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J Appl Physiol 88: 827-834, 2000;
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Vol. 88, Issue 3, 827-834, March 2000

Endothelium-dependent relaxation differs in porcine pulmonary arteries from the left and right caudal lobes

Lynelle R. Johnson1, John R. Dodam1,2, and M. Harold Laughlin1

Departments of 1 Veterinary Biomedical Sciences and 2 Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211

We hypothesized that pulmonary arteries (PA) from identical branch orders within left and right caudal lung lobes would exhibit similar vasomotor responses. Arterial rings from caudal lung lobes of female swine were examined in vitro. Vascular smooth muscle contraction to KCl and norepinephrine did not differ. Vascular relaxation to endothelium-dependent (bradykinin, acetylcholine, A-23187) and -independent (sodium nitroprusside, zero-calcium Krebs solution) vasodilators was assessed. Right PA exhibited less maximal relaxation to acetylcholine (50%) than did left PA (69%; P < 0.001). Maximal relaxation to sodium nitroprusside did not differ, although right PA had a lower drug concentration resulting in half-maximal relaxation (6.26 × 10-8 M) than did left PA (9.57 × 10-8 M; P < 0.05). Nitric oxide synthase inhibition with an arginine analog (Nomega -nitro-L-arginine methyl ester) depressed acetylcholine-induced relaxation but the left vs. right difference persisted. Indomethacin enhanced relaxation to acetylcholine and abolished the difference between left and right. We conclude that endothelium-dependent vasorelaxation is less in porcine right than in left PA because of greater release of one or more constricting prostanoids in arteries from the right caudal lobe.

pulmonary circulation; arachidonic acid metabolites; porcine; endothelial cell function; blood flow distribution


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