scholarly journals Cyclic ADP-ribose mediates nitric oxide-guanosine 3’,5’-cyclic monophosphate-induced isoflavone accumulation in soybean sprouts under UV-B radiation

Author(s):  
Caifeng Jiao ◽  
Runqiang Yang ◽  
Zhenxin Gu
Physiology ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 134-137
Author(s):  
HC Lee

Cyclic nucleotides are second messengers effecting changes mainly through protein phosphorylation. Cyclic ADP-ribose (cADPR), a newly discovered member, instead exerts its function through calcium mobilization. Increasing evidence suggests that cADPR may mediate the effects of nitric oxide on calcium, with guanosine 3', 5'-cyclic monophosphate serving as an intermediate.


1995 ◽  
Vol 268 (4) ◽  
pp. H1586-H1592 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Gao ◽  
H. Zhou ◽  
J. U. Raj

Endothelium-derived nitric oxide (EDNO) modulates fetal pulmonary vasoactivity. The role of EDNO in regulation of vasomotor tone in fetal pulmonary arteries vs. that in veins is not known. We have investigated the role of EDNO in the responses of pulmonary arteries and veins of full-term fetal lambs. Fourth-generation pulmonary arterial and venous rings were suspended in organ chambers filled with modified Krebs-Ringer bicarbonate solution (95% O2-5% CO2 at 37 degrees C), and their isometric force was measured. N omega-nitro-L-arginine had no effect on the resting tension of pulmonary arteries with endothelium but caused contraction of pulmonary veins with endothelium. The basal level of intracellular guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP) of pulmonary veins with endothelium was higher than that of arteries with endothelium. In pulmonary arteries, bradykinin, but not acetylcholine, induced endothelium-dependent relaxation and an increase in cGMP content. In pulmonary veins, acetylcholine, but not bradykinin, induced endothelium-dependent relaxation and an increase in cGMP content. Agonist-induced maximal relaxation and increases in cGMP content were smaller in pulmonary arteries than in veins. All these endothelium-dependent responses were abolished by N omega-nitro-L-arginine. In tissues without endothelium, nitric oxide induced significantly less relaxation and less increase in cGMP content in pulmonary arteries than in pulmonary veins. All vessels relaxed similarly to 8-bromoguanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate. Our data suggest that the role of EDNO in modulating tone differs between pulmonary arteries and veins in full-term fetal lambs.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


1997 ◽  
Vol 77 (4) ◽  
pp. 1133-1164 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. C. Lee

Cells possess various mechanisms for transducing external signals to intracellular responses. The discovery of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) as a messenger for mobilizing internal Ca2+ stores has centralized Ca2+ mobilization among signaling mechanisms. Results reviewed in this article establish that, in addition to IP3, the internal Ca2+ stores can be mobilized by at least two other molecules, cyclic ADP-ribose (cADPR) and nicotinic acid adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NAADP), via totally independent mechanisms. Cyclic ADP-ribose is a newly discovered cyclic nucleotide derived from NAD, but, unlike adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate, its main signaling function is modulation of Ca(2+)-induced Ca2+ release, a major mechanism of Ca2+ mobilization in addition to the IP3 pathway. Evidence shows that cADPR may in fact be responsible for mediating the Ca(2+)-mobilizing activity of the gaseous messenger nitric oxide. Cells responsive to cADPR are widespread and include species from plant to mammal, indicating the generality of cADPR as a signaling molecule. In addition to cADPR, NAADP, a metabolite of NADP, can also mobilize Ca2+ stores. The release mechanism and the stores on which NAADP acts are distinct from cADPR and IP3. Nicotinic acid adenine dinucleotide phosphate may play a role in generating Ca2+ oscillations, since liberation of NAADP in live cells by photolyzing its caged analog produces long lasting Ca2+ oscillations. These two new Ca2+ agonists are intimately related, since the same metabolic enzymes can, under appropriate conditions, synthesize either one, suggesting a unified mechanism may regulate both pathways. Elucidation of these two new Ca2+ mobilization pathways is likely to have an important impact on our understanding of cellular signaling mechanisms.


1996 ◽  
Vol 271 (6) ◽  
pp. L981-L986 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Holzmann ◽  
K. D. Bloch ◽  
L. S. Sanchez ◽  
G. Filippov ◽  
W. M. Zapol

Inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) causes selective pulmonary vasodilation and improves oxygenation in patients with the adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Approximately 30% of ARDS patients fail to respond to iNO. Because sepsis syndrome often accompanies a decreased response to iNO, we investigated NO responsiveness in isolated, perfused lungs from rats exposed to lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Eighteen hours after intraperitoneal injection of 0.5 mg/kg LPS, rat lungs were isolated, perfused, and preconstricted with U-46619. Ventilation with 0.4, 4, and 40 parts per million by volume NO vasodilated LPS-pretreated lungs 75, 47, and 42% less than control lungs (P < 0.01 value differs at each concentration). The diminished vasodilatory response to iNO was associated with decreased NO-stimulated guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP) release into the perfusate. Soluble guanylate cyclase activity did not differ in lung extracts from LPS-pretreated and control rats. LPS increased pulmonary cGMP-phosphodiesterase (PDE) activity by 40%. The PDE-sensitive cGMP analogue 8-bromoguanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate vasodilated lungs from LPS-pretreated rats less than lungs from control rats. In contrast, the PDE-insensitive 8-para-chlorophenylthioguanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate vasodilated lungs equally from both groups. After LPS challenge, the rat pulmonary vasculature becomes hyporesponsive to iNO. Hyporesponsiveness to iNO appears partly attributable to increased pulmonary cGMP-PDE activity.


1993 ◽  
Vol 265 (1) ◽  
pp. G189-G195 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Payne ◽  
P. Kubes

Recent data have demonstrated that inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis exacerbated the mucosal injury associated with reperfusion of the postischemic intestine. In this study, using a feline 1-h intestinal ischemia followed by reperfusion model, we tested the possibility that exogenous sources of nitric oxide may prevent the reperfusion-induced mucosal barrier disruption and examined the mechanisms involved. Mucosal barrier integrity was assessed by determining 51Cr-EDTA clearance from blood to lumen. Intestinal blood flow and resistance were also determined. Reperfusion after 1 h of ischemia significantly increased 51Cr-EDTA clearance (0.05 +/- 0.01 to 0.35 +/- 0.07 ml.min-1.100 g-1) and decreased intestinal blood flow by 50%. Exogenous sources of nitric oxide including SIN-1, CAS-754, and nitroprusside as well as exogenous L-arginine all reduced reperfusion-induced mucosal barrier dysfunction without improving intestinal blood flow. Inhibition of endogenous nitric oxide with NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester between 1 and 2 h of reperfusion further augmented the rise in mucosal permeability associated with ischemia-reperfusion. Addition of the permeable analogue of guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate, 8-bromoguanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate, improved reperfusion-induced intestinal blood flow significantly but did not provide protection against mucosal barrier disruption associated with the first hour of ischemia-reperfusion. Exogenous sources of nitric oxide can reduce reperfusion-induced mucosal barrier dysfunction independent of alterations in intestinal blood flow.


1991 ◽  
Vol 261 (6) ◽  
pp. H1740-H1745 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Toda ◽  
T. Okamura

In monkey and dog superficial temporal artery strips denuded of the endothelium, transmural electrical stimulation and nicotine produced a contraction that was abolished by phentolamine and potentiated by NG-nitro-L-arginine (L-NNA), a nitric oxide (NO) synthesis inhibitor. The potentiation was reversed by L-arginine but not by its D-enantiomer. The arteries treated with phentolamine and contracted with prostaglandin F2 alpha responded to the electrical stimulation and nicotine with relaxations that were abolished by tetrodotoxin and hexamethonium, respectively, and were markedly inhibited by L-NNA but not by D-NNA, atropine, and timolol. The L-NNA-induced inhibition was reversed by L-arginine. Nicotine increased the level of guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate in the monkey arteries; the increment was prevented by L-NNA. It is concluded that the monkey and dog temporal arterial tone appears to be reciprocally regulated by adrenergic vasoconstrictor and nonadrenergic noncholinergic vasodilator nerves. The neurogenic relaxation would be mediated by NO that is possibly released from the vasodilator nerve and transmits information to smooth muscle; therefore the nerve may be called "nitroxidergic."


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