Intravenous injection of growth hormone in anaesthetized pigs has been shown to cause coronary vasoconstriction by antagonizing the vasodilatory effects of 2-adrenergic receptors. Because nitric oxide is believed to modulate or mediate 2-adrenergic effects, the present study was undertaken in the same experimental model to determine the role of nitric oxide in the above response to growth hormone. In fourteen pigs anaesthetized with sodium pentobarbitone, changes in left circumflex or anterior descending coronary blood flow caused by intravenous injection of 0.05 i.u. kg-1 of growth hormone at constant heart rate and arterial blood pressure were assessed using electromagnetic flowmeters. In a first control group of six pigs, growth hormone caused a decrease in coronary blood flow which averaged 13.1 % of the baseline values. In a second group of eight pigs, intravenous administration of N-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) was used to block the endothelial release of nitric oxide. In these pigs, the subsequent injection of growth hormone did not cause any significant changes in coronary blood flow, even when performed after reversing the increase in arterial blood pressure and coronary vascular resistance caused by L-NAME with continuous intravenous infusion of papaverine. These results indicated that the coronary vasoconstricting effect of growth hormone, known to involve antagonism of 2-adrenergic vasodilatory effect, was mediated by inhibition of nitric oxide release

The role of nitric oxide in the coronary vasoconstriction caused by growth hormone in anaesthetized pigs.

MOLINARI, Claudio Giuseppe;BONA, Gianni;GROSSINI, Elena;VACCA, Giovanni
2000-01-01

Abstract

Intravenous injection of growth hormone in anaesthetized pigs has been shown to cause coronary vasoconstriction by antagonizing the vasodilatory effects of 2-adrenergic receptors. Because nitric oxide is believed to modulate or mediate 2-adrenergic effects, the present study was undertaken in the same experimental model to determine the role of nitric oxide in the above response to growth hormone. In fourteen pigs anaesthetized with sodium pentobarbitone, changes in left circumflex or anterior descending coronary blood flow caused by intravenous injection of 0.05 i.u. kg-1 of growth hormone at constant heart rate and arterial blood pressure were assessed using electromagnetic flowmeters. In a first control group of six pigs, growth hormone caused a decrease in coronary blood flow which averaged 13.1 % of the baseline values. In a second group of eight pigs, intravenous administration of N-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) was used to block the endothelial release of nitric oxide. In these pigs, the subsequent injection of growth hormone did not cause any significant changes in coronary blood flow, even when performed after reversing the increase in arterial blood pressure and coronary vascular resistance caused by L-NAME with continuous intravenous infusion of papaverine. These results indicated that the coronary vasoconstricting effect of growth hormone, known to involve antagonism of 2-adrenergic vasodilatory effect, was mediated by inhibition of nitric oxide release
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