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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-1-15
pubmed:abstractText
It is not completely understood whether nitric oxide donors and beta-adrenoceptor antagonists have anti-atherosclerotic effects. The anti-atherosclerotic effects of beta-adrenergic receptor antagonists and nitric oxide donors on severe atherosclerosis induced by cholesterol and inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis were determined. Six groups of New Zealand white male rabbits were treated for 10 weeks, under the following regimens: group I: high-cholesterol diet (HCD) (standard diet plus 0.5% cholesterol); group II: HCD plus N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME), an inhibitor of nitric oxide synthase; group III: HCD plus L-NAME and isosorbide dinitrate; group IV: HCD plus L-NAME and nitroglycerin; group V: HCD plus L-NAME and nipradilol (beta-blocker with nitric oxide-releasing action); and group VI: HCD plus L-NAME and atenolol (beta-blocker). Serum lipid levels did not differ among the six groups. Blood pressure and heart rates were slightly decreased in groups V and VI. The atherosclerotic area and aortic cholesterol increased in L-NAME-treated animals but not in animals in group V. The endothelium-dependent relaxations and basal nitric oxide release were impaired in the L-NAME treatment group, though not in group V, in comparison with those in group I. cGMP in the aorta was increased in groups III, IV, and V as compared with that in group II. Endothelial nitric oxide synthase mRNA was decreased in the aortae of L-NAME-treated rabbits and increased in aortae in group V, in comparison with that in group I. Conclusively, nipradilol, beta-blocker with nitric oxide-releasing action, in contrast to the other beta-blockers and nitric oxide donors, showed a successful anti-atherosclerotic effect through the restoration of nitric oxide bioavailability and possible interaction with oxygen radicals.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Adrenergic beta-Antagonists, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Atenolol, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cholesterol, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cholesterol, Dietary, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Isosorbide Dinitrate, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/K 351, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nitric Oxide, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nitric Oxide Donors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nitric Oxide Synthase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nitroglycerin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Propanolamines, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Messenger, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Vasodilator Agents
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0160-2446
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
39
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
298-309
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11791016-Adrenergic beta-Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:11791016-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11791016-Aorta, Thoracic, pubmed-meshheading:11791016-Arteriosclerosis, pubmed-meshheading:11791016-Atenolol, pubmed-meshheading:11791016-Blood Pressure, pubmed-meshheading:11791016-Cholesterol, pubmed-meshheading:11791016-Cholesterol, Dietary, pubmed-meshheading:11791016-Endothelium, Vascular, pubmed-meshheading:11791016-Heart Rate, pubmed-meshheading:11791016-Isosorbide Dinitrate, pubmed-meshheading:11791016-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11791016-Muscle Relaxation, pubmed-meshheading:11791016-Nitric Oxide, pubmed-meshheading:11791016-Nitric Oxide Donors, pubmed-meshheading:11791016-Nitric Oxide Synthase, pubmed-meshheading:11791016-Nitroglycerin, pubmed-meshheading:11791016-Propanolamines, pubmed-meshheading:11791016-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:11791016-Rabbits, pubmed-meshheading:11791016-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:11791016-Vasodilator Agents
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Anti-atherosclerotic effect of beta-blocker with nitric oxide-releasing action on the severe atherosclerosis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Geriatrics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't