Abstract
The influence of ambroxol on the activity of human platelet soluble guanylate cyclase and rat lung soluble guanylate cyclase was investigated. Ambroxol in the concentration range from 0.1 to10 μM had no effect on the basal activity of both enzymes and slightly enhanced it at 50 and 100 μM . Ambroxol inhibited in a concentration-dependent manner the sodium nitroprusside-induced activation of both enzymes. The IC 50 values for inhibition by ambroxol of sodium nitroprusside-stimulated human platelet soluble guanylate cyclase and rat lung soluble guanylate cyclase were 3.9 and 2.1 μM, respectively. Ambroxol did not influence the stimulation of soluble guanylate cyclase by protoporphyrin 1X. Thus, it is possible that the molecular mechanism of the therapeutic action of ambroxol involves the inhibition of nitric oxide (NO)-dependent activation of soluble guanylate cyclase.
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