EDHF mediates flow-induced dilation in skeletal muscle arterioles of female eNOS-KO mice
2001
Vasodilation to increases in flow was studied in isolated gracilis muscle arterioles of female endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS)-knockout (KO) and female wild-type (WT) mice. Dilation to flow (0–10 μl/min) was similar in the two groups, yet calculated wall shear stress was significantly greater in arterioles of eNOS-KO than in arterioles of WT mice. Indomethacin, which inhibited flow-induced dilation in vessels of WT mice by ∼40%, did not affect the responses of eNOS-KO mice, whereas miconazole and 6-(2-proparglyoxyphenyl)hexanoic acid (PPOH) abolished the responses. Basal release of epoxyeicosatrienonic acids from arterioles was inhibited by PPOH. Iberiotoxin eliminated flow-induced dilation in arterioles of eNOS-KO mice but had no effect on arterioles of WT mice. In WT mice, neitherN ω-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester nor miconazole alone affected flow-induced dilation. Combination of both inhibitors inhibited the responses by ∼50%. 1H-[1,2,4]oxadiazolo[4,3-a]quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ) alone inhibited f...
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