title: Studies on the mechanisms underlying beta-adrenoceptor-mediated relaxation of rat abdominal aorta.
abstract: Mechanisms underlying beta-adrenoceptor (beta-AR)-mediated vascular relaxation were studied in the isolated rat abdominal aorta. In the endothelium-denuded helical preparations, a non-selective beta-AR agonist isoprenaline elicited a concentration-dependent relaxation. In the absence of beta-AR antagonists, isoprenaline-induced relaxation was not practically affected by an adenylyl cyclase inhibitor SQ 22,536 (300 microM), but was strongly diminished by high-KCl (80 mM). Isoprenaline-induced relaxation in the presence of SQ 22,536 was significantly diminished by iberiotoxin (IbTx, 0.1 microM), but was not affected by 4-aminopyridine (4-AP, 3 mM). Isoprenaline-induced relaxation was not also affected by SQ 22,536 (300 microM) even in the presence of CGP20712A (a beta(1)-selective antagonist) and ICI-118,551 (a beta(2)-selective antagonist) (0.1 microM for each), but was strongly diminished by high-KCl. By contrast, SQ 22,536-resistant, isoprenaline-induced relaxation in the presence of CGP20712A plus ICI-118,551 was not affected by IbTx (0.1 microM), but was inhibited significantly by 4-AP (3 mM). These results suggest that in rat abdominal aortic smooth muscle: 1) both beta(1)-/beta(2)-AR- and beta(3)-AR-mediated relaxations substantially involve cAMP-independent mechanisms; 2) beta(1)-/beta(2)-AR-mediated, cAMP-independent relaxant mechanisms are partly attributed to the large-conductance, Ca (2+)-sensitive K(+) (MaxiK, BK) channel whereas beta(3)-AR-mediated relaxant mechanisms are attributed to K(v) channel.
authors: Department of Chemical Pharmacology, Toho University School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba, Japan.
authors: Mayumi
authors: M
authors: Matsushita
authors: Yoshio
authors: Y
authors: Tanaka
authors: Katsuo
authors: K
authors: Koike
mesh_terms: D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology; D051036:Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D009126:Muscle Relaxation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D011412:Propanolamines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011433:Propranolol / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists; D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D051036:Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels; D011412:Propanolamines; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; D011433:Propranolol; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D007545:Isoproterenol; C033394:CGP 12177