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Flow-Induced Dilation of Human Coronary Arterioles

Important Role of Ca2+-Activated K+ Channels

Hiroto Miura, MD, PhD; Ruth E. Wachtel, PhD; Yanping Liu, MD, PhD; Fausto R. Loberiza, Jr, MD, MS; Takashi Saito, MD, PhD; Mamoru Miura, MD, PhD; David D. Gutterman, MD

From the VA Medical Center, the Department of Medicine, and the Cardiovascular Research Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (H.M., Y.L., F.R.L., D.D.G.); the VA Medical Center, Iowa City, and the Department of Internal Medicine and Anesthesia, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City (R.E.W.); and the 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Akita University, Akita, Japan (T.S., M.M.).

Correspondence to David D. Gutterman, MD, Cardiovascular Research Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Rd, Milwaukee, WI 53226. E-mail dgutt{at}mcw.edu

Background—Flow-induced vasodilation (FID) is a physiological mechanism for regulating coronary flow and is mediated largely by nitric oxide (NO) in animals. Because hyperpolarizing mechanisms may play a greater role than NO in the microcirculation, we hypothesized that hyperpolarization contributes importantly to FID of human coronary arterioles.

Methods and Results—Arterioles from atria or ventricles were cannulated for videomicroscopy. Membrane potential of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) was measured simultaneously. After constriction with endothelin-1, increases in flow induced an endothelium-dependent vasodilation. N{omega}-Nitro-L-arginine methyl ester 10-4 mol/L modestly impaired FID of arterioles from patients without coronary artery disease (CAD), whereas no inhibition was seen in arterioles from patients with CAD. Indomethacin 10-5 mol/L was without effect, but 40 mmol/L KCl attenuated maximal FID. Tetraethylammonium 10-3 mol/L but not glibenclamide 10-6 mol/L reduced FID. Charybdotoxin 10-8 mol/L impaired both FID (15±3% versus 75±12%, P<0.05) and hyperpolarization (-32±2 mV [from -28±2 mV after endothelin-1] versus -42±2 mV [-27±2 mV], P<0.05). Miconazole 10-6 mol/L or 17-octadecynoic acid 10-5 mol/L reduced FID. By multivariate analysis, age was an independent predictor for the reduced FID.

Conclusions—We conclude that shear stress induces endothelium-dependent vasodilation, hyperpolarizing VSMCs through opening Ca2+-activated K+ channels in human coronary arterioles. In subjects without CAD, NO contributes to FID. NO and prostaglandins play no role in patients with CAD; rather, cytochrome P450 metabolites are involved. This is consistent with a role for endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor in FID of the human coronary microcirculation.


Key Words: blood flow • vasodilation • microcirculation




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