Influence of salivary kallikreins on microvessels of the hamster cheek pouch and rat mesentery
Barabash, R.D.; Aleksandrov, P.N.; Vovchuk, S.V.
Biulleten' Eksperimental'noi Biologii i Meditsiny 82(7): 782-785
1976
ISSN/ISBN: 0365-9615 PMID: 953330 Document Number: 106164
By means of in vivo microscopy the influence of human, rat, and hamster purified salivary kallikreins upon the microvessels was studied in rat mesentery and hamster cheek pouch. Dilatation of arterioles, a decrease of the venule diameter, and an increase in the number of active capillaries was revealed. The species and organ peculiarities of these effects were described. The mesentery and the cheek pouch homogenates, albumin proteins, histamine and some amino acids were capable of activating the salivary kallikreins.