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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2 Pt 2
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-9-21
pubmed:abstractText
The role of endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF) in parasympathetic coronary vasodilation following carotid chemoreflex activation induced by nicotine in conscious dogs and stimulation of the vagus nerve in anesthetized dogs was studied. Injection of nicotine (11 +/- 4 micrograms) into the carotid artery increased coronary blood flow (CBF) by 126 +/- 16% from 28 +/- 3 ml/min and reduced late diastolic coronary resistance (LDCR) by 43 +/- 4% from 3.58 +/- 0.52 mmHg.ml-1.min, accompanied by a significant increase in mean arterial pressure and a decrease in heart rate (all P < 0.01). Pacing and propranolol did not change the coronary vascular response to chemoreflex activation. There were still increases in CBF by 113 +/- 17% from 29 +/- 3 ml/min and decreases in LDCR by 41 +/- 5% from 3.13 +/- 0.52 mmHg.ml-1.min (all P < 0.01). After infusion of N omega-nitro-L-arginine (L-NNA) (30 mg/kg), the increase in CBF following chemoreflex activation was only 23 +/- 3% from 37 +/- 3 ml/min, and the fall in LDCR was 19 +/- 3% from 3.09 +/- 0.51 mmHg.ml-1.min. Stimulation of the vagus nerve showed a relationship between stimulation frequency and coronary vasodilation that was significantly inhibited by L-NNA. Thus EDRF plays an important role in mediating parasympathetic coronary vasodilation during chemoreflex activation and perhaps during many reflexes that cause vagal cholinergic vasodilation in the heart.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0002-9513
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
267
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
H605-13
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7915084-Acetylcholine, pubmed-meshheading:7915084-Adrenergic beta-Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:7915084-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7915084-Arginine, pubmed-meshheading:7915084-Cardiac Pacing, Artificial, pubmed-meshheading:7915084-Carotid Arteries, pubmed-meshheading:7915084-Chemoreceptor Cells, pubmed-meshheading:7915084-Coronary Vessels, pubmed-meshheading:7915084-Dogs, pubmed-meshheading:7915084-Electric Stimulation, pubmed-meshheading:7915084-Hemodynamics, pubmed-meshheading:7915084-Male, pubmed-meshheading:7915084-Nicotine, pubmed-meshheading:7915084-Nitric Oxide, pubmed-meshheading:7915084-Nitroarginine, pubmed-meshheading:7915084-Parasympathetic Nervous System, pubmed-meshheading:7915084-Reflex, pubmed-meshheading:7915084-Vagus Nerve, pubmed-meshheading:7915084-Vasodilation
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Role of EDRF/NO in parasympathetic coronary vasodilation following carotid chemoreflex activation in conscious dogs.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology, New York Medical College, Valhalla 10595.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.