Nitric oxide: a drug target for glaucoma revisited.

Abstract:

:A reduction in intraocular pressure (IOP) is the only recognized therapy for glaucoma. Hence, drugs exhibiting ocular hypotensive effects are important targets for antiglaucomatous drug development. IOP is determined by the equilibrium of aqueous humor production and outflow through either the trabecular meshwork or the uveoscleral outflow pathway. There is increasing evidence that nitric oxide (NO) has a major role in the regulation of IOP by directly acting on the trabecular meshwork and thereby lowering IOP. Taking advantage of this mechanism, newly designed NO-donating drugs combine the IOP-lowering effect of known substances with the trabecular meshwork outflow-increasing effect of NO. Here, we review the molecular mechanism of this new entity of IOP-lowering drugs.

journal_name

Drug Discov Today

journal_title

Drug discovery today

authors

Garhöfer G,Schmetterer L

doi

10.1016/j.drudis.2019.05.033

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2019-08-01 00:00:00

pages

1614-1620

issue

8

eissn

1359-6446

issn

1878-5832

pii

S1359-6446(18)30388-X

journal_volume

24

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