title: Effects of the adenylyl cyclase inhibitor SQ22536 on iloprost-induced vasorelaxation and cyclic AMP elevation in isolated guinea-pig aorta.
abstract: The stable prostacyclin analogue, iloprost relaxes a variety of blood vessels and increases cyclic AMP, although the relationship between adenosine 3': 5'-cyclic monophosphate (cyclic AMP) and vasorelaxation remains unclear. We therefore investigated the effect of the adenylyl cyclase inhibitor, 9-(tetrahydro-2-furanyl)-9H-purin-6-amine (SQ22536) on iloprost-mediated relaxation and cyclic AMP elevation in endothelium-denuded aortic strips. Iloprost (1-1000 nM) caused a concentration-dependent inhibition of phenylephrine (1-6 microM) contractions, the responses being unaffected by pre-incubation with SQ22536 (100 microM) for 30 min. In other experiments 60 nM iloprost caused a 64% inhibition of phenylephrine contractions concomitant with a 3 fold rise in cyclic AMP. SQ22536 completely abolished the iloprost-induced elevation in cyclic AMP while having no significant effect on relaxation. Our results therefore strongly suggest that cyclic AMP-independent pathways are responsible for the vasorelaxant effects of iloprost in guinea-pig aorta.
authors: Centre for Clinical Pharmacology, Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, Department of Medicine, UCL, London, England, UK.
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Turcato
authors: L H
authors: LH
authors: Clapp
mesh_terms: D000225:Adenine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000067956:Adenylyl Cyclase Inhibitors; D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000502:physiology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D016285:Iloprost / Q000494:pharmacology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D014664:Vasodilation / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D000067956:Adenylyl Cyclase Inhibitors; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; C017759:9-(tetrahydro-2-furyl)-adenine; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D000225:Adenine; D016285:Iloprost