Affiliation:
1. Anthony Raine Research Laboratories, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London EC1A 7BE, United Kingdom
Abstract
Impaired cerebral blood flow autoregulation is seen in uremic hypertension, whereas in nonuremic hypertension autoregulation is shifted toward higher perfusion pressure. The cerebral artery constricts in response to a rise in either lumen pressure or flow; we examined these responses in isolated middle cerebral artery segments from uremic Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKYU), normotensive control rats (WKYC), and spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). Pressure-induced (myogenic) constriction developed at 100 mmHg; lumen flow was then increased in steps from 0 to 98 μl/min. Some vessels were studied after endothelium ablation. Myogenic constriction was significantly lower in WKYU (28 ± 2.9%) compared with both WKYC (39 ± 2.5%, P = 0.035) and SHR (40 ± 3.1%, P = 0.018). Flow caused constriction of arteries from all groups in an endothelium-independent manner. The response to flow was similar in WKYU and WKYC, whereas SHR displayed increased constriction compared with WKYU ( P < 0.001) and WKYC ( P < 0.001). We conclude that cerebral myogenic constriction is decreased in WKYU, whereas flow-induced constriction is enhanced in SHR.
Publisher
American Physiological Society
Subject
Physiology (medical),Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,Physiology
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