Methylglyoxal Enhances Sodium Nitroprusside-Induced Relaxation in Rat Aorta
Methylglyoxal Enhances Sodium Nitroprusside-Induced Relaxation in Rat Aorta
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DOI:
10.1254/jphs.09219fp
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发表时间:
2010-02-01
影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
Hara, Yukio
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作者:
Mukohda, Masashi;Yamawaki, Hideyuki;Hara, Yukio
The concentration of methylglyoxal (MGO), a metabolite of glucose, increases in plasma of type II diabetic patients as wella s in tissues of hypertensive rats. We have previously shown that MGO inhibited noradrenaline (NA)-induced smooth muscle contraction in rat aorta. However, the effect of MGO on relaxing responses in isolated blood vessel remains to be clairified. Thsu, we examined if MGO affects acetylcholine (ACh)- or sodium nitro prusside (SNP)-induced vasodilation on NA (100 nM)-induced pre-contraction in rat thoracic aorta. Treatment of endothelium-intact aorta with MGO(420 mu M, 30mm) did not change ACh(1nM-3 mu M)-induced endothelium-dependent relaxation. In contrasat, treatment of endothelium-denudeda aorta with MGO shifted the concetration-response curve for SNP(0.1 - 300nM) to the left.MGO increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) production in smooth muscle on analysis of protein carbonylation. Anti-oxidant agents such as tempol (10 mu M), catalase (5000 U/mL), and nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, N(G-)nitro-L-arginine methylester(100 mu M) has no effect on MGO-induced enhancement of SNP-induced relaxation. However, iberiotoxin (100 nM), a large-conductance Ca-2i - activated K+ (BKCa)-channel inhibitor, significantly prevented the effect. The present study revealed that MGO enhanced SNP-induced relaxatuib ub a ROS-independent manner via in part opening smooth muscle BKCa channels.