期刊
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY
卷 115, 期 9, 页码 1290-1296出版社
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00358.2013
关键词
endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factors; inward rectifier potassium channels; nitric oxide; thermoregulation; whole body heating
资金
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute [HL-081671]
In human cutaneous microvasculature, endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factors (EDHFs) account for a large portion of vasodilation associated with local stimuli. Thus we sought to determine the role of EDHFs in active vasodilation (AVD) to passive heating in two protocols. Whole body heating was achieved using water-perfused suits (core temperature increase of 0.8-1.0 degrees C), and skin blood flow was measured using laser-Doppler flowmetry. In the first protocol, four sites were perfused continuously via microdialysis with: 1) control; 2) tetraethylammonium (TEA) to block calcium-activated potassium (K-Ca) channels, and thus the actions of EDHFs; 3) N-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) to inhibit nitric oxide synthase (NOS); and 4) TEA + L-NAME (n = 8). Data are presented as percent maximal cutaneous vascular conductance (CVC). TEA had no effect on AVD (CVC during heated plateau: control 57.4 +/- 4.9% vs. TEA 63.2 +/- 5.2%, P = 0.27), indicating EDHFs are not obligatory. L-NAME attenuated plateau CVC to 33.7 +/- 5.4% (P < 0.01 vs. control); while TEA + L-NAME augmented plateau CVC compared with L-NAME alone (49.7 +/- 5.3%, P < 0.02). From these data, it appears combined blockade of EDHFs and NOS necessitates dilation through other means, possibly through inward rectifier (K-IR) and/or ATP-sensitive (K-ATP) potassium channels. To test this second hypothesis, we measured AVD at the following sites (n = 8): 1) control, 2) L-NAME, 3) L-NAME + TEA, and 4) L-NAME + TEA + barium chloride (BaCl2; KIR and K-ATP blocker). The addition of BaCl2 to L-NAME + TEA reduced plateau CVC to 32.7 +/- 6.6% (P = 0.02 vs. L-NAME + TEA), which did not differ from the L-NAME site. These data combined demonstrate a complex interplay between vasodilatory pathways, with cross-talk between NO, K-Ca channels, and K-IR and/or K-ATP channels.
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