title: Differing actions of nitroprusside and D-600 on tension and 45Ca fluxes in canine renal arteries.
abstract: Administration of nitroprusside (NP) subsequent to induction of contraction in canine renal arterial strips with norepinephrine (NE) yielded a dose-dependent relaxation and with 80 mM potassium (KCl) yielded only a small degree of relaxation. The effect elicited with 0.1 mM NP was significantly greater for responses obtained with NE (68%) than for those with KCl (12%). However, responses of muscles pretreated for 5 min with NP to NE to KCl were reduced by 23 and 31%, respectively. The relaxant effect of NP persisted after incubation with D-600 and/or 30 min of a 0-Ca plus 0.05 mM EDTA solution (low EDTA). Neither D-600 nor NP altered 45Ca uptake in the absence of stimulatory agents. Efflux of 45Ca (into low EDTA solution) was decreased by NP in a maintained manner but was unaffected by D-600. The NE-induced decrease in 45Ca efflux (but not that with KCl) was blocked by NP. However, changes in 45Ca efflux elicited with KCl or NE were not affected by D-600. In contrast to D-600 (which is known to inhibit increased Ca++ entry associated with some stimulatory conditions), NP acts in a manner that is relatively independent of uptake of extracellular Ca++. Thus, these two vasodilators appear to affect Ca++ utilization by different mechanisms and, presumably, in an additive manner.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D004285:Dogs; D004347:Drug Interactions; D005260:Female; D005292:Ferricyanides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005711:Gallopamil / Q000494:pharmacology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D011188:Potassium / Q000494:pharmacology; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000187:drug effects; D013997:Time Factors; D014700:Verapamil / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*
chemical_list: D005292:Ferricyanides; D009599:Nitroprusside; D005711:Gallopamil; D014700:Verapamil; D011188:Potassium; D002118:Calcium; D009638:Norepinephrine