Adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate formation by preparations of rat liver soluble guanylate cyclase activated with nitric oxide, nitrosyI ferroheme, S-nitrosothiols, and other nitroso compounds

1980 ◽  
Vol 58 (12) ◽  
pp. 1446-1456 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. B. McNamara ◽  
P. J. Kadowitz ◽  
A. L. Hyman ◽  
L. J. Ignarro
Keyword(s):  
Nitric Oxide ◽  
Rat Liver ◽  
Guanylate Cyclase ◽  
Soluble Guanylate Cyclase ◽  
Nitroso Compounds

scholarly journals Measurement of nitric oxide synthase activity in sections of rat liver.

1995 ◽  
Vol 43 (12) ◽  
pp. 1229-1233 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Mehdizadeh ◽  
A O'Farrell ◽  
L Bitensky ◽  
J Weisz ◽  
J Alaghband-Zadeh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nitric Oxide ◽  
Nitric Oxide Synthase ◽  
Rat Liver ◽  
Guanylate Cyclase ◽  
Kupffer Cells ◽  
Soluble Guanylate Cyclase ◽  
Reaction Medium ◽  
Guanylate Cyclase Activity ◽  
Oxide Synthase ◽  
Nitric Oxide Synthase Activity

In the previous communication we described a histochemical method for measuring soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) activity in sections of rat liver. In theory, this method could be used to assess nitric oxide synthase (NOS) activity by the increased sGC activity induced by the additional presence of the substrates for NOS activity. We found that this was correct provided that the concentration of the colloid stabilizer in the reaction medium was decreased to just below the concentration required to fully stabilize the guanylate cyclase activity in the sections. This was related to the fact that the site of NOS activity was different from that of the sGC activity in the hepatocytes, so that the NO generated had to diffuse from the Kupffer cells to the hepatocytes as could occur only in partially unstabilized sections. Optimal concentrations of arginine and of NADPH have been determined for demonstrating NOS activity; the increased reaction was shown to be largely inhibited by methyl-arginine.

Nitric oxide-independent stimulation of soluble guanylate cyclase reduces organ damage in experimental low-renin and high-renin models

2010 ◽  
Vol 28 (8) ◽  
pp. 1666-1675 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuliya Sharkovska ◽  
Philipp Kalk ◽  
Bettina Lawrenz ◽  
Michael Godes ◽  
Linda Sarah Hoffmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nitric Oxide ◽  
Guanylate Cyclase ◽  
Soluble Guanylate Cyclase ◽  
Organ Damage ◽  
Stimulation Of

YC-1, a nitric oxide-independent activator of soluble guanylate cyclase, inhibits platelet-rich thrombosis in mice

1997 ◽  
Vol 320 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 161-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Che-Ming Teng ◽  
Chin-Chung Wu ◽  
Feng-Nien Ko ◽  
Fang-Yu Lee ◽  
Sheng-Chu Kuo
Keyword(s):  
Nitric Oxide ◽  
Guanylate Cyclase ◽  
Soluble Guanylate Cyclase

O14. Functional knockout of the soluble guanylate cyclase alpha 1 subunit leads to gender-specific hypertension while retaining sensitivity to nitric oxide

Nitric Oxide ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 4-5
Author(s):  
Patrick Yves Sips ◽  
Emmanuel Buys ◽  
Elke Rogge ◽  
Sofie Nimmegeers ◽  
Mieke Dewerchin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nitric Oxide ◽  
Guanylate Cyclase ◽  
Soluble Guanylate Cyclase ◽  
Gender Specific

scholarly journals Differential synergy with nitric oxide across a panel of soluble guanylate cyclase stimulators

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (S1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimberly Long ◽  
Kim Tang ◽  
Renee Sarno ◽  
Rob Solinga ◽  
Jaime Masferrer
Keyword(s):  
Nitric Oxide ◽  
Guanylate Cyclase ◽  
Soluble Guanylate Cyclase

scholarly journals Butyl Isocyanide as a Probe of the Activation Mechanism of Soluble Guanylate Cyclase

2007 ◽  
Vol 282 (49) ◽  
pp. 35741-35748 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily R. Derbyshire ◽  
Michael A. Marletta
Keyword(s):  
Nitric Oxide ◽  
Binding Site ◽  
Guanylate Cyclase ◽  
Electronic Absorption ◽  
Soluble Guanylate Cyclase ◽  
Activation Mechanism ◽  
Activation Process ◽  
Absorbance Maximum ◽  
No Activation ◽  
Allosteric Activator

Nitric oxide (NO) is a physiologically relevant activator of the hemoprotein soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC). In the presence of NO, sGC is activated several hundredfold above the basal level by a mechanism that remains to be elucidated. The heme ligand n-butyl isocyanide (BIC) was used to probe the mechanism of NO activation of sGC. Electronic absorption spectroscopy was used to show that BIC binds to the sGC heme, forming a 6-coordinate complex with an absorbance maximum at 429 nm. BIC activates sGC 2-5-fold, and synergizes with the allosteric activator YC-1, to activate the enzyme 15-25-fold. YC-1 activates the sGC-BIC complex, and leads to an increase in both the Vmax and Km. BIC was also used to probe the mechanism of NO activation. The activity of the sGC-BIC complex increases 15-fold in the presence of NO, without displacing BIC at the heme, which is consistent with previous reports that proposed the involvement of a non-heme NO binding site in the activation process.

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