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J Appl Physiol 84: 1596-1603, 1998;
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Vol. 84, Issue 5, 1596-1603, May 1998

Inhibition of nitric oxide synthase slows heart rate recovery from cholinergic activation

Claire E. Sears, Julia K. Choate, and David J. Paterson

University Laboratory of Physiology, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PT, United Kingdom

The role of nitric oxide (NO) in the cholinergic regulation of heart rate (HR) recovery from an aspect of simulated exercise was investigated in atria isolated from guinea pig to test the hypothesis that NO may be involved in the cholinergic antagonism of the positive chronotropic response to adrenergic stimulation. Inhibition of NO synthesis with NG-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA, 100 µM) significantly slowed the time course of the reduction in HR without affecting the magnitude of the response elicited by bath-applied ACh (100 nM) or vagal nerve stimulation (2 Hz). The half-times (t1/2) of responses were 3.99 ± 0.41 s in control vs. 7.49 ± 0.68 s in L-NMMA (P < 0.05). This was dependent on prior adrenergic stimulation (norepinephrine, 1 µM). The effect of L-NMMA was reversed by L-arginine (1 mM; t1/2 4.62 ± 0.39 s). The calcium-channel antagonist nifedipine (0.2 µM) also slowed the kinetics of the reduction in HR caused by vagal nerve stimulation. However, the t1/2 for the reduction in HR with antagonists (2 mM Cs+ and 1 µM ZD-7288) of the hyperpolarization-activated current were significantly faster compared with control. There was no additional effect of L-NMMA or L-NMMA+L-arginine on vagal stimulation in groups treated with nifedipine, Cs+, or ZD-7288. We conclude that NO contributes to the cholinergic antagonism of the positive cardiac chronotropic effects of adrenergic stimulation by accelerating the HR response to vagal stimulation. This may involve an interplay between two pacemaking currents (L-type calcium channel current and hyperpolarization-activated current). Whether NO modulates the vagal control of HR recovery from actual exercise remains to be determined.

cardiac; autonomic nervous system; guinea pig


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