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Vascular responses to 8-nitro-cyclic GMP in non-diabetic and diabetic mice.

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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:8-Nitroguanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (8-nitro-cGMP), formed nitric oxide (NO)-dependently, is a physiological second messenger, yet little is known about its role in the pathophysiology of vascular diseases. To study the pharmacological activity of 8-nitro-cGMP in diabetic mice, we compared its effects on vascular reactivity of aortas from non-diabetic and diabetic mice. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:Vascular tension recording was performed in thoracic aortic rings from wild-type (C57BL/6), non-diabetic db/+ and obese/diabetic db/db mice. Endothelial NO synthase (eNOS) uncoupling and superoxide were tested by Western blot and dihydroethidium fluorescence respectively. KEY RESULTS:8-Nitro-cGMP, at concentrations up to 10 µM, enhanced phenylephrine-induced contractions in aortas from C57BL/6 and db/+ mice, but not from db/db mice. This enhancement was not observed with 8-bromo-cGMP. Pretreatment of aortas from C57BL/6 and db/+ mice with l-NAME (100 µM), superoxide dismutase (100 U·mL(-1) ) or tiron (1 mM), abolished 8-nitro-cGMP-induced enhancement of the phenylephrine contraction. In 8-nitro-cGMP (10 µM)-treated C57BL/6 aortas, eNOS dimer/monomer ratio was significantly decreased and vascular superoxide production increased, suggesting that 8-nitro-cGMP-induced superoxide production via eNOS uncoupling may mediate the enhancement of the phenylephrine contraction. At higher concentrations (>10 µM), 8-nitro-cGMP produced relaxation of the phenylephrine-contracted aortas from C57BL/6, db/+ and db/db mice. The 8-nitro-cGMP-induced relaxation in db/db mouse aortas was found to be resistant to a phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitor, zaprinast (1 µM). CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS:The vasodilator effect of 8-nitro-cGMP may contribute to amelioration of the vascular endothelial dysfunction in diabetic mice, representing a novel pharmacological approach to prevent the complications associated with diabetes.

journal_name

Br J Pharmacol

journal_title

British journal of pharmacology

authors

Tokutomi Y,Kataoka K,Yamamoto E,Nakamura T,Fukuda M,Nako H,Toyama K,Dong YF,Ahmed KA,Sawa T,Akaike T,Kim-Mitsuyama S

doi

10.1111/j.1476-5381.2011.01201.x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2011-04-01 00:00:00

pages

1884-93

issue

eissn

0007-1188

issn

1476-5381

journal_volume

162

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Vascular responses to 8-nitro-cyclic GMP in non-diabetic and diabetic mice.