Intracellular mechanism of action of vasodilators.
Intracellular mechanism of action of vasodilators.
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血管扩张剂的细胞内作用机制。
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发表时间:
1988
影响因子:
39.3
通讯作者:
M. Nieberding
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作者:
U. Walter;R. Waldmann;M. Nieberding
Vasodilators that act directly at the level of the vasculature may be classified as either endothelium-dependent or endothelium-independent agents. Endothelium-dependent agents stimulate the endothelium to produce endothelium-derived relaxing factor (recently identified as NO) which relaxes vascular smooth muscle and increases cGMP. Endothelium-independent vasodilators may be divided into calcium antagonists, alpha 1-adrenergic antagonists, cAMP-elevating agents and cGMP-elevating agents. It is generally accepted that calcium-dependent phosphorylation of myosin light chains initiates smooth muscle contraction. A variety of evidence suggests that certain vasodilators inhibit calcium-dependent phosphorylation of myosin light chains and smooth muscle contraction via activation of cAMP- and cGMP-dependent protein phosphorylation. Since vascular smooth muscle cells and platelets have many properties in common, and since cAMP- and cGMP-elevating vasodilators inhibit both smooth muscle contraction and platelet aggregation, human platelets were used to study the effects of vasodilators on protein phosphorylation. It could be demonstrated that cAMP- and cGMP-regulated protein kinases are the intracellular mediators for prostaglandin-E1- and nitroprusside-induced protein phosphorylation, respectively. Furthermore, prostaglandin-E1- and nitroprusside-stimulated protein phosphorylation was found to be associated with an inhibition of the phosphatidylinositol cycle. Cyclic nucleotide-elevating vasodilators may inhibit smooth muscle contraction and platelet aggregation by regulating the flux through the phosphatidylinositol cycle, and the activity of myosin light-chain kinase and of calcium ATPases.