title: A nitric oxide and prostaglandin-dependent component of NANC off-contractions in cat colon.
abstract: The actions of NO synthase inhibitors and indomethacin, a cyclooxygenase inhibitor, on the nonadrenergic noncholinergic (NANC) mechanical responses of cat distal colon were studied in vitro using muscle strips orientated in the axis of the longitudinal muscle layer with pelvic nerves attached. Electrical field stimulation (EFS) or pelvic nerve stimulation (PNS) caused inhibition of spontaneous contractions followed by off-contractions. Indomethacin (10-30 microM) caused concentration-dependent reductions in amplitude and duration of EFS- and PNS-evoked off-contractions but not latency. The NO synthase inhibitors, N omega-nitro-L-arginine (L-NNA), N omega-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) and NG-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA) (each at 100 microM) significantly reduced latency, amplitude, and duration of off-contractions evoked by EFS and PNS. This inhibition was partially reversed by L-arginine (120 microM) but not by D-arginine. Incubation of colonic strips with alpha-chymotrypsin (2 U/ml) decreased latency, amplitude, and duration of NANC off-contractions. L-NNA reduced amplitude, duration, and latency of off-contractions in preparations pretreated with alpha-chymotrypsin. Hydroquinone (10-30 microM), a generator of superoxide anions, caused significant depression of amplitude, duration, and latency of off-contractions which was completely reversed by superoxide dismutase (200 U/ml). These data suggest that the components of NANC off-contractions evoked by EFS and PNS involve peptides, NO, and prostaglandins.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48823.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Venkova
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Krier
mesh_terms: D000594:Amino Acid Oxidoreductases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D002918:Chymotrypsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D003106:Colon / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005769:Gastrointestinal Motility / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000502:physiology*; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D010275:Parasympathetic Nervous System / Q000502:physiology; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000502:physiology*; D013481:Superoxides / Q000378:metabolism; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D011453:Prostaglandins; D013481:Superoxides; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D000594:Amino Acid Oxidoreductases; D002918:Chymotrypsin; D007213:Indomethacin