title: Inhibition of nitrergic relaxations by a selective inhibitor of the soluble guanylate cyclase.
abstract: 1. The actions of 1H-[1,2,4]oxadiazolo[4,3,-a]quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ), a specific inhibitor of the soluble guanylate cyclase (SGC), were investigated in the rabbit anococcygeus muscle. 2. ODQ (1 nM-1 microM) inhibited in a concentration-dependent manner the relaxations induced by electrical field stimulation (EFS; 50 V, 0.3 ms duration, 1 Hz, for 5 s, every 120 s). 3. ODQ (1 microM) also inhibited the relaxations elicited by EFS (50 V, 0.3 ms duration, 1, 2.5, 5, 10 Hz, for 5 s) and sodium nitroprusside (SNP; 1 microM) without affecting those induced by isoprenaline (1 microM), atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP; 100 nM) or an analogue of cyclic GMP (8-pCPT-cyclic GMP; 500 microM). 4. ODQ (1 microM) inhibited the elevations in the concentration of cyclic GMP induced by SNP or EFS, but not by ANP. ODQ did not affect the concentrations of cyclic AMP. 5. Nitrergic relaxation in this tissue appears, therefore, to be mediated via activation of SGC.
authors: Wellcome Research Laboratories, Beckenham, Kent.
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Cellek
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Kasakov
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Moncada
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000378:metabolism; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006162:Guanylate Cyclase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009126:Muscle Relaxation / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000502:physiology*; D010069:Oxadiazoles / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011810:Quinoxalines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011817:Rabbits; D012995:Solubility; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: C095284:1H-(1,2,4)oxadiazolo(4,3-a)quinoxalin-1-one; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D010069:Oxadiazoles; D011810:Quinoxalines; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D006162:Guanylate Cyclase; D006152:Cyclic GMP