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J Appl Physiol 85: 1292-1298, 1998;
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Vol. 85, Issue 4, 1292-1298, October 1998

Superoxide dismutase restores endothelium-dependent arteriolar dilatation during acute infusion of nicotine

William G. Mayhan and Glenda M. Sharpe

Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198-4575

We previously showed [Am. J. Physiol. 272 (Heart Circ. Physiol. 41): H2337-H2342, 1997] that nicotine impairs endothelium-dependent arteriolar dilatation. However, mechanisms that accounted for the effect of nicotine on endothelium-dependent vasodilatation were not examined. Thus the goal of this study was to examine the role of oxygen radicals in nicotine-induced impairment of arteriolar reactivity. We measured diameter of cheek pouch resistance arterioles (~50 µm diameter) in response to endothelium-dependent (ACh and ADP) and -independent (nitroglycerin) agonists before and after infusion of vehicle or nicotine in the absence or presence of superoxide dismutase. ACh, ADP, and nitroglycerin produced dose-related dilatation of cheek pouch arterioles before infusion of vehicle or nicotine. Infusion of vehicle, in the absence or presence of superoxide dismutase (150 U/ml), did not alter endothelium-dependent or -independent arteriolar dilatation. In contrast, infusion of nicotine (2 µg · kg-1 · min-1) impaired endothelium-dependent, but not -independent, arteriolar dilatation. In addition, the effect of nicotine on endothelium-dependent vasodilatation was reversed by topical application of superoxide dismutase. We suggest that nicotine impairs endothelium-dependent arteriolar dilatation via an increase in the synthesis/release of oxygen-derived free radicals.

acetylcholine; adenosine 5'-diphosphate; nitroglycerin; cheek pouch; hamsters; smoking; endothelium-derived relaxing factor; oxygen radicals


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