Signal Transduction and the Gasotransmitters

I. Gasotransmitters: Past, Present, and Future.- 1 The Evolution of Gasotransmitter Biology and Medicine: From Atmospheric Toxic Gases to Endogenous Gaseous Signaling Molecules.- 2 Interactions Between Gasotransmitters.- II. The Emergence of the First Gasotransmitter: Nitric Oxide.- 3 Nitric Oxide: Synthesis and Metabolism, Tissue Stores, and the Relationship of Endothelium-Derived Nitric Oxide to Endothelium-Dependent Hyperpolarization.- 4 Chemical Interaction of Nitric Oxide With Protein Thiols: S-Nitrosylation Signaling.- 5 Nitric Oxide and Adenosine Triphosphate-Sensitive Potassium Channels: Their Different Properties But Analogous Effects on Cellular Protection.- 6 Interactions of Nitric Oxide and Related Radical Species With KCa Channels.- 7 Nitric Oxide and Voltage-Gated Ca2+ Channels.- 8 Interactions of Nitric Oxide and Cardiac Ion Channels.- 9 S-Nitrosylation of Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Channels.- III. Story of a Silent Killer: The Resurgence of Carbon Monoxide as the Second Gasotransmitter.- 10 Synthesis and Metabolism of Carbon Monoxide.- 11 Interaction of Carbon Monoxide With K+ Channels in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells.- 12 Modulation of Multiple Types of Ion Channels by Carbon Monoxide in Nonvascular Tissues and Cells.- 13 The Molecular Mechanisms Underlying the Effects of Carbon Monoxide on Calcium-Activated K+ Channels.- 14 Carbon Monoxide and Signal Transduction Pathways.- 15 Carbon Monoxide-Induced Alterations in the Expression of KCa Channels in Pulmonary Artery Smooth Muscle Cells.- IV. Gas of the Rotten Egg: Hydrogen Sulfide as the Third Gasotransmitter.- 16 Hydrogen Sulfide Production and Metabolism in Mammalian Tissues.- 17 Toxicological and Environmental Impacts of Hydrogen Sulfide.- 18 Hydrogen Sulfide and the Regulation of Neuronal Activities.- 19 The Role of Hydrogen Sulfide as an Endogenous Vasorelaxant Factor.- 20 Hydrogen Sulfide and Visceral Smooth Muscle Contractility.- 21 Interaction of Hydrogen Sulfide and Adenosine Triphosphate-Sensitive Potassium Channels in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells.- V. Gasotransmitters, Other Gaseous Molecules, and Cell Metabolism.- 22 Gasotransmitters as a Novel Class of Metabolic Regulators: Nitric Oxide, Carbon Monoxide, and Nitrous Oxide.