Abstract：
:We investigated the relaxant mechanisms of the cyclic AMP (cAMP)-increasing agents, isoproterenol, T-0509, forskolin and 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine (IBMX), on porcine coronary arteries contracted with U46619 (300 nM), a thromboxane A2 analogue, or 30 mM KCl, by measuring force simultaneously with intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) or cAMP and cyclic GMP (cGMP) levels. In U46619-contracted arteries, these agents decreased [Ca2+]i and force of contraction to almost the same extent in a concentration-dependent manner, whereas in KCl-contracted arteries these agents, except IBMX at higher concentrations, produced a relaxation with little change in [Ca2+]i. These agents all elevated tissue cAMP levels, and in addition, IBMX at higher concentrations increased cGMP levels. In Ca(2+)-free medium, these agents produced a concentration-dependent inhibition of Ca2+ release from intracellular Ca2+ stores induced by U46619 but not by 25 mM caffeine. Isoproterenol at a high concentration (3 microM) transiently decreased [Ca2+]i but steadily relaxed KCl-contracted arteries. This decrease in [Ca2+]i, but not the relaxation was inhibited by ryanodine and caffeine treatments. These results suggest that the relaxant mechanism of these agents on KCl-contracted arteries is mainly due to phosphorylation of myosin light chain kinase via cAMP-dependent protein kinase, resulting in a reduction of the Ca2+ sensitivity of contractile elements. Their relaxant mechanism in U46619-contracted arteries seems due to the inhibition of signal transduction of the agonist, resulting in a decrease in [Ca2+]i and inhibition of the Ca2+ sensitization.
journal_name
Eur J Pharmacoljournal_title
European journal of pharmacologyauthors
Yamagishi T,Yanagisawa T,Satoh K,Taira Ndoi
10.1016/0014-2999(94)90407-3subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1994-01-14 00:00:00pages
253-62issue
2-3eissn
0014-2999issn
1879-0712pii
0014-2999(94)90407-3journal_volume
251pub_type
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