| Literature DB >> 1618273 |
Y P Vedernikov1, P I Mordvintcev, I V Malenkova, A F Vanin.
Abstract
Dinitrosyl iron complexes with cysteine (DNIC) induced a concentration-dependent relaxation of pre-contracted (norepinephrine, 10(-7) M) de-endothelialized ring segments of rat aorta. The vasodilator response was more similar to acetylcholine (ACh)-induced relaxation in intact aortic rings than to nitric oxide (NO)-induced relaxation. The time course of tone recovery after maximal concentrations (10(-5) M) of DNIC was similar to the time course of tone recovery after endothelium-dependent relaxation induced by ACh, whereas the restoration of tone after NO was much faster. Vessel tone was restored by oxyhemoglobin (10(-5) M) in all cases. The results suggest that DNIC with cysteine may function as endothelium-derived relaxing factor in the vessels.Entities:
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Year: 1992 PMID: 1618273 DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(92)90386-i
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Pharmacol ISSN: 0014-2999 Impact factor: 4.432