title: Diethylenetriamine nitric oxide adduct relaxes precontracted mouse tracheal smooth muscle.
abstract: 1. Inhaled diethylenetriamine nitric oxide adduct (DETA/NO) has been shown to be a selective pulmonary vasodilator in animal and human studies. The aims of the present study were to investigate the effect of DETA/NO on mouse precontracted isolated tracheal smooth muscle preparations and to determine the active component of this compound. 2. Mouse isolated tracheal smooth muscle rings were precontracted with carbachol (10-7 mol/L). Changes in isometric tension were recorded after cumulative addition of DETA (30-300 micromol/L; n = 6), DETA/NO (30-300 micromol/L; n = 9) or diluent control (n = 3). In addition, some preparations (n = 5) were pretreated with the soluble guanylyl cyclase (sGC) inhibitor 1H-[1,2,4]-oxadiazolo[4,3,-a]quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ; 30 micromol/L) before precontraction and exposure to DETA/NO. 3. Addition of DETA/NO caused a concentration-dependent relaxation of tracheal smooth muscle at 100 and 300 micromol/L, with an EC25%R of 109 micromol/L (95% confidence interval 72.6-164 micromol/L). The nucleophile amine carrier DETA had no effect on isometric tension. However, the relaxant effect of DETA/NO was completely abolished by pretreatment with ODQ. 4. We conclude that DETA/NO induces a concentration-dependent relaxation of mouse carbachol-contracted isolated tracheal smooth muscle that is mediated by NO released from DETA/NO via the activation of sGC.
authors.affiliation: Pharmacology Unit, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: Chen Fuh
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Lam
authors.forename: Rommel S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Lan
authors.forename: Peter V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: van Heerden
authors.forename: Kenneth F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Ilett
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Henry
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008808:Mice, Inbred CBA; D009126:Muscle Relaxation / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014132:Trachea / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D014226:Triazenes / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: C105351:1-hydroxy-2-oxo-3,3-bis(2-aminoethyl)-1-triazene; D014226:Triazenes; D009569:Nitric Oxide