The relaxant activity of 4,7-dimethyl-1,2,5-oxadiazolo[3,4-d]-pyridazine 1,5,6-trioxide in the mouse corpus cavernosum

Gocmen C., Buyuknacar H. S., Kots A., Murad F., Kiroglu O., Kumcu E.

JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL THERAPEUTICS, cilt.316, sa.2, ss.753-761, 2006 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

Özet

We have studied the effect of an activator of soluble guanylate cyclase 4,7-dimethyl-1,2,5-oxadiazolo[3,4-d] pyridazine 1,5,6-trioxide ( FPTO) on the tone and nitrergic relaxation responses of mouse cavernous strips and compared FPTO to a known nitric oxide donor sodium nitroprusside. FPTO thiol-dependently generated nitric oxide measured by polarography and activated purified human soluble guanylate cyclase. FPTO and sodium nitroprusside relaxed the cavernous tissue in a concentration-dependent manner. A nitric-oxide synthase inhibitor N(omega)-nitro- L-arginine did not alter the relaxations to FPTO or sodium nitroprusside, whereas soluble guanylate cyclase inhibitor 1H-[ 1,2,4] oxadiazolo[ 4,3-a] quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ) suppressed relaxation to FPTO and sodium nitroprusside. Exogenously added thiols L-cysteine or dithiothreitol inhibited the relaxant responses to FPTO but not to sodium nitroprusside, whereas glutathione did not influence the responses to both agents.