Mechanisms Underlying Pioglitazone-Mediated Relaxation in Isolated Blood Vessel

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences

Masashi Mukohda¹  Yukio Hara¹  Muneyoshi Okada¹  Hideyuki Yamawaki¹  Hidemi Nomura¹ 

[1] Department of Veterinary Pharmacology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University, Japan

关键词: diabetes;    endothelium;    smooth muscle;    nitric oxide;    potassium channel;   

DOI  :  10.1254/jphs.08117FP

学科分类：药学

来源: Nihon Yakuri Gakkai Henshuubu / Japanese Pharmacological Society

【 摘 要 】

References(22)Cited-By(17)Pioglitazone is a widely used anti-type 2 diabetic drug. Beside its insulin-sensitizing effects, pioglitazone exerts preventive roles against ischemic heart disease. Since one possible explanation is anti-hypertensive action, we examined effects of pioglitazone on contractility of isolated blood vessel. Endothelium-intact [End (+)] or -removed [End (−)] rat aorta is isolated and isometric tension is recorded. In both End (+) and End (−) aorta, pretreatment with pioglitazone (3 – 10 μM, 30 min) inhibited noradrenaline (NA) (1 nM – 1 μM)-induced contraction. In NA (100 nM)-pre-contracted aorta, pioglitazone (1 – 10 μM) directly induced a relaxation. The relaxant effect is higher in End (−) aorta than in End (+) aorta. In End (+) aorta, NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (100 μM) significantly inhibited the relaxation. In End (−) aorta, neither indomethacin nor cimetidine affected the relaxation, but tetraethylammonium (10 mM) inhibited it. Furthermore, the relaxation was significantly inhibited by a voltage-dependent K+ (KV)-channel blocker, 4-aminopyridine (1 mM), or an inward rectifying K+ (KIR)-channel blocker, BaCl2 (1 mM). GW9662 (2 μM), a blocker of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)-γ was ineffective against the relaxation. The present study demonstrated that pioglitazone causes PPAR-γ–independent relaxation. While endothelium-dependent relaxation is mediated via nitric oxide, the endothelium-independent one is responsible for smooth muscle K+ (KV, KIR)-channel opening.

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