Delayed effect of nitric oxide synthase inhibition on the survival of rats after acute decompression

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 121-128

  Bondi M ^a   Cavaggioni, A ^a   Michieli, P ^a   Schiavon, M ^b   Travain, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b AULSS 16 of Padua   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME INHIBITOR; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; DECOMPRESSION; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; MALE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 19044382489     PISSN: 10662936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Lynch PR, Brighamm M, Tuma R, Wiedeman MP. Origin and time course of gas bubbles following rapid decompression in hamster. Undersea Biomed Res 1985; 12:105-114.
2. Lethosalo J, Tervo T, Laitinen LA. Bubbles and hematologic alterations in intracranial veins during experimental decompression sickness. Acta Neuropathol 1983; 59:139-144.
3. Johansson B, Steinwall O. Concomitant intravital and postmortem demonstration of experimental damage to the blood-brain barrier. Acta Neurol Scand 1972; 48:276-281.
4. Rattner B, Gruenaum S, Altland P. Cross-adaptive effects of cold, hypoxia, or physical training on decompression sickness in mice. J Appl Physiol 1979; 47:412-417.
5. Wisloff U, Brubakk AO. Aerobic endurance training reduces bubble formation and increases survival in rats exposed to hyperbaric pressure. J Physiol 2001; 537:607-611.
6. Zatz R, Baylis C. Chronic nitric oxide inhibition model six years on. Hypertension 1998; 32:958-964.
7. Rees DD, Palmer RM, Moncada S. Role of endothelium derived nitric oxide in the regulation of blood pressure. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1989; 86:3375-3378.
8. Rees DD, Palmer RM, Schulz R, Hodson HF, Moncada S. Characterization of three inhibitors of endothelial nitric oxide synthase in vitro and in vivo. Br J Parmacol 1990; 101:746-752.
9. Uematsu M, Ohara Y, Navas JP, et al. Regulation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase mRNA expression by shear stress. Am J Physiol 1995; 269:C1371-C1378.
10. Kojda G, Laursen JB, Ramasamy S, Kent JD, et al. Protein expression, vascular reactivity and soluble guanylate cyclase activity in mice lacking the endothelial cell nitric oxide synthase: contributions of NOS isoforms to blood pressure and heart rate control. Cardiovasc Res 1999; 42:206-213.
11. Hussain MB, MacAllister RJ, Hobbs AJ. Reciprocal regulation of cGMP-mediated vasorelaxation by soluble and particulate guanylate cyclases. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001; 280:1151-1159.
12. Kalinowski L, Szczepanska-Konkel M, Jankowski M, Angielski S. Cyclic GMP-dependent relaxation of isolated rat renal glomeruli induced by extracellular ATP. J Physiol 2001; 530:123-130.
13. Gavin TP, Spector DA, Wagner H, Breen EC, Wagner PD. Nitric oxide synthase inhibition attenuates the skeletal muscle VEGF mRNA response to exercise. J Appl Physiol 2000; 88:1192-1198.
14. Jacoby S, Sims RE, Hartell NA. Nitric oxide is required for the induction and heterosynaptic spread of long term potentiation in rat cerebellart slices. J Physiol 2001; 535:825-829.
15. Yellon DM, Downey JM. Preconditioning of myocardium from cell physiology to clinical cardiology. Physiol Rev 2003; 83:1113-1151.
16. Lillo RS, Parker EC. Mixed-gas model for predicting decompression sickness in rats. J Appl Physiol 2000; 89:2107-2116.
17. Boggian I, Buzzacaro E, Calistri A, et al. Asymptomatic herpes simplex type 1 virus infection of the mouse brain. J Neurovirol 2000; 6:303-313.
18. Broman T, Branemark PI, Johansson B, Steinwall O. Intravital and postmortem studies on air embolism damage of the blood-brain barrier tested with trypan blue. Acta Neurol Scand 1966; 42:146-152.
19. Lauer T, Kleinbongard P, Kelm M. Indexes of NO bioavailability in human blood. News Physiol Sci 2002; 17:251-255.
20. Doni MG, Padoin E, Residori O, Mutinelli F. Arteriolar vasodilatation in cyrrhotic conscious rats: a role for nitric oxide. J Physiol 1995; 168:487P.
21. Li JK. Laminar and turbulent flow in the mammalian aorta: Reynolds number. J Theor Biol 1988; 135:409-414.
22. Harvey EN, Whitley AH, McElroy WD, Pease DC, Barnes DK. Bubble formation in animals II. Gas nuclei and their distribution in blood and tissues. J Cell Comp Physiol 1944; 24:23-34
23. Stanley RC. Mechanical properties of solids and fluids. London: Butterworth, 1972: 87-88.
24. Tikuisis P, Gerth WA. Decompression theory. In: Brubbak AO, Neuma TS, eds. Physiology and Medicine of Diving. Saunders, Edinburgh, 2003: 419-454.
25. Wisloff U, Richardson RS, Brubakk AO. NOS inhibition increases bubble formation and reduces survival in sedentary but not exercised rats. J Physiol 2003; 564:577-582.
26. Santolini J, Adak S, Curran CM, Stuehr DJ. A kinetic simulation model that describes catalysis and regulation in nitric-oxide synthesis. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:1233-1243.
27. Hills BA. A hydrophobic oligolamellar lining to the vascular lumen in some organs. Undersea Biomedical Research 1992; 19:107-120.
28. Yount D, Strauss R. On the evolution, generation and regeneration of gas cavitation nuclei. J Acoustical Soc America 1982; 65:431-1439.