Abstract:
:Electrical field stimulation (EFS)-induced non-adrenergic non-cholinergic (NANC) relaxation responses in the rabbit vaginal wall were investigated. These NANC responses were partially inhibited with the nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitors N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME; 500 microM), N(G)-nitro-L-arginine (300 microM) or N-iminoethyl-L-ornithine (500 microM) or the selective soluble guanylate cyclase inhibitor 1H-[1,2,4]oxadiazolo[4,3,-a]quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ, 10 microM). Application of L-NAME and ODQ concomitantly did not increase the degree of inhibition. L-NAME or ODQ were observed to be more effective at low frequencies. The resistant part of the responses was more pronounced at higher frequencies and was completely inhibited by tetrodotoxin (1 microM). Exogenous application of the peptides vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP), pituitary adenylate cyclase activating peptide (PACAP-27 and PACAP-38), peptide histidine methionine (PHM), peptide histidine valine (PHV), helospectin-I or -II induced a relaxation response. Calcitonin gene-related peptide or substance P did not cause any relaxation. The peptidase alpha-chymotrypsin (type II; 2 units ml(-1)) did not affect non-nitrergic NANC responses, although it did inhibit relaxation responses elicited by exogenous VIP, PACAP-27, PACAP-38, PHM, PHV, helospectin-I or -II. K(+) channel inhibitors apamin (1 microM) or charybdotoxin (100 nM) when used alone or in conjunction did not affect non-nitrergic NANC responses. The non-nitrergic NANC responses were not associated with any increase in intracellular cyclic adenosine-3', 5'-monophosphate (cyclic AMP) or cyclic guanosine-3', 5'-monophosphate (cyclic GMP) concentrations. The peptide-induced relaxations were all associated with increases in cyclic AMP concentrations. These results suggest that a neuronal factor elicits non-nitrergic NANC responses in the rabbit vaginal wall. The identity of this factor remains to be established.
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Br J Pharmacoljournal_title
British journal of pharmacologyauthors
Ziessen T,Moncada S,Cellek Sdoi
10.1038/sj.bjp.0704481subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2002-01-01 00:00:00pages
546-54issue
2eissn
0007-1188issn
1476-5381journal_volume
135pub_type
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