Nitric oxide-dependent beta2-adrenergic dilatation of rat aorta is mediated through activation of both protein kinase A and Akt

British Journal of Pharmacology
A FerroL R Queen

Abstract

Vasorelaxation to beta(2)-adrenoceptor stimulation occurs through both endothelium-dependent and endothelium-independent mechanisms, and the former is mediated through Ca(2+)-independent activation of endothelial-type nitric oxide synthase (NOS-3). Since Ca(2+)-independent NOS-3 activation may occur through its serine phosphorylation via protein kinase A (PKA) or Akt, we determined the PKA and Akt dependency of beta(2)-adrenergic relaxation of rat aorta. Rat aortic rings were pre-incubated with the PKA inhibitor H-89 (10(-7) m), the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitor wortmannin (5 x 10(-7) m), Akt inhibitor (10(-5) m), or vehicle, in the absence or presence of the NOS inhibitor N(G)-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester (l-NAME, 10(-4) m). Rings were then contracted with phenylephrine (10(-7) m), and concentration-relaxation responses determined to the beta(2)-adrenoceptor agonist albuterol. Rings exhibited a concentration-dependent relaxation to albuterol: pEC(50) 6.9+/-0.2, E(max) 88.2+/-4.0%. l-NAME attenuated E(max) to 60.2+/-3.5% (P<0.001). In the presence of l-NAME, wortmannin or Akt inhibitor did not influence albuterol responses, whereas H-89 reduced E(max) further, to 27.5+/-2.2% (P<0.001). In the absence of l-NAME...Continue Reading

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