title: Effects of adrenomedullin and PAMP on membrane potential and neurotransmission.
abstract: The effects of adrenomedullin (AM) and proadrenomedullin N-terminal 20 peptide (PAMP) on membrane potential and sympathetic neurotransmission were studied in rat mesenteric arteries by using microelectrodes. AM (10(-7) M) but not PAMP (10(-6) M) produced membrane hyperpolarization, which was abolished by high K solution or by glibenclamide, an ATP-sensitive K(+) (KATP) channel blocker. Neither AM nor PAMP affected excitatory junction potentials, a measure of sympathetic, purinergic neurotransmission. These findings suggest that AM hyperpolarizes the membrane via activation of KATP channels, which may contribute to the vasodilatory action of AM, whereas the mechanisms of the vasodepressor action of PAMP remain unclear.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Maidashi 3-1-1, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Onaka
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fujishima
mesh_terms: D053607:Adrenomedullin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D000818:Animals; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D005905:Glyburide / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D008643:Mesentery / Q000187:drug effects; D008839:Microelectrodes; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000294:innervation; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000494:pharmacology; D010455:Peptides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011506:Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013498:Suramin / Q000494:pharmacology; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000187:drug effects; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D010446:Peptide Fragments; D010455:Peptides; D011506:Proteins; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; C108283:proadrenomedullin (9-20); D053607:Adrenomedullin; D013498:Suramin; D005905:Glyburide