title: Cerebroarterial relaxations mediated by nitric oxide derived from endothelium and vasodilator nerve.
abstract: Purposes of this study were to determine whether: (1) nitric oxide is involved in endothelium-dependent relaxation in helical strips of dog cerebral arteries; (2) relaxing factor distinct from NO is also involved, and (3) susceptibility to NG-nitro-L-arginine (L-NA), an NO synthase inhibitor, of the response to mediators liberating NO from the endothelium and nerve differs. Changes in isometric tension were recorded. In the strips contracted with prostaglandin F2 alpha, substance P and arginine vasopressin produced a relaxation which was abolished or reversed to a contraction by endothelium denudation. The relaxations were not influenced by indomethacin but were suppressed dose-dependently by L-NA, as was the response to nicotine that stimulates the non-adrenergic, non-cholinergic vasodilator nerve and liberates NO. The inhibitions were reversed by L- but not D-arginine. NO (acidified NaNO2)-induced relaxations were not reduced by L-NA. The inhibitory effect was greater in the responses to vasopressin than substance P; however, there was no significant difference in the response to nicotine vs. the peptides. Substance P increased the level of cyclic guanosine monophosphate (GMP) in the artery strips with the intact endothelium, the effect being abolished by endothelium denudation, L-NA and oxyhemoglobin. Relaxations caused by adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and adenosine diphosphate (ADP) were dependent partially on the endothelium. Treatment with L-NA attenuated the ATP-induced relaxation in the strips with endothelium but did not alter the response of denuded strips.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Shiga University of Medical Sciences, Ohtsu, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Toda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ayajiki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okamura
mesh_terms: D000227:Adenine Nucleotides / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001120:Arginine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000187:drug effects / Q000294:innervation* / Q000502:physiology*; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D004285:Dogs; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009420:Nervous System / Q000378:metabolism; D009538:Nicotine / Q000494:pharmacology; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D019335:Nitroarginine; D013373:Substance P / Q000494:pharmacology; D014664:Vasodilation / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D000227:Adenine Nucleotides; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin; D019335:Nitroarginine; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D013373:Substance P; D009538:Nicotine; D001120:Arginine; D000242:Cyclic AMP