title: Effects of visnagin on cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases and their role in its inhibitory effects on vascular smooth muscle contraction.
abstract: 1. Visnagin relaxed aortae previously contracted by noradrenaline. This effect was unalterated by endothelium removal and potentiated, at high concentrations, by the previous incubation with sodium nitroprusside. 2. Visnagin weakly inhibited the hydrolytic activity of the cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase (PDE) isozymes (PDE5, PDE4, PDE3, cyclic GMP activated PDE2 and PDE1). 3. The present results indicate an involvement of PDE inhibition in the relaxant effect of visnagin at high concentration (>5x10(-5) M).
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, University of Granada, Spain. jmduarte@platon.ugr.es
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Duarte
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lugnier
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Torres
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pérez-Vizcaino
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zarzuelo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tamargo
mesh_terms: D015105:3',5'-Cyclic-AMP Phosphodiesterases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D015106:3',5'-Cyclic-GMP Phosphodiesterases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D000818:Animals; D054677:Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases, Type 1; D005260:Female; D007666:Khellin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D010726:Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D014661:Vasoconstriction / Q000187:drug effects*; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D010726:Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D007666:Khellin; D015105:3',5'-Cyclic-AMP Phosphodiesterases; D054677:Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases, Type 1; D015106:3',5'-Cyclic-GMP Phosphodiesterases; C044999:visnagin