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Chronic LNNA induces hypertension in rats by increasing peripheral vascular resistance and lowering cardiac output.
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In order to clarify the mechanism of hypertension induced by a nitric oxide (NO) synthase inhibitor, L-NG-nitro-L-arginine (LNNA), metabolites of NO, catecholamines, and hemodynamic parameters were measured during 7 days of oral administration of LNNA in rats. Control rats received either L-arginine (L-Arg) or the vehicle. systolic blood pressure, measured by the tall-cuff method was elevated throughout the period of LNNA administration, but that in the two control groups was not influenced by treatment. Heart rate decreased on the second day only in LNNA-treated rats. Although L-Arg treatment had no influence, LNNA markedly decreased the plasma level and the urinary excretion of nitrate ions (NO-3). Urinary excretion of noradrenaline was significantly decreased on the second day of LNNA administration and returned to the control level thereafter. When hemodynamic changes were measured by using radioactive microspheres, LNNA was found to increase blood pressure by markedly increasing total peripheral resistance. Cardiac output was decreased by LNNA. L-Arg, again, did not influence the hemodynamic variables as compared with the vehicle control group. The regional vascular resistance index was increased by LNNA in many tissues and organs, except the brain and the heart. Regional blood flow, on the other hand, was significantly decreased only in the liver and skin by LNNA. The marked reduction in NO3- in urine by LNNA-treatments may indicate that the measured NO3- is exclusively of endogenous origin, and that inhibition of NO production causes elevation of blood pressure by constricting peripheral arteries. Sympatholytic responses by the baroreceptor reflex were thereby evident only on the second and the third days, which was indicated by bradycardia and suppression of noradrenaline excretion into urine. These results indicate that the inhibition of NO synthase actually decreases production of endogenous NO, and that the hypertension caused by decreases in NO production is due to elevation of total peripheral vascular resistance.
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Takahashi et al. (1995) studied Hypertension (n=40). L-NG-nitro-L-arginine (LNNA) vs. Vehicle (distilled water) or L-arginine was evaluated on Systolic blood pressure and total peripheral resistance (p=<0.01). Chronic administration of the nitric oxide synthase inhibitor LNNA induced hypertension in rats by markedly increasing total peripheral vascular resistance and decreasing cardiac output.
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