Effect of acute nitrite infusion on contractile economy and metabolism in isolated skeletal muscle in situ during hypoxia.

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Increased plasma nitrite concentrations may have beneficial effects on skeletal muscle function. The physiological basis explaining these observations has not been clearly defined and it may involve positive effects on muscle contraction force, microvascular O₂ delivery and skeletal muscle oxidative metabolism. In the isolated canine gastrocnemius model, we evaluated the effects of acute nitrite infusion on muscle force and skeletal muscle oxidative metabolism. Under hypoxic conditions, but in the presence of normal convective O₂ delivery, an elevated plasma nitrite concentration affects neither muscle force, nor muscle contractile economy. In accordance with previous results suggesting limited or no effects of nitrate/nitrite administrations in hig

SUBMITTER: Porcelli S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7434220 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature