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KMID : 0370220120560030180
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Yakhak Hoeji
2012 Volume.56 No. 3 p.180 ~ p.185
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Concentration Dependent Effects of Alcohol on Vasoconstriction
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Je Hyun-Dong
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Abstract
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The aim of present study was to investigate the possible influence and related mechanism of alcohol on the arterial contraction. Vascular contraction involves the activation of thick or thin filament pathway. However, there are no reports addressing the question whether this pathway is involved in alcohol-induced regulation. We hypothesized that alcohol plays a role in vascular contraction evoked by a vasoconstrictor in rat aortae regardless of endothelial function. Denuded arterial rings from male rats were used and isometric contractions were recorded using a computerized data acquisition system. Interestingly, alcohol at a low concentration (3% v/v) inhibited thromboxane or phorbol ester-induced contraction with endothelial function but at a high concentration (10%) didn’t inhibit and rather increased the contraction in the denuded muscle. Therefore, alcohol at a low concentration decreases the contraction and alcohol at a high concentration increases the contraction suggesting that additional pathways different from endothelial nitric oxide synthesis might be involved in the regulation of contractility. In conclusion, alcohol has some effect on the regulation of contractility regardless of endothelial function.
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KEYWORD
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alcohol, endothelial function, thromboxane , vasoconstriction
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