Role of Potassium Channels in Relaxations of Canine Middle Cerebral Arteries Induced by Nitric Oxide Donors

Author:

Onoue Hisashi1,Katusic Zvonimir S.1

Affiliation:

1. From the Departments of Anesthesiology and Pharmacology, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minn.

Abstract

Background and Purpose The mechanisms underlying smooth muscle relaxations of cerebral arteries in response to nitric oxide (NO) and cyclic GMP (cGMP) are still not completely understood. The present study was designed to determine the role of potassium channels in the relaxations to NO donors 3-morpholinosydnonimine (SIN-1) and sodium nitroprusside (SNP), as well as 8-bromo-3′,5′-cGMP (a synthetic analogue of cGMP) and zaprinast (a selective cGMP phosphodiesterase inhibitor). Methods Rings of canine middle cerebral arteries without endothelium were suspended in Krebs-Ringer bicarbonate solution for isometric tension recording. The levels of cGMP were measured by radioimmunoassay. Relaxations to NO donors 8-bromo-cGMP and zaprinast were studied in the presence and in the absence of K + channel blockers charybdotoxin (large-conductance Ca 2+ -activated K + channels), glyburide (ATP-sensitive K + channels), 4-aminopyridine (delayed rectifier K + channels), and BaCl 2 (multiple types of K + channels). Results Concentration-dependent relaxations caused by NO donors (SIN-1 and SNP) were significantly reduced in arteries treated with BaCl 2 (3×10 −4 mol/L) or charybdotoxin (3×10 −8 mol/L). Relaxations to 8-bromo-cGMP were not affected by the same concentrations of BaCl 2 and charybdotoxin; however, they were reduced by higher concentrations of BaCl 2 (3×10 −3 mol/L) and charybdotoxin (10 −7 mol/L). Zaprinast-induced relaxations were significantly reduced by BaCl 2 (3×10 −4 mol/L) or charybdotoxin (3×10 −8 mol/L). Glyburide (10 −5 mol/L) and 4-aminopyridine (10 −3 mol/L) did not alter the relaxations to SIN-1 or SNP. The production of cGMP stimulated by SIN-1 in the vascular smooth muscle was not affected by BaCl 2 (3×10 −3 mol/L) or charybdotoxin (10 −7 mol/L). Conclusions These results indicate that in canine middle cerebral arteries, a significant portion of relaxations to NO liberated from nitrovasodilators is mediated by large-conductance Ca 2+ -activated K + channels. Other K + channels, sensitive to BaCl 2 , may also be involved in the mechanism of relaxations induced by NO.

Publisher

Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

Subject

Advanced and Specialized Nursing,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,Neurology (clinical)

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