title: Mechanism of inhibitory action of ethanol on endothelium-dependent relaxation in rat aorta.
abstract: Using isolated rat aortic strips, we investigated the inhibitory effect of ethanol on endothelium-dependent relaxation induced by acetylcholine, especially on that mediated by endothelium-derived relaxing factor. Ethanol depressed the relaxation induced by acetylcholine and inhibited the increase in the content of intravascular cyclic GMP induced by acetylcholine, but not that induced by sodium nitroprusside or calcimycin. Ethanol also inhibited the acetylcholine-induced relaxation resistant to nitro-L-arginine. These results suggest that ethanol can inhibit the cyclic GMP-dependent relaxation mediated by endothelium-derived relaxing factor. Furthermore, ethanol seems to depress the cyclic GMP-independent relaxation mechanism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hygiene, Hyogo College of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hatake
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Wakabayashi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hishida
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D001120:Arginine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D000001:Calcimycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000378:metabolism; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009126:Muscle Relaxation / Q000187:drug effects; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000502:physiology*; D019335:Nitroarginine; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D009599:Nitroprusside; D019335:Nitroarginine; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D000001:Calcimycin; D000431:Ethanol; D001120:Arginine; D006152:Cyclic GMP; D000109:Acetylcholine