Nitric oxide, prostanoid and non-NO, non-prostanoid involvement in acetylcholine relaxation of isolated human small arteries
Nitric oxide, prostanoid and non-NO, non-prostanoid involvement in acetylcholine relaxation of isolated human small arteries
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DOI:
10.1038/sj.bjp.0703041
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发表时间:
2000-01-01
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7.3
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Mulvaney, NJ
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作者:
Buus, NH;Simonsen, U;Mulvaney, NJ
1 The main purpose of the study was Co clarify to which extent nitric oxide (NO) contributes to acetylcholine (ACh) induced relaxation of human subcutaneous small arteries.2 Arterial segments were mounted in myographs for recording of isometric tension, NO concentration and smooth muscle membrane potential.3 In noradrenaline-contracted arteries, ACh induced endothelium-dependent relaxations. The NO synthase inhibitor, N-G-nitro-L-arginine (L-NOARG) had a small significant effect on the concentration-response curves for ACh, and in the presence of L-NOARG indomethacin only caused a small additional rightward shift in the ACh relaxation.4 The NO scavenger, oxyhaemoglobin attenuated relaxations for ACh and for the NO donor S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine (SNAP). Inhibition of guanylyl cyclase with H-1-[1,2,4]oxadiazolo[4,3a]quinoxaline-1-one (ODQ), and inhibition of protein kinase G with beta-Ethenyl-1, N2-etheno-8-bromoguanosine- 3', 5'- cyclic monophosphorothioate, Rp-isomer, slightly attenuated ACh relaxation, but abolished SNAP induced relaxation.5 ACh induced relaxation without increases in the free NO concentration. In contrast, for equivalent relaxation, SNAP increased the NO concentration 32+/-8 nM.6 ACh hyperpolarized the arterial smooth muscle cells with 11.4+/-1.3 mV and 10.5 +/- 1.3 mV in the absence and presence of L-NOARG, respectively. SNAP only elicited a hyperpolarization of 1.6 +/- 0.9 mV.7 In the presence of indomethacin and L-NOARG, ACh relaxation was almost unaffected by lipoxygenase inhibition with nordihydroguaiaretic acid, or cytochrome P450 inhibition with 17-octadecynoic acid or econazole. ACh relaxation was strongly reduced by the combination of charybdotoxin and apamin, but small increments in the extracellular potassium concentration induced no relaxations.8 The study demonstrates that the NO/L-arginine pathway is present in human subcutaneous small arteries and to a limited extent is involved in ACh induced relaxation. The study also suggests a small contribution of arachidonic acid metabolites. However, ACh relaxation is mainly dependent on a non-NO, non-prostanoid endothelium dependent hyperpolarization.