title: Nitric oxide donors inhibit the acetylcholine-induced Cl- current in identified Onchidium neurons.
abstract: The present study was undertaken to assess the effects of sodium nitroprusside (SNP) and diethylamine NO (C2H5)2N[N(O)NO]-Na+ (DEA/NO), NO donors, on an acetylcholine (ACh)-induced Cl- current in identified Onchidium neurons using voltage-clamp and pressure ejection techniques. Bath-applied SNP (10 microM) and DEA/NO (5-10 microM) reduced the ACh-induced Cl- current in the neurons without affecting the resting membrane conductance and holding current. The suppressing effect of NO donors were concentration-dependent and completely reversible. Pretreatment with 1H-[1,2,4]oxadiazolo-[4,3-a] quinoxalin-1-one (1 micro M), a specific inhibitor of NO-stimulated guanylate cyclase, and hemoglobin (50 micro M), a nitric oxide scavenger, decreased the SNP-induced inhibition of the ACh-induced current. Intracellular injection of guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP) or bath-application of 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine (50 micro M), a non-specific phosphodiesterase inhibitor, inhibited the ACh-induced current, mimicking the effect of NO donors. These results suggest that SNP and DEA/NO inhibit the ACh-induced Cl- current and that this effect is mediated by an increase in intracellular cGMP.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Shimane Medical University, Izumo, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sawada
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ichinose
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Anraku
mesh_terms: D015056:1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D002712:Chlorides / Q000502:physiology*; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000494:pharmacology; D004048:Diethylamines / Q000494:pharmacology; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000494:pharmacology; D008974:Mollusca / Q000502:physiology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000502:physiology*; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000494:pharmacology; D010069:Oxadiazoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D011810:Quinoxalines / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: C095284:1H-(1,2,4)oxadiazolo(4,3-a)quinoxalin-1-one; D002712:Chlorides; D004048:Diethylamines; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D006454:Hemoglobins; D010069:Oxadiazoles; D011810:Quinoxalines; D009599:Nitroprusside; D009569:Nitric Oxide; C034281:diethylamine; D006152:Cyclic GMP; D000109:Acetylcholine; D015056:1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthine