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Does blocking EDRF with L-NNA alter 24-h blood pressure and heart rate in conscious dogs?
Does blocking EDRF with L-NNA alter 24-h blood pressure and heart rate in conscious dogs?
Blockade of EDRF with L-NNA leads to sustained hypertension and bradycardia over 24 hours in conscious dogs, indicating EDRF acts as a physiological blood pressure buffer.
Supports EDRF as BP buffer in conscious dogs; leaves open human translation and clinical relevance.
The effects of blocking endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF) on 24-h blood pressure and heart rate (HR) were examined in six conscious freely moving foxhounds. The hypothesis tested was that shear stress-dependent EDRF release acts as a physiological blood pressure buffer. Telemetry recordings were obtained before and after the administration of the false substrate for EDRF synthesis NG-nitro-L-arginine (L-NNA, 16.5 +/- 2 mg/kg body wt iv). In response to L-NNA, mean arterial blood pressure (MAP) increased from 116 +/- 5 to 134 +/- 5 mmHg (P less than 0.01) and HR decreased from 97 +/- 6 to 68 +/- 3 beats/min over the entire 24-h period (P less than 0.01). The overall variability of MAP (as indicated by SD of frequency distribution) increased modestly from 9.5 +/- 0.4 to 11.7 +/- 1.1 mmHg (P less than 0.05). A sequential spectral analysis of blood pressure showed a 2.1-fold increase of power in the frequency range of 0.01-0.5 Hz (P less than 0.05) after L-NNA was given. In conclusion, blockade of EDRF led to a sustained hypertension throughout the whole 24-h recordings. Furthermore, EDRF acted as a physiological blood pressure buffer in the frequency range below 0.5 Hz.
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