COFACTORS OF CONSTITUTIVE NITRIC-OXIDE SYNTHASE AND ENDOTHELIUM-DEPENDENT RELAXATIONS IN CANINE FEMORAL VEINS

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作者
LEWIS, DA
RUD, KS
MILLER, VM
机构
[1] MAYO CLIN & MAYO FDN,DEPT SURG,901 GUGGENHEIM BLDG,200 1ST ST,ROCHESTER,MN 55905
[2] MAYO CLIN & MAYO FDN,DEPT PHYSIOL & BIOPHYS,ROCHESTER,MN 55905
关键词
CALMODULIN; NADPH; ENDOTHELIUM-DERIVED RELAXING FACTORS; NITRIC OXIDE;
D O I
10.1097/00005344-199309000-00015
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Enzymatic production of nitric oxide (NO) in arterial endothelial cells requires the cofactors calmodulin and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH). Experiments were designed in investigate whether these cofactors are required for endothelium-dependent relaxations in canine femoral veins. Veins were removed from anesthetized dogs and cut into rings. Endothelium was deliberately removed from some rings. All rings were incubated with indomethacin (1 x 10(-5) M.) In separate sets of experiments, rings were incubated with calmidazolium (1 x 10(-5) M), fendiline (1 x 10(-6) M), both inhibitors of calmodulin or diphenylene-iodonium (I x 10(-5) M; DPI) an inhibitor of NADPH. Concentration-response curves were obtained for acetylcholine (ACh), ADP, thrombin, A23187, and NO in rings contracted with a submaximal concentration of prostaglandin F2alpha (PGF2alpha) in the presence of the inhibitors and compared with a solvent control (dimethyl sulfoxide, DMSO). Relaxations to ACh, ADP, and thrombin were reduced by the inhibitors of both cofactors. Relaxations to A23187 were reduced by inhibitors of calmodulin but not NADPH; inhibitors of both NADPH and calmodulin caused no significant reduction in relaxations to NO. These data suggest that endothelium-dependent relaxations in canine femoral veins are mediated by factor(s) that are partly dependent on calmodulin or NADPH as cofactors for their production or release.
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