title: [Transition metals and nitric oxide production in human endothelial cells].
abstract: The bioavailability of endothelial nitric oxide (NO) is regulated by transition metals but their mechanisms of action on NO synthesis and degradation are not clearly understood. Using differential pulse amperometry and NO microelectrodes, local NO concentration was measured at the surface of cultured human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) stimulated by histamine or thrombin in the presence of transition metal chelators. The agonist-activated NO release required both extracellular Ca2+ and transition metals. In the presence of 1 mM external Ca2+, a low concentration of EGTA (5 microM) inhibited by 40% the NO release from stimulated HUVECs. In the presence of extracellular L-arginine, the inhibitory effect of EGTA was even more marked and, in its absence, it was suppressed by adding exogenous superoxide dismutase. The decrease in NO release induced by the copper chelators, cuprizone and DETC, suggests that extracellular traces of Cu2+ could regulate NO availability.
authors.affiliation: Département de pharmacologie, UMR 8604, faculté de médecine Necker, université René-Descartes, 156, rue de Vaugirard, 75015 Paris, France. david@necker.fr
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: David-Dufilho
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Privat
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brunet
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Richard
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Devynck
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Devynck
mesh_terms: D001120:Arginine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002614:Chelating Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D003471:Cuprizone / Q000494:pharmacology; D004533:Egtazic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D005029:Ethylenediamines / Q000494:pharmacology; D006632:Histamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D008670:Metals / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism; D013917:Thrombin / Q000494:pharmacology; D014471:Umbilical Veins
chemical_list: D002614:Chelating Agents; D005029:Ethylenediamines; D008670:Metals; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D004533:Egtazic Acid; D003471:Cuprizone; D006632:Histamine; D001120:Arginine; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D013917:Thrombin; C044387:N,N,N',N'-tetrakis(2-pyridylmethyl)ethylenediamine; D002118:Calcium
vernacular_title: Métaux de transition et production de monoxyde d'azote par les cellules endothéliales humaines.