title: Characteristics of vasodilatation induced by cyclopiazonic acid in the rat perfused kidney.
abstract: We examined the possible existence of a novel endothelium-derived relaxing factor in the endothelium of the perfused rat kidney. Acetylcholine-induced vasodilatation was abolished by treatment with NG-nitro-L-arginine (L-NNA) and methylene blue in isotonic high K+ (60 mM) medium, whereas cyclopiazonic acid (CPA)-induced vasodilatation of the perfused kidney was slightly increased by this treatment. When the kidney was perfused with 0.47% CHAPS solution for 1 min, acetylcholine- or cyclopiazonic acid-induced vasodilatation was almost abolished. Acetylcholine- or cyclopiazonic acid-induced vasodilatation was not affected by indomethacin. These results suggest that CPA may release a novel endothelium-derived relaxing factor, which is not prostanoids, nitric oxide nor endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor in the endothelium of the renal vascular bed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Morphology, Hoshi University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kamata
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hosokawa
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001685:Biological Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D002793:Cholic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D004121:Dimethyl Sulfoxide / Q000494:pharmacology; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D007211:Indoles / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D009126:Muscle Relaxation / Q000187:drug effects; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism; D019335:Nitroarginine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D014664:Vasodilation / Q000187:drug effects*; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D001685:Biological Factors; D002793:Cholic Acids; D007211:Indoles; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; C067410:endothelium-dependent hyperpolarization factor; D019335:Nitroarginine; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D000109:Acetylcholine; C028213:3-((3-cholamidopropyl)dimethylammonium)-1-propanesulfonate; C000543:cyclopiazonic acid; D004121:Dimethyl Sulfoxide