Nitric oxide synthase in dog urethra: a histochemical and pharmacological analysis

British Journal of Pharmacology
M Takeda, H Lepor

Abstract

1. To examine the presence of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) activity in female dog urethra, pharmacological experiments were performed using electrical field stimulation (EFS), guanethidine, atropine, NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester and L-arginine, NOS immunohistochemistry using specific anti-NOS antibody, and reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) diaphorase staining were also performed. 2. EFS caused frequency-dependent contractions in all urethral preparations, but in the presence of guanethidine and atropine, EFS caused significant relaxation in the proximal urethra and was without effect on the distal urethra. 3. In the presence of guanethidine, atropine, and NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester, small contractions to EFS were re-established in the proximal urethra, but not in the distal urethra. NG-nitro-D-arginine methyl ester had no such effect. 4. In the presence of guanethidine, atropine, and NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester, the addition of L-arginine, restored the EFS-elicited relaxant responses previously seen with guanethidine and atropine alone in the proximal urethra (at 30 Hz; 12.89 +/- 5.27% to -2.44 +/- 4.43%, mean +/- s.e., P < 0.05). D-Arginine had no such effect. 5. In the distal urethra, t...Continue Reading

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