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Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 263: L194-L200, 1992;
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AJP - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Vol 263, Issue 2 194-L200, Copyright © 1992 by American Physiological Society


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L-arginine restores endothelium-dependent relaxation in pulmonary circulation of chronically hypoxic rats

S. Eddahibi, S. Adnot, C. Carville, Y. Blouquit and B. Raffestin
Departement de Physiologie, Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale, U 296, Hopital Henri Mondor, Creteil, France.

We investigated whether loss of endothelial-derived relaxing factor (EDRF) activity in the pulmonary vessels of chronically hypoxic rats could be restored by pretreatment with L-arginine. We measured vasodilation to acetylcholine (ACh), calcium ionophore A23187, or linsidomine (Sin-1) under conditions of increased vascular tone induced by U-46619 (50 pmol/min), as well as vasoconstriction to endothelin-1 (ET) in isolated lungs pretreated with meclofenamate (3 microM). In lungs from normoxic (N) rats, in vitro L- or D-arginine (10(-3) M) did not alter vasodilation to the endothelium-dependent agents ACh (10(-9)-10(-6) M) and A23187 (10(-9)-10(-7) M), but NG-monomethyl-L-arginine (10(-3) M) completely abolished it. In lungs from rats exposed to 3 wk of hypoxia (H), vasodilation to ACh or A23187 was fully restored after in vitro L-arginine (10(-3) M) or N alpha-benzoyl-L-arginine (5 x 10(-5) M) but remained abolished after D-arginine, L-citrulline, L-ornithine, or L-argininosuccinic acid. In vivo pretreatment of H rats with L-arginine (300 mg/kg iv) 30 min before isolating the lung also restored vasodilation to A23187. Vasodilation to the endothelium-independent agent Sin-1 was similar in both groups of lungs and was not altered by in vitro L-arginine. L-arginine attenuated the increased pressor response to ET (300 pmol) of H rat lungs but had no effect in N rats. Our results demonstrate that loss of EDRF activity associated with hypoxic pulmonary hypertension may be reversed by supplying L-arginine.


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