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Charkviani M, Muradashvili N, Lominadze D. Vascular and non-vascular contributors to memory reduction during traumatic brain injury. Eur J Neurosci 2019; 50:2860-2876. [PMID: 30793398 PMCID: PMC6703968 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.14390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2018] [Revised: 02/06/2019] [Accepted: 02/07/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is an increasing health problem. It is a complex, progressive disease that consists of many factors affecting memory. Studies have shown that increased blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability initiates pathological changes in neuro-vascular network but the role of cerebrovascular dysfunction and its mediated mechanisms associated with memory reduction during TBI are still not well understood. Changes in BBB, inflammation, extravasation of blood plasma components, activation of neuroglia lead to neurodegeneration. Extravasated proteins such as amyloid-beta, fibrinogen, and cellular prion protein may form degradation resistant complexes that can lead to neuronal dysfunction and degeneration. They also have the ability to activate astrocytes, and thus, can be involved in memory impairment. Understanding the triggering mechanisms and the places they originate in vasculature or in extravascular tissue may help to identify potential therapeutic targets to ameliorate memory reduction during TBI. The goal of this review is to discuss conceptual mechanisms that lead to short-term memory reduction during non-severe TBI considering distinction between vascular and non-vascular effects on neurons. Some aspects of these mechanisms need to be confirmed further. Therefore, we hope that the discussion presented bellow may lead to experiments that may clarify the triggering mechanisms of memory reduction after head trauma.
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- Mariam Charkviani
- Department of Physiology, University of Louisville, School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Louisville, School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA
- Department of Basic Medicine, Caucasus International University, Tbilisi, Georgia
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- Department of Physiology, University of Louisville, School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA
- Kentucky Spinal Cord Research Center, University of Louisville, School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA
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Endothelial cells exert an enormous influence on blood vessels throughout the circulation, but their impact is particularly pronounced in the brain. New concepts have emerged recently regarding the role of this cell type and mechanisms that contribute to endothelial dysfunction and vascular disease. Activation of the renin-angiotensin system plays a prominent role in producing these abnormalities. Both oxidative stress and local inflammation are key mechanisms that underlie vascular disease of diverse etiology. Endogenous mechanisms of vascular protection are also present, including antioxidants, anti-inflammatory molecules, and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ. Despite their clear importance, studies of mechanisms that underlie cerebrovascular disease continue to lag behind studies of vascular biology in general. Identification of endogenous molecules and pathways that protect the vasculature may result in targeted approaches to prevent or slow the progression of vascular disease that causes stroke and contributes to the vascular component of dementia and Alzheimer's disease.
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- Frank M Faraci
- Dept. of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1081, USA.
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Busija DW, Bari F, Domoki F, Horiguchi T, Shimizu K. Mechanisms involved in the cerebrovascular dilator effects of cortical spreading depression. Prog Neurobiol 2008; 86:379-95. [PMID: 18835324 PMCID: PMC2615412 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2008.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2008] [Revised: 05/23/2008] [Accepted: 09/05/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Cortical spreading depression (CSD) leads to dramatic changes in cerebral hemodynamics. However, mechanisms involved in promoting and counteracting cerebral vasodilator responses are unclear. Here we review the development and current status of this important field of research especially with respect to the role of perivascular nerves and nitric oxide (NO). It appears that neurotransmitters released from the sensory and the parasympathetic nerves associated with cerebral arteries, and NO released from perivascular nerves and/or parenchyma, promote cerebral hyperemia during CSD. However, the relative contributions of each of these factors vary according to species studied. Related to CSD, axonal and reflex responses involving trigeminal afferents on the pial surface lead to increased blood flow and inflammation of the overlying dura mater. Counteracting the cerebral vascular dilation is the production and release of constrictor prostaglandins, at least in some species, and other possibly yet unknown agents from the vascular wall. The cerebral blood flow response in healthy human cortex has not been determined, and thus it is unclear whether the cerebral oligemia associated with migraines represents the normal physiological response to a CSD-like event or represents a pathological response. In addition to promoting cerebral hyperemia, NO produced during CSD appears to initiate signaling events which lead to protection of the brain against subsequent ischemic insults. In summary, the cerebrovascular response to CSD involves multiple dilator and constrictor factors produced and released by diverse cells within the neurovascular unit, with the contribution of each of these factors varying according to the species examined.
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- David W Busija
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1010, USA.
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Busija DW, Bari F, Domoki F, Louis T. Mechanisms involved in the cerebrovascular dilator effects of N-methyl-d-aspartate in cerebral cortex. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 56:89-100. [PMID: 17716743 PMCID: PMC2174154 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2007.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2007] [Revised: 05/10/2007] [Accepted: 05/21/2007] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Glutamate and its synthetic analogues N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA), kainate, and alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionate (AMPA) are potent dilator agents in the cerebral circulation. The close linkage between neural activity-based release and actions of glutamate on neurons and the related decrease in cerebral vascular resistance is a classic example in support of the concept of tight coupling between increased neural activity and cerebral blood flow. However, mechanisms involved in promoting cerebral vasodilator responses to glutamatergic agents are controversial. Here we review the development and current status of this important field of research especially in respect to cerebrovascular responses to NMDA receptor activation.
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- David W Busija
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1010, USA.
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Brain perfusion is tightly coupled to neuronal activity, is commonly used to monitor normal or pathological brain function, and is a direct reflection of the interactions that occur between neuronal signals and blood vessels. Cerebral blood vessels at the surface and within the brain are surrounded by nerve fibers that originate, respectively, from peripheral nerve ganglia and intrinsic brain neurons. Although of different origin and targeting distinct vascular beds, these "perivascular nerves" fulfill similar roles related to cerebrovascular functions, a major one being to regulate their tone and, therein, brain perfusion. This utmost function, which underlies the signals used in functional neuroimaging techniques and which can be jeopardized in pathologies such as Alzheimer's disease, stroke, and migraine headache, is thus regulated at several levels. Recently, new insights into our understanding of how neural input regulate cerebrovascular tone resulted in the rediscovery of the functional "neurovascular unit." These remarkable advances suggest that neuron-driven changes in vascular tone result from interactions that involve all components of the neurovascular unit, transducing neuronal signals into vasomotor responses not only through direct interaction between neurons and vessels but also indirectly via the perivascular astrocytes. Neurovascular coupling is thus determined by chemical signals released from activated perivascular nerves and astrocytes that alter vascular tone to locally adjust perfusion to the spatial and temporal changes in brain activity.
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- Edith Hamel
- Laboratory of Cerebrovascular Research, Montreal Neurological Institute, 3801 University St., Montréal, QC, Canada, H3A 2B4.
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The cerebrovascular endothelium exerts a profound influence on cerebral vessels and cerebral blood flow. This review summarizes current knowledge of various dilator and constrictor mechanisms intrinsic to the cerebrovascular endothelium. The endothelium contributes to the resting tone of cerebral arteries and arterioles by tonically releasing nitric oxide (NO•). Dilations can occur by stimulated release of NO•, endothelium-derived hyperpolarization factor, or prostanoids. During pathological conditions, the dilator influence of the endothelium can turn to that of constriction by a variety of mechanisms, including decreased NO• bioavailability and release of endothelin-1. The endothelium may participate in neurovascular coupling by conducting local dilations to upstream arteries. Further study of the cerebrovascular endothelium is critical for understanding the pathogenesis of a number of pathological conditions, including stroke, traumatic brain injury, and subarachnoid hemorrhage.
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- Jon Andresen
- Department of Anesthesiology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Suite 434D, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
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Chisari M, Salomone S, Laureanti F, Copani A, Sortino MA. Modulation of cerebral vascular tone by activated glia: involvement of nitric oxide. J Neurochem 2005; 91:1171-9. [PMID: 15569260 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2004.02782.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The ability of activated glia to affect cerebral vascular tone has been evaluated using an in vitro experimental system in which basilar arteries were incubated with glial cultures activated by treatment with lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Vascular tone was measured with an isometric myograph. Contraction in response to high KCl and serotonin was reduced in arteries co-incubated for 24 h with LPS-activated glia, whereas the response to acetylcholine was not modified. The reduced contraction was prevented when the nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitor L-N-nitro-arginine (L-NNA) was added throughout the whole incubation time (activation of glial cells with LPS + co-incubation of glial cells with cerebral arteries). Under these conditions, nitrite levels were drastically reduced. A reduced contraction to KCl was also observed after treatment of the cerebral vessel with sodium nitroprusside. In contrast, L-NNA added to the vessel did not modify the response to contracting stimuli and the expression of endothelial NOS was not modified in cerebral arteries pre-incubated with activated glia. These results suggest that activated glia, which finds an in vivo correlate in several neuropathological conditions, can contribute to changes of vascular tone by modifying the levels of nitric oxide (NO) to which the vessel is exposed.
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- M Chisari
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Catania, Italy
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Kim JA, Tran ND, Wang SJ, Fisher MJ. Astrocyte regulation of human brain capillary endothelial fibrinolysis. Thromb Res 2004; 112:159-65. [PMID: 14967413 DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2003.10.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2003] [Revised: 10/14/2003] [Accepted: 10/16/2003] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Astrocytes are known to regulate a wide variety of brain endothelial cell functions. Prior work, using a mixed species co-culture system, has shown astrocyte regulation of brain capillary endothelial expression of key hemostasis factors tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) and its inhibitor, plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1). The purpose of this study is to define the fibrinolytic regulatory role of human astrocytes on human brain capillary endothelial cells. MATERIALS AND METHODS We used a blood-brain barrier model consisting of human astrocytes grown on transwell membrane inserts and co-cultured with human brain capillary endothelial cells. Following 48 h co-culture, we analyzed both endothelial mono-cultures and astrocyte-endothelial co-cultures for expression of tPA and PAI-1 mRNA, protein, and activity. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS There were significant changes for both tPA and PAI-1 mRNA:tPA mRNA levels were decreased in co-cultures (55+/-16% of mono-cultures, p<0.0005) and PAI-1 mRNA levels were increased 144+/-38%, compared to mono-cultures (p<0.005). Co-cultures produced a 54% reduction in tPA protein (12.7+/-3.8 vs. 27.5+/-7.1 ng/ml, p<0.005) and a 24% increase in PAI-1 protein (117.5+/-3.2 vs. 94.9+/-5.9 ng/ml, p<0.0005). TGF-beta neutralizing antibody attenuated the observed changes in both tPA and PAI-1. These data indicate that human astrocytes regulate human brain capillary fibrinolysis in vitro by inhibiting tPA and enhancing PAI-1 expression. This regulation is mediated, in part, by transforming growth factor-beta. Our findings provide further evidence for the role of astrocytes in brain-specific hemostasis regulation.
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- Jeong Ai Kim
- Department of Neurology, University of California, Irvine, College of Medicine, Irvine, CA, USA
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Iadecola C. Neurovascular regulation in the normal brain and in Alzheimer's disease. Nat Rev Neurosci 2004; 5:347-60. [PMID: 15100718 DOI: 10.1038/nrn1387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1554] [Impact Index Per Article: 77.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Costantino Iadecola
- Division of Neurobiology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, room KB410, 411 East 69th Street, New York, New York 10021, USA.
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Tran ND, Schreiber SS, Fisher M. Astrocyte regulation of endothelial tissue plasminogen activator in a blood-brain barrier model. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 1998; 18:1316-24. [PMID: 9850144 DOI: 10.1097/00004647-199812000-00006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Expression of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) substantially determines endothelial-dependent fibrinolysis. We used a blood-brain barrier (BBB) model to analyze regulation of brain capillary endothelial tPA and its inhibitor, plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1). This model consists of coculture of murine astrocytes with bovine brain capillary endothelial cells grown as capillary-like structures (CS); after 1 week, astrocytes become extensively associated with CS, and the BBB-associated enzyme gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase is present. We measured tPA and PAI-1 mRNA and tPA activity in this model. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) studies showed similar tPA and PAI-1 mRNA levels after 1 day mono-culture (endothelial cells only) versus astrocyte-endothelial coculture preparations. After 7 days (i.e., when elements of the BBB are present), astrocyte-endothelial cocultures (compared with endothelial mono-cultures) showed a 50.7%+/-27.1% (mean +/- SD) reduction in tPA mRNA (P < 0.03) and a 183.3%+/-86.9% increase in PAI-1 mRNA expression (P < 0.02). Moreover, 7-day cocultures demonstrated reduced tPA activity compared with mono-cultures (14.6+/-2.9 IU/mL versus 30.2+/-7.7 IU/mL, P < 0.01); 1-day cocultures and mono-cultures had similar tPA activity. These findings demonstrate that astrocytes regulate brain capillary endothelial expression of tPA when elements of the BBB phenotype are present in this model. These data suggest an important role for astrocytes in the regulation of brain capillary endothelial fibrinolysis.
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- N D Tran
- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, USA
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Faraci FM, Heistad DD. Regulation of the cerebral circulation: role of endothelium and potassium channels. Physiol Rev 1998; 78:53-97. [PMID: 9457169 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.1998.78.1.53] [Citation(s) in RCA: 608] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Several new concepts have emerged in relation to mechanisms that contribute to regulation of the cerebral circulation. This review focuses on some physiological mechanisms of cerebral vasodilatation and alteration of these mechanisms by disease states. One mechanism involves release of vasoactive factors by the endothelium that affect underlying vascular muscle. These factors include endothelium-derived relaxing factor (nitric oxide), prostacyclin, and endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor(s). The normal vasodilator influence of endothelium is impaired by some disease states. Under pathophysiological conditions, endothelium may produce potent contracting factors such as endothelin. Another major mechanism of regulation of cerebral vascular tone relates to potassium channels. Activation of potassium channels appears to mediate relaxation of cerebral vessels to diverse stimuli including receptor-mediated agonists, intracellular second messenger, and hypoxia. Endothelial- and potassium channel-based mechanisms are related because several endothelium-derived factors produce relaxation by activation of potassium channels. The influence of potassium channels may be altered by disease states including chronic hypertension, subarachnoid hemorrhage, and diabetes.
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- F M Faraci
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, USA
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1. Mechanisms that regulate the cerebral circulation have been intensively investigated in recent years. The role of several vasodilator mechanisms has been examined in the cerebral circulation, including nitric oxide (NO), trigeminal peptides and potassium channels, as well as the potent vasoconstrictor endothelin. These mediators appear to play a role in physiological and pathophysiological responses of the cerebral circulation. In the present review, we will focus on some recent developments in each of these areas. 2. Nitric oxide is an important regulator of cerebral vascular tone. Tonic production of NO maintains the cerebral vasculature in a dilated state. NO appears to be an important vasodilator during activation of neurons by excitatory amino acids, somatosensory stimulation and cortical spreading depression. Tonic production of NO appears to be critical in vasodilatation during hypercapnia, although NO may not directly mediate vasodilatation. NO produced by immunological NO-synthase appears to be important in dilatation following exposure to bacterial endotoxin. 3. Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), released from trigeminal perivascular sensory nerves in the brain, is an extremely potent dilator of brain vessels. CGRP may limit noradrenaline-induced constriction of cerebral vessels and contribute to dilatation during hypotension (autoregulation), reactive hyperaemia, seizures and cortical spreading depression. 4. Activation of potassium channels leads to hyperpolarization of cerebral vascular smooth muscle and appears to be a major mechanism for dilatation of cerebral arteries. Agents that increase the intracellular concentration of cyclic 3' 5'-adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) produce vasodilatation in part by activation of large conductance calcium-activated potassium channels (BKCa) and ATP-sensitive potassium channels (KATP). Activation of both KATP and BKCa channels also appears to contribute to vasodilatation during hypoxia. In contrast to KATP channels, BKCa channels appears to be active under basal conditions, contributing to tonic dilatation of cerebral blood vessels. 5. Endothelin is produced in the brain, but its role in the physiological regulation of cerebral blood flow is not known. Endothelin may contribute to the spasm of cerebral arteries following subarachnoid haemorrhage.
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- J E Brian
- Department of Anesthesia, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City 52242, USA
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