Fig. 5

NO synthase activity (a), protein (b, d) and gene (c) expression of NO-synthase isoforms in aorta and PVAT in female Wistar and HTG rats. W Wistar female rats, HTG hereditary hypertriglyceridemic female rats, PVAT perivascular adipose tissue, NOS NO-synthase, iNOS inducible NO-synthase, eNOS endothelial NO-synthase, Nos3 mRNA the mRNA level of endothelial NO-synthase. The results are presented as the mean ±S.E.M., and differences between groups were analyzed by one-way ANOVA. *p < 0.05 vs aorta W, **p < 0.01 vs aorta W, ⁺p < 0.05 vs PVAT W, ⁺⁺p < 0.01 vs PVAT W