title: Cardiovascular effects of L-arginine as physiological precursor of nitric oxide.
abstract: In this study the cardiovascular effects of L-arginine were investigated. Perfusion with sorbitol L-arginine 5% solution induced a significant decrease of the systolic blood pressure in the human arterial hypertension. The hypotensive effects of L-arginine are accompanied by an increase of the ventricular ejection fraction. In vitro, L-arginine as physiologic precursor of nitric oxide induced a smooth muscle relaxation more evident in the coronary vessels than in the thoracic aorta rings. Selective inhibition of NO-synthetise with L-NAME reduced the L-arginine vasodilation and intensified the vasoconstrictor effect of phenylephrine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, University of Medicine, Iaşi, Romania.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hăulică
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Coşovanu
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ungureanu
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zaharia
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bălţatu
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Boişteanu
mesh_terms: D000594:Amino Acid Oxidoreductases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000187:drug effects; D000818:Animals; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D001120:Arginine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D002320:Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena; D002319:Cardiovascular System / Q000187:drug effects*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D009569:Nitric Oxide; D001120:Arginine; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D000594:Amino Acid Oxidoreductases; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester