title: Contribution of K+ channels to arachidonic acid-induced endothelium-dependent vasodilation in rat isolated perfused mesenteric arteries.
abstract: The contribution of K+ channels and cytochrome P450 generated arachidonic acid (AA) metabolites to the endothelium-dependent vasodilation produced by this fatty acid in the perfused rat isolated mesenteric arteries was examined using a variety of compounds known to inhibit transmembrane K+ channels and cytochrome P450 enzymes. AA (1-1000 nmol) caused dose- and endothelium-dependent vasodilation in the presence of indomethacin and the effect was neither altered by lipoxygenase (AA 861) nor cytochrome P450 monooxygenase (alpha-naphthoflavone, ketoconazole and metyrapone) inhibitors indicating that AA-induced, endothelium-dependent vasodilation in this vascular bed was not mediated by product(s) of AA metabolism. The vasodilator effect of AA was also not altered by L-NG-nitro-arginine, methylene blue (50 microM), oxyhemoglobin (5 microM) or superoxide dismutase (50 U/ml), thus ruling out nitric oxide being its mediator. Conversely, arterial perfusion with K(+)-free or excess (50 mM) K+ Krebs' solution, but not ouabain infusion, minimized the vasodilator effect of AA, suggesting that this action of the fatty acid is due to changes in membrane K+ conductance that is independent of Na+/K(+)-adenosine triphosphatase activity. The vasodilator action of BRL 34915 (a K+ channel activator) was also minimized by extracellular K+ depletion or excess K+ (50 mM), but not by ouabain. Apamin (0.5 microM) and crude scorpion venom (2.5 micrograms/ml) attenuated AA- but not BRL 34915-induced vasodilation. Glyburide (inhibitor of ATP-activated K+ channel) abolished the vasodilator action of AA and BRL 34915. Procaine, a nonspecific K+ channel blocker did not affect AA-induced vasodilation even though it attenuated that caused by BRL 34915.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Tennessee, Memphis.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Adeagbo
authors.forename: K U
authors.initials: KU
authors.lastname: Malik
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001578:Benzopyrans / Q000494:pharmacology; D019806:Cromakalim; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000502:physiology; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000502:physiology*; D008084:Lipoxygenase / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries / Q000502:physiology; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D010042:Ouabain / Q000494:pharmacology; D011188:Potassium / Q000494:pharmacology; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000502:physiology*; D011758:Pyrroles / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / Q000032:analysis; D014664:Vasodilation / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D001578:Benzopyrans; D015221:Potassium Channels; D011758:Pyrroles; D019806:Cromakalim; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D010042:Ouabain; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D008084:Lipoxygenase; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase; D011188:Potassium; D009638:Norepinephrine