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The loop diuretic torasemide interferes with endothelin-1 actions in the aorta of hypertensive rats
Fortuño A., Muñiz P., Zalba G, Fortuño M.A., Díez J.
Division of Cardiovascular Pathophysiology, School of Medicine, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
Revisão:Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
Data: 1/Jan/2001
CardiologíaBACKGROUND
The direct effects of torasemide and furosemide on vasoconstriction and increases in intracellular free calcium concentration ([Ca(2+)]i) induced by endothelin-1 (ET-1) were investigated in the aorta of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR).
METHODS
Vascular responses were assessed in endothelium-denuded aortic rings using an organ bath system. Changes of [Ca(2+)]i in cultured vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) were assessed using fura-2 methodology.
RESULTS
ET-1-induced vasoconstriction was reduced in a dose-dependent way by torasemide and furosemide (IC(50) values: 4.3+/-1.4x10(-5) and 9.8+/-5.6 x10(-5) M, respectively). The ET-1-induced biphasic [Ca(2+)]i increase was blocked by torasemide (IC(50)=2.0+/-0.2x10(-8) and 2.7+/-0.6x10(-6) M, respectively). Furosemide inhibited the initial rise in [Ca(2+)]i induced by ET-1, with no effect on the second rise. The specific chloride (Cl(-)) channel blocker diphenylamine-2-carboxylate inhibits both ET-1-induced responses in VSMCs (IC(50)=8.0+/-0.3x10(-9) and 2.5+/-0.7x10(-7) M, respectively).
CONCLUSIONS
These results suggest that the ability of loop diuretics to interfere with the vascular actions of ET-1 may involve different molecular mechanisms. The ability of torasemide to block the vasoconstrictive action of ET-1 could include an inhibitory action on Cl(-) channels.
CITAÇÃO DO ARTIGO Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2001;16 Suppl 1:18-21
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