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  • Title: Effects of the novel potassium channel opener, UR-8225, on contractile responses in rat isolated smooth muscle.
    Author: Perez-Vizcaino F, Casis O, Rodriguez R, Gomez LA, Garcia Rafanell J, Tamargo J.
    Journal: Br J Pharmacol; 1993 Nov; 110(3):1165-71. PubMed ID: 8298804.
    Abstract:
    1. The effects of UR-8225 [(1,2-dihydro-4-(1,2-dihydro-2-oxo-1-pyridyl)-2,2-dimethyl-1-oxonapht halen-6- carbonitrile)] and levcromakalim were studied on the electrical and contractile responses induced by noradrenaline and KCl and on 86Rb+ efflux in rat aortic rings and on spontaneous mechanical activity in rat portal vein segments. 2. UR-8225 and levcromakalim, 10(-9) M-10(-5) M, relaxed the contractile responses induced by noradrenaline (IC50 = 2.7 +/- 0.4 x 10(-6) M and 6.6 +/- 1.3 x 10(-7) M, respectively) or 30 mM KCl (IC50 = 1.4 +/- 0.2 x 10(-7) M and 9.4 +/- 1.3 x 10(-8) M, respectively) more effectively than those induced by 80 mM KCl. The relaxant effect on noradrenaline-induced contractions was independent of the presence or absence of functional endothelium. 3. The vasorelaxant effect of UR-8225 and levcromakalim can be competitively antagonized by glibenclamide, an ATP-sensitive K+ channel blocker. There were no differences in the calculated pA2 values for glibenclamide to inhibit UR-8225- and levcromakalim-induced relaxations (7.61 +/- 0.08 and 7.69 +/- 0.10, respectively). The slope of the Schild plot yielded values not significantly different from unity (0.95 +/- 0.06 and 0.96 +/- 0.05, respectively). 4. UR-8225 (10(-5) M) hyperpolarized the resting aortic membrane potential from -50.7 +/- 0.7 mV to -66.0 +/- 2.0 mV and stimulated 86Rb+ efflux. 5. UR-8225 and levcromakalim inhibited the contractions induced by Ca2+ in aortae incubated in Ca(2+)-free PSS containing methoxyverapamil in the presence of noradrenaline. 6. Both drugs inhibited the amplitude of spontaneous activity in portal veins (IC50 = 5.1 +/- 1.4 x 10-8 M and 1.5 +/- 0.7 x 10-8 M, respectively), this effect being competitively antagonized by glibenclamide.7. These results indicated that UR-8225 exhibited qualitatively similar, but slightly less potent,vasorelaxant effects than those exerted by levcromakalim, which suggests that they can be related to its ability to activate ATP-sensitive K+ channels in vascular smooth muscle cells.
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