title: Desmopressin-induced dog ciliary artery relaxation.
abstract: In isolated dog posterior ciliary arteries contracted with prostaglandin F2alpha, desmopressin (10(-10) to 10(-8) M), a vasopressin V2 receptor agonist, produced a concentration-related relaxation, which was reversed to a contraction by removal of the endothelium. Desmopressin was approximately 1/100 as potent as arginine vasopressin. Treatment with NG-nitro-L-arginine, a nitric oxide (NO) synthase inhibitor, reversed the desmopressin-induced relaxation to a contraction and the addition of L-arginine restored the relaxation. SR49059 ((2S)1-[(2 R3S)-(5-chloro-3-(2-chlorophenyl)-1-(3,4-methoxybenzene-s ulfony)-3-hydroxy-2,3-dihydro-1H-indole-2-carbonyl]-pyrrolidine-2-car boxamide), a selective vasopressin V1 receptor antagonist, suppressed the relaxation. In endothelium-denuded arteries, desmopressin-induced contractions were also inhibited by SR49059. It is concluded that desmopressin, although much less potent than vasopressin, relaxes ciliary arteries via a mediation of NO synthesized from L-arginine in the endothelium. Vasopressin V1-receptor Subtypes appear to be involved in the desmopressin-induced relaxation and contraction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Shiga University of Medical Sciences, Seta, Ohtsu, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Toda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ayajiki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okamura
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Azuma
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Toda
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019842:Ciliary Arteries / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D003894:Deamino Arginine Vasopressin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D017483:Receptors, Vasopressin / Q000819:agonists* / Q000502:physiology; D014664:Vasodilation
chemical_list: D017483:Receptors, Vasopressin; D003894:Deamino Arginine Vasopressin