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Bratislava Medical Journal Vol.120, No.1, p.40–45, 2019

Title: In vitro vasoactive effects of dexmedetomidine on isolated human umbilical arteries
Author: O. Arun, S. B. Taylan, I. Duman, B. Oc, S. A. Yilmaz, A. Tekin, C. Celik, H. Bariskaner, J. B. Celik

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: We aimed to investigate the vasoactive effects of dexmedetomidine on isolated human umbilical arteries and possible mechanisms involved.
METHODS: Human umbilical artery strips were suspended in Krebs–Henseleit solution and dose-response curves were obtained for cumulative dexmedetomidine before and after incubation with different agents; propranolol, atropine, yohimbine, prazosin, indomethacin, verapamil. Effects of calcium on cumulative dexmedetomidine-induced contractions were also studied.
RESULTS: Cumulative dexmedetomidine resulted in dose dependent contraction responses. Incubation with propranolol (Emax: 93.3 ± 3.26 %), atropine (Emax: 92.0 ± 6.54 %), or indomethacin (Emax: 94.25 ± 2.62 %), did not attenuate dexmedetomidine-elicited contractions (p > 0.05). There were significant decreases in the contraction responses of cumulative dexmedetomidine with yohimbine (Emax: 12.1 ± 11.9 %), prazosin (Emax: 28.8 ± 4.6 %) and verapamil (Emax: 11.2 ± 13.6 %) (p < 0.05). In Ca+2 free medium contraction responses to cumulative dexmedetomidine was insignificant (Emax: 5.20 ± 3.42 %). Addition of cumulative calcium to the Ca+2 free medium resulted in concentration dependent increase in contractions (Emax: 64.83 ± 37.7 %) (p < 0.05).
CONCLUSION: Dexmedetomidine induces vasoconstriction in endothelial-free umbilical arteries via both, α1- and α2-adrenergic receptors and also extracellular Ca+2 concentrations play a major role. β-adrenergic receptors, muscarinic cholinergic receptors, and inhibition of cyclooxygenase enzyme are not involved in this vasoconstriction (Fig. 3, Ref. 36).

Keywords: alpha adrenergic receptors, dexmedetomidine, in vitro, umbilical cord, vascular smooth muscle
Published online: 21-Jan-2019
Year: 2019, Volume: 120, Issue: 1 Page From: 40, Page To: 45
doi:10.4149/BLL_2019_006


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