title: The relaxation induced by nicotine in the rat isolated renal artery.
abstract: The mechanism of nicotine-induced relaxation was investigated in the rat isolated renal artery. Nicotine (10(-3) M) produced a relaxation when preparations were precontracted by phenylephrine (3 x 10(-6) M). Nicotine-induced relaxation was 27.3 +/- 2.5% of phenylephrine contraction and was not affected by atropine (10(-5) M), guanethidine (10(-5) M), hexamethonium (10(-4) M), indomethacin (10(-5) M), N(G)-nitro-L-arginine (10(-4) M), methylene blue (10(-5) M), glibenclamide (10(-5) M), quinacrine (3 x 10(-6) M), tetrodotoxin (10(-6) M), capsaicin (10(-6) M), tetraethylammonium (10(-3) M), 4-aminopyridine (10(-3) M), and ouabain (10(-6) M) (n = 6, Mann-Whitney U-test). A calcium antagonizing effect of nicotine was not observed. Therefore, it appears that nicotine relaxes rat isolated renal artery by a nonspecific action on the vascular smooth muscle.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Emre
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ay
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tuncer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D005731:Ganglionic Stimulants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D018727:Muscarinic Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D009538:Nicotine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018733:Nicotinic Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D013997:Time Factors; D014664:Vasodilation / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D005731:Ganglionic Stimulants; D018727:Muscarinic Antagonists; D018733:Nicotinic Antagonists; D009538:Nicotine; D002118:Calcium