Tamaoki J, Tagaya E, Isono K, Kondo M, Konno K. Role of Ca(2+)-activated K+ channel in epithelium-dependent relaxation of human bronchial smooth muscle.
Br J Pharmacol 1997;
121:794-8. [PMID:
9208150 PMCID:
PMC1564741 DOI:
10.1038/sj.bjp.0701183]
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Abstract
1. To elucidate whether K+ channels play a role in the action of epithelium-dependent bronchodilatation, we studied responses in human bronchial strips in the presence of indomethacin and NG-nitro-L-arginine methylester under isometric conditions, in vitro. 2. Mechanical removal of the epithelium increased the contractile responses to acetylcholine; the pD2 values increased from 5.0 +/- 0.2 to 5.9 +/- 0.3 (P < 0.001). This potentiation was abolished by iberiotoxin but not by apamin or glibenclamide. 3. In cascade bioassay, application of the bathing medium from dispersed, bronchial epithelial cells to epithelium-denuded bronchial strips decreased acetylcholine-induced contraction by 44 +/- 6%. This effect was reduced to 10 +/- 3% (P < 0.01) when the epithelial cells were pretreated with iberiotoxin, and to 4 +/- 1% (P < 0.001) when the epithelial cells were incubated with Ca(2+)-free medium containing [1,2-bis(2) aminophenoxy] ethane N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid-acetomethoxy ester. 4. In contrast, the bronchodilator effect of the medium bathing epithelial cells was not altered by the direct addition of iberiotoxin to epithelium-denuded tissues. 5. These results suggest that the Ca(2+)-activated K+ channel may play a role in the synthesis and/or release of smooth muscle relaxing factor, which is neither nitric oxide nor a cyclo-oxygenase product, from airway epithelial cells.
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