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Vitae
Print version ISSN 0121-4004
Abstract
RINALDI, Gustavo J.; ROJANO, Benjamín; SCHINELLA, Guillermo and MOSCA, Susana M.. PARTICIPATION OF NO IN THE VASODILATORY ACTION OF ISOESPINTANOL. Vitae [online]. 2019, vol.26, n.2, pp.78-83. ISSN 0121-4004. https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.vitae.v26n2a03.
Background:
accumulating evidence suggests that natural compounds and specifically monoterpenes exert a vasodilator action.
Objective:
to investigate the vascular effects of isoespintanol (2-isopropil-3,6- dimetoxi-5-metilfenol, ISO) monoterpene isolated from the leaves of Oxandra cf xylopioides.
Methods:
thoracic aortic rings isolated from Wistar rats were contracted with KCl 80 mM and then relaxed by exposure to Ca2+-free solution in absence and in presence of ISO 0.6 μg/mL. The force/tissue ratio (F/W) and the time to obtain 50% of relaxation (T-50) were used to assess the maximal contractile response and the relaxation, respectively. To examine the participation of NO additional experiments were performed under inhibition of nitric oxide synthase with L-NAME (L-NG-Nitroarginine methyl ester).
Results:
ISO significantly decreased the F/W ratio (257 ± 19 vs. 360 ± 18) and did not change T-50. In presence of L-NAME the effects of ISO on contractile response was abolished.
Conclusions:
these results demonstrate that ISO exerts a vasodilator effect through NO-dependent pathways and suggest that an inhibition of calcium influx could be the involved mechanism.
Keywords : Isoespintanol; thoracic aorta; nitric oxide (NO).