Effects of forskolin and cyclic nucleotides on isometric force in rat aorta
- 1 March 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physiological Society in American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology
- Vol. 250 (3), C468-C473
- https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpcell.1986.250.3.c468
Abstract
The present study was undertaken to determine the extent to which cyclic nucleotide-induced relaxation in the intact rat aorta is mediated at the level of the contractile system. The relaxant effects of the cyclic nucleotide analogues [8-bromoguanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (8-BrcGMP) and dibutyryladenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (DBcAMP)] and forskolin were examined in both the intact vessel and a Triton X-100-skinned preparation of rat thoracic aorta. Relaxation of a norepinephrine-induced contraction was essentially complete 30 min after the addition of 50 microM 8-BrcGMP [% relaxation = 87.2 +/- 4.4% (n = 4)], 100 microM DBcAMP [98.2 +/- 1.2% (n = 4)], and 1 microM forskolin [107.0 +/- 3.3% (n = 5)]. These same doses were ineffective in relaxing precontracted skinned rat aortic rings compared with the relaxation achieved in the intact vessel. The largest relaxation in the skinned aortas was achieved with the addition of 1 microM forskolin [17.4 +/- 1.5% (n = 4)]. The addition of catalytic subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase had no effect on isometric tension in the precontracted skinned aorta. Preincubation with the cyclic nucleotide analogues or forskolin in a low-Ca2+ solution (pCa less than 8) was also ineffective in inhibiting subsequent isometric tension development. Our results suggest that only a very small fraction of the relaxation with cyclic nucleotides and forskolin in the intact rat aorta is due to the action of these agents at the level of the contractile system.This publication has 22 references indexed in Scilit:
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