Abstract：
:Many of the physiological responses to nitric oxide (NO) are mediated by cyclic 5'-guanosine monophosphate (cGMP), the intracellular levels of which are regulated by phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5). In situations of reduced NO formation, the inhibition of PDE5 by selective inhibitors such as sildenafil could be beneficial in restoring physiological functions by enhancing the intracellular levels of cGMP. In this study, we evaluated the effects of sildenafil on the hemodynamic and histological alterations induced by the chronic treatment of rats with N(omega)-nitro-L-arginine-methyl ester (L-NAME). After 8 weeks of concomitant treatment with sildenafil and L-NAME, arterial blood pressure was significantly lower (P<0.05) than in L-NAME-treated rats. The fall in blood pressure was associated with a slight reduction in the total peripheral vascular resistance (P<0.05). Sildenafil partially prevented the decrease in cardiac output seen in L-NAME-treated rats. Morphologically, sildenafil reduced the total area of the myocardial lesions and attenuated the cardiomyocyte and vascular smooth muscle remodeling seen with L-NAME. These results show that sildenafil prevented the deleterious hemodynamic and morphological alterations associated with L-NAME-induced hypertension. This beneficial effect was probably mediated by an increase in cardiac and vascular cGMP levels as reflected in circulating plasma cGMP levels.
journal_name
Eur J Pharmacoljournal_title
European journal of pharmacologyauthors
Ferreira-Melo SE,Yugar-Toledo JC,Coelho OR,De Luca IM,Tanus-Santos JE,Hyslop S,Irigoyen MC,Moreno H Jrdoi
10.1016/j.ejphar.2006.04.039subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2006-08-07 00:00:00pages
141-7issue
1-3eissn
0014-2999issn
1879-0712pii
S0014-2999(06)00415-8journal_volume
542pub_type
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