ArticleAmerican journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology2016
MPST but not CSE is the primary regulator of hydrogen sulfide production and function in the coronary artery.
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- Novel Approaches to the Establishment of Local Microenvironment from Resorbable Biomaterials in the Brain In Vitro Models.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Mechanism-based and computational modeling of hydrogen sulfide biogenesis inhibition: interfacial inhibition.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Role of 3-Mercaptopyruvate Sulfurtransferase (3-MST) in Physiology and Disease.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Vasorelaxant Activity of AP39, a Mitochondria-Targeted HBiomolecules · 2022Article
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- The Potential of Hydrogen Sulfide Donors in Treating Cardiovascular Diseases.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
- Morbidly obese subjects show increased serum sulfide in proportion to fat mass.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2021Article
- Inhibition of HDAC6 Activity Protects Against Endothelial Dysfunction and AtherogenesisFrontiers in physiology · 2021Article
- Interaction among Hydrogen Sulfide and Other Gasotransmitters in Mammalian Physiology and Pathophysiology.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2021Review
- Protective Effects of Allicin on Acute Myocardial Infarction in RatsFrontiers in pharmacology · 2021Article
- Genome-Wide Association Study and Pathway Analysis for Heterophil/Lymphocyte (H/L) Ratio in Chicken.Genes · 2020Article
- Erucin exhibits vasorelaxing effects and antihypertensive activity by HBritish journal of pharmacology · 2020Article
- Hydrogen sulfide signaling in mitochondria and disease.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2019Review
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- Hydrogen Sulfide: Emerging Role in Bladder, Kidney, and Prostate Malignancies.Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity · 2019Review
- Hydrogen sulfide pathway and skeletal muscle: an introductory review.British journal of pharmacology · 2018Review
- Cardiovascular disease and resuscitated septic shock lead to the downregulation of the HIntensive care medicine experimental · 2017Article
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Abstract
Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) has emerged as an important gasotransmitter in the vasculature. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that H2S contributes to coronary vasoregulation and evaluated the physiological relevance of two sources of H2S, namely, cystathionine-γ-lyase (CSE) and 3-mercaptypyruvate sulfertransferase (MPST). MPST was detected in human coronary artery endothelial cells as well as rat and mouse coronary artery; CSE was not detected in the coronary vasculature. Rat coronary artery homogenates produced H2S through the MPST pathway but not the CSE pathway in vitro. In vivo coronary vasorelaxation response was similar in CSE knockout mice, wild-type mice (WT), and WT mice treated with the CSE inhibitor propargylglycine, suggesting that CSE-produced H2S does not have a significant role in coronary vasoregulation in vivo. Ex vivo, the MPST substrate 3-mercaptopyruvate (3-MP) and H2S donor sodium hydrosulfide (NaHS) elicited similar coronary vasoreactivity responses. Pyruvate did not have any effects on vasoreactivity. The vasoactive effect of H2S appeared to be nitric oxide (NO) dependent: H2S induced coronary vasoconstriction in the presence of NO and vasorelaxation in its absence. Maximal endothelial-dependent relaxation was intact after 3-MP and NaHS induced an increase in preconstriction tone, suggesting that endothelial NO synthase activity was not significantly inhibited. In vitro, H2S reacted with NO, which may, in part explain the vasoconstrictive effects of 3-MP and NaHS. Taken together, these data show that MPST rather than CSE generates H2S in coronary artery, mediating its effects through direct modulation of NO. This has important implications for H2S-based therapy in healthy and diseased coronary arteries.
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