In guinea pig taenia coli, the nitric oxide (NO) donor sodium nitroprusside (SNP, 1 microM) reduced the carbachol-stimulated increases in muscle force in parallel with a decrease in intracellular Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)). A decrease in the myosin light chain phosphorylation was also observed that was closely correlated with the decrease in [Ca(2+)](i). With the patch-clamp technique, ...

OBJECTIVE Endothelial dysfunction has been hypothesized as a possible pathogenic factor in the development of diabetic retinopathy (DR). We examined the relationship of DR to endothelium-dependent and endothelium-independent responses in skin microvascular flow. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Participants consisted of 224 individuals with diabetes: 85 with type 1 diabetes and 139 with type 2 dia...

UNLABELLED The clinical use of Sodium nitroprusside (SNP) may be associated with an alteration of platelet function. The main focus of this study was the effect of SNP on platelet aggregation in the absence or presence of endothelial cells. METHODS Platelets were incubated with different concentrations of SNP with and without endothelial cells. Platelet aggregation was induced by ADP. RESUL...

Vasodilators usually decrease arterial PO2 in patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) because of alteration in ventilation-perfusion (Va/Q) relationships. The effects of sodium nitroprusside (SNP) and urapidil (U), a new selective alpha 1-receptor antagonist, were investigated in seven patients with CHF. The distribution of ventilation and perfusion was examined using the multiple gas elim...

The lymphocytic growth hormone (GH) and nitric oxide (NO) levels were studied among three different age groups of cattle viz. cyclic adult cows (3-8 years of age), young female calves (2 weeks old) and growing female calves (6 months old). The effects of leptin, sodium nitroprusside (SNP) and N-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) on the secretion of lymphocytic GH and NO were also studied. L...

Nitric Oxide (NO) is a bioactive signaling molecule that mediates a variety of biotic and abiotic stresses. The present study investigated the role of NO (as SNP [sodium nitroprusside]) in ameliorating lead (Pb)-toxicity in Triticum aestivum (wheat) roots. Pb (50 and 250 μM) alone and in combination with SNP (100 μM) was given to hydroponically grown wheat roots for a period of 0-8 h. NO supple...

Larix olgensis Henry is an important coniferous species found in plantation forests in northeastern China, but it is vulnerable to pathogens. Nitric oxide (NO) is an important molecule involved in plant resistance to pathogens. To study the regulatory role of NO at the transcriptional level, we characterized the transcriptomic response of L. olgensis seedlings to sodium nitroprusside (SNP, NO d...

Responses to acetylcholine (ACh) and sodium nitroprusside (SNP) were compared in large (LPA) and small pulmonary artery (SPA) rings from normoxic and chronically hypoxic (CH) rats. In addition, the effects of a selective phosphodiesterase (PDE) 5 inhibitor, E-4021, on ACh-induced relaxation were evaluated. Chronic hypoxia markedly decreased both ACh- and SNP-induced relaxations in LPA but not i...

The goal of hyptensive anesthesia is the safe reduction of intraoperative blood loss, thus reducing transfusion risks.  Previous hypotensive technics had a narrow margin of safety in that cardiac output was usually reduced in proportion to the degree of induced hypotension. This is in contrast to the results of our study, in which Sodium Nitroprusside was used as the sole hypotensive agent. Ni...

Arsenic (As) contaminated food chains have emerged as a serious public concern for humans and animals are known to affect the cultivation of edible crops throughout world. Therefore, present study was designed investigate individual well combined effects exogenous silicon (Si) sodium nitroprusside (SNP), nitric oxide (NO) donor, on plant growth, metabolites, antioxidant defense systems radish (...