α1-Adrenoceptor stimulation directly induces growth of vascular wall in vivo

Author:

Erami Cauveh1,Zhang Hua1,Ho Jason G.1,French David M.1,Faber James E.1

Affiliation:

1. Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7545

Abstract

Previous studies suggesting that norepinephrine is directly trophic for the vascular wall have been confounded by concomitant hemodynamic disturbances. Herein, a microcatheter connected to an osmotic minipump was implanted adjacent to the rat carotid for 2-wk perivascular suffusion of agents at systemic levels ∼1,000 times below the threshold for altering arterial pressure. Norepinephrine decreased lumen and adventitial areas and circumference by 10, 14, and 5%, respectively (all P < 0.05); a nonsubtype-specific α1-adrenoceptor (AR) antagonist had no effect. When begun at the time of balloon injury, 2-wk norepinephrine increased lumen loss by 45%, increased neointimal area by 64% and collagen content by 33%, and reduced vessel circumference by 5% (all P < 0.05). α1-AR antagonists decreased neointimal area by 33% (all P < 0.05). α1A-AR antagonist reduced lumen loss by 70%, neointimal area by 54%, circumference decline by 84%, and adventitial thickening by 87% (all P < 0.05), whereas α1B-, α1D-, α2- and β-AR antagonists were without effect. These are the first in vivo studies demonstrating that norepinephrine is directly trophic for the vascular wall and augments injury-induced intimal lesion growth.

Publisher

American Physiological Society

Subject

Physiology (medical),Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,Physiology

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