Effect of nitric oxide synthase inhibition on regional blood flow during hyperthermia |
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Authors: | Sils Szlyk-Modrow Tartarini Matthew Francesconi |
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Institution: | Military Nutrition and Biochemistry Division, US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Kansas Street, 01760-5007, Natick, MA, USA |
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Abstract: | The loss of compensatory splanchnic vasoconstriction during hyperthermia was assessed in rats after administration of either 0, 10, 30, or 100mg/kg N(w)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester,L-NAME. Rectal temperature (T(re)), heart rate (HR), mean arterial blood pressure (MAP), breathing frequency (BF), and renal, mesenteric and caudal blood flows (Q(R), Q(M) and Q(C)) were measured until irreversible cardiovascular collapse occurred. HR, MAP and BF increased as T(re) rose to 42 degrees C, then fell as circulatory collapse occurred. As dose increased T(re) at collapse decreased. Q(M) decreased until a T(re) of 41.5-42 degrees C and then increased. Q(R) and Q(C) were unaffected by either hyperthermia orL-NAME. Inhibition of NO synthase did not prevent the circulatory collapse of heatstroke; the higher doses ofL-NAME may have exacerbated the onset of circulatory failure. |
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