Effects of selenium and iodine deficiency on the contractibility of rat thoracic aorta / 西安交通大学学报(医学版)

Objective To investigate the effects of selenium and iodine deficiency on the contractibility of rat thoracic aorta and probe into its mechanisms.Methods Isolated vascular methods were used to study the effects in different groups.Results The contraction of rat thoracic aorta of the groups with selenium and iodine deficiency was less than that of the normals(P(0.05));sodium selenite(0.1mol/L) had no effect on rat aortic contraction,but was significantly synergic with the contraction induced by KCl combined with NE(P

Relationship between vasodilatation effect of daidzein and vascular endothelium / 中国药理学通报

Aim To study the relationship between the vasodilatation effects of daidzein and M-receptor in the endothelial cell, extracellular Ca2+ and intracellular Ca2+.Methods Measurement of isometric force of rabbit thoracic aortae rings was performed. Results Dai(3～100 ?mol?L-1 ) significantly inhibited the contractive response of phenyleohrine dependent on intracellular Ca2+ release and extracellular Ca2+ inflow;a shift was produced to the right of the concentration-effect curve of KCl and the maximum response was depressed by Dai(10～100 ?mol?L~ -1 ); Dai(10,30,100 ?mol?L-1 ) enhanced the relaxing effect induced by acetylcholine in a concentration-dependent manner,but the relaxing effect was inhibited after using atropine to block the M-receptor. Conclusion The relaxing effect of Dai was related to the inhibition of the receptor-mediated Ca2+ -influx and Ca2+-release;Dai induced direct relaxing effect by activating the M-receptor in the endothelium and releasing EDRF, which was similar to ACh, and this effect was endothelium-dependent.