title: Vascular relaxation mediated by hydroxylamines and oximes: their conversion to nitrites and mechanism of endothelium dependent vascular relaxation.
abstract: Hydroxylamines (R-NHOH) and oximes (R = NOH) relax rat aortic rings independent of the presence of the endothelium. The relaxation is inhibited by methylene blue, an inhibitor of soluble guanylate cyclase and by hemoglobin, an inhibitor of the endothelium dependent relaxing factor (EDRF). Both the oximes and hydroxylamines generate NO/NO2- ions on treatment with iodine in glacial acetic acid. However, there is no correlation between relaxation and NO/NO2- formation. Compared to hydroxylamines, the oximes are less potent relaxing agents and not efficiently converted to NO/NO2- ions. We suggest that endothelium dependent relaxation is associated with a hydroxylamine like compound and is not directly related to NO.
authors.affiliation: Georgetown University Medical Center, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Washington DC 20007.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Ramwell
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000502:physiology; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000502:physiology; D006898:Hydroxylamines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008751:Methylene Blue / Q000494:pharmacology; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*; D009126:Muscle Relaxation / Q000187:drug effects*; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D010091:Oximes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D014665:Vasodilator Agents
chemical_list: D006454:Hemoglobins; D006898:Hydroxylamines; D010091:Oximes; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D008751:Methylene Blue