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Ischaemia reperfusion may be a new approach in cancer interventional therapy. JOURNAL OF MEDICAL HYPOTHESES AND IDEAS 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmhi.2012.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Acute lung injury (ALI) and its more severe form, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), have high mortality rates with few treatment options. An important regulatory factor in the pathology observed in ALI/ARDS is a disruption of the pulmonary endothelial barrier which, in combination with epithelial barrier disruption, causes leakage of fluid, protein and cells into lung airspaces. Degradation of the glycosaminoglycan, hyaluronan (HA), is involved in reduction of the endothelial glycocalyx, disruption of endothelial cell-cell contacts and activation of HA binding proteins upregulated in ALI/ARDS which promote a loss of pulmonary vascular integrity. In contrast, exogenous administration of high molecular weight HA has been shown to be protective in several models of ALI. This review focuses on the dichotomous role of HA to both promote and inhibit ALI based on its size and the HA binding proteins present. Further, potential therapeutic applications of high molecular weight HA in treating ALI/ARDS are discussed.
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- Patrick A Singleton
- Department of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA ; Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Pritzker School of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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Arroyo-Flores B, Chi-Ahumada E, Briones-Cerecero E, Barajas-Espinosa A, Perez-Aguilar S, de la Rosa AB, Knabb M, Rubio R. Cardiac ischemia and ischemia/reperfusion cause wide proteolysis of the coronary endothelial luminal membrane: possible dysfunctions. Open Cardiovasc Med J 2011; 5:239-45. [PMID: 22262983 PMCID: PMC3258568 DOI: 10.2174/1874192401105010239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2011] [Revised: 10/05/2011] [Accepted: 10/28/2011] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Background: Ischemia and ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) are common clinical insults that disrupt the molecular structure of coronary vascular endothelial luminal membrane (VELM) that result in diverse microvasculature dysfunctions. However, the knowledge of the associated biochemical changes is meager. We hypothesized that ischemia and I/R-induced structural and functional VELM alterations result from biochemical changes. First, these changes need to be described and later the mechanisms behind be identified. Methods: During control conditions, in isolated perfused rat hearts VELM proteins were labeled with biotin. The groups of hearts were: control (C), no flow ischemia (I; 25 min), and I/R (I; 25 min, reperfusion 30 min). The biotinylated luminal endothelial membrane proteins in these three different groups were examined by 2-D electrophoresis and identified. But, it must be kept in mind the proteins were biotin-labeled during control. Results: A comparative analysis of the protein profiles under the 3 conditions following 2D gel electrophoresis showed differences in the molecular weight distribution such that MWC > MWI > MWI/R. Similar analysis for isoelectric points (pHi) showed a shift toward more acidic pHi under ischemic conditions. Of 100 % proteins identified during control 66% and 88% changed their MW-pHi during ischemia and I/R respectively. Among these lost proteins there were 9 proteins identified as adhesins and G-protein coupled receptors. General significance: I and I/R insults alter MW-pHi of most luminal glycocalyx proteins due to the activation of nonspecific hydrolizing mechanisms; suspect metalloproteases and glycanases. This makes necessary the identification of hydrolyzing enzymes reponsible of multiple microvascular dysfunctions in order to maintain the integrity of vascular endothelial membrane. VELM must become a target of future therapeutics.
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- Blanca Arroyo-Flores
- Departamento de Fisiologia y Farmacologia, Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
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Aksu U, Bezemer R, Yavuz B, Kandil A, Demirci C, Ince C. Balanced vs unbalanced crystalloid resuscitation in a near-fatal model of hemorrhagic shock and the effects on renal oxygenation, oxidative stress, and inflammation. Resuscitation 2011; 83:767-73. [PMID: 22142654 DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.11.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2011] [Revised: 11/02/2011] [Accepted: 11/19/2011] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND The aim of the present study was to test the hypothesis that balanced crystalloid resuscitation would be better for the kidney than unbalanced crystalloid resuscitation in a rat hemorrhagic shock model. METHODS Male Wistar rats were randomly assigned to four groups (n=6/group): (1) time control; (2) hemorrhagic shock control; (3) hemorrhagic shock followed by unbalanced crystalloid resuscitation (0.9% NaCl); and (4) hemorrhagic shock followed by acetate and gluconate-balanced crystalloid resuscitation (Plasma Lyte). We tested the solutions for their effects on renal hemodynamics and microvascular oxygenation, strong-ion difference, systemic and renal markers of inflammation and oxidative stress including glycocalyx degradation as well as their effects on renal function. RESULTS The main findings of our study were that: (1) both the balanced and unbalanced crystalloid solutions successfully restored the blood pressure, but renal blood flow was only recovered by the balanced solution although this did not lead to improved renal microvascular oxygenation; (2) while unbalanced crystalloid resuscitation induced hyperchloremia and worsened metabolic acidosis in hemorrhaged rats, balanced crystalloid resuscitation prevented hyperchloremia, restored the acid-base balance, and preserved the anion gap and strong ion difference in these animals; (3) in addition balanced crystalloid resuscitation significantly improved renal oxygen consumption (increased VO(2), decreased [Formula: see text] ); and (4) however neither balanced nor unbalanced crystalloid resuscitation could normalize systemic inflammation or oxidative stress. Functional immunohistochemistry biomarkers showed improvement in L-FABP in favor of balanced solutions in comparison to the hemorrhagic group although no such benefit was seen for renal tubular injury (measured by NGAL) by giving either unbalanced or balanced solutions. CONCLUSIONS Although balanced crystalloid resuscitation seems superior to balanced crystalloid resuscitation in protecting the kidney after hemorrhagic shock and is certainly better than not applying fluid resuscitation, these solutions were not able to correct systemic inflammation or oxidative stress associated with hemorrhagic shock.
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- Ugur Aksu
- Department of Translational Physiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Annecke T, Fischer J, Hartmann H, Tschoep J, Rehm M, Conzen P, Sommerhoff CP, Becker BF. Shedding of the coronary endothelial glycocalyx: effects of hypoxia/reoxygenation vs ischaemia/reperfusion. Br J Anaesth 2011; 107:679-86. [PMID: 21890663 DOI: 10.1093/bja/aer269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Vascular endothelium is covered by a glycocalyx. Damage to the glycocalyx after systemic inflammation or ischaemia/reperfusion contributes to increased vascular permeability and leucocyte adhesion. The underlying mechanisms leading to ischaemia/reperfusion-induced glycocalyx shedding are incompletely understood, in terms of lack of oxygen, absence of flow, or return of oxygen. METHODS Isolated guinea pig hearts perfused with Krebs-Henseleit buffer at 37°C underwent 20 min of either stopped-flow ischaemia or hypoxic perfusion with subsequent reperfusion/reoxygenation (n = 6 each). Hearts perfused with normoxic buffer served as time controls. Epicardial transudate was collected to assess coronary net fluid filtration, colloid extravasation, and histamine release by mast cells. Syndecan-1 and heparan sulphate were measured in coronary effluent, together with lactate, purines, and the release of mast-cell tryptase β. Additional hearts were perfusion-fixed to visualize the glycocalyx. RESULTS Both ischaemia and hypoxia with reperfusion/reoxygenation resulted in significant increases in net fluid filtration (P < 0.05) and release of syndecan-1 and heparan sulphate in coronary effluent. These effects were already seen with the onset of hypoxic perfusion. Histamine was released during hypoxia and reoxygenation and also reperfusion, as was tryptase β, and high concentrations of adenosine (>1 µmol litre⁻¹, hypoxia group) and inosine (> 7 µmol litre⁻¹, ischaemia group) were measured in effluent (P < 0.05). Damage to the coronary glycocalyx was evident upon electron microscopy. CONCLUSIONS Both ischaemic and hypoxic hypoxia initiate glycocalyx degradation, promoting an increase in permeability. A contributing mechanism could be purine-mediated degranulation of resident mast cells, with liberated tryptase β acting as potential 'sheddase'.
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- T Annecke
- Department of Anaesthesiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany.
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Richter V, Savery MD, Gassmann M, Baum O, Damiano ER, Pries AR. Excessive erythrocytosis compromises the blood-endothelium interface in erythropoietin-overexpressing mice. J Physiol 2011; 589:5181-92. [PMID: 21859826 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2011.209262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Elevated systemic haematocrit (Hct) increases risk of cardiovascular disorders, such as stroke and myocardial infarction. One possible pathophysiological mechanism could be a disturbance of the blood-endothelium interface. It has been shown that blood interacts with the endothelial surface via a thick hydrated macromolecular layer (the 'glycocalyx', or 'endothelial surface layer'--ESL), modulating various biological processes, including inflammation, permeability and atherosclerosis. However, the consequences of elevated Hct on the functional properties of this interface are incompletely understood. Thus, we combined intravital microscopy of an erythropoietin overexpressing transgenic mouse line (tg6) with excessive erythrocytosis (Hct 0.85), microviscometric analysis of haemodynamics, and a flow simulation model to assess the effects of elevated Hct on glycocalyx/ESL thickness and flow resistance. We show that the glycocalyx/ESL is nearly abolished in tg6 mice (thickness: wild-type control: 0.52 μm; tg6: 0.13 μm; P < 0.001). However, the corresponding reduction in network flow resistance contributes <20% to the maintenance of total peripheral resistance observed in tg6 mice. This suggests that the pathological effects of elevated Hct in these mice, and possibly also in polycythaemic humans, may relate to biological corollaries of a reduced ESL thickness and the consequent alteration in the blood-endothelium interface, rather than to an increase of flow resistance.
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Lee GS, Filipovic N, Lin M, Gibney BC, Simpson DC, Konerding MA, Tsuda A, Mentzer SJ. Intravascular pillars and pruning in the extraembryonic vessels of chick embryos. Dev Dyn 2011; 240:1335-43. [PMID: 21448976 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/13/2010] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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To investigate the local mechanical forces associated with intravascular pillars and vessel pruning, we studied the conducting vessels in the extraembryonic circulation of the chick embryo. During the development days 13-17, intravascular pillars and blood flow parameters were identified using fluorescent vascular tracers and digital time-series video reconstructions. The geometry of selected vessels was confirmed by corrosion casting and scanning electron microscopy. Computational simulations of pruning vessels suggested that serial pillars form along pre-existing velocity streamlines; blood pressure demonstrated no obvious spatial relationship with the intravascular pillars. Modeling a Reynolds number of 0.03 produced 4 pillars at approximately 20-μm intervals matching the observed periodicity. In contrast, a Reynolds number of 0.06 produced only 2 pillars at approximately 63-μm intervals. Our modeling data indicated that the combination of wall shear stress and gradient of shear predicted the location, direction, and periodicity of developing pillars.
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- Grace S Lee
- Laboratory of Adaptive and Regenerative Biology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Kozar RA, Peng Z, Zhang R, Holcomb JB, Pati S, Park P, Ko TC, Paredes A. Plasma restoration of endothelial glycocalyx in a rodent model of hemorrhagic shock. Anesth Analg 2011; 112:1289-95. [PMID: 21346161 DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e318210385c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 309] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND The use of plasma-based resuscitation for trauma patients in hemorrhagic shock has been associated with a decrease in mortality. Although some have proposed a beneficial effect through replacement of coagulation proteins, the putative mechanisms of protection afforded by plasma are unknown. We have previously shown in a cell culture model that plasma decreases endothelial cell permeability in comparison with crystalloid. The endothelial glycocalyx consists of proteoglycans and glycoproteins attached to a syndecan backbone, which together protect the underlying endothelium. We hypothesize that endothelial cell protection by plasma is due, in part, to its restoration of the endothelial glycocalyx and preservation of syndecan-1 after hemorrhagic shock. METHODS Rats were subjected to hemorrhagic shock to a mean arterial blood pressure of 30 mm Hg for 90 minutes followed by resuscitation with either lactated Ringer's (LR) solution or fresh plasma to a mean arterial blood pressure of 80 mm Hg and compared with shams or shock alone. After 2 hours, lungs were harvested for syndecan mRNA, immunostained with antisyndecan-1, or stained with hematoxylin and eosin. To specifically examine the effect of plasma on the endothelium, we infused small bowel mesentery with a lanthanum-based solution, identified venules, and visualized the glycocalyx by electron microscopy. All data are presented as mean ± SEM. Results were analyzed by 1-way analysis of variance with Tukey post hoc tests. RESULTS Electron microscopy revealed degradation of the glycocalyx after hemorrhagic shock, which was partially restored by plasma but not LR. Pulmonary syndecan-1 mRNA expression was higher in animals resuscitated with plasma (2.76 ± 0.03) in comparison with shock alone (1.39 ± 0.22) or LR (0.82 ± 0.03) and correlated with cell surface syndecan-1 immunostaining. Shock also resulted in significant lung injury by histopathology scoring (1.63 ± 0.26), which was mitigated by resuscitation with plasma (0.67 ± 0.17) but not LR (2.0 ± 0.25). CONCLUSION The protective effects of plasma may be due in part to its ability to restore the endothelial glycocalyx and preserve syndecan-1 after hemorrhagic shock.
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- Rosemary A Kozar
- Department of Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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Malhotra R, Valuckaite V, Staron ML, Theccanat T, D'Souza KM, Alverdy JC, Akhter SA. High-molecular-weight polyethylene glycol protects cardiac myocytes from hypoxia- and reoxygenation-induced cell death and preserves ventricular function. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2011; 300:H1733-42. [PMID: 21335476 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01054.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Apoptosis plays a significant role in maladaptive remodeling and ventricular dysfunction following ischemia-reperfusion injury. There is a critical need for novel approaches to inhibit apoptotic cell death following reperfusion, as this loss of cardiac myocytes can progressively lead to heart failure. We investigated the ability and signaling mechanisms of a high-molecular-weight polyethylene glycol-based copolymer, PEG 15-20, to protect cardiac myocytes from hypoxia-reoxygenation (H-R)-induced cell death and its efficacy in preserving ventricular function following extended hypothermic ischemia and warm reperfusion as relevant to cardiac transplantation. Pretreatment of neonatal rat ventricular myocytes with a 5% PEG solution led to a threefold decline in apoptosis after H-R relative to untreated controls. There was a similar decline in caspase-3 activity in conjunction with inhibition of cytochrome c release from the inner mitochondrial membrane. Treatment with PEG also reduced reactive oxygen species production after H-R, and sarcolemmal lipid-raft architecture was preserved, consistent with membrane stabilization. Cell survival signaling was upregulated after H-R with PEG, as demonstrated by increased phosphorylation of Akt, GSK-3β, and ERK1/2. There was also maintenance of cardiac myocyte β-adrenergic signaling, which is critical for myocardial function. PEG 15-20 was very effective in preserving left ventricular function following prolonged hypothermic ischemia and warm reperfusion. PEG 15-20 has a potent protective antiapoptotic effect in cardiac myocytes exposed to H-R injury and may represent a novel therapeutic strategy to decrease myocardial cell death and ventricular dysfunction at the time of reperfusion during acute coronary syndrome or following prolonged donor heart preservation.
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- Ricky Malhotra
- Department of Surgery and the Bioengineering Institute for Advanced Surgery and Endoscopy, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Broekhuizen LN, Lemkes BA, Mooij HL, Meuwese MC, Verberne H, Holleman F, Schlingemann RO, Nieuwdorp M, Stroes ESG, Vink H. Effect of sulodexide on endothelial glycocalyx and vascular permeability in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Diabetologia 2010; 53:2646-55. [PMID: 20865240 PMCID: PMC2974920 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-010-1910-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 264] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2010] [Accepted: 08/16/2010] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS Endothelial glycocalyx perturbation contributes to increased vascular permeability. In the present study we set out to evaluate whether: (1) glycocalyx is perturbed in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus, and (2) oral glycocalyx precursor treatment improves glycocalyx properties. METHODS Male participants with type 2 diabetes (n = 10) and controls (n = 10) were evaluated before and after 2 months of sulodexide administration (200 mg/day). The glycocalyx dimension was estimated in two different vascular beds using sidestream dark field imaging and combined fluorescein/indocyanine green angiography for sublingual and retinal vessels, respectively. Transcapillary escape rate of albumin (TER(alb)) and hyaluronan catabolism were assessed as measures of vascular permeability. RESULTS Both sublingual dimensions (0.64 [0.57-0.75] μm vs 0.78 [0.71-0.85] μm, p < 0.05, medians [interquartile range]) and retinal glycocalyx dimensions (5.38 [4.88-6.59] μm vs 8.89 [4.74-11.84] μm, p < 0.05) were reduced in the type 2 diabetes group compared with the controls whereas TER(alb) was increased (5.6 ± 2.3% vs 3.7 ± 1.7% in the controls, p < 0.05). In line with these findings, markers of hyaluronan catabolism were increased with diabetes (hyaluronan 137 ± 29 vs 81 ± 8 ng/ml and hyaluronidase 78 ± 4 vs 67 ± 2 U/ml, both p < 0.05). Sulodexide increased both the sublingual and retinal glycocalyx dimensions in participants with diabetes (to 0.93 [0.83-0.99] μm and to 5.88 [5.33-6.26] μm, respectively, p < 0.05). In line, a trend towards TER(alb) normalisation (to 4.0 ± 2.3%) and decreases in plasma hyaluronidase (to 72 ± 2 U/ml, p < 0.05) were observed in the diabetes group. CONCLUSION/INTERPRETATION Type 2 diabetes is associated with glycocalyx perturbation and increased vascular permeability, which are partially restored following sulodexide administration. Further studies are warranted to determine whether long-term treatment with sulodexide has a beneficial effect on cardiovascular risk. TRIAL REGISTRATION www.trialregister.nl NTR780/ http://isrctn.org ISRCTN82695186 FUNDING An unrestricted Novartis Foundation for Cardiovascular Excellence grant (2006) to M. Nieuwdorp/E. S. G. Stroes, Dutch Heart Foundation (grant number 2005T037).
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- Department of Vascular Medicine, Academic Medical Centre, Room F4.211, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Vascular Medicine, Academic Medical Centre, Room F4.211, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Vascular Medicine, Academic Medical Centre, Room F4.211, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Vascular Medicine, Academic Medical Centre, Room F4.211, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Department of Internal Medicine, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Vascular Medicine, Academic Medical Centre, Room F4.211, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Vascular Medicine, Academic Medical Centre, Room F4.211, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Department of Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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Singh A, Fridén V, Dasgupta I, Foster RR, Welsh GI, Tooke JE, Haraldsson B, Mathieson PW, Satchell SC. High glucose causes dysfunction of the human glomerular endothelial glycocalyx. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2010; 300:F40-8. [PMID: 20980411 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00103.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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The endothelial glycocalyx is a gel-like layer which covers the luminal side of blood vessels. The glomerular endothelial cell (GEnC) glycocalyx is composed of proteoglycan core proteins, glycosaminoglycan (GAG) chains, and sialoglycoproteins and has been shown to contribute to the selective sieving action of the glomerular capillary wall. Damage to the systemic endothelial glycocalyx has recently been associated with the onset of albuminuria in diabetics. In this study, we analyze the effects of high glucose on the biochemical structure of the GEnC glycocalyx and quantify functional changes in its protein-restrictive action. We used conditionally immortalized human GEnC. Proteoglycans were analyzed by Western blotting and indirect immunofluorescence. Biosynthesis of GAG was analyzed by radiolabeling and quantified by anion exchange chromatography. FITC-albumin was used to analyze macromolecular passage across GEnC monolayers using an established in vitro model. We observed a marked reduction in the biosynthesis of GAG by the GEnC under high-glucose conditions. Further analysis confirmed specific reduction in heparan sulfate GAG. Expression of proteoglycan core proteins remained unchanged. There was also a significant increase in the passage of albumin across GEnC monolayers under high-glucose conditions without affecting interendothelial junctions. These results reproduce changes in GEnC barrier properties caused by enzymatic removal of heparan sulfate from the GEnC glycocalyx. They provide direct evidence of high glucose-induced alterations in the GEnC glycocalyx and demonstrate changes to its function as a protein-restrictive layer, thus implicating glycocalyx damage in the pathogenesis of proteinuria in diabetes.
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- A Singh
- Academic Renal Unit, Learning and Research Bldg., Clinical Sciences North Bristol, University of Bristol, Southmead Hospital, Bristol BS10 5NB, UK.
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Becker BF, Chappell D, Jacob M. Endothelial glycocalyx and coronary vascular permeability: the fringe benefit. Basic Res Cardiol 2010; 105:687-701. [DOI: 10.1007/s00395-010-0118-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 191] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2010] [Revised: 08/25/2010] [Accepted: 08/26/2010] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Boldt J, Ince C. The impact of fluid therapy on microcirculation and tissue oxygenation in hypovolemic patients: a review. Intensive Care Med 2010; 36:1299-308. [PMID: 20502873 DOI: 10.1007/s00134-010-1912-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2009] [Accepted: 03/07/2010] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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PURPOSE An optimal volume replacement strategy aims to restore systemic hemodynamics with the ultimate goals of improving organ perfusion and microcirculation for sustaining adequate tissue oxygenation. This review presents the (patho)physiological basis of hypovolemia, microcirculation, and tissue oxygenation and presents a literature review on the effects of plasma substitutes on microperfusion and oxygenation in the clinical setting. METHODS Literature review of the effects of fluid therapy on microcirculation and tissue oxygenation using PubMed search including original papers in English from 1988 to 2009. RESULTS We identified a total of 14 articles dealing with the effects of different crystalloids and colloids on organ perfusion, microcirculation, and tissue oxygenation in patients. The results are divergent, but there is a general trend that colloids are superior to crystalloids in improving organ perfusion, microcirculation, and tissue oxygenation. Due to the limited number of studies and different study conditions, a meta-analysis on the effects of the volume replacement strategies on microcirculation is not possible. CONCLUSIONS Improving the microcirculation by volume replacement appears to be a promising issue when treating the critically ill. The growing insights from animal experiments have to be translated into the clinical setting to identify the optimal fluid regimen for correcting hypovolemia. New techniques for monitoring microcirculation at the bedside might provide such endpoints, although these have to be validated also in the clinical setting. Whether improved microperfusion and tissue oxygenation by fluid therapy will also improve patient outcomes will have to be proven by future studies.
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- Joachim Boldt
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Klinikum der Stadt Ludwigshafen, Bremserstr 79, 67063 Ludwigshafen, Germany.
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Zaouali MA, Ben Abdennebi H, Padrissa-Altés S, Mahfoudh-Boussaid A, Roselló-Catafau J. Pharmacological strategies against cold ischemia reperfusion injury. Expert Opin Pharmacother 2010; 11:537-55. [PMID: 20163266 DOI: 10.1517/14656560903547836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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IMPORTANCE OF THE FIELD Good organ preservation is a determinant of graft outcome after revascularization. The necessity of increasing the quality of organ preservation, as well as of extending cold storage time, has made it necessary to consider the use of pharmacological additives. AREAS COVERED IN THIS REVIEW The complex physiopathology of cold-ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury--and in particular cell death, mitochondrial injury and endoplasmic reticulum stress--are reviewed. Basic principles of the formulation of the different preservation solutions are discussed. WHAT THE READER WILL GAIN Current strategies and new trends in static organ preservation using additives such as trimetazidine, polyethylene glycols, melatonin, trophic factors and endothelin antagonists in solution are presented and discussed. The benefits and mechanisms responsible for enhancing organ protection against I/R injury are also discussed. Graft preservation was substantially improved when additives were added to the preservation solutions. TAKE HOME MESSAGE Enrichment of preservation solutions by additives is clinically useful only for short periods. For longer periods of cold ischemia, the use of such additives becomes insufficient because graft function deteriorates as a result of ischemia. In such conditions, the preservation strategy should be changed by the use of machine perfusion in normothermic conditions.
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- Mohamed Amine Zaouali
- Experimental Hepatic Ischemia-Reperfusion Unit, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques de Barcelona, CSIC-IDIBAPS, C/Rosselló 161, 7th floor, E-08036-Barcelona, Spain.
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Becker BF, Chappell D, Bruegger D, Annecke T, Jacob M. Therapeutic strategies targeting the endothelial glycocalyx: acute deficits, but great potential. Cardiovasc Res 2010; 87:300-10. [PMID: 20462866 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvq137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 285] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Damage of the endothelial glycocalyx, which ranges from 200 to 2000 nm in thickness, decreases vascular barrier function and leads to protein extravasation and tissue oedema, loss of nutritional blood flow, and an increase in platelet and leucocyte adhesion. Thus, its protection or the restoration of an already damaged glycocalyx seems to be a promising therapeutic target both in an acute critical care setting and in the treatment of chronic vascular disease. Drugs that can specifically increase the synthesis of glycocalyx components, refurbish it, or selectively prevent its enzymatic degradation do not seem to be available. Pharmacological blockers of radical production may be useful to diminish the oxygen radical stress on the glycocalyx. Tenable options are the application of hydrocortisone (inhibiting mast-cell degranulation), use of antithrombin III (lowering susceptibility to enzymatic attack), direct inhibition of the cytokine tumour necrosis factor-alpha, and avoidance of the liberation of natriuretic peptides (as in volume loading and heart surgery). Infusion of human plasma albumin (to maintain mechanical and chemical stability of the endothelial surface layer) seems the easiest treatment to implement.
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- Bernhard F Becker
- Department of Physiology, Walter-Brendel-Centre of Experimental Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Schillerstrasse 44, Munich, Germany.
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Annecke T, Chappell D, Chen C, Jacob M, Welsch U, Sommerhoff C, Rehm M, Conzen P, Becker B. Sevoflurane preserves the endothelial glycocalyx against ischaemia–reperfusion injury. Br J Anaesth 2010; 104:414-21. [DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeq019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Brands J, Spaan JAE, Van den Berg BM, Vink H, VanTeeffelen JWGE. Acute attenuation of glycocalyx barrier properties increases coronary blood volume independently of coronary flow reserve. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2010; 298:H515-23. [DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01306.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Vascular endothelium is covered with an extensive mesh of glycocalyx constituents, which acts like an effective barrier up to several micrometers thick that shields the luminal surface of the vasculature from direct exposure to flowing blood. Many studies report that various enzymatic and pharmaceutical challenges are able to increase glycocalyx porosity, resulting in farther permeation of plasma macromolecules and greater access of red blood cells into glycocalyx domain. Attenuation of glycocalyx barrier properties therefore potentially increases the amount of blood that effectively occupies available microvascular volume. We tested in the present study whether attenuation of coronary glycocalyx barrier properties actually increases coronary blood volume and whether such changes would be noticeable during measurements of coronary flow reserve using adenosine. In anesthetized goats ( n = 6) with cannulated left main coronary artery that were perfused under controlled pressure, coronary blood volume was measured via the indicator-dilution technique using high-molecular-weight (2,000 kDa) dextrans as plasma tracer and labeled red blood cells as red blood cell tracer. Coronary blood volume was determined at baseline and during intracoronary infusion of adenosine causing maximal vasodilation (0.2–0.6 mg·kg−1·h−1) before and after intracoronary hyaluronidase treatment (170,000 units) of the glycocalyx. With an intact glycocalyx, coronary blood volume was 18.9 ± 1.1 ml/100 g heart tissue at baseline, which increased to 26.3 ± 2.7 ml/100 g after hyaluronidase treatment of the coronary glycocalyx. Maximal vasodilation by administration of adenosine further increased coronary blood volume to 33.9 ± 6.8 ml/100 g, a value not different from the maximal coronary blood volume of 33.2 ± 5.3 ml/100 g obtained by administration of adenosine in the absence of hyaluronidase treatment. Adenosine-induced increases in coronary conductance were not affected by hyaluronidase treatment. We conclude that acute attenuation of glycocalyx barrier properties increases coronary blood volume by ∼40%, which is of similar magnitude as additional changes in coronary blood volume during subsequent maximal vasodilation with adenosine. Furthermore, maximal coronary blood volume following administration of adenosine was similar with and without prior hyaluronidase degradation of the glycocalyx, suggesting that adenosine and hyaluronidase potentially increase glycocalyx porosity to a similar extent. Hyaluronidase-mediated changes in coronary blood volume did not affect baseline and adenosine-induced increases in coronary conductance, demonstrating that measurements of coronary flow reserve are insufficient to detect impairment of coronary blood volume recruitment in conditions of damaged glycocalyx.
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- Judith Brands
- Department of Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, Maastricht; and
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- Department of Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, Maastricht; and
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- Department of Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, Maastricht; and
- Vascular Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Alterations of the renal microcirculation can promote the development of acute kidney injury through the interlinked occurrence of renal hypoxia and activation of inflammatory pathways. This review focuses on the recent advances in this area, and discusses the possible therapeutic interventions that might be derived from these insights. RECENT FINDINGS Endothelial injury acts as a primary event leading to renal hypoxia with disturbances in nitric oxide pathways playing a major role. The unbalanced homeostasis between nitric oxide, reactive oxygen species and renal oxygenation forms a major component of the microcirculatory dysfunction. Furthermore, injury leads to leukocyte-endothelial interaction that exacerbates renal hypoxia at a microcirculatory level. SUMMARY Knowledge of the pathophysiological mechanisms of acute kidney injury emphasizes the importance of the role of the microcirculation in its development. Preventive and therapeutic approach should be based on restoring the homeostasis between nitric oxide, reactive oxygen species and renal oxygenation.
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Le KN, Hwang CW, Tzafriri AR, Lovich MA, Hayward A, Edelman ER. Vascular regeneration by local growth factor release is self-limited by microvascular clearance. Circulation 2009; 119:2928-35. [PMID: 19470891 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.108.823609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND The challenge of angiogenesis science is that stable sustained vascular regeneration in humans has not been realized despite promising preclinical findings. We hypothesized that angiogenic therapies powerfully self-regulate by dynamically altering tissue characteristics. Induced neocapillaries increase drug clearance and limit tissue retention and subsequent angiogenesis even in the face of sustained delivery. METHODS AND RESULTS We quantified how capillary flow clears fibroblast growth factor after local epicardial delivery. Fibroblast growth factor spatial loading was significantly reduced with intact coronary perfusion. Penetration and retention decreased with transendothelial permeability, a trend diametrically opposite to intravascular delivery, in which factor delivery depends on vascular leak, but consistent with a continuum model of drug transport in perfused tissues. Model predictions of fibroblast growth factor sensitivity to manipulations of its diffusivity and transendothelial permeability were validated by conjugation to sucrose octasulfate. Induction of neocapillaries adds pharmacokinetic complexity. Sustained local fibroblast growth factor delivery in vivo produced a burst of neovascularization in ischemic myocardium but was followed by drug washout and a 5-fold decrease in fibroblast growth factor penetration depth. CONCLUSIONS The very efficacy of proangiogenic compounds enhances their clearance and abrogates their pharmacological benefit. This self-limiting property of angiogenesis may explain the failures of promising proangiogenic therapies.
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- Kha N Le
- Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Room E25-442, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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Potter DR, Jiang J, Damiano ER. The recovery time course of the endothelial cell glycocalyx in vivo and its implications in vitro. Circ Res 2009; 104:1318-25. [PMID: 19443840 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.108.191585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Compelling evidence continues to emerge suggesting that the glycocalyx surface layer on vascular endothelial cells plays a determining role in numerous physiological processes including inflammation, microvascular permeability, and endothelial mechanotransduction. Previous research has shown that enzymes degrade the glycocalyx, whereas inflammation causes shedding of the layer. To track the endogenous recovery of the glycocalyx in vivo, we used fluorescent microparticle image velocimetry (micro-PIV) in mouse cremaster muscle venules to estimate the hydrodynamically relevant glycocalyx thickness 1, 3, 5, and 7 days after enzymatic or cytokine-mediated degradation of the layer. Results indicate that after acute degradation of the glycocalyx, 5 to 7 days are required for the layer to endogenously restore itself to its native hydrodynamically relevant thickness in vivo. In light of these findings, and because demonstrable evidence has emerged that standard cell culture conditions are not conducive to providing the environment and/or cellular conditions necessary to produce and maintain a physiologically relevant cell surface glycocalyx in vitro, we sought to determine whether merely the passage of time would be sufficient to promote the production of a hydrodynamically relevant glycocalyx on a confluent monolayer of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). Using micro-PIV, we found that the hydrodynamically relevant glycocalyx was substantially absent 7 days postconfluence on HUVEC-lined cylindrical collagen microchannels maintained under standard culture conditions. Thus, it remains to be determined how a hydrodynamically relevant glycocalyx surface layer can be synthesized and maintained in culture before the endothelial cell culture model can be used to elucidate glycocalyx-mediated mechanisms of endothelial cell function.
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- Daniel R Potter
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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Adventitia: the vital wall of conduit arteries. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 3:166-83. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jash.2009.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2008] [Revised: 03/05/2009] [Accepted: 03/06/2009] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Broekhuizen LN, Mooij HL, Kastelein JJP, Stroes ESG, Vink H, Nieuwdorp M. Endothelial glycocalyx as potential diagnostic and therapeutic target in cardiovascular disease. Curr Opin Lipidol 2009; 20:57-62. [PMID: 19106708 DOI: 10.1097/mol.0b013e328321b587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW The endothelial glycocalyx has emerged as a potential orchestrator of vascular homeostasis. Under physiological conditions, the glycocalyx is an important contributor to the regulation of vascular permeability for macromolecules as well for the adhesion of circulating cells. In line, the potential role of the glycocalyx in maintaining the antiatherogenic properties of the vessel wall may have important clinical implications. In the present review, we provide an overview of recent developments and a glance at the future of establishing endothelial glycocalyx as a crucial player in cardiovascular protection. RECENT FINDINGS Novel methods to estimate glycocalyx dimensions in vivo (using Orthogonal Polarization Spectral imaging or Sideview Darkfield imaging) as well as progressive insight into the enzymes involved in glycocalyx synthesis will be crucial in the assessment of this structure as a potential surrogate marker or therapeutic target for cardiovascular risk. The validation of these 'imaging' techniques and the integration with glycocalyx degradation products in plasma will allow us to test the value of the endothelial glycocalyx in estimating cardiovascular risk. SUMMARY The endothelial glycocalyx, protecting the vascular wall against atherogenic influents, could be used for cardiovascular risk stratification. For this purpose, new methods to estimate glycocalyx dimension are promising.
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- Lysette N Broekhuizen
- Department of Vascular Medicine, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Meuwese MC, Mooij HL, Nieuwdorp M, van Lith B, Marck R, Vink H, Kastelein JJ, Stroes ES. Partial recovery of the endothelial glycocalyx upon rosuvastatin therapy in patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia. J Lipid Res 2009; 50:148-53. [DOI: 10.1194/jlr.p800025-jlr200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Nieuwdorp M, Meuwese M, Mooij H, van Lieshout M, Hayden A, Levi M, Meijers J, Ince C, Kastelein J, Vink H, Stroes E. Tumor necrosis factor-α inhibition protects against endotoxin-induced endothelial glycocalyx perturbation. Atherosclerosis 2009; 202:296-303. [DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2008.03.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2008] [Revised: 03/07/2008] [Accepted: 03/25/2008] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Legrand M, Mik EG, Johannes T, Payen D, Ince C. Renal hypoxia and dysoxia after reperfusion of the ischemic kidney. MOLECULAR MEDICINE (CAMBRIDGE, MASS.) 2008. [PMID: 18488066 DOI: 10.2119/2008-00006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Ischemia is the most common cause of acute renal failure. Ischemic-induced renal tissue hypoxia is thought to be a major component in the development of acute renal failure in promoting the initial tubular damage. Renal oxygenation originates from a balance between oxygen supply and consumption. Recent investigations have provided new insights into alterations in oxygenation pathways in the ischemic kidney. These findings have identified a central role of microvascular dysfunction related to an imbalance between vasoconstrictors and vasodilators, endothelial damage and endothelium-leukocyte interactions, leading to decreased renal oxygen supply. Reduced microcirculatory oxygen supply may be associated with altered cellular oxygen consumption (dysoxia), because of mitochondrial dysfunction and activity of alternative oxygen-consuming pathways. Alterations in oxygen utilization and/or supply might therefore contribute to the occurrence of organ dysfunction. This view places oxygen pathways' alterations as a potential central player in the pathogenesis of acute kidney injury. Both in regulation of oxygen supply and consumption, nitric oxide seems to play a pivotal role. Furthermore, recent studies suggest that, following acute ischemic renal injury, persistent tissue hypoxia contributes to the development of chronic renal dysfunction. Adaptative mechanisms to renal hypoxia may be ineffective in more severe cases and lead to the development of chronic renal failure following ischemia-reperfusion. This paper is aimed at reviewing the current insights into oxygen transport pathways, from oxygen supply to oxygen consumption in the kidney and from the adaptation mechanisms to renal hypoxia. Their role in the development of ischemia-induced renal damage and ischemic acute renal failure are discussed.
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- Matthieu Legrand
- Department of Physiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Legrand M, Mik EG, Johannes T, Payen D, Ince C. Renal hypoxia and dysoxia after reperfusion of the ischemic kidney. Mol Med 2008; 14:502-16. [PMID: 18488066 DOI: 10.2119/2008-00006.legrand] [Citation(s) in RCA: 193] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2008] [Accepted: 04/17/2008] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Ischemia is the most common cause of acute renal failure. Ischemic-induced renal tissue hypoxia is thought to be a major component in the development of acute renal failure in promoting the initial tubular damage. Renal oxygenation originates from a balance between oxygen supply and consumption. Recent investigations have provided new insights into alterations in oxygenation pathways in the ischemic kidney. These findings have identified a central role of microvascular dysfunction related to an imbalance between vasoconstrictors and vasodilators, endothelial damage and endothelium-leukocyte interactions, leading to decreased renal oxygen supply. Reduced microcirculatory oxygen supply may be associated with altered cellular oxygen consumption (dysoxia), because of mitochondrial dysfunction and activity of alternative oxygen-consuming pathways. Alterations in oxygen utilization and/or supply might therefore contribute to the occurrence of organ dysfunction. This view places oxygen pathways' alterations as a potential central player in the pathogenesis of acute kidney injury. Both in regulation of oxygen supply and consumption, nitric oxide seems to play a pivotal role. Furthermore, recent studies suggest that, following acute ischemic renal injury, persistent tissue hypoxia contributes to the development of chronic renal dysfunction. Adaptative mechanisms to renal hypoxia may be ineffective in more severe cases and lead to the development of chronic renal failure following ischemia-reperfusion. This paper is aimed at reviewing the current insights into oxygen transport pathways, from oxygen supply to oxygen consumption in the kidney and from the adaptation mechanisms to renal hypoxia. Their role in the development of ischemia-induced renal damage and ischemic acute renal failure are discussed.
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- Matthieu Legrand
- Department of Physiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Chappell D, Jacob M, Becker B, Hofmann-Kiefer K, Conzen P, Rehm M. Expedition Glykokalyx. Anaesthesist 2008; 57:959-69. [DOI: 10.1007/s00101-008-1445-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The storage conditions of the donor kidney may influence the deleterious consequences of ischemia/reperfusion (IR), which remains a major source of complications in clinical practice. Delayed graft function (DGF), seen in 20% to 50% of transplanted cadaver kidneys, is a major risk factor affecting early and long-term graft survival, patient management, and costs of transplantation. Cold preservation plays a key role in this process and is based on hypothermia and high potassium solutions. In this review, the authors focused on the major molecular mechanisms of cold storage (CS) injury at the cellular level, which have been recently evidenced with modern biochemical and cell biologic methods. These newly uncovered aspects of cold preservation injury are often not fully addressed by preservation solutions in current clinical practice. The role of new molecules such as polyethylene glycol (PEG) is presented and their properties are analyzed in the organ preservation context. PEG improves organ function recovery and reduces inflammation and fibrosis development in several models. Because organs shortage is also a real public health problem, organs from non-heart beating donors or marginal donors are now used to expand pool of organs. As a consequence, the development of better organ preservation methods remains a major target and deserves scientific consideration.
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VanTeeffelen JWGE. How to prevent leaky vessels during reperfusion? Just keep that glycocalyx sealant in place! CRITICAL CARE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CRITICAL CARE FORUM 2008; 12:167. [PMID: 18638363 PMCID: PMC2575556 DOI: 10.1186/cc6939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Myocardial edema is a hallmark of ischemia-reperfusion-related cardiac injury. Ischemia-reperfusion has been shown to result in degradation of the endothelial glycocalyx. The glycocalyx is the gel-like mesh of polysaccharide structures and absorped plasma proteins on the luminal side of the vasculature, and in the past decade has been shown to play an important role in protection of the vessel wall, including its barrier properties. Prevention of glycocalyx loss or restoration of a damaged glycocalyx may be a promising therapeutic target during clinical procedures involving ischemia-reperfusion.
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Flessner MF. Distributed model of peritoneal transport: implications of the endothelial glycocalyx. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2008; 23:2142-6. [DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfn055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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VanTeeffelen JWGE, Constantinescu AA, Brands J, Spaan JAE, Vink H. Bradykinin- and sodium nitroprusside-induced increases in capillary tube haematocrit in mouse cremaster muscle are associated with impaired glycocalyx barrier properties. J Physiol 2008; 586:3207-18. [PMID: 18450777 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.152975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Previous studies have suggested that agonists may increase functionally perfused capillary volume by modulation of blood-excluding glycocalyx volume, but direct evidence for this association is lacking at the moment. Using intravital microscopic visualization of mouse cremaster muscle, we determined the effects of bradykinin (10(-5) M) and sodium nitroprusside (10(-6) M) on capillary tube haematocrit and glycocalyx barrier properties. In control C57Bl/6 mice (n = 10), tube haematocrit in capillaries (n = 71) increased (P < 0.05) from 8.7 +/- 0.3% during baseline to 21.2 +/- 1.2 and 22.2 +/- 0.9% during superfusion with bradykinin and nitroprusside, respectively. In parallel, the exclusion zone of FITC-labelled 70 kDa dextrans decreased (P < 0.05) from 0.37 +/- 0.01 microm during baseline to 0.17 +/- 0.01 microm with bradykinin and 0.15 +/- 0.01 microm with nitroprusside. Bradykinin and nitroprusside had no effect on dextran exclusion and tube haematocrit in capillaries (n = 55) of hyperlipidemic ApoE3-Leiden mice, which showed impaired exclusion of 70 kDa dextrans (0.05 +/- 0.02 microm; P < 0.05 versus C57Bl/6) and increased capillary tube haematocrit (23 +/- 0.8%; P < 0.05 versus C57Bl/6) under baseline conditions, indicating glycocalyx degradation. Our data show that vasodilator substances increase functionally perfused capillary volume and that this effect is associated with a reduction in glycocalyx exclusion of 70 kDa dextrans. Modulation of glycocalyx volume might represent a novel mechanism of perfusion control at the capillary level.
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- Jurgen W G E VanTeeffelen
- Department of Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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Rodriguez-Hernandez A, Rubio-Gayosso I, Ramirez I, Ita-Islas I, Meaney E, Gaxiola S, Meaney A, Asbun J, Figueroa-Valverde L, Ceballos G. Intraluminal-restricted 17 beta-estradiol exerts the same myocardial protection against ischemia/reperfusion injury in vivo as free 17 beta-estradiol. Steroids 2008; 73:528-38. [PMID: 18314151 DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2008.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2007] [Revised: 11/21/2007] [Accepted: 01/04/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Several in vitro studies show that in animals and isolated cells, 17 beta-estradiol induces cardiovascular protective effects and it has also been observed that it reduces coronary heart disease risk. However, the use of estrogens to improve or protect cardiovascular function in humans has been controversial, this might be explained by the wide variety of effects, because estrogen receptors (ER) are expressed ubiquitously. Therefore, a cell-specific targeting therapeutic approach might be necessary. 17 beta-Estradiol was coupled to a large modified dextran through an aminocaproic spacer. For this study we used intact and gonadectomized male Wistar rats, 15 days after surgical procedure. Intravascular administration of 17 beta-estradiol-macromolecular conjugate, prior to coronary reperfusion diminishes the area of damage induced by coronary ischemia reperfusion (I/R) injury on an in vivo model. This effect was observed at 17 beta-estradiol sub-physiological concentrations [0.01 nmol/L], it is mediated by luminal endothelial ER alpha activation. 17 beta-Estradiol-macromolecular conjugate decreases phosphorylation level of PKC alpha and Akt, as part of the process to induce myocardial protection against coronary I/R. We proved that the hormone-macromolecular conjugate labeled with [3H]estradiol remained confined in the intravascular space the conjugate was not internalized into organs like heart, lung or liver. It is noteworthy that the 17 beta-estradiol-macromolecular conjugate has a slow renal elimination, which might increase its pharmacological advantage. We concluded that the stimulus of endothelial estrogen receptors is enough to decrease the myocardial damage induced by coronary reperfusion.
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- Arturo Rodriguez-Hernandez
- Seccion de Graduados, Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politecnico Nacional, 11340 Mexico City, Mexico
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Potter DR, Damiano ER. The Hydrodynamically Relevant Endothelial Cell Glycocalyx Observed In Vivo Is Absent In Vitro. Circ Res 2008; 102:770-6. [DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.107.160226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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In recent years, the endothelial cell surface glycocalyx has emerged as a structure of fundamental importance to a broad range of phenomena that determine cardiovascular health and disease. This new understanding of the functional significance of the glycocalyx has been made possible through recently developed experimental techniques using intravital microscopy that are capable of directly probing the glycocalyx in vivo. Using fluorescent microparticle image velocimetry in venules and endothelialized cylindrical collagen microchannels, we show that the hydrodynamically relevant endothelial cell glycocalyx surface layer observed in microvessels in vivo (0.52±0.28 μm thickness), which is a fundamental determinant of the hydrodynamic and mechanical environment at the endothelial cell surface, is absent from human umbilical vein (0.03±0.04 μm thickness) and bovine aortic (0.02±0.04 μm thickness) endothelial cells grown and maintained under standard cell culture conditions in vitro. An endothelial surface–bound glycosaminoglycan layer, not necessarily indicative of but having similar hydrodynamic properties to the endothelial glycocalyx observed in vivo, was detected (0.21±0.27 μm thickness) only after hyaluronan and chondroitin sulfate were added to the cell culture media at hyperphysiological concentrations (0.2 mg/mL perfused for 75 minutes). The implications of this glycocalyx deficiency under standard cell culture conditions in these pervasive in vitro models broadly impact a myriad of studies involving endothelial cell monolayers in which inferences are made that may depend on endothelial cell surface chemistry. In light of these findings, conclusions drawn from such studies in the areas of microvascular permeability, inflammation, mechanotransduction, and atherosclerosis must be carefully reconsidered.
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- Daniel R. Potter
- From the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Mass
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- From the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Mass
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Haraldsson B, Nyström J, Deen WM. Properties of the Glomerular Barrier and Mechanisms of Proteinuria. Physiol Rev 2008; 88:451-87. [DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00055.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 611] [Impact Index Per Article: 38.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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This review focuses on the intricate properties of the glomerular barrier. Other reviews have focused on podocyte biology, mesangial cells, and the glomerular basement membrane (GBM). However, since all components of the glomerular membrane are important for its function, proteinuria will occur regardless of which layer is affected by disease. We review the properties of endothelial cells and their surface layer, the GBM, and podocytes, discuss various methods of studying glomerular permeability, and analyze data concerning the restriction of solutes by size, charge, and shape. We also review the physical principles of transport across biological or artificial membranes and various theoretical models used to predict the fluxes of solutes and water. The glomerular barrier is highly size and charge selective, in qualitative agreement with the classical studies performed 30 years ago. The small amounts of albumin filtered will be reabsorbed by the megalin-cubulin complex and degraded by the proximal tubular cells. At present, there is no unequivocal evidence for reuptake of intact albumin from urine. The cellular components are the key players in restricting solute transport, while the GBM is responsible for most of the resistance to water flow across the glomerular barrier.
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Eisert WG, Schlachetzki F. Vascular endothelium and the blood-brain barrier. HANDBOOK OF CLINICAL NEUROLOGY 2008; 92:197-214. [PMID: 18790276 DOI: 10.1016/s0072-9752(08)01910-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- Wolfgang G Eisert
- Center for Thrombosis and Atherosclerosis Research, University of Hanover, Hanover, Germany.
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Brands J, Van Teeffelen JWGE, Van den Berg BM, Vink H. Role for glycocalyx perturbation in atherosclerosis development and associated microvascular dysfunction. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.2217/17460875.2.5.527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Over the past decade, since it was first observed in vivo, there has been an explosion in interest in the thin (approximately 500 nm), gel-like endothelial glycocalyx layer (EGL) that coats the luminal surface of blood vessels. In this review, we examine the mechanical and biochemical properties of the EGL and the latest studies on the interactions of this layer with red and white blood cells. This includes its deformation owing to fluid shear stress, its penetration by leukocyte microvilli, and its restorative response after the passage of a white cell in a tightly fitting capillary. We also examine recently discovered functions of the EGL in modulating the oncotic forces that regulate the exchange of water in microvessels and the role of the EGL in transducing fluid shear stress into the intracellular cytoskeleton of endothelial cells, in the initiation of intracellular signaling, and in the inflammatory response.
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- Sheldon Weinbaum
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The City College of New York, New York, NY 10031, USA.
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Van Teeffelen JW, Brands J, Stroes ES, Vink H. Endothelial glycocalyx: sweet shield of blood vessels. Trends Cardiovasc Med 2007; 17:101-5. [PMID: 17418372 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcm.2007.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2006] [Revised: 02/02/2007] [Accepted: 02/05/2007] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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At the time that the term glycocalyx ("sweet husk") was introduced as a description of the extracellular polysaccharide coating on cells (Bennett HS: 1963. Morphological aspects of extracellular polysaccharides. J Hist Cytochem 11:14-23.), early electron microscopic observations had shown that anionic polysaccharides were also presented by the inner surface of blood vessels but the length of these structures was considered to be small and their functional significance was unknown. Research in the past decades in the glycocalyx field has evolved, and recent estimations indicate that the endothelial glycocalyx constitutes a voluminous intravascular compartment that plays an important role in vascular wall homeostasis. Pathologic loss of glycocalyx may be associated with an impaired vascular wall protection throughout the circulatory system, whereas agonist-induced modulation of glycocalyx accessibility for circulating blood may constitute a physiologically relevant mechanism to regulate functionally perfused volume and exchange area at the microvascular level. Both aspects are discussed in the current review.
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- Jurgen W Van Teeffelen
- Department of Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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Yamada T, Nishimura M, Mita H. Increased number of apoptotic endothelial cells in bladder of interstitial cystitis patients. World J Urol 2007; 25:407-13. [PMID: 17554544 DOI: 10.1007/s00345-007-0174-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2006] [Accepted: 04/20/2007] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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In this study, we aimed to investigate possible abnormality of bladder endothelial cells in interstitial cystitis patients by detecting morphological changes such as apoptosis in bladder endothelial cells. A bladder biopsy specimen was collected from interstitial cystitis patients immediately after hydrodistension therapy. The patients were classified into two groups on the basis of their predominant symptom, one group of patients with bladder pain and another group of patients with urinary urgency. Dissociated cells from the biopsy specimen were analyzed by flow cytometry after staining with Annexin V and an anti-CD105 antibody. Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick-end labeling (TUNEL) and electron microscopy were performed to confirm morphologic changes indicative of apoptosis. The percentage of Annexin V binding, an early apoptosis marker, was significantly higher in bladder endothelial cells from interstitial cystitis patients with pain [median 24.7% (range 15.1-77.2), n = 20, P < 0.01) than that from interstitial cystitis patients with urinary urgency [9.3% (range 0.7-19.11) n = 17) or control patients [1.5% (range 0.8-9.1), n = 7]. TUNEL staining showed apoptotic cells in microvascular endothelial cells but not in the endothelial cells of a venule. By electron microscopy, endothelial cells showed morphological changes indicative of apoptosis such as nuclear fragmentation. Our results indicate that increased apoptosis of bladder microvascular endothelial cells may play an important role in the pathogenesis of interstitial cystitis accompanied by bladder pain.
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- Tetsuo Yamada
- Department of Urology, Sagamihara National Hospital, 18-1 Sakuradai, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 228-8522, Japan.
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VanTeeffelen JWGE, Brands J, Jansen C, Spaan JAE, Vink H. Heparin impairs glycocalyx barrier properties and attenuates shear dependent vasodilation in mice. Hypertension 2007; 50:261-7. [PMID: 17452501 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.107.089250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The endothelial glycocalyx is a hydrated mesh of polysaccharides and adsorbed plasma proteins that forms the true interface between the flowing blood and the endothelium. We hypothesized in the present study that competitive binding of heparin to glycocalyx-associated proteins would affect glycocalyx barrier properties and mechanotransduction of shear stress to the endothelium. In anesthetized mice, the clearance of 70-kDa dextrans from the circulation was increased (P<0.05 versus saline) 1 hour after heparin (1.25 U) and glycocalyx degradation with hyaluronidase (35 U; amount cleared in 30 minutes after saline: 11+/-5%; after heparin: 45+/-8%; after hyaluronidase: 30+/-3%). Clearance of 40-kDa dextrans increased (P<0.05 versus saline) to a lesser extent after both treatments (saline: 46+/-3%; heparin: 60+/-5%; hyaluronidase: 60+/-2%). The dilator response of second-order arterioles in cremaster muscle during reactive hyperemia was reduced for < or =90 minutes after heparin as reflected by a decrease (P=0.008) in t(50) of diameter recovery, and this effect was associated with a diminished NO bioavailability. Infusion of hyaluronidase resulted in reductions (P<0.05) in baseline and peak reactive hyperemic diameter, whereas, despite an increase in wall shear rate at the beginning of reactive hyperemia, t(50) of diameter recovery was not affected. In conclusion, our data in mice show that a heparin challenge is associated with increased vascular leakage of dextrans and impaired arteriolar vasodilation during reactive hyperemia. Our data suggest that protein-heparan sulfate interactions are important for a functional glycocalyx.
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- Jurgen W G E VanTeeffelen
- Department of Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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Reitsma S, Slaaf DW, Vink H, van Zandvoort MAMJ, oude Egbrink MGA. The endothelial glycocalyx: composition, functions, and visualization. Pflugers Arch 2007; 454:345-59. [PMID: 17256154 PMCID: PMC1915585 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-007-0212-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1243] [Impact Index Per Article: 73.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2006] [Accepted: 01/09/2007] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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This review aims at presenting state-of-the-art knowledge on the composition and functions of the endothelial glycocalyx. The endothelial glycocalyx is a network of membrane-bound proteoglycans and glycoproteins, covering the endothelium luminally. Both endothelium- and plasma-derived soluble molecules integrate into this mesh. Over the past decade, insight has been gained into the role of the glycocalyx in vascular physiology and pathology, including mechanotransduction, hemostasis, signaling, and blood cell–vessel wall interactions. The contribution of the glycocalyx to diabetes, ischemia/reperfusion, and atherosclerosis is also reviewed. Experimental data from the micro- and macrocirculation alludes at a vasculoprotective role for the glycocalyx. Assessing this possible role of the endothelial glycocalyx requires reliable visualization of this delicate layer, which is a great challenge. An overview is given of the various ways in which the endothelial glycocalyx has been visualized up to now, including first data from two-photon microscopic imaging.
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- Sietze Reitsma
- Department of Biophysics, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biophysics, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Department of Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biophysics, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
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van den Berg B, Vink H. Glycocalyx perturbation: cause or consequence of damage to the vasculature? Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2006; 290:H2174-5. [PMID: 16687608 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00197.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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