Dye and electrical coupling of endothelial cells in situ
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- DOI: 10.1016/0040-8166(89)90030-x
Dye and electrical coupling of endothelial cells in situ
Abstract
Electron microscopic studies show that endothelial cells of pig coronary arteries are linked by gap junctions. We investigated the dye and electrical coupling of these junctions in a strip of pig coronary artery in vitro. The membrane potential of two neighbouring (about 0.2 mm) endothelial cells were simultaneously recorded with two microelectrodes. The fluorescent dye lucifer yellow was microiontophoretically injected through one of the microelectrodes. The endothelial cells in situ were dye and electrically coupled. The dye coupling extended parallel to the longitudinal axis of the arteries. We conclude that an electrical message like the bradykinin and substance P hyperpolarizations of the endothelial cells can be conveyed electrotonically by the endothelium along the longitudinal axis of arteries.
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