Search results for "Nitric Oxide"

Nitrate and nitrite in the diet: How to assess their benefit and risk for human health

2015

Nitrate is a natural constituent of the human diet and an approved food additive. It can be partially converted to nitrogen monoxide, which induces vasodilation and thereby decreases blood pressure. This effect is associated with a reduced risk regarding cardiovascular disease, myocardial infarction, and stroke. Moreover, dietary nitrate has been associated with beneficial effects in patients with gastric ulcer, renal failure, or metabolic syndrome. Recent studies indicate that such beneficial health effects due to dietary nitrate may be achievable at intake levels resulting from the daily consumption of nitrate-rich vegetables. N-nitroso compounds are endogenously formed in humans. However…

Slāpekļa oksīda metabolītu koncentrācija pacientiem ar 1.tipa cukura diabētu

2017

Pamatojums: pētījumos ar 1. tipa diabēta pacientiem tika konstatēta palielināta nitrīta koncentrācija plazmā. Literatūrā nav atrodami dati par nitrīta koncentrāciju 1. tipa diabēta pacientu siekalās. Mērķi: noteikt nitrīta koncentrāciju 1. tipa diabēta pacientu siekalās un tās korelāciju ar slāpekļa oksīda (NO), tā metabolītu nitrātjona (NO3) un nitrītjona (NO2) koncentrāciju asinīs, kā arī blakusslimībām un dzīvesveida faktoriem. Matriāli un metodes: pētījumam tika uzaicināti 44 pacienti no LatDiane kohortas. Dati par diabēta anamnēzi, diētu, fizisko aktivitāti un citiem dzīvesveida faktoriem tika savākti ar anketas palīdzību. 5 ml siekalu tika savākti turpmākai NO2 koncentrācijas analīzei…

Effects of nitric oxide and cGMP-active compounds on neuronal activity of substantia nigra pars reticulata: a rat in vivo study

2009

Protein tyrosine nitration and thiol oxidation by peroxynitrite-strategies to prevent these oxidative modifications.

2013

The reaction product of nitric oxide and superoxide, peroxynitrite, is a potent biological oxidant. The most important oxidative protein modifications described for peroxynitrite are cysteine-thiol oxidation and tyrosine nitration. We have previously demonstrated that intrinsic heme-thiolate (P450)-dependent enzymatic catalysis increases the nitration of tyrosine 430 in prostacyclin synthase and results in loss of activity which contributes to endothelial dysfunction. We here report the sensitive peroxynitrite-dependent nitration of an over-expressed and partially purified human prostacyclin synthase (3.3 μM) with an EC50 value of 5 μM. Microsomal thiols in these preparations effectively co…

Ultraviolet A1 radiation induces nitric oxide synthase-2 expression in human skin endothelial cells in the absence of proinflammatory cytokines.

2001

Skin exposure to ultraviolet radiation from sunlight causes erythema and edema formation as well as inflammatory responses. As some of these ultraviolet-induced effects are potentially mediated by nitric oxide synthases, we examined the role of cytokines and ultraviolet A 1 radiation (340–400 nm) on the expression of the nitric oxide synthase-2 in endothelia of normal human skin biopsies during short-term organ culture as well as expression and activity of the nitric oxide synthase-2 in in vitro cell cultures of human dermal endothelial cells. Both, cytokine challenge (interleukin-1β + tumor necrosis factor-α + interferon-γ) but also ultraviolet A 1 exposure (50 J per cm 2 ) in the absence …