Relaxation of contracted rabbit tracheal and human bronchial smooth muscle by Y-27632 through inhibition of Ca2+ sensitization.

The mechanism of Ca2+ sensitization of contraction has not been elucidated in airway smooth muscle (SM). To determine the role of a small G protein, rhoA p21, and its target protein, rho-associated coiled coil-forming protein kinase (ROCK), in receptor-coupled Ca2+ sensitization of airway SM, we studied the effect of (+)-(R)-trans-4-(1-aminoethyl)-N-(4-pyridyl)cyclohexane carboxamide dihydrochloride, monohydrate (Y-27632), a ROCK inhibitor, on isometric contractions in rabbit tracheal and human bronchial SM. Y-27632 completely reversed 1 microM carbachol (CCh)-induced contraction of intact trachea with a concentration producing half-maximum inhibition of effect (IC50) of 1.29 +/- 0.2 microM (n = 5). Although 4beta-phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate (1 microM)-induced Ca2+ sensitization was relatively resistant to Y-27632 in alpha-toxin-permeabilized trachea, CCh (100 microM) plus guanosine triphosphate (GTP) (3 microM)- and guanosine 5'-O-(3'-thiotriphosphate) (10 microM)-induced contractions were relaxed completely by Y-27632 with IC50 of 1.44 +/- 0.3 (n = 6) and 1.15 +/- 0.3 microM (n = 6). Endothelin-1 (1 microM) plus GTP (3 microM)- developed force was also reversed by Y-27632 with IC50 of 4. 10 +/- 1.1 microM (n = 6) in the alpha-toxin-permeabilized bronchus. Both the rabbit and human SM expressed rhoA p21, ROCK I, and its isoform ROCK II. Collectively, rho/ROCK-mediated Ca2+ sensitization plays a central role in the sustained phase of airway SM contraction, and selective inhibition of this pathway may become a new strategy to resolve airflow limitation in asthma.

• Publication year

  1999

• Venue

  American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

• Publication date

  1999-06-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Chemistry

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1165/AJRCMB.20.6.3441PMID 10340938
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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