慢性缺氧对大鼠肺动胍内皮依赖性舒张反应及CGMP含量的影响

This experiment was designed to investigate whether chronic hypoxia affect rat pulmonary artery (PA) endothelium-dependent relaxation and the content of cGMP in PA. Both ACh and ATP could induce endothelium-dependent relaxation of PA, not prevented by indomethacin, but completely abolished by methylene blue. These results indicated that vasodilatation of PA induced by both ACh and ATP is mediated by EDRF (endothelium-derived relaxing factor). Chronic hypoxia significantly depressed PA endothelium-dependent relaxation. The percent relaxation of IPPA and EPPA by 10(-6) mol/L ACh was 61.3% and 59.2% of those in control, and the percent relaxation of IPPA and EPPA by 1.8 x 10(-5) mol/L ATP was 64.9% and 55.3% respectively of the control. Chronic hypoxia also depressed SNP-induced endothelium-independent relaxation. Chronic hypoxia significantly decreased the content of cGMP in PA. The basic level of cGMP was 51.9 +/- 5.7 (n = 14) in hypoxia group and 84.9 +/- 9.7 (n = 14) pmol/g wet wt. in control group (P less than 0.01). After treatment of PA with ACh (10(-7) mol/L), the content of cGMP was 91.4 +/- 7.3 (n = 5) pmol/g wet wt. in hypoxic group and 240.8 +/- 30.6 (n = 5) pmol/g wet wt. in control group (P less than 0.01). Our data suggest that chronic hypoxia might depress rat pulmonary artery endothelium-dependent relaxation through the inhibition of soluble guanylate cyclase in vascular smooth muscle cells.     

慢性缺氧对肺动脉内皮依赖性和非内皮依赖性舒张反应的影响

本实验用生物测定法观察了模拟海拔5000m高度连续缺氧20d对大鼠肺动脉内皮依赖性和非内皮依赖性舒张反应的影响。结果显示慢性缺氧明显抑制了肺内和肺外动脉对乙酰胆碱、ATP、硝普钠和异丙肾上腺素舒张反应的敏感性和反应性。在浓度为10~(-6)mol/L时,缺氧组大鼠肺内动脉对乙酰胆碱、硝普钠和异丙肾上腺素的舒张反应分别只有对照组大鼠的61.3％、75.9％和61.7％,对浓度为1.8×10~(-5)mol/L的ATP的舒张反应只有对照组大鼠的64.9％。研究表明,ATP和乙酰胆碱主要是通过内皮舒张因子使肺动脉产生内皮依赖性舒张反应,硝普钠和异丙肾上腺素分别通过直接激活血管平滑肌细胞鸟苷酸环化酶和β受体使血管产生非内皮依赖性舒张反应。缺氧同时抑制了肺动脉内皮依赖性和非内皮依赖性舒张反应,提示慢性缺氧可能抑制了正常肺内舒血管活性物质的生理作用。     

慢性缺氧对大鼠肺动脉内皮依赖性舒张反应及cGMP含量的影响

本实验观察了慢性缺氧对大鼠肺动脉内皮依赖性舒张反应和肺动脉内环磷酸鸟苷(cGMP)含量的影响。乙酰胆碱(ACh)和三磷酸腺苷(ATP)可使正常大鼠的离体肺动脉产生内皮依赖性舒张反应,其舒张作用不受消炎痛的影响,但被甲烯蓝完全抑制。慢性缺氧明显减低了 ACh 和 ATP 诱发的大鼠肺内和肺外动脉的内皮依赖性舒张反应。当 ACh 浓度为10~(-6)mol/L 时,缺氧组大鼠肺内和肺外动脉舒张百分数分别为对照组的61.3%和59.2%;当 ATP浓度为1.8×10~(-5)mol/L 时,缺氧组大鼠肺内和肺外动脉舒张反应分別为对照组的64.9%和55.3%。慢性缺氧也减低了硝普钠(SNP)诱发的大鼠肺动脉非内皮依赖性舒张反应。慢性缺氧显著减低了大鼠肺动脉内 cGMP 的含量。缺氧组和对照组大鼠肺动脉内 cGMP 的基础含量分别是51.9±5.7 pmol/g wet wt.(n=14)和84.9±9.7 pmol/g wet wt.(n=14),p<0.01;经 10~(-7)mol/L ACh 刺激后分别是91.4±7.3 pmol/g wet wt.(n=5)和240.8±30.6pmol/g wet wt.(n=5),p<0.01。慢性缺氧可能抑制了肺动脉平滑肌细胞胞浆中可溶性鸟苷酸环化酶,从而减低了肺动脉对内皮舒张因子和 SNP 的舒张反应性。     

急性缺氧所致大鼠肺动脉内皮依赖性收缩反应

本实验初步证实,急性缺氧可使大鼠肺动脉产生内皮衍生收缩因子,并对其性质作了初步探讨。急性缺氧可使离体大鼠肺内和肺外动脉产生收缩反应,当灌流液氧分压从约17.3kPa降低到4kPa时(pH7.40～7.48),肺内和肺外动脉的基础张力分别比原来静息张力增加了37.5±5.1mg(n=4)和33.2±1.9mg(n=6);当氧分压恢复到约17.3kPa时,肺动脉基础张力也降到缺氧前的静息张力水平,即肺内动脉约300mg,肺外动脉约400mg。去掉内皮细胞后,急性缺氧引起的肺动脉收缩反应消失。消炎痛、去甲二氢愈创木脂酸、阿托品和酚妥拉明均不能阻断急性缺氧所致大鼠肺动脉内皮依赖性收缩反应。急性缺氧可诱发大鼠肺动脉内皮细胞产生释放非花生四烯酸环氧酶和脂氧酶代谢产物的内皮衍生收缩因子。