title: Superoxide and nitroglycerin stimulate release of PGF2 alpha and TxA2 in isolated rat heart.
abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of nitroglycerin (NTG), a nitric oxide (NO) donor used as a vasodilating agent, on prostanoid [e.g., prostaglandin (PG)] release in the O2(-)-pretreated rat heart. Perfusion of O2-, generated by a xanthine oxidase-purine coupling, caused elevation (P < 0.05) of the coronary perfusion pressure (CPP) after 20 min (from 57.1 +/- 3.9 during the control period to 72.2 +/- 3.9 mmHg, P < 0.05). O2- caused increased release of PGF2 alpha from 3.6 +/- 0.7 to 20.6 +/- 4.4 pmol.min-1.g-1 and of thromboxane A2 (TxA2) from 2.4 +/- 0.4 to 9.6 +/- 1.6 pmol.min-1.g-1 (P < 0.001) with no significant changes in PGE2 and PGI2 release. During the 20-min washout of O2- from the heart with normal Krebs solution, release of PGF2 alpha and TxA2 decreased to 8.7 +/- 1.4 and 6.3 +/- 1.7 pmol.min-1.g-1, respectively, and the release of PGE2 and PGI2 markedly increased from 11.1 +/- 2.9 to 25.4 +/- 3.6 and 157.2 +/- 16.4 to 413.2 +/- 41.4 pmol.min-1.g-1, respectively (P < 0.05), without lowering the elevated CPP. Administration of 4 microM NTG during the washout period paradoxically augmented the elevated CPP to 133.3 +/- 0.6% and was associated with a doubling (P < 0.05) of PGF2 alpha and TxA2 release with no significant changes in PGE2 and PGI2 release. The NTG-induced CPP elevation was inhibited (P < 0.05) by indomethacin, a cyclooxygenase inhibitor, or ONO-3708, a TxA2 receptor blocker, whereas arachidonic acid, a substrate for PG synthesis, augmented the CPP elevation. These results indicate that NTG stimulates the synthesis of vasoconstrictive PG in the O2(-)-pretreated rat heart, inducing a paradoxical elevation in CPP.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Gupte
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ochi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016718:Arachidonic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D003326:Coronary Circulation / Q000187:drug effects; D015237:Dinoprost / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D019335:Nitroarginine / Q000494:pharmacology; D005996:Nitroglycerin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010477:Perfusion; D011312:Pressure; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism; D017482:Receptors, Thromboxane / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D013481:Superoxides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013928:Thromboxane A2 / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D017482:Receptors, Thromboxane; D013481:Superoxides; D019335:Nitroarginine; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D013928:Thromboxane A2; C049855:ONO 3708; D015237:Dinoprost; D005996:Nitroglycerin