title: Differential relaxant responses of guinea-pig lung strips and bronchial rings to sodium nitroprusside: a mechanism independent of cGMP formation.
abstract: The biochemical mechanism subserving smooth muscle relaxant effects of sodium nitroprusside was examined on U46619, 9,11-dideoxy-9 alpha,11 alpha-methanoepoxy PGF2 alpha, precontracted guinea-pig lung strips and hilar bronchial rings. Lung strips were resistant to the relaxant action of sodium nitroprusside or sodium nitrite (NaNO2), whereas they markedly relaxed to 8-bromo-cyclic GMP (8-Br-cGMP), a membrane permeable analogue of cGMP. Precontracted bronchial rings completely relaxed to sodium nitroprusside, NaNO2, or 8-Br-cGMP in a concentration-dependent manner. Sodium nitroprusside (10 microM) substantially raised tissue cGMP level in lung strips. Conversely, sodium nitroprusside had no detectable effect on cGMP levels in bronchial rings. In the presence of 10 microM dipyridamole, an agent which preferentially inhibits cGMP-specific phosphodiesterase, cGMP levels in lung strips treated with sodium nitroprusside was significantly enhanced, but sodium nitroprusside demonstrated no relaxant effect on the preparations. However, dipyridamole potentiated sodium nitroprusside-induced precontracted bronchial ring relaxation without affecting the bronchial tissue cGMP level. In the presence of 10 microM LY83583 (6-anilino-5,8-quinoline-dione), a specific cGMP concentration-lowering agent, sodium nitroprusside-mediated elevation of cGMP level in lung strips was significantly reduced with no effect on the functional response. LY83583 demonstrated no inhibitory effect on either relaxation or cGMP level in bronchial rings treated with sodium nitroprusside. Our results suggest that precontracted smooth muscle in lung strips and in hilar bronchi respond distinctly to sodium nitroprusside. Furthermore, sodium nitroprusside mediates bronchial smooth muscle relaxation by mechanisms unrelated to cGMP.
authors.affiliation: Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN 46285, USA.
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Roman
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Fleisch
mesh_terms: D019796:15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid; D000634:Aminoquinolines / Q000494:pharmacology; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D001980:Bronchi / Q000737:chemistry / Q000187:drug effects*; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006162:Guanylate Cyclase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D008168:Lung / Q000737:chemistry / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D009126:Muscle Relaxation; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000187:drug effects*; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011450:Prostaglandin Endoperoxides, Synthetic / Q000494:pharmacology; D012977:Sodium Nitrite / Q000494:pharmacology; D013928:Thromboxane A2 / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000634:Aminoquinolines; D011450:Prostaglandin Endoperoxides, Synthetic; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D009599:Nitroprusside; C016276:8-bromocyclic GMP; D013928:Thromboxane A2; D019796:15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid; C041715:6-anilino-5,8-quinolinedione; D006162:Guanylate Cyclase; D006152:Cyclic GMP; D012977:Sodium Nitrite