Brain injury impairs ATP-sensitive K+ channel function in piglet cerebral arteries
Brain injury impairs ATP-sensitive K+ channel function in piglet cerebral arteries
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DOI:
10.1161/01.str.28.11.2273
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发表时间:
1997-11-01
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影响因子:
8.3
通讯作者:
Armstead, WM
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作者:
Armstead, WM
Background and Purpose Traumatic injury is the leading cause of death for infants and children, and mortality is increased with head injury. Previous studies have shown that pial arteries constricted and that responses to several nitric oxide (NO)-dependent dilator stimuli were blunted after fluid percussion injury (FPI) in newborn pigs. Membrane potential of vascular muscle is a major determinant of vascular tone, and activity of K+ channels is a major regulator of membrane potential. Recent data show that the NO releasers sodium nitroprusside (SNP) and S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine (SNAP) and 8-bromo-cGMP elicit dilation via ATP-sensitive K+ channel (K-ATP) activation. The present study was designed to investigate the effect of FPI on K-ATP channel function.Methods Chloralose-anesthetized newborn pigs equipped with a closed cranial window were connected to a percussion device that consisted of a saline-filled cylindrical reservoir and a metal pendulum. Brain injury of moderate severity (1.9 to 2.1 atm) was produced by allowing the pendulum to strike a piston on the cylinder. Pial artery diameter was measured with a video microscaler. Data were analyzed by repeated measures ANOVA. An alpha level of P