PMID-sentid Pub_year Sent_text comp_official_name comp_offsetprotein_name organism prot_offset 33494625-0 2021 BH4 Increases nNOS Activity and Preserves Left Ventricular Function in Diabetes. sapropterin 0-3 nitric oxide synthase 1, neuronal Mus musculus 14-18 33494625-2 2021 Oxidation of the nitric oxide synthase (NOS) co-factor tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) and dysfunctional NOS activity have been implicated in the pathogenesis of the diabetic vascular and cardiomyopathic phenotype.Objective: Using mice models and human myocardial samples, we evaluated whether and by which mechanism increasing myocardial BH4 availability prevented or reversed LV dysfunction induced by diabetes. sapropterin 55-74 nitric oxide synthase 1, neuronal Mus musculus 17-38 33494625-2 2021 Oxidation of the nitric oxide synthase (NOS) co-factor tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) and dysfunctional NOS activity have been implicated in the pathogenesis of the diabetic vascular and cardiomyopathic phenotype.Objective: Using mice models and human myocardial samples, we evaluated whether and by which mechanism increasing myocardial BH4 availability prevented or reversed LV dysfunction induced by diabetes. sapropterin 76-79 nitric oxide synthase 1, neuronal Mus musculus 17-38 33494625-2 2021 Oxidation of the nitric oxide synthase (NOS) co-factor tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) and dysfunctional NOS activity have been implicated in the pathogenesis of the diabetic vascular and cardiomyopathic phenotype.Objective: Using mice models and human myocardial samples, we evaluated whether and by which mechanism increasing myocardial BH4 availability prevented or reversed LV dysfunction induced by diabetes. sapropterin 333-336 nitric oxide synthase 1, neuronal Mus musculus 17-38 33494625-5 2021 The protective effect of BH4 was abolished by CRISPR/Cas9-mediated knockout of neuronal NOS (nNOS) in mGCH1-Tg. sapropterin 25-28 nitric oxide synthase 1, neuronal Mus musculus 79-91 33494625-5 2021 The protective effect of BH4 was abolished by CRISPR/Cas9-mediated knockout of neuronal NOS (nNOS) in mGCH1-Tg. sapropterin 25-28 nitric oxide synthase 1, neuronal Mus musculus 93-97 33494625-8 2021 Conclusions: We uncovered a novel mechanism whereby myocardial BH4 prevents and reverses LV diastolic and systolic dysfunction associated with diabetes via a nNOS-mediated increase in non-insulin dependent myocardial glucose uptake and utilization. sapropterin 63-66 nitric oxide synthase 1, neuronal Mus musculus 158-162