Abstract
The releases of endogenous ATP from ear, femoral, renal and pulmonary arteries of rabbit were compared. Adenyl purines, such as ATP, ADP, AMP and adenosine, and norepinephrine (NE) were quantified by HPLC-fluorescence detection and HPLC-electrochemical detection, respectively. In all four blood vessels, electrical stimulation (ES) at 16 Hz significantly increased overflow of adenyl purine and NE. ATP was the main largest among adenyl purine released; release of adenosine was very small. The rank order of amounts of total purine released by ES was ear artery > renal artery = femoral artery ⪢ pulmonary artery. There was no significant difference among the amounts of NE release induced by ES from these four arteries. ES-induced purine release was notably reduced by denudation of endothelium and prazosin at 1 μM. Methoxamine, α 1-adrenoceptor agonist, also produced release of adenyl purines in the four arteries. The rank order of amount of total purine released was ear artery > renal artery = femoral artery ⪢ pulmonary artery. These suggest that the sources of ATP released by sympathetic nerve stimulation, which seems to be α 1-adrenoceptors on endothelial cells, not distributed homogeneously in the vasculature.
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