Resistance of endothelium-dependent relaxation to elevation of O(-)(2) levels in rabbit carotid artery.
Resistance of endothelium-dependent relaxation to elevation of O(-)(2) levels in rabbit carotid artery.
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兔颈动脉内皮依赖性舒张对 O(-)(2) 水平升高的抵抗。
DOI:
10.1152/ajpheart.1999.277.5.h2109
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1999
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Cohen,RA
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Pagano,PJ;Griswold,MC;Najibi,S;Marklund,SL;Cohen,RA
Endogenous superoxide anioninterferes with the bioactivity of nitric oxide (NO) in endothelium-dependent arterial relaxation (EDR). Using the lucigenin chemiluminescence assay, we measuredin the thoracic and abdominal aortas and the carotid artery of rabbits to determine whether ambientvaries among the three arteries and differentially diminishes the effect of NO. Basal levels ofwere significantly higher in carotid arteries than in the thoracic aorta [23 ± 6.1 vs. 3.9 ± 1.4 chemiluminescence units (CU);P< 0.05], whereas EDR in response to ACh (10−8–10−5M) was not significantly different on ANOVA. After treatment with the superoxide dismutase (SOD) inhibitor diethyldithiocarbamate (DDC; 10 mM),levels were significantly elevated, becoming greater in the carotid artery and abdominal aorta than in the thoracic aorta (185 ± 31.2 and 202 ± 40.3 vs. 89 ± 18 CU;P< 0.05). DDC significantly reversed EDR in the thoracic aorta but not in the carotid artery; at 10−6M ACh, the decrease seen with DDC was 48 ± 6.2 vs. 6.8 ± 8.0% of maximal relaxation in the thoracic aorta and carotid artery, respectively. In the thoracic aorta, exogenous SOD reversed the inhibition of EDR caused by DDC. Moreover, DDC/-resistant EDR in the carotid artery was ablated by the addition of nitro-l-arginine methyl ester (300 μM;P< 0.05), an NO synthase inhibitor, consistent with peroxynitrite or an-resistant NO donor being involved in carotid relaxation. Indeed, exogenous peroxynitrite caused similar relaxation of the carotid artery and thoracic aorta, which was unaffected by DDC. Our studies show a greater production of nitrite andper unit area by the carotid artery, suggesting a greater amount of their product peroxynitrite. These findings support the hypothesis that peroxynitrite is the relaxing agent that resists highin the carotid artery.