Gene/Protein Disease Symptom Drug Enzyme Compound
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Query: EC:4.6.1.2 (guanylate cyclase)
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Monocrotaline (MCT)-induced pulmonary hepertension (PH) is associated with impaired endothelium-dependent relaxation and increased activity of inducible NO-synthase (iNOS). To examine the role of iNOS in MCT-induced PH, we used iNOS inhibitor: aminoguanidine (AG). The PH was simulated with a subcutaneous injection of 60 mg/kg MCT to Wistar rats; control rats were injected with saline. Then each group was separated into 2 subgroups: the 1st one was given drinking water (MCT-C and C-C groups) whereas the 2nd one was given AG in drinking water (15 mg/(kg(-1) x day(-1)) (MCT-AG and C-AG groups). In 4 weeks, the perfusion pressure (PP) responses of isolated pulmonary arteries to acetylcholine (Ach) and activator of soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC), FPTO, were examined. In the MCT-C group, a decrease of relative PP to perfusion of 1 x 10(-8) M and 5 x 10(-8) M Ach and 1 x 10(-8) M FPTO was diminished. This reduction of relaxant responses in MCT-treated rats was prevented by AG treatment. The findings suggest that AG administration restores the impaired endothelium-dependent and sGC-dependent relaxation of the pulmonary artery at MCT-induced PH.
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PMID:[Effect of chronic administration of aminoguanidine on the reactivity of pulmonary vessels in rats with monocrotaline-induced pulmonary hypertension]. 1546 15

Although substance P (SP), a potent proinflammatory peptide, is involved in inflammation and immune responses, the effect of SP on the expression of macrophage inflammatory protein 3alpha[MIP-3alpha, chemokine C-C ligand 20 (CCL20)] in periodontal ligament (PDL) cells is unknown. Equally enigmatic is the link between SP, the stress protein heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1), and CCL20 production. We investigated whether SP induces the release of chemokine CCL20 from immortalized PDL (IPDL) cells, and further clarify SP-mediated pathways. We also examined the relationship between HO-1 and CCL20 by treating PDL cells with SP. Incubating IPDL cells with SP increased expression of CCL20 mRNA and CCL20 protein in a dose-time-dependent manner. Highly selective p38 and extracellular-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2) inhibitors abrogated SP-induced expression of CCL20 in IPDL cells. SP is also responsible for initiating phosphorylation of IkappaB, degradation of IkappaB and activation of nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB. SP induced expression of HO-1 in both a concentration- and time-dependent manner, and CCL20 reflected similar patterns. The inductive effects of SP on HO-1 and CCL20 were enhanced by HO-1 inducer hemin and the membrane-permeable guanosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cGMP) analogue 8-bromo-cGMP. Conversely, this pathway was inhibited by the HO-1 inhibitor zinc protoporphyrin IX (ZnPP IX) and the selective inhibitor of guanylate cyclase, 1H-(1,2,4)oxadiazole(4,3-a)quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ). We report herein the pathway that connects SP along with other modulators of neuroimmunoregulation to the induction of HO-1 and the inflammatory mediator macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)-3alpha/CCL20 in IPDL cells, which play an important role in the development of periodontitis or inflammation during orthodontic tooth movement.
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PMID:Substance P regulates macrophage inflammatory protein 3alpha/chemokine C-C ligand 20 (CCL20) with heme oxygenase-1 in human periodontal ligament cells. 1792 72