title: Contractile responses to sumatriptan in isolated bovine pulmonary artery rings: relationship to tone and cyclic nucleotide levels.
abstract: We examined responses to the 5-hydroxytryptamine 1D (5-HT1D)-receptor agonist sumatriptan in bovine pulmonary artery rings (2-3 mm ID). The effects of agonist-induced tone and agents that alter intracellular cyclic AMP [cyclic AMP]i or [cyclic GMP]i on responses to sumatriptan were investigated. At resting tension, responses to sumatriptan were slight or not evident. In the presence of tone induced by U46619, responses to sumatriptan (1 nM-30 mM) were greatly potentiated, as were responses to the alpha2-adrenoceptor agonist UK14304. Responses to the alpha 1-adrenoceptor agonist phenylephrine (PE) were potentiated only slightly. In the presence of U46619, addition of the adenylyl cyclase activator, forskolin (1 nM-0.1 microM or isoprenaline (ISO 1 microM) induced relaxations and increases in [cyclic AMP]i and resulted in further potentiation of the contractile response to sumatriptan. Addition of 0.1 microM sodium nitroprusside (SNP) inhibited sumatriptan-induced contractions. Whereas sumatriptan alone did not significantly affect [cyclic AMP]i, in the presence of U46619 it decreased [cyclic AMP]i. This effect of sumatriptan was further enhanced in the presence of forskolin. Sumatriptan increased [cyclic GMP]i. Using a nitric oxide (NO) synthase inhibitor and vessels denuded of endothelium, we showed that the increased [cyclic GMP]i in response to sumatriptan was endothelium-dependent and mediated by NO. This increase in [cyclic GMP]i was not observed in the presence of U46619. By measuring cyclic AMP and cyclic GMP phosphodiesterase (PDE) levels, we demonstrated that the point of "cross-talk" between cyclic nucleotides may not be at the level of total PDE activity. These results highlight the important role of [cyclic AMP], [cyclic GMP]i, and endothelium function in the control of 5-HT1D receptor-mediated vasoconstriction, which is dependent on a decrease in [cyclic AMP]i in the absence of an increase in [cyclic GMP]i.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neuroscience and Biomedical Systems, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Glasgow University, Scotland.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sweeney
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Templeton
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Clayton
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baird
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sheridan
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Johnston
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: MacLean
mesh_terms: D019796:15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000032:analysis*; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000032:analysis*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D011450:Prostaglandin Endoperoxides, Synthetic / Q000494:pharmacology; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000737:chemistry / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D017366:Serotonin Receptor Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018170:Sumatriptan / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013928:Thromboxane A2 / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D014661:Vasoconstriction / Q000187:drug effects*; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D011450:Prostaglandin Endoperoxides, Synthetic; D017366:Serotonin Receptor Agonists; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents; D013928:Thromboxane A2; D019796:15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid; D018170:Sumatriptan; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D006152:Cyclic GMP