The stable pyrimidines UDPβS and UTPγS discriminate between the P2 receptors that mediate vascular contraction and relaxation of the rat mesenteric artery

M Malmsjö, M Adner, TK Harden… - British journal of …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
The contractile and relaxant effects of the different P2 receptors were characterized in the rat
isolated mesenteric artery by use of extracellular nucleotides, including the stable …

The involvement of smooth muscle P2X receptors in the prolonged vasorelaxation response to purine nucleotides in the rat mesenteric arterial bed

V Ralevic - British journal of pharmacology, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
ATP and adenine dinucleotides can elicit three different types of vasomotor response in the
rat mesenteric arterial bed; vasocontraction, rapid relaxation (which may be masked by …

Multiple P2Y receptors mediate contraction in guinea pig mesenteric vein

VN Mutafova-Yambolieva, BM Carolan… - … : The Vascular System, 2000 - Elsevier
Vasoconstrictor responses to exogenous adenine and pyrimidine nucleotides were
measured in endothelium-denuded segments of guinea pig mesenteric vein and compared …

The stable pyrimidines UDPβS and UTPγS discriminate between contractile cerebrovascular P2 receptors

M Malmsjö, M Hou, W Pendergast, D Erlinge… - European journal of …, 2003 - Elsevier
Extracellular nucleotides were used to characterise the contractile P2 receptors in the rat
basilar artery. The isometric tension was recorded in vitro and receptor mRNA expression …

Properties of P2X and P2Y receptors are dependent on artery diameter in the rat mesenteric bed

DP Gitterman, RJ Evans - British journal of pharmacology, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
P2 receptor mediated contractile responses have been characterized in different diameter
arteries from the rat mesenteric arterial vasculature (first, second to third and fifth to sixth …

Characterization by antagonists of P2-receptors mediating endothelium-dependent relaxation in the rat aorta

G Hansmann, R Bültmann, F Tuluc, K Starke - … -Schmiedeberg's archives of …, 1997 - Springer
The receptors through which 2-methylthio ATP (MeSATP), adenosine 5′-O-(2-
thiodiphosphate)(ADPβS), UTP and ATP elicit endothelium-dependent relaxation of …

Differential localization of P2 receptor subtypes in mesenteric arteries and veins of normotensive and hypertensive rats

JJ Galligan, MC Hess, SB Miller, GD Fink - Journal of Pharmacology and …, 2001 - ASPET
ATP acts at P2 receptors to contract blood vessels and reactivity to vasoconstrictor agents is
often altered in hypertension. This study was designed to identify P2 receptors in mesenteric …

Pharmacological characterization of nucleotide P2Y receptors on endothelial cells of the mouse aorta

PJDF Guns, A Korda, HM Crauwels… - British journal of …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Nucleotides regulate various effects including vascular tone. This study was aimed to
characterize P2Y receptors on endothelial cells of the aorta of C57BL6 mice. Five adjacent …

Relative contribution of P2U‐ and P2Y‐purinoceptors to endothelium‐dependent vasodilatation in the golden hamster isolated mesenteric arterial bed

V Ralevic, G Burnstock - British journal of pharmacology, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
1 P2‐purinoceptors were characterized pharmacologically in the constantly perfused
isolated mesenteric arterial vascular bed of the golden hamster. Vasoconstrictor and …

Endothelium‐dependent relaxation evoked by ATP and UTP in the aorta of P2Y2‐deficient mice

PJDF Guns, T Van Assche, P Fransen… - British journal of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Based on pharmacological criteria, we previously suggested that in the mouse aorta,
endothelium‐dependent relaxation by nucleotides is mediated by P2Y1 (adenosine …