Cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases (PDEs) regulate all pathways that use cGMP or cAMP as a second messenger. Five of the 11 PDE families have regulatory segments containing GAF domains, 3 of which are known to bind cGMP. In PDE2 binding of cGMP to the GAF domain causes an activation of the catalytic activity by a mechanism that apparently is shared even in the adenylyl cyclase of Anabaena, an...

Abstract The tendency of a psychostimulant to increase locomotion in rodents is considered be associated with its addictive properties. Mephedrone, one the most popular psychoactive substances used recreationally, known enhance locomotor activity mice, but little about potential development tolerance central effects. In present study, we decided evaluate possible involvement L-arginine-NO-cGMP ...

Objective(s): The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy and molecular mechanism of the effect of schisandrin b (SCHB) on treating erectile dysfunction (ED) in a rat model with bilateral cavernous crushing nerve injury. Materials and Methods: The ED rat model was established with bilateral cavernous nerve crushing, and then c...

Vendor evaluation, a part of the cGMP which is used to ensure procured products from vendors,are meeting their quality standards. To avoid procurement substandard vendors, it necessary qualify vendor / supplier can adverse effect on standards, regulatory requirements, and safety patients. The main objective this review paper provide an overall outline evaluation failure promote patient safety. ...

Guanosine 3'-5' cyclic monophosphate (cGMP) and adenosine 3'-5' cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) are important regulators of cell and tissue function. However, cGMP and cAMP transport have received relatively limited attention, especially in model organisms where such studies can be conducted in vivo. The Drosophila Malpighian (renal) tubule transports cGMP and cAMP and utilises these as signalling ...

In this study, the effect of cGMP on the dihydropyridine-sensitive (L-type) Ca2+ current was investigated using the whole cell version of the patch-clamp technique in rat pinealocytes. Dibutyryl-cGMP (1 x 10(-4) M) induced a pronounced inhibition of the L-type Ca2+ channel current. The dibutyryl-cGMP effect was concentration dependent. Elevation of cGMP by nitroprusside had a similar inhibitory...

The signaling pathway of nitric oxide (NO) depends mainly on guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP). Here we report the formation and chemical biology of a nitrated derivative of cGMP, 8-nitroguanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (8-nitro-cGMP), in NO-mediated signal transduction. Immunocytochemistry demonstrated marked 8-nitro-cGMP production in various cultured cells in an NO-dependent ma...

The amino acid sequences of all known cGMP-binding phosphodiesterases (PDEs) contain internally homologous repeats (a and b) that are 80-90 residues in length and are arranged in tandem within the putative cGMP-binding domains. In the bovine lung cGMP-binding, cGMP-specific PDE (cGB-PDE or PDE5A), these repeats span residues 228-311 (a) and 410-500 (b). An aspartic acid (residue 289 or 478) tha...

Objective(s): The present study was aimed to investigate the influence of thoracic epidural blockade on hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension in rats. Materials and Methods: Forty eight Wistar rats were randomly divided into 4 equal groups, named normoxia hypoxia hypoxia/ ropivacaine and hypoxia/saline. Animals were placed in a hypoxia chamber and instrumented with epidural catheters at the t...

The effects of extracellularly applied 3'-5' cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) on kainate responses from cultured cerebellar granule and Purkinje neurons were investigated using whole-cell and outside-out patch recording modes. Cerebellar granule cell responses to kainate were not homogeneous, nor were the effects of cGMP. Therefore, effects of cGMP are described for two groups of granule c...