• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.229-238
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• 2014

Background: A toxic dose of bupivacaine produces vasodilation in isolated aortas. The goal of this in vitro study was to investigate the cellular mechanism associated with bupivacaine-induced vasodilation in isolated endothelium-denuded rat aortas precontracted with phenylephrine. Methods: Isolated endothelium-denuded rat aortas were suspended for isometric tension recordings. The effects of nifedipine, verapamil, iberiotoxin, 4-aminopyridine, barium chloride, and glibenclamide on bupivacaine concentration-response curves were assessed in endothelium-denuded aortas precontracted with phenylephrine. The effect of phenylephrine and KCl used for precontraction on bupivacaine-induced concentration-response curves was assessed. The effects of verapamil on phenylephrine concentration-response curves were assessed. The effects of bupivacaine on the intracellular calcium concentration ($[Ca^{2+}]_i$) and tension in aortas precontracted with phenylephrine were measured simultaneously with the acetoxymethyl ester of a fura-2-loaded aortic strip. Results: Pretreatment with potassium channel inhibitors had no effect on bupivacaine-induced relaxation in the endothelium-denuded aortas precontracted with phenylephrine, whereas verapamil or nifedipine attenuated bupivacaine-induced relaxation. The magnitude of the bupivacaine-induced relaxation was enhanced in the 100mM KCl-induced precontracted aortas compared with the phenylephrine-induced precontracted aortas. Verapamil attenuated the phenylephrine-induced contraction. The magnitude of the bupivacaine-induced relaxation was higher than that of the bupivacaine-induced $[Ca^{2+}]_i$ decrease in the aortas precontracted with phenylephrine. Conclusions: Taken together, these results suggest that toxic-dose bupivacaine-induced vasodilation appears to be mediated by decreased calcium sensitization in endothelium-denuded aortas precontracted with phenylephrine. In addition, potassium channel inhibitors had no effect on bupivacaine-induced relaxation. Toxic-dose bupivacaine-induced vasodilation may be partially associated with the inhibitory effect of voltage-operated calcium channels.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.1-10
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• 1999

We sought to find out the mechanism of vascular relaxation by extracellular $K^+$ concentration $([K^+]_o)$ in the cerebral resistant arteriole from rabbit. Single cells were isolated from the cerebral resistant arteriole, and using voltage-clamp technique barium-sensitive $K^+$ currents were recorded, and their characteristics were observed. Afterwards, the changes in membrane potential and currents through the membrane caused by the change in $[K^+]_o$ was observed. In the smooth muscle cells of cerebral resistant arteriole, ion currents that are blocked by barium, 4-aminopyridine (4-AP), and tetraethylammonium (TEA) exist. Currents that were blocked by barium showed inward rectification. When the $[K^+]_o$ were 6, 20, 60, and 140 mM, the reversal potentials were $-82.7{\pm}1.0,\;-49.5{\pm}1.86,\;-26{\pm}1.14,\;-5.18{\pm}1.17$ mV, respectively, and these values were almost identical to the calculated $K^+$ equilibrium potential. The inhibition of barium-sensitive inward currents by barium depended on the membrane potential. At the membrane potentials of -140, -100, and -60 mV, $K_d$ values were 0.44, 1.19, and 4.82 ${\mu}M,$ respectively. When $[K^+]_o$ was elevatedfrom 6 mM to 15 mM, membrane potential hyperpolarized to -50 mV from -40 mV. Hyperpolarization by $K^+$ was inhibited by barium but not by ouabain. When the membrane potential was held at resting membrane potential and the $[K^+]_o$ was elevated from 6 mM to 15 mM, outward currents increased; when elevated to 25 mM, inward currents increased. Fixing the membrane potential at resting membrane potential and comparing the barium-sensitive outward currents at $[K^+]_o$ of 6 and 15 mM showed that the barium- sensitive outward current increased at 15 mM $K^+.$ From the above results the following were concluded. Barium-sensitive $K^+$?channel activity increased when $[K^+]_o$ is elevated and this leads to an increase in $K^+-outward$ current. Consequently, the membrane potential hyperpolarizes, leading to the relaxation of resistant arteries, and this is thought to contribute to an increase in the local blood flow of brain.

• 대한약리학회지
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.301-309
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• 1996

흰쥐 해마(hippocampus)에서 norepinephrine(NE) 유리에 미치는 $A_{1}-adenosine$ 수용체의 post-receptor 기전에 $K^+$-통로가 관여하는지에 대한 지견을 얻고자 하여 $^3H-NE$로 평형시킨 해마 절편을 사용하여 adenosine의 $^3H-NE$ 유리에 미치는 $K^+$-통로 차단제의 영향을 관찰하였다. Adenosine$(1{\sim}30{\mu}M)$은 전기자극(3 Hz, 2 ms, 5 $VCm^{-1}$, 구형파)에 의한 NE 유리를 용량 의존적으로 감소시켰다. $K^+$-통로 차단제의 하나인 4-aminopyridine(4AP, $1{\sim}30{\mu}M$)은 자극에 의한 NE 유리를 용량 의존적으로 증가시켰으며 특히 10 및 $30{\mu}M$의 투여에 의해 기저 유리 또한 증가시켰다. 또 다른 $K^+$-통로 차단제인 tetraethylammonium(TEA, $1{\sim}10mM$) 역시 자극에 의한 NE 유리를 용량 의존적으로 증가시켰으나 이때 기저 유리에는 변화를 보이지 않았다. $K^+$-통로 차단제의 adenosine 효과에 미치는 실험에서는 adenosine에 의한 NE 유리 감소효과가 4AP $3{\mu}M$ 동시 투여에 의해 억제되었으며, 또한 1 mM TEA에 의하여는 영향을 받지않았으나 3 mM TEA 동시 투여에 의하여는 억제됨을 볼 수 있었다. 한편 $30\;{\mu}M$ 4AP 에 의한 NE 유리 증가효과는 $Ca^{++}$ 제거 영양액에서는 완전히 소실되었고 영양액 내의 $Ca^{++}$을 정상 농도의 1/4로 하였을때에는 NE 유리 억제가 어느정도 회복됨을 볼 수 있었으며 이때 기저 유리 또한 증가됨을 볼 수 있었다. l/4 $Ca^{++}$ 농도시에 4AP의 NE유리에 미치는 효과는 영양액내의 $Mg^{++}$을 4mM로 올렸을때 크게 억제되었으며 $0.3\;{\mu}M$ tetrodotoxin(TTX) 동시 투여에 의해 완전히 차단됨을 볼 수 있었다. TEA 10mM에 의한 NE 유리 증가효과 역시 $Ca^{++}$ 제거 영양액에서 완전히 소실되었고 이 또한 1/4 $Ca^{++}$ 영양액에 의하여는 회복됨을 볼 수 있었으며 $Mg^{++}$ 증가 영양액에서는 억제, TTX 동시 투여시에는 완전히 소실되었다. 이상의 실험결과로 흰쥐 해마에서 $A_1-adenosine$ 수용체를 통한 adenosine의 NE 유리 감소는 TEA 및 4AP에 예민한 $K^+$-통로가 관여하고 여기에는 세포외액의 Ca^{++}의 농도가 중요한 인자의 하나로 관여 하는 것으로 사료된다.