title: Nitric oxide regulates angiotensin-I converting enzyme under static conditions but not under shear stress.
abstract: Mechanical forces including pressure and shear stress play an important role in vascular homeostasis via the control of the production and release of a variety of vasoactive factors. An increase in vascular shear stress is accompanied by nitric oxide (NO) release and NO synthase activation. Previously, we have demonstrated that shear stress induces angiotensin-I converting enzyme (ACE) down-regulation in vivo and in vitro. In the present study, we determined whether NO participates in the shear stress-induced ACE suppression response. Rabbit aortic endothelial cells were evaluated using the NO synthase inhibitor L-NAME, and two NO donors, diethylamine NONOate (DEA/NO) and sodium nitroprusside (SNP). Under static conditions, incubation of endothelial cells with 1 mM L-NAME for 18 h increased ACE activity by 27% (from 1.000 +/- 0.090 to 1.272 +/- 0.182) while DEA/NO and SNP (0.1, 0.5 and 1 mM) caused no change in ACE activity. Interestingly, ACE activity was down-regulated similarly in the presence or absence of L-NAME (delta(0 mM) = 0.26 0.055, delta(0.1 mM) = 0.21 +/- 0.22, delta(1 mM) = 0.36 +/- 0.13) upon 18 h shear stress activation (from static to 15 dyn/cm2 ). Taken together, these results indicate that NO can participate in the maintenance of basal ACE levels in the static condition but NO is not associated with the shear stress-induced inactivation of ACE.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Genética e Cardiologia Molecular, Instituto do Coração (InCor), Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Pertrini
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Miyakawa
authors.forename: F R M
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Laurindo
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Krieger
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000166:cytology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D015536:Down-Regulation; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000201:enzymology; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D018056:Hemorheology; D006834:Hydrazines / Q000494:pharmacology; D008156:Luciferases / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester / Q000494:pharmacology; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000502:physiology*; D020030:Nitric Oxide Donors / Q000494:pharmacology; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D009589:Nitrogen Oxides; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000494:pharmacology; D007703:Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D011817:Rabbits; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D006834:Hydrazines; D020030:Nitric Oxide Donors; D009589:Nitrogen Oxides; D009599:Nitroprusside; D009569:Nitric Oxide; C084012:1,1-diethyl-2-hydroxy-2-nitrosohydrazine; D008156:Luciferases; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D007703:Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester