title: Collateral perfusion: the role of endothelium-derived relaxing factor and effects of vasodilators.
abstract: An in vitro rabbit ear model has been used to investigate the role of endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF) in collateral perfusion after acute arterial occlusion and also the effects of vasodilators. Collateral perfusion of an arterial segment isolated between occlusions was assessed by x-ray microangiography and was found to develop in a time-dependent manner. Inhibition of EDRF synthesis with NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) greatly impaired collateral perfusion, indicating that the development of collateral perfusion was dependent on EDRF activity. This inhibitory effect was reversed by an excess of L-arginine. Further studies using vasodilators with different modes of action indicated that BRL 38227 (the active enantiomer of cromakalim, a potassium channel activator) substantially enhanced collateral perfusion, sodium nitroprusside had early beneficial effects, and verapamil had no effect.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001120:Arginine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D001578:Benzopyrans / Q000494:pharmacology; D003097:Collateral Circulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D019806:Cromakalim; D004423:Ear / Q000098:blood supply; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000502:physiology*; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000494:pharmacology; D011758:Pyrroles / Q000494:pharmacology; D011817:Rabbits; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014700:Verapamil / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D001578:Benzopyrans; D011758:Pyrroles; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D019806:Cromakalim; D009599:Nitroprusside; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D001120:Arginine; D014700:Verapamil; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester