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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-2-11
pubmed:abstractText
Chronic hypoxia (CH) is associated with both blunted agonist-induced and myogenic vascular reactivity, possibly due to an enhanced production of heme oxygenase (HO)-derived carbon monoxide (CO). However, the cellular location of the HO responsible for these effects has not been clearly established. Therefore, we examined the response to administration of the substrate for HO, heme-l-lysinate (HLL), in endothelium-intact and endothelium-denuded small mesenteric arteries from CH male Sprague-Dawley rats. Mesenteric arteries were isolated and mounted on glass cannulas, pressurized to 60 mmHg, and superfused with physiological saline solution. All experiments were performed in the presence of 100 microM N(omega)-nitro-l-arginine. The vasodilator response to HLL or exogenous CO was examined. HLL experiments were performed in the presence and absence of the HO inhibitor zinc protoporphyrin IX (ZnPPIX). HLL administration resulted in a dose-dependent vasodilator response that was abolished in the presence of ZnPPIX or by endothelial removal. Exogenous CO produced a vasodilator response that was independent of an intact endothelium. Cellular localization of HO was verified through immunohistochemistry in sections of the gut and aorta from CH and control animals. Staining for HO-1, HO-2, and endothelial nitric oxide synthase was confined to the endothelium. Thus we conclude that CO is a product of HO located within the endothelium.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Carbon Monoxide, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Heme, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing), http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Heme Oxygenase-1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Lysine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nitric Oxide Donors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nitric Oxide Synthase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nos3 protein, rat, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Vasodilator Agents, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/heme lysinate, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/heme oxygenase-2
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0363-6135
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
284
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
H838-45
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12446283-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12446283-Aorta, pubmed-meshheading:12446283-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:12446283-Carbon Monoxide, pubmed-meshheading:12446283-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:12446283-Endothelium, Vascular, pubmed-meshheading:12446283-Heme, pubmed-meshheading:12446283-Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing), pubmed-meshheading:12446283-Heme Oxygenase-1, pubmed-meshheading:12446283-Lysine, pubmed-meshheading:12446283-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12446283-Nitric Oxide Donors, pubmed-meshheading:12446283-Nitric Oxide Synthase, pubmed-meshheading:12446283-Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III, pubmed-meshheading:12446283-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:12446283-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:12446283-Splanchnic Circulation, pubmed-meshheading:12446283-Vasodilation, pubmed-meshheading:12446283-Vasodilator Agents
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Endogenous carbon monoxide is an endothelial-derived vasodilator factor in the mesenteric circulation.
pubmed:affiliation
Vascular Physiology Group, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of New Mexico Health Science Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131-5218, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't