title: Cyclic AMP-mediated increase in L-type calcium current (ICa,L) by nitroglycerin in guinea-pig ventricular myocytes.
abstract: The effects of nitroglycerin (NG) on the L-type Ca2+ current (ICa,L) were investigated in guinea-pig ventricular myocytes. NG did not affect the basal ICa,L significantly. The ICa,L was increased by NG when the ICa,L was augmented by the pre-treatment with isoproterenol (Iso), and this increase was abolished by the pretreatment with methylene blue (MB), a guanylate cyclase inhibitor. NG also increased ICa,L in the myocytes undergoing the pretreatment with isobutylmethylxanthine (IBMX). The NG-induced increase in ICa,L was also observed in the myocytes intracellularly dialyzed with cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP). The order of the Iso-induced increase in ICa,L was Iso, IBMX and cAMP. Relatively a lower concentration of the extracellularly applied 8bromo-cyclic guanosine monophosphate (8Br-cGMP) increased ICa,L in the myocytes dialyzed with cAMP, whereas the higher concentration of 8Br-cGMP decreased ICa,L. NG produced a marked increase in cGMP levels, and a slight increase in cAMP levels in the ventricular tissues. These results suggest that the stimulatory effect of NG on the ICa,L is due to an inhibition of cGMP-inhibitable cAMP-phosphodiesterase (PDE) and a possible activation of cGMP-dependent protein kinase via the NG-induced increase in cGMP levels in guinea-pig ventricular myocytes.
authors: Research Center, Taisho Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Saitama City, Japan. katsuharu.tsuchida@po.rd.taisho.co.jp
authors: Katsuharu
authors: K
authors: Tsuchida
authors: Hiroshi
authors: H
authors: Watajima
mesh_terms: D015056:1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D020013:Calcium Signaling / Q000187:drug effects*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism*; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D003956:Dialysis; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology; D008751:Methylene Blue / Q000494:pharmacology; D005996:Nitroglycerin / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: C016276:8-bromocyclic GMP; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D005996:Nitroglycerin; D006152:Cyclic GMP; D007545:Isoproterenol; D008751:Methylene Blue; D015056:1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthine