title: Contribution of nitric oxide to coronary vasodilation during hypercapnic acidosis.
abstract: The present study was performed to evaluate the role of nitric oxide (NO) in coronary vasodilation during hypercapnic acidosis (HC). The left anterior descending coronary arteries of 17 anesthetized, open-chest dogs were perfused with normal arterial blood or with arterial blood equilibrated in an extracorporeal circuit with 90% O2-10% CO2 [arterial carbon dioxide tension (PaCO2) 72 +/- 3 mmHg, arterial pH 7.16 +/- 0.02]. Coronary perfusion pressure (CPP) was initially set at 100 mmHg. Coronary blood flow (CBF) was measured with a Doppler transducer. Studies were conducted under constant-pressure (variable CBF; n = 13) and constant-flow (variable CPP) conditions (n = 4). Steady-state changes in CBF (or CPP) during HC and during intracoronary infusions of acetylcholine (ACh, 20 micrograms/min), an endothelium-dependent vasodilator, and sodium nitroprusside (SNP, 80 micrograms/min), an endothelium-independent vasodilator, were compared before and after intracoronary infusion of a NO synthase inhibitor, either NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME, 4.5 mg) or NG-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA, 30 mg). Under constant pressure, L-NAME blunted increases in CBF by HC (274 +/- 32 vs. 113 +/- 24%) and ACh (400 +/- 43 vs. 68 +/- 17%), whereas increases in CBF by SNP were not significantly affected (207 +/- 34 vs. 186 +/- 18%). Results with L-NMMA were similar. Under constant flow, L-NAME attenuated decreases in CPP by HC and ACh, whereas it had no significant effect on decreases in CPP by SNP. In conclusion, HC elicits release of NO from coronary vascular endothelium via a direct effect rather than secondary to an increased flow rate.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago 60657.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gurevicius
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Salem
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Metwally
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Silver
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Crystal
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000138:Acidosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D000241:Adenosine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000594:Amino Acid Oxidoreductases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D000818:Animals; D001120:Arginine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood*; D003326:Coronary Circulation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D004285:Dogs; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000502:physiology; D005112:Extracorporeal Circulation / Q000295:instrumentation; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000502:physiology*; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000494:pharmacology; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D010313:Partial Pressure; D014664:Vasodilation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D019323:omega-N-Methylarginine
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D009599:Nitroprusside; D019323:omega-N-Methylarginine; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D001120:Arginine; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D000594:Amino Acid Oxidoreductases; D000241:Adenosine; D000109:Acetylcholine; D010100:Oxygen; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester