title: Effects of a new 12-lipoxygenase inhibitor, daphnodorin A, on angiotensin II-induced vascular contraction in hamster.
abstract: We studied whether lipoxygenase inhibition suppressed angiotensin II-induced vascular contraction. In the present study, we used a new 12-lipoxygenase inhibitor, daphnodorin A, and an analogue of daphnodorin A, daphnodorin B, which has no inhibitory effects on 12-lipoxygenase. Daphnodorin A at 30 microM and 100 microM significantly suppressed the contractile responses induced by angiotensin 11 (3 x 10(-8) M) in isolated hamster aorta, while daphnodorin B up to 100 microM did not affect the responses. These results suggest that daphnodorin A, but not daphnodorin B, may suppress angiotensin II-induced vascular contractile responses through the inhibition of 12-lipoxygenase.
mesh_terms: D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D001578:Benzopyrans / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006224:Cricetinae; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D016859:Lipoxygenase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology