British journal of pharmacology, 120(4), 695-701 (1997-02-01)
1. The nature and cellular mechanisms that are responsible for endothelium-dependent relaxations resistant to indomethacin and NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) were investigated in phenylephrine (PE) precontracted isolated carotid arteries from the rabbit. 2. In the presence of the cyclo-oxygenase inhibitor
Current protocols in chemical biology, 3(2), 65-79 (2011-05-01)
Protein fatty-acylation is the covalent addition of a lipid chain at specific amino acids. This modification changes the inherent hydrophobicity of a protein, often targeting it to cellular membrane compartments. Acylation may also regulate protein activity, stability, and protein-protein interactions.
Sphingosine-1-phosphate lyase deficient cells as a tool to study protein lipid interactions
American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, 288(1), H48-H54 (2004-09-04)
The endothelium plays an important role in maintaining vascular homeostasis by synthesizing and releasing several mediators of vasodilation, which include prostacyclin (PGI(2)), nitric oxide, and endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF). We have recently defined the role of nitric oxide and PGI(2)
The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics, 284(3), 966-973 (1998-03-13)
We characterized the inhibitory activity of several acetylenic and olefinic compounds on cytochrome P450 (CYP)-derived arachidonic acid omega-hydroxylation and epoxidation using rat renal cortical microsomes and recombinant CYP proteins. Among the acetylenic compounds, 6-(2-propargyloxyphenyl)hexanoic acid (PPOH) and N-methylsulfonyl-6-(2-propargyloxyphenyl)hexanamide were found