PMID: 9530989Apr 8, 1998Paper

Sodium nitroprusside enhances contractions of the guinea-pig isolated vas deferens

The Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology
S VenturaG Burnstock

Abstract

The effects of sodium nitroprusside on the electrical and mechanical properties of the smooth muscle of the guinea-pig vas deferens, and its responses to transmitter substances, have been investigated by use of the sucrose-gap technique. Isolated longitudinal segments of guinea-pig vas deferens contracted in response to electrical field stimulation (100 V, 0.04-0.1 ms, 1-5 Hz, 10 s train every 60 s) and application of ATP (1 mM) or noradrenaline (10 microM). Sodium nitroprusside (0.1 mM) did not affect resting tension but did enhance contractions evoked by electric-field stimulation but not by ATP or noradrenaline. The sodium nitroprusside-induced enhancement was unaffected by the nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, Nomega-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) (0.1 mM). Conversely, electrically evoked contractions were unaffected by the nitric oxide precursor L-arginine (1 mM) or the nitric oxide donor S-nitroso-N-acetyl-DL-penicillamine (SNAP) (0.1 mM). The amplitudes of electrically evoked excitatory junction potentials (EJPs) were not affected by application of sodium nitroprusside, although it caused a small depolarization of 0.7+/-0.3 mV. Similarly, the depolarization caused by exogenous application of ATP or noradrenaline w...Continue Reading

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