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Conversely, insulin dependent ET-1 increase has also been described. This suggests a balance between the effect of vasodilators and constrictors on healthy endothelial cells. APPL1 is a mediator for insulin effect; increased expression of APPL1 results in NO production. On the contrary, APPL1 gene knockout mice showed increased ET 1 expression (Wang et al. 2011a). Thus obesity dependent vascular response difference may depend on ET-1 dominancy and lower NO availability (Tesauro and Cardillo 2011).
In healthy endothelial functions, vascular tone regulation is maintained fundamentally by NO but lack of NO bioavailability may cause endothelial dysfunction and atherosclerosis. COX-2 derived PGsmediated regulation can be important in vascular response (Flammer and Lüscher 2010a). However, the importance of EDHF increases while the size of vessels decreases in particular distal mesenteric arteries (Shimokawa et al. 1996). Furthermore PGI2 formed by the endothelial cells can inhibit their own secretion by an autocrine manner (Vischer et al.
However, the type of vessels, species, in vivo or in vitro conditions, presence or absence of NO and CO may affect H2S-dependent vasorelaxation mechanisms. While the response to H2S in bovine pulmonary artery is contraction (Li et al. 2009), low concentrations (3–30µM) of H2S reverse the vasodilatatory effect of beta adrenoreceptor agonists on precontracted rat aortic rings and inhibits cAMP accumulation (Lim et al. 2008). H2S can induce vascular smooth muscle contraction through decreasing NO availability by reacting with NO forming a nitrosothiol compound and through an inhibitory effect on eNOS (Skovgaard et al.