Key result
In pigs, acetylcholine decreased coronary blood flow by 67 +/- 11% at high doses, an effect that was significantly augmented by the nitric oxide inhibitor NNLA.
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Does inhibition of endothelium-derived nitric oxide with NNLA augment acetylcholine-induced coronary vasoconstriction in closed-chest pigs?
Does inhibition of endothelium-derived nitric oxide with NNLA augment acetylcholine-induced coronary vasoconstriction in closed-chest pigs?
In a pig model, acetylcholine-induced coronary vasoconstriction is attenuated by the simultaneous release of endothelium-derived nitric oxide.
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Nitric oxide attenuates acetylcholine coronary effects in pigs; leaves open translation to human vasomotor disease.
BACKGROUND: The effects of an inhibitor of endothelium-derived nitric oxide on acetylcholine (ACh)-induced coronary vasoconstriction were examined in 13 anesthetized closed-chest pigs. METHODS: Coronary blood flow was measured using a previously implanted ultrasonic transmit-time flow probe. The diameter of the large epicardial coronary arteries was assessed by coronary arteriography. RESULTS: Intracoronary infusions of ACh (0.1, 0.3, and 1.0 micrograms/kg/min) resulted in dose-dependent decreases in coronary blood flow. Arterial pressure and heart rate were minimally altered by ACh. The high dose of ACh decreased coronary blood flow by 67 +/- 11% and caused myocardial ischemia, demonstrated by ST-segment elevation. Coronary arteriograms revealed diffuse narrowing of peripheral coronary arteries and a filling delay of the contrast medium evoked with ACh. Vasospasm of the large epicardial coronary arteries was not observed. The decreases in coronary blood flow with ACh were inhibited by atropine (0.2 mg). Intracoronary administration of an inhibitor of endothelium-derived nitric oxide, NW-nitro-L-arginine (NNLA, 1.0 mg/kg), slightly increased arterial pressure but did not change baseline coronary blood flow. The percentage decreases in coronary blood flow induced by ACh were significantly augmented by NNLA administration, but those induced by prostaglandin F2 alpha (0.5 microgram/kg/min) were not affected by NNLA. The response of the large coronary arteries to ACh was not altered by NNLA. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that, in pigs, ACh decreased coronary blood flow and caused myocardial ischemia as a result of the direct cholinergic vasoconstriction of peripheral small coronary arteries. The augmentation of ACh-induced coronary vasoconstriction by NNLA suggests that ACh facilitated the release of endothelium-derived nitric oxide, which attenuated the direct coronary vasoconstriction induced by ACh.
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Hata et al. (1993) studied this question. Acetylcholine (ACh) and NW-nitro-L-arginine (NNLA) vs. ACh alone was evaluated on Coronary blood flow. In pigs, acetylcholine decreased coronary blood flow by 67 +/- 11% at high doses, an effect that was significantly augmented by the nitric oxide inhibitor NNLA.
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