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Heme Oxygenase-1–Derived Carbon Monoxide Contributes to the Suppression of Acute Hypertensive Responses In Vivo

Roberto Motterlini, Armando Gonzales, Roberta Foresti, James E. Clark, Colin J. Green, , Robert M. Winslow

From the Vascular Biology Unit (R.M., R.F., J.E.C., C.J.G.), Department of Surgical Research, Northwick Park Institute for Medical Research, Harrow, Middlesex, UK, and the Department of Medicine (A.G., R.M.W.), VA Medical Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, Calif.

Correspondence to Dr Roberto Motterlini, Vascular Biology Unit, Department of Surgical Research, Northwick Park Institute for Medical Research, Harrow, Middlesex, HA1 3UJ UK. E-mail r.motterlini{at}ic.ac.uk

Abstract—The enzyme heme oxygenase, which exists in inducible (HO-1) and constitutive (HO-2) isoforms, catalyzes the degradation of heme to biliverdin and CO in mammalian tissues. CO has been implicated in the control of vascular tone in a manner similar to that for NO. In the present study, we investigated the contribution of the heme oxygenase/CO pathway to the modulation of acute hypertensive responses in vivo induced by (1) {alpha}{alpha}Hb, a chemically modified hemoglobin known to scavenge NO, and (2) NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME), a competitive NOS inhibitor. Experiments were carried out in conscious rats in which femoral arteries and veins were surgically catheterized 1 or 5 days before treatment with the vasoconstrictor agents. Intravenous infusion of {alpha}{alpha}Hb (8% solution) or L-NAME (30 mmol/kg) produced an acute and significant increase in mean arterial pressure (P<0.05) in rats at 5 days after catheter implantation. In contrast, no change in blood pressure was observed when {alpha}{alpha}Hb or L-NAME was infused 1 day after the surgical intervention. The suppression of the hypertensive response observed at 1 day after surgery correlated with a significant (P<0.05) HO-1 expression in aorta, heart, and liver as well as increased aortic CO production and cGMP levels. At 1 day after surgery, pretreatment of animals with the heme oxygenase inhibitor zinc protoporphyrin IX (50 µmol/kg IP) markedly decreased aortic CO and cGMP levels and completely restored the vasoconstrictor effects of both {alpha}{alpha}Hb and L-NAME. These results provide evidence for a crucial role of the heme oxygenase/CO pathway in the regulation of blood pressure under stress conditions in vivo.


Key Words: surgical stress • hemoglobin-based blood substitute • carbon monoxide • bilirubin • cGMP




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