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Role of hydrogen sulfide production in inhibitory action of L-cysteine on isolated porcine irides.
Current Eye Research 2010 May
PURPOSE: To investigate the direct pharmacological actions of L-cysteine, a substrate for the production of H(2)S, on isolated porcine irides in the presence of tone induced by muscarinic receptor stimulation. Furthermore, we examined the underlying mechanism of action of L-cysteine in this smooth muscle.
METHODS: Isolated porcine iris muscle strips were set up in organ baths containing oxygenated Krebs buffer solution at 37 degrees C. Longitudinal isometric tension was recorded via a grass FT03 Force-Displacement Transducer and analyzed using the PolyView computer software. The relaxant action of L-cysteine on carbachol-induced tone was studied in the absence and presence of inhibitors of enzymes of the biosynthetic pathways for H(2)S, and prostanoids. In addition, we also examined the effect of ATP-sensitive K(+) (K(ATP)) channel antagonist, glibenclamide on relaxations induced by L-cysteine.
RESULTS: L-cysteine (30 nM-1 mM) evoked concentration-dependent relaxations of carbachol-induced tone in isolated porcine irides, reaching a maximum inhibition of 43% at 1 mM. This response was enhanced significantly (P < 0.001) in the presence of the COX inhibitor, flurbiprofen (3 microM). Additionally,in the presence of flurbiprofen, the H(2)S donors, NaHS and Na(2)S, mimicked the relaxations produced by L-cysteine, yielding IC(50) values of 5.8 microM and 180 microM, respectively. Both the inhibitor of cystathionine beta-synthase, AOA (30 microM) and the K(ATP) channel antagonist, glibenclamide (100 microM) caused significant (P < 0.001) rightward shifts in the concentration-response curves to L-cysteine and attenuated the maximum inhibitory response. Conversely, the inhibitor of cystathionine gamma-lyase, PAG (1 mM) blocked only relaxations caused by high concentrations of L-cysteine (> 100 microM).
CONCLUSIONS: The inhibitory action of L-cysteine in isolated porcine irides is dependent on the endogenous production of H(2)S by cystathionine gamma-lyase and cystathionine beta-synthase. Furthermore, prostanoids and K(ATP) channels are involved in the inhibitory action of L-cysteine in this tissue.
METHODS: Isolated porcine iris muscle strips were set up in organ baths containing oxygenated Krebs buffer solution at 37 degrees C. Longitudinal isometric tension was recorded via a grass FT03 Force-Displacement Transducer and analyzed using the PolyView computer software. The relaxant action of L-cysteine on carbachol-induced tone was studied in the absence and presence of inhibitors of enzymes of the biosynthetic pathways for H(2)S, and prostanoids. In addition, we also examined the effect of ATP-sensitive K(+) (K(ATP)) channel antagonist, glibenclamide on relaxations induced by L-cysteine.
RESULTS: L-cysteine (30 nM-1 mM) evoked concentration-dependent relaxations of carbachol-induced tone in isolated porcine irides, reaching a maximum inhibition of 43% at 1 mM. This response was enhanced significantly (P < 0.001) in the presence of the COX inhibitor, flurbiprofen (3 microM). Additionally,in the presence of flurbiprofen, the H(2)S donors, NaHS and Na(2)S, mimicked the relaxations produced by L-cysteine, yielding IC(50) values of 5.8 microM and 180 microM, respectively. Both the inhibitor of cystathionine beta-synthase, AOA (30 microM) and the K(ATP) channel antagonist, glibenclamide (100 microM) caused significant (P < 0.001) rightward shifts in the concentration-response curves to L-cysteine and attenuated the maximum inhibitory response. Conversely, the inhibitor of cystathionine gamma-lyase, PAG (1 mM) blocked only relaxations caused by high concentrations of L-cysteine (> 100 microM).
CONCLUSIONS: The inhibitory action of L-cysteine in isolated porcine irides is dependent on the endogenous production of H(2)S by cystathionine gamma-lyase and cystathionine beta-synthase. Furthermore, prostanoids and K(ATP) channels are involved in the inhibitory action of L-cysteine in this tissue.
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