Abstract | PURPOSE: METHODS: We performed prospective and controlled functional examinations with isolated endothelium-denuded thoracic aortas from 21 male Wister rats. Aortic strips were mounted in Krebs solution and treated with LPS (1 microg x mL(-1)) for six hours to induce iNOS. Changes in tension caused by L-arginine (a substrate of NOS), protamine or a heparin- protamine complex ( heparin: protamine = 1 unit: 10 microg) were measured in strips pre-contracted by phenylephrine. RESULTS: No drug relaxed the strips before LPS-treatment, but each drug relaxed the strips in a dose-dependent manner after LPS-treatment (P < 0.05). Aminoguanidine (an iNOS inhibitor) and methylene blue (a guanylyl cyclase inhibitor) inhibited the relaxations. CONCLUSION:
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Authors | Ko Takakura, Maki Mizogami, Satoru Fukuda |
Journal | Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie
(Can J Anaesth)
Vol. 53
Issue 2
Pg. 162-7
(Feb 2006)
ISSN: 0832-610X [Print] United States |
PMID | 16434757
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- Enzyme Inhibitors
- Guanidines
- Heparin Antagonists
- Lipopolysaccharides
- Protamines
- protamine heparin aggregate
- Nitric Oxide
- Heparin
- Arginine
- Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II
- pimagedine
- Methylene Blue
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Topics |
- Animals
- Aorta, Thoracic
- Arginine
(pharmacology)
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Endothelium, Vascular
(metabolism, physiology)
- Enzyme Inhibitors
(pharmacology)
- Guanidines
(pharmacology)
- Heparin
(pharmacology)
- Heparin Antagonists
(pharmacology)
- In Vitro Techniques
- Lipopolysaccharides
(pharmacology)
- Male
- Methylene Blue
(pharmacology)
- Nitric Oxide
(metabolism)
- Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II
(antagonists & inhibitors, metabolism)
- Protamines
(pharmacology)
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
- Vasodilation
(drug effects)
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