The furoxan nitric oxide donor, PRG150, evokes dose-dependent analgesia in a rat model of painful diabetic neuropathy.

Painful diabetic neuropathy (PDN) is a type of peripheral neuropathic pain that is often intractable. Elevated nitric oxide (NO) from neuronal and non-neuronal sources in the somatosensory system is implicated in the pathobiology of peripheral neuropathic pain. However, in diabetes, nitrergic nerve degeneration to deplete NO bioactivity appears causal in the pathogenesis of irreversible autonomic neuropathy, another long term complication of diabetes.

S-nitrosocaptopril: acute in-vivo pulmonary vasodepressor effects in pulmonary hypertensive rats.

The effects of S-nitrosocaptopril (SNOcap), administered either intravenously or by oral gavage, on pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) were examined in anaesthetised normotensive rats and rats with hypoxic pulmonary hypertension (10% oxygen for 1 week). Mean PAP (MPAP) values in hypoxic and normoxic rats were (mmHg) 26 +/- 1.7 and 15 +/- 1.

S-nitrosocaptopril: in vitro characterization of pulmonary vascular effects in rats.

(1) On rat isolated pulmonary arteries, vasorelaxation by S-nitrosocaptopril (SNOcap) was compared with S-nitrosoglutathione (GSNO) and nitroprusside, and inhibition by SNOcap of contractions to angiotensin I was compared with the angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor, captopril. (2) SNOcap was equipotent as a vasorelaxant on main (i.d.