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Mechanical compression elicits NO-dependent increases in coronary flow

Department of Physiology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York 10595

Submitted 15 April 2004 ; accepted in final form 9 August 2004

Our previous studies have demonstrated that a decrease in arteriolar diameter that causes endothelial deformation elicits the release of nitric oxide (NO). Thus we hypothesized that cardiac contraction, via deformation of coronary vessels, elicits the release of NO and increases in coronary flow. Coronary flow was measured at a constant perfusion pressure of 80 mmHg in Langendorff preparations of rat hearts. Hearts were placed in a sealed chamber surrounded with perfusion solution. The chamber pressure could be increased from 0 to 80 mmHg to generate extracardiac compression. To minimize the impact of metabolic vasodilatation and rhythmic changes in shear stress, nonbeating hearts, by perfusing the hearts with a solution containing 20 mM KCl, were used. After extracardiac compression for 10 or 20 s, coronary flow increased significantly, concurrent with an increased release of nitrite into the coronary effluent and increased phosphorylation of endothelial NO synthase in the hearts. Inhibition of NO synthesis eliminated the compression-induced increases in coronary flow. Shear stress-induced dilation could not account for this increased coronary flow. Furthermore, in isolated coronary arterioles, without intraluminal flow, the release of vascular compression elicited a NO-dependent dilation. Thus this study reveals a new mechanism that, via coronary vascular deformation, elicited by cardiac contraction, stimulates the endothelium to release NO, leading to increased coronary perfusion.

endothelial deformation; nitric oxide; coronary circulation

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