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Iloprost dilates rat small arteries: role of K(ATP)- and K(Ca)-channel activation by cAMP-dependent protein kinase

R. Schubert, V. N. Serebryakov, H. Mewes and H. H. Hopp
Faculty of Medicine, University of Rostock, Germany.

The effect of the stable prostacyclin analog iloprost and its mechanism of action were investigated with the use of pressurized rat tail small arteries with a spontaneous myogenic tone. Iloprost concentration dependently dilated these vessels with a half-maximal effective dose of 5.0 +/- 0.5 x 10(-8) M. Application of 10(-7)-10(-6) M glibenclamide, a blocker of ATP-sensitive potassium (K(ATP)) channels, inhibited the iloprost-induced dilation. Glibenclamide did not affect the basal vessel diameter. The application of 5 x 10(-5)-10(-3) M tetraethylammonium (TEA) and 5 x 10(-9)-10(-7) M iberiotoxin, blockers of calcium-activated potassium (K(Ca)) channels, decreased vessel diameter in the presence of iloprost. Both TEA and iberiotoxin reduced the basal vessel diameter. Glibenclamide at 10(-6) M inhibited the dilation produced by 5 x 10(-5) M Sp-5,6-DCl-cBIMPS, an activator of adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP)-dependent protein kinase. Iberiotoxin at 10(-7) M decreased vessel diameter in the presence of Sp-5,6-DCl-cBIMPS. H-89 and Rp-8-CPT-cAMPS, blockers of cAMP-dependent protein kinase A (PKA), inhibited the iloprost-induced dilation of these vessels. With use of the whole cell configuration of the patch-clamp technique, it was observed that 5 x 10(-7) M iloprost enhanced an outward current, determined largely by K(Ca) channels, 1.79 +/- 0.17-fold in freshly isolated smooth muscle cells from rat tail small artery. These data show that iloprost dilates rat tail small arteries with a spontaneous myogenic tone and suggest that K(ATP) as well as K(Ca) channels are involved in this effect, which is mediated, at least partly, by PKA.

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