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Inferior Canine Hindlimb Ischemia and Reperfusion Impairs Femoral Artery Endothelium-Dependent Wall Relaxation

Carlos E. Piccinato, MD, PhD

Jesualdo Cherri, MD, PhD

Fermanda Viaro, BSc

Paulo Roberto B. Evora, MD, PhD

S"o Paulo, Brazil

This experimental investigation was carried out to study the endothelium-dependent ischemiareperfusion injury upon the release of nitric oxide (NO) in the canine femoral artery. The tested experimental model was the inferior canine hindlimb ischemia induced by infrarenal abdominal aortic clamping followed by reperfusion. The research protocol was standardized in four experimental groups (n=6): (1) Control group; (2) Ischemia (120 minutes) group; (3) Ischemia (90 minutes) and reperfusion (60 minutes) group; and (4) Ischemia (120 minutes) and reperfusion (90 minutes) group. The femoral artery vascular reactivity was studied in vitro with the aid of an eight "organ chambers" setup, where segments from 4 to 5 mm, with and without endothelium, were suspended and connected to force transducers. The fundamental data of this study were as follows: (1) Ischemia caused by 120 minutes of infrarenal aortic clamping did not cause femoral artery endothelium dysfunction. (2) Ischemia caused by 90 minutes of clamping followed by 60 minutes of reperfusion also did not cause endothelium dysfunction, with an observed tendency to signal transduction impairment (studied by the sodium fluoride dose response curves). (3) Ischemia caused by 120 minutes of clamping followed by 90 minutes of reperfusion caused endothelium dysfunction, observed by the femoral artery impaired capacity of the endothelium-dependent NO release evoked by acetylcholine, adenosine diphosphate, and sodium fluoride. The present pharmacologic in vitro observations are concordant with the evidence that the NO-release impairment, caused by inferior canine hindlimb ischemia followed by reperfusion, is a consequence of endothelium cell membrane receptors, and G-proteins signal transduction dysfunction.

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Vol. 39, No. 1, 39-46 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/153857440503900114


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