title: Studies of the desensitization of atrial natriuretic factor and nitroglycerin in rat aortic rings.
abstract: 1. Atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) relaxes vascular smooth muscle through activation of particulate guanylate cyclase and generation of cyclic GMP. 2. From other laboratories, there is some evidence from cultured vascular smooth muscle cell studies for homologous desensitization of ANF-induced cGMP production and down-regulation of ANF receptors. 3. This series of studies demonstrates that homologous desensitization of ANF-induced relaxation of rat aortic ring preparations also occurs. 4. Heterologous desensitization could not be demonstrated to the vasoactive peptides angiotensin II or vasopressin, nor to nitroglycerin which has previously been shown to exhibit heterologous desensitization with other nitrovasodilators and shares some common elements in the pathway to vascular smooth muscle relaxation with ANF.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Canada.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Rankin
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: McWilliam
authors.forename: F V
authors.initials: FV
authors.lastname: Swift
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Triggle
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D015536:Down-Regulation; D008297:Male; D009126:Muscle Relaxation / Q000187:drug effects*; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects*; D005996:Nitroglycerin / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: C472610:atrial natriuretic peptide, rat; C016276:8-bromocyclic GMP; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor; D005996:Nitroglycerin; D006152:Cyclic GMP; D009638:Norepinephrine