title: Centrally applied nitric oxide donors inhibit vagally evoked rat gastric acid secretion: involvement of sympathetic outflow.
abstract: ntracerebroventricularly (i.c.v.) administered nitric oxide (NO) donors, 3-morpholinosydnonimine (SIN-1) (100-500 microg/animal) and sodium nitroprusside (SNP) (100-250 microg/animal) dose-dependently inhibited the rat gastric acid secretion evoked by vagal stimulation at 3 Hz. Furthermore, the inhibitory effect of SIN-1 (250 microg/animal) was more marked and its onset was more rapid than that of SNP (250 microg/animal). The SIN-1 (250 microg/animal)-induced antisecretory effect was abolished by both splanchnicotomy and phentolamine (5 mg/kg, i.m.), and also by indomethacin (500 microg/animal, i.c.v.). These results suggest that i.c.v. administered NO donors inhibit vagally evoked gastric acid secretion by activation of central sympathetic outflow. Central prostaglandin is probably implicated in this NO-mediated antisecretory effect.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Kochi Medical School, Nankoku, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yokotani
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okuma
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Osumi
mesh_terms: D000317:Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005744:Gastric Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D007276:Injections, Intraventricular; D008297:Male; D008981:Molsidomine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010646:Phentolamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013153:Splanchnic Nerves / Q000601:surgery; D014630:Vagus Nerve / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D000317:Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists; D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors; D009599:Nitroprusside; D009569:Nitric Oxide; C002385:linsidomine; D008981:Molsidomine; D007213:Indomethacin; D010646:Phentolamine