title: Contribution of nitric oxide and prostanoids to the cardiac electrophysiological and coronary vasomotor effects of diadenosine polyphosphates.
abstract: We investigated the hypothesis that the coronary vasomotor and cardiac electrophysiological effects of diadenosine polyphosphates (Ap(n)A) are mediated via release of nitric oxide and prostanoids. Transmembrane right ventricular action potentials, refractory periods, and coronary perfusion pressure were recorded from isolated, Langendorff-perfused guinea pig hearts studied under constant flow conditions. The effects of threshold (1 nM) and maximal (1 microM) concentrations of diadenosine triphosphate (Ap3A), tetraphosphate (Ap4A), pentaphosphate (Ap5A), and hexaphosphate (Ap6A) were studied in the presence of nitric oxide (NO) synthase inhibitors [L-NG-nitroarginine methyl ester, 300 microM; or L-N5-(1-iminoethyl)ornithine, 30 microM] or cyclooxygenase inhibitors (indomethacin, 100 microM or meclofenamate, 10 microM). Inhibition of cyclooxygenase and NO synthase both prevented the increases in action potential duration and refractory periods seen in response to Ap(n)A. Cyclooxygenase inhibition altered the vasomotor effects of the Ap(n)A in a manner that was related to the structure of the Ap(n)A compound (the effects of Ap3A were attenuated and those of Ap4A and Ap5A were prevented, while those of Ap6A were not abolished.) Inhibition of NO synthase did not abolish the vasomotor responses. These results demonstrate the importance of nitric oxide and prostanoids in the cardiac responses to Ap(n)A and support the hypotheses that the coronary vasomotor responses to Ap(n)A are mediated via release of prostanoids, that this is related to the structure of the compound, and that the cardiac electrophysiological responses to Ap(n)A involve both nitric oxide and prostanoid release.
authors.affiliation: Academic Cardiology Unit, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College School of Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Stavrou
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Sheridan
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Flores
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D000818:Animals; D003326:Coronary Circulation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D015226:Dinucleoside Phosphates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004594:Electrophysiology; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects*; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester / Q000494:pharmacology; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000502:physiology*; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D052250:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000502:physiology*; D012032:Refractory Period, Electrophysiological / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors; D015226:Dinucleoside Phosphates; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D011453:Prostaglandins; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D052250:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester