Dendroaspis natriuretic peptide relaxes gastric antral circular smooth muscle of guinea-pig through the cGMP/cGMP-dependent protein kinase pathway

AIM： To systematically investigate if cGMP/cGMPdependent protein kinase G （PKG） signaling pathway may participate in dendroaspis natriuretic peptide （DNP）-induced relaxation of gastric circular smooth muscle.
METHODS： The content of cGMP in guinea pig gastric antral smooth muscle tissue and perfusion solution were measured using radioimmunoassay; spontaneous contraction of gastric antral circular muscles recorded using a 4-channel physiograph; and Ca^2＋-activated K^＋ currents （IK（Ca）） and spontaneous transient outward currents （STOCs） in isolated gastric antral myocytes were recorded using the whole-cell patch clamp technique.
RESULTS： DNP markedly enhanced cGMP levels in gastric antral smooth muscle tissue and in the perfusion medium. DNP induced relaxation in gastric antral circular smooth muscle, which was inhibited by KT5823, a cGMP-dependent PKG inhibitor. DNP increased IK（Ca）. This effect was almost completely blocked by KT5823, and partially blocked by LY83583, an inhibitor of guanylate cyclase to change the production of cGMP. DNP also increased STOCs. The effect of DNP on STOCs was abolished in the presence of KT5823, but not affected by KT-5720, a PKA-specific inhibitor.
CONCLUSION： DNP activates IK（ca） and relaxes guinea-pig gastric antral circular smooth muscle via the cGMP/PKG-dependent singling axis instead of cAMP/ PKA pathway.     

NP-cGMP-PKG信号通路在D型钠尿肽抑制延迟整流型钾电流中的作用

目的:探讨NP-cGMP-PKG信号通路在D型钠尿肽(DNP)抑制豚鼠胃窦环形肌细胞上延迟整流型钾电流中的作用及其相关机制.方法:用全细胞模式的膜片钳技术记录豚鼠胃窦环形肌上延迟整流型钾电流(IK(V)).并观察NP-cGMP-PKG信号通路在DNP抑制豚鼠胃窦环形肌细胞上延迟整流型钾电流中的作用.结果:DNP抑制豚鼠胃窦环形肌上IK(V)并呈现剂量依赖关系.0.01,0.1和1 μmol/L的DNP在去极化到60 mV时使IK(V)抑制到原来的83.5%±2.1%,71.8%±2.3%和63.8%±2.2%.鸟苷酸环化酶抑制剂LY83583减弱这种抑制作用,0.1μmol/L的LY83583使1 μmol/L的DNP抑制IK(V)的程度由原来抑制到63.8%±2.2%减弱为抑制到76.8%±2.3%.而cGMP敏感的磷酸酯酶抑制zaparinast却能增强这种作用.1 μmol/L的zaparinast使1 μmol/L的DNP抑制IK(V)的程度由原来抑制到63.8%±2.2%增强为抑制到56.8%±2.1%.DNP对IK(V)的抑制作用可完全被cGMP依赖的蛋白激酶G(PKG)抑制剂KT5823所消除,但不受cGMP依赖的蛋白激酶A(PKA)抑制剂的影响.结论:NP-cGMP-PKG途径参与DNP抑制豚鼠胃窦环形肌细胞上IK(V)过程,而cAMP-PKA途径并不参与此过程.IK(V)在维持豚鼠胃窦环形肌细胞静息电位中起重要作用.     

钾通道在D型钠尿肽抑制胃动力中的作用

目的:探讨钾通道在D型钠尿肽抑制豚鼠胃窦环形肌自发性收缩活动中的作用.方法:采用四道生理记录仪记录豚鼠胃窦环形肌自发性收缩活动;应用放射免疫法测定豚鼠胃窦环形肌组织和灌流液中环-磷酸鸟苷(cGMP)含量;运用全细胞模式的膜片钳技术记录豚鼠胃窦环形肌上钙敏感钾电流和延迟整流型钾电流.结果:DNP抑制豚鼠胃窦环形肌自发性收缩活动并呈现剂量依赖性.1、10、100及1000nmol/L的DNP抑制自发性收缩幅度分别为35%±6%、54%±6%、78%±13%及94%±6%.10 nmol/L鸟苷酸环化酶抑制剂LY83583使收缩幅度抑制减弱(42%±6%vs60%±4%.P<0.05);而用100 nm01/L的cGMP依赖的磷酸脂酶抑制剂zaparinast使DNP对胃窦环行肌自发性收缩的抑制效应增强(72%±7%vs58%±5%,P<0.05).DNP明显增加豚鼠胃窦环形肌组织和灌流液中的cGMP水平.10 nmol/LDNP增加豚鼠胃窦环形肌上钙敏感钾电流,在60mV时增加的幅值为62.31%±3.22%,抑制延迟整流型钾电流,在60 mV时抑制幅度为18%±2.3%.结论:DNP通过增加I<,K(ca)>和cGMP途径实现对豚鼠胃窦环形肌的舒张作用.I<,K(v)>不参与此过程,但在维持豚鼠胃窦环形肌细胞的静息膜电位中起重要作用.     

Role of calcium-activated potassium currents in CNP-induced relaxation of gastric antral circular smooth muscle in guinea pigs

AIM: To investigate ion channel mechanism in CNP-induced relaxation of gastric circular smooth muscle in guinea pigs.METHODS: Spontaneous contraction of gastric smooth muscle was recorded by a four -channel physiograph. The whole cell patch-damp technique was used bo record calcium-activated potassium currents and membrane potential in the gastric myocytes isolated by collagenase.RESULTS: C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) markedly inhibited the spontaneous contraction in a dose-dependent manner in gastric circular smooth muscle in guinea pigs.Ly83583, an inhibitor of guanylate cyclase, weakened CNP-induced inhibition on spontaneous contraction but Zaparinast, an inhibitor of cGMP sensitive phosphoesterase,potentiated CNP-induced inhibition in gastric circular smooth muscles. The inhibitory effects of CNP on spontaneous contraction were blocked by tetrathylammonium (TEA), a nonselective potassium channel blocker. CNP hyperpolarized membrane potential from -60.0 mV&#177;2.0 mV to -68.3 mV&#177;3.0 mV in a single gastric myocyte. CNP increased calcium-activated potassium currents (IK（ca)) in a dose-dependent manner in gastric circular myocytes. CNP also increased the spontaneously transient outward currents(STOCs). Ly83583 partly blocked CNP-induced increase of calcium-activated potassium currents, but Zaparinast potented the effect.CONCLUSION:CNP inhibits spontaneous contraction,and potassium channel may be involved in the process in gastric circular smooth muscle of guinea pigs.CNP-induced increase of IK(ca) mediated by a cGMP dependent pathway.     

cGMP信号传导通路及钙敏感钾通道在D型钠尿肽抑制豚鼠胃动力中的作用

目的观察豚鼠胃内是否存在钠尿肽（NP）受体,并观察cGMP信号传导通路及钙敏感钾通道在D型钠尿肽（DNP）抑制豚鼠胃动力中的作用。方法用放射自显影技术检测NP受体在胃内的分布,用四道生理记录仪记录胃平滑肌的自发性收缩活动,用膜片钳技术的全细胞技术记录钙敏感钾电流。结果 NP受体存在于豚鼠胃底、胃体和胃窦,并在胃窦部密度最大。DNP抑制胃窦环形肌自发性收缩活动并呈现剂量依赖关系,DNP的这种抑制效应被鸟苷酸环化酶抑制剂LY83583所减弱而被cGMP敏感的磷酸酯酶抑制剂所增强。非选择性钾通道抑制剂四乙胺明显抑制DNP对豚鼠胃窦环形肌自发性收缩活动的抑制作用。10 nmol/L的DNP增加豚鼠胃窦环形肌上钙敏感钾通道。结论 NP受体存在于豚鼠胃内并在胃窦部位分布密度最大,DNP明显抑制豚鼠胃窦环形肌自发性收缩活动,这种抑制效应可能通过cGMP途径实现,并且钙敏感钾通道可能也参与此过程。     

Comparative study in the effect of C-type natriuretic peptide on gastric motility in various animals

AIM: To investigate the effect of natriuretic peptides on gastric motility in various animals, and the effect of C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) on spontaneous contraction of gastric smooth muscle in rat, guinea-pig and human in vitro was compared.METHODS: Spontaneous contraction of gastric smooth muscle was recorded by four channel physiograph.RESULTS: In the guinea-pig and rat gastric antral circular smooth muscle, CNP markedly decreased the amplitude of spontaneous contraction but it didn't affect the frequency,however, the contractile activity was completely inhibited by CNP in gastric antral longitudinal smooth muscle. In the human gastric antral circular and longitudinal smooth musie, CNP completely inhibited spontaneous contraction. In the circular smooth muscle of guinea-pig and rat gastric fundus,CNP obviously decreased the amplitude of spontaneous contraction but it didn't affect the frequency, however, the contractile activity was completely inhibited by CNP in smooth muscle of fundus longitudinal. In the circular and longitudinal smooth muscle of guinea-pig gastric body, CNP at first induced a relaxation and then an increase in amplitude of spontaneous contraction (rebound contraction), but the frequency was not changed. After the circular smooth muscle of gastric body was pretreated with atropine, an M receptor blocker, the rebound contraction was abolished; In circular and longitudinal smooth muscle of rat gastric body, CNP induced a transient and slight relaxation and successively followed by the recovery in amplitude of spontaneous contraction but it also didn't affect the frequency. After the smooth muscle was pretreated with atropine, the transient and slight relaxation was replaced by long term and complete inhibition; The percentage of CNP-induced inhibition was 76.77±6.21% (fundus), 67.21±5.32 % (body) and 58.23±6.21% (antral) in the gastric circular muscle, however, the inhibitory percentage was 100±0.00 % (fundus), 68.66±3.55 % (body) and 100±0.00 % (antrum) in the gastric longitudinal smooth muscle of guinea-pigs; In the rat, the percentage of CNP-induced inhibition was 95.87±4.12 %(fundus), 94.91±5.08 % (body) and 66.32±7.32 % (antrum)in the gastric circular smooth muscle, but in the longitudinal smooth muscle, CNP completely inhibited the spontaneous contraction. Using LY83583, a guanylate cyclase inhibitor, and zaparinast as a phosphoesterase inhibitor to inhibit the generation of cGMP, the effect of CNP on the spontaneous contraction was markedly weakened by LY83583, however, the inhibitory effect was enhanced by zaparinast.CONCLUSION: (1) CNP can obviously inhibit the spontaneous contraction of gastric antral circular and longitudinal smooth muscle in the rat, guinea-pig and human.The order of inhibitory potency is human ＞rat＞ guinea-pig.(2) In the same animals, the inhibitory effect of CNP on spontaneous contraction is the most powerful in fundus and the weakest in antrum, in the same position, the inhibitory effect on the circular smooth muscle is more powerful than that on longitudinal smooth muscle. (3) The inhibitory effect of CNP on spontaneous contraction in the gastric smooth muscle is mediated by a cGMP dependent pathway.     

cAMP-dependent vasodilators cross-activate the cGMP-dependent protein kinase to stimulate BK(Ca) channel activity in coronary artery smooth muscle cells

cAMP-dependent vasodilators are used to treat a variety of cardiovascular disorders; however, the signal transduction pathways and effector mechanisms stimulated by these agents are not fully understood. In the present study we demonstrate that cAMP-stimulating agents enhance the activity of the large-conductance, calcium-activated potassium (BK(Ca)) channel in single myocytes from coronary arteries by "cross-activation" of the cGMP-dependent protein kinase (protein kinase G, PKG). Single-channel patch-clamp data revealed that 10 micromol/L isoproterenol, forskolin, or dopamine opens BK(Ca) channels in coronary myocytes and that this effect is attenuated by inhibitors of PKG (KT5823; Rp-8-pCPT-cGMPS), but not by inhibiting the cAMP-dependent protein kinase (protein kinase A, PKA). In addition, a membrane-permeable analog, CPT-cAMP, also opened BK(Ca) channels in these myocytes, and this effect was reversed by KT5823. Direct biochemical measurement confirmed that dopamine or forskolin stimulates PKG activity in coronary arteries but does not elevate cGMP. Finally, the stimulatory effect of cAMP on BK(Ca) channels was reconstituted in a cell-free, inside-out patch by addition of purified PKG activated by either cGMP or cAMP. In contrast, channel gating was unaffected by exposure to the purified catalytic subunit of PKA. In summary, findings from on-cell and cell-free patch-clamp experiments provide direct evidence that cAMP-dependent vasodilators open BK(Ca) channels in coronary myocytes by cross-activation of PKG (but not via PKA). Biochemical assay confirmed this cross-activation mechanism of cAMP action in these arteries. This signaling pathway is a novel mechanism for regulation of potassium channel activity in vascular smooth muscle and other cells.     

cGMP-dependent protein kinase mediates stimulation of L-type calcium current by cGMP in rabbit atrial cells

OBJECTIVES: cGMP has been shown to exert both stimulatory and inhibitory effects on cardiac L-type calcium current (I(Ca)). The physiological role of cGMP in regulation of cardiac activity is still controversial. cGMP may be of importance in regulation of I(Ca) in atrial cells. The present study was focused on the role of cGMP in the modulation of I(Ca) in rabbit atrial cells. METHODS: Enzymatically isolated adult rabbit atrial cells were used to measure I(Ca) using whole cell voltage clamp. Expressed levels of cGMP-dependent protein kinase (PKG) were determined by Western blotting using PKG specific antibody in homogenates from atrial and ventricular cells. RESULTS: Nitrosoglutathione (GSNO), a nitric oxide donor that stimulates soluble guanylyl-cyclase to elevate cGMP levels increased I(Ca) while soluble G-cyclase inhibitors, ODQ or methylene blue inhibited I(Ca). Intracellular application of 8BrcGMP increased I(Ca) and blocked the inhibitory effect of methylene blue. KT-5823, an inhibitor of PKG inhibited I(Ca) and the stimulatory effect of GSNO was completely blocked ODQ or KT-5823. Inhibition of cAMP dependent protein kinase (PKA) by the 6-22 peptide completely blocked the stimulation of I(Ca) by the beta-agonist isoproterenol but not by GSNO. The potency of isoproterenol to stimulate I(Ca) was very high for atrial cells (EC(50) 2.4+/-0.6 nM) and only 100 nM isoproterenol was required to stimulate I(Ca) maximally (21.4+/-0.7 pA/pF) to a level (23.8+/-1.6 pA/pF) achieved with the inclusion of 100 microM cAMP in the pipette solution. GSNO produced an additive effect on I(Ca) already stimulated by either 10 microM isobutylmethylxanthine (phosphodiesterase inhibitor) or a low concentration (1 nM) isoproterenol but failed to produce any effect on I(Ca) maximally stimulated by 100 nM isoproterenol. Inhibition of PKG by KT-5823 significantly decreased the efficacy of isoproterenol and the maximal I(Ca) achieved with 100 nM isoproterenol was decreased to 8.2+/-0.6 pA/pF in the presence of KT-5823. Western blot analysis showed much higher expression of PKG in atrial cells compared to ventricular cells. CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that stimulatory effects of cGMP on I(Ca) in rabbit atrial cells are likely to be mediated via PKG dependent phosphorylation of calcium channels or associated proteins and that the effects of cGMP are not antagonistic to cAMP. PKG is highly expressed in atrial cells and PKG dependent phosphorylation may be necessary for maintaining basal I(Ca) and fully stimulating I(Ca) by beta-adrenergic activation in atrial cells.     

Regulation of canonical transient receptor potential isoform 3 (TRPC3) channel by protein kinase G

Canonical transient receptor potential (TRPC) channels are Ca2+-permeable nonselective cation channels that are widely expressed in numerous cell types. Seven different members of TRPC channels have been isolated. The activity of these channels is regulated by the filling state of intracellular Ca2+ stores and/or diacylglycerol and/or Ca2+/calmodulin. However, no evidence is available as to whether TRPC channels are regulated by direct phosphorylation on the channels. In the present study, TRPC isoform 3 (TRPC3) gene was overexpressed in HEK293 cells that were stably transfected with protein kinase G (PKG). We found that the overexpressed TRPC3 mediated store-operated Ca2+ influx and that this type of Ca2+ influx was inhibited by cGMP. The inhibitory effect of cGMP was abolished by KT5823 or H8. Point mutations at two consensus PKG phosphorylation sites (T11A and S263Q) of TRPC3 channel markedly reduced the inhibitory effect of cGMP. In addition, TRPC3 proteins were purified from HEK293 cells that were transfected with either wild-type or mutant TRPC3 constructs, and in vitro PKG phosphorylation assay was carried out. It was found that wild-type TRPC3 could be directly phosphorylated by PKG in vitro and that the phosphorylation was abolished in the presence of KT5823. The phosphorylation signal was greatly reduced in mutant protein T11A or S263Q. Taken together, TRPC3 channels could be directly phosphorylated by PKG at position T11 and S263, and this phosphorylation abolished the store-operated Ca2+ influx mediated by TRPC3 channels in HEK293 cells.     

Peripheral analgesic blockade of hypernociception: activation of arginine/NO/cGMP/protein kinase G/ATP-sensitive K+ channel pathway

The final step in the direct restoration of the nociceptor threshold by peripheral administration of morphine and dipyrone was recently suggested to result from the opening of ATP-sensitive K(+) channels (K(ATP)(+)). This channel is known to be open either directly by cGMP or indirectly via protein kinase G (PKG) stimulation. In the present study, it was shown that the blockade was caused by a specific PKG inhibitor (KT5823) of the antinociceptive effect of morphine and dipyrone on acute hypernociception and of dipyrone on persistent hypernociception. It was also shown that, in both models, KT5823 prevented the peripheral antinociceptive effect of an analogue of cGMP, the nitric oxide (NO) donor (S-nitroso-n-acetyl-d,l-penicilamine). However, in acute hypernociception, KT5823 did not prevent the peripheral antinociceptive effect of diazoxide (a direct K(ATP)(+) opener). In persistent hypernociception, the sensitization plateau was induced by daily injections of prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2), 100 ng) into the rat paw for 14 days. After cessation of PGE(2) injections, the pharmacological blockade of persistent hypernociception led to a quiescent phase in which a rather small stimulus restored the hypernociceptive plateau. In this phase, glibenclamide (which specifically closes K(ATP)(+)) fully restored persistent hypernociception, as did injection of PGE(2). Thus, the activation of the arginine/NO/cGMP pathway causes direct blockade of acute and persistent hypernociception by opening K(ATP)(+) via the stimulation of PKG. Analgesic stimulators of the neuronal arginine/NO/cGMP/PKG/K(ATP)(+) pathway constitute a previously undescribed well defined class of peripheral analgesics with a mechanism of action different from either glucocorticoids or inhibitors of cyclooxygenases.     

cag致病岛的差异及不同激酶抑制剂对幽门螺杆菌诱导胃上皮细胞IL-8分泌的影响

目的：分析中国临床分离的幽门螺杆菌的cag致病岛的差异和不同激酶抑制剂对幽门螺杆菌诱导中国人胃上皮细胞IL-8分泌的影响。方法：在体外分别用中国临床分离的cagA^ cagE^ 、cagA^ cagE^ 、cagA^ cagE^ 、cagA^ cagE^ 的幽门螺杆菌与中国人胃上皮细胞MGC-803共培养,IL-8分泌用ELISA进行检测,比较蛋白激酶A、C、G和蛋白酪氨酸激酶的抑制剂对幽门螺杆菌诱导胃上皮细胞IL-8分泌的影响。结果：cagA^ cagE^ 幽门螺杆菌显增加了胃上皮细胞IL-8的分泌,cagA^ cagE^ 、cagA^ cagE^ 幽门螺杆菌作用次之,而cagA^ cagE^ 幽门螺杆菌不能增加胃上皮细胞IL-8的分泌。蛋白激酶A、C、G的抑制剂不能阻断幽门螺杆菌增加胃上皮细胞IL-8的分泌,而蛋白酪氨酸激酶的抑制剂阻断了幽门螺杆菌增加胃上皮细胞IL-8的分泌。结论：cagA^ cagE^ 幽门螺杆菌显增加了胃上皮细胞IL-8的分泌并且依赖于蛋白酪氨酸激酶的活性。     

A predominant role for cAMP-dependent protein kinase in the cGMP-induced phosphorylation of vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein and platelet inhibition in humans

The vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein (VASP) plays an important role in cGMP-induced platelet inhibition. Since VASP is an in vitro substrate for cGMP-dependent protein kinase (PKG), it has been presumed that VASP phosphorylation induced by cGMP is mediated by PKG. Here we show that, in human platelets, phosphorylation of VASP at Ser239 induced by either cGMP analogs or nitric oxide (NO) donor glyco-SNAP1 is inhibited by PKA inhibitors KT5720, PKI, Rp-Br-cAMPS, and H89, but not by PKG inhibitors KT5823 or Rp-pCPT-cGMPS. Unlike human platelets, cGMP analog-induced phosphorylation of VASP in mouse platelets is inhibited by both PKG and PKA inhibitors. Ineffectiveness of PKG inhibitors in inhibiting VASP phosphorylation in human platelets is not due to an inability to inhibit PKG, as these PKG inhibitors but not PKA inhibitors inhibit a different cGMP-induced intracellular signaling event: phosphorylation of extracellular signal-responsive kinase. Furthermore, PKA inhibitors reverse cGMP-induced inhibition of thrombin-induced platelet aggregation, whereas PKG inhibitors further enhance the inhibitory effect of cGMP analogs. Thus, PKA plays a predominant role in the cGMP-induced phosphorylation of VASP and platelet inhibition in human platelets.     

Occurrence of cGMP/nitric oxide-sensitive store-operated calcium entry in fibroblasts and its effect on matrix metalloproteinase secretion

INTRODUCTION Members of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) family have been broadly implicated in both physiological and pathophysiological tissue remodeling[1], and play a key role in tumor invasion and metastasis. Since degradation of extracellular matrix (…     

Ghrelin reduces voltage-gated potassium currents in GH3 cells via cyclic GMP pathways

Ghrelin is an endogeneous growth hormone secretagogue (GHS) causing release of GH from pituitary somatotropes through the GHS receptor. Secretion of GH is linked directly to intracellular free Ca²⁺ concentration ([Ca²⁺]_i), which is determined by Ca²⁺ influx and release from intracellular Ca²⁺ storage sites. Ca²⁺ influx is via voltage-gated Ca²⁺ channels, which are activated by cell depolarization. Membrane potential is mainly determined by transmembrane K⁺ channels. The present study investigates the in vitro effect of ghrelin on membrane voltage-gated K⁺ channels in the GH₃ rat somatotrope cell line. Nystatin-perforated patch clamp recording was used to record K⁺ currents under voltage-clamp conditions. In the presence of Co²⁺ (1 mM, Ca²⁺ channel blocker) and tetrodotoxin (1 μM, Na⁺ channel blocker) in the bath solution, two types of voltage-gated K⁺ currents were characterized on the basis of their biophysical kinetics and pharmacological properties. We observed that transient K⁺ current (I _A) represented a significant proportion of total K⁺ currents in some cells, whereas delayed rectifier K⁺ current (I _K) existed in all cells. The application of ghrelin (10 nM) reversibly and significantly decreased the amplitude of both I _A and I _K currents to 48% and 64% of control, respectively. Application of apamin (1 μM, SK channel blocker) or charybdotoxin (1 μM, BK channel blocker) did not alter the K⁺ current or the response to ghrelin. The ghrelin-induced reduction in K⁺ currents was not affected by PKC and PKA inhibitors. KT5823, a specific PKG inhibitor, totally abolished the K⁺ current response to ghrelin. These results suggest that ghrelininduced reduction of voltage-gated K⁺ currents in GH₃ cells is mediated through a PKG-dependent pathway. A decrease in voltage-gated K⁺ currents may increase the frequency, duration, and amplitude of action potentials and contribute to GH secretion from somatotropes.     

四磨汤对大鼠胃窦平滑肌影响及其机制的研究

临床证实四磨汤可改善胃肠动力障碍疾病的症状。但机制不明。目的：研究四磨汤对大鼠离体胃窦平滑肌收缩活动的影响及其机制。方法：处死Sprague-Dawlev大鼠后收集胃窦纵行和环行平滑肌条,检测不同剂量四磨汤（1μl、5μl、25μl、50μl、100μl、150μl和200μl）对胃窦平滑肌收缩的影响,同时观察M受体阻断剂阿托品（100mol／L）、M受体激动剂乙酰胆碱（10-6mol／L）对四磨汤诱导的胃窦平滑肌收缩的影响。结果：低一中剂量（1～100μl）四磨汤剂量依赖性地诱导大鼠胃窦纵行肌和环行肌收缩增强,但两者之间的作用无明显差异。阿托品可完全阻断四磨汤对胃窦环行肌、纵行肌的促收缩作用,且对环行肌的阻断效应更明显。以乙酰胆碱预处理后,四磨汤对胃窦纵行肌和环行肌的促收缩作用进一步增强．且对环行肌的作用更明显。结论：四磨汤对大鼠胃窦纵行肌和环行肌具有明显的促收缩作用．该作用主要通过M受体介导。     

Intracellular mechanisms of hydrogen peroxide-mediated neutrophil adherence to cultured human endothelial cells

We examined which endothelial second messengers are involved in peroxide-mediated endothelial-neutrophil adhesion with respect to endothelial P-selectin expression and platelet-activating factor (PAF). Peroxide (0.5 mM)-mediated adhesion was blocked by a protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor, G?6976 (10 nM); an intracellular calcium chelator, TMB-8 (0.1 mM); and a protein kinase G (PKG) inhibitor, KT5823 (0.5 microM); but not by a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, genistein (1 microM), or a protein kinase A inhibitor, H-89 (0.1 microM). These data were consistent with the proadhesive effects of PMA (0.1 microM), a PKC activator; a calcium ionophore, A23187 (1 microM); and dibutyryl cGMP (0.5 and 1 mM); but not phenylarsine oxide (0.1 mM), a tyrosine phosphatase inhibitor, or dibutyryl cAMP (1 mM). Conversely, peroxide-mediated P-selectin expression was blocked by G?6976 and KT5823, but not by TMB-8. These data are strengthened by the observation that PMA and dibutyryl cGMP, but not A23187, increased P-selectin expression. WEB 2086 (10 microM), a PAF-receptor antagonist, blocked peroxide-, PMA-, and A23187-mediated adhesion, but not peroxide-mediated P-selectin expression. PAF itself (10 nM) stimulated adhesion, but not P-selectin expression. These data indicate that PKC and PKG are involved in peroxide-mediated neutrophil adhesion via P-selectin mobilization and PAF synthesis; however, intracellular calcium appears to mediate adhesion only through PAF synthesis.     

Involvement of cyclic GMP in nitric-oxide-induced gastric relaxation Comparison of the actions of cyclic GMP and cyclic AMP

BACKGROUND: Smooth muscle relaxation induced by various agents that increase the cellular levels of cyclic nucleotides (cAMP and cGMP) is accompanied by a decrease in intracellular Ca2+ concentration. However, little is known about the differences between the inhibitory effects of cAMP and cGMP on the contraction of smooth muscle. OBJECTIVE: To compare the effects and underlying mechanisms of cAMP and cGMP on the inhibition of gastric smooth muscle contraction, cyclic nucleotide promoting agents, as well as cell membrane permeable cyclic nucleotides were used. METHODS: Isometric contraction was measured from circular muscle strips prepared from the fundus of cat stomach in a cylinder-shaped chamber filled with Krebs-Ringer solution (pH 7.4, temperature 36 degrees C) bubbled with 5% CO2 in O2. The level of inositol phosphates (IPs) was measured. RESULTS: Forskolin and sodium nitroprusside significantly inhibited acetylcholine (ACh)-induced gastric smooth muscle contraction and increased the cellular levels of cAMP and cGMP, respectively. Direct application of 8-Br-cAMP and 8-Br-cGMP also significantly inhibited ACh-induced contraction. Both verapamil and TMB-8 inhibited ACh-induced contraction. The combined inhibitory effect of verapamil and TMB-8 was significantly greater than the effect of either one, separately. Forskolin or sodium nitroprusside similarly augmented the effect of verapamil. However, the inhibitory effect of TMB-8 was augmented only by 8-Br-cGMP or sodium nitroprusside but not by 8-BrcAMP or forskolin. Forskolin and 8-Br-cAMP significantly inhibited the formation of inositol phosphates stimulated by ACh. CONCLUSIONS: cAMP inhibits the contraction mechanism associated with intracellular Ca2+ mobilization as well as extracellular Ca2+ influx, while cGMP inhibits contraction by inhibiting the mechanism associated with extracellular Ca2+ influx.     

Endothelium-independent effect of estrogen on Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channels in human coronary artery smooth muscle cells

OBJECTIVE: Postmenopausal estrogen replacement therapy lowers the incidence of cardiovascular disease, suggesting that estrogens support cardiovascular function. Estrogens dilate coronary arteries; however, little is known about the molecular basis of how estrogen affects the human coronary circulation. The cellular/molecular effects of estrogen action on human coronary smooth muscle were investigated in the present study. METHODS: Patch-clamp and fluorescent microscopy studies were performed on human coronary myocytes in the absence of endothelium. RESULTS: Estrogen increased whole-cell currents over a range of membrane potentials, and further studies indicated that the large-conductance (186.5 +/- 3 pS), calcium- and voltage-activated potassium (BK(Ca)) channel was the target of estrogen action. Channel activity was stimulated approximately 15-fold by nanomolar concentrations of 17 beta-estradiol, and this stimulation was reversed >90% by inhibiting cGMP-dependent protein kinase activity with 300 nM KT5823. 17 beta-Estradiol increased the level of cGMP and nitric oxide in human myocytes, and the stimulatory effect of estrogen on channel activity and NO production was reversed by inhibiting NO synthase with 10 microM N(G)-monomethyl-L-arginine. CONCLUSIONS: Our cellular and molecular studies identify the BK(Ca) channel as a target of estrogen action in human coronary artery smooth muscle. This response to estrogen involves cGMP-dependent phosphorylation of the BK(Ca) channel or a closely associated regulatory molecule, and further evidence suggests involvement of the NO/cGMP signaling system in coronary smooth muscle. These findings are the first to provide direct evidence for a molecular mechanism that can account for endothelium-independent effects of estrogen on human arteries, and may also help explain why estrogens reduce myocardial ischemia and stimulate coronary blood flow in patients with diseased coronary arteries.     

一氧化氮在四磨汤诱导大鼠胃窦平滑肌收缩中的作用

背景：临床实践显示四磨汤具有全胃肠促动力效应。鉴于一氧化氮（NO）在胃肠神经介导胃肠平滑肌松弛中起重要中介作用,推测其可能参与了四磨汤对胃窦平滑肌收缩的调节。目的：研究NO在四磨汤诱导大鼠胃窦平滑肌收缩中的作用。方法：分别以梯度剂量（1~200μL）四磨汤和10-4mol/L NO供体左旋精氨酸（L-Arg）＋梯度剂量（1~200μL）四磨汤作用于大鼠离体胃窦纵肌条和环肌条,记录肌条基础状态和给药后收缩活动。结果：四磨汤能剂量依赖性地促进胃窦纵肌条和环肌条收缩（P=0.000）。经L-Arg预处理的胃窦纵、环肌条加入梯度剂量四磨汤后,肌条收缩活性量效曲线较单用四磨汤显著下移（L-Arg＋5~200μL四磨汤对单用5~200μL四磨汤,P均〈0.05）,表明NO可部分阻断四磨汤对胃窦平滑肌的兴奋效应。经L-Arg＋低中剂量（1~50μL）四磨汤作用的环肌条,收缩活性增幅显著低于纵肌条（P均〈0.05）。结论：四磨汤对大鼠胃窦平滑肌具有明显促收缩作用,该作用部分是通过抑制NO释放实现的。四磨汤对胃窦环肌的兴奋效应较纵肌更多依赖于抑制NO释放。     

Involvement of the cyclic GMP pathway in the superoxide-induced IP3 formation in vascular smooth muscle cells

OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether cGMP or cAMP signal pathway is indirectly involved in the effect of superoxide on the IP3 formation in vascular smooth muscle cells (SMC) from rat mesenteric arteries. METHODS: Cultured smooth muscle cells from rat mesenteric arteries were prelabelled with myo-(2-(3)H) inositol for evaluation of IP3 formation. Quantitative cAMP and cGMP levels were determined using cAMP [3H] or cGMP [125I] assay systems. RESULTS: In the present study, it was found that superoxide significantly inhibited the basal level of cGMP and also suppressed the sodium nitroprusside (SNP)-induced cGMP formation in SMCs from rat mesenteric arteries. The inhibitory effect of superoxide on basal level of cGMP was similar in the absence or presence of ODQ (a guanylyl cyclase inhibitor). Moreover, the superoxide-induced increase in IP3 formation was significantly inhibited by SNP or s-nitroso- n-acetylpenicillamine but was significantly potentiated by ODQ or KT5823 (a cGMP-dependent protein kinase inhibitor). Superoxide had no effect on the basal or on the forskolin-induced cAMP production and the inhibition of adenylyl cyclase or cAMP-dependent protein kinase did not affect the superoxide-enhanced IP3 formation. CONCLUSION: The decreased cross-inhibition of IP3 pathway by cGMP may contribute to the superoxide-enhanced IP3 formation in SMCs from mesenteric arteries. The cross-talk between cGMP and IP3 pathways provides a novel mechanism for the signalling role of superoxide in vascular SMCs.