Protein Information

Name catalase
Synonyms CAT; Catalase; Erythrocyte derived growth promoting factor; Carnitine O acetyltransferase; Carnitine acetylase; Carnitine acetyltransferase; CAT; Catalases…

Compound Information

Name 4-aminopyridine
CAS 4-pyridinamine

Reference List

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11313447 Alcon S, Morales S, Camello PJ, Hemming JM, Jennings L, Mawe GM, Pozo MJ: A redox-based mechanism for the contractile and relaxing effects of NO in the guinea-pig gall bladder. J Physiol. 2001 May 1;532(Pt 3):793-810.

The relaxations induced by either SIN-1 alone or SIN-1 in the presence of SOD were strengthened by catalase (1000 U ml (-1)) and abolished by ODQ pretreatment.
These relaxations were sensitive to the guanylyl cyclase inhibitor 1H-[1,2,4] oxidiazolo [4,3-a] quinoxaline-1-one (ODQ, 2 microM) but they were not altered by treatment with the potassium channel blockers tetraethylammoniun (TEA, 5 mM) and 4-aminopyridine (4-AP, 5 mM).
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14976323 Erdos B, Simandle SA, Snipes JA, Miller AW, Busija DW: Potassium channel dysfunction in cerebral arteries of insulin-resistant rats is mediated by reactive oxygen species. Stroke. 2004 Apr;35(4):964-9. Epub 2004 Feb 19.

Blockade of the K (ir) and K (v) channels with Ba2+ and 4-aminopyridine, respectively, constricted the MCAs in both experimental groups with no significant difference.
Pretreatment of arteries with superoxide dismutase (200 U/mL) plus catalase (150 U/mL) restored the dilatory responses to iloprost and pinacidil in the IR arteries.
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14597598 Ellis A, Pannirselvam M, Anderson TJ, Triggle CR: Catalase has negligible inhibitory effects on endothelium-dependent relaxations in mouse isolated aorta and small mesenteric artery. Br J Pharmacol. 2003 Dec;140(7):1193-200. Epub 2003 Nov 3.

H2O2-induced relaxations were endothelium-independent and were not affected by ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA 0.067 mM), 4-aminopyridine (1 mM), ouabain (100 microM) and barium (30 microM), 3-AT or Indo. 6.
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19917063 Appiah I, Milovanovic S, Radojicic R, Nikolic-Kokic A, Orescanin-Dusic Z, Slavic M, Trbojevic S, Skrbic R, Spasic MB, Blagojevic D: Hydrogen peroxide affects contractile activity and anti-oxidant enzymes in rat uterus. Br J Pharmacol. 2009 Dec;158(8):1932-41. Epub .

Anti-oxidative enzyme activities (manganese superoxide dismutase-MnSOD, copper-zinc superoxide dismutase-CuZnSOD, catalase-CAT, glutathione peroxidase-GSHPx and glutathione reductase-GR) in H (2) O (2)-treated uteri were compared with those in uteri immediately frozen after isolation or undergoing spontaneous or Ca (2+)-induced contractions, without treatment with H (2) O (2).
The effect of inhibitors (propranolol, methylene blue, L-NAME, tetraethylamonium, glibenclamide and 4-aminopyridine) on H (2) O (2)-mediated relaxation was explored.
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18001279 Melis M, Enrico P, Peana AT, Diana M: Acetaldehyde mediates alcohol activation of the mesolimbic dopamine system. Eur J Neurosci. 2007 Nov;26(10):2824-33.


EtOH-stimulating properties on DA neurons are prevented by pharmacological blockade of local catalase, the main metabolic step for biotransformation of EtOH into ACD in the central nervous system.
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10658046 Janssen LJ, Netherton SJ, Walters DK: Ca (2+)-dependent K (+) channels and Na (+)-K (+)-ATPase mediate H (2) O (2)- and superoxide-induced relaxations in canine trachealis. J Appl Physiol. 2000 Feb;88(2):745-52.

These relaxations were eliminated by catalase but were much less sensitive to the hydroxyl radical scavenger dimethylthiourea, indicating they were mediated primarily by peroxide.
These relaxations were decreased in magnitude and/or slowed by nifedipine (10 (-6) M), ouabain (10 (-6) M), or tetraethylammonium (25 mM), but not by 4-aminopyridine (5 mM), and were small or absent in tissues precontracted with 30 mM KCl.
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11392467 Ungvari Z, Koller A: Homocysteine reduces smooth muscle [Ca2+] i and constrictor responses of isolated arterioles. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol. 2001 Jun;37(6):705-12.


The dilation was not affected by the presence of the nitric oxide synthase inhibitor Nomega-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester or by removal of the endothelium, or the free radical scavenger catalase and superoxide dismutase, or the K+ channel inhibitors glibenclamide, 4-aminopyridine, or tetraethyl ammonium.
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17624584 Nacitarhan C, Bayram Z, Eksert B, Usta C, Golbasi I, Ozdem SS: The effect of hydrogen peroxide in human internal thoracic arteries: role of potassium channels, nitric oxide and cyclooxygenase products. Cardiovasc Drugs Ther. 2007 Aug;21(4):257-62.


Incubation of endothelium-intact or endothelium-denuded human ITA rings with voltage-dependent potassium channel blocker 4-aminopyridine (5 mM) significantly inhibited the relaxant responses to H (2) O (2).
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20089711 Zoer B, Cogolludo AL, Perez-Vizcaino F, De Mey JG, Blanco CE, Villamor E: Hypoxia sensing in the fetal chicken femoral artery is mediated by the mitochondrial electron transport chain. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2010 Apr;298(4):R1026-34. Epub 2010 Jan 20.


The relaxation was enhanced in the presence of the voltage-gated K (+) channel blocker 4-aminopyridine.
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17023676 Saitoh S, Zhang C, Tune JD, Potter B, Kiyooka T, Rogers PA, Knudson JD, Dick GM, Swafford A, Chilian WM: Hydrogen peroxide: a feed-forward dilator that couples myocardial metabolism to coronary blood flow. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2006 Dec;26(12):2614-21. Epub 2006 Oct 5.

Aliquots of buffer from paced myocytes produced vasodilation of isolated arterioles (peak response 67+/-8% percent of maximal dilation) that was significantly reduced by catalase (5+/-0.5%, P <0.05) or the antagonist of Kv channels, 4-aminopyridine (18+/-4%, P <0.05).
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17055466 Cogolludo A, Frazziano G, Briones AM, Cobeno L, Moreno L, Lodi F, Salaices M, Tamargo J, Perez-Vizcaino F: The dietary flavonoid quercetin activates BKCa currents in coronary arteries via production of H2O2. Cardiovasc Res. 2007 Jan 15;73(2):424-31. Epub 2006 Sep 20.


These effects were abolished by the selective BKCa blocker iberiotoxin and by catalase.
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16448858 Iwasaki-Kurashige K, Loyaga-Rendon RY, Matsumoto H, Tokunaga T, Azuma H: Possible mediators involved in decreasing peripheral vascular resistance with blackcurrant concentrate (BC) in hind-limb perfusion model of the rat. Vascul Pharmacol. 2006 Apr;44(4):215-23. Epub 2006 Jan 30.


The decrease in PP with BC was abolished by endothelial removal, nitroarginine plus tetraethylammonium, nitroarginine plus catalase or 1H-[1,2,4] oxadiazolo [4,3-a] quinoxaline-1-one as an inhibitor of guanylyl cyclase and potassium channel (s), and accompanied by the increased cyclic GMP level.
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11463721 Liu Y, Terata K, Rusch NJ, Gutterman DD: High glucose impairs voltage-gated K (+) channel current in rat small coronary arteries. Circ Res. 2001 Jul 20;89(2):146-52.

Whole-cell patch clamping showed a reduction of 4-aminopyridine (4-AP)-sensitive current (Kv current) from smooth muscle cells of HG CAs versus NG CAs or versus LG CAs (peak density was 9.95+/-5.3 pA/pF for HG versus 27.8+/-6.8 pA/pF for NG and 28.5+/-5.2 pA/pF for LG; P <0.05).
Partial restoration was observed with superoxide dismutase and catalase.
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19617310 Cogolludo AL, Moral-Sanz J, van der Sterren S, Frazziano G, van Cleef AN, Menendez C, Zoer B, Moreno E, Roman A, Perez-Vizcaino F, Villamor E: Maturation of O2 sensing and signaling in the chicken ductus arteriosus. . Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2009 Oct;297(4):L619-30. Epub 2009 Jul 17.

This contraction of the pDA was attenuated by inhibitors of the mitochondrial ETC and by the H (2) O (2) scavenger polyethylene glycol (PEG)-catalase.
The K (V) channel blocker 4-aminopyridine prevented the current inhibition elicited by O (2).
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10978056 Iida Y, Katusic ZS: Mechanisms of cerebral arterial relaxations to hydrogen peroxide. Stroke. 2000 Sep;31(9):2224-30.

In the presence of a nonselective potassium channel inhibitor, BaCl (2) (10 (-4) mol/L), a delayed rectifier potassium channel inhibitor, 4-aminopyridine (10 (-3) mol/L), or a calcium-activated potassium channel inhibitor, charybdotoxin (3 x 10 (-8) mol/L), the relaxations to hydrogen peroxide were also significantly reduced.
Catalase (1200 U/mL) abolished the relaxations to hydrogen peroxide.
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