title: The potentiation of nitroglycerin-induced relaxation by PKG inhibition in rat aortic rings.
abstract: 1. In rat aortic rings precontracted by phenylephrine, H7 (10(-5)M) and staurosporine (10(-7)M), which inhibit PKA, PKG and PKC, and H-89 (10(-6)M), which inhibits PKA and PKG, potentiated relaxations induced by nitroglycerin. Forskolin-induced relaxations were not affected by H7 (10(-5)M). 2. Nitroglycerin-induced relaxations were not affected by calphostin-C (10(-7)M), which inhibits PKC, H-89 (10(-7)M), which inhibits PKA, and staurosporine (2 x 10(-9)M), which inhibits PKC. 3. Iberiotoxin (3 x 10(-8)M), an inhibitor of large conductance Kca channels, partly inhibited the relaxation induced by nitroglycerin and completely inhibited the potentiating effect of H7 on nitroglycerin-induced relaxations. 4. The potentiating effect of zaprinast (10(-5)M), an inhibitor of cGMP-phosphodiesterase, on nitroglycerin-induced relaxation was not affected by iberiotoxin. In the presence of methylene blue (10(-5)M), an inhibitor of guanylate cyclase, the residual relaxing response to nitroglycerin was not affected by H7, but it was inhibited by iberiotoxin. 5. These results suggest that the potentiation of nitroglycerin-induced relaxation by H7, staurosporine and H-89 may be due to inhibition of PKG.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Hawaii, School of Medicine, Honolulu 96822, USA.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Satake
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fujimoto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shibata
mesh_terms: D019307:1-(5-Isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-Methylpiperazine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D017869:Cyclic GMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D004357:Drug Synergism; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007546:Isoquinolines / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D009281:Naphthalenes / Q000494:pharmacology; D005996:Nitroglycerin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D011688:Purinones / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D019311:Staurosporine / Q000494:pharmacology; D013449:Sulfonamides; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D007546:Isoquinolines; D009281:Naphthalenes; D015221:Potassium Channels; D011688:Purinones; D013449:Sulfonamides; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D019307:1-(5-Isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-Methylpiperazine; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; D017869:Cyclic GMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D005996:Nitroglycerin; C011145:zaprinast; D019311:Staurosporine; C058819:calphostin C; C063509:N-(2-(4-bromocinnamylamino)ethyl)-5-isoquinolinesulfonamide