Heat and α1-adrenergic responsiveness in human skeletal muscle feed arteries: the role of nitric oxide
Heat and α1-adrenergic responsiveness in human skeletal muscle feed arteries: the role of nitric oxide
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DOI:
10.1152/japplphysiol.00955.2012
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发表时间:
2012-12-01
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3.3
通讯作者:
Richardson, Russell S.
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作者:
Ives, Stephen J.;Andtbacka, Robert H. I.;Richardson, Russell S.
Ives SJ, Andtbacka RH, Kwon SH, Shiu YT, Ruan T, Noyes RD, Zhang QJ, Symons JD, Richardson RS. Heat and alpha(1)-adrenergic responsiveness in human skeletal muscle feed arteries: the role of nitric oxide. J Appl Physiol 113: 1690-1698, 2012. First published October 4, 2012; doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00955.2012.-Increased local temperature exerts a sympatholytic effect on human skeletal muscle feed arteries. We hypothesized that this attenuated alpha(1)-adrenergic receptor responsiveness may be due to a temperature-induced increase in nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability, thereby reducing the impact of the alpha 1-adrenergic receptor agonist phenylephrine (PE). Thirteen human skeletal muscle feed arteries were harvested, and wire myography was used to generate PE concentration-response curves at 37 degrees C and 39 degrees C, with and without the NO synthase (NOS) inhibitor N-G-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA). A subset of arteries (n = 4) were exposed to 37 degrees C or 39 degrees C, and the protein content of endothelial NOS (eNOS) and alpha(1)-adrenergic receptors was determined by Western blot analysis. Additionally, cultured bovine endothelial cells were exposed to static or shear stress conditions at 37 degrees C and 39 degrees C and assayed for eNOS activation (phosphorylation at Ser(1177)), eNOS expression, and NO metabolites [nitrate + nitrite (NOx)]. Maximal PE-induced vasocontraction (PEmax) was lower at 39 degrees C than at 37 degrees C [39 +/- 10 vs. 84 +/- 30% maximal response to 100 mM KCl (KClmax)]. NO blockade restored vasocontraction at 39 degrees C to that achieved at 37 degrees C (80 +/- 26% KClmax). Western blot analysis of the feed arteries revealed that heating increased eNOS protein, but not alpha(1)-adrenergic receptors. Heating of bovine endothelial cells resulted in greater shear stress-induced eNOS activation and NOx production. Together, these data reveal for the first time that, in human skeletal muscle feed arteries, NO blockade can restore the heat-attenuated alpha(1)-adrenergic receptor-mediated vasocontraction and implicate endothelium-derived NO bioavailability as a major contributor to heat-induced sympatholysis. Consequently, these findings highlight the important role of vasodilators in modulating the vascular response to vasoconstrictors.