title: [The role of EDRF-NO in the regulation of bone blood flow in rats: inhibition with L-NAME].
abstract: EDRF-NO probably participates-besides the prostaglandins [3, 4]-in local circulatory changes in the bones of female rats with modified level of sex hormones; we could demonstrate it indirectly using methylene blue as a blocking agent [5]. In this paper, we present corresponding results of two experiments with NG-nitro-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) as a substance blocking the production of endothelium derived relaxing factor, i.e. nitric oxide (EDRF-NO). Circulatory values were estimated by means of 85Sr-microspheres. In experiment A we ascertained whether the duration of L-NAME administration (0.025% in the food) influenced the effect. It could be demonstrated that the effect of one week's, two weeks', or four weeks' administration of L-NAME was the same: 85Sr-microsphere uptake and blood flow throught the tibia of female rats, increased after oophorectomy (OOX, performed four weeks prior to the experiment), was significantly suppressed to the level in sham-operated animals. In the experiment B, L-NAME was administered in the food in concentration of 0.05% for two weeks prior to the experiment. 85Sr-microsphere uptake was decreased significantly after L-NAME in the tibia of sham-operated females, in the tibia and distal femur of OOX animals; no significant changes were found in the diaphysis of femur and in calvaria. Blood flow values were significantly decreased in all bone samples of OOX females and in tibia of sham-operated rats (besides the local reaction also due to the decrease in the cardiac output). In both experiments the cardiac output was decreased and blood pressure elevated after L-NAME. It can be concluded, from the results of both experiments, that the blockade of EDRF-NO production by L-NAME decreases local circulatory values in the bones of female rats-particularly OOX-in a similar way as methylene blue; however, in contrast to methylene blue, L-NAME induces marked increase in the blood pressure and partially decrease in the cardiac output. Thus, as in the case of methylene blue, the effect of L-NAME on the circulation of blood in the rat bones supports the hypothesis of the participation of EDRF-NO in bone blood flow regulations.
authors.affiliation: Laborator pro endokrinologii a metabolismus, lékarské fakulty Univerzity Karlovy, Praha, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kapitola
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Andrle
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Haas
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kubícková
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000187:drug effects; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000098:blood supply*; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000098:blood supply; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects; D008751:Methylene Blue / Q000494:pharmacology; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000502:physiology*; D010052:Ovariectomy; D051381:Rats; D012039:Regional Blood Flow / Q000187:drug effects; D013326:Strontium Radioisotopes; D013977:Tibia / Q000098:blood supply
chemical_list: D013326:Strontium Radioisotopes; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D008751:Methylene Blue; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester