title: Contribution of RhoA kinase and protein kinase C to weak relaxant effect of pinacidil on carbachol-induced contractions in sensitized guinea-pig trachealis.
abstract: The exact mechanisms underlying the weak bronchodilator effect of K(ATP) channel openers on cholinergic stimulations is unknown. The present study was designed to examine the relaxant efect of pinacidil in guinea-pig trachea stimulated with carbachol by the presence of calcium sensitizer inhibitors; HA 1077, a rhoA kinase inhibitor, and chelerythrine, a protein kinase C inhibitor. Adenosine (10 microM) was used as other contractile agent for comparison. Tracheal tissues were isolated from ovalbumin sensitized guineapigs and changes in tension were recorded isometrically. Pinacidil (1-100 muM, cumulatively) and HA 1077 (0.01-30 microM, cumulatively) produced concentration-dependent relaxations in unstimulated tisues. The relaxant response to pinacidil decreased in carbachol contracted tissues, but increased in adenosine-stimulated tissues. Pretreatment of the tissues with HA 1077 (0.1 microM) and chelerythrine (10 microM) increased the pinacidil-induced relaxations by approximately %100 and %40, respectively. Glibenclamide, a KATP channel blocker, partially antagonized the pinacidil response in contracted tissues. Glibenclamide also inhibited the carbachol and adenosine induced contractions. These results suggest that diminish effect of pinacidil may have related to the enhanced calcium sensitization by cholinergic stimulation. Rho kinase inhibitors appear more effective than PKC inhibitors to achieve of this failure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey. sulegok@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Sule
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gok
authors.forename: Ahenk
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Izanli-Paksoy
authors.forename: Kamil
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Vural
mesh_terms: D019307:1-(5-Isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-Methylpiperazine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D000241:Adenosine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D053119:Benzophenanthridines / Q000494:pharmacology; D001993:Bronchodilator Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D002217:Carbachol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D054086:KATP Channels / Q000378:metabolism*; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009126:Muscle Relaxation / Q000187:drug effects*; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D010047:Ovalbumin / Q000276:immunology; D020110:Pinacidil / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D014132:Trachea / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000276:immunology; D020742:rhoA GTP-Binding Protein / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D053119:Benzophenanthridines; D001993:Bronchodilator Agents; D054086:KATP Channels; D020110:Pinacidil; D019307:1-(5-Isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-Methylpiperazine; D002217:Carbachol; D010047:Ovalbumin; C016299:chelerythrine; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D020742:rhoA GTP-Binding Protein; D000241:Adenosine; C049347:fasudil