title: Differential effects of nitric oxide synthesis inhibitor on rat diaphragmatic microcirculation under basal conditions and after vasodilator stimulation.
abstract: To assess the effect of endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF) on the diaphragmatic microcirculation under basal conditions and after vasodilator stimulation, prepared diaphragms from anesthetized rats were studied. With bicarbonate-buffered Ringer's solution suffusing the diaphragm, the microcirculatory blood flow was recorded by laser-Doppler flowmetry (QLDF). Drugs were applied to the surface of the diaphragm. Five series of experiments were performed. In Series 1, the effects of acetylcholine (ACh, 10(-4) M) and sodium nitroprusside (SNP, 3 x 10(-6) M) were measured before and after 15 minutes suffusion of N omega-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME, 10(-4) M). Trend analyses revealed that the vasodilator effect of SNP was not affected, while that of ACh was abolished by L-NAME. In Series 2, both ACh and SNP elicited a concentration-dependent increase in QLDF. In Series 3, following 15 minutes suffusion with L-NAME (10(-4) M), there was no change in baseline QLDF and the ACh-induced QLDF change was abolished, while the effect of SNP was maintained. In Series 4, five minutes of pretreatment with L-arginine (L-arg, 10(-2) M), followed by co-administration of L-arg (10(-2) M) and L-NAME (10(-4) M) for another 15 minutes, did not prevent the inhibitory effect on ACh-induced QLDF change by L-NAME. In Series 5, 20 minutes application of L-arg (10(-2) M) alone did not affect baseline QLDF. Also, L-arg did not influence the ACh-induced vasodilating response, whereas it slightly increased the SNP-induced vasodilating response.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan R.O.C.
authors.forename: H Y
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Hsiue
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D001120:Arginine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000098:blood supply*; D006801:Humans; D017078:Laser-Doppler Flowmetry; D008297:Male; D008833:Microcirculation / Q000187:drug effects; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000097:blood*; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D009599:Nitroprusside; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D001120:Arginine; D000109:Acetylcholine; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester