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Martínez Gómez, Ana Cristina

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Ana Cristina
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Martínez Gómez
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/83500
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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Farmacia
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Fisiología
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Author: Hernández Rodríguez, Medardo Vicente × Subject: 636.09:612 ×

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    Mechanisms involved in the nitric oxide-induced vasorelaxation in porcine prostatic small arteries
    (Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol, 2011) Fernandes, Vítor S.; Martínez Sáenz, Ana; Recio Visedo, María Paz; Fernandes Ribeiro, Ana Sofía; Ana Sánchez; Martínez Sainz, María Del Pilar; Martínez Gómez, Ana Cristina; García Sacristán, Albino; Orensanz Muñoz, Luis Miguel; Prieto Ocejo, Dolores; Hernández Rodríguez, Medardo Vicente
    Benign prostatic hypertrophy has been known to be related with glandular ischemia processes, and nitric oxide (NO) is a potent vasodilator agent. Therefore, the current study investigates the mechanisms underlying the NO-induced vasorelaxation in pig prostatic small arteries. In microvascular myographs, relaxation to electrical field stimulation (EFS), or to exogenous (S)-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine (SNAP) and acetylcholine (ACh), was observed on noradrenaline-precontracted prostatic small arterial rings under non-adrenergic and non-cholinergic (NANC) conditions. EFS (1-16 Hz) and exogenous SNAP (0.1-30 μM) evoked frequency- and concentration-dependent relaxation, respectively. Tetrodotoxin, a neuronal voltage-gated Na(+) channel blocker, abolished the EFS-evoked relaxation. ACh (1 nM-10 μM) induced concentration-dependent relaxation, which was reduced by the NO synthase inhibitor N(G)-nitro-L: -arginine (L: -NOARG). L: -NOARG also reduced the EFS-elicited relaxation but failed to modify the response to SNAP. 1H-[1,2,4]-oxadiazolo[4,3-a]quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ) and iberiotoxin (IbTX), blockers of soluble guanylyl cyclase and large conductance Ca(2+)-activated K(+) (BK(Ca)) channels, respectively, reduced EFS-, SNAP-, and ACh-induced relaxation. The combination of ODQ with IbTX did not produce further inhibition of the responses to either SNAP or ACh, compared with ODQ alone. Blockade of cyclooxygenases and intermediate and small conductance Ca(2+)-activated, ATP-dependent, and voltage-gated K(+) channels did not change the EFS and SNAP responses. In conclusion, our results suggest that NO and non-NO non-prostanoid factor(s) derived from NANC nerves are involved in the vasodilatation of pig prostatic small arteries. NO produces relaxation through soluble guanylyl cyclase activation-dependent BK(Ca) channel opening and through guanylyl cyclase-independent mechanisms. The vasodilatation elicited by NO could be useful to prevent prostatic ischemia.