title: Cardiovascular effects of NG-methyl-L-arginine in chronically instrumented conscious dogs.
abstract: The cardiovascular effects of nitric oxide blockade were examined in five conscious chronically instrumented dogs. The hypothesis tested was that nitric oxide release plays a role in vascular tone and regional organ blood flow under physiological conditions. Aortic pressures; the first derivative of the left ventricular pressure; cardiac output (CO); heart rate; and carotid, coronary, renal, hepatic, and portal blood flows were recorded before and after bolus injection of 5, 10, and 20 mg/kg of NG-methyl-L-arginine (L-NMA). In response to L-NMA, mean arterial pressure increased by 7, 20, and 35%, respectively, in a dose-dependent manner, whereas CO decreased. CO reduction was sustained at the highest dose, whereas peripheral blood flows were not altered. These data suggest that blocking basal nitric oxide synthesis by administering L-NMA leads to a modest dose-dependent pressor response despite a marked and sustained reduction in CO recorded at the highest dose of L-NMA. Moreover, within our dose range, although the nitric oxide synthase inhibition provides a significant pressor response, it does not alter the resting carotid, coronary, renal, hepatic, and portal blood flows.
authors.affiliation: Anesthesiology Department, University of Texas Medical School, Houston 77030.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lechevalier
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Doursout
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Chelly
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Kilbourn
mesh_terms: D000594:Amino Acid Oxidoreductases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D000818:Animals; D001120:Arginine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D001784:Blood Gas Analysis; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D001831:Body Temperature / Q000187:drug effects; D002302:Cardiac Output / Q000187:drug effects; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D006400:Hematocrit; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D012039:Regional Blood Flow / Q000187:drug effects; D019323:omega-N-Methylarginine
chemical_list: D019323:omega-N-Methylarginine; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D001120:Arginine; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D000594:Amino Acid Oxidoreductases