Nitroglycerin relaxes canine coronary arterial smooth muscle without reducing intracellular Ca2+ concentrations measured with fura-2

British Journal of Pharmacology
T YanagisawaN Taira

Abstract

1. Changes in cytoplasmic Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]1) were measured simultaneously with force by a microfluorometric method using a calcium indicator, fura-2, in canine coronary arterial smooth muscle cells. 2. Depolarization by high (30-90 mM) KCl-physiological salt solution (PSS) produced concentration-dependent increases in force and [Ca2+]i. 3. The KCl-induced increase in [Ca2+]i abolished by Ca2+-free conditions and almost abolished by verapamil 10-5 M, suggesting that it was entirely due to the increased Ca2+ influx through voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels. 4. The [Ca2+]i force relationship in the presence of verapamil was not distinguishable from that of control. 5. Nitroglycerin produced a concentration-dependent, reversible contraction of the coronary artery that had been contracted by high KCl-PSS, without reduction of the increased [Ca2+]i. 6. The KCl-induced increase in [Ca2+]i was not affected by nitroglycerin and in a presence of nitroglycerin it was abolished by 10-5 M verapamil suggesting that it was caused by the influx of extracellular Ca2+. 7. The [Ca2+]-force curve was shifted to the right by nitroglycerin. 8. It is likely that nitroglycerin relaxes the coronary arterial smooth muscle b reducing the amount o...Continue Reading

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