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. 1996 Mar 1;491(Pt 2):455–463. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021229

Minimal role of nitric oxide in basal coronary flow regulation and cardiac energetics of blood-perfused isolated canine heart.

A Saeki 1, F A Recchia 1, H Senzaki 1, D A Kass 1
PMCID: PMC1158739  PMID: 8866868

Abstract

1. The role of nitric oxide (NO) in the regulation of basal coronary perfusion and ventricular chamber energetics was studied in isovolumetrically contracting isolated blood-perfused canine hearts. Hearts were cross-perfused by a donor animal prior to isolation, and chamber volume controlled by a servo-pump. Coronary sinus flow and arterial-coronary sinus oxygen difference were measured to determine energetic efficiency. 2. NO synthase (NOS) was competitively inhibited by NG-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA; 0.5 mg kg-1, intracoronary), resulting in a reduction of acetylcholine (50 micrograms min-1)-induced flow augmentation from 143 to 62% (P < 0.001). 3. NOS inhibition had no significant effect on basal coronary flow. Coronary pressure-flow relationships were determined at a constant cardiac workload by varying mean perfusion pressure between 20 and 150 mmHg. Neither the shape of the relationship, nor the low-pressure value at which flow regulation was substantially diminished were altered by NOS inhibition. 4. Myocardial efficiency was assessed by the relationship between myocardial oxygen consumption and total pressure-volume area (PVA), with cavity volume altered to generate varying PVAs. This relative load-independent measure of energetic efficiency was minimally altered by NOS inhibition. 5. These results contrast with isolated crystalloid-perfused heart experiments and suggest that in hearts with highly controlled ventricular loading and whole-blood perfusion, effects of basal NO production on coronary perfusion and left ventricular energetics are minimal.

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