Simultaneous pressure and 19F NMR pH measurements of smooth muscle cells of intact hog carotid arteries at rest and during contractions with norepinephrine.
Life Sci
; 43(12): 999-1003, 1988.
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in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-3172972
ABSTRACT
Using 19F NMR we have measured the intracellular pH of the vascular smooth muscle cells of hog carotid arteries at rest and during contractions induced with norepinephrine. Experiments were performed on single, intact arteries closed at both ends, superfused from the lumen and loaded with the 19F NMR pH indicator alpha-difluoromethylalanine. At rest, luminal pressure was maintained at 100 +/- 2 mm Hg and intracellular pH was 7.12 +/- 0.04. Contractions elicited with 10(-5) M norepinephrine were associated with a pressure increase of 18 +/- 6 mm Hg and a decrease in pH of 0.04 +/- 0.02 units.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Carotid Arteries
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Norepinephrine
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Muscle Contraction
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Muscle, Smooth, Vascular
Limits:
Animals
Language:
En
Year:
1988
Type:
Article