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- Sayardoust, Shariel, et al.
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Nitric oxide-dependent in vitro secretion of amylase from innervated or chronically denervated parotid glands of the rat in response to isoprenaline and vasoactive intestinal peptide
- 2003
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In: Experimental Physiology. - : John Wiley & Sons. - 0958-0670 .- 1469-445X. ; 88:3, s. 381-387
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The basal in vitro release of amylase was similar from rat parotid lobules of innervated and chronically denervated glands and was unaffected by the inhibitors used in this study. The secretion of amylase induced by isoprenaline or vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) was reduced by one-third to one-half from the lobules of the innervated glands and even more so from the lobules of the denervated glands by ODQ, an inhibitor of soluble guanyl cyclase which is activated by nitric oxide (NO) and catalyses the cGMP production. The use of Nω-propyl-L-arginine (N-PLA) revealed that the evoked secretion of amylase in the denervated glands depended on the activity of neuronal type NO synthase to synthesize NO. Since the denervated gland is virtually devoid of NO synthase-containing nerve fibres, the neuronal type NO synthase was most probably of a non-neuronal source. NO-dependent amylase secretion was agonist related, since amylase secretion evoked by bethanechol and neuropeptide Y was not reduced by ODQ or N-PLA. Hence, under physiological conditions, activation of β-adrenoceptors (sympathetic activity) and VIP receptors (parasympathetic activity) is likely to cause secretion of parotid amylase partly through a NO/cGMP-dependent intracellular pathway involving the activity of neuronal type NO synthase, possibly of acinar origin.
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- Sayardoust, Shariel, et al.
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Nitric oxide-dependent protein synthesis in parotid and submandibular glands of anaesthetized rats upon sympathetic stimulation or isoprenaline administration
- 2004
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In: Experimental Physiology. - : John Wiley & Sons. - 0958-0670 .- 1469-445X. ; 89:2, s. 219-227
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- In anaesthetized female rats, the β-adrenoceptor agonist isoprenaline was intravenously infused (20 μg kg-1 min-1) for 30 min or the ascending cervical sympathetic nerve trunk was intermittently stimulated (50 Hz, 1 s every tenth second) on one side for 30 min. The incorporation of [3H]leucine into trichloroacetic acid (TCA)-insoluble material was used as an index of protein synthesis. In response to isoprenaline, the [3H]leucine incorporation increased by 79% in the parotid glands and by 82% in the submandibular glands. The neuronal type NO-synthase inhibitor N-PLA, reduced (P < 0.001) this response to 26% and 20%, respectively. Sympathetic stimulation under α-adrenoceptor blockade increased the [3H]leucine incorporation by 192% in the parotid glands and by 35% in the submandibular glands. N-PLA reduced the corresponding percentage figures to 86% (P < 0.01) and 8% (P < 0.05). When tested in the parotid glands, the non-selective NO-synthase inhibitor L-NAME reduced (P < 0.01) the nerve-evoked response to 91%. The increase in [3H]leucine incorporation in response to sympathetic stimulation under β-adrenoceptor blockade was not affected by N-PLA in the parotid (139% versus 144%) and submandibular glands (39% versus 34%). In non-stimulated glands, the [3H]leucine incorporation was not influenced by the NO-synthase inhibitors. In conclusion, β-adrenoceptor mediated salivary gland protein synthesis is largely dependent on NO generation by neuronal type NO-synthase, most likely of parenchymal origin.
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