title: Two mechanisms mediate relaxation by bradykinin of pig coronary artery: NO-dependent and -independent responses.
abstract: The role of nitric oxide and guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP) accumulation in the endothelium-dependent relaxation of the porcine coronary artery to bradykinin was investigated by comparing relaxation and cGMP accumulation in the presence or absence of NG-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA) and methylene blue. Rings were treated with indomethacin to eliminate the effects of prostaglandins. Relaxation to bradykinin of rings contracted with the thromboxane A2 mimetic U-46619 was not affected by L-NMMA and was only minimally inhibited by methylene blue. Rings contracted with elevated potassium (25 mM) also relaxed completely to bradykinin. However, L-NMMA or methylene blue effectively inhibited relaxation to bradykinin in rings contracted with potassium. cGMP accumulation was stimulated by bradykinin and inhibited by L-NMMA or methylene blue in rings contracted with either U-46619 or potassium. These results suggest that in the absence of nitric oxide-induced cGMP accumulation, a nonprostanoid mechanism exists that is capable of completely relaxing U-46619-contracted coronary artery. This mechanism is either inhibited in or unable to relax potassium-contracted rings. These results also demonstrate that nitric oxide mediates the bradykinin-induced cGMP accumulation that is largely responsible for the relaxation during contraction with potassium.
authors.affiliation: Robert Dawson Evans Memorial Department of Clinical Research, Boston University Medical Center, Massachusetts 02118.
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Cowan
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Cohen
mesh_terms: D019796:15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid; D000818:Animals; D001120:Arginine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D001920:Bradykinin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000378:metabolism*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008751:Methylene Blue / Q000494:pharmacology; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D011188:Potassium / Q000494:pharmacology; D011450:Prostaglandin Endoperoxides, Synthetic / Q000494:pharmacology; D013552:Swine; D014664:Vasodilation / Q000187:drug effects*; D019323:omega-N-Methylarginine
chemical_list: D011450:Prostaglandin Endoperoxides, Synthetic; D019323:omega-N-Methylarginine; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D019796:15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid; D001120:Arginine; D006152:Cyclic GMP; D011188:Potassium; D001920:Bradykinin; D008751:Methylene Blue