Pharmacological characterization of endothelial cell nitric oxide synthase inhibitors in isolated rabbit aorta.

Abstract:

:Different receptors mediating the release of endothelium-derived nitric oxide (EDNO) have been identified at endothelial level. In the present study we aimed to characterise, on rabbit aorta by means of pharmacological tools, the generation of EDNO by receptors located on endothelial cell membrane (M3, P2u, P2y) and by direct activation of Ca2+ entry into the endothelial cell. Four vasodilating drugs were tested (acetylcholine, UTP, A23187 and 2-methyl-thio-ATP); they were active only if the endothelial layer was intact, suggesting that they act through endothelial receptors. The effect of different nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitors (0.1 mM: L- and D-NAME, L-NMMA, L-NIO and 7-NI) was investigated on NO-mediated relaxation induced by the relaxants in vessels with intact endothelium. NOS inhibitors differently affected relaxation mediated by the vasoactive drugs in isolated rabbit aorta. Reversibility of the inhibition by using a fixed concentration of L-arginine (0.1 mM) was different depending on the relaxing drug and NOS-inhibitor. The data obtained support the coexistence in aortic vessel of more than one endothelial cell NOS isoform, each provided with different receptor coupling.

journal_name

Life Sci

journal_title

Life sciences

authors

Chinellato A,Froldi G,Caparrotta L,Ragazzi E

doi

10.1016/s0024-3205(97)01144-2

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1998-01-01 00:00:00

pages

479-90

issue

6

eissn

0024-3205

issn

1879-0631

pii

S0024320597011442

journal_volume

62

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