| Literature DB >> 2832851 |
G de Nucci1, R J Gryglewski, T D Warner, J R Vane.
Abstract
Bovine aortic endothelial cells were grown on microcarrier beads and were perfused with Krebs-Ringer solution. Endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF) was bioassayed on a cascade of four strips of rabbit aorta, and prostacyclin was analyzed by RIA of 6-oxo-prostaglandin F1 alpha. The endothelial cells released EDRF and prostacyclin when stimulated with bradykinin and its analogues, or with ADP, ATP, arachidonic acid, and phospholipase C (phosphatidylcholine cholinephosphohydrolase, EC 3.1.4.3). The detection of EDRF was potentiated by superoxide dismutase, and the relaxation of rabbit aortic strips induced by EDRF was antagonized by methylene blue. The release of EDRF and prostacyclin was inhibited by phorbol myristate acetate, R59022 (a diacylglycerol kinase inhibitor), and gentamycin. We suggest that the release of EDRF and prostacyclin is coupled and the initial common step is activation of a phospholipase C.Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID: 2832851 PMCID: PMC279986 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.85.7.2334
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205