title: Mechanism of nitric oxide-induced contraction in the rat isolated small intestine.
abstract: 1. The contractile response to nitric oxide (NO) in ral ileal myenteric plexus-longitudinal muscle strips was pharmacologically analysed. 2. NO (10(-7) M) induced only contraction while 10(-6) M NO induced contraction followed by relaxation. Methylene blue (up to 10(-4) M) did not affect the NO-induced contractions but significantly reduced the relaxation evoked by 10(-6) M NO. Administration of 8-bromo-cyclic GMP (10(-6)-10(-4) M) only induced relaxation. 3. Sodium nitroprusside (SNP; 10(-7)-10(-5) M) induced concentration-dependent contractions per se; the contractile response to NO, administered within 10 min after SNP, was concentration-dependently reduced. The guanosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate (cyclic GMP) content of the tissues was not increased during contractions with 10(-8) M NO and 10(-6) M SNP; it was increased by a factor of 2 during contraction with 10(-7) M NO, and by a factor of 12 during relaxation with 3 x 10(-6) M NO. 4. The NO-induced contractions were not affected by ryanodine (3 x 10(-5) M) but were concentration-dependently reduced by nifedipine (10(-8)-10(-7) M) and apamin (3 x 10(-9)-3 x 10(-8) M). 5. These results suggest that cyclic GMP is not involved in the NO-induced contraction in the rat small intestine. The NO-induced contraction is related to extracellular Ca2+ influx through L-type Ca2+ channels, that might be activated in response to the closure of Ca(2+)-dependent K+ channels.
authors.affiliation: Heymans Institute of Pharmacology, University of Gent Medical School, Belgium.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Lefebvre
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Barthó
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001030:Apamin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000502:physiology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008751:Methylene Blue / Q000494:pharmacology; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009543:Nifedipine / Q000494:pharmacology; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012433:Ryanodine / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D012433:Ryanodine; D009599:Nitroprusside; D001030:Apamin; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D006152:Cyclic GMP; D009543:Nifedipine; D002118:Calcium; D008751:Methylene Blue