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    Activation and potentiation of the NO/cGMP pathway by N<sup>G</sup>‐hydroxyl‐<scp>L</scp>‐arginine in rabbit corpus cavernosum under normoxic and hypoxic conditions and ageing
    (Wiley, 2003) Javier Angulo; Pedro Cuevas; Argentina Fernández; Sonia Gabancho; A Allona; Antonio Martín‐Morales; Ignacio Moncada; Iñigo Sáenz de Tejada
    1 When nitric oxide synthase (NOS) produces NO from N(G)-hydroxy-L-arginine (OH-arginine) instead of L-arginine, the total requirement of molecular oxygen and NADPH to form NO is reduced. The aim of this work was to evaluate the effects of OH-arginine on the contractility of rabbit corpus cavernosum (RCC) and to compare the capacities of L-arginine and OH-arginine to enhance NO-mediated responses under normoxic and hypoxic conditions and in ageing, as models of defective NO production. 2 OH-arginine, but not L-arginine, was able to relax phenylephrine-contracted rabbit trabecular smooth muscle. OH-arginine-induced relaxation was inhibited by the NOS-inhibitor, L-NNA (300 microM), and by the guanylyl cyclase inhibitor, ODQ (20 microM), while it was not affected by the cytochrome P450 oxygenase inhibitor, miconazole (0.1 mM). Administration of OH-arginine, but not L-arginine, produced a significant increment of cGMP accumulation in RCC tissue. 3 Relaxation elicited by OH-arginine (300 microM) was still observed at low oxygen tension. The increase of cGMP levels induced by ACh (30 microM) in RCC was significantly enhanced by addition of OH-arginine (300 microM) in normoxic conditions, as well as under hypoxia, while L-arginine did not alter the effects of ACh on cGMP accumulation. 4 Endothelium-dependent and nitrergic nerve-mediated relaxations were both significantly reduced in RCC from aged animals (>20-months-old) when compared with young adult rabbits (5-months-old). Treatment with OH-arginine (300 microM) significantly potentiated endothelium-dependent and neurogenic relaxation in corpus cavernosum from aged rabbits, while L-arginine (300 microM) did not have significant effects. 5 Results show that OH-arginine promotes NO-mediated relaxation of RCC and potentiates the NO-mediated responses induced by stimulation of endogenous NO generation in hypoxic and aged tissues. We propose that the use of OH-arginine could be of interest in the treatment of erectile dysfunction, at least in those secondary to defective NO production.
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    The phosphodiesterase inhibitory selectivity and the in vitro and in vivo potency of the new PDE5 inhibitor vardenafil
    (Springer Nature, 2001) I Sáenz de Tejada; Javier Angulo; Pedro Cuevas; Aranzazu Fernández-Martínez; Ignacio Moncada; A Allona; Eva M Peñas- LLedó; HG Körschen; Ulrich Niewöhner; Helmut Haning