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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-8-28
pubmed:abstractText
We previously demonstrated that rats subjected to intermittent hypoxia (IH) by exposure to 10% O(2) for 4 h daily for 56 days in a normobaric chamber, developed pulmonary hypertension, right ventricular hypertrophy and wall-thickening in pulmonary arterioles, compared with normoxic (N) controls. These changes were greater in rats subjected to continuous hypoxia (CH breathing 10% O(2) for 56 days). Cerebral angiogenesis was demonstrated by immunostaining with glucose transporter 1 (GLUT1) antibody, in viable vessels, in CH and to a lesser degree in IH. In this study, adult Wistar rats were subjected to the same hypoxic regimes and given the nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitor N(6)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) in drinking water (NLN, IHLN and CHLN regimes) to induce hypertension. There was significant systemic hypertension in NLN and IHLN rats, compared with N and IH, but surprisingly not in CHLN compared with CH. Hematocrit rose in all hypoxic groups (up to 79% in CHLN). There was no significant pulmonary hypertension in IHLN versus NLN rats, although there was asymmetric wall thickening in pulmonary arterioles. Cerebral GLUT1 immunoreactivity increased with L-NAME, with or without hypoxia, especially in CHLN rats, but conspicuously there was no evidence of angiogenesis in brains of IHLN compared with NLN rats. NOS blockade may attenuate the cerebral and pulmonary vascular changes of IH while augmenting cerebral angiogenesis in continuous hypoxia. However, whether cerebral effects are due to systemic hypertension or changes in cerebral nitric oxide production needs to be evaluated.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0006-8993
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
7
pubmed:volume
1098
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
196-203
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16793027-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16793027-Biological Markers, pubmed-meshheading:16793027-Cardiovascular System, pubmed-meshheading:16793027-Cerebrovascular Circulation, pubmed-meshheading:16793027-Enzyme Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:16793027-Glucose Transporter Type 1, pubmed-meshheading:16793027-Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular, pubmed-meshheading:16793027-Hypoxia, Brain, pubmed-meshheading:16793027-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:16793027-Lung, pubmed-meshheading:16793027-Male, pubmed-meshheading:16793027-Microcirculation, pubmed-meshheading:16793027-NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester, pubmed-meshheading:16793027-Nitric Oxide Synthase, pubmed-meshheading:16793027-Pulmonary Circulation, pubmed-meshheading:16793027-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:16793027-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:16793027-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Effects of NOS inhibition on the cardiopulmonary system and brain microvascular markers after intermittent hypoxia in rats.
pubmed:affiliation
Wolfson Research Centre, Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle General Hospital, Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 6BE, UK. o.r.barer@ncl.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't