2001
Heat Shock Protein 90 Mediates the Balance of Nitric Oxide and Superoxide Anion from Endothelial Nitric-oxide Synthase*
Pritchard K, Ackerman A, Gross E, Stepp D, Shi Y, Fontana J, Baker J, Sessa W. Heat Shock Protein 90 Mediates the Balance of Nitric Oxide and Superoxide Anion from Endothelial Nitric-oxide Synthase*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2001, 276: 17621-17624. PMID: 11278264, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.c100084200.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEndothelial nitric oxide synthaseBovine coronary endothelial cellsNitric oxide synthaseHeat shock protein 90Shock protein 90Nitric oxidePhospho-eNOS levelsCoronary endothelial cellsProtein 90ENOS activityAssociation of hsp90Calcium ionophoreEndothelial cellsNitrite productionVascular biologySuperoxide anionAssociationPretreatmentHsp90Synthase
1991
The Biosynthesis of Endothelium-Derived Relaxing Factor by Endothelial Cells as a Means of Removing Excess Nitrogen
Hecker M, Sessa W, Mitchell J, Änggård E, Vane J. The Biosynthesis of Endothelium-Derived Relaxing Factor by Endothelial Cells as a Means of Removing Excess Nitrogen. Journal Of Cardiovascular Pharmacology 1991, 17: s19-s24. DOI: 10.1097/00005344-199117003-00005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCultured endothelial cellsBiosynthesis of EDRFRelease of EDRFEndothelial cellsNitric oxideKrebs solutionComplete urea cycleImportant regulatory factorCellular regulationExcess nitrogenVariety of cellsRegulatory factorsBiosynthesisPhysiologic buffer solutionFlow-induced releaseRelaxing factorsCytotoxic macrophagesIntracellular sourcesBrain synaptosomesEDRF biosynthesisEDRFIntracellular concentrationTransient riseCalcium ionophoreGln