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EXPERIMENTAL EYE RESEARCH
Volume 134, Issue -, Pages 73-79Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2015.04.001
Keywords
Hydrogen sulfide; Posterior ciliary artery; Ocular blood flow; Cystathionine beta-synthase; Cystathionine gamma-lyase; K-ATP channel; Nitric oxide
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- National Institutes of Health/National Eye Institute [R15EY022215-01]
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In the present study, we investigate the inhibitory effect of novel H2S donors, AP67 and AP72 on isolated bovine posterior ciliary arteries (PCAs) under conditions of tone induced by an adrenoceptor agonist. Furthermore, we examined the possible mechanisms underlying the AP67- and AP72-induced relaxations. Isolated bovine PCA were set up for measurement of isometric tension in organ baths containing oxygenated Krebs solution. The relaxant action of H2S donors was studied on phenylephrine-induced tone in the absence or presence of enzyme inhibitors for the following pathways: cyclooxygenase (COX); H2S; nitric oxide and the ATP-sensitive K+ (K-ATP) channel. The H2S donors, NaSH (1 nM - 10 mu M), AP67 (1 nM - 10 mu M) and AP72 (10 nM - 1 mu M) elicited a concentration-dependent relaxation of phenylephrine-induced tone in isolated bovine PCA. While the COX inhibitor, flurbiprofen (3 mu M) blocked significantly (p < 0.05) the inhibitory response elicited by AP67, it had no effect on relaxations induced by NaSH and AP72. Both aminooxyacetic acid (30 mu M) and propargylglycine (1 mM), enzyme inhibitors of H2S biosynthesis caused significant (p < 0.05) rightward shifts in the concentration response curve to AP67 and AP72. Furthermore, the K-ATP channel antagonist, glibenclamide (300 mu M) and the NO synthase inhibitor, L-NAME (100 mu M) significantly attenuated (p < 0.05) the relaxation effect induced by AP67 and AP72 on PCA. We conclude that H2S donors can relax pre-contracted isolated bovine PCA, an effect dependent on endogenous production of H2S. The inhibitory action of only AP67 on pre-contracted PCA may involve the production of inhibitory endogenous prostanoids. Furthermore, the observed inhibitory action of H2S donors on PCA may depend on the endogenous biosynthesis of NO and by an action of K-ATP channels. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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