title: Analysis of responses to adrenomedullin-(13-52) in the pulmonary vascular bed of rats.
abstract: The effects of human adrenomedullin-(13-52) [hADM-(13-52)] were investigated in the rat pulmonary vascular bed and in isolated rings from the rat pulmonary artery (PA). Under conditions of controlled blood flow and constant left atrial pressure when tone was increased with U-46619, injection of hADM-(13-52) produced dose-related decreases in lobar arterial pressure. Pulmonary vasodilator responses in the intact rat and vasorelaxant responses to hADM-(13-52) in rat PA rings were inhibited by NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) and L-N5-(1-iminoethyl)-ornithine hydrochloride (L-NIO). Vasorelaxant responses to hADM-(13-52) were also inhibited by methylene blue, endothelium removal, hADM-(26-52), and iberiotoxin, whereas meclofenamate, calcitonin gene-related peptide-(8-37) [CGRP-(8-37)], glibenclamide, and apamin were without effect. Because vasorelaxant responses to NS-1619, a large-conductance Ca(2+)-activated K+ channel agonist, were not altered by L-NAME and vasorelaxant responses to acetylcholine and CGRP were not altered by hADM-(26-52), the present data suggest that ADM-(13-52) acts on a receptor in the pulmonary vascular bed that is coupled to endothelial nitric oxide release. These data suggest that this nitric oxide release may lead to guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate-dependent K+ channel activation, which produces a pulmonary vasorelaxant response through hyperpolarization of vascular smooth muscle cells. The present data suggest that ADM-(13-52) modulates receptor-mediated, but not voltage-dependent, pulmonary vascular contraction by influencing Ca2+ influx. These results suggest that the ADM fragment, hADM-(13-52), acts as an endothelium-dependent vasodilator agent in the pulmonary vascular bed of the rat.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Hacettepe University, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gumusel
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Hao
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Hyman
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Kadowitz
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Champion
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lippton
mesh_terms: D053607:Adrenomedullin; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D006162:Guanylate Cyclase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000494:pharmacology*; D026902:Potassium Channel Blockers; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000187:drug effects; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D026902:Potassium Channel Blockers; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; C094546:adrenomedullin (13-52); D053607:Adrenomedullin; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D006162:Guanylate Cyclase; D002118:Calcium