title: Inhibition of adenosine-induced coronary vasodilation by block of large-conductance Ca(2+)-activated K+ channels.
abstract: The aim of the present study was to investigate the contribution of large-conductance calcium-activated potassium (large-conductance KCa) channels to adenosine (Ado)- and nitroprusside-mediated relaxation in small coronary arteries. Canine subepicardial arteries (170 +/- 23 microns at 120 mmHg) were studied as in vitro pressurized vessels. Pressure-diameter experiments showed myogenic tone over a physiological range of pressures. Tone was increased with the thromboxane A2 analogue 9,11-dideoxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-epoxy-methanoprostaglandin F2 alpha (U-46619). Tetraethylammonium (TEA+; 1 mM) significantly inhibited Ado-induced [and by implication, adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP)-induced] relaxations at Ado concentrations ranging from 0.1 to 10 microM with maximal inhibition (61 +/- 8%) at 1 microM Ado. The large-conductance KCa-channel blocker iberiotoxin (IbTX; 0.01-0.1 microM) inhibited Ado-mediated relaxation in a concentration-dependent manner. Inhibition by IbTX increased with increasing vessel pressure (i.e., 45 +/- 12% at 40 mmHg and 83 +/- 20% at 120 mmHg). TEA+ had a minimal effect (8 +/- 3%) on relaxation induced by nitroprusside. Similar results were found with acetylcholine and bradykinin. These results suggest that (in dog coronary arteries with diameter < 200 microns) large-conductance KCa-channel modulation may play a major role in cAMP-mediated relaxation but is not significant in guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate-mediated relaxation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of South Florida, Tampa 33612.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cabell
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Price
mesh_terms: D019796:15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid; D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000241:Adenosine / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001920:Bradykinin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D004285:Dogs; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000494:pharmacology; D010455:Peptides / Q000494:pharmacology; D026902:Potassium Channel Blockers; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000502:physiology*; D011450:Prostaglandin Endoperoxides, Synthetic / Q000494:pharmacology; D012604:Scorpion Venoms / Q000494:pharmacology; D019789:Tetraethylammonium; D013757:Tetraethylammonium Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013928:Thromboxane A2 / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D014664:Vasodilation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D010455:Peptides; D026902:Potassium Channel Blockers; D015221:Potassium Channels; D011450:Prostaglandin Endoperoxides, Synthetic; D012604:Scorpion Venoms; D013757:Tetraethylammonium Compounds; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents; D009599:Nitroprusside; D013928:Thromboxane A2; D019789:Tetraethylammonium; D019796:15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid; C064719:iberiotoxin; D000241:Adenosine; D000109:Acetylcholine; D001920:Bradykinin; D002118:Calcium