Cerebral blood flow during inhibition of brain nitric oxide synthase activity in normal, hypertensive, and stroke-prone rats

Stroke; a Journal of Cerebral Circulation
M IzutaR J Traystman

Abstract

Because tonic production of nitric oxide (NO) is important in regulating cerebrovascular tone and NO may be important in the mechanism of brain injury from focal ischemia, we speculated that stroke predisposition in spontaneously hypertensive stroke-prone rats (SHR-SP) may be related to impaired tonic production of NO. This study was designed to test the hypothesis that the cerebral blood flow (CBF) response to inhibition of NO synthase in SHR-SP would be different than that observed in normal Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats and non-stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). Pentobarbital-anesthetized, mechanically ventilated rats were tested for CBF response to saline, 5 or 20 mg/kg IV of NG-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA), or 20 mg/kg IV of N omega-nitro-L-arginine (L-NA). In addition, specificity for an NO-dependent mechanism was assessed by determining the ability to reverse any alteration in CBF with L-arginine. Hemorrhage was used to minimize any increase in mean arterial blood pressure (MABP) from NO synthase inhibition. In a separate cohort of rats, differential sensitivity of NO synthase for inhibition by nitro-arginine analogues was determined. Baseline MABP was greater in SHR-SP (185 +/- 3, n = 38) and SHR (169 +/- 3...Continue Reading

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