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. 1992 Dec;107(4):976–982. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1992.tb13394.x

Role of the L-arginine-NO pathway and of cyclic GMP in electrical field-induced noradrenaline release and vasoconstriction in the rat tail artery.

B Bucher 1, S Ouedraogo 1, M Tschöpl 1, D Paya 1, J C Stoclet 1
PMCID: PMC1907954  PMID: 1334757

Abstract

1. The possible roles of the L-arginine-NO pathway and of guanosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate (cyclic GMP) in regulating the prejunctional release of noradrenaline and neurogenic vasoconstriction were investigated in the perfused rat tail artery. 2. In the presence of N omega-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME; 30 microM), an inhibitor of NO formation, the vasoconstrictor responses to perivascular nerve stimulation (24 pulses at 0.4 Hz, 0.3 ms, 200 mA) and to exogenous noradrenaline (1 microM) were significantly enhanced, whereas the stimulation-evoked tritium overflow from [3H]-noradrenaline preloaded arteries was not modified. The vasoconstriction enhancing effect of L-NAME was prevented by L-arginine (1 mM) but not D-arginine (1 mM) and was abolished by removal of the endothelium. 3. The NO donor, 3-morpholinosydnonimine-N-ethylcarbamide (SIN-1; 0.1-30 microM), and the cyclic GMP phosphodiesterase inhibitor, zaprinast (0.1-30 microM) both induced a concentration-dependent inhibition of the electrical field stimulation-induced vasoconstriction, while atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP; 100 nM) produced only a slight decrease of the vasoconstrictor response. Methylene blue (3 microM), a known inhibitor of soluble guanylate cyclase increased the electrical field stimulation-induced vasoconstriction. SIN-1 and methylene blue when administered simultaneously, antagonized each others effect. None of the compounds tested (SIN-1, zaprinast, ANP or methylene blue) had any significant effect on the stimulation-evoked [3H]-noradrenaline overflow. 4. 8-Bromo-cyclic GMP, a potent activator of cyclic GMP-dependent protein kinase, markedly and concentration-dependently (3-300 microM) increased [3H]-noradrenaline overflow but decreased field stimulation-induced vasoconstriction.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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