Flow Stimulates Nitric Oxide Release in Guinea Pig Heart: Role of Stretch-Activated Ion Channels

1999 ◽  
Vol 261 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Suárez ◽  
Carlos Torres ◽  
Lourdes Sánchez ◽  
Leonardo del Valle ◽  
Gustavo Pastelı́n
Keyword(s):  
Nitric Oxide ◽  
Ion Channels ◽  
Guinea Pig ◽  
Guinea Pig Heart ◽  
Nitric Oxide Release ◽  
Stretch Activated Ion Channels

scholarly journals ATP is involved in myocardial and vascular effects of exogenous bradykinin in ejecting guinea pig heart

1999 ◽  
Vol 277 (2) ◽  
pp. H818-H825 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter B. Anning ◽  
Bernard D. Prendergast ◽  
Philip A. MacCarthy ◽  
Ajay M. Shah ◽  
Derek C. Buss ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nitric Oxide ◽  
Guinea Pig ◽  
Coronary Flow ◽  
Pyridoxal Phosphate ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Luciferase Assay ◽  
Disulfonic Acid ◽  
Vascular Effects ◽  
Guinea Pig Heart ◽  
Nitric Oxide Release

It has recently been reported that bradykinin induces selective left ventricular (LV) relaxation in isolated guinea pig hearts via the release of nitric oxide. Exogenous bradykinin also induces vasodilation, which is only partly due to nitric oxide release. In the present study we investigated the role of adenyl purines on these bradykinin-induced effects. Isolated ejecting guinea pig hearts were studied. LV pressure was monitored by a 2-Fr micromanometer-tipped catheter. ATP concentrations were measured using a luciferin-luciferase assay. Bradykinin (1 and 100 nM) caused a progressive acceleration of LV relaxation together with a transient increase in coronary flow. These effects were inhibited by the nonselective P2 purinoceptor antagonist suramin (1 μM, n = 6) but were unaffected by the selective P2x purinoceptor antagonist pyridoxal phosphate 6-azophenyl-2′,4′-disulfonic acid (1 μM, n = 6). These myocardial and vascular effects of bradykinin were associated with increased ATP levels in coronary effluent. These data suggest that the selective enhancement of LV relaxation and rise in coronary flow induced by exogenous bradykinin involve endogenous ATP and the subsequent stimulation of P2 purinoceptors.

Increased coronary perfusion augments cardiac contractility in the rat through stretch-activated ion channels

2002 ◽  
Vol 282 (4) ◽  
pp. H1334-H1340 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. R. Lamberts ◽  
M. H. P. van Rijen ◽  
P. Sipkema ◽  
P. Fransen ◽  
S. U. Sys ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ion Channels ◽  
Perfusion Pressure ◽  
Cardiac Contractility ◽  
No Synthase ◽  
Coronary Perfusion ◽  
Channel Blockade ◽  
No Release ◽  
Sustained Increase ◽  
Stretch Activated Ion Channels

The role of stretch-activated ion channels (SACs) in coronary perfusion-induced increase in cardiac contractility was investigated in isolated isometrically contracting perfused papillary muscles from Wistar rats. A brief increase in perfusion pressure (3–4 s, perfusion pulse, n = 7), 10 repetitive perfusion pulses ( n = 4), or a sustained increase in perfusion pressure (150–200 s, perfusion step, n = 7) increase developed force by 2.7 ± 1.1, 7.7 ± 2.2, and 8.3 ± 2.5 mN/mm2 (means ± SE, P < 0.05), respectively. The increase in developed force after a perfusion pulse is transient, whereas developed force during a perfusion step remains increased by 5.1 ± 2.5 mN/mm2 ( P < 0.05) in the steady state. Inhibition of SACs by addition of gadolinium (10 μmol/l) or streptomycin (40 and 100 μmol/l) blunts the perfusion-induced increase in developed force. Incubation with 100 μmol/l N ω-nitro-l-arginine [nitric oxide (NO) synthase inhibition], 10 μmol/l sodium nitroprusside (NO donation) and 0.1 μmol/l verapamil (L-type Ca2+ channel blockade) are without effect on the perfusion-induced increase of developed force. We conclude that brief, repetitive, or sustained increases in coronary perfusion augment cardiac contractility through activation of stretch-activated ion channels, whereas endothelial NO release and L-type Ca2+channels are not involved.

scholarly journals Role of neuronal and inducible nitric oxide synthases in the guinea pig ileum myenteric plexus duringin vitroischemia and reperfusion

2013 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. e114-e126 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Giaroni ◽  
S. Marchet ◽  
E. Carpanese ◽  
V. Prandoni ◽  
R. Oldrini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nitric Oxide ◽  
Guinea Pig ◽  
Myenteric Plexus ◽  
Nitric Oxide Synthases ◽  
Guinea Pig Ileum ◽  
Inducible Nitric Oxide
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