title: Effects of hypoxia on cyclic nucleotide formation in rabbit carotid body in vitro.
abstract: The present experiments measured cAMP and cGMP in the arterial chemosensory tissue of the rabbit carotid body exposed for 10 min in vitro to normoxic or hypoxic conditions, or to specific activators of adenylate cyclase (forskolin) and guanylate cyclase (sodium nitroprusside). The enzyme activators elevated the basal levels of cAMP (48 x) and cGMP (3.7 x), respectively. Hypoxic media increased cAMP in the carotid body by 3.6-fold, but the levels of cGMP were reduced by 33% in media equilibrated with low O2. The data are consistent with the notion that cyclic nucleotides are involved in the transduction of natural stimuli and/or the neurotransmitter feedback modulation of chemosensory type I cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City 84108.
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Dinger
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Fidone
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D000818:Animals; D002344:Carotid Body / Q000378:metabolism*; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000494:pharmacology; D011817:Rabbits; D015290:Second Messenger Systems / Q000187:drug effects; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D009599:Nitroprusside; D005576:Colforsin; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D006152:Cyclic GMP