title: Effects of cGMP on calcium handling in ATP-stimulated rat resistance arteries.
abstract: The mechanisms by which guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP) modulates the contraction induced by ATP were investigated in small mesenteric resistance arteries of the rat. The nitric oxide donors 3-morpholinosydnonimine (SIN-1, 10 microM) and sodium nitroprusside (SNP, 10 microM) increased cGMP but not adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) content of the tissue. SIN-1, SNP, and 8-bromoguanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (8-BrcGMP, 100 microM) inhibited the myosin light chain phosphorylation and the contractile response to ATP. Both effects were completely reversed by the selective inhibitor of cGMP protein kinase, Rp-8-bromoguanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphorothioate (30 microM). The sensitivity to Ca2+ of arteries permeabilized with Staphylococcus aureus alpha-toxin (4,000 hemolytic units/ml) was not affected by 8-BrcGMP. The two nitric oxide donors and 8-BrcGMP decreased the rise in intracellular Ca2+ induced by ATP. The vasodilator agents abolished the contractile response to the exogenous calcium in vessels that were exposed to 3 mM ATP after depletion of intracellular Ca2+ stores. Thapsigargin (1 microM), an inhibitor of the sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-adenosinetriphosphatase, reversed the inhibitory effect of the vasodilator agents when the contraction induced by ATP was elicited in the presence of the Ca2+ entry blocker nitrendipine (1 microM) or in Ca(2+)-free medium. These results show that cGMP inhibits ATP-induced contraction by decreasing intracellular Ca2+ concentration in small resistance arteries. They indicate that this effect results from decreased Ca2+ influx and enhanced Ca2+ sequestration through a thapsigargin-sensitive pump via activation of a cGMP protein kinase.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Pharmacologie et Physiopathologie Cellulaires, Université Louis Pasteur de Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Andriantsitohaina
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Lagaud
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Andre
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Muller
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Stoclet
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D008981:Molsidomine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D009218:Myosins / Q000378:metabolism; D009568:Nitrendipine / Q000494:pharmacology; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000494:pharmacology; D010766:Phosphorylation; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013729:Terpenes / Q000494:pharmacology; D019284:Thapsigargin; D014655:Vascular Resistance / Q000502:physiology; D014661:Vasoconstriction / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D013729:Terpenes; D009599:Nitroprusside; C016276:8-bromocyclic GMP; C002385:linsidomine; D019284:Thapsigargin; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D009568:Nitrendipine; D008981:Molsidomine; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D009218:Myosins; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D006152:Cyclic GMP; D002118:Calcium