title: Nitric oxide regulatory role in sensitized guinea pig trachea.
abstract: Nitric oxide (NO) has been cited to play an important regulatory role in airway function. Moreover, the NO synthase expression in models of inflammation is documented. The aim of this study was to investigate, in vitro, the NO modulation of cholinergic responses in sham-sensitized and ovalbumin-sensitized guinea pig trachea by using L-arginine (L-ARG), a precursor of NO synthesis, and L-Ng-nitro-arginine-methyl-ester (L-NAME), an inhibitor of NO synthase. Our results showed that NO's ability to modulate cholinergic responses in ovalbumin-sensitized guinea pig trachea is lost. Indeed L-ARG and L-NAME modify acetylcholine sensitivity in sham-sensitized guinea pig but not in ovalbumin-sensitized guinea pig.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, 2nd University of Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: D'Agostino
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Matera
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Amorena
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Marabese
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lucisano
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rossi
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001120:Arginine / Q000494:pharmacology; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007536:Isomerism; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester / Q000494:pharmacology; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000502:physiology*; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D010047:Ovalbumin / Q000494:pharmacology; D015842:Serine Proteinase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D014132:Trachea / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D019323:omega-N-Methylarginine / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D015842:Serine Proteinase Inhibitors; D019323:omega-N-Methylarginine; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D010047:Ovalbumin; D001120:Arginine; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D000109:Acetylcholine; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester