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Bradley JM, Islam KN, Polhemus DJ, Donnarumma E, Brewster LP, Tao YX, Goodchild TT, Lefer DJ. Sustained release nitrite therapy results in myocardial protection in a porcine model of metabolic syndrome with peripheral vascular disease. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2015; 309:H305-17. [PMID: 25957218 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00163.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2015] [Accepted: 05/06/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Metabolic syndrome (MetS) reduces endothelial nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability and exacerbates vascular dysfunction in patients with preexisting vascular diseases. Nitrite, a storage form of NO, can mediate vascular function during pathological conditions when endogenous NO is reduced. The aims of the present study were to characterize the effects of severe MetS and obesity on dyslipidemia, myocardial oxidative stress, and endothelial NO synthase (eNOS) regulation in the obese Ossabaw swine (OS) model and to examine the effects of a novel, sustained-release formulation of sodium nitrite (SR-nitrite) on coronary vascular reactivity and myocardial redox status in obese OS subjected to critical limb ischemia (CLI). After 6 mo of an atherogenic diet, obese OS displayed a MetS phenotype. Obese OS had decreased eNOS functionality and NO bioavailability. In addition, obese OS exhibited increased oxidative stress and a significant reduction in antioxidant enzymes. The efficacy of SR-nitrite therapy was examined in obese OS subjected to CLI. After 3 wk of treatment, SR-nitrite (80 mg · kg(-1) · day(-1) bid po) increased myocardial nitrite levels and eNOS function. Treatment with SR-nitrite reduced myocardial oxidative stress while increasing myocardial antioxidant capacity. Ex vivo assessment of vascular reactivity of left anterior descending coronary artery segments demonstrated marked improvement in vasoreactivity to sodium nitroprusside but not to substance P and bradykinin in SR-nitrite-treated animals compared with placebo-treated animals. In conclusion, in a clinically relevant, large-animal model of MetS and CLI, treatment with SR-nitrite enhanced myocardial NO bioavailability, attenuated oxidative stress, and improved ex vivo coronary artery vasorelaxation.
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- Jessica M Bradley
- Cardiovascular Center of Excellence and Department of Pharmacology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Cardiovascular Center of Excellence and Department of Pharmacology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Cardiovascular Center of Excellence and Department of Pharmacology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Cardiovascular Center of Excellence and Department of Pharmacology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia; Surgery and Research Services, Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia; Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia; and
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- Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Pharmacology, Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn, Alabama
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- Cardiovascular Center of Excellence and Department of Pharmacology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Cardiovascular Center of Excellence and Department of Pharmacology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana;
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Lamoke F, Mazzone V, Persichini T, Maraschi A, Harris MB, Venema RC, Colasanti M, Gliozzi M, Muscoli C, Bartoli M, Mollace V. Amyloid β peptide-induced inhibition of endothelial nitric oxide production involves oxidative stress-mediated constitutive eNOS/HSP90 interaction and disruption of agonist-mediated Akt activation. J Neuroinflammation 2015; 12:84. [PMID: 25935150 PMCID: PMC4438457 DOI: 10.1186/s12974-015-0304-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2014] [Accepted: 04/21/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Amyloid β (Aβ)-induced vascular dysfunction significantly contributes to the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Aβ is known to impair endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) activity, thus inhibiting endothelial nitric oxide production (NO). METHOD In this study, we investigated Aβ-effects on heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) interaction with eNOS and Akt in cultured vascular endothelial cells and also explored the role of oxidative stress in this process. RESULTS Treatments of endothelial cells (EC) with Aβ promoted the constitutive association of HSP90 with eNOS but abrogated agonist (vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF))-mediated HSP90 interaction with Akt. This effect resulted in blockade of agonist-mediated phosphorylation of Akt and eNOS at serine 1179. Furthermore, Aβ stimulated the production of reactive oxygen species in endothelial cells and concomitant treatments of the cells with the antioxidant N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC) prevented Aβ effects in promoting HSP90/eNOS interaction and rescued agonist-mediated Akt and eNOS phosphorylation. CONCLUSIONS The obtained data support the hypothesis that oxidative damage caused by Aβ results in altered interaction of HSP90 with Akt and eNOS, therefore promoting vascular dysfunction. This mechanism, by contributing to Aβ-mediated blockade of nitric oxide production, may significantly contribute to the cognitive impairment seen in AD patients.
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- Folami Lamoke
- Department of Ophthalmology, Georgia Regents University, Health Sciences Campus, 1120 15th St., Augusta, GA, 30912, USA.
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- Department of Biology, University of Rome 'Roma Tre', Via Ostiense, 169, Rome, 00154, Italy.
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- Department of Biology, University of Rome 'Roma Tre', Via Ostiense, 169, Rome, 00154, Italy.
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- Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Cusano Milanino 20095, Milan, Italy.
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- Department of Kinesiology, College of William and Mary, 200 Stadium Dr., Williamsburg, VA, 23186, USA.
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- Vascular Biology Center, Georgia Regents University, 1120 15th St., Augusta, GA, 30912, USA.
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- Department of Biology, University of Rome 'Roma Tre', Via Ostiense, 169, Rome, 00154, Italy.
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- IRC-FSH, Department of Health Sciences, University of Catanzaro 'Magna Graecia', Catanzaro Complesso 'Ninì Barbieri', Roccelletta di Borgia, 88021, Italy.
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- IRC-FSH, Department of Health Sciences, University of Catanzaro 'Magna Graecia', Catanzaro Complesso 'Ninì Barbieri', Roccelletta di Borgia, 88021, Italy. .,IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Via di Val Cannuta, 247, 00166, Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Georgia Regents University, Health Sciences Campus, 1120 15th St., Augusta, GA, 30912, USA.
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- IRC-FSH, Department of Health Sciences, University of Catanzaro 'Magna Graecia', Catanzaro Complesso 'Ninì Barbieri', Roccelletta di Borgia, 88021, Italy. .,IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Via di Val Cannuta, 247, 00166, Rome, Italy.
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Farrar EJ, Huntley GD, Butcher J. Endothelial-derived oxidative stress drives myofibroblastic activation and calcification of the aortic valve. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0123257. [PMID: 25874717 PMCID: PMC4395382 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2014] [Accepted: 02/20/2015] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Aims Oxidative stress is present in and contributes to calcification of the aortic valve, but the driving factors behind the initiation of valve oxidative stress are not well understood. We tested whether the valve endothelium acts as an initiator and propagator of oxidative stress in aortic valve disease. Methods and Results Calcified human aortic valves showed side-specific elevation of superoxide in the endothelium, co-localized with high VCAM1 expression, linking oxidative stress, inflammation, and valve degeneration. Treatment with inflammatory cytokine TNFα increased superoxide and oxidative stress and decreased eNOS and VE-cadherin acutely over 48 hours in aortic valve endothelial cells (VEC) and chronically over 21 days in ex vivo AV leaflets. Co-treatment of VEC with tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) but not apocynin mitigated TNFα-driven VEC oxidative stress. Co-treatment of ex vivo AV leaflets with TNFα+BH4 or TNFα+peg-SOD rescued endothelial function and mitigated inflammatory responses. Both BH4 and peg-SOD rescued valve leaflets from the pro-osteogenic effects of TNFα treatment, but only peg-SOD was able to mitigate the fibrogenic effects, including increased collagen and αSMA expression. Conclusions Aortic valve endothelial cells are a novel source of oxidative stress in aortic valve disease. TNFα-driven VEC oxidative stress causes loss of endothelial protective function, chronic inflammation, and fibrogenic and osteogenic activation, mitigated differentially by BH4 and peg-SOD. These mechanisms identify new targets for tailored antioxidant therapy focused on mitigation of oxidative stress and restoration of endothelial protection.
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- Emily J. Farrar
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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- Mayo Medical School, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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Wakana N, Irie D, Kikai M, Terada K, Yamamoto K, Kawahito H, Kato T, Ogata T, Ueyama T, Matoba S, Yamada H. Maternal High-Fat Diet Exaggerates Atherosclerosis in Adult Offspring by Augmenting Periaortic Adipose Tissue-Specific Proinflammatory Response. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2015; 35:558-69. [DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.114.305122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
Objective—
Maternal obesity elicits offspring’s metabolic disorders via developmental modifications of visceral adipose tissue; however, its effect on atherogenesis remains undefined. Perivascular adipose tissue has recently been implicated in vascular remodeling and vasoreactivity. We hypothesize that developmental modifications of perivascular adipose tissue by maternal high-fat diet (HFD) exposure promotes atherosclerosis in adult offspring.
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Eight-week-old female apolipoprotein E-deficient mice were fed an HFD or normal diet (ND) during gestation and lactation. Offspring were fed a high-cholesterol diet from 8 weeks of age. Twenty-week-old male offspring of HFD-fed dams (O-HFD) showed a 2.1-fold increase in atherosclerotic lesion of the entire aorta compared with those of ND-fed dams (O-ND). Although mRNA expressions of interleukin-6, tumor necrosis factor, and monocyte chemotactic protein-1 and accumulation of macrophages in epididymal white adipose tissue were less in O-HFD than in O-ND, thoracic periaortic adipose tissue (tPAT) showed an exaggerated inflammatory response in O-HFD. Intra-abdominal transplantation of tPAT from 8-week-old O-HFD alongside the distal abdominal aorta exaggerated atherosclerosis development of the infrarenal aorta in recipient apolipoprotein E-deficient mice compared with tPAT from O-ND (210%,
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Our findings demonstrate that maternal HFD exaggerates atherosclerosis development in offspring by augmenting tPAT-specific inflammatory response proceeded by an increased expression of macrophage colony–stimulating factor.
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- Noriyuki Wakana
- From the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- From the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- From the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- From the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- From the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- From the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- From the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- From the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- From the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- From the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- From the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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Araujo HN, Valgas da Silva CP, Sponton ACS, Clerici SP, Davel APC, Antunes E, Zanesco A, Delbin MA. Perivascular adipose tissue and vascular responses in healthy trained rats. Life Sci 2015; 125:79-87. [PMID: 25637684 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2014.12.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2014] [Revised: 11/04/2014] [Accepted: 12/30/2014] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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- Hygor N Araujo
- Department of Physical Education, Institute of Biosciences, Univ. Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Rio Claro, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Physical Education, Institute of Biosciences, Univ. Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Rio Claro, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Physical Education, Institute of Biosciences, Univ. Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Rio Claro, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brazil.
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Wavelet-analysis of skin temperature oscillations during local heating for revealing endothelial dysfunction. Microvasc Res 2015; 97:109-14. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2014.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2014] [Revised: 10/16/2014] [Accepted: 10/17/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Staiculescu MC, Foote C, Meininger GA, Martinez-Lemus LA. The role of reactive oxygen species in microvascular remodeling. Int J Mol Sci 2014; 15:23792-835. [PMID: 25535075 PMCID: PMC4284792 DOI: 10.3390/ijms151223792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2014] [Revised: 12/05/2014] [Accepted: 12/10/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The microcirculation is a portion of the vascular circulatory system that consists of resistance arteries, arterioles, capillaries and venules. It is the place where gases and nutrients are exchanged between blood and tissues. In addition the microcirculation is the major contributor to blood flow resistance and consequently to regulation of blood pressure. Therefore, structural remodeling of this section of the vascular tree has profound implications on cardiovascular pathophysiology. This review is focused on the role that reactive oxygen species (ROS) play on changing the structural characteristics of vessels within the microcirculation. Particular attention is given to the resistance arteries and the functional pathways that are affected by ROS in these vessels and subsequently induce vascular remodeling. The primary sources of ROS in the microcirculation are identified and the effects of ROS on other microcirculatory remodeling phenomena such as rarefaction and collateralization are briefly reviewed.
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- Marius C Staiculescu
- Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, and Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.
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- Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, and Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.
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- Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, and Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.
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- Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, and Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.
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Irie D, Kawahito H, Wakana N, Kato T, Kishida S, Kikai M, Ogata T, Ikeda K, Ueyama T, Matoba S, Yamada H. Transplantation of periaortic adipose tissue from angiotensin receptor blocker-treated mice markedly ameliorates atherosclerosis development in apoE–/– mice. J Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone Syst 2014; 16:67-78. [DOI: 10.1177/1470320314552434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2014] [Accepted: 08/27/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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- Daisuke Irie
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan
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Almabrouk TAM, Ewart MA, Salt IP, Kennedy S. Perivascular fat, AMP-activated protein kinase and vascular diseases. Br J Pharmacol 2014; 171:595-617. [PMID: 24490856 DOI: 10.1111/bph.12479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2013] [Revised: 10/04/2013] [Accepted: 10/16/2013] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT) is an active endocrine and paracrine organ that modulates vascular function, with implications for the pathophysiology of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Adipocytes and stromal cells contained within PVAT produce mediators (adipokines, cytokines, reactive oxygen species and gaseous compounds) with a range of paracrine effects modulating vascular smooth muscle cell contraction, proliferation and migration. However, the modulatory effect of PVAT on the vascular system in diseases, such as obesity, hypertension and atherosclerosis, remains poorly characterized. AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) regulates adipocyte metabolism, adipose biology and vascular function, and hence may be a potential therapeutic target for metabolic disorders such as type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and the vascular complications associated with obesity and T2DM. The role of AMPK in PVAT or the actions of PVAT have yet to be established, however. Activation of AMPK by pharmacological agents, such as metformin and thiazolidinediones, may modulate the activity of PVAT surrounding blood vessels and thereby contribute to their beneficial effect in cardiometabolic diseases. This review will provide a current perspective on how PVAT may influence vascular function via AMPK. We will also attempt to demonstrate how modulating AMPK activity using pharmacological agents could be exploited therapeutically to treat cardiometabolic diseases.
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- T A M Almabrouk
- Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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Chantler PD, Frisbee JC. Arterial function in cardio-metabolic diseases: from the microcirculation to the large conduits. Prog Cardiovasc Dis 2014; 57:489-96. [PMID: 25220256 DOI: 10.1016/j.pcad.2014.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
Abstract
The metabolic syndrome (MetS) is characterized as a constellation of metabolic risk factors such as obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and hyperglycemia that co-occur within a given individual. This consultation of risk factors exposes MetS to a 3-fold increased risk of cardiovascular disease and an even higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes compared to healthy individuals. The pathophysiological mechanisms underlying this increased cardiovascular risk are incompletely understood but likely include alterations to macro- and micro-vasculature. The vasculature plays an important role not only in delivery and adjusting the quantity of blood delivered to the tissues, but the dynamic changes in structure and compliance significantly alter the hemodynamic stress imposed on the heart and end-organs. This review will give an overview of the pathophysiological changes to the vasculature that accompany MetS in both human and animal models, as well as the possible mechanistic pathways.
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- Paul D Chantler
- Division of Exercise Physiology, School of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA; Center for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Sciences, School of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA
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- Center for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Sciences, School of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA; Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.
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Withers SB, Bussey CE, Saxton SN, Melrose HM, Watkins AE, Heagerty AM. Mechanisms of Adiponectin-Associated Perivascular Function in Vascular Disease. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2014; 34:1637-42. [DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.114.303031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Sarah B. Withers
- From the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- From the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- From the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- From the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- From the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- From the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Lee MHH, Chen SJ, Tsao CM, Wu CC. Perivascular adipose tissue inhibits endothelial function of rat aortas via caveolin-1. PLoS One 2014; 9:e99947. [PMID: 24926683 PMCID: PMC4057398 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2014] [Accepted: 05/20/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT)-derived factors have been proposed to play an important role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. Caveolin-1 (Cav-1), occupying the calcium/calmodulin binding site of endothelial NO synthase (eNOS) and then inhibiting nitric oxide (NO) production, is also involved in the development of atherosclerosis. Thus, we investigated whether PVAT regulated vascular tone via Cav-1 and/or endothelial NO pathways. Isometric tension studies were carried out in isolated thoracic aortas from Wistar rats in the presence and absence of PVAT. Concentration-response curves of phenylephrine, acetylcholine, and sodium nitroprusside were illustrated to examine the vascular reactivity and endothelial function. The protein expressions of eNOS and Cav-1 were also examined in aortic homogenates. Our results demonstrated that PVAT significantly enhanced vasoconstriction and inhibited vasodilatation via endothelium-dependent mechanism. The aortic NO production was diminished after PVAT treatment, whereas protein expression and activity of eNOS were not significantly affected. In addition, Cav-1 protein expression was significantly increased in aortas with PVAT transfer. Furthermore, a caveolae depleter methyl-β-cyclodextrin abolished the effect of PVAT on the enhancement of vasoconstriction, and reversed the impairment of aortic NO production. In conclusion, unknown factor(s) released from PVAT may inhibit endothelial NO production and induce vasocontraction via an increase of Cav-1 protein expression.
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- Michelle Hui-Hsin Lee
- Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Physiology, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Nursing, Kang-Ning Junior College of Medical Care and Management, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Anesthesiology, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Anesthesiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- * E-mail: (C-MT); (C-CW)
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- Department of Pharmacology, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Pharmacology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
- * E-mail: (C-MT); (C-CW)
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Schrammel A, Mussbacher M, Wölkart G, Stessel H, Pail K, Winkler S, Schweiger M, Haemmerle G, Al Zoughbi W, Höfler G, Lametschwandtner A, Zechner R, Mayer B. Endothelial dysfunction in adipose triglyceride lipase deficiency. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2014; 1841:906-17. [PMID: 24657704 PMCID: PMC4000266 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2014.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2013] [Revised: 02/27/2014] [Accepted: 03/13/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Systemic knockout of adipose triglyceride lipase (ATGL), the pivotal enzyme of triglyceride lipolysis, results in a murine phenotype that is characterized by progredient cardiac steatosis and severe heart failure. Since cardiac and vascular dysfunction have been closely related in numerous studies we investigated endothelium-dependent and -independent vessel function of ATGL knockout mice. Aortic relaxation studies and Langendorff perfusion experiments of isolated hearts showed that ATGL knockout mice suffer from pronounced micro- and macrovascular endothelial dysfunction. Experiments with agonists directly targeting vascular smooth muscle cells revealed the functional integrity of the smooth muscle cell layer. Loss of vascular reactivity was restored ~50% upon treatment of ATGL knockout mice with the PPARα agonist Wy14,643, indicating that this phenomenon is partly a consequence of impaired cardiac contractility. Biochemical analysis revealed that aortic endothelial NO synthase expression and activity were significantly reduced in ATGL deficiency. Enzyme activity was fully restored in ATGL mice treated with the PPARα agonist. Biochemical analysis of perivascular adipose tissue demonstrated that ATGL knockout mice suffer from perivascular inflammatory oxidative stress which occurs independent of cardiac dysfunction and might contribute to vascular defects. Our results reveal a hitherto unrecognized link between disturbed lipid metabolism, obesity and cardiovascular disease.
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- Astrid Schrammel
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Graz, Universitätsplatz 2, 8010 Graz, Austria.
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Graz, Universitätsplatz 2, 8010 Graz, Austria.
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Graz, Universitätsplatz 2, 8010 Graz, Austria.
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Graz, Universitätsplatz 2, 8010 Graz, Austria.
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Graz, Universitätsplatz 2, 8010 Graz, Austria.
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Graz, Universitätsplatz 2, 8010 Graz, Austria.
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 31, 8010 Graz, Austria.
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 31, 8010 Graz, Austria.
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- Institute of Pathology, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 25, 8010 Graz, Austria.
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- Institute of Pathology, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 25, 8010 Graz, Austria.
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- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Vessel and Muscle Research Unit, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstrasse 34, 5020 Salzburg, Austria.
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 31, 8010 Graz, Austria.
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Graz, Universitätsplatz 2, 8010 Graz, Austria.
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Brown NK, Zhou Z, Zhang J, Zeng R, Wu J, Eitzman DT, Chen YE, Chang L. Perivascular adipose tissue in vascular function and disease: a review of current research and animal models. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2014; 34:1621-30. [PMID: 24833795 DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.114.303029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 223] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT), long assumed to be nothing more than vessel-supporting connective tissue, is now understood to be an important, active component of the vasculature, with integral roles in vascular health and disease. PVAT is an adipose tissue with similarities to both brown and white adipose tissue, although recent evidence suggests that PVAT develops from its own precursors. Like other adipose tissue depots, PVAT secretes numerous biologically active substances that can act in both autocrine and paracrine fashion. PVAT has also proven to be involved in vascular inflammation. Although PVAT can support inflammation during atherosclerosis via macrophage accumulation, emerging evidence suggests that PVAT also has antiatherosclerotic properties related to its abilities to induce nonshivering thermogenesis and metabolize fatty acids. We here discuss the accumulated knowledge of PVAT biology and related research on models of hypertension and atherosclerosis.
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- Nicholas K Brown
- From the Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Center, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor (N.K.B., Z.Z., J.Z., D.T.E., Y.E.C., L.C.); Center for Cancer and Immunology Research, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC (N.K.B.); and Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, P.R. China (R.Z., J.W.)
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- From the Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Center, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor (N.K.B., Z.Z., J.Z., D.T.E., Y.E.C., L.C.); Center for Cancer and Immunology Research, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC (N.K.B.); and Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, P.R. China (R.Z., J.W.)
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- From the Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Center, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor (N.K.B., Z.Z., J.Z., D.T.E., Y.E.C., L.C.); Center for Cancer and Immunology Research, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC (N.K.B.); and Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, P.R. China (R.Z., J.W.)
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- From the Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Center, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor (N.K.B., Z.Z., J.Z., D.T.E., Y.E.C., L.C.); Center for Cancer and Immunology Research, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC (N.K.B.); and Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, P.R. China (R.Z., J.W.)
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- From the Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Center, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor (N.K.B., Z.Z., J.Z., D.T.E., Y.E.C., L.C.); Center for Cancer and Immunology Research, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC (N.K.B.); and Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, P.R. China (R.Z., J.W.)
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- From the Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Center, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor (N.K.B., Z.Z., J.Z., D.T.E., Y.E.C., L.C.); Center for Cancer and Immunology Research, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC (N.K.B.); and Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, P.R. China (R.Z., J.W.)
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- From the Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Center, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor (N.K.B., Z.Z., J.Z., D.T.E., Y.E.C., L.C.); Center for Cancer and Immunology Research, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC (N.K.B.); and Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, P.R. China (R.Z., J.W.).
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- From the Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Center, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor (N.K.B., Z.Z., J.Z., D.T.E., Y.E.C., L.C.); Center for Cancer and Immunology Research, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC (N.K.B.); and Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, P.R. China (R.Z., J.W.).
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Imbalance between pro and anti-oxidant mechanisms in perivascular adipose tissue aggravates long-term high-fat diet-derived endothelial dysfunction. PLoS One 2014; 9:e95312. [PMID: 24760053 PMCID: PMC3997398 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2013] [Accepted: 03/25/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Background The hypothesis of this study is that long-term high-fat diets (HFD) induce perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT) dysfunction characterized by a redox imbalance, which might contribute to aggravate endothelial dysfunction in obesity. Methods and Results C57BL/6J mice were fed either control or HFD (45% kcal from fat) for 32 weeks. Body weight, lumbar and mesenteric adipose tissue weights were significantly higher in HFD animals compared to controls. The anticontractile effect of PVAT in mesenteric arteries (MA) was lost after 32 week HFD and mesenteric endothelial-dependent relaxation was significantly impaired in presence of PVAT in HFD mice (Emax = 71.0±5.1 vs Emax = 58.5±4.2, p<0.001). The inhibitory effect of L-NAME on Ach-induced relaxation was less intense in the HFD group compared with controls suggesting a reduction of endothelial NO availability. Expression of eNOS and NO bioavailability were reduced in MA and almost undetectable in mesenteric PVAT of the HFD group. Superoxide levels and NOX activity were higher in PVAT of HFD mice. Apocynin only reduced contractile responses to NA in HFD animals. Expression of ec-SOD and total SOD activity were significantly reduced in PVAT of HFD mice. No changes were observed in Mn-SOD, Cu/Zn-SOD or catalase. The ratio [GSSG]/([GSH]+[GSSG]) was 2-fold higher in the mesenteric PVAT from HFD animals compared to controls. Conclusions We suggest that the imbalance between pro-oxidant (NOX, superoxide anions, hydrogen peroxide) and anti-oxidant (eNOS, NO, ecSOD, GSSG) mechanisms in PVAT after long-term HFD might contribute to the aggravation of endothelial dysfunction.
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Wang D, Wang C, Wu X, Zheng W, Sandberg K, Ji H, Welch WJ, Wilcox CS. Endothelial dysfunction and enhanced contractility in microvessels from ovariectomized rats: roles of oxidative stress and perivascular adipose tissue. Hypertension 2014; 63:1063-9. [PMID: 24591333 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.113.02284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Ovarian hormone loss increases reactive oxidative species, endothelial dysfunction, and cardiovascular disease. Because perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT) regulates endothelial function, we hypothesized that reactive oxidative species in PVAT mediate adverse microvascular effects of ovarian hormone deficiency. Rats were ovariectomized or sham operated and given vehicle or tempol for 6 weeks. Mesenteric resistance arterioles from ovariectomized compared with sham-operated rats had dysfunctional responses to acetylcholine (ACh) including decreased ACh-induced endothelium-dependent relaxation (50±6% versus 72±2%) and endothelium-dependent relaxation factor (17±4% versus 37±2%) and increased endothelium-dependent contracting factor (27±5% versus 9±3%). OVX rat mesenteric arterioles had increased contractions to the thromboxane/prostanoid receptor agonist U-46 619 (58±3% versus 40±5%) and increased reactive oxidative species (tempo-9-AC fluorescence) with U-46 619 (0.65±0.17 versus 0.14±0.06 Δ unit) or ACh (0.49±0.09 versus 0.09±0.05 Δ unit) and increased p22(phox) protein expression (0.89±0.05 versus 0.18±0.04 Δ unit), whereas nitric oxide activity (DAF-FM [4-amino-5-methylamino-2',7'-difluorofluorescein diacetate] fluorescence) with ACh was reduced (0.39±0.1 versus 0.70±0.10 Δ unit). No differences were found in endothelium-dependent hyperpolarizing factor or contractile responses to phenylephrine. PVAT enhanced ACh-induced relaxation, endothelium-dependent relaxation factor, and nitric oxide only in sham-operated rats. Tempol prevented ovariectomy-induced endothelial dysfunction and restored the enhancing effects of PVAT on ACh-induced relaxation, endothelium-dependent relaxation factor, and nitric oxide in ovariectomized rat vessels, but both tempol and PVAT were required to normalize the enhanced U-46 619 contractions after ovariectomy. In conclusion, ovariectomy redirects endothelial responses from relaxation to contraction by reducing vascular nitric oxide, augmenting thromboxane/prostanoid receptor signaling, and attenuating the vasodilatory effects of PVAT, all of which were dependent on reactive oxidative species.
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Georgetown University Medical Center, 6 PHC, Suite F6003, 3800 Reservoir Rd NW, Washington, DC 20007.
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Lorin J, Zeller M, Guilland JC, Cottin Y, Vergely C, Rochette L. Arginine and nitric oxide synthase: regulatory mechanisms and cardiovascular aspects. Mol Nutr Food Res 2014; 58:101-16. [PMID: 23740826 DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.201300033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2013] [Revised: 03/04/2013] [Accepted: 03/06/2013] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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L-Arginine (L-Arg) is a conditionally essential amino acid in the human diet. The most common dietary sources of L-Arg are meat, poultry and fish. L-Arg is the precursor for the synthesis of nitric oxide (NO); a key signaling molecule via NO synthase (NOS). Endogenous NOS inhibitors such as asymmetric-dimethyl-L-Arg inhibit NO synthesis in vivo by competing with L-Arg at the active site of NOS. In addition, NOS possesses the ability to be "uncoupled" to produce superoxide anion instead of NO. Reduced NO bioavailability may play an essential role in cardiovascular pathologies and metabolic diseases. L-Arg deficiency syndromes in humans involve endothelial inflammation and immune dysfunctions. Exogenous administration of L-Arg restores NO bioavailability, but it has not been possible to demonstrate, that L-Arg supplementation improved endothelial function in cardiovascular disease such as heart failure or hypertension. L-Arg supplementation may be a novel therapy for obesity and metabolic syndrome. The utility of l-Arg supplementation in the treatment of L-Arg deficiency syndromes remains to be established. Clinical trials need to continue to determine the optimal concentrations and combinations of L-Arg, with other protective compounds such as tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4 ), and antioxidants to combat oxidative stress that drives down NO production in humans.
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- Julie Lorin
- Laboratoire de Physiopathologie et Pharmacologies Cardio-Métaboliques (LPPCM), Inserm UMR866, Facultés de Médecine et de Pharmacie, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France
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Rhaleb NE, Yang XP, Carretero OA. The kallikrein-kinin system as a regulator of cardiovascular and renal function. Compr Physiol 2013; 1:971-93. [PMID: 23737209 DOI: 10.1002/cphy.c100053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Autocrine, paracrine, endocrine, and neuroendocrine hormonal systems help regulate cardio-vascular and renal function. Any change in the balance among these systems may result in hypertension and target organ damage, whether the cause is genetic, environmental or a combination of the two. Endocrine and neuroendocrine vasopressor hormones such as the renin-angiotensin system (RAS), aldosterone, and catecholamines are important for regulation of blood pressure and pathogenesis of hypertension and target organ damage. While the role of vasodepressor autacoids such as kinins is not as well defined, there is increasing evidence that they are not only critical to blood pressure and renal function but may also oppose remodeling of the cardiovascular system. Here we will primarily be concerned with kinins, which are oligopeptides containing the aminoacid sequence of bradykinin. They are generated from precursors known as kininogens by enzymes such as tissue (glandular) and plasma kallikrein. Some of the effects of kinins are mediated via autacoids such as eicosanoids, nitric oxide (NO), endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF), and/or tissue plasminogen activator (tPA). Kinins help protect against cardiac ischemia and play an important part in preconditioning as well as the cardiovascular and renal protective effects of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) and angiotensin type 1 receptor blockers (ARB). But the role of kinins in the pathogenesis of hypertension remains controversial. A study of Utah families revealed that a dominant kallikrein gene expressed as high urinary kallikrein excretion was associated with a decreased risk of essential hypertension. Moreover, researchers have identified a restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) that distinguishes the kallikrein gene family found in one strain of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) from a homologous gene in normotensive Brown Norway rats, and in recombinant inbred substrains derived from these SHR and Brown Norway rats this RFLP cosegregated with an increase in blood pressure. However, humans, rats and mice with a deficiency in one or more components of the kallikrein-kinin-system (KKS) or chronic KKS blockade do not have hypertension. In the kidney, kinins are essential for proper regulation of papillary blood flow and water and sodium excretion. B2-KO mice appear to be more sensitive to the hypertensinogenic effect of salt. Kinins are involved in the acute antihypertensive effects of ACE inhibitors but not their chronic effects (save for mineralocorticoid-salt-induced hypertension). Kinins appear to play a role in the pathogenesis of inflammatory diseases such as arthritis and skin inflammation; they act on innate immunity as mediators of inflammation by promoting maturation of dendritic cells, which activate the body's adaptive immune system and thereby stimulate mechanisms that promote inflammation. On the other hand, kinins acting via NO contribute to the vascular protective effect of ACE inhibitors during neointima formation. In myocardial infarction produced by ischemia/reperfusion, kinins help reduce infarct size following preconditioning or treatment with ACE inhibitors. In heart failure secondary to infarction, the therapeutic effects of ACE inhibitors are partially mediated by kinins via release of NO, while drugs that activate the angiotensin type 2 receptor act in part via kinins and NO. Thus kinins play an important role in regulation of cardiovascular and renal function as well as many of the beneficial effects of ACE inhibitors and ARBs on target organ damage in hypertension.
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- Nour-Eddine Rhaleb
- Hypertension and Vascular Research Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
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Qian LB, Fu JY, Cai X, Xia ML. Betulinic acid inhibits superoxide anion-mediated impairment of endothelium-dependent relaxation in rat aortas. Indian J Pharmacol 2013; 44:588-92. [PMID: 23112419 PMCID: PMC3480790 DOI: 10.4103/0253-7613.100382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2012] [Revised: 04/18/2012] [Accepted: 07/04/2012] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Objectives: To investigate the protective effect of betulinic acid (BA) on endothelium-dependent relaxation (EDR) in rat aortas exposed to pyrogallol-produced superoxide anion and its underlying mechanism. Materials and Methods: The thoracic aorta of male Sprague-Dawley rats was isolated to mount in the organ bath system and the effect of BA on acetylcholine (ACh)-induced EDR, nitric oxide (NO) level, reactive oxygen species (ROS) level, nitric oxide synthase (NOS) activity, and superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity of aortic rings exposed to pyrogallol (500 μM) for 15 min were measured. Results: BA evoked a concentration-dependent EDR in aortas, and pretreatment with EC50 (2.0 μM) concentration of BA markedly enhanced ACh-induced EDR of aortas exposed to pyrogallol-produced superoxide anion (Emax rose from 23.91 ± 5.41% to 42.45 ± 9.99%), which was markedly reversed by both Nw -nitro-L-arginine methyl ester hydrochloride (L-NAME) and methylene blue, but not by indomethacin. Moreover, BA significantly inhibited the increase of ROS level, as well as the decrease of NO level, the endothelial NOS (eNOS) activity, and the SOD activity in aortas induced by pyrogallol-derived superoxide anion. Conclusion: These results indicate that BA reduces the impairment of EDR in rat aortas exposed to exogenous superoxide anion, which may closely relate to the reduction of oxidative stress and activation of eNOS–NO pathway.
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- Ling-Bo Qian
- Clinical Research Center, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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Bhattacharya I, Drägert K, Albert V, Contassot E, Damjanovic M, Hagiwara A, Zimmerli L, Humar R, Hall MN, Battegay EJ, Haas E. Rictor in perivascular adipose tissue controls vascular function by regulating inflammatory molecule expression. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2013; 33:2105-11. [PMID: 23868942 DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.112.301001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT) wraps blood vessels and modulates vasoreactivity by secretion of vasoactive molecules. Mammalian target of rapamycin complex 2 (mTORC2) has been shown to control inflammation and is expressed in adipose tissue. In this study, we investigated whether adipose-specific deletion of rictor and thereby inactivation of mTORC2 in PVAT may modulate vascular function by increasing inflammation in PVAT. APPROACH AND RESULTS Rictor, an essential mTORC2 component, was deleted specifically in mouse adipose tissue (rictor(ad-/-)). Phosphorylation of mTORC2 downstream target Akt at Serine 473 was reduced in PVAT from rictor(ad-/-) mice but unaffected in aortic tissue. Ex vivo functional analysis of thoracic aortae revealed increased contractions and impaired dilation in rings with PVAT from rictor(ad-/-) mice. Adipose rictor knockout increased gene expression and protein release of interleukin-6, macrophage inflammatory protein-1α, and tumor necrosis factor-α in PVAT as shown by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction and Bioplex analysis for the cytokines in the conditioned media, respectively. Moreover, gene and protein expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase was upregulated without affecting macrophage infiltration in PVAT from rictor(ad-/-) mice. Inhibition of inducible nitric oxide synthase normalized vascular reactivity in aortic rings from rictor(ad-/-) mice with no effect in rictor(fl/fl) mice. Interestingly, in perivascular and epididymal adipose depots, high-fat diet feeding induced downregulation of rictor gene expression. CONCLUSIONS Here, we identify mTORC2 as a critical regulator of PVAT-directed protection of normal vascular tone. Modulation of mTORC2 activity in adipose tissue may be a potential therapeutic approach for inflammation-related vascular damage.
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- Indranil Bhattacharya
- Research Unit, Division of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Carmine Savoia
- Carmine Savoia is Associate Professor of Cardiology, Cardiology Unit and Chair, Clinical and Molecular Medicine Department, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. After a fellowship in Ernesto Schiffrin’s laboratory, he has continued his research on pathophysiology of hypertension, vascular remodeling and cardiovascular damage, the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system, and clinical studies in diabetic and/or hypertensive patients
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- Ernesto L Schiffrin is Physician-in-Chief, Jewish General Hospital, Canada Research Chair in Hypertension and Vascular Research, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, and Professor and Vice-Chair (Research), Department of Medicine, McGill University (Montreal, Canada). His research deals with vascular remodeling in hypertension, renal and cardiometabolic diseases, from mice to humans, and the influence of the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone and endothelin systems, nuclear receptors and immunity on
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Developmental programming of eNOS uncoupling and enhanced vascular oxidative stress in adult rats after transient neonatal oxygen exposure. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 2013; 61:8-16. [PMID: 23011469 DOI: 10.1097/fjc.0b013e318274d1c4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The authors have previously shown that neonatal hyperoxic stress leads to high blood pressure, impaired endothelium-mediated vasodilatation, and increased vascular production of superoxide anion by NAD(P)H oxidase in adulthood. However, it is unknown whether changes in nitric oxide (NO) production and/or bioinactivation prevail and whether NO synthase (NOS) is also a source of superoxide. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether adult animals exposed to neonatal hyperoxic stress have impaired vascular NO production associated with NOS uncoupling participating to vascular superoxide production and vascular dysfunction. In adult male rats exposed to 80% oxygen from day 3 to 10 of life (H, n = 6) versus room air controls (CTRL, n = 6), vascular (aorta) NO production is decreased at baseline (CTRL: 21 ± 1 vs. H: 16 ± 2 4,5-diaminofluorescein diacetate fluorescence intensity arbitrary units; P < 0.05) and after carbachol stimulation (acetylcholine analog; CTRL: 26 ± 2 vs. H: 18±2; P < 0.05). Pretreatment with L-arginine (CTRL: 32 ± 4 vs. H: 31 ± 5) and L-sepiapterine [analog of key NOS cofactor tetrahydro-L-biopterin (BH4)] (CTRL: 30 ± 3 vs. H: 29 ± 3) normalizes NO production after carbachol. L-Sepiapterine also normalizes impaired vasodilatation to carbachol. Vascular endothelial NO synthase (eNOS) immunostaining is reduced, whereas total eNOS protein expression is increased in H (CTRL: 0.76 ± 0.08 vs. H: 1.76± 0.21; P < 0.01). The significantly higher superoxide generation (CTRL: 20 ± 2 vs. H: 28 ± 3 hydroethidine fluorescence intensity arbitrary units; P < 0.05) is prevented by pretreatment with the eNOS inhibitor N-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (CTRL: 21 ± 4 vs. H: 22 ± 4). Taken together, the current data indicate a role for eNOS uncoupling in enhanced vascular superoxide, impaired endothelium-mediated vasodilatation, and decreased NO production in adult animals with programmed elevated blood pressure after a brief neonatal oxygen exposure.
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Owen MK, Witzmann FA, McKenney ML, Lai X, Berwick ZC, Moberly SP, Alloosh M, Sturek M, Tune JD. Perivascular adipose tissue potentiates contraction of coronary vascular smooth muscle: influence of obesity. Circulation 2013; 128:9-18. [PMID: 23685742 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.112.001238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND This investigation examined the mechanisms by which coronary perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT)-derived factors influence vasomotor tone and the PVAT proteome in lean versus obese swine. METHODS AND RESULTS Coronary arteries from Ossabaw swine were isolated for isometric tension studies. We found that coronary (P=0.03) and mesenteric (P=0.04) but not subcutaneous adipose tissue augmented coronary contractions to KCl (20 mmol/L). Inhibition of CaV1.2 channels with nifedipine (0.1 µmol/L) or diltiazem (10 µmol/L) abolished this effect. Coronary PVAT increased baseline tension and potentiated constriction of isolated arteries to prostaglandin F2α in proportion to the amount of PVAT present (0.1-1.0 g). These effects were elevated in tissues obtained from obese swine and were observed in intact and endothelium denuded arteries. Coronary PVAT also diminished H2O2-mediated vasodilation in lean and, to a lesser extent, in obese arteries. These effects were associated with alterations in the obese coronary PVAT proteome (detected 186 alterations) and elevated voltage-dependent increases in intracellular [Ca(2+)] in obese smooth muscle cells. Further studies revealed that the Rho-kinase inhibitor fasudil (1 µmol/L) significantly blunted artery contractions to KCl and PVAT in lean but not obese swine. Calpastatin (10 μmol/L) also augmented contractions to levels similar to that observed in the presence of PVAT. CONCLUSIONS Vascular effects of PVAT vary according to anatomic location and are influenced by an obese phenotype. Augmented contractile effects of obese coronary PVAT are related to alterations in the PVAT proteome (eg, calpastatin), Rho-dependent signaling, and the functional contribution of K(+) and CaV1.2 channels to smooth muscle tone.
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- Meredith Kohr Owen
- Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Dr, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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Bełtowski J. Endogenous hydrogen sulfide in perivascular adipose tissue: role in the regulation of vascular tone in physiology and pathology. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2013; 91:889-98. [PMID: 24117256 DOI: 10.1139/cjpp-2013-0001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is synthesized from L-cysteine by cystathionine β-synthase (CBS) or cystathionine γ-lyase (CSE), and is enzymatically metabolized in mitochondria by sulfide:quinone oxidoreductase (SQR). Recent studies have indicated that H2S is synthesized by CSE in perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT), and is responsible for the anticontractile effect of PVAT on adjacent vessels. The lipophilic statin atorvastatin increases PVAT-derived H2S by suppressing its mitochondrial oxidation; the effect that results from statin-induced depletion of ubiquinone. Experimental obesity induced by a highly palatable diet has a time-dependent effect on H2S in PVAT. Adipose tissue hypoxia suppresses H2S oxidation and increases its level in short-term obesity not associated with insulin resistance. In contrast, in long-term obesity, insulin resistance and (or) hyperinsulinemia result in the down-regulation of CSE and H2S deficiency, which is corrected by treatment with the insulin sensitizer rosiglitazone. In addition, cannabinoid CB1 receptor agonist administered for 2 weeks increases H2S by impairing mitochondria biogenesis. This indicates that the rate of mitochondrial H2S oxidation plays an important role in the regulation of H2S level in PVAT. Up-regulation of H2S signaling in short-term obesity and (or) by elevated endocannabinoids may be a compensatory mechanism that maintains vascular tone, despite endothelial dysfunction.
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- Jerzy Bełtowski
- Department of Pathophysiology, Medical University, ulica Jaczewskiego 8, 20-090 Lublin, Poland
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Kagota S, Maruyama K, Tada Y, Fukushima K, Umetani K, Wakuda H, Shinozuka K. Chronic oxidative-nitrosative stress impairs coronary vasodilation in metabolic syndrome model rats. Microvasc Res 2013; 88:70-8. [PMID: 23571030 DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2013.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2012] [Revised: 03/02/2013] [Accepted: 04/01/2013] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a combination of clinical disorders that together increase the risk for cardiovascular disease and diabetes. SHRSP.Z-Lepr(fa)/IzmDmcr (SHRSP.ZF) rats with MetS show impaired nitric oxide-mediated relaxation in coronary and mesenteric arteries, and angiotensin II receptor type 1 blockers protect against dysfunction and oxidative-nitrosative stress independently of metabolic effects. We hypothesize that superoxide contributes to functional deterioration in SHRSP.ZF rats. To test our hypothesis, we studied effects of treatment with tempol, a membrane-permeable radical scavenger, on impaired vasodilation in SHRSP.ZF rats. Tempol did not alter body weight, high blood pressure, or metabolic abnormalities, but prevented impairment of acetylcholine-induced and nitroprusside-induced vasodilation in the coronary and mesenteric arteries. Furthermore, tempol reduced the levels of serum thiobarbituric acid reactive substance (TBARS) and 3-nitrotyrosine content in mesenteric arteries. Systemic administration of tempol elevated the expression of soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) above basal levels in mesenteric arteries of SHRSP.ZF rats. However, acute treatment with tempol or ebselen, a peroxynitrite scavenger, did not ameliorate impaired relaxation of isolated mesenteric arteries. No nitration of tyrosine residues in sGC was observed; however, sGC mRNA expression levels in the arteries of SHRSP.ZF rats were lower than those in the arteries of Wistar-Kyoto rats. Levels of Thr(496)- and Ser(1177)-phosphorylated endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) were lower in arteries of SHRSP.ZF rats, and acetylcholine decreased Thr(496)-phosphorylated eNOS levels. These results indicated that prolonged superoxide production, leading to oxidative-nitrosative stress, was associated with impaired vasodilation in SHRSP.ZF rats with MetS. Down-regulated sGC expression may be linked to dysfunction, while reduced NO bioavailability/eNOS activity and modified sGC activity due to superoxide production were excluded as pivotal mechanisms.
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- Satomi Kagota
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mukogawa Women's University, Nishinomiya, Japan.
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Padilla J, Jenkins NT, Vieira-Potter VJ, Laughlin MH. Divergent phenotype of rat thoracic and abdominal perivascular adipose tissues. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2013; 304:R543-52. [PMID: 23389108 PMCID: PMC3627942 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00567.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2012] [Accepted: 02/05/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT) is implicated as a source of proatherogenic cytokines. Phenotypic differences in local PVAT depots may contribute to differences in disease susceptibility among arteries and even regions within an artery. It has been proposed that PVAT around the abdominal and thoracic aorta shares characteristics of white and brown adipose tissue (BAT), respectively; however, a detailed comparison of the phenotype of these PVAT depots has not been performed. Using young and older adult rats, we compared the phenotype of PVATs surrounding the abdominal and thoracic aorta to each other and also to epididymal white and subscapular BAT. Compared with young rats, older rats exhibited greater percent body fat (34.5 ± 3.1 vs. 10.4 ± 0.9%), total cholesterol (112.2 ± 7.5 vs. 58.7 ± 6.3 mg/dl), HOMA-insulin resistance (1.7 ± 0.1 vs. 0.9 ± 0.1 a.u.), as well as reduced ACh-induced relaxation of the aorta (maximal relaxation: 54 ± 10 vs. 77 ± 6%) (all P < 0.05). Expression of inflammatory genes and markers of immune cell infiltration were greater in abdominal PVAT than in thoracic PVAT, and overall, abdominal and thoracic PVATs resembled the phenotype of white adipose tissue (WAT) and BAT, respectively. Histology and electron microscopy indicated structural similarity between visceral WAT and abdominal PVAT and between BAT and thoracic PVAT. Our data provide evidence that abdominal PVAT is more inflamed than thoracic PVAT, a difference that was by and large independent of sedentary aging. Phenotypic differences in PVAT between regions of the aorta may be relevant in light of the evidence in large animals and humans that the abdominal aorta is more vulnerable to atherosclerosis than the thoracic aorta.
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- Jaume Padilla
- Biomedical Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.
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Szasz T, Bomfim GF, Webb RC. The influence of perivascular adipose tissue on vascular homeostasis. Vasc Health Risk Manag 2013; 9:105-16. [PMID: 23576873 PMCID: PMC3616689 DOI: 10.2147/vhrm.s33760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT) is now recognized as an active contributor to vascular function. Adipocytes and stromal cells contained within PVAT are a source of an ever-growing list of molecules with varied paracrine effects on the underlying smooth muscle and endothelial cells, including adipokines, cytokines, reactive oxygen species, and gaseous compounds. Their secretion is regulated by systemic or local cues and modulates complex processes, including vascular contraction and relaxation, smooth muscle cell proliferation and migration, and vascular inflammation. Recent evidence demonstrates that metabolic and cardiovascular diseases alter the morphological and secretory characteristics of PVAT, with notable consequences. In obesity and diabetes, the expanded PVAT contributes to vascular insulin resistance. PVAT-derived cytokines may influence key steps of atherogenesis. The physiological anticontractile effect of PVAT is severely diminished in hypertension. Above all, a common denominator of the PVAT dysfunction in all these conditions is the immune cell infiltration, which triggers the subsequent inflammation, oxidative stress, and hypoxic processes to promote vascular dysfunction. In this review, we discuss the currently known mechanisms by which the PVAT influences blood vessel function. The important discoveries in the study of PVAT that have been made in recent years need to be further advanced, to identify the mechanisms of the anticontractile effects of PVAT, to explore the vascular-bed and species differences in PVAT function, to understand the regulation of PVAT secretion of mediators, and finally, to uncover ways to ameliorate cardiovascular disease by targeting therapeutic approaches to PVAT.
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- Theodora Szasz
- Department of Physiology, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA, USA.
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Leibowitz A, Rehman A, Paradis P, Schiffrin EL. Role of T regulatory lymphocytes in the pathogenesis of high-fructose diet-induced metabolic syndrome. Hypertension 2013; 61:1316-21. [PMID: 23529169 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.111.203521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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We recently showed that T regulatory lymphocytes (Treg), which are immune suppressors of inflammatory responses, play a role blunting the development of hypertension-induced injury. Treg are unchanged or decreased in children with metabolic syndrome, and therefore, their role in metabolic syndrome remains unclear. We hypothesized that Treg number or function would be depressed in a high-fructose diet-induced metabolic syndrome-like model in rats. Sprague-Dawley rats were fed normal chow or a high-fructose diet for 5 weeks. The high-fructose diet-induced a 3.8-fold increase in plasma triglycerides and a 14% reduction in high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (P<0.001). The high-fructose diet increased reactive oxygen species in aorta and periaortic adipose tissue 2.8-fold (P<0.05), and reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase activity 1.9-fold in aorta, and 2.5-fold in the heart (P<0.05). It also increased plasma nitric oxide metabolite levels 6.4-fold (P<0.001). Western blots showed that the high-fructose diet increased ≥2.3-fold vascular and in platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule 1 in aorta (P<0.01). It did not affect monocyte/macrophage aortic infiltration but caused a 2.4-fold increase in collagen deposition in the aortic media (P<0.01). No change in plasma interleukin-10 was detected. The percentage of spleen CD4+ CD25- and Treg (CD4+ CD25(high)) cells was unaltered by the high-fructose diet. However, cultured Treg from high-fructose diet-fed rats secreted 62% less interleukin-10 than control cells (P<0.05), suggesting a decreased Treg function, which could play a role in the development of cardiovascular complications of the metabolic syndrome.
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- Avshalom Leibowitz
- Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hospital, #B-127, 3755 Côte-Ste-Catherine Road, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Eringa EC, Serne EH, Meijer RI, Schalkwijk CG, Houben AJHM, Stehouwer CDA, Smulders YM, van Hinsbergh VWM. Endothelial dysfunction in (pre)diabetes: characteristics, causative mechanisms and pathogenic role in type 2 diabetes. Rev Endocr Metab Disord 2013; 14:39-48. [PMID: 23417760 DOI: 10.1007/s11154-013-9239-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Endothelial dysfunction associated with diabetes and cardiovascular disease is characterized by changes in vasoregulation, enhanced generation of reactive oxygen intermediates, inflammatory activation, and altered barrier function. These endothelial alterations contribute to excess cardiovascular disease in diabetes, but may also play a role in the pathogenesis of diabetes, especially type 2. The mechanisms underlying endothelial dysfunction in diabetes differ between type 1 (T1D) and type 2 diabetes (T2D): hyperglycemia contributes to endothelial dysfunction in all individuals with diabetes, whereas the causative mechanisms in T2D also include impaired insulin signaling in endothelial cells, dyslipidemia and altered secretion of bioactive substances (adipokines) by adipose tissue. The close association of so-called perivascular adipose tissue with arteries and arterioles facilitates the exposure of vascular endothelium to adipokines, particularly if inflammation activates the adipose tissue. Glucose and adipokines activate specific intracellular signaling pathways in endothelium, which in concert result in endothelial dysfunction in diabetes. Here, we review the characteristics of endothelial dysfunction in diabetes, the causative mechanisms involved and the role of endothelial dysfunction(s) in the pathogenesis of T2D. Finally, we will discuss the therapeutic potential of endothelial dysfunction in T2D.
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- Etto C Eringa
- Departments of Physiology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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Meijer RI, Bakker W, Alta CLA, Sipkema P, Yudkin JS, Viollet B, Richter EA, Smulders YM, van Hinsbergh VW, Serné EH, Eringa EC. Perivascular adipose tissue control of insulin-induced vasoreactivity in muscle is impaired in db/db mice. Diabetes 2013; 62:590-8. [PMID: 23048187 PMCID: PMC3554353 DOI: 10.2337/db11-1603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Microvascular recruitment in muscle is a determinant of insulin sensitivity. Whether perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT) is involved in disturbed insulin-induced vasoreactivity is unknown, as are the underlying mechanisms. This study investigates whether PVAT regulates insulin-induced vasodilation in muscle, the underlying mechanisms, and how obesity disturbs this vasodilation. Insulin-induced vasoreactivity of resistance arteries was studied with PVAT from C57BL/6 or db/db mice. PVAT weight in muscle was higher in db/db mice compared with C57BL/6 mice. PVAT from C57BL/6 mice uncovered insulin-induced vasodilation; this vasodilation was abrogated with PVAT from db/db mice. Blocking adiponectin abolished the vasodilator effect of insulin in the presence of C57BL/6 PVAT, and adiponectin secretion was lower in db/db PVAT. To investigate this interaction further, resistance arteries of AMPKα2(+/+) and AMPKα2(-/-) were studied. In AMPKα2(-/-) resistance arteries, insulin caused vasoconstriction in the presence of PVAT, and AMPKα2(+/+) resistance arteries showed a neutral response. On the other hand, inhibition of the inflammatory kinase Jun NH(2)-terminal kinase (JNK) in db/db PVAT restored insulin-induced vasodilation in an adiponectin-dependent manner. In conclusion, PVAT controls insulin-induced vasoreactivity in the muscle microcirculation through secretion of adiponectin and subsequent AMPKα2 signaling. PVAT from obese mice inhibits insulin-induced vasodilation, which can be restored by inhibition of JNK.
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- Rick I. Meijer
- Department of Internal Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Laboratory for Physiology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory for Physiology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory for Physiology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory for Physiology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Department of Medicine, University College London, London, U.K
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- INSERM, U1016, Cochin Institute, Paris, France
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR8104, Paris, France
- Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Internal Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory for Physiology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Corresponding author: Etto C. Eringa,
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Gómez-Hernández A, Perdomo L, Escribano Ó, Benito M. [Role of brown and perivascular adipose tissue in vascular complications due to obesity]. CLINICA E INVESTIGACION EN ARTERIOSCLEROSIS : PUBLICACION OFICIAL DE LA SOCIEDAD ESPANOLA DE ARTERIOSCLEROSIS 2013; 25:36-44. [PMID: 23522280 DOI: 10.1016/j.arteri.2012.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2012] [Accepted: 11/28/2012] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The contribution of brown and perivascular adipose tissues to the pathophysiology of metabolic and vascular complications associated with obesity are analysed in this review. To combat obesity and prevent its highly prevalent metabolic and vascular complications, a new insight on our knowledge of the role of the thermogenic function of brown adipose tissue and its promising therapeutic potential in humans is needed in addition to conventional treatments. Owing to the impact of brown adipose tissue on energy expenditure related to lipid and glucose metabolism, as well as its potential resistance against inflammation along with perivascular adipose tissue, new perspectives in the treatment of obesity treatment could be focused on the design of new drugs, or different regimens or therapies, that increase the amount and activity of brown adipose tissue. These new treatments not only may contribute to combat obesity, but also prevent complications such as type 2 diabetes and other associated metabolic and vascular changes.
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- Almudena Gómez-Hernández
- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, España.
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Fernández-Alfonso MS, Gil-Ortega M, García-Prieto CF, Aranguez I, Ruiz-Gayo M, Somoza B. Mechanisms of perivascular adipose tissue dysfunction in obesity. Int J Endocrinol 2013; 2013:402053. [PMID: 24307898 PMCID: PMC3838835 DOI: 10.1155/2013/402053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2013] [Accepted: 08/29/2013] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Most blood vessels are surrounded by adipose tissue. Similarly to the adventitia, perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT) was considered only as a passive structural support for the vasculature, and it was routinely removed for isolated blood vessel studies. In 1991, Soltis and Cassis demonstrated for the first time that PVAT reduced contractions to noradrenaline in rat aorta. Since then, an important number of adipocyte-derived factors with physiological and pathophysiological paracrine vasoactive effects have been identified. PVAT undergoes structural and functional changes in obesity. During early diet-induced obesity, an adaptative overproduction of vasodilator factors occurs in PVAT, probably aimed at protecting vascular function. However, in established obesity, PVAT loses its anticontractile properties by an increase of contractile, oxidative, and inflammatory factors, leading to endothelial dysfunction and vascular disease. The aim of this review is to focus on PVAT dysfunction mechanisms in obesity.
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- Maria S. Fernández-Alfonso
- Instituto Pluridisciplinar and Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, Juan XXIII 1, 28040 Madrid, Spain
- *Maria S. Fernández-Alfonso:
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- Departamento de Ciencias Farmacéuticas y de la Salud, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad CEU-San Pablo, 28660 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Ciencias Farmacéuticas y de la Salud, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad CEU-San Pablo, 28660 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto Pluridisciplinar and Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, Juan XXIII 1, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Ciencias Farmacéuticas y de la Salud, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad CEU-San Pablo, 28660 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Ciencias Farmacéuticas y de la Salud, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad CEU-San Pablo, 28660 Madrid, Spain
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Relationship between energy dense diets and white adipose tissue inflammation in metabolic syndrome. Nutr Res 2013; 33:1-11. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2012.11.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2012] [Revised: 10/19/2012] [Accepted: 11/20/2012] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Marchesi C, Rehman A, Rautureau Y, Kasal DA, Briet M, Leibowitz A, Simeone SMC, Ebrahimian T, Neves MF, Offermanns S, Gonzalez FJ, Paradis P, Schiffrin EL. Protective role of vascular smooth muscle cell PPARγ in angiotensin II-induced vascular disease. Cardiovasc Res 2012; 97:562-70. [PMID: 23250918 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvs362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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AIMS Vascular peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) activation improves vascular remodelling and endothelial function in hypertensive rodents. The goal of this study was to determine that vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) PPARγ exerts a vascular protective role beyond its metabolic effects. METHODS AND RESULTS We generated a model of adult inducible VSMC-specific Pparγ inactivation to test the hypothesis that PPARγ counteracts angiotensin (Ang) II-induced vascular remodelling and endothelial dysfunction. Inducible VSMC Pparγ knockout mice were generated by crossing Pparγ floxed mice with mice expressing a tamoxifen-inducible Cre recombinase Smooth muscle (Sm) myosin heavy chain promoter control. Eight-to-ten-week-old SmPparγ(-/-) and control mice were infused with a nonpressor dose of Ang II for 7 days. Blood pressure was unaffected. Mesenteric arteries showed eutrophic remodelling in Ang II-infused control mice and hypertrophic remodelling in Ang II-infused SmPparγ(-/-) mice. Endothelium-dependent relaxation to acetylcholine was reduced in SmPparγ(-/-) mice and further impaired by Ang II infusion, and was unaffected by an inhibitor of NO synthase, suggesting a defect of NO-mediated relaxation. SmPparγ deletion increased the sensitivity to Ang II-induced contraction. SmPparγ(-/-) mice exhibited enhanced Ang II-induced vascular NADPH oxidase activity and adhesion molecule ICAM-1 and chemokine monocyte chemotactic protein-1 expression. The antioxidant Superoxide dismutase 3 expression was decreased by SmPparγ deletion. Ang II infusion increased the expression of CD3 T-cell co-receptor chain δ and decreased Adiponectin in perivascular adipose tissue of SmPparγ(-/-) mice. CONCLUSION Inducible Pparγ inactivation in VSMCs exacerbated Ang II-induced vascular remodelling and endothelial dysfunction via enhanced vascular oxidative stress and inflammation, revealing the protective role of VSMC PPARγ in angiotensin II-induced vascular injury.
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- Chiara Marchesi
- Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Interaction between maternal and offspring diet to impair vascular function and oxidative balance in high fat fed male mice. PLoS One 2012; 7:e50671. [PMID: 23227196 PMCID: PMC3515587 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2012] [Accepted: 10/23/2012] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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AIMS To determine the impact of maternal and post-weaning consumption of a high fat diet on endothelium-dependent vasorelaxation and redox regulation in adult male mouse offspring. METHODS Female C57BL6J mice were fed an obesogenic high fat diet (HF, 45% kcal fat) or standard chow (C, 21% kcal fat) pre-conception and throughout pregnancy and lactation. Post-weaning, male offspring were continued on the same diet as their mothers or placed on the alternative diet to give 4 dietary groups (C/C, HF/C, C/HF and HF/HF) which were studied at 15 or 30 weeks of age. RESULTS There were significant effects of maternal diet on offspring body weight (p<0.004), systolic blood pressure (p = 0.026) and endothelium-dependent relaxation to ACh (p = 0.004) and NO production (p = 0.005) measured in the femoral artery. With control for maternal diet there was also an effect of offspring post-weaning dietary fat to increase systolic blood pressure (p<0.0001) and reduce endothelium-dependent relaxation (p = 0.022) and ACh-mediated NO production (p = 0.007). There was also a significant impact of age (p<0.005). Redox balance was perturbed, with altered regulation of vascular enzymes involved in ROS/NO signalling. CONCLUSIONS Maternal consumption of a HF diet is associated with changes in vascular function and oxidative balance in the offspring of similar magnitude to those seen with consumption of a high fat diet post-weaning. Further, this disadvantageous vascular phenotype is exacerbated by age to influence the risk of developing obesity, raised blood pressure and endothelial dysfunction in adult life.
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Bailey-Downs LC, Tucsek Z, Toth P, Sosnowska D, Gautam T, Sonntag WE, Csiszar A, Ungvari Z. Aging exacerbates obesity-induced oxidative stress and inflammation in perivascular adipose tissue in mice: a paracrine mechanism contributing to vascular redox dysregulation and inflammation. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2012; 68:780-92. [PMID: 23213032 DOI: 10.1093/gerona/gls238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Obesity in the elderly individuals is increasing at alarming rates and there is evidence suggesting that elderly individuals are more vulnerable to the deleterious cardiovascular effects of obesity than younger individuals. However, the specific mechanisms through which aging and obesity interact to promote the development of cardiovascular disease remain unclear. The present study was designed to test the hypothesis that aging exacerbates obesity-induced inflammation in perivascular adipose tissue, which contributes to increased vascular oxidative stress and inflammation in a paracrine manner. To test this hypothesis, we assessed changes in the secretome, reactive oxygen species production, and macrophage infiltration in periaortic adipose tissue of young (7 month old) and aged (24 month old) high-fat diet-fed obese C57BL/6 mice. High-fat diet-induced vascular reactive oxygen species generation significantly increased in aged mice, which was associated with exacerbation of endothelial dysfunction and vascular inflammation. In young animals, high-fat diet-induced obesity promoted oxidative stress in the perivascular adipose tissue, which was associated with a marked proinflammatory shift in the profile of secreted cytokines and chemokines. Aging exacerbated obesity-induced oxidative stress and inflammation and significantly increased macrophage infiltration in periaortic adipose tissue. Using cultured arteries isolated from young control mice, we found that inflammatory factors secreted from the perivascular fat tissue of obese aged mice promote significant prooxidative and proinflammatory phenotypic alterations in the vascular wall, mimicking the aging phenotype. Overall, our findings support an important role for localized perivascular adipose tissue inflammation in exacerbation of vascular oxidative stress and inflammation in aging, an effect that likely enhances the risk for development of cardiovascular diseases from obesity in the elderly individuals.
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- Lora C Bailey-Downs
- Reynolds Oklahoma Center on Aging, Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Oklahoma HSC, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA
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Wang H, Luo W, Wang J, Guo C, Wang X, Wolffe SL, Bodary PF, Eitzman DT. Obesity-induced endothelial dysfunction is prevented by deficiency of P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1. Diabetes 2012; 61:3219-27. [PMID: 22891216 PMCID: PMC3501858 DOI: 10.2337/db12-0162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Endothelial dysfunction precedes atherosclerosis and represents an important link between obesity and cardiovascular events. Strategies designed to prevent endothelial dysfunction may therefore reduce the cardiovascular complications triggered by obesity. We tested the hypothesis that deficiency of P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1 (Psgl-1) would improve the endothelial dysfunction associated with obesity. Psgl-1-deficient (Psgl-1(-/-)) and wild-type (Psgl-1(+/+)) mice were fed standard chow or a high-fat, high-sucrose diet (diet-induced obesity [DIO]) for 10 weeks. DIO increased mesenteric perivascular adipose tissue (mPVAT) macrophage content and vascular oxidative stress in Psgl-1(+/+) mice but not in Psgl-1(-/-) mice. Pressure myography using mesenteric arteries demonstrated that relaxation responses to acetylcholine were significantly impaired in DIO Psgl-1(+/+) mice, whereas DIO Psgl-1(-/-) mice were protected from endothelial dysfunction with similar relaxation responses to Psgl-1(+/+) or Psgl-1(-/-) mice fed standard chow. The superoxide scavenger 4-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidinyloxy (TEMPOL) partially recovered impaired endothelial function induced by DIO. A neutralizing Psgl-1 antibody was also effective in preventing endothelial dysfunction and reducing mPVAT macrophage content induced by DIO. These results indicate that obesity in mice leads to PVAT inflammation and endothelial dysfunction that is prevented by Psgl-1 deficiency. Psgl-1 inhibition may be a useful treatment strategy for targeting vascular disease associated with obesity.
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- Hui Wang
- Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Kinesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Corresponding author: Daniel T. Eitzman,
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Zavaritskaya O, Zhuravleva N, Schleifenbaum J, Gloe T, Devermann L, Kluge R, Mladenov M, Frey M, Gagov H, Fésüs G, Gollasch M, Schubert R. Role of KCNQ channels in skeletal muscle arteries and periadventitial vascular dysfunction. Hypertension 2012. [PMID: 23184384 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.112.197566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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KCNQ channels have been identified in arterial smooth muscle. However, their role in vasoregulation and chronic vascular diseases remains elusive. We tested the hypothesis that KCNQ channels contribute to periadventitial vasoregulation in peripheral skeletal muscle arteries by perivascular adipose tissue and that they represent novel targets to rescue periadventitial vascular dysfunction. Two models, spontaneously hypertensive rats and New Zealand obese mice, were studied using quantitative polymerase chain reaction, the patch-clamp technique, membrane potential measurements, myography of isolated vessels, and blood pressure telemetry. In rat Gracilis muscle arteries, anticontractile effects of perivascular fat were inhibited by the KCNQ channel blockers XE991 and linopirdine but not by other selective K(+) channel inhibitors. Accordingly, XE991 and linopirdine blocked noninactivating K(+) currents in freshly isolated Gracilis artery smooth muscle cells. mRNAs of several KCNQ channel subtypes were detected in those arteries, with KCNQ4 channels being dominant. In spontaneously hypertensive rats, the anticontractile effect of perivascular fat in Gracilis muscle arteries was largely reduced compared with Wistar rats. However, the vasodilator effects of KCNQ channel openers and mRNA expression of KCNQ channels were normal. Furthermore, KCNQ channel openers restored the diminished anticontractile effects of perivascular fat in spontaneously hypertensive rats. Moreover, KCNQ channel openers reduced arterial blood pressure in both models of hypertension independent of ganglionic blockade. Thus, our data suggest that KCNQ channels play a pivotal role in periadventitial vasoregulation of peripheral skeletal muscle arteries, and KCNQ channel opening may be an effective mechanism to improve impaired periadventitial vasoregulation and associated hypertension.
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- Olga Zavaritskaya
- Centre for Biomedicine and Medical Technology Mannheim, Research Division Cardiovascular Physiology, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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Puri N, Sodhi K, Haarstad M, Kim DH, Bohinc S, Foglio E, Favero G, Abraham NG. Heme induced oxidative stress attenuates sirtuin1 and enhances adipogenesis in mesenchymal stem cells and mouse pre-adipocytes. J Cell Biochem 2012; 113:1926-35. [PMID: 22234917 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.24061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Patho-physiological conditions with high oxidative stress, such as conditions associated with increased denatured heme-proteins, are associated with enhanced adipogenic response. This effect predominantly manifests as adipocyte hypertrophy characterized by dysfunctional, pro-inflammatory adipocytes exhibiting reduced expression of anti-inflammatory hormone, adiponectin. To understand how increased levels of cellular heme, a pro-oxidant molecule, modulates adipogenesis; the following study was designed to evaluate effects of heme on adipogenesis in human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) and mouse pre-adipocytes (3T3L1). Experiments were conducted in the absence and in the presence of a superoxide dismutase (SOD) mimetic (tempol, 100 µM). Heme (10 µM) increased (P<0.05) adipogenesis in hMSCs and mouse pre-adipocytes, where tempol alone (100 µmol/L) attenuated adipogenesis in these cells (P<0.05). Tempol also reversed heme-induced increase in adipogenesis in both hMSCs and mouse pre-adipocytes (P<0.05). In addition, heme exposed 3T3L1 exhibited reduced (P<0.05) expression of transcriptional regulator-sirtuin 1 (Sirt1), along with, increased (P<0.05) expression of adipogenic markers peroxisome proliferators-activated receptor-gamma (PPARγ), C/EBPα, and aP2. These effects of heme were rescued (P<0.05) in cells concurrently treated with heme and tempol (P<0.05) and prevented in cells over-expressing Sirt1. Taken together, our results indicate that heme-induced oxidative stress inhibits Sirt1, thus un-inhibiting adipogenic regulators such as PPARγ and C/EBPα; which in turn induce increased adipogenesis along with adipocyte hypertrophy in pre-adipocytes. Anti-oxidant induced offsetting of these effects of heme supports the role of heme-dependent oxidative stress in mediating such events.
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- Nitin Puri
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, College of Medicine, The University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio 43614, USA
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Asmar R, Beebe-Dimmer JL, Korgavkar K, Keele GR, Cooney KA. Hypertension, obesity and prostate cancer biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis 2012; 16:62-6. [PMID: 22907512 DOI: 10.1038/pcan.2012.32] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND The metabolic syndrome (MetS) comprises a constellation of risk factors associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease. Components of MetS have emerged as putative risk factors for prostate carcinoma. In this study, we examine the association between three features of the MetS (obesity, hypertension and diabetes) and the risk of biochemical recurrence (BCR) after radical prostatectomy (RP). METHODS We examined data from 1428 men in the University of Michigan Prostate Cancer Data Bank who elected to have RP as their primary treatment. We calculated body mass index from patients' weight and height measured at the time of prostate cancer diagnosis. We used the University of Michigan's Electronic Medical Record Search Engine to identify subjects with hypertension and/or diabetes before their prostate cancer diagnosis. RESULTS Of 1428 men who underwent RP, 107 (8%) subsequently developed BCR with a median length of follow-up post-surgery of 3.6 years. Obesity and hypertension were each associated with an increased risk of BCR (adjusted hazard ratio (aHR) = 1.37; 95% CI 0.92-2.09 and aHR = 1.51, 95% CI 1.01-2.26), whereas no association was observed between diabetes and BCR (aHR = 0.73; 95% CI 0.40-1.33). CONCLUSIONS Obesity and hypertension were each associated with an increased risk for BCR of prostate cancer after RP, independent of age at diagnosis and tumor pathological features. Given the increasing rates of obesity, hypertension and prostate cancer, a better understanding of the relationship between these entities is of significant public health importance. Elucidation of the involved pathogenic mechanisms will be needed to establish causality.
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- R Asmar
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5376, USA.
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Robich MP, Chu LM, Burgess TA, Feng J, Han Y, Nezafat R, Leber MP, Laham RJ, Manning WJ, Sellke FW. Resveratrol preserves myocardial function and perfusion in remote nonischemic myocardium in a swine model of metabolic syndrome. J Am Coll Surg 2012; 215:681-9. [PMID: 22867714 DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2012.06.417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2012] [Revised: 06/24/2012] [Accepted: 06/25/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Resveratrol has been shown to reverse some of the detrimental effects of metabolic syndrome (MetS). We sought to define the impact of supplemental resveratrol on normal myocardium remote from an ischemic territory in a swine model of MetS and chronic myocardial ischemia. STUDY DESIGN Yorkshire swine were fed a normal diet (control), a high cholesterol diet (HCD), or a high cholesterol diet with orally supplemented resveratrol (HCD-R; 100 mg/kg/day). Four weeks after diet modification, myocardial ischemia was induced by ameroid constrictor placement. Seven weeks later, myocardial tissue from a territory remote from the ischemia was harvested. Animals in the HCD and HCD-R groups underwent functional cardiac MRI before ischemia and before sacrifice. Tissue was harvested for protein expression analysis. RESULTS After 7 weeks of ischemia, regional left ventricular systolic function was significantly increased in HCD-R as compared with HCD animals. During ventricular pacing the HCD group had significantly decreased flow (p = 0.03); perfusion in the HCD-R was preserved as compared with the control. There was no difference in microvascular relaxation. Expression of metabolic proteins Sirt-1 (p = 0.002), AMPkinase (p = 0.02), and carnitine palmitoyltransferase-I (p = 0.002) were upregulated in the HCD-R group. Levels of protein oxidative stress were significantly increased in the HCD and HCD-R groups, as compared with the controls (p = 0.003). Activated endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) was increased in the HCD-R group (p = 0.01). There was no difference in myocardial endothelial cell density between the groups; however, dividing endothelial cells were decreased in the HCD and HCD-R groups (p = 0.006). CONCLUSIONS Resveratrol supplementation improves regional left ventricular function and preserves perfusion to myocardium remote from an area of ischemia in an animal model of metabolic syndrome and chronic myocardial ischemia.
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- Michael P Robich
- Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Manrique C, Lastra G, Habibi J, Mugerfeld I, Garro M, Sowers JR. Loss of Estrogen Receptor α Signaling Leads to Insulin Resistance and Obesity in Young and Adult Female Mice. Cardiorenal Med 2012; 2:200-210. [PMID: 22969776 DOI: 10.1159/000339563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2012] [Accepted: 05/16/2012] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND/AIMS: There are important sex-related differences in the prevalence of obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease. Indeed, premenopausal women have a lower prevalence of these conditions relative to age-matched men. Estrogen participates in the modulation of insulin sensitivity, energy balance, and body composition. In this paper, we investigated the impact of estrogen signaling through estrogen receptor α (ERα) on systemic insulin sensitivity and insulin signaling in skeletal muscle. METHODS: In 14- and 30-week-old female ERα knockout (ERαKO) mice and age-matched controls, we assessed insulin sensitivity by a euglycemic-hyperinsulinemic clamp and intraperitoneal glucose tolerance testing. Blood pressure was evaluated by tail cuff and telemetry. We studied ex vivo insulin-stimulated glucose uptake in skeletal muscle tissue, as well as insulin metabolic signaling molecule phosphorylation by immunoblotting and oxidative stress by immunostaining for 3-nitrotyrosine. RESULTS: Body weight was higher in ERαKO mice at 14 and 30 weeks of age. At 30 weeks, intraperitoneal glucose tolerance testing and clamp results demonstrated impaired systemic insulin sensitivity in ERαKO mice. Insulin-stimulated glucose uptake in soleus was lower in ERαKO mice at both ages. The insulin receptor substrate 1/phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase association and the activation of protein kinase B were decreased in ERαKO mice, whereas immunostaining for 3-nitrotyrosine was increased. CONCLUSIONS: Our data demonstrate a critical age-dependent role for estrogen signaling through ERα on whole-body insulin sensitivity and insulin metabolic signaling in skeletal muscle tissue. These findings have potential translational implications for the prevention and management of type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease in women, who are at increased risk for these conditions.
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- Camila Manrique
- Diabetes and Cardiovascular Center, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Mo., USA
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Alemany M. Regulation of adipose tissue energy availability through blood flow control in the metabolic syndrome. Free Radic Biol Med 2012; 52:2108-19. [PMID: 22542444 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2012.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2011] [Revised: 03/12/2012] [Accepted: 03/13/2012] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Maintenance of blood flow rate is a critical factor for tissue oxygen and substrate supply. The potentially large mass of adipose tissue deeply influences the body distribution of blood flow. This is due to increased peripheral resistance in obesity and the role of this tissue as the ultimate destination of unused excess of dietary energy. However, adipose tissue cannot grow indefinitely, and the tissue must defend itself against the avalanche of nutrients provoking inordinate growth and inflammation. In the obese, large adipose tissue masses show lower blood flow, limiting the access of excess circulating substrates. Blood flow restriction is achieved by vasoconstriction, despite increased production of nitric oxide, the vasodilatation effects of which are overridden by catecholamines (and probably also by angiotensin II and endothelin). Decreased blood flow reduces the availability of oxygen, provoking massive glycolysis (hyperglycemic conditions), which results in the production of lactate, exported to the liver for processing. However, this produces local acidosis, which elicits the rapid dissociation of oxyhemoglobin, freeing bursts of oxygen in localized zones of the tissue. The excess of oxygen (and of nitric oxide) induces the production of reactive oxygen species, which deeply affect the endothelial, blood, and adipose cells, inducing oxidative and nitrosative damage and eliciting an increased immune response, which translates into inflammation. The result of the defense mechanism for adipose tissue, localized vasoconstriction, may thus help develop a more generalized pathologic response within the metabolic syndrome parameters, extending its effects to the whole body.
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- Marià Alemany
- Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
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UNLABELLED Visceral fat has been linked to metabolic disturbances and increased risk for cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. Recent studies propose a paracrine role for periadventitial adipose tissue in the control of arterial vascular tone. This regulation depends on the anatomical integrity of the vessels and involves a transferable mediator(s) (adipokine) released from either periadventitial adipocytes or perivascular adipose tissue. Although a number of adipokines with vasoactive properties have been identified, a still unidentified adipocyte-derived relaxing factor (ADRF) plays a major role in the periadventitial vasoregulation of visceral arteries, such as the aorta and mesenteric arteries. ADRF is released by visceral periadventitial adipocytes and primarily produces endothelium-independent vasorelaxation by opening voltage-dependent (K(v) ) K(+) channels in the plasma membrane of smooth muscle cells. At least in part, KCNQ (K(v) 7) channels could represent the subtype of K(v) channels involved. Glibenclamide-sensitive K(ATP) channels are not involved or play a minor role. The 'third gas', namely H(2) S, could represent ADRF. Alterations in the paracrine control of arterial tone by visceral periadventitial adipose tissue have been found in animal models of hypertension and metabolic disease. ADRF, or perhaps its putative targets, might represent exciting new targets for the development of drugs for treatment of cardiovascular and metabolic disorders. LINKED ARTICLES This article is part of a themed section on Fat and Vascular Responsiveness. To view the other articles in this section visit http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bph.2012.165.issue-3.
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- Maik Gollasch
- Medical Clinic for Nephrology and Internal Intensive Care, Charité Campus Virchow Klinikum, Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC) and Max-Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany.
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Payne GA, Kohr MC, Tune JD. Epicardial perivascular adipose tissue as a therapeutic target in obesity-related coronary artery disease. Br J Pharmacol 2012; 165:659-69. [PMID: 21545577 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2011.01370.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED Adipose tissue is an active endocrine and paracrine organ that may influence the development of atherosclerosis and vascular disease. In the setting of obesity, adipose tissue produces a variety of inflammatory cytokines (or adipokines) that are known to modulate key mechanisms of atherogenesis. In particular, adipose tissue located on the surface of the heart surrounding large coronary arteries (i.e. epicardial perivascular adipose tissue) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of coronary artery disease. The present review outlines our current understanding of the cellular and molecular links between perivascular adipose tissue and atherosclerosis with a focus on potential mechanisms by which epicardial perivascular adipose tissue contributes to obesity-related coronary disease. The pathophysiology of perivascular adipose tissue in obesity and its influence on oxidative stress, inflammation, endothelial dysfunction and vascular reactivity is addressed. In addition, the contribution of specific epicardial perivascular adipose-derived adipokines (e.g. leptin, adiponectin) to the initiation and expansion of coronary disease is also highlighted. Finally, future investigative goals are discussed with an emphasis on indentifying novel therapeutic targets and disease markers within perivascular adipose tissue. LINKED ARTICLES This article is part of a themed section on Fat and Vascular Responsiveness. To view the other articles in this section visit http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bph.2012.165.issue-3.
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- Gregory A Payne
- Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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Miao CY, Li ZY. The role of perivascular adipose tissue in vascular smooth muscle cell growth. Br J Pharmacol 2012; 165:643-58. [PMID: 21470202 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2011.01404.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED Adipose tissue is the largest endocrine organ, producing various adipokines and many other substances. Almost all blood vessels are surrounded by perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT), which has not received research attention until recently. This review will discuss the paracrine actions of PVAT on the growth of underlying vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). PVAT can release growth factors and inhibitors. Visfatin is the first identified growth factor derived from PVAT. Decreased adiponectin and increased tumour necrosis factor-α in PVAT play a pathological role for neointimal hyperplasia after endovascular injury. PVAT-derived angiotensin II, angiotensin 1-7, reactive oxygen species, complement component 3, NO and H(2) S have a paracrine action on VSMC contraction, endothelial or fibroblast function; however, their paracrine actions on VSMC growth remain to be directly verified. Factors such as monocyte chemoattractant protein-1, interleukin-6, interleukin-8, leptin, resistin, plasminogen activator inhibitor type-1, adrenomedullin, free fatty acids, glucocorticoids and sex hormones can be released from adipose tissue and can regulate VSMC growth. Most of them have been verified for their secretion by PVAT; however, their paracrine functions are unknown. Obesity, vascular injury, aging and infection may affect PVAT, causing adipocyte abnormality and inflammatory cell infiltration, inducing imbalance of PVAT-derived growth factors and inhibitors, leading to VSMC growth and finally resulting in development of proliferative vascular disease, including atherosclerosis, restenosis and hypertension. In the future, using cell-specific gene interventions and local treatments may provide definitive evidence for identification of key factor(s) involved in PVAT dysfunction-induced vascular disease and thus may help to develop new therapies. LINKED ARTICLES This article is part of a themed section on Fat and Vascular Responsiveness. To view the other articles in this section visit http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bph.2012.165.issue-3.
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- Chao-Yu Miao
- Department of Pharmacology, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
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Eringa EC, Bakker W, van Hinsbergh VWM. Paracrine regulation of vascular tone, inflammation and insulin sensitivity by perivascular adipose tissue. Vascul Pharmacol 2012; 56:204-9. [PMID: 22366250 DOI: 10.1016/j.vph.2012.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2011] [Revised: 02/03/2012] [Accepted: 02/08/2012] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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A small amount of adipose tissue associated with small arteries and arterioles is encountered both in mice and man. This perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT) has a paracrine effect on the vascular tone regulation. PVAT is expanded in obesity and in diabetes. This expansion not only involves enlargement of fat cells, but also the accumulation of inflammatory cells and a shift in the production of adipokines and cytokines. This effect is illustrated in this review by the effect of PVAT-derived factors of insulin-mediated vasoregulation in mouse resistance arteries. Insulin sensitivity of endothelial cells is also involved in the insulin-mediated regulation of muscle glucose uptake. Insulin affects vasoregulation by acting on different signaling pathways regulating NO and endothelin-1 release. This process is influenced by various adipokines and inflammatory mediators released from PVAT, and is affected by the degree of expansion and content of inflammatory cells. It is modulated by adiponectin (via 5' adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase, AMPK), TNFα (via c-jun N-terminal kinase) and free fatty acids (via protein kinase C-θ). PVAT thus provides an important site of control of vascular (dys)function in obesity and type 2 diabetes. An altered profile of adipokine and cytokine production by PVAT of resistance arteries may also contribute to or modulate hypertension, but a causal role in hypertension has still to be established.
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- Etto C Eringa
- Laboratory for Physiology, Institute for Cardiovascular Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Ernesto L. Schiffrin
- From the Department of Medicine, Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital and Hypertension and Vascular Research Unit, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada
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PVAT (perivascular adipose tissue) has recently been recognized as a novel factor in vascular biology, with implications in the pathophysiology of cardiovascular disease. Composed mainly of adipocytes, PVAT releases a wide range of biologically active molecules that modulate vascular smooth muscle cell contraction, proliferation and migration. PVAT exerts an anti-contractile effect in various vascular beds which seems to be mediated by an as yet elusive PVRF [PVAT-derived relaxing factor(s)]. Considerable progress has been made on deciphering the nature and mechanisms of action of PVRF, and the PVRFs proposed until now are reviewed here. However, complex pathways seem to regulate PVAT function and more than one mechanism is probably responsible for PVAT actions in vascular biology. The present review describes our current knowledge on the structure and function of PVAT, with a focus on its role in modulating vascular tone. Potential involvements of PVAT dysfunction in obesity, hypertension and atherosclerosis will be highlighted.
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- Theodora Szasz
- Department of Physiology, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.
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Amanso AM, Griendling KK. Differential roles of NADPH oxidases in vascular physiology and pathophysiology. Front Biosci (Schol Ed) 2012; 4:1044-64. [PMID: 22202108 DOI: 10.2741/s317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are produced by all vascular cells and regulate the major physiological functions of the vasculature. Production and removal of ROS are tightly controlled and occur in discrete subcellular locations, allowing for specific, compartmentalized signaling. Among the many sources of ROS in the vessel wall, NADPH oxidases are implicated in physiological functions such as control of vasomotor tone, regulation of extracellular matrix and phenotypic modulation of vascular smooth muscle cells. They are involved in the response to injury, whether as an oxygen sensor during hypoxia, as a regulator of protein processing, as an angiogenic stimulus, or as a mechanism of wound healing. These enzymes have also been linked to processes leading to disease development, including migration, proliferation, hypertrophy, apoptosis and autophagy. As a result, NADPH oxidases participate in atherogenesis, systemic and pulmonary hypertension and diabetic vascular disease. The role of ROS in each of these processes and diseases is complex, and a more full understanding of the sources, targets, cell-specific responses and counterbalancing mechanisms is critical for the rational development of future therapeutics.
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- Angelica M Amanso
- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Emory University, Division of Cardiology, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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