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Department of Anesthesiology, Biomedical Engineering Program, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York 14642
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study asks which occurs first in time for remote responses: a dilation
or a remote change in flow. Arteriolar diameter (~20 µm) and
fluorescently labeled red blood cell (RBC) velocity were measured in
the cremaster muscle of anesthetized (pentobarbital sodium, 70 mg/kg)
hamsters (n = 51). Arterioles were locally stimulated for 60 s
with micropipette-applied 10 µg/ml LM-609
(
v
3-integrin agonist),
10
3 M adenosine, or 10
3 M
3-morpholinosydnonimine (SIN-1, nitric oxide donor) as remote response
agonists or with 10
3 M papaverine, which dilates
only locally. Observations were made at a remote site 1,200 µm
upstream. With LM-609 or adenosine, the RBC velocity increased first
(within 5 s), and the remote dilation followed 5-7 s later.
N-nitro-L-arginine (100 µM) blocked the LM-609
(100%) and adenosine (60%) remote dilations. SIN-1 induced a
concurrent remote dilation and decrease in RBC velocity (~10 s),
suggesting the primary signal was to dilate. Papaverine had no remote
effects. This study suggests that, although remote responses to some
agonists are induced by primary signals to dilate, additionally,
network changes in flow can stimulate extensive remote changes in diameter.
integrin; adenosine; nitric oxide; ascending flow-dependent dilation
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