title: The role of endothelium-derived nitric oxide in relaxations to levcromakalim in the rat aorta.
abstract: The present study was designed to examine the role of basally released nitric oxide in relaxations to an ATP-sensitive K+ channel opener. Whether relaxations to levcromakalim are modulated by endothelial removal or the inhibitors of vasodilator effects of endothelium-derived nitric oxide, were investigated in the rat aorta. During contractions to phenylephrine (3 x 10(-7) to 10(-6) M), levcromakalim (10(-8) to 10(-5) M) or a nitric oxide donor, 1-hydroxy-2-oxo-3-(N-methyl-3-aminopropyl)-3-methyl-1-triazene (NOC-7, 10(-9) to 10(-5) M), was added in a cumulative fashion. Relaxations to levcromakalim (10(-8) to 10(-5) M) were significantly reduced by the endothelium-removal. In aortas with endothelium, relaxations in response to levcromakalim were decreased by selective inhibitors of nitric oxide synthase (N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester, 10(-4) M) and soluble guanylate cyclase (1H-[1,2,4]oxadiazolo[4,3-a]quinoxaline-1-one; ODQ, 10(-5) M) and a scavenger of nitric oxide (carboxy-PTIO, 10(-3) M). Relaxations to levcromakalim in aortas treated with these inhibitors are comparable to those seen in aortas without endothelium. KCl (30 mM) and an ATP-sensitive K+ channel inhibitor, glibenclamide (10(-5) M), abolished relaxations to levcromakalim in aortas with or without endothelium, whereas glibenclamide did not alter relaxations to NOC-7 (10(-9) to 10(-5) M) in aortas without endothelium. These results suggest that in rat aortas, inhibition of vasodilator effects of basally released nitric oxide can reduce relaxations via ATP-sensitive K+ channels, although these channels do not mediate relaxations to exogenously applied nitric oxide.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, Japanese Red Cross Society Wakayama Medical Center.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kinoshita
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iwahashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kakutani
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mizumoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iranami
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hatano
mesh_terms: D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; D000818:Animals; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000187:drug effects*; D001565:Benzoates / Q000494:pharmacology; D019806:Cromakalim / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000502:physiology*; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D005905:Glyburide / Q000494:pharmacology; D006162:Guanylate Cyclase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D006834:Hydrazines / Q000494:pharmacology; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D054086:KATP Channels; D008297:Male; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects*; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000502:physiology*; D020030:Nitric Oxide Donors / Q000494:pharmacology; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D052250:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III; D019335:Nitroarginine / Q000494:pharmacology; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000187:drug effects; D024661:Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying; D051381:Rats; D011921:Rats, Inbred WKY; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: C115239:3-(2-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-nitrosohydrazino)-N-methyl-1-propanamine; D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; D001565:Benzoates; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D006834:Hydrazines; D007093:Imidazoles; D054086:KATP Channels; D020030:Nitric Oxide Donors; D015221:Potassium Channels; D024661:Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; C092520:uK-ATP-1 potassium channel; D019806:Cromakalim; C079393:1,3-dihydroxy-4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-2-(4-carboxyphenyl)tetrahydroimidazole; D019335:Nitroarginine; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D052250:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III; C496316:Nos3 protein, rat; D006162:Guanylate Cyclase; D005905:Glyburide