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J Appl Physiol 88: 17-25, 2000;
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Vol. 88, Issue 1, 17-25, January 2000

Altered reactivity of pulmonary vessels in postobstructive pulmonary vasculopathy

Weibin Shi, Fu Hu, Wassim Kassouf, and René P. Michel

Department of Pathology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2B4

Chronic ligation of one pulmonary artery results in pulmonary vascular remodeling and bronchial angiogenesis, collectively known as postobstructive pulmonary vasculopathy (POPV). To investigate pulmonary vascular reactivity in POPV, we ligated the left main pulmonary artery of guinea pigs and, after 1-10 mo, prepared explants by inflating lungs with agarose and sectioning them into ~1-mm-thick slices; we measured areas of pulmonary vessels and determined contractile responses to histamine and serotonin (5-HT) and relaxant responses to ACh and sodium nitroprusside. We found maximal contractions of arteries to 5-HT (24.4 ± 2.6%) and of veins to histamine (53.9 ± 4.7%) were significantly increased in POPV of 3-mo duration compared with those of controls (16.8 ± 1.5 and 40.8 ± 5.0%, respectively). Relaxation of arteries with ACh was enhanced at 10 mo but not at 1 mo after ligation. Relaxation with sodium nitroprusside was increased in veins at 1 mo after ligation but was not altered in arteries. Morphometry revealed reduced diameters of arteries and veins without increased medial thickness. Our data suggest that the enhanced contractile responses of pulmonary vessels to histamine and 5-HT in POPV were not a result of endothelial dysfunction or of structural alterations but might be caused by as-yet-undiscovered mechanisms.

pulmonary arteries; pulmonary veins; histamine; serotonin; vascular remodeling


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