1 The NO-dependent component of cyclic AMP-induced vasorelaxation in rat pulmonary arteries is critically dependent on extracellular L-arginine but independent of endothelial cell intracellular [Ca 2+ ]. We examined whether L-arginine uptake was also essential for NO production induced by passive stretch or isometric tension, processes also reported to be Ca 2+ -independent. 2 The passive length-tension curve was depressed by physiological concentrations of L-arginine (400 mM; P50.05). Inhibition of the y + transporter with 10 mM L-lysine, NO synthase with L-NAME (100 mM), or protein tyrosine kinase with erbstatin A (30 mM) caused identical upward shifts (P50.001), alone or in combination. Tyrphostin 23 was similar to erbstatin A, whilst the inactive analogue tyrphostin A1 and genistein were without eect. 3 L-arginine (400 mM) shifted the PGF 2a concentration-response curve under isometric conditions to the right (P50.05), whereas L-NAME or L-lysine caused a leftward shift (P50.001). Tyrphostin 23 (30 mM) more than reversed the L-arginine-induced suppression of PGF 2a -induced tension; subsequent addition of L-NAME had no eect. The L-lysine-sensitive component of CPT cyclic AMP-induced vasorelaxation was abolished by erbstatin A. 4 ACh-induced vasorelaxation was *80% inhibited by L-NAME, but was not aected by L-lysine or 400 mM L-arginine. Erbstatin A reduced the vasorelaxation by only *25%. 5 We conclude that activation of NO production by stretch, isometric tension, or cyclic AMP in rat pulmonary arteries is critically dependent on the presence and uptake of physiological concentrations of extracellular L-arginine, and protein tyrosine kinase activity. This directly contrasts with ACh-induced vasorelaxation, which was independent of extracellular L-arginine, and relatively unaected by tyrosine kinase inhibition.
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