title: Contribution of 20-HETE to the vasodilator actions of nitric oxide in renal arteries.
abstract: The present study examined the contribution of elevations in cGMP versus inhibition of cytochrome P-4504A enzymes and the production of the vasoconstrictor 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (20-HETE) to the vasodilator actions of NO in renal arterioles. The NO donor sodium nitroprusside (SNP) at 10(-5), 10(-4), and 10(-3) M reduced the production of 20-HETE in microsomes prepared from renal arterioles to 80 +/- 2, 43 +/- 5, and 7 +/- 1% of control, respectively (n = 4). In other experiments, the vasodilator response to SNP (10(-7) to 10(-3) M) was examined in rat renal interlobular arteries (<90 micron ID), preconstricted with phenylephrine (1 microM) under control conditions and after blockade of the cGMP and P-4504A pathways. Inhibition of guanylyl cyclase with 1H-[1,2, 4]oxadiazole[4,3-a]quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ) (10 microM, n = 6) or of cGMP-dependent protein kinase with 8R,9S, 11S-(-)-9-methoxy-carbamyl-8-methyl-2,3,9,10-tetrahydro-8, 11-epoxy-1H,8H,11H-2,7b,11a-trizadibenzo-(a,g)-cycloocta-(c, d, e)-trinden-1-one (KT-5823, 1 microM; n = 5) attenuated the vasodilator response to SNP by 26 and 30%, respectively. In contrast, inhibition of the endogenous production of 20-HETE with a suicide substrate, irreversible inhibitor [17-octadecynoic acid (17-ODYA), 1 microM, n = 5], or a selective, competitive inhibitor of 20-HETE formation (dibromo-dodecenyl-methylsulfimide, 25 microM, n = 5) markedly impaired the vasodilator response to SNP by 76 and 78%, respectively. Similarly, when 20-HETE levels were fixed at 100 nM (n = 6), the response to SNP was attenuated by 73%. Blockade of both pathways with ODQ and 17-ODYA completely abolished the response to SNP (n = 6). These results indicate that the vasodilator response to NO is largely cGMP independent and that inhibition of 20-HETE formation contributes to the cGMP-independent effects of NO in the renal microcirculation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alonso-Galicia
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Falck
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Harder
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Roman
mesh_terms: D000470:Alkaloids / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001160:Arterioles / Q000502:physiology; D002227:Carbazoles; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000502:physiology; D017869:Cyclic GMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D065607:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D006162:Guanylate Cyclase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D006893:Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D007211:Indoles; D008297:Male; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000494:pharmacology; D010656:Phenylephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D014664:Vasodilation / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D000470:Alkaloids; D002227:Carbazoles; D065607:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D006893:Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids; D007211:Indoles; D015221:Potassium Channels; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents; C073601:KT 5823; D009599:Nitroprusside; D010656:Phenylephrine; D009569:Nitric Oxide; C055987:20-hydroxy-5,8,11,14-eicosatetraenoic acid; D017869:Cyclic GMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; D006162:Guanylate Cyclase; D006152:Cyclic GMP