The involvement of nitric oxide on the adenosine A(2) receptor-induced cardiovascular inhibitory responses in the posterior hypothalamus of rats |
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Authors: | Song Man Sung Shin Kyoung Ah Kang Ju Seop Lee Chang Ho Shin In Chul Lee Soo-jin Koh Hyun Chul |
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Institution: | Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, 17 Haengdang-Dong, Sungdong-Ku, Seoul 133-791, South Korea. |
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Abstract: | This study was performed to investigate the putative relationship between nitric oxide (NO) and adenosine A(2) receptors on central cardiovascular regulation in the posterior hypothalamus of rats. Posterior hypothalamic injection of drugs was performed in anesthetized, artificially ventilated male Sprague-Dawley rats. Injection of adenosine A(2) receptor agonist 5'-(N-cyclopropyl)-carboxamidoadenosine (CPCA; 1, 2 and 5 nmol) produced a dose-dependent decrease of blood pressure and heart rate. Pretreatment with adenosine A(2) receptor antagonist 3,7-dimethyl-1-propargylxanthine (10 nmol) blocked the depressor and bradycardiac effects of CPCA (5 nmol). Pretreatment with soluble guanylate cyclase inhibitor LY-83,583 (5 nmol) attenuated the depressor and bradycardiac effects of CPCA (5 nmol). In addition, pretreatment with NO synthase inhibitor N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (40 nmol) attenuated the depressor and bradycardiac responses of CPCA (5 nmol). These results suggest that adenosine A(2) receptor in the posterior hypothalamus plays an inhibitory role in central cardiovascular regulation and that NO participates in the inhibitory response induced by adenosine A(2) receptor stimulation in the posterior hypothalamus. |
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