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  • Title: Effects of prostaglandin E1, isoproterenol and forskolin on cyclic AMP levels and tension in rabbit aortic rings.
    Author: Vegesna RV, Diamond J.
    Journal: Life Sci; 1986 Jul 28; 39(4):303-11. PubMed ID: 3016438.
    Abstract:
    The role of cyclic AMP in the control of vascular smooth muscle tone was studied by monitoring the effects of prostaglandin E1 (PGE1), isoproterenol and forskolin on cyclic AMP levels and tension in rabbit aortic rings. PGE1, isoproterenol and forskolin all increased cyclic AMP levels in rabbit aortic rings. Isoproterenol and forskolin relaxed phenylephrine-contracted aortic rings, but PGE1 contracted the rings in the presence or absence of phenylephrine. Isoproterenol relaxed these PGE1-contracted aortic rings without further change in total cyclic AMP levels, which were already elevated by the PGE1 alone. Pretreatment with forskolin potentiated the effects of PGE1 on cyclic AMP levels. PGE1 caused contractions in muscles partially relaxed by forskolin, even though very large increases in cyclic AMP levels (30 fold) were produced by PGE1 in the presence of forskolin. Isoproterenol was able to relax these forskolin-treated, PGE1-contracted muscles with no further increase in cyclic AMP levels. Thus, there does not appear to be a good correlation between total tissue levels of cyclic AMP and tension in these experiments. Our results suggest that, if cyclic AMP is responsible for relaxation of smooth muscle, some form of functional compartmentalization of cyclic AMP must exist in this tissue.
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