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  • Title: Nicorandil as a nitrate, and cromakalim as a potassium channel opener, dilate isolated porcine large coronary arteries in an agonist-nonselective manner.
    Author: Satoh K, Mori T, Yamada H, Taira N.
    Journal: Cardiovasc Drugs Ther; 1993 Aug; 7(4):691-9. PubMed ID: 8241013.
    Abstract:
    Nicorandil is an antianginal vasodilator having a hybrid property between nitrates and potassium channel openers, and cromakalim is a relatively specific potassium channel opener. We investigated whether or not the vasorelaxant actions of the two drugs would be selective for certain vasoconstrictor agonists (simply agonists hereafter), and the underlying mechanisms in isolated porcine large coronary arteries. Both nicorandil and cromakalim produced a complete relaxation in the arteries precontracted with seven agonists, i.e., Bay-K-8644, endothelin, histamine, 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), phenylephrine, PGF2 alpha, and U 46619. The EC50 values (-log M) of nicorandil and cromakalim were 5.20-5.44 and 6.43-6.87, respectively, toward the seven agonists, indicating that the vasorelaxant actions of the two drugs were agonist nonselective. In the arteries precontracted with Bay-K-8644, endothelin, 5-HT, and U 46619, the vasorelaxant action of cromakalim was antagonized by glibenclamide, an antagonist of potassium channel openers, and Schild analysis of these antagonisms yielded pA2 values of 7.10-7.41 for glibenclamide. The vasorelaxant actions of nicorandil in the arteries precontracted with the four agonists each were not antagonized by glibenclamide. Instead, the vasorelaxant action of nicorandil was antagonized by methylene blue (10 microM), an inhibitor of guanylate cyclase, and slightly potentiated by M&B 22,948 (10 microM), an inhibitor of cyclic-GMP phosphodiesterase, in the arteries precontracted with U 46619. These results indicate that the vasorelaxant actions of nicorandil and cromakalim in the porcine large coronary artery are agonist nonselective and that nicorandil exerts such an action entirely as a nitrate, whereas cromakalim does so entirely as a potassium channel opener.
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