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Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 282: H2066-H2075, 2002. First published February 14, 2002; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00288.2001
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Vol. 282, Issue 6, H2066-H2075, June 2002

Endothelial nitric oxide production during in vitro simulation of external limb compression

Guohao Dai1, Olga Tsukurov2, Michael Chen2, Jonathan P. Gertler2, and Roger D. Kamm1

1 Division of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139; and 2 Vascular Surgery Research Laboratory, Division of Vascular Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114

External pneumatic compression (EPC) is effective in preventing deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and is thought to alter endothelial thromboresistant properties. We investigated the effect of EPC on changes in nitric oxide (NO), a critical mediator in the regulation of vasomotor and platelet function. An in vitro cell culture system was developed to simulate flow and vessel collapse conditions under EPC. Human umbilical vein endothelial cells were cultured and subjected to tube compression (C), pulsatile flow (F), or a combination of the two (FC). NO production and endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) mRNA expression were measured. The data demonstrate that in the F and FC groups, there is a rapid release of NO followed by a sustained increase. NO production levels in the F and FC groups were almost identical, whereas the C group produced the same low amount of NO as the control group. Conditions F and FC also upregulate eNOS mRNA expression by a factor of 2.08 ± 0.25 and 2.11 ± 0.21, respectively, at 6 h. Experiments with different modes of EPC show that NO production and eNOS mRNA expression respond to different time cycles of compression. These results implicate enhanced NO release as a potentially important factor in the prevention of DVT.

deep vein thrombosis; hemodynamics; nitric oxide synthase


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