Nitric oxide does not mediate coronary vasodilation by isoflurane
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Nitric oxide does not mediate coronary vasodilation by isoflurane
Abstract
Background: Isoflurane causes vasodilation in the coronary circulation. The current study employed a canine model permitting selective intracoronary administrations of isoflurane (1) to test the hypothesis that coronary vasodilation by isoflurane is mediated by nitric oxide and (2) to evaluate the persistence of coronary vasodilation during an extended exposure to isoflurane.
Methods: Open-chest dogs anesthetized with fentanyl and midazolam were studied. The left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) was perfused via extracorporeal system with normal arterial blood or with arterial blood equilibrated with 1.4% (1 MAC) isoflurane. In the LAD bed, coronary blood flow (CBF) was measured with an electromagnetic flowmeter and used to calculate myocardial oxygen consumption (MVO2). In series 1, performed at constant coronary perfusion pressure (CPP), the LAD was exposed to 3 h of isoflurane in two groups of eight dogs: control group, normal coronary endothelium; and experimental group, intracoronary infusion of the nitric oxide synthase inhibitor L-NAME (0.15 mg/min for 30 min). Series 2 was performed with CBF constant; thus, CPP varied directly with coronary vascular resistance. In this series, initial steady-state changes in CPP by isoflurane were evaluated in the same four dogs before and after L-NAME.
Results: In the control group of series 1, isoflurane caused a maximal, initial increase in CBF of 444%; however, CBF decreased progressively reaching a value not significantly different from baseline after 3 h of isoflurane. Isoflurane caused a significant (approximately 35%) decrease in MVO2, which persisted during the 3-h administration. Findings after L-NAME (experimental group) were not significantly different from those in control group. In series 2, isoflurane caused significant decreases in CPP that were not affected by L-NAME.
Conclusions: The lack of effect of L-NAME on isoflurane-induced coronary vasodilation suggests that nitric oxide does not mediate this response. The increase in CBF during prolonged isoflurane waned over time, perhaps because of tachyphylaxis or emergence of a competitive vasoconstrictor mechanism, e.g., metabolic factors secondary to reduced oxygen demands.
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