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J Appl Physiol 87: 1392-1396, 1999;
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Vol. 87, Issue 4, 1392-1396, October 1999

INVITED REVIEW
Constriction to hypoxia-reoxygenation in isolated mouse coronary arteries: role of endothelium and superoxide

Qiang Liu

Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21224

The aim of the present study was to determine the role of endothelium and superoxide in the responses of isolated mouse coronary arteries to hypoxia-reoxygenation. Isolated mouse coronary artery was cannulated, pressurized at 60 mmHg, and constantly superfused with recirculating Krebs-Ringer bicarbonate solution for continuous measurement of intraluminal diameter (ID) by video microscopy. Under a no-flow condition, hypoxia (0% O2, 30 min) caused vasoconstriction. Reoxygenation caused a further vasoconstriction (ID change from 111.4 ± 11.1 to 91 ± 16.5 µm) that was significantly reduced by removal of endothelium (ID change from 105.4 ± 27 to 109.9 ± 23.4 µm). Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase (150 U/ml) did not alter the hypoxic vasoconstriction but abolished the reoxygenation-caused endothelium-dependent vasoconstriction. Hypoxia-reoxygenation markedly enhanced the generation of superoxide that was significantly reduced by either removing the endothelium or treated these endothelium-intact vessels with superoxide dismutase. These results suggest that, in isolated mouse coronary arteries, hypoxia causes vasoconstriction that is independent of endothelium, whereas reoxygenation causes vasoconstriction that is mediated by enhanced generation of superoxide from endothelium.

coronary circulation; superoxide anions


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