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Nitric oxide and the heart: update on new paradigms.
Belge, C.; MASSION, Paul; Pelat, M. et al.
2005In Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1047, p. 173-82
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Keywords :
Electrophysiology; Heart Diseases/enzymology/etiology; Humans; Models, Biological; Myocardium/chemistry/enzymology; Nitric Oxide/physiology; Nitric Oxide Synthase/analysis/metabolism
Abstract :
[en] The role of nitric oxide (NO) as a regulator of cardiac contraction was suggested in the early nineties, but a consensual view of its main functions in cardiac physiology has only recently emerged with the help of experiments using genetic deletion or overexpression of the three nitric oxide synthase (NOS) isoforms in cardiomyocytes. Contrary to the effects of exogenous, pharmacologic NO donors, signaling by endogenous NO is restricted to intracellular effectors co-localized with NOS in specific subcellular compartments. This both ensures coordinate signaling by the three NOS isoforms on different aspects of the cardiomyocyte function and helps to reconcile previous apparently contradictory observations based on the use of non-isoform-specific NOS inhibitors. This review will emphasize the role of NOS on excitation-contraction coupling in the normal and diseased heart. Endothelial NOS and neuronal NOS contribute to maintain an adequate balance between adrenergic and vagal input to the myocardium and participate in the early and late phases of the Frank-Starling adaptation of the heart. At the early phases of cardiac diseases, inducible NOS reinforces these effects, which may become maladaptive as disease progresses.
Disciplines :
Anesthesia & intensive care
Author, co-author :
Belge, C.
MASSION, Paul ;  Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Soins intensifs
Pelat, M.
Balligand, J. L.
Language :
English
Title :
Nitric oxide and the heart: update on new paradigms.
Publication date :
2005
Journal title :
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
ISSN :
0077-8923
eISSN :
1749-6632
Publisher :
New York Academy of Sciences, New York, United States - New York
Volume :
1047
Pages :
173-82
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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