Cyclic GMP stimulation by vasopressin in LLC-PK1 kidney epithelial cells is l-arginine-dependent |
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Authors: | Henning Schröder Karsten Schror |
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Affiliation: | (1) Institut für Pharmakologie der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Dusseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, 4000 Düsseldorf 1, Federal Republic of Germany |
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Abstract: | Summary The l-arginine antagonist NG-monomethyl-l-arginine has been shown to inhibit nitric oxide formation from l-arginine in endothelial cells. In the present study NG-monomethyl-l-arginine was used to assess the role of l-arginine for cyclic GMP stimulation by vasopressin in a kidney epithelial cell line (LLC-PK1). Preincubation of cells with 1 mol/l, 10 mol/l and 100 mol/l NG-monomethyl-l-arginine decreased cyclic GMP stimulation at 1 mol/l vasopressin by 25%, 71% and 90%, respectively. This inhibition by NG-monomethyl-l-arginine was markedly reduced by l-arginine (2 mmol/1) but not d-arginine (2 mmol/1). Cyclic GMP stimulation by the calcium ionophore A23187 was also inhibited by NG-monomethyl-l-arginine and enantioselectively restored by l-arginine. However, NG-monomethyl-l-arginine did not affect cyclic GMP stimulation by sodium nitroprusside that spontaneously releases nitric oxide. These results suggest that, in kidney epithelial cells, vasopressin induces nitric oxide formation from l-arginine leading to activation of soluble guanylate cyclase. It is concluded that nitric oxide formation from l-arginine is not only responsible for endothelium-dependent relaxation but may be a more general pathway with regulatory function for intracellular guanylate cyclase activity.Send offprint requests to K. Schror at the above address |
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Keywords: | Vasopressin Cyclic GMP Nitric oxide Arginine Kidney epithelial cells |
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