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Publication : Dimethylarginine dimethylaminohydrolase regulates nitric oxide synthesis: genetic and physiological evidence.

First Author  Dayoub H Year  2003
Journal  Circulation Volume  108
Issue  24 Pages  3042-7
PubMed ID  14638548 Mgi Jnum  J:104238
Mgi Id  MGI:3611550 Doi  10.1161/01.CIR.0000101924.04515.2E
Citation  Dayoub H, et al. (2003) Dimethylarginine dimethylaminohydrolase regulates nitric oxide synthesis: genetic and physiological evidence. Circulation 108(24):3042-7
abstractText  BACKGROUND: NO is a major regulator of cardiovascular physiology that reduces vascular and cardiac contractility. Accumulating evidence indicates that endogenous inhibitors may regulate NOS. The NOS inhibitors asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) and N-monomethylarginine are metabolized by the enzyme dimethylarginine dimethylaminohydrolase (DDAH). This study was designed to determine if increased expression of DDAH could reduce tissue and plasma levels of the NOS inhibitors and thereby increase NO synthesis. METHODS AND RESULTS: We used gene transfer and transgenic approaches to overexpress human DDAH I in vitro and in vivo. The overexpression of DDAH in cultured endothelial cells in vitro induced a 2-fold increase in NOS activity and NO production. In the hDDAH-1 transgenic mice, we observed approximately 2-fold increases in tissue NOS activity and urinary nitrogen oxides, associated with a 2-fold reduction in plasma ADMA. The systolic blood pressure of transgenic mice was 13 mm Hg lower than that of wild-type controls (P<0.05). The systemic vascular resistance and cardiac contractility were decreased in response to the increase in NO production. CONCLUSIONS: DDAH I overexpression increases NOS activity in vitro and in vivo. The hDDAH-1 transgenic animal exhibits a reduced systolic blood pressure, systemic vascular resistance, and cardiac stroke volume. This study provides compelling evidence that the elaboration and metabolism of endogenous ADMA plays an important role in regulation of NOS activity.
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