title: [Effect of enalapril on nitric oxide synthesis, oxidative metabolism, and vascular tone in aging rats].
abstract: Endothelium-dependent and endothelium-independent reactions of relaxations of vascular smooth muscle (VSM) were examined in the aorta preparations of the two groups (6-8 and 21-22 month). The studies also two NO synthase (NOS) isoform activity--inducible (iNOS) and constitutive (cNOS), activity of arginase and nitrate reductase and the content of high-molecular nitrosothiols (HMNT) and low-molecular nitrosothiols (LMNT) and stable metabolites of NO (NO(-)2, NO(-)3). Aging rats demonstrated only endothelium-dependent responses of VSM to acethylcholine lowering. This endothelial dysfunction depend on high activity of arginase, iNOS and salvage (by nitrate reductase) NO synthesis, both reactive oxigen species (ROS) (by xanthine oxidase) and peroxynitrite generation, as well as low activity of constitutive (eNOS, nNOS) NO synthesis. Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (enalapril) administration (20 mg/kg, 30 or 55 days) up regalate constitutive NO synthesis by arginase, iNOS, nitrate reductase activity and ROS and peroxynitrite generation inhibition thus restore endothelium-dependent relaxations of VSM in aging rats. The result obtained suggest a new roles for the renin-angiotensin system in vascular tone regulation. Thus enalapril might serve as a novel tool to prevent aging-associated endothelial dysfunction.
authors: V F
authors: VF
authors: Sahach
authors: O V
authors: OV
authors: Baziliuk
authors: L H
authors: LH
authors: Stepanenko
authors: Iu P
authors: IuP
authors: Korkach
authors: A V
authors: AV
authors: Kotsiuruba
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D004656:Enalapril / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D009129:Muscle Tonus / Q000187:drug effects*; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D004656:Enalapril