Abstract
The effects of NG-nitro-L-arginine (L-NNA) on blood pressure of various strains of spontaneously hypertensive rats were studied. Blood pressure of the rats was higher in the order of WKY, SHR, SHRSP, M-SHRSP. L-NNA caused an elevation of the blood pressure, which was greatest in SHR and smallest in WKY and M-SHRSP. Endothelium-dependent relaxation of aortae by acetylcholine was greatest in preparations from WKY and it decreased as the blood pressure of rats increased. Phenylephrine (higher than 10−6mg/kg) caused an elevation of the blood pressure, which was greatest in SHR and smallest in M-SHRSP. It was suggested that L-NNA elevated blood pressure by inhibiting the basal or flow-induced release of nitric oxide from the endothelium that is causing a reduction in vascular smooth muscle tone. The smaller effect of L-NNA in WKY was due to weak smooth muscle tone, while the smaller effect in SHRSP and M-SHRSP is due to impaired function of endothelium.
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