title: [Changes in vasodilator responses of vascular smooth muscles and nitric oxide system in experimental diabetes mellitus].
abstract: The experimental data of endothelium-dependent and endothelium-independent responses of vascular smooth muscles of isolated preparations of the thoracic aorta of rats with experimental diabetes mellitus (streptozotocin-induced diabetes) and a control group of animals are presented in the article. It has been shown that at diabetes mellitus endothelium-dependent vasodilation was deteriorated to the most extent. It resulted from dysfunction of the endothelium due to a reduce in the synthesis of NO. This conclusion was based on the data of the parameters of the contents of steady metabolites of nitric oxide (NO2- and NO3-), as well as activities of inducible and constitutive NO-synthases (iNOS and cNOS) in heart, aorta, erythrocytes and blood plasma in diabetic and control animals.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D009566:Nitrates / Q000032:analysis; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000378:metabolism; D009573:Nitrites / Q000032:analysis; D051381:Rats; D011921:Rats, Inbred WKY; D014664:Vasodilation / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D009566:Nitrates; D009573:Nitrites; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase