We have investigated the mediators and mechanisms underlying the vasodilator effects of the potent vasoactive peptide, endothelin‐1 (ET‐1) and its isomers ET‐2 and ET‐3 in human skin, in vivo, using cutaneous microdialysis to quantify the release of mediators within the dermal response and scanning laser Doppler imaging to measure changes in blood flux. The effects of local anaesthesia, inhibition of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) by L‐NAME and ET receptor blockade on the ET‐induced vascular response were also investigated. ET‐1, ‐2 and ‐3 all caused a dose‐dependent area of pallor surrounded by a long‐lasting flare which was accompanied by a short‐lived burning pruritus. The concentration of nitric oxide (NO) in dialysate collected within the pallor response to 5 μM ET‐1 (1.43 ± 0.64 μM, n = 5) was not significantly different from baseline levels collected prior to injection (0.86 ± 0.38 μM) whilst that in the flare increased to reach a peak value of 2.28 ± 0.61 μM at between 4 and 10 min after intradermal injection (P < 0.004). Pretreatment with local anaesthetic slowed the development of the flare and significantly reduced its size by up to 52% at 20 min after injection (P < 0.05) but had no significant effect on the central pallor. L‐NAME, delivered by dialysis also caused a significant reduction in the ET‐1‐induced flare (P < 0.005). Bosentan, the non‐selective ETA/ETB antagonist, when given by dialysis at the site of injection, reduced the area of both the ET‐1‐induced pallor and surrounding flare by 41 and 26%, respectively. No significant increase in tissue histamine was measured within either the pallor or flare response to ET‐1, ‐2 or ‐3. Together these data confirm that the vasodilator response to endothelin‐1 in human skin is neurogenic in origin and that it is in part mediated by the local release of nitric oxide. There appears to be little evidence for the involvement of mast cell‐derived histamine in the initiation or modulation of ET‐induced vasodilatation, in vivo.
We have investigated the mediators and mechanisms underlying the vasodilator effects of the potent vasoactive peptide, endothelin-1 (ET-1) and its isomers ET-2 and ET-3 in human skin, in vivo, using cutaneous microdialysis to quantify the release of mediators within the dermal response and scanning laser Doppler imaging to measure changes in blood flux. The effects of local anaesthesia, inhibition of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) by L-NAME and ET receptor blockade on the ET-induced vascular response were also investigated. ET-1, -2 and -3 all caused a dose-dependent area of pallor surrounded by a long-lasting flare which was accompanied by a short-lived burning pruritus. The concentration of nitric oxide (NO) in dialysate collected within the pallor response to 5 microM ET-1 (1.43 +/- 0.64 microM, n = 5) was not significantly different from baseline levels collected prior to injection (0.86 +/- 0.38 microM) whilst that in the flare increased to reach a peak value of 2.28 +/- 0.61 microM at between 4 and 10 min after intradermal injection (P < 0.004). Pretreatment with local anaesthetic slowed the development of the flare and significantly reduced its size by up to 52% at 20 min after injection (P < 0.05) but had no significant effect on the central pallor. L-NAME, delivered by dialysis also caused a significant reduction in the ET-1-induced flare (P < 0.005). Bosentan, the non-selective ET(A)/ET(B) antagonist, when given by dialysis at the site of injection, reduced the area of both the ET-1-induced pallor and surrounding flare by 41 and 26%, respectively. No significant increase in tissue histamine was measured within either the pallor or flare response to ET-1, -2 or -3. Together these data confirm that the vasodilator response to endothelin-1 in human skin is neurogenic in origin and that it is in part mediated by the local release of nitric oxide. There appears to be little evidence for the involvement of mast cell-derived histamine in the initiation or modulation of ET-induced vasodilatation, in vivo.
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