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Nitric oxide-dependent vasodilation and the regulation of arterial blood pressure.

Abstract：

:Conflicting evidence has been reported on the hypothesis that vascular nitric oxide (NO) release is modulated by autonomic influences. Another controversial question is whether an insufficient degree of NO-dependent vasodilation may play a contributory role in the genesis of arterial hypertension. To address these questions we evaluated NO-dependent vasodilation in conscious rats subjected to various experimental manipulations that interfere with autonomic function: chronic chemical sympathectomy (CCSx), acute ganglionic blockade (AGx) and chronic sinoaortic denervation (CSAD). Experiments were also carried out on 6- and 12-week-old spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) (i.e. during the pre-hypertensive and the early established hypertensive stage) and in age-matched Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats. Nitric oxide-dependent vasodilation was quantified from the extent of blood pressure (BP) elevation in response to acute inhibition of NO synthesis by L-nitromonomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA). Chronic chemical sympathectomy was produced by repeated 6-hydroxydopamine injections; AGx was induced by hexamethonium infusion; and CSAD was obtained by aortic nerve section and carotid sinus wall stripping. Nitric oxide synthesis inhibition by L-NMMA was followed by a marked BP elevation in all groups. Rats with CCSx, Agx or CSAD never showed reduced BP responses to L-NMMA compared to intact, control rats. Neither 6- nor 12-week-old SHR had attenuated pressor responses to L-NMMA compared to age-matched WKY rats. In conclusion, the data indicate that (i) in unanaesthetized quietly-behaving rats there is no significant modulation of NO release by autonomic influences and (ii) young SHR have unimpaired NO-dependent vasodilation so it is unlikely that a deficit of vascular NO release plays any etiologic role in the BP elevation of this experimental model.

journal_name

J Cardiovasc Pharmacol

journal_title

Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors

Ferrari AU,Radaelli A,Mori T,Mircoli L,Perlini S,Meregalli P,Fedele L,Mancia G

doi

10.1097/00005344-200111002-00006

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2001-11-01 00:00:00

pages

S19-22

eissn

0160-2446

issn

1533-4023

journal_volume

38 Suppl 2

pub_type

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Nitric oxide-dependent vasodilation and the regulation of arterial blood pressure.