title: Endothelium-independent and -dependent vasoactivity of 6-nitronorepinephrine.
abstract: Vasoactivities of 6-nitronorepinephrine were investigated using rat aorta. 6-Nitronorepinephrine (> 100 microM) caused dose-dependent contraction in both endothelium-intact and -denuded aorta, although the latter showed greater contraction than the former. Prazosin (> 3 nM), an alpha1-adrenoceptor antagonist, attenuated significantly the 6-nitronorepinephrine-induced contractions, thereby suggesting the alpha1-adrenoceptor involvement. Aortic rings prepared from reserpine-pretreated rats showed the 6-nitronorepinephrine-induced a contraction to the extent similar to those from untreated rats, suggesting that endogenous norepinephrine does not play a role in the 6-nitronorepinephrine-induced contraction. 6-Nitronorepinephrine (> 10 microM) potentiated norepinephrine-induced contraction only in the presence of endothelium. The augmentation was attenuated by catalase (1200 U/ml). H2O2 (10-300 microM) augmented the norepinephrine-induced contraction only in the endothelium-intact rat aortic rings. 6-Nitronorepinephrine attenuated significantly acetylcholine-induced relaxation. Catalase prevented the 6-nitronorepinephrine-induced inhibition of the acetylcholine-induced relaxation. These results suggest that 6-nitronorepinephrine has a weak alpha1-adrenoceptor agonistic property and that the endothelium-dependent potentiation by 6-nitronorepinephrine of the norepinephrine-induced contraction is mediated through production of H2O2.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. nakaki@med.teikyo-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakaki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Shintani
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta; D002374:Catalase / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects*; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D014661:Vasoconstriction / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: C100495:6-nitronorepinephrine; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D002374:Catalase; D000109:Acetylcholine; D009638:Norepinephrine