title: Endothelium-dependent vasorelaxant effect of trilinolein: mediated by nitric oxide and cyclic GMP.
abstract: At concentrations ranged from 0.1 nM to 1 microM, trilinolein concentration-dependently relaxed the phenylephrine-induced constriction of isolated rat aorta. Concentration-response curves for the interaction between trilinolein and phenylephrine showed that trilinolein was unlikely a competitive antagonist of phenylephrine. The vasorelaxant effect of trilinolein was dependent on the presence of intact endothelium. Both NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester and methylene blue antagonized this vasorelaxant effect. L-arginine partially reversed the effect of L-NAME on trilinolein. Linoleic acid had no vasorelaxant effect. We concluded that trilinolein is an endothelium dependent vasorelaxant and the underlying mechanism could be a stimulation of the nitric oxide and cyclic GMP pathway.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Traditional Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: Y T
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000594:Amino Acid Oxidoreductases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D001120:Arginine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000502:physiology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000502:physiology*; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014664:Vasodilation / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D014280:Triglycerides; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D001120:Arginine; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D000594:Amino Acid Oxidoreductases; D006152:Cyclic GMP; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; C009564:trilinolein