Endothelial nitric oxide synthase activity is essential for vasodilation during blood flow recovery but not for arteriogenesis.
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol
; 27(9): 1926-33, 2007 Sep.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Arteriogenesis is the major mechanism of vascular growth, which is able to compensate for blood flow deficiency after arterial occlusion. Endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) activity is essential for neovascularization, however its specific role in arteriogenesis remains unclear. We studied the role of eNOS in arteriogenesis using 3 mouse strains with different eNOS expression. METHODS ANDRESULTS:
Distal femoral artery ligation was performed in eNOS-overexpressing mice (eNOStg), eNOS-deficient (eNOS-/-) mice, and wild type (WT) controls. Tissue perfusion and collateral-dependent blood flow were significantly increased in eNOStg mice compared with WT only immediately after ligation. In eNOS-/- mice, although tissue perfusion remained significantly decreased, collateral-dependent blood flow was only decreased until day 7, suggesting normal, perhaps delayed collateral growth. Histology confirmed no differences in collateral arteries of eNOStg, eNOS-/-, and WT mice at 1 and 3 weeks. Administration of an NO donor induced vasodilation in collateral arteries of eNOS-/- mice, but not in WT, identifying the inability to vasodilate collateral arteries as main cause of impaired blood flow recovery in eNOS-/- mice.CONCLUSIONS:
This study demonstrates that eNOS activity is crucial for NO-mediated vasodilation of peripheral collateral vessels after arterial occlusion but not for collateral artery growth.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Vasodilatação
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Neovascularização Fisiológica
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Óxido Nítrico Sintase Tipo II
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Óxido Nítrico
Limite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Article