Superior mesenteric artery vasoactivity in hyperlipidemic Watanabe rabbits versus normal lipidemic New Zealand controls

Journal of Investigative Surgery : the Official Journal of the Academy of Surgical Research
K M DalessandriJ Brock

Abstract

Recent in vitro studies on isolated coronary and mesenteric arteries have shown that hyperlipidemia appears to hypersensitize the vascular arterial smooth muscle to drugs such as ergonovine and that this increased contractility seems to be mediated by a serotinergic mechanism. This results in vasospasm with exposure to certain vasoactive drugs such as serotonin or norepinephrine. However, in vivo quantification of this observed phenomenon has not been done. In the present study we used Watanabe hereditary hyperlipidemic (WHHL) rabbits (cholesterol level 459 +/- 216 mg/dL) and the normal lipidemic New Zealand white (NZW) rabbit (cholesterol level 35 +/- 19) as a control in the study of hyperlipidemia and blood flow changes in response to various vasoactive drugs. Blood flow measurements were made by the video dilution technique (VDT) following catheterization of the superior mesenteric artery. The serotinergic vasoactive drug ergonovine maleate was injected into the superior mesenteric artery at low dose (0.002) mg/kg) and high dose (0.004 mg/kg). A significant decrease (p less than .05) in blood flow was observed in response to high-dose ergonovine maleate in WHHL rabbits compared to the NZW rabbits. This in vivo experiment con...Continue Reading

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Aug 12, 2006·Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation·M B HansenJ F Pedersen
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