Abstract
The present study was designed to evaluate the role of endothelial NO in the hemodynamics and vascular changes that occur in heart failure following myocardial infarction in rats. Left ventricular systolic pressure (LVSP), mean blood pressure (MBP), aortic morphology (media thickness) and reactivity were evaluated in rats with coronary artery ligation (heart failure, HF) or sham operation (SO) untreated or treated for four weeks with either a low dose of NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME, 6 mg.kg(-1).day(-1)) or L-arginine (1.5 g.kg(-1).day(-1)). In rats with HF LVSP (HF = 111 +/- 8 mmHg; SO = 143 +/- 6 mmHg, p < 0.05), MBP (HF = 98 +/- 8 mmHg; SO = 127 +/- 6 mmHg, p < 0.05) and aortic media thickness (HF = 68 +/- 6 microm; SO = 75 +/- 2 microm, p < 0.05) were significantly reduced. The contractile response to phenylephrine and the endothelium-independent relaxation to sodium nitroprusside were similar in HF and SO aortas, but the sensitivity (pD2) to acetylcholine (HF = 7.5 +/- 0.06; SO = 7.1 +/- 0.08, p < 0.05) was significantly increased in HF aortas, indicating an enhanced basal NO release. Treatment with L-NAME (LN) reversed the effects of HF on LVSP (HF-LN = 143 +/- 9 mmHg, p < 0.05 vs. HF), MBP (HF-LN = 128 +/- 8 ...Continue Reading
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