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Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H1307-H1312, 2003. First published December 19, 2002; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00792.2002
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Vol. 284, Issue 4, H1307-H1312, April 2003

Influence of coronary artery diameter on eNOS protein content

M. H. Laughlin, J. R. Turk, W. G. Schrage, C. R. Woodman, and E. M. Price

Departments of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences and Medical Physiology, and Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211

The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that the content of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) protein (eNOS protein/g total artery protein) increases with decreasing artery diameter in the coronary arterial tree. Content of eNOS protein was determined in porcine coronary arteries with immunoblot analysis. Arteries were isolated in six size categories from each heart: large arteries [301- to 2,500-µm internal diameter (ID)], small arteries (201- to 300-µm ID), resistance arteries (151- to 200-µm ID), large arterioles (101- to 150-µm ID), intermediate arterioles (51- to 100-µm ID), and small arterioles(<50-µm ID). To obtain sufficient protein for analysis from small- and intermediate-sized arterioles, five to seven arterioles 1-2 mm in length were pooled into one sample for each animal. Results establish that the number of smooth muscle cells per endothelial cell decreases from a number of 10 to 15 in large coronary arteries to 1 in the smallest arterioles. Immunohistochemistry revealed that eNOS is located only in endothelial cells in all sizes of coronary artery and in coronary capillaries. Contrary to our hypothesis, eNOS protein content did not increase with decreasing size of coronary artery. Indeed, the smallest coronary arterioles had less eNOS protein per gram of total protein than the large coronary arteries. These results indicate that eNOS protein content is greater in the endothelial cells of conduit arteries, resistance arteries, and large arterioles than in small coronary arterioles.

arteries; blood flow; coronary disease; endothelium; endothelial-derived factors; capillary endothelium


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