Study of NO action on calcium-activated potassium channel of the rat artery smooth muscle cells |
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Authors: | Gribkova I V Schubert R Serebriakov V N |
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Affiliation: | Institute of Experimental o Cardiology, 15a Cherepkovskaya St., 121552, Moscow, Russia. |
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Abstract: | Nitric oxide (NO) released from the endothelium or from NO-donors is a powerful vasodilator. Its effect is mediated partly by vascular smooth muscle high conductance calcium-activated potassium (Kca) channels. Contradictory data exist as to whether NO activated the KCa channel directly or indirectly via protein kinase G (PKG). Thus the hypothesis that NO-donors can activate the KCa directly was investigated using the patch-clamp technique and freshly isolated smooth muscle cells from the rat tail artery. In inside-out experiments, the activity of KCa-channels was increased 1.61 +/- 0.20-fold (n = 10) by 10 microM SNP and 1.45 +/- 0.17-fold (n = 8) by 10 microM SNAP. However, the activity of KCa channels was also increased 1.46 +/- 0.20-fold (n = 8) by addition of the experimental bath solution. Thus these results suggest that NO released from NO-donors cannot activate KCa channel of the rat tail artery smooth muscle cells directly. |
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