title: Cyclic GMP regulates nicotine-induced secretion from cultured bovine adrenal chromaffin cells: effects of 8-bromo-cyclic GMP, atrial natriuretic peptide, and nitroprusside (nitric oxide).
abstract: Methacholine, atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), nitroprusside (nitric oxide), angiotensin II, and bradykinin raised cyclic GMP (cGMP) levels in cultured bovine adrenal chromaffin cells. The role of cGMP in secretion from chromaffin cells was examined using 8-bromo-cGMP. This analogue had no effect on basal secretion or secretion due to angiotensin II, bradykinin, or a high K+ level but potentiated secretion due to low doses of nicotine. At supramaximal doses of nicotine, 8-bromo-cGMP inhibited secretion. These effects of 8-bromo-cGMP were not due to changes in the nicotine-induced rise in cytosolic calcium concentration. A potentiation of secretion due to low doses of nicotine was also found following simultaneous addition of ANP or nitroprusside, a result suggesting that ANP and nitric oxide (endothelium-derived relaxing factor) could be important regulators of secretion from adrenal chromaffin cells.
authors.affiliation: MRC Secretory Control Research Group, University of Liverpool, England.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: O'Sullivan
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Burgoyne
mesh_terms: D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002417:Cattle; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002838:Chromaffin System / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*; D016210:Methacholine Chloride; D008688:Methacholine Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology; D009538:Nicotine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000494:pharmacology; D009994:Osmolar Concentration
chemical_list: D008688:Methacholine Compounds; D016210:Methacholine Chloride; D009599:Nitroprusside; C016276:8-bromocyclic GMP; D009538:Nicotine; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor; D006152:Cyclic GMP; D002118:Calcium