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CIRCULATION RESEARCH
卷 95, 期 8, 页码 822-829出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.0000146279.11923.14
关键词
hypertension; L-NAME; endothelial nitric oxide synthase deficiency; vascular hypertrophy
资金
- NHLBI NIH HHS [HL-22149, HL-38901, HL-62984] Funding Source: Medline
- NINDS NIH HHS [NS-24621] Funding Source: Medline
We examined effects of pharmacological inhibition of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) and genetic deficiency of the endothelial isoform of NOS (eNOS) on structure and mechanics of cerebral arterioles. We measured pressure, diameter, and cross-sectional area (CSA) of the vessel wall (histologically) in maximally dilated cerebral arterioles in mice that were untreated or treated for 3 months with the NOS inhibitor, N-G-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME; 10 mg/kg per day in drinking water). Treatment with L-NAME increased systemic arterial mean pressure (SAP; 143+/-4 versus 121+/-4 mm Hg, P<0.05) and CSA (437 +/- 27 versus 310 +/- 34 mu m(2), P<0.05). These findings suggest that hypertension induced in mice by NOS inhibition is accompanied by hypertrophy of cerebral arterioles. To determine the role of the eNOS isoform in regulation of cerebral vascular growth, we examined mice with targeted disruption of one (heterozygous) or both (homozygous) genes encoding eNOS. Wild-type littermates served as controls. SAP and CSA were significantly increased in homozygous (SAP, 141+/-5 versus 122+/-3 mm Hg in wild-type mice, P<0.05; CSA, 410 +/- 18 versus 306 +/- 15 mu m(2) in wild-type mice, P<0.05), but not in heterozygous (SAP, 135+/-4 mm Hg; CSA, 316+/-32 mum(2)) eNOS-deficient mice. Carotid ligation normalized cerebral arteriolar pulse pressure did not prevent increases in CSA in homozygous eNOS-deficient mice. Thus, cerebral arterioles undergo hypertrophy in homozygous eNOS-deficient mice, even in the absence of increases in arteriolar pulse pressure. These findings suggest that eNOS plays a major role in regulation of cerebral vascular growth.
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