期刊名称:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
印刷版ISSN:0027-8424
电子版ISSN:1091-6490
出版年度:1974
卷号:71
期号:1
页码:122-124
DOI:10.1073/pnas.71.1.122
语种:English
出版社:The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
摘要:Serotonin and 5-hydroxykynurenamine caused dose-related contractions in the spiral strips of dog basilar arteries. The potency of 5-hydroxykynurenamine was approximately 1/100 that of serotonin, the former frequently causing a transient relaxation preceding the contraction. The contractile responses to 5-hydroxykynurenamine and serotonin were attenuated by methysergide. Treatment with 5-hydroxykynurenamine inhibited the response to serotonin, and this inhibitory effect was not completely reversed by removal of 5-hydroxykynurenamine from the bathing medium. The contractile response to K+ was only slightly attenuated by high concentrations of 5-hydroxykynurenamine. It appears that 5-hydroxykynurenamine and serotonin share receptors in dog basilar arteries and that the effect of serotonin is specifically antagonized by 5-hydroxykynurenamine.