Skin blood flow after transdermal S-nitrosothio-acetylglucose
Skin blood flow after transdermal S-nitrosothio-acetylglucose
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DOI:
10.1016/s0140-6736(05)64133-5
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发表时间:
1997-08-09
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168.9
通讯作者:
Belch, JJF
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作者:
Khan, F;Greig, IR;Belch, JJF
The role of nitric oxide (NO) in skin microvessels is unclear because of the variable effects of NG-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA) on skin blood flow. 1, 2 Although 80–90% of skin blood flow serves a thermoregulatory function, it is the nutritional component that is clinically important. Nitrovasodilators, such as sodium nitroprusside and glyceryl trinitrate, are difficult to study in cutaneous microvessels because they require extensive metabolism before they release NO. S-nitrosothiols release NO and are vasodilators in animals. 3 S-nitrosothio-acetylglucose (SNAG) acts as a vasodilator in the isolated rat tail artery. 4 We now examine the effects of transdermal application of SNAG on human skin microvessels. We measured skin perfusion with laser doppler imaging and skin oxygenation by lightguide spectrophotometry. Six healthy men (mean age 29· 7 years, range 25–41) were studied. Transdermal SNAG was assessed on the volar forearm and dorsum of the finger, areas where perfusion serves mainly a nutritive role, and at the finger pulp where thermoregulatory shunts are abundant. A 2 cm circular well was attached to the forearm and a 1 cm well was used for the finger. SNAG was dissolved in 50: 50 aqueous ethanol to give 0· 5, 1· 0, and 1· 5% concentrations. Each concentration was tested randomly at different sites on the forearm and on different fingers. SNAG produced significant increases in skin perfusion at the forearm (p< 0· 01, ANOVA) and dorsum of the finger (p< 0· 005, ANOVA), but not at the pulp of the finger (figure). Oxygenation saturation increased at the forearm only (p< 0· 001, ANOVA).We have shown, using a new NO donor that requires no metabolic conversion, that nutritional skin microvessels are responsive to exogenous NO whereas thermoregulatory areas are relatively insensitive. This is consistent with the findings that L-NMMA significantly reduces basal skin perfusion at both the dorsum of the finger and the forearm, and that NO serves no major role in the thermoregulatory control of skin blood flow in people. 1 SNAG has advantages over other nitrovasodilators because, in solution, it rapidly releases NO and forms the inert disulphide of thioglucose acetate. It is not clear