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To test this hypothesis, we compared the effects of fetal (3%) and room air (RA) oxygen tension on fetal PAEC growth, proliferation, tube formation, and migration in the presence and absence of the NO synthase (NOS) inhibitor N<jats:sup>\u03c9<\/jats:sup>-nitro-l-arginine (LNA), and an NO donor, S-nitroso- N-acetylpenicillamine (SNAP). Compared with fetal PAEC grown in RA, 3% O<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub> increased tube formation by over twofold ( P &lt; 0.01). LNA treatment reduced tube formation in 3% O<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub> but had no affect on tube formation in RA. Treatment with SNAP increased tube formation during RA exposure to levels observed in 3% O<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>. Exposure to 3% O<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub> for 48 h attenuated cell number (by 56%), and treatment with LNA reduced PAEC growth by 44% in both RA and 3% O<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>. We conclude that low oxygen tension enhances fetal PAEC tube formation and that NO is essential for normal PAEC growth, migration, and tube formation. Furthermore, we conclude that in fetal cells exposed to the relative hyperoxia of RA, 21% O<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>, NO overcomes the inhibitory effects of the increased oxygen, allowing normal PAEC angiogenesis and branching. We speculate that NO production maintains intrauterine lung vascular growth and development during exposure to low O<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub> in the normal fetus. 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