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Prochilo G, Pfeffer A, Du S, Kaneko N, Liebeskind DS, Hinman JD. Recent Translational Research Models of Intracranial Atherosclerotic Disease. Stroke 2024; 55:1707-1719. [PMID: 38738375 DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.124.044520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2024]
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Intracranial atherosclerotic disease (ICAD) is a leading cause of ischemic stroke worldwide. However, research on the pathophysiology of ICAD is scarce due to the relative inaccessibility of histology samples and the lack of comprehensive experimental models. As a result, much of the current understanding of ICAD relies on research on extracranial atherosclerosis. This approach is problematic as intracranial and extracranial arteries are anatomically, structurally, physiologically, and metabolically distinct, indicating that intracranial and extracranial atherosclerosis likely develop through different biologic pathways. The current standard of care for ICAD treatment relies predominantly on therapeutics developed to treat extracranial atherosclerosis and is insufficient given the alarmingly high risk of stroke. To provide a definitive treatment for the disease, a deeper understanding of the pathophysiology underlying ICAD is specifically required. True mechanistic understanding of disease pathogenesis is only possible using robust experimental models. In this review, we aim to identify the advantages and limitations of the existing in vivo and in vitro models of ICAD and basic atherosclerotic processes, which may be used to inform better models of ICAD in the future and drive new therapeutic strategies to reduce stroke risk.
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- Grace Prochilo
- Departments of Neurology (G.P., A.P., S.D., D.S.L., J.D.H.), David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
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- Departments of Neurology (G.P., A.P., S.D., D.S.L., J.D.H.), David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
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- Departments of Neurology (G.P., A.P., S.D., D.S.L., J.D.H.), David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
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- Radiology (N.K.), David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
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- Departments of Neurology (G.P., A.P., S.D., D.S.L., J.D.H.), David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
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- Departments of Neurology (G.P., A.P., S.D., D.S.L., J.D.H.), David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
- Department of Neurology, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (J.D.H.)
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Lansdell TA, Chambers LC, Dorrance AM. Endothelial Cells and the Cerebral Circulation. Compr Physiol 2022; 12:3449-3508. [PMID: 35766836 DOI: 10.1002/cphy.c210015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Endothelial cells form the innermost layer of all blood vessels and are the only vascular component that remains throughout all vascular segments. The cerebral vasculature has several unique properties not found in the peripheral circulation; this requires that the cerebral endothelium be considered as a unique entity. Cerebral endothelial cells perform several functions vital for brain health. The cerebral vasculature is responsible for protecting the brain from external threats carried in the blood. The endothelial cells are central to this requirement as they form the basis of the blood-brain barrier. The endothelium also regulates fibrinolysis, thrombosis, platelet activation, vascular permeability, metabolism, catabolism, inflammation, and white cell trafficking. Endothelial cells regulate the changes in vascular structure caused by angiogenesis and artery remodeling. Further, the endothelium contributes to vascular tone, allowing proper perfusion of the brain which has high energy demands and no energy stores. In this article, we discuss the basic anatomy and physiology of the cerebral endothelium. Where appropriate, we discuss the detrimental effects of high blood pressure on the cerebral endothelium and the contribution of cerebrovascular disease endothelial dysfunction and dementia. © 2022 American Physiological Society. Compr Physiol 12:3449-3508, 2022.
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- Theresa A Lansdell
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
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The Role of Obesity-Induced Perivascular Adipose Tissue (PVAT) Dysfunction in Vascular Homeostasis. Nutrients 2021; 13:nu13113843. [PMID: 34836100 PMCID: PMC8621306 DOI: 10.3390/nu13113843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2021] [Revised: 10/23/2021] [Accepted: 10/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT) is an additional special type of adipose tissue surrounding blood vessels. Under physiological conditions, PVAT plays a significant role in regulation of vascular tone, intravascular thermoregulation, and vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) proliferation. PVAT is responsible for releasing adipocytes-derived relaxing factors (ADRF) and perivascular-derived relaxing factors (PDRF), which have anticontractile properties. Obesity induces increased oxidative stress, an inflammatory state, and hypoxia, which contribute to PVAT dysfunction. The exact mechanism of vascular dysfunction in obesity is still not well clarified; however, there are some pathways such as renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) disorders and PVAT-derived factor dysregulation, which are involved in hypertension and endothelial dysfunction development. Physical activity has a beneficial effect on PVAT function among obese patients by reducing the oxidative stress and inflammatory state. Diet, which is the second most beneficial non-invasive strategy in obesity treatment, may have a positive impact on PVAT-derived factors and may restore the balance in their concentration.
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Das M, Devi KP, Belwal T, Devkota HP, Tewari D, Sahebnasagh A, Nabavi SF, Khayat Kashani HR, Rasekhian M, Xu S, Amirizadeh M, Amini K, Banach M, Xiao J, Aghaabdollahian S, Nabavi SM. Harnessing polyphenol power by targeting eNOS for vascular diseases. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr 2021; 63:2093-2118. [PMID: 34553653 DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2021.1971153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Vascular diseases arise due to vascular endothelium dysfunction in response to several pro-inflammatory stimuli and invading pathogens. Thickening of the vessel wall, formation of atherosclerotic plaques consisting of proliferating smooth muscle cells, macrophages and lymphocytes are the major consequences of impaired endothelium resulting in atherosclerosis, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, chronic renal failure and many others. Decreased nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability was found to be associated with anomalous endothelial function because of either its reduced production level by endothelial NO synthase (eNOS) which synthesize this potent endogenous vasodilator from L-arginine or its enhanced breakdown due to severe oxidative stress and eNOS uncoupling. Polyphenols are a group of bioactive compounds having more than 7000 chemical entities present in different cereals, fruits and vegetables. These natural compounds possess many OH groups which are largely responsible for their strong antioxidative, anti-inflammatory antithrombotic and anti-hypersensitive properties. Several flavonoid-derived polyphenols like flavones, isoflavones, flavanones, flavonols and anthocyanidins and non-flavonoid polyphenols like tannins, curcumins and resveratrol have attracted scientific interest for their beneficial effects in preventing endothelial dysfunction. This article will focus on in vitro as well as in vivo and clinical studies evidences of the polyphenols with eNOS modulating activity against vascular disease condition while their molecular mechanism will also be discussed.
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- Mamali Das
- Department of Biotechnology, Alagappa University [Science Campus], Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Alagappa University [Science Campus], Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, India
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- College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, China
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India
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- Clinical Research Center, Department of Internal Medicine, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran
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- Applied Biotechnology Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Imam Hossein Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Health Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- Department of Pharmacotherapy, Faculty of pharmacy, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran
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- Student Research Committee, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Preventive Cardiology and Lipidology, Medical University of Lodz, Poland
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- International Research Center for Food Nutrition and Safety, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China.,Nutrition and Bromatology Group, Department of Analytical Chemistry and Food Science, Faculty of Food Science and Technology, University of Vigo - Ourense Campus, Ourense, Spain
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- Department of Nanobiotechnology, New Technologies Research Group, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran
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- Applied Biotechnology Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Zhao S, Cheng CK, Zhang CL, Huang Y. Interplay Between Oxidative Stress, Cyclooxygenases, and Prostanoids in Cardiovascular Diseases. Antioxid Redox Signal 2021; 34:784-799. [PMID: 32323554 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2020.8105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Significance: Endothelial cells lining the lumen of blood vessels play an important role in the regulation of cardiovascular functions through releasing both vasoconstricting and vasodilating factors. The production and function of vasoconstricting factors are largely elevated in hypertension, diabetes, atherosclerosis, and ischemia/reperfusion injuries. Cyclooxygenases (COXs) are the major enzymes producing five different prostanoids that act as either contracting or relaxing substances. Under conditions of increased oxidative stress, the expressions and activities of COX isoforms are altered, resulting in changes in production of various prostanoids and thus affecting vascular tone. This review briefly summarizes the relationship between oxidative stress, COXs, and prostanoids, thereby providing new insights into the pathophysiological mechanisms of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Recent Advances: Many new drugs targeting oxidative stress, COX-2, and prostanoids against common CVDs have been evaluated in recent years and they are summarized in this review. Critical Issues: Comprehensive understanding of the complex interplay between oxidative stress, COXs, and prostanoids in CVDs helps develop more effective measures against cardiovascular pathogenesis. Future Directions: Apart from minimizing the undesired effects of harmful prostanoids, future studies shall investigate the restoration of vasoprotective prostanoids as a means to combat CVDs. Antioxid. Redox Signal. 34, 784-799.
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- Sha Zhao
- Heart and Vascular Institute and School of Biomedical Sciences, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Heart and Vascular Institute and School of Biomedical Sciences, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Heart and Vascular Institute and School of Biomedical Sciences, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Heart and Vascular Institute and School of Biomedical Sciences, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Troia A, Knutsen RH, Halabi CM, Malide D, Yu ZX, Wardlaw-Pickett A, Kronquist EK, Tsang KM, Kovacs A, Mecham RP, Kozel BA. Inhibition of NOX1 Mitigates Blood Pressure Increases in Elastin Insufficiency. FUNCTION (OXFORD, ENGLAND) 2021; 2:zqab015. [PMID: 34223172 PMCID: PMC8248879 DOI: 10.1093/function/zqab015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2021] [Revised: 03/06/2021] [Accepted: 03/09/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Elastin (ELN) insufficiency leads to the cardiovascular hallmarks of the contiguous gene deletion disorder, Williams-Beuren syndrome, including hypertension and vascular stiffness. Previous studies showed that Williams-Beuren syndrome deletions, which extended to include the NCF1 gene, were associated with lower blood pressure (BP) and reduced vascular stiffness. NCF1 encodes for p47phox, the regulatory component of the NOX1 NADPH oxidase complex that generates reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the vascular wall. Dihydroethidium and 8-hydroxyguanosine staining of mouse aortas confirmed that Eln heterozygotes (Eln+/- ) had greater ROS levels than the wild-types (Eln+/+ ), a finding that was negated in vessels cultured without hemodynamic stressors. To analyze the Nox effect on ELN insufficiency, we used both genetic and chemical manipulations. Both Ncf1 haploinsufficiency (Ncf1+/- ) and Nox1 insufficiency (Nox1-/y ) decreased oxidative stress and systolic BP in Eln+/- without modifying vascular structure. Chronic treatment with apocynin, a p47phox inhibitor, lowered systolic BP in Eln+/- , but had no impact on Eln+/+ controls. In vivo dosing with phenylephrine (PE) produced an augmented BP response in Eln+/- relative to Eln+/+ , and genetic modifications or drug-based interventions that lower Nox1 expression reduced the hypercontractile response to PE in Eln+/- mice to Eln+/+ levels. These results indicate that the mechanical and structural differences caused by ELN insufficiency leading to oscillatory flow can perpetuate oxidative stress conditions, which are linked to hypertension, and that by lowering the Nox1-mediated capacity for vascular ROS production, BP differences can be normalized.
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- Angela Troia
- National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA,Address correspondence to B.A.K. (e-mail: )
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de Montgolfier O, Thorin-Trescases N, Thorin E. Pathological Continuum From the Rise in Pulse Pressure to Impaired Neurovascular Coupling and Cognitive Decline. Am J Hypertens 2020; 33:375-390. [PMID: 32202623 PMCID: PMC7188799 DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpaa001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2019] [Revised: 12/11/2019] [Accepted: 03/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The "biomechanical hypothesis" stipulates that with aging, the cumulative mechanical damages to the cerebral microvasculature, magnified by risk factors for vascular diseases, contribute to a breach in cerebral homeostasis producing neuronal losses. In other words, vascular dysfunction affects brain structure and function, and leads to cognitive failure. This is gathered under the term Vascular Cognitive Impairment and Dementia (VCID). One of the main culprits in the occurrence of cognitive decline could be the inevitable rise in arterial pulse pressure due to the age-dependent stiffening of large conductance arteries like the carotids, which in turn, could accentuate the penetration of the pulse pressure wave deeper into the fragile microvasculature of the brain and damage it. In this review, we will discuss how and why the vascular and brain cells communicate and are interdependent, describe the deleterious impact of a vascular dysfunction on brain function in various neurodegenerative diseases and even of psychiatric disorders, and the potential chronic deleterious effects of the pulsatile blood pressure on the cerebral microcirculation. We will also briefly review data from antihypertensive clinical trial aiming at improving or delaying dementia. Finally, we will debate how the aging process, starting early in life, could determine our sensitivity to risk factors for vascular diseases, including cerebral diseases, and the trajectory to VCID.
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- Olivia de Montgolfier
- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Montreal Heart Institute, Research Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Montreal Heart Institute, Research Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Correspondence: Eric Thorin ()
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Lu Y, Zhang C, Lu X, Moeini M, Thorin E, Lesage F. Impact of atherosclerotic disease on cerebral microvasculature and tissue oxygenation in awake LDLR-/-hApoB+/+ transgenic mice. NEUROPHOTONICS 2019; 6:045003. [PMID: 31673566 PMCID: PMC6811703 DOI: 10.1117/1.nph.6.4.045003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2019] [Accepted: 09/17/2019] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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We explore cortical microvasculature changes during the progression of atherosclerosis using young and old transgenic atherosclerotic (ATX) mice with thinned-skull cranial window. In awake animals, exploiting intrinsic signal optical imaging, Doppler optical coherence tomography, and two-photon microscopy, we investigate how the progression of atherosclerotic disease affects the morphology and function of cortical microvasculature as well as baseline cerebral tissue oxygenation. Results show that aged ATX mice exhibited weaker hemodynamic response in the somatosensory cortex to whisker stimulation and that the diameter of their descending arterioles and associated mean blood flow decreased significantly compared with the young ATX group. Data from two-photon phosphorescence lifetime microscopy indicate that old ATX mice had lower and more heterogeneous partial pressure of oxygen ( PO 2 ) in cortical tissue than young ATX mice. In addition, hypoxic micropockets in cortical tissue were found in old, but not young, ATX mice. Capillary red blood cell (RBC) flux, RBC velocity, RBC velocity heterogeneity, hematocrit, and diameter were also measured using line scans with two-photon fluorescence microscopy. When compared with the young group, RBC flux, velocity, and hematocrit decreased and RBC velocity heterogeneity increased in old ATX mice, presumably due to disturbed blood supply from arterioles that were affected by atherosclerosis. Finally, dilation of capillaries in old ATX mice was observed, which suggests that capillaries play an active role in compensating for an oxygen deficit in brain tissue.
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- Yuankang Lu
- École Polytechnique de Montréal, Laboratoire d’Imagerie optique et moléculaire, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- École Polytechnique de Montréal, Laboratoire d’Imagerie optique et moléculaire, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Biomedical Engineering Department, Tehran, Iran
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- Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Université de Montréal, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- École Polytechnique de Montréal, Laboratoire d’Imagerie optique et moléculaire, Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Address all correspondence to Frédéric Lesage, E-mail:
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Atherosclerosis is associated with a decrease in cerebral microvascular blood flow and tissue oxygenation. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0221547. [PMID: 31469849 PMCID: PMC6716780 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0221547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2018] [Accepted: 08/11/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Chronic atherosclerosis may cause cerebral hypoperfusion and inadequate brain oxygenation, contributing to the progression of cognitive decline. In this study, we exploited two-photon phosphorescence lifetime microscopy to measure the absolute partial pressure of oxygen (PO2) in cortical tissue in both young and old LDLR-/-, hApoB100+/+ mice, spontaneously developing atherosclerosis with age. Capillary red-blood-cell (RBC) speed, flux, hematocrit and capillary diameter were also measured by two-photon imaging of FITC-labelled blood plasma. Our results show positive correlations between RBC speed, flux, diameter and capillary-adjacent tissue PO2. When compared to the young mice, we observed lower tissue PO2, lower RBC speed and flux, and smaller capillary diameter in the old atherosclerotic mice. The old mice also exhibited a higher spatial heterogeneity of tissue PO2, and RBC speed and flux, suggesting a less efficient oxygen extraction.
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de Montgolfier O, Pouliot P, Gillis MA, Ferland G, Lesage F, Thorin-Trescases N, Thorin É. Systolic hypertension-induced neurovascular unit disruption magnifies vascular cognitive impairment in middle-age atherosclerotic LDLr -/-:hApoB +/+ mice. GeroScience 2019; 41:511-532. [PMID: 31093829 DOI: 10.1007/s11357-019-00070-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2019] [Accepted: 04/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Cognitive functions are dependent upon intercommunications between the cellular components of the neurovascular unit (NVU). Vascular risk factors are associated with a more rapid rate of cognitive decline with aging and cerebrovascular diseases magnify both the incidence and the rate of cognitive decline. The causal relationship between vascular risk factors and injury to the NVU is, however, lacking. We hypothesized that vascular risk factors, such as hypertension and dyslipidemia, promote disruption of the NVU leading to early cognitive impairment. We compared brain structure and cerebrovascular functions of 1-year old (middle-aged) male wild-type (WT) and atherosclerotic hypertensive (LDLr-/-:hApoB+/+, ATX) mice. In addition, mice were subjected, or not, to a transverse aortic constriction (TAC) for 6 weeks to assess the acute impact of an increase in systolic blood pressure on the NVU and cognitive functions. Compared with WT mice, ATX mice prematurely developed cognitive decline associated with cerebral micro-hemorrhages, loss of microvessel density and brain atrophy, cerebral endothelial cell senescence and dysfunction, brain inflammation, and oxidative stress associated with blood-brain barrier leakage and brain hypoperfusion. These data suggest functional disturbances in both vascular and parenchymal components of the NVU. Exposure to TAC-induced systolic hypertension promoted cerebrovascular damage and cognitive decline in WT mice, similar to those observed in sham-operated ATX mice; TAC exacerbated the existing cerebrovascular dysfunctions and cognitive failure in ATX mice. Thus, a hemodynamic stress such as systolic hypertension could initiate the cascade involving cerebrovascular injury and NVU deregulation and lead to cognitive decline, a process accelerated in atherosclerotic mice.
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- Olivia de Montgolfier
- Faculty of Medicine, Department of pharmacology and physiology, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Research Center, Montreal Heart Institute, 5000 rue Bélanger Est, Montreal, QC, H1T 1C8, Canada
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- Research Center, Montreal Heart Institute, 5000 rue Bélanger Est, Montreal, QC, H1T 1C8, Canada
- Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Research Center, Montreal Heart Institute, 5000 rue Bélanger Est, Montreal, QC, H1T 1C8, Canada
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- Research Center, Montreal Heart Institute, 5000 rue Bélanger Est, Montreal, QC, H1T 1C8, Canada
- Faculty of Medicine, Department of nutrition, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Research Center, Montreal Heart Institute, 5000 rue Bélanger Est, Montreal, QC, H1T 1C8, Canada
- Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of pharmacology and physiology, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
- Research Center, Montreal Heart Institute, 5000 rue Bélanger Est, Montreal, QC, H1T 1C8, Canada.
- Faculty of Medicine, Department of surgery, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
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Thorin-Trescases N, de Montgolfier O, Pinçon A, Raignault A, Caland L, Labbé P, Thorin E. Impact of pulse pressure on cerebrovascular events leading to age-related cognitive decline. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2018; 314:H1214-H1224. [PMID: 29451817 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00637.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
Abstract
Aging is a modern concept: human life expectancy has more than doubled in less than 150 yr in Western countries. Longer life span, however, reveals age-related diseases, including cerebrovascular diseases. The vascular system is a prime target of aging: the "wear and tear" of large elastic arteries exposed to a lifelong pulsatile pressure causes arterial stiffening by fragmentation of elastin fibers and replacement by stiffer collagen. This arterial stiffening increases in return the amplitude of the pulse pressure (PP), its wave penetrating deeper into the microcirculation of low-resistance, high-flow organs such as the brain. Several studies have associated peripheral arterial stiffness responsible for the sustained increase in PP, with brain microvascular diseases such as cerebral small vessel disease, cortical gray matter thinning, white matter atrophy, and cognitive dysfunction in older individuals and prematurely in hypertensive and diabetic patients. The rarefaction of white matter is also associated with middle cerebral artery pulsatility that is strongly dependent on PP and artery stiffness. PP and brain damage are likely associated, but the sequence of mechanistic events has not been established. Elevated PP promotes endothelial dysfunction that may slowly develop in parallel with the accumulation of proinflammatory senescent cells and oxidative stress, generating cerebrovascular damage and remodeling, as well as brain structural changes. Here, we review data suggesting that age-related increased peripheral artery stiffness may promote the penetration of a high PP to cerebral microvessels, likely causing functional, structural, metabolic, and hemodynamic alterations that could ultimately promote neuronal dysfunction and cognitive decline.
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- Montreal Heart Institute, Research Center , Montreal, Quebec , Canada.,Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal , Montreal, Quebec , Canada
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- Montreal Heart Institute, Research Center , Montreal, Quebec , Canada.,Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal , Montreal, Quebec , Canada
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- Montreal Heart Institute, Research Center , Montreal, Quebec , Canada
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- Montreal Heart Institute, Research Center , Montreal, Quebec , Canada.,Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal , Montreal, Quebec , Canada
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- Montreal Heart Institute, Research Center , Montreal, Quebec , Canada.,Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal , Montreal, Quebec , Canada
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- Montreal Heart Institute, Research Center , Montreal, Quebec , Canada.,Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal , Montreal, Quebec , Canada.,Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal , Montreal, Quebec , Canada
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Raignault A, Bolduc V, Lesage F, Thorin E. Pulse pressure-dependent cerebrovascular eNOS regulation in mice. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 2017; 37:413-424. [PMID: 26823473 PMCID: PMC5381440 DOI: 10.1177/0271678x16629155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Arterial blood pressure is oscillatory; whether pulse pressure (PP) regulates cerebral artery myogenic tone (MT) and endothelial function is currently unknown. To test the impact of PP on MT and dilation to flow (FMD) or to acetylcholine (Ach), isolated pressurized mouse posterior cerebral arteries were subjected to either static pressure (SP) or a physiological PP (amplitude: 30 mm Hg; frequency: 550 bpm). Under PP, MT was significantly higher than in SP conditions ( p < 0.05) and was not affected by eNOS inhibition. In contrast, under SP, eNOS inhibition increased ( p < 0.05) MT to levels observed under PP, suggesting that PP may inhibit eNOS. At a shear stress of 20 dyn/cm2, FMD was lower ( p < 0.05) under SP than PP. Under SP, eNOS-dependent [Formula: see text] production contributed to FMD, while under PP, eNOS-dependent NO was responsible for FMD, indicating that PP favours eNOS coupling. Differences in FMD between pressure conditions were abolished after NOX2 inhibition. In contrast to FMD, Ach-induced dilations were higher ( p < 0.05) under SP than PP. Reactive oxygen species scavenging reduced ( p < 0.05) Ach-dependent dilations under SP, but increased ( p < 0.05) them under PP; hence, under PP, Ach promotes ROS production and limits eNOS-derived NO activity. In conclusion, PP finely regulates eNOS, controlling cerebral artery reactivity.
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- Adeline Raignault
- 1 Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,2 Montreal Heart Institute Research Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- 1 Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,2 Montreal Heart Institute Research Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- 2 Montreal Heart Institute Research Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,3 Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- 1 Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,2 Montreal Heart Institute Research Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,4 Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Romero M, Leon-Gomez E, Lobysheva I, Rath G, Dogné JM, Feron O, Dessy C. Effects of BM-573 on Endothelial Dependent Relaxation and Increased Blood Pressure at Early Stages of Atherosclerosis. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0152579. [PMID: 27019366 PMCID: PMC4809599 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0152579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2015] [Accepted: 03/16/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Endothelial dysfunction is considered to be an early event in atherosclerosis and plays a pivotal role in the development, progression and clinical complications of atherosclerosis. Previous studies have shown the beneficial effects of combined inhibition of thromboxane synthase and antagonism of thromboxane receptors by BM-573 on atherosclerosis; however our knowledge about the beneficial effects of BM-573 on endothelial function and increased blood pressure related to early stage of atherosclerosis is limited. In the present study, we investigated the effects of short-term (3 μM, 1 hour) and chronic (10 mg/L, 8 weeks) treatments with BM-573 on vasodilatory function, nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability, oxidative stress and systolic blood pressure in 15 weeks old apolipoprotein E-deficient (ApoE-KO) mice. ApoE-KO mice showed a reduced endothelium-derived relaxation. In addition, NO bioavailability was reduced and oxidative stress and blood pressure were increased in ApoE-KO mice versus wild-type mice. BM-573 treatments were able to improve the relaxation profile in ApoE-KO mice. Short-term effects of BM-573 were mainly mediated by an increased phosphorylation of both eNOS and Akt, whereas BM-573 in vivo treatment also reduced oxidative stress and restored NO bioavailability. In addition, chronic administration of BM-573 reduced systolic blood pressure in ApoE-KO mice. In conclusion, pharmacological modulation of TxA2 biosynthesis and biological activities by dual TP antagonism/TxAS inhibition with BM-573, already known to prevent plaque formation, has the potential to correct vasodilatory dysfunction at the early stages of atherosclerosis.
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- Miguel Romero
- Pole of Pharmacology and Therapeutics (FATH), Institute of Experimental & Clinical Research (IREC), Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL) Medical School, Brussels, Belgium
- * E-mail: (MR); (CD)
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- Pole of Pharmacology and Therapeutics (FATH), Institute of Experimental & Clinical Research (IREC), Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL) Medical School, Brussels, Belgium
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- Pole of Pharmacology and Therapeutics (FATH), Institute of Experimental & Clinical Research (IREC), Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL) Medical School, Brussels, Belgium
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- Pole of Pharmacology and Therapeutics (FATH), Institute of Experimental & Clinical Research (IREC), Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL) Medical School, Brussels, Belgium
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- Pole of Pharmacology and Therapeutics (FATH), Institute of Experimental & Clinical Research (IREC), Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL) Medical School, Brussels, Belgium
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- Pole of Pharmacology and Therapeutics (FATH), Institute of Experimental & Clinical Research (IREC), Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL) Medical School, Brussels, Belgium
- * E-mail: (MR); (CD)
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Yu C, Luo X, Duquette N, Thorin-Trescases N, Thorin E. Knockdown of angiopoietin like-2 protects against angiotensin II-induced cerebral endothelial dysfunction in mice. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2015; 308:H386-97. [DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00278.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Angiopoietin like-2 (angptl2) is a circulating pro-inflammatory and pro-oxidative protein, but its role in regulating cerebral endothelial function remains unknown. We hypothesized that in mice knockdown (KD) of angptl2, cerebral endothelial function would be protected against ANG II-induced damage. Subcutaneous infusion of ANG II (200 ng·kg−1·min−1, n = 15) or saline ( n = 15) was performed in 20-wk-old angptl2 KD mice and wild-type (WT) littermates for 14 days. In saline-treated KD and WT mice, the amplitude and the sensitivity of ACh-induced dilations of isolated cerebral arteries were similar. However, while endothelial nitric oxide (NO) synthase (eNOS)-derived O2−/H2O2 contributed to dilation in WT mice, eNOS-derived NO ( P < 0.05) was involved in KD mice. ANG II induced cerebral endothelial dysfunction only in WT mice ( P < 0.05), which was reversed ( P < 0.05) by either N-acetyl-l-cysteine, apocynin, gp91ds-tat, or indomethacin, suggesting the contribution of reactive oxygen species from Nox2 and Cox-derived contractile factors. In KD mice treated with ANG II, endothelial function was preserved, likely via Nox-derived H2O2, sensitive to apocynin and PEG-catalase ( P < 0.05), but not to gp91ds-tat. In the aorta, relaxation similarly and essentially depended on NO; endothelial function was maintained after ANG II infusion in all groups, but apocynin significantly reduced aortic relaxation in KD mice ( P < 0.05). Protein expression levels of Nox1/2 in cerebral arteries were similar among all groups, but that of Nox4 was greater ( P < 0.05) in saline-treated KD mice. In conclusion, knockdown of angptl2 may be protective against ANG II-induced cerebral endothelial dysfunction; it favors the production of NO, likely increasing endothelial cell resistance to stress, and permits the expression of an alternative vasodilatory Nox pathway.
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- Carol Yu
- Montreal Heart Institute, Research Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; and
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- Montreal Heart Institute, Research Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Montreal Heart Institute, Research Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Montreal Heart Institute, Research Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Yu C, Luo X, Farhat N, Daneault C, Duquette N, Martel C, Lambert J, Thorin-Trescases N, Rosiers CD, Thorin E. Lack of angiopoietin-like-2 expression limits the metabolic stress induced by a high-fat diet and maintains endothelial function in mice. J Am Heart Assoc 2014; 3:jah3618. [PMID: 25128474 PMCID: PMC4310393 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.114.001024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Background Angiopoietin‐like‐2 (angptl2) is produced by several cell types including endothelial cells, adipocytes and macrophages, and contributes to the inflammatory process in cardiovascular diseases. We hypothesized that angptl2 impairs endothelial function, and that lowering angptl2 levels protects the endothelium against high‐fat diet (HFD)‐induced fat accumulation and hypercholesterolemia. Methods and Results Acute recombinant angptl2 reduced (P<0.05) acetylcholine‐mediated vasodilation of isolated wild‐type (WT) mouse femoral artery, an effect reversed (P<0.05) by the antioxidant N‐acetylcysteine. Accordingly, in angptl2 knockdown (KD) mice, ACh‐mediated endothelium‐dependent vasodilation was greater (P<0.05) than in WT mice. In arteries from KD mice, prostacyclin contributed to the overall dilation unlike in WT mice. After a 3‐month HFD, overall vasodilation was not altered, but dissecting out the endothelial intrinsic pathways revealed that NO production was reduced in arteries isolated from HFD‐fed WT mice (P<0.05), while NO release was maintained in KD mice. Similarly, endothelium‐derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF) was preserved in mesenteric arteries from HFD‐fed KD mice but not in those from WT mice. Finally, the HFD increased (P<0.05) total cholesterol–to–high‐density lipoprotein ratios, low‐density lipoprotein–to–high‐density lipoprotein ratios, and leptin levels in WT mice only, while glycemia remained similar in the 2 strains. KD mice displayed less triglyceride accumulation in the liver (P<0.05 versus WT), and adipocyte diameters in mesenteric and epididymal white adipose tissues were smaller (P<0.05) in KD than in WT fed an HFD, while inflammatory gene expression increased (P<0.05) in the fat of WT mice only. Conclusions Lack of angptl2 expression limits the metabolic stress induced by an HFD and maintains endothelial function in mice.
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- Carol Yu
- Departments of Pharmacology and Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (C.Y., N.F., T.) Montreal Heart Institute, Research Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (C.Y., X.L., N.F., C.D., N.D., M., N.T.T., C.D.R., T.)
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- Montreal Heart Institute, Research Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (C.Y., X.L., N.F., C.D., N.D., M., N.T.T., C.D.R., T.)
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- Departments of Pharmacology and Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (C.Y., N.F., T.) Montreal Heart Institute, Research Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (C.Y., X.L., N.F., C.D., N.D., M., N.T.T., C.D.R., T.)
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- Montreal Heart Institute, Research Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (C.Y., X.L., N.F., C.D., N.D., M., N.T.T., C.D.R., T.)
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- Montreal Heart Institute, Research Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (C.Y., X.L., N.F., C.D., N.D., M., N.T.T., C.D.R., T.)
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- Montreal Heart Institute, Research Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (C.Y., X.L., N.F., C.D., N.D., M., N.T.T., C.D.R., T.)
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- Departments of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (J.L.)
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- Montreal Heart Institute, Research Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (C.Y., X.L., N.F., C.D., N.D., M., N.T.T., C.D.R., T.)
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- Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (C.D.R.) Montreal Heart Institute, Research Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (C.Y., X.L., N.F., C.D., N.D., M., N.T.T., C.D.R., T.)
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- Departments of Pharmacology and Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (C.Y., N.F., T.) Montreal Heart Institute, Research Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (C.Y., X.L., N.F., C.D., N.D., M., N.T.T., C.D.R., T.)
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Leblond F, Poirier S, Yu C, Duquette N, Mayer G, Thorin E. The anti-hypercholesterolemic effect of low p53 expression protects vascular endothelial function in mice. PLoS One 2014; 9:e92394. [PMID: 24647794 PMCID: PMC3960235 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2012] [Accepted: 02/21/2014] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Aims To demonstrate that p53 modulates endothelial function and the stress response to a high-fat western diet (WD). Methods and Results Three-month old p53+/+ wild type (WT) and p53+/− male mice were fed a regular or WD for 3 months. Plasma levels of total cholesterol (TC) and LDL-cholesterol were significantly elevated (p<0.05) in WD-fed WT (from 2.1±0.2 mmol/L to 3.1±0.2, and from 0.64±0.09 mmol/L to 1.25±0.11, respectively) but not in p53+/− mice. The lack of cholesterol accumulation in WD-fed p53+/− mice was ass–ociated with high bile acid plasma concentrations (p53+/− = 4.7±0.9 vs. WT = 3.3±0.2 μmol/L, p<0.05) concomitant with an increased hepatic 7-alpha-hydroxylase mRNA expression. While the WD did not affect aortic endothelial relaxant function in p53+/− mice (WD = 83±5 and RD = 82±4% relaxation), it increased the maximal response to acetylcholine in WT mice (WD = 87±2 vs. RD = 62±5% relaxation, p<0.05) to levels of p53+/−. In WT mice, the rise in TC associated with higher (p<0.05) plasma levels of pro-inflammatory keratinocyte-derived chemokine, and an over-activation (p<0.05) of the relaxant non-nitric oxide/non-prostacyclin endothelial pathway. It is likely that in WT mice, activations of these pathways are adaptive and contributed to maintain endothelial function, while the WD neither promoted inflammation nor affected endothelial function in p53+/− mice. Conclusions Our data demonstrate that low endogenous p53 expression prevents the rise in circulating levels of cholesterol when fed a WD. Consequently, the endothelial stress of hypercholesterolemia is absent in young p53+/− mice as evidenced by the absence of endothelial adaptive pathway over-activation to minimize stress-related damage.
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- Francois Leblond
- Department of Pharmacology, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Research Centre, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Research Centre, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Research Centre, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Research Centre, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Research Centre, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Department of Surgery, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Research Centre, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Jahrling JB, Galvan V. TOR-dependent cerebrovascular aging in Alzheimer's disease. CURRENT TRENDS IN NEUROLOGY 2014; 8:31-38. [PMID: 34924724 PMCID: PMC8676146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Increasing evidence suggests that vascular dysfunction, a universal feature of aging, mechanistically contributes to the onset and pathogenesis of neurological diseases of aging. It was recently discovered that attenuating activity of the mammalian/mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) extends both life- and health-span in mice by delaying aging. Here we review current evidence for a critical role of mTOR in age-associated vascular dysfunction and discuss potential mechanisms by which this pathway may lead to cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease.
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- Jordan B. Jahrling
- Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78245, USA
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- Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78245, USA
- Department of Physiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
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Bolduc V, Thorin-Trescases N, Thorin E. Endothelium-dependent control of cerebrovascular functions through age: exercise for healthy cerebrovascular aging. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2013; 305:H620-33. [PMID: 23792680 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00624.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Cognitive performances are tightly associated with the maximal aerobic exercise capacity, both of which decline with age. The benefits on mental health of regular exercise, which slows the age-dependent decline in maximal aerobic exercise capacity, have been established for centuries. In addition, the maintenance of an optimal cerebrovascular endothelial function through regular exercise, part of a healthy lifestyle, emerges as one of the key and primary elements of successful brain aging. Physical exercise requires the activation of specific brain areas that trigger a local increase in cerebral blood flow to match neuronal metabolic needs. In this review, we propose three ways by which exercise could maintain the cerebrovascular endothelial function, a premise to a healthy cerebrovascular function and an optimal regulation of cerebral blood flow. First, exercise increases blood flow locally and increases shear stress temporarily, a known stimulus for endothelial cell maintenance of Akt-dependent expression of endothelial nitric oxide synthase, nitric oxide generation, and the expression of antioxidant defenses. Second, the rise in circulating catecholamines during exercise not only facilitates adequate blood and nutrient delivery by stimulating heart function and mobilizing energy supplies but also enhances endothelial repair mechanisms and angiogenesis. Third, in the long term, regular exercise sustains a low resting heart rate that reduces the mechanical stress imposed to the endothelium of cerebral arteries by the cardiac cycle. Any chronic variation from a healthy environment will perturb metabolism and thus hasten endothelial damage, favoring hypoperfusion and neuronal stress.
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- Virginie Bolduc
- Departments of Surgery and Pharmacology, Université de Montréal, and Centre de recherche, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Leblond F, Nguyen A, Bolduc V, Lambert J, Yu C, Duquette N, Thorin E. Postnatal exposure to voluntary exercise but not the antioxidant catechin protects the vasculature after a switch to an atherogenic environment in middle-age mice. Pflugers Arch 2013; 465:197-208. [PMID: 23291710 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-012-1206-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2012] [Revised: 12/09/2012] [Accepted: 12/10/2012] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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We aimed to evaluate the lasting functional imprinting of exercise (EX) and catechin (CAT) on the vascular function of middle-age mice switched to a proatherogenic environment. C57BL/6J mice (n = 10-15 in each group) fed a regular diet (RD) were exposed from the age of 1 to 9 months either to EX (voluntary running; 2.7 ± 0.2 km/day), to the polyphenol CAT (30 mg/kg/day in drinking water), or to physical inactivity (PI). At 9 months of age, EX and CAT were stopped and mice either remained on the RD or were fed a Western diet (WD) for an additional 3 months. At 12 months of age, mice from all groups fed a WD had similar body mass, systolic blood pressure, and plasma total cholesterol, glucose, insulin, and isoprostane. Compared to the RD, the WD induced an indomethacin-sensitive aortic endothelium-dependent and independent dysfunction in PI mice (p < 0.05) that was prevented by both EX and CAT; this benefit was associated with a higher (p < 0.05) non-nitric oxide/non-prostacyclin endothelium-dependent relaxation. While EX, but not PI or CAT, prevented vascular dysfunction induced by the WD in cerebral arteries, it had no effect in femoral arteries. The profiles of activity of antioxidant enzymes and of proinflammatory gene expression in the aorta suggest a better adaptation of EX > CAT > PI mice to stress. In conclusion, our data suggest that a postnatal exposure to EX, but not to CAT, imprints an adaptive defense capacity in the vasculature against a deleterious change in lifestyle.
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- Francois Leblond
- Department of Pharmacology, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Mandalà M, Pedatella AL, Morales Palomares S, Cipolla MJ, Osol G. Maturation is associated with changes in rat cerebral artery structure, biomechanical properties and tone. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2012; 205:363-71. [PMID: 22212496 DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2011.02406.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2011] [Revised: 05/04/2011] [Accepted: 12/20/2011] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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AIM This study evaluated the hypothesis that physiological maturation affects cerebral artery smooth muscle-endothelial interactions involved in pressure-induced tone and alters the dimensional and biomechanical properties of small posterior cerebral arteries (PCA). METHODS Secondary branches of PCA from young (4-5 weeks old, n=11), adult (14-16 weeks old, n=11) and mature (44-47 weeks old, n=11) male Sprague-Dawley rats were isolated, cannulated, pressurized and subjected to a range of intraluminal pressures (10-110 mmHg) to determine tone with and without pharmacologic nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibition. Measurements of passive lumen diameter and wall thickness as a function of pressure were used to determine changes in structure, distensibility and wall stress; histological analysis was performed on vessel cross-sections to assess collagen and elastin contents. RESULTS Although pressure-dependent tone decreased significantly during ageing, differences between groups were abolished by NOS inhibition. Vessel diameters increased in adult vs. young rats (at 90 mmHg, 233 ± 6.0 μm vs. 192 ± 4.5 μm; P<0.05), possibly secondary to somatic growth. Further ageing was associated with reductions in lumen diameter (207 ± 6.5 μm; P<0.05), increased wall and media thickness (and wall/lumen ratio) and cross-sectional area. Distensibility and wall collagen were unchanged, although elastin content was significantly reduced. CONCLUSIONS Maturation is associated with differences in PCA dimensional properties that indicate a pattern of initial outward eutrophic, followed by inward hypertrophic remodelling. Functionally, the contribution of basal NO increases with age in a way that reduces pressure-dependent tone and diminishes vasodilator reserve.
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- Department of Cell Biology; University of Calabria; Arcavacata di Rende; Italy
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- Department of Neurology; University of Vermont; Burlington; VT; USA
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- Department of Obstretrics and Gynecology; University of Vermont; Burlington; VT; USA
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Bolduc V, Baraghis E, Duquette N, Thorin-Trescases N, Lambert J, Lesage F, Thorin E. Catechin prevents severe dyslipidemia-associated changes in wall biomechanics of cerebral arteries in LDLr-/-:hApoB+/+ mice and improves cerebral blood flow. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2012; 302:H1330-9. [PMID: 22268108 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01044.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Endothelial dysfunction and oxidative stress contribute to the atherosclerotic process that includes stiffening of large peripheral arteries. In contrast, our laboratory previously reported a paradoxical increase in cerebrovascular compliance in LDLr(-/-):hApoB(+/+) atherosclerotic (ATX) mice (7). We hypothesized that prevention of cerebral artery endothelial dysfunction with a chronic dietary antioxidant intake would normalize the changes in cerebral artery wall structure and biomechanics and prevent the decline in basal cerebral blood flow associated with atherosclerosis. Three-month-old ATX mice were treated, or not, for 3 mo with the polyphenol (+)-catechin (CAT; 30 mg·kg(-1)·day(-1)) and compared with wild-type controls. In isolated, pressurized cerebral arteries from ATX mice, CAT prevented endothelial dysfunction (deterioration of endothelium-dependent, flow-mediated dilations; P < 0.05), the inward hypertrophic structural remodeling (increase in the wall-to-lumen ratio; P < 0.05), and the rise in cerebrovascular compliance (rightward shift of the stress-strain curve measured in passive conditions, reflecting mechanical properties of the arterial wall; P < 0.05). Doppler optical coherence tomography imaging in vivo confirmed these findings, showing that cerebral compliance was higher in ATX mice and normalized by CAT (P < 0.05). CAT also prevented basal cerebral hypoperfusion in ATX mice (P < 0.05). Active remodeling of the cerebrovascular wall in ATX mice was further suggested by the increase (P < 0.05) in pro-metalloproteinase-9 activity, which was normalized by CAT. We conclude that, by preserving the endothelial function, a chronic treatment with CAT prevents the deleterious effect of severe dyslipidemia on cerebral artery wall structure and biomechanical properties, contributing to preserving resting cerebral blood flow.
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- Virginie Bolduc
- Université de Montréal, Faculty of Medicine, Departments of Pharmacology, Quebec, Canada
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