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  • Title: Acute cocaine induces endothelin-1-dependent constriction of rabbit basilar artery.
    Author: Yoon SH, Zuccarello M, Rapoport RM.
    Journal: Endothelium; 2007; 14(3):137-9. PubMed ID: 17578707.
    Abstract:
    It has been postulated that ischemic stroke due to acute cocaine usage involves constriction of the cerebral vasculature. However, the mechanism underlying the constriction remains unclear. This study tested whether cocaine constriction was mediated via endothelin-1. Cocaine suffusion induced maintained constriction in the rabbit basilar artery in situ. The constriction was relaxed by PD145065, an endothelin A and B receptor antagonist. These results support the hypothesis that constriction of the cerebral vasculature due to acute cocaine exposure is via endothelin-1 release. Endothelin receptor antagonists may be of therapeutic benefit in cerebrovascular pathophysiologies involving cocaine constriction.
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