title: NO-induced modulation of calcium-oscillations in pulmonary vascular smooth muscle.
abstract: The effect of the nitric oxide (NO) donor sodium nitroprusside (SNP) on both [Ca(2+)](i)and mechanical activity was studied in the rat isolated pulmonary artery (RPA). In freshly isolated myocytes loaded with 1 microM indo-lacetoxymethyl ester for 30 min, short (40-60 s) application of ATP (100 microM) or ET-1 (0.1 microM) induced 3-6 cyclic rises in [Ca(2+)](i)(Ca-oscillations) of decreasing amplitude. Preincubation of cells with SNP (10-250 microM) for 10 min had no effect on the resting [Ca(2+)](i)value, but progressively abolished the oscillations. A similar effect was obtained with 8-bromo-cGMP (100-500 microM). SNP (0.001-100 microM) concentration-dependently relaxed ATP (10 mM, n = 4) and ET-1 (0.1 microM, n = 4)-precontracted RPA. 1H-[1,2,4]oxadiazolol [4,3,-a]quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ, 10 microM), a potent inhibitor of the cytosolic guanylyl cyclase, fully reversed the effect of SNP on ATP-induced [Ca(2+)](i)oscillations as well as on ATP-precontracted RPA. In contrast, N-[2-(methylamino)ethyl]-5-isoquinolinesulfonamide (H8, 10 microM), a potent inhibitor of cGMP-dependent protein kinase (PKG), did not alter the effect of SNP. Caffeine (5 mM) induced only one transient [Ca(2+)](i)-increase (n = 24), the amplitude of which was altered neither by SNP nor by 8-bromo-cGMP. Our results show that the relaxing effect of NO in RPA is related, at least in part, to its action on the Ca-signalling pathway. NO interacts with inositol trisphosphate pathway without interacting with the ryanodine-sensitive receptor. Finally, the effect of NO involves an increase in cGMP but appears independent of activation of PKG.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire Respiratoire (INSERM E9937), Université Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux Cédex, France.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Pauvert
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Marthan
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Savineau
mesh_terms: D015124:8-Bromo Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002110:Caffeine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D017869:Cyclic GMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D019332:Endothelin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology; D007211:Indoles; D007537:Isometric Contraction; D008297:Male; D008981:Molsidomine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000378:metabolism*; D020030:Nitric Oxide Donors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000494:pharmacology; D010396:Penicillamine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D026423:S-Nitroso-N-Acetylpenicillamine; D012519:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D014664:Vasodilation / Q000187:drug effects; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D019332:Endothelin-1; D007211:Indoles; D020030:Nitric Oxide Donors; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D009599:Nitroprusside; D015124:8-Bromo Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate; D002110:Caffeine; C002385:linsidomine; D026423:S-Nitroso-N-Acetylpenicillamine; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D008981:Molsidomine; D017869:Cyclic GMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; D010396:Penicillamine; C048960:indo-1; D002118:Calcium