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Articles in PresS, published online ahead of print October 25, 2002
J Appl Physiol, 10.1152/jap.00771.2002
Submitted on August 23, 2002
Accepted on October 23, 2002

High Altitude Chronic Hypoxia Alters the Function of NOS Nerves in Cerebral Arteries of Near-Term Fetal and Adult Sheep

Emmanuel N Mbaku1, Lubo Zhang1, William J Pearce1, Sue P Duckles2, and John Buchholz1*

1 Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Loma Linda Univesity, School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA, USA
2 Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jbuchholz{at}som.llu.edu.

In addition to adrenergic innervation, cerebral arteries also contain neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS)-expressing nerves that augment adrenergic nerve function. We examined the impact of development and chronic high altitude hypoxia (3820 m) on nNOS nerve function in near term fetal and adult sheep middle cerebral arteries (MCA). Electrical stimulation-evoked release of norepinephrine (NE) was measured with HPLC and electrochemical detection, while nitric oxide (NO) release was measured by chemiluminescence. An inhibitor of NOS, n{omega}-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) significantly inhibited stimulation-evoked NE release in MCA from normoxic fetal and adult sheep with no effect in MCA from hypoxic animals. Addition of the NO donor S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine fully reversed the effect of L-NAME in MCA from normoxic animals with no effect in MCA from hypoxic animals. Electrical stimulation caused a significant increase in NO release in MCA from normoxic animals, an effect that was blocked by the neurotoxin tetrodotoxin, while there was no increase in NO release in MCA from hypoxic animals. Relative abundance of nNOS as measured by western blot analysis was similar in normoxic fetal and adult MCA. However, after hypoxic acclimitization nNOS levels dramatically declined in both fetal and adult MCA. These data suggest that the function of nNOS nerves declines during chronic high altitude hypoxia, a functional change that may be related to a decline in nNOS protein levels.




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