Title : Nitrate-based vasodilators inhibit multiple vascular aldehyde dehydrogenases.

Pub. Date : 2005

PMID : 16244377






4 Functional Relationships(s)
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1 A commonly used NBV, glyceryl trinitrate (GTN) is bioactivated by mitochondrial, class 2 aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH2). Nitroglycerin aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 family member Rattus norvegicus
2 A commonly used NBV, glyceryl trinitrate (GTN) is bioactivated by mitochondrial, class 2 aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH2). Nitroglycerin aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 family member Rattus norvegicus
3 The GTN bioactivation step, however, inac-tivates ALDH2 and may alter the metabolism of these aldehydes. Nitroglycerin aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 family member Rattus norvegicus
4 GTN (1 microM) inhibited ALDH2 activity (55 +/- 6% of control) and ablated ALDH3 activity. Nitroglycerin aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 family member Rattus norvegicus