title: The cytosol of N1E-115 neuroblastoma cells synthesizes an EDRF-like substance that relaxes rabbit aorta.
abstract: The cytosolic fraction of N1E-115 neuroblastoma cells catalysed the L-arginine- and NADPH-dependent formation of a substance that relaxed endothelium-denuded strips of rabbit aorta. Relaxations in response to this substance were enhanced in the presence of superoxide dismutase. N omega-Nitro-L-arginine and NG-monomethyl-L-arginine, two inhibitors of EDRF synthesis, markedly attenuated the relaxations. Hemoglobin, a scavenger of EDRF, and methylene blue, an inhibitor of soluble guanylate cyclase, completely abolished the relaxation to N1E-115 cytosol. In contrast, the cyclo-oxygenase inhibitor indomethacin did not alter the relaxations. These data demonstrate that the cytosol of a neuronally-derived cell line is able to synthesize a substance with pharmacological properties similar to EDRF.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Förstermann
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Gorsky
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Murad
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000187:drug effects; D001120:Arginine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D009126:Muscle Relaxation / Q000187:drug effects; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects*; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000378:metabolism*; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology; D019335:Nitroarginine; D011817:Rabbits; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000378:metabolism; D019323:omega-N-Methylarginine
chemical_list: D019335:Nitroarginine; D019323:omega-N-Methylarginine; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D001120:Arginine; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase