Lecture 21: Local Control of Blood Flow (Hayward) Flashcards
greatest resistance to flow is in
arterial circulation
fx of gap junctions in blood vessels
transfer excitation to adjacent cells
What is vessel tone derived from?
Sympathetic, hormonal, and intrinsic mechanisms
Smooth muscle contractility compared to striated m.
contracts and relaxes more slowly
smooth muscle tension compared to striated m.
can maintain tension for prolonged periods w/low energy cost
myogenic response
activates smooth muscle contraction in response to stretch
Normal RMP for smooth muscle
between -50 and -70mV
Changes in K+ –> smooth muscle
can cause local changes in constriction. However, primary AP is produced by Ca
Myosin light chain kinase (MLCK)
phosphorylates myosin light chains (MLC) in presence of ATP. This will enable the myosin crossbridge to bind to the actin filament and allow contraction to begin. Since smooth muscle does not contain a troponin complex, as striated muscle does, this mechanism is the main pathway for regulating smooth muscle contraction.
How is MLCK inactivated?
decreasing intracellular Ca+ (muscle contraction does not stop however because MLC has already been physically modified)
How does smooth muscle that was contracted via MLCK mech. relax?
Dephosphorylation of the myosin light chain (and subsequent termination of muscle contraction) occurs through activity of a second enzyme known as MLCP (Myosin Light Chain Phosphatase).
MLC phosphorylation leads to:
cross-bridge formation and muscle contraction (actin and myosin interact)
What molecule is NOT involved in vascular smooth muscle contraction that IS involved in striated muscle contraction?
troponin
vascular smooth muscle relaxation
1) Decreased intracellular Ca
2) MLCK dephosphorylation
3) increased cGMP, which inhibits Ca influx
4) Beta-2 receptor binding and increases in cAMP triggers Ca++ transfer to extracellular space/inhibits MLCK phosphorylation
What do beta-2 receptors bind and then cause?
Primarily epinephrine. Cause vasodilation, increase in cAMP
increases in cGMP and cAMP cause
vasodilation
What does norepinephrine primarily bind to?
alpha receptors
What does epinephrine primarily bind to?
beta receptors (some alpha too)
stretched vessel –> Ca channels
open Ca channels, causing local vessel constriction
4 types of intrinsic mechanisms in vessels
1) metabolic regulation
2) myogenic mech.
3) mechanical compression
4) endothelial dependent regulation
What does mechanical compression of vessel (intrinsic mech.) cause?
restriction on metabolites being flushed to/from vessel
What does endothelial dependent regulation do?
locally releases gas to act on smooth muscle layer
myogenic mechanism
How arteries and arterioles react to an increase or decrease of blood pressure to keep the blood flow within the blood vessel constant.
The smooth muscle of the blood vessels reacts to the stretching of the muscle by opening Ca channels, which cause the muscle to depolarize, leading to muscle contraction.
hyperemia
increase of blood flow to different tissues in the body
