title: Ouabain enhances nitric oxide synthesis in rat vascular smooth muscle cells induced by interleukin-1 beta.
abstract: Incubation of cultured rat vascular smooth muscle cells with interleukin-1 beta caused a significant increase in the production of nitrite, a stable metabolite of nitric oxide (NO), in time- and dose-dependent manners. Addition of ouabain to the culture further enhanced interleukin-1 beta-induced nitrite production. Similarly, interleukin-1 beta produced a significant increase in the cellular level of guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate, and the increase was significantly enhanced by coincubation with ouabain. The calcium ionophore ionomycin also significantly enhanced interleukin-1 beta-induced nitrite generation. These findings indicate that ouabain enhances NO synthesis in vascular smooth muscle cells induced by interleukin-1 beta, presumably through an increase in intracellular calcium ion concentrations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi, Japan.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Furuhashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kanbe
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimada
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000378:metabolism; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015759:Ionomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D009573:Nitrites / Q000378:metabolism; D010042:Ouabain / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D007375:Interleukin-1; D009573:Nitrites; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D015759:Ionomycin; D010042:Ouabain; D006152:Cyclic GMP