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The effects of vasopressin were studied in isolated rings from branches (2-3 mm in external diameter) of human renal arteries obtained from 18 patients undergoing nephrectomy for non-obstructive neoplasia. In arterial rings under resting tension, vasopressin produced concentration-dependent and endothelium-independent contractions with an EC50 of 9.1 X 10(-10) molL-1. The vasopressin V1 receptor antagonist d(CH2)Tyr(Me)AVP (10(-6) molL-1) displaced the control curve to vasopressin 564-fold to the right in a parallel manner. In precontracted arterial rings and previously treated with the V1 antagonist (10(-6) molL-1) vasopressin caused endothelium-independent relaxation. The relaxation to vasopressin was reduced significantly by indomethacin (10(-6) molL-1) and unaffected by the V1/V2 receptor antagonist desGly d(CH2)5-D-Tyr(Et)ValAVP(10(-6) molL-1) or by NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (10(-4) molL-1). These observations indicate that vasopressin is primarily a constrictor of human renal arteries by V1-receptor stimulation. Vasopressin causes prostaglandin-mediated dilation of human renal arteries only if V1-receptor blockade is present. The effects of vasopressin on human renal arteries may be relevant in those clinical situations characterized by increased plasma vasopressin levels.
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