title: Action of calcitonin gene-related peptide on rat aortic smooth muscle.
abstract: The effects of rat calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) on superfused rat aortic smooth muscle cells in cell culture were investigated. Exposure of the cells for 10 min to CGRP (10(-7) M), with or without pretreatment with pertussis toxin, stimulated the release of cyclic AMP but not of prostacyclin, as judged by radioimmunoassay of its stable metabolite, 6-keto-PGF1 alpha. Pretreatment of the cells with pertussis toxin did not alter the response to CGRP. The direct action of CGRP on smooth muscle cells and on the CGRP-induced formation of cyclic AMP did not appear to depend on the production of prostacyclin in these vascular smooth muscle cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Vallotton
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Dolci
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gerber-Wicht
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Fischer
mesh_terms: D015121:6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha / Q000096:biosynthesis; D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin / Q000494:pharmacology; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000096:biosynthesis; D015237:Dinoprost / Q000096:biosynthesis; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000096:biosynthesis; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D000804:Angiotensin II; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin; D005576:Colforsin; D015121:6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha; D015237:Dinoprost; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide; D015232:Dinoprostone