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To investigate whether post-ischemic microvascular vasospasm in skeletal muscle is caused by impaired endothelial nitric oxide release and can be reversed by exogenous nitric oxide donors.

April 1, 1997Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

Lack of Nitric Oxide Contributes to Vasospasm during Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury

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WWWei-Zhong WangUniversity of Louisville GAGary L. AndersonSouth Dakota State University JFJohn T. FlemingNational Institutes of Health

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Experimental animal study demonstrates that sodium nitroprusside restores microvascular perfusion after warm ischemia in rats, indicating endothelial nitric oxide deficiency drives vasospasm.

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To investigate whether post-ischemic microvascular vasospasm in skeletal muscle is caused by impaired endothelial nitric oxide release and can be reversed by exogenous nitric oxide donors.
Sprague-Dawley rats (n=8 per group) underwent 4 hours of warm ischemia followed by 2 hours of reperfusion in surgically isolated, denervated cremaster muscles.
Administered intra-arterial infusions of sodium nitroprusside (10⁻³ M), acetylcholine chloride (10⁻⁴ M), or normal saline into the cremaster blood supply.
Measured A1 through A4 arteriole diameters and quantified branches with temporary cessation of flow using intravital microscopy.
Local infusion of sodium nitroprusside, but not acetylcholine chloride, prevented ischemia-reperfusion vasoconstriction in A3 and A4 arterioles and improved microvascular perfusion.
Acetylcholine chloride fully reversed topical norepinephrine-induced vasoconstriction in sham-ischemia cremasters, confirming that vascular smooth muscle retains dilatory capacity despite post-ischemic endothelial failure.

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Wang et al. (1997) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69f17a0db6126e0e7a7282b8 https://doi.org/10.1097/00006534-199704000-00028

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Experimental animal study demonstrates that sodium nitroprusside restores microvascular perfusion after warm ischemia in rats, indicating endothelial nitric oxide deficiency drives vasospasm.

Lack of Nitric Oxide Contributes to Vasospasm during Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury

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