AJP - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Vol 263, Issue 6 714-L722, Copyright © 1992 by American Physiological Society

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Mechanism of H2O2-induced modulation of airway smooth muscle

J. B. Gupta and K. Prasad
Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.

We investigated the effects of H2O2 generated by glucose (G) and glucose oxidase (GO) on the isolated rabbit tracheal smooth muscle suspended in Krebs-Ringer solution. H2O2 generated by G+GO was measured with luminol-dependent chemiluminescence. G+GO in the concentrations of 1x (1.80 microM G, 0.075 U/ml GO) and 2, 4, and 8x generated 1.35, 3.2, 6.10, and 6.00 microM of H2O2, respectively. H2O2 produced relaxation of rabbit tracheal smooth muscle, relaxed acetylcholine (ACh)-precontracted muscle, and reduced muscle responsiveness to ACh. These effects were concentration dependent. H2O2, however, produced contraction of guinea pig tracheal smooth muscle. Catalase completely inhibited the H2O2-induced relaxation of ACh-precontracted tracheal smooth muscle. H2O2-induced relaxation was greater in preparations with intact epithelium (65%) than in those denuded of epithelium (40%). The relaxant effects of H2O2 in the presence of an inhibitor of nitric oxide synthesis (NG-monomethyl-L-arginine), an inhibitor of guanylate cyclase (methylene blue), an inhibitor of cyclooxygenase (indomethacin), and an ATP-sensitive K+ channel blocker (glipizide) were 44, 44, 39, and 48%, respectively. H2O2-induced relaxation in the presence of indomethacin in preparations with denuded epithelium was 29%. These results suggest that H2O2-induced relaxation of tracheal smooth muscle is partly epithelium dependent and is mediated by inhibitory arachidonic acid metabolites, epithelium-derived relaxing factor (nitric oxide), ATP-sensitive K+ channels, and the synthesis and release of prostaglandins from epithelium and the underlying smooth muscle.

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