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BIOLOGICAL BULLETIN
卷 209, 期 1, 页码 6-10出版社
MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY
DOI: 10.2307/3593137
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- PHS HHS [S06 6M 52588-01-7] Funding Source: Medline
Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) at concentrations of about 0.05 to 1 mmol (.) l(-1) appears to function as a gasotransmitter in vertebrates, analogous to nitric oxide (NO) and carbon monoxide (1-5), but the actions of H2S in invertebrate tissue have not been well studied. In this study, we investigated the role of H2S in modulating body wall muscle tone in the marine echiuran worm Urechis caupo (Echiuridae). We first determined that U. caupo body wall homogenates produce H2S upon addition Of L-cysteine and pyridoxal-5'-phosphate (PLP), and that the rate is increased by addition of 2-mercaptoethanol, suggesting the presence of an activated L-serine sulfhydrase pathway. We then measured the contractile response of U. caupo body wall circular muscle strips to sodium hydrosulfide (NaHS)-which produces H2S in solution- and the NO donor sodium nitroprusside (SNP), both with and without subsequent application of acetylcholine (ACh). We found that NaHS alone stimulated contraction in muscle strips equivalent to about one-third the force of ACh alone, whereas SNP alone had no effect on muscle tone. However, simultaneous addition of NaHS with SNP elicited a much stronger contraction, reaching more than twice that of ACh alone, which could be increased further by subsequent application of ACh.
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