Effect of oral organic nitrates on expression and activity of vascular soluble guanylyl cyclase
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- 1 October 2008
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in British Journal of Pharmacology
- Vol. 155 (3), 335-342
- https://doi.org/10.1038/bjp.2008.269
Abstract
Background and purpose: The regulation of vascular soluble guanylyl cyclase (sGC) expression by nitric oxide (NO) is still under discussion. In vitro, NO has been shown to downregulate the expression of sGC but it is unclear if this mechanism is operative in vivo and occurs during nitrate treatment. Experimental approach: We investigated whether high dose isosorbide mononitrate (ISMN) or pentaerythrityl tetranitrate (PETN) treatment changes vascular sGC expression and activity in vivo. New Zealand White rabbits received a standard diet, 2 or 200 mg ISMN kg−1 d−1 for 16 weeks, and C57BL/6 mice received a standard diet, 6, 60 or 300 mg PETN kg−1 d−1 for four weeks. Absorption was checked by measuring the plasma levels of the drug/metabolite. Key results: Western blots of rabbit aortic rings showed similar protein levels of sGC α1‐ (P=0.2790) and β1‐subunits (P=0.6900) in all groups. Likewise, ANOVA showed that there was no difference in the expression of sGC in lungs of PETN‐treated mice (P=0.0961 for α1 and P=0.3709 for β1). The activities of isolated sGC in response to SNAP (1 μM–1 mM) were identical in aortae of ISMN‐treated rabbits (P=0.0775) and lungs of PETN‐treated mice (P=0.6348). The aortic relaxation response to SNAP slightly decreased at high ISMN but not at high PETN. Conclusions and implications: These data refute the hypothesis that therapeutic treatment with long acting NO donors has a significant impact on the regulation of vascular sGC expression and activity in vivo. British Journal of Pharmacology (2008) 155, 335–342; doi:10.1038/bjp.2008.269; published online 30 June 2008Keywords
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