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We investigated the changes in endothelial function of pulmonary as well as basilar artery after experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) induced by cisternal blood injection in rabbits. The animals were killed on day 2 and day 7, and the mechanical responses were determined on transverse strips of the main pulmonary artery and rings harvested from the basilar artery. To examine the role of the vagal nerve, we cut the left vagal nerve immediately before injecting cisternal blood. Relaxation response of pulmonary and basilar arteries to acetylcholine (ACh) and A23187 were abolished after endothelial removal and reality inhibited by either NG-nitro-L-arginine (NOARG) or methylene blue (MB). Indomethacin failed to modify these relaxation responses. Relaxation response of the main pulmonary artery strips to ACh was significantly (p < 0.05 and p < 0.01) attenuated on day 2 in 6 of 12 rabbits. In the remaining 6 rabbits, relaxation was not affected. No change in relaxation responses to A23187 and sodium nitroprusside (SNP) was observed in any of the 12 cases. In the vagotomized rabbits no decreased response to ACh was observed. On day 7, relaxation response to ACh returned to normal. ACh also produced decreased relaxation in basilar artery rings on day 2 with no change in A23187- and SNP-induced relaxation. Contractile responses of pulmonary and basilar arteries to norepinephrine (NE), endothelin-1 (ET-1), 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), and U46619 were not affected after SAH. These results suggest that less functional muscarinic receptors that produce/release less endothelium-derived relaxation factor [EDRF/nitric oxide (NO)] are involved in causing the reduced relaxation of pulmonary and basilar arteries after SAH and the vagal nerve may play a role in regulating the receptor-mediated, endothelium-dependent relaxation in the main pulmonary artery after experimental SAH.
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