Journal
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 285, Issue 4, Pages H1404-H1410Publisher
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00235.2003
Keywords
Type 2 diabetes mellitus; coronary arteriole; flow-induced dilation; nitric oxide; superoxide
Funding
- NHLBI NIH HHS [HL-46813, P0-1-HL-43023] Funding Source: Medline
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Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2-DM) markedly increases the incidence of ischemic heart disease (IHD) and, consequently, mortality. However, the underlying mechanisms leading to IHD in T2-DM are not completely understood. We hypothesized that in T2-DM the regulation of coronary microvascular resistance by local mechanisms is altered. Thus, in coronary arterioles (diameter: similar to 80 mum) isolated from male mice with T2-DM (C57BL/KsJ-db/db) and control littermates, responses to changes in intraluminal pressure, flow, and agonists with known mechanisms of action were studied. Increases in pressure (from 20 to 120 mmHg) resulted in similar myogenic responses of coronary arterioles of control and db/db mice, whereas dilations in response to cumulative concentrations of ACh and the nitric oxide (NO) donor NONOate were significantly decreased compared with those of control vessels. On the other hand, responses to adenosine were not different between vessels of control and db/db mice. Increases in flow (0-20 mul/min) resulted in dilations of control vessels (maximum: 38 +/- 4%) that were inhibited by the NO synthase inhibitor N-omega-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME). In contrast, arterioles of db/db mice exhibited greatly reduced dilations to flow (maximum: 4 +/- 6%) that were unaffected by L-NAME. In carotid arteries of db/db mice, superoxide dismutase (SOD)-sensitive, enhanced superoxide production was detected by dihydroethydine staining and lucigenin enhanced chemiluminescence. Correspondingly, intraluminal administration of SOD significantly augmented flow-, ACh-, and NONOate-induced dilations of diabetic arterioles, and then flow- and ACh-induced responses could be inhibited by L-NAME. Collectively, these findings suggest that in T2-DM, due to an enhanced superoxide production, NO mediation of agonist- and flow-induced dilations of coronary arterioles is reduced. This alteration in the regulation of coronary microvascular resistance may contribute to the development of IHD in T2-DM.
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