title: Impaired relaxation of stomach smooth muscle in mice lacking cyclic GMP-dependent protein kinase I.
abstract: 1. Guanosine 3', 5'-cyclic monophosphate (cyclic GMP)-dependent kinase I (cGKI) is a major receptor for cyclic GMP in a variety of cells. Mice lacking cGKI exhibit multiple phenotypes, including severe defects in smooth muscle function. We have investigated the NO/cGMP- and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP)/adenosine 3', 5'-cyclic monophosphate (cyclic AMP)-signalling pathways in the gastric fundus of wild type and cGKI-deficient mice. 2. Using immunohistochemistry, similar staining patterns for NO-synthase, cyclic GMP- and VIP-immunoreactivities were found in wild type and cGKI-deficient mice. 3. In isolated, endothelin-1 (3 nM - 3 microM)-contracted, muscle strips from wild type mice, electrical field stimulation (1 - 16 Hz) caused a biphasic relaxation, one initial rapid, followed by a more slowly developing phase. In preparations from cGKI-deficient mice only the slowly developing relaxation was observed. 4. The responses to the NO donor, SIN-1 (10 nM - 100 microM), and to 8-Br-cyclic GMP (10 nM - 100 microM) were markedly impaired in strips from cGKI-deficient mice, whereas the responses to VIP (0.1 nM - 1 microM) and forskolin (0.1 nM - 1 microM) were similar to those in wild type mice. 5. These results suggest that cGKI plays a central role in the NO/cGMP signalling cascade producing relaxation of mouse gastric fundus smooth muscle. Relaxant agents acting via the cyclic AMP-pathway can exert their effects independently of cGKI.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ny
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pfeifer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aszòdi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Alm
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hedlund
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fässler
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Andersson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000502:physiology; D017869:Cyclic GMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000172:deficiency* / Q000235:genetics; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D008981:Molsidomine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D009126:Muscle Relaxation / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000502:physiology; D020030:Nitric Oxide Donors / Q000494:pharmacology; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D052247:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; D052250:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III; D019335:Nitroarginine / Q000494:pharmacology; D020239:Receptor Cross-Talk / Q000187:drug effects; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects; D013270:Stomach / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D020030:Nitric Oxide Donors; D019335:Nitroarginine; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide; C002385:linsidomine; D008981:Molsidomine; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D052247:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; D052250:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III; C496315:Nos3 protein, mouse; D017869:Cyclic GMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; D006152:Cyclic GMP