| Literature DB >> 8428210 |
M A Rajanayagam1, C G Li, M J Rand.
Abstract
In rat aortic rings, hydroxocobalamin (10-30 microM) produced concentration-dependent reductions of the relaxant action of nitric oxide (NO) and the endothelium-dependent, NO-mediated, relaxant action of acetylcholine. In anococcygeus muscles, hydroxocobalamin (10-30 microM) reduced but also prolonged, NO-induced relaxations, but had no effect on non-adrenergic, non-cholinergic-mediated relaxations. Hydroxocobalamin had no effect on the NO-independent relaxant action of papaverine in either tissue. It is suggested that hydroxocobalamin sequesters NO by forming nitrosocobalamin. Nitrosocobalamin did not relax aortic rings, but produced a slowly developing and prolonged relaxation of anococcygeus muscles.Entities:
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Year: 1993 PMID: 8428210 PMCID: PMC1907706 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1993.tb13429.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Pharmacol ISSN: 0007-1188 Impact factor: 8.739