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. 1992 Aug;32(2):236-42.
doi: 10.1203/00006450-199208000-00022.

Acetylcholine-induced coronary vasoconstriction and negative inotropy in the neonatal pig heart

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Acetylcholine-induced coronary vasoconstriction and negative inotropy in the neonatal pig heart

R J Ascuitto et al. Pediatr Res. 1992 Aug.

Abstract

We investigated the influence of exogenously administered acetylcholine, nitric oxide, ADP, ATP, bradykinin, and substance P on coronary vascular tone in isolated, neonatal pig hearts (less than or equal to 4 d). Paced (180 bpm), isovolumically beating hearts underwent retrograde aortic perfusion, with an erythrocyte-enriched solution (hematocrit 0.15-0.20) at constant coronary flow (approximately 2.5 mL/min/g) corresponding to a perfusion pressure of approximately 60 mm Hg. Agonists were injected into the aortic root, and the peak change in coronary perfusion pressure from baseline and left ventricular pressure development were assessed. Nitric oxide (3 microL), ADP (30 nmol), ATP (30 nmol), bradykinin (125 ng), and substance P (50 ng) decreased the perfusion pressure (vasodilation) by 16.9 +/- 1.2, 25.3 +/- 4.4, 18.3 +/- 1.2, 18.9 +/- 1.4, and 7.1 +/- 1.6 mm Hg, respectively. Acetylcholine (0.5 and 1.0 nmol) produced a modest decrease in perfusion pressure (vasodilatation) of 4.2 +/- 0.8 and 3.8 +/- 0.5 mm Hg, respectively, whereas acetylcholine (5, 20, and 100 nmol) increased the perfusion pressure (vasoconstriction) by 16.7 +/- 2.7, 48.2 +/- 8.2, and 85.3 +/- 15.1 mm Hg, respectively. Acetylcholine also decreased left ventricular peak systolic pressure from 108.7 +/- 5.0 to 69.2 +/- 4.6, 56.3 +/- 6.1, and 48.2 +/- 6.4 mm Hg, for the 5, 20, and 100 nmol doses, respectively. Responses to acetylcholine were abolished by atropine (50 nmol). In a separate group of hearts, indomethacin (10(-6) M) reduced the peak change in perfusion pressure for the 5, 20, and 100 nmol doses of acetylcholine by 87%, 66%, and 48%, respectively.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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