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  • Title: Comparison of the inhibitory potencies of N(G)-methyl-, N(G)-nitro- and N(G)-amino-L-arginine on EDRF function in the rat: evidence for continuous basal EDRF release.
    Author: Vargas HM, Cuevas JM, Ignarro LJ, Chaudhuri G.
    Journal: J Pharmacol Exp Ther; 1991 Jun; 257(3):1208-15. PubMed ID: 1646327.
    Abstract:
    The relative potencies of the argininolytic agents NG-methyl-L-arginine (L-NMA), NG-nitro-L-arginine (L-NNA) and NG-amino-L-arginine (L-NAA) were assayed by their inhibitory effect on both basal and stimulated release of endothelium-derived NO in vitro and in vivo. Basal NO release was indirectly assessed by the ability of the analogs to contract phenylephrine-preconstricted rat aortic rings and their ability to produce a hypertensive response in awake, unanesthetized normotensive rats. In aortic rings, the three analogs induced vasocontraction and inhibited the vasorelaxation mediated by ACh-stimulated endothelial NO release. In this latter assay, L-NNA was 30 times more potent than either L-NMA or L-NAA. In free-moving rats, the agents caused dose-dependent increases in arterial pressure due to the blockade of endogenous NO formation. Dose-response analysis indicated that L-NNA was 87 and 230 times more potent than L-NMA and L-NAA, respectively. Pretreatment with L-NNA was also found to selectively inhibit, but not abolish, the depressor effects of acetylcholine in unanesthetized and phenylephrine- or vasopressin-infused normotensive-pithed rats. These studies indicate that L-NNA is a potent antagonist of endothelium-derived relaxing factor formation in vitro and in vivo. The contractile and hypertensive effects of the argininolytic agents clearly demonstrates that a continuous basal release of endothelium-derived relaxing factor/NO occurs in both isolated vascular rings and whole animals.
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