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ArticleAnimal models and experimental medicine2025

Effects of different nitric oxide synthases on pulmonary and systemic hemodynamics in hypoxic stress rat model.

Huan Zhang, Yu Zhang, Xiaojun Wang, Jie Liu, Wei Zhang

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Huan ZhangResearch Center for High Altitude Medicine, Qinghai University, Xining, Qinghai, China.
Yu ZhangDepartment of Basic Medicine, Qinghai University, Xining, Qinghai, China.
Xiaojun WangDepartment of Basic Medicine, Qinghai University, Xining, Qinghai, China.
Jie LiuDepartment of Pathology, Xi'an Chest Hospital, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
Wei ZhangResearch Center for High Altitude Medicine, Qinghai University, Xining, Qinghai, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6937-5562

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High-end Innovation and Entrepreneurship Talents' Outstanding Talent ProjectNational Natural Science Foundation of China 81160012National Natural Science Foundation of China 81560301Natural Science Foundation of Qinghai 2022-ZJ-905
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backgroundUnder hypoxia, exaggerated compensatory responses may lead to acute mountain sickness. The excessive vasodilatory effect of nitric oxide (NO) can lower the hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction (HPV) and peripheral blood pressure. While NO is catalyzed by various nitric oxide synthase (NOS) isoforms, the regulatory roles of these types in the hemodynamics of pulmonary and systemic circulation in living hypoxic animals remain unclear. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the regulatory effects of different NOS isoforms on pulmonary and systemic circulation in hypoxic rats by employing selective NOS inhibitors and continuously monitoring hemodynamic parameters of both pulmonary and systemic circulation.

methodsForty healthy male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were randomly divided into four groups: Control group (N

resultsUnder normoxia, mean arterial pressure and total peripheral vascular resistance were increased, and ascending aortic blood flow and serum NO concentration were decreased in the L-NAME and AG groups. During hypoxia, pulmonary arterial pressure and pulmonary vascular resistance were significantly increased in the L-NAME and AG groups.

conclusionsThis compensatory mechanism activated by inducible NOS and endothelial NOS effectively counteracts the pulmonary hemodynamic changes induced by hypoxic stress. It plays a crucial role in alleviating hypoxia-induced pulmonary arterial hypertension.

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HemodynamicsHypoxiaNitric Oxide SynthaseAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalEnzyme InhibitorsMaleNG-Nitroarginine Methyl EsterNitric OxideRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyEnzyme InhibitorsNG-Nitroarginine Methyl EsterNitric OxideNitric Oxide Synthasehypoxic stressnitric oxide synthaseperipheral vascular resistancepulmonary vascular resistance

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