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Departments of Anesthesiology and of Physiology and Biophysics, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55906
This study tested the hypothesis that the NO donor S-nitrosoglutathione (GSNO) relaxes canine tracheal smooth muscle (CTSM) in part by a cGMP-independent process that involves reversible oxidation of intracellular thiols. GSNO caused a concentration-dependent relaxation in ACh-contracted strips (EC50 ~1.2 µM) accompanied by a concentration-dependent increase in cytosolic cGMP concentration ([cGMP]i). The soluble guanylate cyclase inhibitor methylene blue prevented the increase in [cGMP]i induced by 1 and 10 µM GSNO, but isometric force decreased by 10 ± 4 and 55 ± 3%, respectively. After recovery of [cGMP]i to baseline, GSNO-induced relaxation persisted during continuous ACh stimulation. Dithiothreitol caused a rapid recovery of isometric force to values similar to those obtained with ACh alone in these strips. We conclude that GSNO relaxes CTSM contracted by ACh in part by oxidation of intracellular protein thiols.
nitric oxide; canine lung; canine trachea; guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate; sulfhydryl reagents; DL-dithiothreitol
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