Description
L-
NAME requires hydrolysis of the methyl ester by cellular esterases to become a fully functional inhibitor (L-
NNA). L-
NNA exhibits some selectivity for inhibition of neuronal and endothelial isoforms. It exhibits K
i values of 15 nM, 39 nM, and 4.4 μM for nNOS (bovine), eNOS (human), and iNOS (mouse), respectively. The reported K
i value for the inhibition of iNOS ranges from 4-
65 μM. L-
NAME inhibits cGMP formation in endothelial cells with an IC
50 of 3.1 μM (in the presence of 30 μM arginine) and reverses the vasodilation effects of acetylcholine in rat aorta rings with an EC
50 of 0.54 μM.
General Description
More soluble analog of arginine and a competitive, slowly reversible inhibitor of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (IC
50 = 500 nM). Causes a prolonged inhibition of acetylcholine-induced relaxation of rat aortic rings (IC
50 = 400 nM).
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