Mechanisms of NO/cGMP-Dependent Vasorelaxation

Author:

Sausbier Matthias1,Schubert Rudolf1,Voigt Viktor1,Hirneiss Christoph1,Pfeifer Alexander1,Korth Michael1,Kleppisch Thomas1,Ruth Peter1,Hofmann Franz1

Affiliation:

1. From the Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie der TU München (M.S., V.V., C.H., A.P., T.K., P.R., F.H.), München, Germany; Institut für Physiologie der Universität Rostock (R.S.), Rostock, Germany; and Abteilung Pharmakologie für Pharmazeuten, Universitätskrankenhaus Eppendorf (M.K.), Hamburg, Germany.

Abstract

Abstract —Both cGMP-dependent and -independent mechanisms have been implicated in the regulation of vascular tone by NO. We analyzed acetylcholine (ACh)- and NO-induced relaxation in pressurized small arteries and aortic rings from wild-type (wt) and cGMP kinase I–deficient (cGKI –/– ) mice. Low concentrations of NO and ACh decreased the spontaneous myogenic tone in wt but not in cGKI –/– arteries. However, contractions of cGKI –/– arteries and aortic rings were reduced by high concentrations (10 μmol/L) of 2-( N , N -diethylamino)-diazenolate-2-oxide (DEA-NO). Iberiotoxin, a specific blocker of Ca 2+ -activated K + (BK Ca ) channels, only partially prevented the relaxation induced by DEA-NO or ACh in pressurized vessels and aortic rings. DEA-NO increased the activity of BK Ca channels only in vascular smooth muscle cells isolated from wt cGKI +/+ mice. These results suggest that low physiological concentrations of NO decrease vascular tone through activation of cGKI, whereas high concentrations of DEA-NO relax vascular smooth muscle independent of cGKI and BK Ca . NO-stimulated, cGKI-independent relaxation was antagonized by the inhibition of soluble guanylyl cyclase or cAMP kinase (cAK). DEA-NO increased cGMP to levels that are sufficient to activate cAK. cAMP-dependent relaxation was unperturbed in cGKI –/– vessels. In conclusion, low concentrations of NO relax vessels by activation of cGKI, whereas in the absence of cGKI, NO can relax small and large vessels by cGMP-dependent activation of cAK.

Publisher

Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

Subject

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,Physiology

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