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  • Title: Response of canine internal carotid system to acetylcholine.
    Author: Diéguez G, Nava-Hernández E, Valle J, García-Villalón AL, García JL, Monge L, Gómez B.
    Journal: Am J Physiol; 1991 Nov; 261(5 Pt 2):H1392-6. PubMed ID: 1951726.
    Abstract:
    The reactivity of the canine internal carotid system to acetylcholine (10(-8)-10(-4) M) was studied isometrically with 4-mm cylindrical segments from cervical and cavernous portions of the internal carotid artery and from the middle cerebral artery. Under control conditions, the cervical portion relaxed to every dose, the cavernous portion relaxed at low concentrations (10(-8)-10(-6) M) and contracted at higher concentrations (10(-5)-10(-4) M), whereas the middle cerebral artery contracted to every dose of acetylcholine. These responses were blocked by atropine (10(-6) M). Without endothelium, the cervical portion exhibited a lower relaxation, the cavernous portion contracted, and the middle cerebral artery was practically unresponsive to acetylcholine. These responses were also blocked by atropine. It suggests that the reactivity of the internal carotid system to acetylcholine 1) is endothelium dependent and 2) changes as it courses toward the brain, and this could be related to different embryological origin of the components of this arterial system.
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