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Cardiovasc Drugs Ther ; 14(1): 23-9, 2000 Feb.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10755197

ABSTRACT

Vascular ATP-dependent potassium (K+ATP) channels open and contribute to reactive hyperemia (RH) in animals. The contribution of K+ATP channels to ischemic vasolidation during RH and interactions with endothelium-derived nitric oxide have not been well characterized in human subjects. RH blood flow responses (mL/dL) following 5 minutes of cuff occlusion were measured using strain-gauge plethysmography in 22 normal human subjects age 42 +/- 2 years. Measurements were obtained at baseline and following intra-arterial administration of the K+ATP channel closer glibenclamide, the nitric oxide synthase inhibitor L-N-monomethyl arginine (L-NMMA), or both drugs simultaneously. Glibenclamide (100 micrograms/min) did not change basal flow (2.7 +/- 0.3 to 2.7 +/- 0.3 mL/min/dL), but L-NMMA (8 mumol/min) and combined glibenclamide and L-NMMA significantly (p < 0.05) decreased basal flow (3.0 +/- 0.5 to 2.0 +/- 0.2 and 3.3 +/- 0.5 to 2.5 +/- 0.3, respectively). Glibenclamide significantly (p < 0.01) decreased RH flow (18.2 +/- 1.3 to 14.8 +/- 1.3) and excess flow (5.3 +/- 1.2 to 1.3 +/- 1.3). L-NMMA significantly (p < 0.05) decreased RH flow (21.2 +/- 1.8 to 18.9 +/- 1.9) and tended to decrease excess flow (6.1 +/- 2.2 to 3.9 +/- 2.5). Combined drug infusion significantly (p < 0.1) decreased RH flow (21.6 +/- 2.2 to 18.0 +/- 2.4) and excess flow (6.3 +/- 1.6 to 1.6 +/- 1.6), with reductions in RH and excess flow similar to those following glibenclamide infusion alone. We conclude that forearm vascular K+ATP channels are closed at baseline. They open and contribute to RH vasodilation. The addition of nitric oxide inhibition to K+ATP channel blockade does not result in additive or synergistic inhibition of RH.


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Hyperemia/metabolism , Nitric Oxide/metabolism , Potassium Channels/metabolism , Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism , Adult , Analysis of Variance , Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology , Female , Forearm/blood supply , Glyburide/pharmacology , Glyburide/therapeutic use , Humans , Hyperemia/drug therapy , Hypoglycemic Agents/pharmacology , Hypoglycemic Agents/therapeutic use , Male , Regional Blood Flow/drug effects , omega-N-Methylarginine/pharmacology
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