Effects of aminoguanidine on endotoxin-treated rat aorta and pulmonary artery in vitro / 中华麻醉学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective: To investigate the effects of selective NOS inhibitor aminoguanidine (AG) on endotoxintreated rat aorta (AO) and pulmonary artery (PA) in vitro. Method: The reaction to noradrenaline (NE) (10~(-9)-10~(-4)mmol/L) was measured in the vessels with complete endothelium, then the vessels were divided into 8 groups after incubated in LPS(300ng/ml)for 4 hours. Each group was incubated with AG(100?mol/L)or L-NAME (300?mol/L)for 20, or 60min, respectively. Result: Both AO and PA showed hyporeaetivity to NE after incubated in LPS. and the reactivity of AO and PA to L-NAME and AG increased significantly after incubated in them for 60min or 20min. The sen sitivities of AO to AG,AO and PA to L-NAME increased greatly. AO had a higher reactivity to AG in 60min than in 20min. L-NAME caused earlier and greater contraction than AG in both 60 min and 20 min groups. Conclusion: LNAME and AG can both increase the decreased reactivities of AO and PA to NE. AG only increases the AO sensitivity.