ROLE OF ENDOTHELIUM-DERIVED NITRIC-OXIDE IN THE REGULATION OF BLOOD-PRESSURE
ROLE OF ENDOTHELIUM-DERIVED NITRIC-OXIDE IN THE REGULATION OF BLOOD-PRESSURE
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.86.9.3375
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发表时间:
1989-05-01
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
MONCADA, S
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作者:
REES, DD;PALMER, RMJ;MONCADA, S
The role of endothelium-derived nitric oxide in the regulation of blood pressure in the anesthetized rabbit was studied with N.omega.-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA), a specific inhibitor of its formation from L-arginine. L-NMMA (3-100 mg.cntdot.kg-1), but not its D-enantiomer, induced a dose-dependent long-lasting (15-90 min) increase in mean systemic arterial blood pressure. L-NMMA (100 mg.cntdot.kg-1) also inhibited significantly the hypotensive action of acetylcholine, without affecting that of glyceryl trinitrate. Both these actions of L-NMMA were reversed by L-arginine (300 mg.cntdot.kg-1), but not by D-arginine (300 mg.cntdot.kg-1), indomethacin (1 mg.cntdot.kg-1), prazosin (0.3 mg.cntdot.kg-1), or by vagotomy. The effects of L-NMMA in vivo were associated with a significant inhibition of the release of nitric oxide from perfused aortic segments ex vivo. This inhibition was reversed by infusing L-arginine through the aortic segments. These results indicate that nitric oxide formation from L-arginine by the vascular endothelium plays a role in the regulation of blood pressure and in the hypotensive actions of acetylcholine.