title: Evidence that guanylate cyclase is involved in modulating the resting tension and neurally-induced contraction of the guinea pig tracheal muscle.
abstract: Electrical field stimulation of guinea-pig tracheal muscle strips produced a frequency-dependent biphasic response consisting of an initial cholinergic contraction followed by relaxation. Both phases of the response were of neural origin. In the presence of methylene blue, a guanylate cyclase inhibitor, the resting tension and the contraction were increased, but the accompanying relaxation was inhibited. However, in the presence of sodium nitroprusside, a guanylate cyclase activator, the resting tension was reduced and the contraction was inhibited, but the relaxation was prolonged and increased. Similarly, in the presence of either 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine, which promotes cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) accumulation, or 8-bromo-cGMP, an analogue of cGMP, the resting tension was reduced and the contraction was inhibited but the relaxation was prolonged and increased. From these results, it is concluded that guanylate cyclase is involved in modulating the resting tension and the neurally-induced contraction of guinea-pig tracheal muscle.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of the West Indies, Jamaica.
authors.forename: O R
authors.initials: OR
authors.lastname: Simon
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Powell
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gossell
mesh_terms: D015056:1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D006162:Guanylate Cyclase / Q000502:physiology*; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D008297:Male; D008751:Methylene Blue / Q000494:pharmacology; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D009126:Muscle Relaxation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000494:pharmacology; D010726:Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D012146:Rest / Q000502:physiology; D014132:Trachea / Q000294:innervation*
chemical_list: D010726:Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors; D009599:Nitroprusside; C016276:8-bromocyclic GMP; D006162:Guanylate Cyclase; D006152:Cyclic GMP; D008751:Methylene Blue; D015056:1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthine