Endothelin-converting enzyme and angiotensin-converting enzyme in failing hearts of rats with myocardial infarction.

abstract：:Lacidipine is a clinically active, antihypertensive calcium antagonist of the 1,4 dihydropyridine (DHP) class. It is also capable of vascular protection when administered (prophylactically and therapeutically) at nonsustained antihypertensive doses to salt-sensitive Dahl-S rats: useful animal models for studying the v...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Crespi F,Vecchiato E,Lazzarini C,Andreoli M,Gaviraghi G

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary artery reperfusion established by thrombolytic agents early in the evolution of an acute myocardial infarction is known to result in the salvage of otherwise jeopardized heart muscle. Recently, experimental evidence has suggested that reactive products of oxygen are formed as a result of reperfusion and can i...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Mickelson JK,Simpson PJ,Jackson CV,Lucchesi BR

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Halothane opposes cardiotoxicity of neutral-sugar digitalis compounds in intact animals, presumably by depressing a sympathetic component of arrhythmogenesis. However, halothane also produces a dose-related reduction in arrhythmogenicity of ouabain in isolated canine Purkinje fibers, suggesting that the anesthetic may...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Heerdt PM,Gallagher JD,Caldwell RW

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of acetaldehyde (ACA) were examined in isolated electrically driven papillary muscle preparations from normal and streptozotocin-treated diabetic rats. Muscles from diabetic rats developed greater tension than those from normal rats. In muscles from both groups, ACA caused concentration-dependent negative ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Savage AO,Dunbar JC,Brown RA

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the role of endothelin (ET) in severe hypertension, endothelial dysfunction hypercholesterolemic stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRSP on a 5% cholesterol diet) were additionally fed with 1% NaCl and 0.023% nitro-L-arginine. Under these conditions, all untreated rats died within 30 days (m...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Münter K,Hergenröder S,Kirchengast M

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of potent coronary vasodilator, 2- phenylaminoadenosine (CV-1808), on coronary circulatory failure and thromboxane (TX) A2 release were studied during coronary occlusion (for 60 min) and subsequent reperfusion (for 60 min) in anesthetized dogs. During coronary reperfusion, reactive hyperemic response was a...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Tanabe M,Terashita Z,Nishikawa K,Hirata M

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), a potent mitogen and chemoattractant for smooth muscle cells and fibroblasts in culture, is believed to play an important role in the formation of proliferative lesions of arterio-sclerosis. PDGF appears as three different dimeric isoforms: AA, AB, and BB. These were recently fou...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Hosang M,Rouge M

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An attempt was made to study possible interaction between neuromodulation by adenosine and nicotine stimulatory effects. Dose-effect curves were made double blind in 7 nonsmoking, nonsnuffing healthy volunteers (25-49 years) before and during exposition to nicotine roughly corresponding to the nicotine of one cigarett...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Sylvén C,Beermann B,Kaijser L,Jonzon B

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute bromocriptine administration reduced sitting and standing blood pressure and produced severe orthostatic hypotension in 12 normal subjects. Concomitantly, there was an increase in venous distensibility and basal blood flow, and a decrease in peripheral vascular resistance, as determined by forearm plethysmograph...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Johns DW,Ayers CR,Carey RM

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) with ramiprilat was studied at pH 7.5 in the presence of 300 mmol/l sodium chloride with furanacryloyl-Phe-Gly-Gly as substrate. Ramiprilat inhibits ACE with a Ki value of 7 pmol/l. It is both a slow- and tight-binding inhibitor; the mode of inhibition is fully co...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Bünning P

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the influence of dietary L-arginine (L-ARG) supplementation on forearm resistance arteries in vivo and the effect of exogenous addition of L-ARG to subcutaneous arteries isolated from gluteal biopsies. Twenty-six healthy males were recruited, and 16 were randomly allocated in a double-blind protocol to rece...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Chin-Dusting JP,Alexander CT,Arnold PJ,Hodgson WC,Lux AS,Jennings GL

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In rats with deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA) salt hypertension, induction of diabetes with streptozotocin did not aggravate the elevation in blood pressure, but pressor and sympathetic nerve responses to electrical stimulation of the ventromedial hypothalamus were enhanced. Along with glycosuria and hyperglycemia, ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Sasaki S,Buñag RD

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Telmisartan is an angiotensin II receptor blocker, which acts as a partial agonist of peroxisome proliferator activator receptor-γ (PPAR-γ). Because PPAR-γ initiates a variety of antiinflammatory responses, the effect on myocardial ischemia is to be elucidated. METHODS AND RESULTS:The left anterior descendi...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Nagashima A,Watanabe R,Ogawa M,Suzuki J,Masumura M,Hishikari K,Shimizu T,Takayama K,Hirata Y,Nagai R,Isobe M

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared platelet function results obtained with the VerifyNow P2Y12 (VN-P2Y12) point-of-care device and the light transmission aggregometry (5 and 20 microM adenosine diphosphate) method using an integrated database of eight clinical trials with a total of 591 subjects. The study was performed in healthy subjects,...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Jakubowski JA,Li YG,Small DS,Payne CD,Tomlin ME,Luo J,Winters KJ

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelin-1 (ET-1) is synthesized and secreted by cardiomyocytes and induces cardiac hypertrophy. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-alpha (PPAR-alpha) is a lipid-activated nuclear receptor that negatively regulates the vascular inflammatory gene response by interacting with transcription factors, such as nuc...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Irukayama-Tomobe Y,Miyauchi T,Kasuya Y,Sakai S,Goto K,Yamaguchi I

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reperfusion of ischemic myocardium is accompanied by intracellular Ca overload, leading to cardiac dysfunction. However, the mechanisms underlying intracellular Ca overload have yet to be fully elucidated. The mechanism may involve the activation of store-operated Ca entry, which is primarily mediated through the tran...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Kojima A,Fukushima Y,Ito Y,Ding WG,Kitagawa H,Matsuura H

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effects of cicletanine, an anti-hypertensive drug, on reperfusion arrhythmias in relation to 6-keto-PGF1 alpha, thromboxane B2 (TXB2), and ion shifts (Na+, K+, Ca2+, and Mg2+) induced by ischemia and reperfusion in hearts isolated from spontaneously hypertensive rats. Hearts were subjected to 30-min glo...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Tosaki A,Hellegouarch A,Braquet P

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart failure is unique among the major cardiovascular disorders in that it alone is increasing in prevalence while there has been a striking decrease in other conditions. Some of this can be attributed to the aging of the U.S. and European populations. The ability to salvage patients with myocardial damage is also a ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Greenberg B

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether the vasoconstrictor response to endothelin-1 (ET-1) is altered in coronary vessels of hypertensive hearts and the role of ETA and ETB receptors in these responses to ET-1, the vasoconstrictor response to ET-1 in coronary vessels was measured with or without ETA and ETB receptor antagonists. In iso...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Miki S,Takeda K,Kiyama M,Hatta T,Morimoto S,Kawa T,Itoh H,Nakata T,Sasaki S,Nakagawa M

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biological aging is an independent risk factor for many cardiovascular diseases; some are treated with beta-blockers that may protect dysfunctional endothelium during aging by increasing NO, decreasing ONOO, and restoring NO/ONOO balance. A nanotechnological approach was used to simultaneously monitor NO and ONOO prod...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Funovic P,Korda M,Kubant R,Barlag RE,Jacob RF,Mason RP,Malinski T

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the role of angiotensin II (AII) in development of myocardial injury during ischemia and reperfusion, the effects of short-term treatment with the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor lisinopril were compared with the effects of short-term treatment with L-158,338, an AII antagonist, in isolated wor...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Werrmann JG,Cohen SM

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) proliferation is pivotal in the progression of hypertension, atherosclerosis, and restenosis. Resveratrol is a grape polyphenol that is implicated as an important contributor to red wine's vascular protective effects. Its antimitogenic action on VSMC is attributed to an array of plei...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Ekshyyan VP,Hebert VY,Khandelwal A,Dugas TR

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism of lithium action, an effective treatment for bipolar disease, is still unknown. The present study examined the role of nitric oxide (NO) and prostaglandin systems in lithium modulation of acetylcholine in mesenteric vascular bed of rats by cannulating superior mesenteric artery. Acetylcholine (ACh) or s...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Rahimzadeh-Rofouyi B,Afsharimani B,Moezi L,Ebrahimi F,Mehr SE,Mombeini T,Ghahremani MH,Dehpour AR

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined involvement of nitric oxide (NO) derived from perivascular nerve in venous relaxation. In helical strips of dog superficial temporal veins contracted with prostaglandin F2 alpha (PGF2 alpha) nicotine produced a contraction, which was reversed to a relaxation by prazosin. The relaxation was partially atte...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Toda N,Yoshida K,Okamura T

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On the basis of animal studies, it has been proposed that calcium antagonists selectively interfere with the pressor response to alpha 2-adrenoceptor antagonists and have less direct action on alpha 1-adrenoceptor mechanisms. In placebo-controlled randomized studies in healthy normotensives, we have found that verapam...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Reid JL,Pasanisi F,Meredith PA,Elliott HL

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PPARgamma agonists ameliorate insulin resistance and lower blood pressure. Volume expansion/edema has been observed in susceptible patients treated with these agents. Alterations of renal hemodynamics affect renal tubular reabsorption, and thus may contribute to volume expansion. This study seeks to determine whether ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Yang B,Clifton LG,McNulty JA,Chen L,Brown KK,Baer PG

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of FK409 were investigated in perfused guinea-pig Langendorff hearts subjected to ischemia and reperfusion. Nitric oxide electrode, fluorometry, and 31P nuclear magnetic resonance imaging were used to monitor changes in cellular high-phosphorous energy and nitric oxide and Ca2+ content in the heart together wi...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Cao Y,Hotta Y,Shioi K,Nagata Y,Kawai N,Ishikawa N

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) is an inflammatory cytokine involved in atherogenesis. Adipose tissue is an important source of endogenous TNFalpha production. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of atorvastatin on TNFalpha serum concentration and mRNA expressions of subcutaneous adipose in hyperch...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Zhao SP,Wu ZH,Wu J,Hong SC,Deng P

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the vasorelaxant action of the sesquiterpene polygodial, isolated from the bark of Drymis winteri, on rat portal vein in vitro, contracted by various agonists. Polygodial (21-342 microM) preincubated 20 min before, produced graded antagonism of the contractile responses caused by bradykinin, en...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： El Sayah M,Filho VC,Yunes RA,Malheiros A,Calixto JB

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify the characteristics of KC-399, a newly synthesized potassium channel opener, we investigated the effects of KC-399 and lemakalim on the contractions induced by norepinephrine (NE 1 microM) and K+ (30 and 90 mM) and on 86Rb efflux in rat thoracic aorta. KC-399 (0.01-10 nM) and lemakalim (0.001-10 microM) ind...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Tamura K,Suzuki Y,Yoshida S,Nabata H

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00