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1. The effects of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2, 0.1-1 mM) on the tone of the rings of rabbit aorta precontracted with phenylephrine (0.2-0.3 microM) were studied. 2. H2O2 induced a concentration-dependent relaxation of both the intact and endothelium-denuded rings. However, in the presence of intact endothelium, H2O2-induced responses were 2-3 fold larger than in its absence, demonstrating the existence of endothelium-independent and endothelium-dependent components of the vasorelaxant action of H2O2. 3. The endothelium-dependent component of H2O2-induced relaxation was prevented by NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME, 30 microM) or NG-monomethyl-L-arginine (300 microM), inhibitors of nitric oxide synthase (NOS), in a manner that was reversible by L-, but not by D-arginine (2mM). The inhibitors of NOS did not affect the responses of denuded rings. 4. Methylene blue (10 microM), an inhibitor of soluble guanylate cyclase, blocked H2O2-induced relaxation of both the intact and denuded rings. 5. H2O2 (1 mM) enhanced the efflux of cyclic GMP from both the endothelium-intact and denuded rings. The effect of H2O2 was 4 fold greater in the presence of intact endothelium and this endothelium-dependent component was abolished after the inhibition of NOS by L-NAME (30 microM). 6. In contrast to the effects of H2O2, the vasorelaxant action of stable organic peroxides, tert-butyl hydroperoxide or cumene hydroperoxide, did not have an endothelium-dependent component. Moreover, they did not potentiate the efflux of cyclic GMP from the rings of rabbit aorta. 7. Exogenous donors of NO, specifically, 3-morpholinosydnonimine (SIN-1), glyceryl trinitrate or sodium nitroprusside were used to decrease the tone of denuded rings to the level induced by endogenous NO released from intact endothelium. This procedure did not influence the vasorelaxant activity of H202, showing that H202 does not potentiate the vasorelaxant action of NO within the smooth muscle.8. Thus, H202-induced relaxation in the rabbit aorta has both endothelium-dependent and independent components. The endothelium-dependent component of the relaxant action of H202 is due to enhanced endothelial synthesis of NO.
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