Abstract：
:Endothelium-dependent and -independent relaxation of aortic ring preparations was assessed and nitric oxide (NO) synthase activity measured in the lung, and cerebellum of cholesterol-fed and normal rabbits. Endothelium-dependent relaxation of acetylcholine and ATP was depressed while that to the calcium ionophore, A23187, was unaltered in the cholesterol-fed group. Relaxation to sodium nitroprusside was however greater in aortae from the cholesterol-fed animals. Neither Ca(2+)-dependent nor Ca(2+)-independent NO synthase activity could be detected in aortae or hearts taken from either group of animals. Activity of both enzymes was unaltered in cerebellae from both groups of animals. Activity of the Ca(2+)-independent enzyme was however significantly greater (ca. 2 fold) in lungs from the cholesterol-fed rabbits though the activity of the Ca(2+)-dependent NO synthase was not significantly altered. This finding may account for the increased production of nitrogen oxides previously observed in this model of hypercholesterolaemia.
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Br J Pharmacoljournal_title
British journal of pharmacologyauthors
Lang D,Smith JA,Lewis MJdoi
10.1111/j.1476-5381.1993.tb12796.xsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1993-02-01 00:00:00pages
290-2issue
2eissn
0007-1188issn
1476-5381journal_volume
108pub_type
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更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/sj.bjp.0705289
更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.1989.tb16895.x
更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.1984.tb16494.x
更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.1972.tb08124.x
更新日期：1972-08-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1972-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.1994.tb14796.x
更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.1993.tb13797.x
更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00
