title: Some cyclic nucleotides reduce phenylephrine-induced and phorbol ester-induced constriction of the rat anterior mesenteric artery.
abstract: 1. Vasoconstrictor responses to phenylephrine (PE) and to 12-deoxyphorbol 13-phenyl-acetate in the rat isolated perfused anterior mesenteric artery were inhibited by pretreating the artery with isoprenaline (ISOP), sodium nitroprusside or 8-bromoguanosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate, but not with 8-bromoadenosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate. 2. The inhibitory effect of ISOP toward the response to PE was less prominent after pretreating the artery with a selective inhibitor of cyclic GMP-dependent kinase. 3. The vasorelaxant effect of ISOP was enhanced by pretreating the artery with an inhibitor of nitric oxide synthase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Applied Sciences, De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Northover
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Northover
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017869:Cyclic GMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries / Q000187:drug effects*; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D010656:Phenylephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D010703:Phorbol Esters / Q000494:pharmacology; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D014661:Vasoconstriction / Q000187:drug effects*; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D010703:Phorbol Esters; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents; D010656:Phenylephrine; C029704:12-deoxyphorbolphenylacetate; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; D017869:Cyclic GMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D006152:Cyclic GMP; D002118:Calcium