FIG. 2.
Effects of organic nitrate treatment on endothelium-dependent and -independent vasodilation in diabetic rats. Vascular function was determined by isometric tension studies and relaxation in response to endothelium-dependent (ACh) (A) and endothelium-independent with requirement of bioactivation (GTN) (B) vasodilators. Data are shown for control (Ctr) (circles), diabetic (STZ) (squares), STZ+PETN (triangles), and STZ+ISMN (inverted triangles) animals. Data are the means ± SEM of 37–77 (ACh) and 40–88 (GTN) aortic rings from 10–22 animals per group. *P < 0.05 vs. control; #P < 0.05 vs. STZ.