abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine whether tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4), one of the cofactors of nitric oxide (NO) synthase, attenuates endothelial cell death induced by 3-morpholinosydnonimine-N-ethylcarbamide (SIN-1), which is known to produce both superoxide and NO. Endothelial cell death was assessed by the rel...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Ishii M,Shimizu S,Momose K,Yamamoto T

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess whether arterial chemoreceptors are activated in chronic heart failure and to appreciate whether this activation is related to the degree of cardiac dysfunction. We examined whether administration of pure oxygen for 30 min to 35 patients with chronic heart failure was followed by he...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Saadjian A,Paganelli F,Levy S

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increased production of nitric oxide (NO) has been implicated as the basis for myocardial dysfunction and the lack of response to vasoconstrictors during endotoxin shock induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Our objective was to evaluate and compare NO production in major organs of rats treated with LPS, 1 or 14 mg...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Lecour S,Maupoil V,Siri O,Tabard A,Rochette L

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One possible mechanism that accounts for the alterations observed in varicose veins is the activation of endothelial cells by ischemia occurring in the leg veins during blood stasis and the cascade of reactions that follows. Because in vitro data suggest that endothelium alteration is a key event in the development of...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Janssens D,Michiels C,Guillaume G,Cuisinier B,Louagie Y,Remacle J

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) plays an important role in blood pressure control and in water and salt homeostasis. It is involved in the pathophysiology of hypertension and structural alterations of the vasculature, kidney, and heart, including neointima formation, nephrosclerosis, postinfarction remodeling, and ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Stroth U,Unger T

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the effects of chronic in vivo inhibition of NO synthase on endothelium-dependent hyperpolarization, cell-membrane potential (in individual vascular smooth-muscle cells) and changes in tension (in isolated rings) were recorded from isolated canine coronary arteries and guinea-pig carotid arteries and aortas. ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Corriu C,Félétou M,Puybasset L,Bea ML,Berdeaux A,Vanhoutte PM

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular calcium ([Ca]i) overload on reperfusion may be one of the mechanisms responsible for ischemia-induced regional myocardial dysfunction. Because inhibiting the Na-H exchanger (NHE) limits intracellular sodium ([Na]i) and subsequent [Ca]i accumulation, we hypothesized that NHE inhibition would attenuate reg...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Symons JD,Correa SD,Schaefer S

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cardioprotective effects on myocardial ischemia of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA) inhibitor, cyclopiazonic acid (CPA), were studied. We used the isolated arterially perfused interventricular septum of the rabbit heart submitted to 30-min global ischemia/30-min reperfusion. Mechanical [maximal ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Avellanal M,Rodriguez P,Barrigon S

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the comparative effects of benazepril and nitrendipine monotherapies on left ventricular mass index (LVMI) in hypertensive patients with echocardiographically determined left ventricular hypertrophy, patients with diastolic blood pressure (BP) > or = 100 mm Hg were randomized to benazepril, 10 mg, or nitrend...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Gaudio C,Tanzilli G,Ferri FM,Villatico Campbell S,Bertocchi F,Motolese M,Campa PP

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal effects of a selective cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitor [MF-Tricyclic; 3-(3,4-difluorophenyl)-4-(4-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl)-2-(5H)-furanone] were studied in control and volume-depleted conscious dogs. MF-Tricyclic was compared with the nonselective COX-1/COX-2 inhibitor indomethacin. Six instrumented male dogs ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Black SC,Brideau C,Cirino M,Belley M,Bosquet J,Chan CC,Rodger IW

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to compare the effects of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor perindopril and the angiotensin II antagonist losartan on insulin sensitivity and plasma fibrinogen in overweight hypertensive patients. Twenty-eight overweight mild to moderate [diastolic blood pressure (DBP) >90 and...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Fogari R,Zoppi A,Lazzari P,Preti P,Mugellini A,Corradi L,Lusardi P

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Imipramine, amitriptyline, mianserine, maprotiline, and trazodone are five widely used antidepressant drugs with different chemical structures. Imipramine and amitriptyline are tricyclics, mianserine and maprotiline are tetracyclics, and trazodone is a triazolopyridine derivative. We studied the effects of these drugs...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Casis O,Sánchez-Chapula JA

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of isoniazid (ISO) preincubation on the relaxant effects of a group of nitrovasodilators was examined in norepinephrine-contracted rat aortic rings with and without endothelium. ISO displaced to the left the dose-response curves to all nitrovasodilators and increased the negative logarithm of their media...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Vidrio H,Fernández G

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effect of 2-week treatment with estradiol 17beta on myocardial glutathione concentration in dogs and isolated perfused rat heart subjected to brief coronary ischemia and reperfusion. Estradiol protected against ischemia/reperfusion-induced myocardial systolic shortening and malonylaldehyde production an...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Kim YD,Farhat MY,Myers AK,Kouretas P,DeGroot KW,Pacquing A,Ramwell PW,Suyderhoud JP,Lees DE

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our recent studies have shown that the nonpeptide angiotensin II (Ang II) antagonist losartan interacts with thromboxane A2/prostaglandin H2 receptors and inhibits the thromboxane A2 (TxA2) analog U46619-induced vasoconstriction in canine coronary arteries. In this study, we further investigated whether losartan preve...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Li P,Ferrario CM,Brosnihan KB

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrophysiologic properties of surviving Purkinje cardiomyocytes in the late postmyocardial-infarction phase are not well established. By using standard microelectrode techniques, we evaluated the effects of the class III agent d-sotalol on action potential parameters of single Purkinje cardiomyocytes isolated from ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Marschang H,Schöls W,Karolyi L,Beyer T,Kübler W,Brachmann J

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results of previous studies indicate that monophosphoryl lipid A (MLA) reduces myocardial infarct size when administered 24 but not 1 h before a prolonged period of regional ischemia in dogs and rabbits. This cardioprotective effect of MLA could be reversed by the administration of the adenosine triphosphate (ATP)-sen...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Elliott GT,Mei DA,Gross GJ

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radioligand binding studies have detected alpha1A- and alpha1B-adrenergic receptors (AR) in rat heart, but the ligands available for these studies lack the sensitivity and specificity needed to map possible differences in alpha1-AR subtype expression. We therefore used competitive reverse transcriptase-polymerase chai...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Wolff DW,Dang HK,Liu MF,Jeffries WB,Scofield MA

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute exposure of human saphenous vein or internal thoracic artery endothelium to either morphine [27.4 +/- 3.7 and 35.4 +/- 4.1 nM nitric oxide (NO), respectively] or anandamide (18.3 +/- 2.2 and 24.3 +/- 3.0 nM, respectively) results in NO release, whereas exposure to the human immunodeficiency virus envelope protei...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Stefano GB,Salzet M,Bilfinger TV

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart failure is associated with attenuation of parasympathetic nervous function and enhanced renin-angiotensin activity. We tested whether there was a dysfunction in the efferent cholinergic neurotransmission in the heart of rats with chronic myocardial infarction (MI) and the potential role of angiotensin II (Ang II...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Du XJ,Cox HS,Dart AM,Esler MD

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms of sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT) induced by large cumulative dose of cesium chloride (Cs) remains unclear. Seven anesthetized rabbits were intravenously injected with Cs (1 mmol/kg) 3 times at 20-min intervals. The surface ECG and monophasic action potential of the left ventricular endocardium ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Takahashi N,Ito M,Fujino T,Iwao T,Nakagawa M,Yonemochi H,Saikawa T,Sakata T

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerosis, like several other vascular diseases, exhibits structural and functional abnormalities resulting partially from an exaggerated proliferation of vascular smooth-muscle cells (VSMCs). Ca2+ channel blockers, such as amlodipine, have been suggested to retard or even prevent the progression of atherosclero...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Stepien O,Gogusev J,Zhu DL,Iouzalen L,Herembert T,Drueke TB,Marche P

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate the mechanisms involved in the angiotensin II-induced increase in the contractile response of the hypertensive wall after prolonged incubation in the organ-bath buffer. In 5-h incubated rings, the contractile response to angiotensin II in aortic rings with endothelium from ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Zerrouk A,Auguet M,Chabrier PE

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined a relation between cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) production in thoracic aorta, as an indicator probably reflecting the vascular response, and the vascular as well as plasma levels of nicorandil administered orally to rats. Nicorandil (3 mg/kg) given orally was rapidly absorbed, reaching the maximal...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Sakai K,Moriyasu M,Kitajima S,Akima M,Kamachi S,Tanikawa M

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cicletanine, a furopyridine-derivative drug, was shown to enhance the production of endogenous prostacyclin. The potent vasodilating properties of prostacyclin are used to treat severe primary pulmonary hypertension. Prostacyclin has a short half-life and can be administered only as an i.v. infusion. The aim of this s...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Saadjian A,Philip-Joët F,Paganelli F,Arnaud A,Levy S

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently used antiplatelet drugs including aspirin, ticlopidine, and others are effective against certain but not all of the many endogenous platelet activators. Because of their limited efficacy, a significant number of serious thromboembolic complications still occur, highlighting the need for a more effective ther...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Mousa SA,Forsythe M,Wityak J,Bozarth J,Mu DX

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perturbations of the trans-sarcolemmal and sarcoplasmic Ca2+ transport contribute to the abnormal myocardial activity provoked by anoxia and reoxygenation. Whether Ca2+ pools of the extracellular compartment and sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) are involved to the same extent in the dysfunction of the anoxic-reoxygenated i...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Tenthorey D,de Ribaupierre Y,Kucera P,Raddatz E

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate the renal effects of aranidipine, a novel calcium channel blocker of the dihydropyridine type, and its active metabolite in anesthetized dogs and conscious spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs). When infused into the renal artery in anesthetized dogs, aranidipine (0.03 mic...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Ichihara K,Okumura K,Kamei H,Nagasaka M,Kanda A,Kanno T,Miyoshi K,Miyake H

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelin-1 (ET-1) is a 21-amino-acid local and circulating factor whose plasma concentrations are increased in advanced atherosclerosis. ET-1 is cleaved from a prohormone (big ET-1) by endothelin-converting enzymes (ECEs) into the biologically active mature form which mediates vasoconstriction and cell proliferation...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Grantham JA,Schirger JA,Williamson EE,Heublein DM,Wennberg PW,Kirchengast M,Muenter K,Subkowski T,Burnett JC Jr

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes is a devastating disease with multiple adverse effects on the vasculature. Moreover, hypertension is a prerequisite for patients with diabetes to progress to end-stage renal disease and to develop cardiovascular complications. Adequate control of blood glucose and blood pressure are the two most important fac...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Makrilakis K,Bakris G

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of studies using endothelin (ET) precursors, commonly termed big ETs, have revealed the presence of endothelin-converting enzyme (ECE) activity in various vascular and nonvascular preparations. Since then, more than one ECE has been cloned. It has also been observed that big ET-1 and big ET-3 are not converte...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Rizzi A,Calo G,Battistini B,Regoli D

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：:To assess the interaction of endothelin (ET) with nitric oxide (NO) and the effects on venous circulation and handling of renal water and electrolytes, ET (1.0 ng/kg/min) or saline was administered with or without three doses (0.27, 2.7 and 27 ng/kg/min for 40 min) of N omega-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME), an...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Ota K,Kimura T,Shoji M,Ota M,Funyu T,Mori T,Sahata T

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At present, endothelin (ET) receptor classification remains controversial. We investigated the presence of atypical ETA receptors in human saphenous veins (SV). Human SV was obtained from 24 patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting. Vessels were set up in organ baths, stretched to a tension of 6 g, and left...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Pate MA,Chester AH,Brown TJ,Roach AG,Yacoub MH

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate the pathophysiologic significance of endothelin-1 (ET-1) in adrenal and the mechanism for reduced responsiveness to exogenous ET-1 in aldosterone-producing adenoma (APA), we have investigated ET-1 receptors by radioligand binding assay (RBA) in human normal adrenal (NA), APA, idiopathic hyperaldosteronism...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Zeng Z,Tang X,Yang D,Li H,Zhang R,Zeng Q,Li M,Chen J,Lu Z,Demura H,Naruse M,Shi Y

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：:Ethanol can affect the regulation of liver hemodynamics through the release of vasoactive mediators such as nitric oxide and endothelins (ETs). The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of ethanol on the changes in arterial and portal perfusion pressure induced by ET receptor activation. Ethanol signifi...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Faro F,Ferraz JG,Stella HJ,Faro R,Antunes E,Opgennorth TJ,Withrington PG,de Nucci G

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of CGS 26303, an endothelin-converting enzyme inhibitor, on the prevention and reversal of cerebral vasospasm was investigated in a rabbit model of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). In the prevention study, rabbits were injected with 3 ml of autologous blood in the cisterna magna and treatment with CGS 26303 i...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Kwan AL,Bavbek M,Jeng AY,Toyoda T,Kassell NF,Lee KS

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disruption of atherosclerotic plaques with associated thrombus is responsible for the majority of the acute coronary syndromes. Plaque instability is related closely to the degree of inflammation. Inflammatory cells within the plaque produce cytokines that inhibit collagen production by vascular smooth muscle cells an...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Kinlay S,Selwyn AP,Libby P,Ganz P

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiotrophin-1 (CT-1) a novel IL-6-related cytokine, induces distinct hypertrophic responses to endothelin-1 (ET-1) on cultured neonatal rat cardiac myocytes. We found that ET-1 and CT-1 show a distinct pattern of gene induction of natriuretic peptides. Elucidation of the transcriptional mechanisms of brain natriuret...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Kuwahara K,Saito Y,Ogawa Y,Tamura N,Ishikawa M,Harada M,Ogawa E,Miyamoto Y,Hamanaka I,Kamitani S,Kajiyama N,Takahashi N,Nakagawa O,Masuda I,Nakao K

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00