The insulin-induced increase of guanosine-3',5'-cyclic monophosphate in human platelets is mediated by nitric oxide.
Diabetes
; 45(6): 768-70, 1996 Jun.
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ABSTRACT
To investigate whether the insulin-induced increase of guanosine-3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP) in human platelets is mediated by nitric oxide or is influenced by the nitric oxide precursor L-arginine, we measured cGMP in platelet-rich plasma obtained from healthy volunteers incubated for 3 min with human recombinant insulin (0, 240, 480, 960, and 1,920 pmol/l) both with and without 1) a 20-min incubation with the nitric oxide-synthase inhibitor N(G)-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA) (50, 70, 100, and 1,000 micromol/l; n = 5 for each dose) and 2) a 20-min incubation with the nitric oxide precursor L-arginine (300 micromol/l; n = 6). In a first set of experiments, insulin induced a dose-dependent cGMP increase, from 9.8 +/- 0.8 to 45.6 +/- 5.5 pmol/10(9) platelets (P = 0.0001); in the presence of 1 mmol/l L-NMMA, this increase was blunted, cGMP being 8.9 +/- 1.4 and 11.1 +/- 2.2 pmol/10(9) platelets at 0 and 1,920 pmol/l insulin, respectively (NS). In the experiments with 70 and 100 micromol/l L-NMMA, the insulin effect on cGMP was inhibited, whereas 50 micromol/l L-NMMA did not blunt this insulin effect. In another set of experiments carried out to investigate the effects of L-arginine, insulin induced a dose-dependent cGMP increase, from 23.6 +/- 6.9 to 59.0 +/- 12.0 pmol/10(9) platelets (P = 0.0001); with L-arginine, basal cGMP values increased to 35.5 +/- 6.6 pmol/10(9) platelets (P = 0.05), and insulin maintained its ability to enhance dose-dependently cGMP values, which rose to 76.8 +/- 19.4 pmol/10(9) platelets (P = 0.003). This study carried out in human platelets demonstrates that the cGMP increase induced by insulin, which accounts for the antiaggregating effect of the hormone, is mediated by nitric oxide.
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Assunto principal:
Arginina
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Plaquetas
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GMP Cíclico
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Inibidores Enzimáticos
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Insulina
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Óxido Nítrico
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Diabetes
Ano de publicação:
1996
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Itália