Abstract
To determine how two-kidney, one clip (2-K,1C) renovascular hypertension alters microvascular responses in rat striated muscle to complement C5a, one of the most important inflammatory mediators. 2-K,1C hypertension was induced in male Sprague-Dawley rats. Under anesthesia with pentobarbital (50 mg/kg, intraperitoneally) the cremaster muscle microcirculatory preparation with intact neurovascular connections was studied in vivo by closed-circuit videomicroscopy. Recombinant human C5a was applied topically in the tissue bath at concentrations of 10(-12), 10(-10) and 10(-8) mol/l, consecutively. Changes in the microvessel diameters in small arterioles, large arterioles and venules were measured. In normotensive rats complement C5a induces a significant dilation in small arterioles at low bath concentrations (10(-12) or 10(-10) mol/l), but the dilation is attenuated at a higher concentration (10(-8) mol/l). In contrast, in 2-K,1C hypertensive rats C5a constricts small arterioles at low concentrations (< 10(-10) mol/l) but dilates them at a higher concentration (10(-8) mol/l). Large arterioles and venules have minimal responses to C5a in either normotensive or 2-K,1C hypertensive rats. 2-K,1C hypertension dramatically alters C5a-induced microvascular responses in small arterioles. The alteration might be attributable to the enhanced vasoconstrictor mechanisms and impaired vasodilator mechanisms during 2-K,1C renovascular hypertension.
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