Previous studies utilizing monoclonal antibodies directed against specific leukocyte-endothelial cell adhesion proteins have suggested that neutrophils mediate endothelial cell injury in a number of vascular beds after ischemia-reperfusion (I/R). In the present study, we investigated superior mesenteric artery (SMA) vascular reactivity to acetylcholine (ACh) and sodium nitroprusside (SNP) after...

Exercise can ameliorate vascular dysfunction in hypertension, but its underlying mechanism has not been explored thoroughly. We aimed to investigate whether the high-intensity exercise could enhance vasorelaxation mediated by insulin and insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) in hypertension. Sixteen-week-old spontaneously hypertensive rats were randomly divided into non-exercise sedentary (SHR) ...

Nicotinic acid, known as vitamin B(3), is an effective lipid lowering drug and intense cutaneous vasodilator. This study reports the effect of 2-(1-adamantylthio)nicotinic acid (6) and its amide 7 and nitrile analog 8 on phenylephrine-induced contraction of rat thoracic aorta as well as antioxidative activity. It was found that the tested thionicotinic acid analogs 6-8 exerted maximal vasorelax...

Congestive heart failure (HF) is characterized by inadequate nitric oxide (NO) production in the vasculature. Because NO is degraded by oxygen radicals, we hypothesized that NO is degraded faster in HF from inadequate peripheral arterial antioxidant reserves. HF was induced in male Sprague-Dawley rats by left coronary artery ligation. Vascular endothelial function was evaluated by measuring the...

Transient receptor potential canonical type 3 (TRPC3) channels are non-selective cation channels and regulate intracellular Ca2+ concentration. We examined the role of TRPC3 channels in agonist-, membrane depolarization (high K+)-, and mechanical (pressure)-induced vasoconstriction and vasorelaxation in mouse mesenteric arteries. Vasoconstriction and vasorelaxation of endothelial cells intact m...

The present study was designed to examine whether in the human artery, synthetic peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)-gamma agonists restore vasorelaxation as well as hyperpolarization via ATP-sensitive K+ channels impaired by the high concentration of D-glucose and whether the restoration may be mediated by the antioxidant capacity of these agents. The isometric force and membrane...

background: hypertension is considered an independent risk factor for cardiovascular mortality in diabetic patients. the present study was designed to determine the role of gamma amino butyric acid b (gabab) receptor and l-arginine (l-arg) in gaba-induced vasorelaxation in normal and streptozotocin-induced diabetic rat vessels. methods: diabetes was induced by a single i.p. injection of strepto...