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Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 279: H808-H816, 2000;
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Vol. 279, Issue 2, H808-H816, August 2000

Presynaptic beta 2-adrenoceptors mediate nicotine-induced NOergic neurogenic dilation in porcine basilar arteries

Tony J. F. Lee, W. Zhang, and S. Sarwinski

Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Southern Illinois University, Springfield, Illinois 62794-9629

We previously reported that nicotine-induced nitric oxide (NO)-mediated cerebral neurogenic vasodilation was dependent on intact sympathetic innervation. We hypothesized that nicotine acted on sympathetic nerve terminals to release norepinephrine (NE), which then acted on adrenoceptors located on the neighboring nitric oxidergic (NOergic) nerve terminals to release NO, resulting in vasodilation. The adrenoceptor subtype in mediating nicotine-induced vasodilation in isolated porcine basilar arterial rings denuded of endothelium was therefore examined pharmacologically and immunohistochemically. Results from using an in vitro tissue bath technique indicated that propranolol and preferential beta 2-adrenoceptor antagonists (ICI-118,551 and butoxamine), in a concentration-dependent manner, blocked the relaxation induced by nicotine (100 µM) without affecting the relaxation elicited by transmural nerve stimulation (TNS, 8 Hz). In contrast, preferential beta 1-adrenoceptor antagonists (atenolol and CGP-20712A) did not affect either nicotine- or TNS-induced relaxation. Results of double-labeling studies indicated that beta 2-adrenoceptor immunoreactivities and NADPH diaphorase reactivities were colocalized in the same nerve fibers in basilar and middle cerebral arteries. These findings suggest that NE, which is released from sympathetic nerves upon application of nicotine, acts on presynaptic beta 2-adrenoceptors located on the NOergic nerve terminals to release NO, resulting in vasodilation. In addition, nicotine-induced relaxation was enhanced by yohimbine, an alpha 2-adrenoceptor antagonist, which, however, did not affect the relaxation elicited by TNS. Prazosin, an alpha 1-adrenoceptor antagonist, on the other hand, did not have any effect on relaxation induced by either nicotine or TNS. The predominant facilitatory effect of beta 2-adrenoceptors in releasing NO may be compromised by presynaptic alpha 2-adrenoceptors.

nitric oxide; norepinephrine; porcine cerebral arteries


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