Diminished nitroprusside‐induced relaxation of inflamed colonic smooth muscle in mice | Zendy

J. D. van Bergeijk | Zendy; Hanske van Westreenen | Zendy; P. Adhien | Zendy; F. J. Zijlstra | Zendy

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Diminished nitroprusside‐induced relaxation of inflamed colonic smooth muscle in mice

Author(s) -

J. D. van Bergeijk,

Hanske van Westreenen,

P. Adhien,

F. J. Zijlstra

Publication year - 1998

Publication title -

mediators of inflammation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.37

H-Index - 97

eISSN - 1466-1861

pISSN - 0962-9351

DOI - 10.1080/09629359890974

Subject(s) - sodium nitroprusside , carbachol , contraction (grammar) , contractility , endocrinology , medicine , chemistry , smooth muscle , nitric oxide , muscle relaxation , colitis , muscle contraction , stimulation

The dextran sodium sulphate (DSS) induced colitis in mice was used as a experimental model to study the contractility of murine longitudinal colonic smooth muscle during inflammation. Smooth muscle segments of proximal, middle and distal colon were mounted in organ baths. Smooth muscle contraction was induced by carbachol showing an aboral increase in activity, whereas in the inflamed middle colonic segment a marked decrease in activity was observed. The dilatative effect of sodium-nitroprusside (SNP) as a nitric oxide donor was investigated after precontraction by carbachol. Both in normal and DSS segments administration of SNP to isolated mouse colonic smooth muscle preparations caused regional differences in relaxation, the highest relaxation seen in normal proximal colonic tissue. However, this relaxation was markedly reduced in inflamed proximal preparations, associated with a diminished cGMP contents.

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