title: Endothelium-dependent contractions to NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester in the porcine isolated splenic artery are sensitive to cyclooxygenase and lipoxygenase inhibitors.
abstract: The nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME), produced large endothelium-dependent contractions in isolated segments of the porcine splenic artery, equivalent to approximately 30% of the maximum responses to 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT). These responses were inhibited by 1mM L-arginine, but not by either 1mM D-arginine or the superoxide anion scavenger, superoxide dismutase. However, L-NAME-induced contractions were markedly inhibited by the cyclooxygenase inhibitor, flurbiprofen, and the lipoxygenase inhibitor, 2,3,5-tri-methyl-6-(12-hydroxy-5,10-dodecadiynyl)1,4-benzoquinone (AA-861). The combined cyclooxygenase and lipoxygenase inhibitor 3-amino-1-[m-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-2-pyrazoline (BW-755C) abolished L-NAME-induced contractions. These findings suggest that suppression of endothelial nitric oxide synthase in the porcine isolated splenic artery results in activation of arachidonic metabolism and production of vasoconstrictor eicosanoids.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical School, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK.
authors.forename: T Y
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Lot
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stark
authors.forename: V G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D000594:Amino Acid Oxidoreductases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D000818:Animals; D001120:Arginine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D016859:Lipoxygenase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D013157:Splenic Artery / Q000187:drug effects; D013552:Swine; D014661:Vasoconstriction / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors; D016859:Lipoxygenase Inhibitors; D001120:Arginine; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D000594:Amino Acid Oxidoreductases; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester