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Journal Article 
Effects of Pseudomonas aeruginosa endotoxin on vasodilation in the intact spinotrapezius muscle 
Suzuki, H; Ikezaki, H; Chandiwala, R; Hong, D; Rubinstein, I 
2001 
Yes 
Journal of Applied Physiology (1985)
ISSN: 8750-7587
EISSN: 1522-1601 
91 
1 
351-356 
English 
11408451 
WOS:000169471700046 
The purpose of this study was to determine whether short-term exposure to clinically relevant concentrations of Pseudomonas aeruginosa lipopolysaccharide (LPS) impairs vasoreactivity of resistance arterioles in the intact spinotrapezius muscle microcirculation and, if so, to determine the mechanisms mediating this response. Using intravital microscopy, we found that 60-min suffusion of P. aeruginosa LPS (0.03-3.0 microg/ml) on the in situ hamster spinotrapezius muscle elicited an immediate, profound, and prolonged concentration-dependent vasodilation (P < 0.05). This response was reversible once suffusion of P. aeruginosa LPS was stopped. Pretreatment with N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (10.0 microM), a nonselective nitric oxide (NO) synthase inhibitor, but not N(G)-nitro-D-arginine methyl ester, abrogated P. aeruginosa LPS-induced vasodilation and elicited a small, albeit significant, vasoconstriction. Indomethacin had no significant effects on P. aeruginosa LPS-induced responses. P. aeruginosa LPS had no significant effects on acetylcholine- and nitroglycerin-induced vasodilation in the spinotrapezius muscle. Collectively, these data indicate that short-term exposure to clinically relevant concentrations of P. aeruginosa LPS evokes an immediate, potent, prolonged, and reversible NO-dependent, prostaglandin-independent vasodilation in skeletal muscles in vivo. We suggest this response could play an important role in the pathophysiology of the profound vasomotor dysfunction observed in the peripheral circulation of patients with P. aeruginosa sepsis syndrome. 
gram-negative sepsis; skeletal muscle; microcirculation; vasomotor tone; nitric oxide; N-G-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester; hamster; lipopolysaccharide