins/metabolism/pathology/*physiopathology[MESH]|Vascular Resistance/*drug effects[MESH]|Vasodilation/*drug effects[MESH] |