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Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 277: H1946-H1955, 1999;
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Vol. 277, Issue 5, H1946-H1955, November 1999

Limitation of arteriolar myogenic activity by local nitric oxide: segment-specific effect of dietary salt

Timothy R. Nurkiewicz and Matthew A. Boegehold

Department of Physiology, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505-9229

The purpose of this study was to determine if local nitric oxide (NO) activity attenuates the arteriolar myogenic response in rat spinotrapezius muscle. We also investigated the possibility that hypertension, dietary salt, or their combination can alter any influence of local NO on the myogenic response. Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY) and spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) fed low-salt (0.45%, LS) or high-salt (7%, HS) diets were enclosed in a ventilated airtight box with the spinotrapezius muscle exteriorized for intravital microscopy. Mean arterial pressure was unaffected by dietary salt in WKY but was significantly higher and augmented by dietary salt in SHR. In all experiments, elevation of microvascular pressure by box pressurization caused a 0-30% decrease in the diameter of large (arcade bridge) arterioles and a 21-27% decrease in the diameter of intermediate (arcade) arterioles. Inhibition of NO synthase with NG-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA) significantly enhanced myogenic responsiveness of arcade bridge arterioles in WKY-LS and SHR-LS but not in WKY-HS and SHR-HS. L-NMMA significantly enhanced the myogenic responsiveness of arcade arterioles in all four groups. Excess L-arginine reversed this effect of L-NMMA in all cases, and arteriolar responsiveness to the NO donor sodium nitroprusside was not different among the four groups. High-salt intake had no effect on the passive distension of arterioles in either strain during box pressurization. We conclude that 1) local NO normally attenuates arteriolar myogenic responsiveness in WKY and SHR, 2) dietary salt impairs local NO activity in arcade bridge arterioles of both strains, and 3) passive arteriolar distensibility is not altered by a high-salt diet in either strain.

microcirculation; local blood flow control; hypertension


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