title: Mechanism of a nitric oxide donor NOR 1-induced relaxation in longitudinal muscle of rat proximal colon.
abstract: We previously suggested that nitric oxide (NO)-mediated relaxation of the rat proximal colon is not associated with change in cyclic GMP content. We further studied the intracellular mechanism of NO-induced relaxation by measuring changes in tension and intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i), simultaneously. NOR 1, NO donor, relaxed the longitudinal muscle of the rat proximal colon, which was precontracted by carbachol, with a concomitant decrease in [Ca2+]. ODQ, an inhibitor of soluble guanylate cyclase, partially inhibited the relaxant effect of only higher concentrations of NOR 1, but Rp-8-Br-cGMPS, an inhibitor of cyclic GMP-dependent protein kinase (PKG), did not have any effects on the relaxant effect of NOR 1. When the preparations were transferred to normal solution after the treatment with thapsigargin, an inhibitor of sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+-ATPase, in the absence of Ca2+, contraction with a concomitant increase in [Ca2+]i occurred. NOR 1 did not show significant effects on the tension and [Ca2+]i in thapsigargin-treated preparations. In high K+-precontracted preparations, NOR 1 relaxed the preparations with a slight change in [Ca2+]i. The relaxant effect was significantly inhibited by ODQ and Rp-8-Br-cGMPS. These results suggest that NO induces the relaxation preferentially by acting thapsigargin-sensitive function of SR and in turn decreasing [Ca2+]i, although a cyclic GMP-PKG pathway is suggested under the experimental conditions of a high K+ concentration.
authors.affiliation: takeuchi@vet.osakafu-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takeuch
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugimoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Morimoto
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hata
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology; D002217:Carbachol / Q000494:pharmacology; D003106:Colon / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D046508:Culture Techniques; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D008297:Male; D008954:Models, Biological; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D009126:Muscle Relaxation / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000502:physiology; D020030:Nitric Oxide Donors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010069:Oxadiazoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D011810:Quinoxalines / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D019284:Thapsigargin / Q000494:pharmacology; D013873:Thionucleotides / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: C095284:1H-(1,2,4)oxadiazolo(4,3-a)quinoxalin-1-one; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D020030:Nitric Oxide Donors; C091333:Nr4a3 protein, rat; D010069:Oxadiazoles; D011810:Quinoxalines; D013873:Thionucleotides; C083763:8-bromoguanosino-3',5'-cyclic monophosphorothioate; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D019284:Thapsigargin; D002217:Carbachol; D006152:Cyclic GMP; D002118:Calcium