title: Differential stimulation of rat lung particulate guanylate cyclase activity by atrial natriuretic peptide and sodium nitroprusside.
abstract: The effects of alpha-rat atrial natriuretic peptide (alpha-rANP) and sodium nitroprusside on the activity of rat lung particulate guanylate cyclase were examined. The particulate guanylate cyclase in partially purified rat lung membranes was stimulated by both alpha-rANP and nitroprusside. The effects of alpha-rANP and nitroprusside were, however, not additive. Diamide and N-ethylmaleimide almost completely abolished the nitroprusside-mediated stimulation, while they had only moderate effects on the alpha-rANP-mediated stimulation of the enzyme activity. ATP potentiated the enzyme stimulation by alpha-rANP, whereas it had no effect on the nitroprusside-mediated stimulation. These findings suggest that the stimulation of lung particulate guanylate cyclase activity by alpha-rANP and nitroprusside is mediated by different mechanisms.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacology, Suntory Institute for Biomedical Research, Osaka.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Iwasa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Furuya
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ohnuma
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003958:Diamide / Q000494:pharmacology; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D005033:Ethylmaleimide / Q000494:pharmacology; D005292:Ferricyanides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006162:Guanylate Cyclase / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008168:Lung / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011485:Protein Binding; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013439:Sulfhydryl Reagents / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D005292:Ferricyanides; D013439:Sulfhydryl Reagents; D003958:Diamide; D009599:Nitroprusside; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor; D006162:Guanylate Cyclase; D005033:Ethylmaleimide