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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3 Pt 2
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-5-4
pubmed:abstractText
Vascular endothelial cells influence microvessel diameters in vivo and in vitro and participate in host-defense mechanisms during sepsis. We examined whether small arteriole dilation in skeletal muscle during high cardiac output bacteremia (HOB) and low cardiac output live Escherichia coli sepsis (LOS) is mediated by an endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF). Local chemical blockade of EDRF by hydroquinone (HQ) substantially blunted acetylcholine-induced dilation of small arterioles. HQ also prevented large arteriole (55-135 microns) constriction and small arteriole (6-22 microns) dilation in the cremaster muscle of rats during HOB. In LOS, small arteriole dilation was also prevented by HQ but only during the early period when blood pressure was unchanged from baseline. HQ did not alter large arteriole constriction during LOS. We conclude that small arteriole vasodilation in skeletal muscle is mediated at least in part by EDRF during bacteremia. Because EDRF cannot mediate large arteriole constriction and because HQ blunted large arteriole constriction during HOB, we now suspect that HQ also interferes at least in part with some large arteriole vasoconstrictor mechanism, possibly leukotrienes or an endothelium-derived constricting factor, which mediates large arteriole constriction during HOB. Our data also suggest that large arteriole constriction during LOS is partly mediated by factors that are unaffected by HQ. The endothelium appears to play an important role in the microcirculatory responses of skeletal muscle to live E. coli sepsis through more than one mechanism.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0002-9513
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
262
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
H880-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
EDRF as a possible mediator of sepsis-induced arteriolar dilation in skeletal muscle.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine (Oncology), Freie Universität Berlin, R. Virchow Medical School, Federal Republic of Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't