title: Role of nitric oxide in non-adrenergic, non-cholinergic nerve-mediated relaxation in dog duodenal longitudinal muscle strips.
abstract: Transmural electrical stimulation caused a relaxation in the dog duodenal longitudinal muscle strips treated with atropine, phentolamine and propranolol, which was abolished by tetrodotoxin. The relaxation was suppressed by oxyhemoglobin and L-NG-nitro-arginine (L-NA), but not influenced by D-NA. Inhibition by L-NA was reversed by L-arginine, but not by D-arginine. The response to transmural electrical stimulation was similar to that caused by nitric oxide or nitroglycerin. Nitric oxide appears to participate importantly in non-adrenergic, non-cholinergic nerve-mediated relaxation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Shiga University of Medical Sciences, Ohtsu, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Toda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Baba
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okamura
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001120:Arginine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D001341:Autonomic Nervous System / Q000502:physiology*; D004285:Dogs; D004386:Duodenum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000294:innervation; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D009126:Muscle Relaxation / Q000187:drug effects; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000294:innervation; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019335:Nitroarginine; D010108:Oxyhemoglobins / Q000494:pharmacology; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D019323:omega-N-Methylarginine
chemical_list: D010108:Oxyhemoglobins; D019335:Nitroarginine; D019323:omega-N-Methylarginine; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D001120:Arginine