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Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 278: L521-L527, 2000;
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Vol. 278, Issue 3, L521-L527, March 2000

S-nitrosoglutathione-induced decrease in calcium sensitivity of airway smooth muscle

Christina M. Pabelick1, David O. Warner1,2, William J. Perkins1, and Keith A. Jones1

Departments of 1 Anesthesiology and 2 Physiology and Biophysics, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905

The purpose of this study was to examine whether the nitric oxide donor S-nitrosoglutathione (GSNO) relaxes canine tracheal smooth muscle (CTSM) strips by decreasing Ca2+ sensitivity [i.e., the amount of force for a given intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i)]. We further investigated whether GSNO decreases Ca2+ sensitivity by altering the relationship between regulatory myosin light chain (rMLC) phosphorylation and [Ca2+]i and the relationship between force and rMLC phosphorylation. GSNO (100 µM) relaxed intact CTSM strips contracted with 45 mM KCl by decreasing Ca2+ sensitivity in comparison to control strips without significantly decreasing [Ca2+]i. GSNO reduced the amount of rMLC phosphorylation for a given [Ca2+]i but did not affect the relationship between isometric force and rMLC phosphorylation. These results show that in CTSM strips contracted with KCl, GSNO decreases Ca2+ sensitivity by affecting the level of rMLC phosphorylation for a given [Ca2+]i, suggesting that myosin light chain kinase is inhibited or that smooth muscle protein phosphatases are activated by GSNO.

nitric oxide; airway; trachea; myosin light chain phosphorylation


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