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. 1996 Nov;119(5):1022–1028. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb15773.x

Effect of thiol modulators and Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase inhibition on nitrergic relaxations in the rat gastric fundus.

J G De Man 1, B Y De Winter 1, G E Boeckxstaens 1, A G Herman 1, P A Pelckmans 1
PMCID: PMC1915936  PMID: 8922754

Abstract

1. The effects of superoxide anion generators before and after treatment with inhibitors of Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase (Cu/Zn SOD) and the effects of thiol-modulating agents were investigated on nitrergic relaxations to electrical stimulation of non-adrenergic non-cholinergic (NANC) nerves of the rat gastric fundus and on relaxations to authentic nitric oxide (NO) and nitroglycerin. 2. The superoxide anion generators, pyrogallol (30 microM) and duroquinone (30-60 microM), significantly inhibited the relaxations to NO (0.03-3 microM) but not nitrergic relaxations to NANC nerve stimulation (0.5-8 Hz) or those to ATP (10 microM). Treatment of the rat gastric fundus with the inhibitors of Cu/Zn SOD, diethyldithiocarbamate (DETC, 1 mM for 2 h) or triethylenetetramine (TETA, 100 microM for 2 h) had no effect on the relaxations to NANC nerve stimulation (1-8 Hz), NO (0.03-3 microM) or on those to ATP (10 microM). 3. After treatment of the rat gastric fundus with DETC (1 mM) but not after treatment with TETA (100 microM), pyrogallol (30 microM) and duroquinone (30-60 microM) significantly inhibited the nitrergic relaxations to electrical stimulation (0.5-8 Hz) and those to NO (0.03-3 microM). This inhibitory effect of pyrogallol and duroquinone was prevented by addition of exogenous SOD (250 units ml-1). Pyrogallol but not duroquinone also inhibited the NO-independent relaxations to ATP (10 microM). 4. The thiol modulators, buthionine sulphoximine (1 mM for 2 h) and ethacrynic acid (30 microM for 2 h), significantly inhibited the relaxations to nitroglycerin (0.03-3 microM) but had no effect on the nitrergic relaxations to electrical stimulation (0.5-8 Hz) or on those to NO (0.03-10 microM) and ATP (10 microM). The thiol modulators, sulphobromophthalein (100 microM for 2 h) and diamide (30-100 microM for 2 h) did not affect the relaxations to nitroglycerin, or those to NANC nerve stimulation and NO. 5. In summary, thiol modulators significantly inhibited the thiol-dependent relaxations to nitroglycerin but not those to NANC nerve stimulation or NO. Relaxations to nitrergic stimulation were decreased by superoxide anion generators only after inhibition of Cu/Zn SOD. These results suggest that the nitrergic NANC neurotransmitter in the rat gastric fundus is not a nitrosothiol but more likely free NO, which is protected from breakdown by tissue SOD.

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