Central role of heterocellular gap junctional communication in endothelium‐dependent relaxations of rabbit arteries

AT Chaytor, WH Evans, TM Griffith - The Journal of physiology, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
… of gap junctional communication but it possesses additional non-specific pharmacological
properties, including a potent depressor effect on contraction in rat and rabbit arteries that was …

Relative contributions of NO and gap junctional communication to endothelium-dependent relaxations of rabbit resistance arteries vary with vessel size

RS Berman, PEM Martin, WH Evans, TM Griffith - Microvascular research, 2002 - Elsevier
… of gap junctional communication and NO to endothelium-dependent relaxation in arteries of
different sizes isolated from the rabbit ear… were used to inhibit gap junctional communication. …

Characterization of gap junction channels in adult rabbit atrial and ventricular myocardium

S Verheule, MJA Van Kempen, PHJA Welscher… - Circulation …, 1997 - Am Heart Assoc
… be induced in the rabbit heart. 28 The similarity in connexin distribution in human and rabbit
cardiac gap junctions demonstrated in the present study makes the rabbit heart a suitable …

Vascular gap junctions and implications for hypertension.

NM Rummery, CE Hill - Clinical & Experimental …, 2004 - search.ebscohost.com
… aorta and pulmonary artery suggests that heterotypic gap junction channels and… artery of
the rat and in the rabbit iliac arteries, NO-mediated relaxations were not affected by gap junction

Essential role of Gap junctions in NO-and prostanoid-independent relaxations evoked by acetylcholine in rabbit intracerebral arteries

H Ujiie, AT Chaytor, LM Bakker, TM Griffith - Stroke, 2003 - Am Heart Assoc
… of signaling via gap junctions has been investigated in the rabbit middle cerebral artery, a
… The findings provide evidence that direct communication via gap junctions constructed from …

Gap junction-dependent increases in smooth muscle cAMP underpin the EDHF phenomenon in rabbit arteries

HJ Taylor, AT Chaytor, DH Edwards… - … and biophysical research …, 2001 - Elsevier
… that are susceptible to blockade of gap junctions (9, 17). While … In the rat mesenteric artery,
for example, blockade of smooth … In the present study we have used rabbit artery and vascular …

Distinct hyperpolarizing and relaxant roles for gap junctions and endothelium-derived H2O2 in NO-independent relaxations of rabbit arteries

AT Chaytor, DH Edwards… - Proceedings of the …, 2003 - National Acad Sciences
… Indeed, in the rabbit arteries used in the present study selective blockers of these … 2 in rabbit
arteries. It may therefore be hypothesized that the relaxant effects of H 2 O 2 in rabbit arteries

Gap junctions in the control of vascular function

XF Figueroa, BR Duling - Antioxidants & redox signaling, 2009 - liebertpub.com
… signalling via myoendothelial and smooth muscle gap junctions in the rabbit iliac arteryBr J
… smooth muscle gap junctions in the rabbit iliac artery. Br J Pharmacol 144: 108–114, 2005. …

Gap junctions in cardiovascular disease

HJ Jongsma, R Wilders - Circulation research, 2000 - Am Heart Assoc
… Under normal conditions, rat gap junction plaques appear to contain ≈15% particle-free
space, 16 whereas rabbit gap junction plaques particles are contiguous. In terms of …

The endothelial component of cannabinoid‐induced relaxation in rabbit mesenteric artery depends on gap junctional communication

AT Chaytor, PEM Martin, WH Evans… - The Journal of …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
… In conclusion, anandamide stimulates endothelium-dependent relaxations of the rabbit
superior mesenteric artery that are exclusively dependent on heterocellular gap junctional