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Nitric Oxide-mediated Relaxation by High $K^+$ in Human Gastric Longitudinal Smooth Muscle

  • Kim, Young-Chul (Department of Physiology, Chungbuk National University, College of Medicine) ;
  • Choi, Woong (Department of Pharmacology, Chungbuk National University, College of Medicine) ;
  • Yun, Hyo-Young (Department of Surgery, Chungbuk National University, College of Medicine) ;
  • Sung, Ro-Hyun (Department of Pathology, Chungbuk National University, College of Medicine) ;
  • Yoo, Ra-Young (Department of Physiology, Chungbuk National University, College of Medicine) ;
  • Park, Seon-Mee (Department of Internal Medicine, Chungbuk National University, College of Medicine) ;
  • Yun, Sei-Jin (Department of Internal Medicine, Chungbuk National University, College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Mi-Jung (Department of Pediatric, Chungbuk National University, College of Medicine) ;
  • Song, Young-Jin (Department of Surgery, Chungbuk National University, College of Medicine) ;
  • Xu, Wen-Xie (Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University) ;
  • Lee, Sang-Jin (Department of Physiology, Chungbuk National University, College of Medicine)
  • Received : 2011.10.21
  • Accepted : 2011.11.12
  • Published : 2011.12.30
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Abstract

This study was designed to elucidate high-$K^+$ induced response of circular and longitudinal smooth muscle from human gastric corpus using isometric contraction. Contraction from circular and longitudinal muscle stripes of gastric corpus greater curvature and lesser curvature were compared. Circular smooth muscle from corpus greater curvature showed high $K^+$ (50 mM)-induced tonic contraction. On the contrary, however, longitudinal smooth muscle strips showed high $K^+$ (50 mM)-induced sustained relaxation. To find out the reason for the discrepancy we tested several relaxation mechanisms. Protein kinase blockers like KT5720, PKA inhibitor, and KT5823, PKG inhibitor, did not affect high $K^+$-induced relaxation. $K^+$ channel blockers like tetraethylammonium (TEA), apamin (APA), glibenclamide (Glib) and barium ($Ba^{2+}$) also had no effect. However, N(G)-nitro-L-arginine (L-NNA) and 1H-(1,2,4) oxadiazolo (4,3-A) quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ), an inhibitor of soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) and 4-AP (4-aminopyridine), voltage-dependent $K^+$ channel (KV) blocker, inhibited high $K^+$ -induced relaxation, hence reversing to tonic contraction. High $K^+$-induced relaxation was observed in gastric corpus of human stomach, but only in the longitudinal muscles from greater curvature not lesser curvature. L-NNA, ODQ and KV channel blocker sensitive high $K^+$-induced relaxation in longitudinal muscle of higher portion of corpus was also observed. These results suggest that longitudinal smooth muscle from greater curvature of gastric corpus produced high $K^+$-induced relaxation which was activated by NO/sGC pathway and by $K_V$ channel dependent mechanism.

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