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Relaxation of pig coronary arteries by new and potent cGMP analogs that selectively activate type I alpha, compared with type I beta, cGMP-dependent protein kinase.

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:Smooth muscle preparations of human aorta or pig coronary arteries contain nearly equal amounts of cGMP-dependent protein kinase isozymes (cGMP kinase I alpha and I beta). In order to understand the roles of these isozymes in relaxing vascular smooth muscle, several new cGMP analogs were synthesized and tested for potencies in activating each enzyme and in relaxing pig coronary arteries. Analogs modified with a derivatized phenylthio group at the 8-position were as much as 72-fold more potent in activating purified cGMP kinase I alpha than cGMP kinase I beta. Electron-donating substituents, such as hydroxy, amino, and methoxy, on the phenyl ring enhanced the potencies of these analogs in activating cGMP kinase I alpha. The most potent of these cGMP analogs [8-(4-hydroxyphenylthio)-cGMP] was 17 times more potent (EC50 = 1.1 microM) as a muscle relaxant than the most efficacious analog tested previously. Among derivatives with an 8-halo group, 8-iodo-cGMP was the most potent compound (Ka = 9 nM for I alpha and 122 nM for I beta) for both I alpha and I beta. Analogs modified at the 1,N2-position or at both the 1,N2-and 8-positions of cGMP were highly potent for activating both isozymes. Within this group, 8-I-beta-phenyl-1,N2-etheno-cGMP had Ka values of 22 nM and 17 nM for cGMP kinase I alpha and I beta, respectively, whereas the Ka values of cGMP were 110 nM and 250 nM for the two isozymes. 8-I-beta-phenyl-1,N2-etheno-cGMP was the most potent muscle relaxant tested, with EC50 of 0.4 microM. For all cGMP analogs tested, there was a positive correlation between potency for activation of cGMP kinase I alpha and that for relaxation of pig coronary arteries. Assuming that the kinase assay conditions yielded a cyclic nucleotide specificity similar to that which would exist in intact cells, it was concluded that the cGMP kinase I alpha isozyme mediates the relaxation of pig coronary artery smooth muscle caused by cGMP elevation. However, an additional role for cGMP kinase I beta in the relaxation process could not be ruled out.

journal_name

Mol Pharmacol

journal_title

Molecular pharmacology

authors

Sekhar KR,Hatchett RJ,Shabb JB,Wolfe L,Francis SH,Wells JN,Jastorff B,Butt E,Chakinala MM,Corbin JD

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pub_date

1992-07-01 00:00:00

pages

103-8

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0026-895X

issn

1521-0111

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Relaxation of pig coronary arteries by new and potent cGMP analogs that selectively activate type I alpha, compared with type I beta, cGMP-dependent protein kinase.