Effect of tyrosine kinase inhibitors on the l-NA-induced increase in tone of rabbit aortic rings. Rabbit aortic rings were precontracted to ≈25% of the maximal phenylephrine-induced tone with PGF2α (open bars). Once a stable contraction had been achieved, 100 μM l-NA was applied (hatched bars). Experiments were performed in the absence and presence of 30 μM erbstatin A (A), 5 μM herbimycin A (B), and 100 μM genistein (C). Data are presented as the mean ± SEM of seven separate experiments. ∗, P < 0.05; ∗∗, P < 0.01.