Abstract
Nitric oxide (NO) acts as an autocrine- and paracrine-acting signaling autacoid that, among other functions, has been shown to regulate cardiac contractile responsiveness to beta-adrenergic and muscarinic cholinergic agonists. Nitric oxide (NO) is formed by the oxidation of one of two equivalent guanidino nitrogens in L-arginine by O2 to form NO and L-citrulline. This reaction is catalyzed by a family of enzymes termed NO synthases. Three distinct isoforms of NOS have been identified, each the product of a separate gene. Cellular constituents of cardiac muscle, including ventricular myocytes as well as microvascular endothelial cells, have been shown to express the "endothelial constitutive" isoform of NO synthase (ecNOS or NOS3) in vivo, and both cell types also express the NO synthase isoform induced by specific inflammatory cytokines (iNOS or NOS2) in vivo and in vitro. While NO-dependent intracellular signalling in cardiac myocytes clearly involves the activation of guanylate cyclase and downstream signalling by cGMP, there is accumulating evidence that non-cGMP-dependent regulatory signalling events are also initiated by NO. In addition, decreased contractile responsiveness of cardiac myocytes to beta-adrenergic agonists, ...Continue Reading
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