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      Altered Membrane Electrical Properties of Smooth Muscle Cells from Small Cerebral Arteries of Hypertensive Rats

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          Certain electrophysiological properties of smooth muscle cells within middle cerebral arteries of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and their normotensive Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) controls were recorded with glass microelectrodes. Under control conditions the smooth muscle cells of arteries from SHR rats exhibited fast and slow oscillations of the resting membrane potential (E<sub>m</sub>). In marked contrast the smooth muscle cells of WKY cerebral arteries were electrically quiescent. The E<sub>m</sub> vs. log [K]o relationship was similar for arteries from both SHR and WKY rats and extrapolated to similar [K]i values of 150–155 mM when determined under control conditions. When E<sub>m</sub> vs. log [K]o curves were obtained in the presence of ouabain to block electrogenic Na-K transport, the smooth muscle cells of SHR cerebral arteries exhibited a lower mean slope per decade change in [K]o (i.e., depolarized more at various concentrations of [Ko in the presence of ouabain) when compared to WKY. Arterial smooth muscle cells from SHR also depolarized to a greater extent when exposed to zero K<sup>+</sup> solutions. The results of this study indicate that smooth muscle cells of cerebral arteries from SHR rats have a greater electrogenic E<sub>m</sub> component as well as altered ionic conductances for K<sup>+</sup> and possibly Na<sup>+</sup> both of which may contribute to their spontaneous electrical activity.

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          Journal
          JVR
          J Vasc Res
          10.1159/issn.1018-1172
          Journal of Vascular Research
          S. Karger AG
          1018-1172
          1423-0135
          1983
          1983
          19 September 2008
          : 20
          : 3
          : 154-160
          Affiliations
          Department of Physiology and Biophysics, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vt., USA
          Article
          158469 Blood Vessels 1983;20:154–160
          10.1159/000158469
          abd7a6a8-18f3-423b-9a1e-d485cbb57195
          © 1983 S. Karger AG, Basel

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          History
          : 02 February 1982
          : 14 July 1982
          Page count
          Pages: 7
          Categories
          Research Paper

          General medicine,Neurology,Cardiovascular Medicine,Internal medicine,Nephrology
          Spontaneously hypertensive rats,Ion permeabilities,Electrogenic,Electrophysiology,Potassium depolarization,Smooth muscle cells,Spontaneous activity,Ouabain,Cerebral arteries

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