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Melià-Sorolla M, Castaño C, DeGregorio-Rocasolano N, Rodríguez-Esparragoza L, Dávalos A, Martí-Sistac O, Gasull T. Relevance of Porcine Stroke Models to Bridge the Gap from Pre-Clinical Findings to Clinical Implementation. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21186568. [PMID: 32911769 PMCID: PMC7555414 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21186568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2020] [Revised: 09/03/2020] [Accepted: 09/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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In the search of animal stroke models providing translational advantages for biomedical research, pigs are large mammals with interesting brain characteristics and wide social acceptance. Compared to rodents, pigs have human-like highly gyrencephalic brains. In addition, increasingly through phylogeny, animals have more sophisticated white matter connectivity; thus, ratios of white-to-gray matter in humans and pigs are higher than in rodents. Swine models provide the opportunity to study the effect of stroke with emphasis on white matter damage and neuroanatomical changes in connectivity, and their pathophysiological correlate. In addition, the subarachnoid space surrounding the swine brain resembles that of humans. This allows the accumulation of blood and clots in subarachnoid hemorrhage models mimicking the clinical condition. The clot accumulation has been reported to mediate pathological mechanisms known to contribute to infarct progression and final damage in stroke patients. Importantly, swine allows trustworthy tracking of brain damage evolution using the same non-invasive multimodal imaging sequences used in the clinical practice. Moreover, several models of comorbidities and pathologies usually found in stroke patients have recently been established in swine. We review here ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke models reported so far in pigs. The advantages and limitations of each model are also discussed.
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- Marc Melià-Sorolla
- Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology Research Group, Department of Neurosciences, Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute, 08916 Badalona, Catalonia, Spain; (M.M.-S.); (N.D.-R.)
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- Neurointerventional Radiology Unit, Department of Neurosciences, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, 08916 Badalona, Catalonia, Spain;
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- Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology Research Group, Department of Neurosciences, Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute, 08916 Badalona, Catalonia, Spain; (M.M.-S.); (N.D.-R.)
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- Stroke Unit, Department of Neurology, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, 08916 Badalona, Catalonia, Spain; (L.R.-E.); (A.D.)
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- Stroke Unit, Department of Neurology, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, 08916 Badalona, Catalonia, Spain; (L.R.-E.); (A.D.)
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- Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology Research Group, Department of Neurosciences, Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute, 08916 Badalona, Catalonia, Spain; (M.M.-S.); (N.D.-R.)
- Department of Cellular Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08916 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
- Fundació Institut d’Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol (IGTP), Carretera del Canyet, Camí de les Escoles s/n, Edifici Mar, 08916 Badalona, Catalonia, Spain
- Correspondence: (O.M.-S.); (T.G.); Tel.: +34-930330531 (O.M.-S.)
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- Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology Research Group, Department of Neurosciences, Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute, 08916 Badalona, Catalonia, Spain; (M.M.-S.); (N.D.-R.)
- Fundació Institut d’Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol (IGTP), Carretera del Canyet, Camí de les Escoles s/n, Edifici Mar, 08916 Badalona, Catalonia, Spain
- Correspondence: (O.M.-S.); (T.G.); Tel.: +34-930330531 (O.M.-S.)
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Effect of endothelin receptor antagonists on clinically relevant outcomes after experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 2015; 35:1085-9. [PMID: 25944590 PMCID: PMC4640283 DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.2015.89] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2014] [Revised: 04/01/2015] [Accepted: 04/01/2015] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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In clinical trials, endothelin receptor antagonists (ETRAs) reduced vasospasm but did not improve functional outcome after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). We assessed the effects of treatment with ETRAs on clinically relevant outcomes in animal studies modelling SAH by performing a systematic review of the literature for controlled animal studies of ETRAs for the treatment of SAH. Primary outcomes were neurobehavioral outcomes and case fatality. Secondary outcomes were cerebral vasospasm and cerebral blood flow. Summary estimates were calculated using normalized mean difference random effects meta-analysis. We included 27 studies (55 experiments, 639 animals). Neurobehavioral scores were reported in none of the experiments, and case fatality in 8 (15%). Treatment with ETRAs was associated with a pooled odds ratio for case fatality of 0.61 (95% confidence interval (CI), 0.27 to 1.39); a 54% increase (95% CI, 39 to 69) in cerebral arterial diameter; and a 93% increase (95% CI, 58 to 129) in cerebral blood flow. We conclude that there is no evidence from animal studies that treatment with an ETRA improves clinically relevant outcomes after SAH. The reduction in cerebral vasospasm observed in animal studies is consistent with that observed in clinical trials, an effect that is not associated with better functional outcome in patients.
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Loesch A, Dashwood MR, Coppi AA. Immunoreactive Endothelin-1 and Endothelin A Receptor in Basilar Artery Perivascular Nerves of Young and Adult Capybaras. Cells Tissues Organs 2013; 198:47-56. [DOI: 10.1159/000348617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/04/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Anozie O, Ross R, Oyekan AO, Yakubu MA. Differential modulation of bradykinin-induced relaxation of endothelin-1 and phenylephrine contractions of rat aorta by antioxidants. Acta Pharmacol Sin 2007; 28:1566-72. [PMID: 17883941 PMCID: PMC4503219 DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7254.2007.00631.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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AIM We tested the hypothesis that bradykinin (BK)-induced relaxation of phenylephrine (PE) and endothelin-1 (ET-1) contractions can be differentially modulated by reactive oxygen species (ROS). METHODS Aortic rings isolated from Sprague-Dawley rats were used for the study. The contribution of ROS to PE (1 x 10(-9)-1 x 10(-5) mol/L)- and ET-1 (1 x 10(-10)-1 x 10(-8) mol/L)-induced contractions and the influence of ROS in BK (1 x 10(-9)-1 x 10(-5) mol/L) relaxation of PE (1 x 10(-7) mol/L) or ET-1 (1 x 10(-9) mol/L)-induced tension was evaluated in the aorta in the presence or absence of the following antioxidants: catalase (CAT, 300 U/mL), superoxide dismutase (SOD, 300 U/mL), and vitamin C (1 x 10(-4) mol/L). RESULTS Tension generated by ET-1 (1 x 10(-9) mol/L) or PE (1 x 10(-7) mol/L) was differentially relaxed by BK (1 x 10(-5) mol/L), producing a maximal relaxation of 75%+/-5% and 35+/-4%, respectively. The BK (1 x 10(-5) mol/L)-induced relaxation of PE (1 x 10(-7) mol/L) tension was significantly enhanced from 35%+/-4% (control) to 56%+/-9%, 60%+/-5%, and 49%+/-6% by SOD, CAT, and vitamin C, respectively (P<0.05, n=8). However, the relaxation of ET-1 (1 x 10(-9) mol/L) tension was significantly attenuated from 75%+/-5% (control) to 37%+/-9%, 63%+/-4%, and 39%+/-7% by SOD, CAT, and vitamin C, respectively (P<0.05, n=8). On the other hand, CAT had no effect on PE-induced tension, while SOD enhanced PE-induced tension (36%, P<0.05, n=10) and vitamin C attenuated (66%, P<0.05, n=8) the tension induced by PE. By contrast, SOD or vitamin C had no effect, but CAT attenuated (44%, P<0.05, n=9) the tension induced by ET-1. CONCLUSION We have demonstrated that O2(-) and H2O2 differentially modulate BK relaxation in an agonist-specific manner. O2(-) attenuates BK-induced relaxation of PE contraction, but contributes to the relaxation of ET-1 contraction. O2(-) seems to inhibit PE contraction, while H2O2 contributes to ET-1-induced contraction. Thus, ROS differentially modulate vascular tone depending on the vasoactive agent that is used to generate the tone.
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- Correspondence to Dr Momoh A YAKUBU. Phn 713-313-4231. Fax 713-313-4342.
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Tang C, Wu AH, Xue HL, Wang YJ. Tanshinone IIA inhibits endothelin-1 production in TNF-alpha-induced brain microvascular endothelial cells through suppression of endothelin-converting enzyme-1 synthesis. Acta Pharmacol Sin 2007; 28:1116-22. [PMID: 17640471 DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7254.2007.00598.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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AIM To investigate the effects of tanshinone IIA (Tan IIA) on the regulation of the production of endothelin (ET)-1 (including large ET-1), mRNA levels of ET-1, endothelin-converting enzyme-1 (ECE-1), endothelin-A receptor (ETA) and endothelin-B receptor (ETB) induced by TNF-alpha in rat brain microvascular endothelial cells (BMVEC). METHODS The ET-1 release (including large ET-1) into the culture medium was determined by enzyme immunoassay. The levels of ET-1, ECE-1, ETA, and ETB mRNA were measured by RT-PCR. Endothelin receptor binding was also tested. RESULTS The induction of ET-1 release by TNF-alpha from cultured BMVEC was dose-dependently reduced by Tan IIA, but large ET-1 levels progressively increased in response to Tan IIA; the mRNA expression of ET-1 was unaffected. Tan IIA also caused a decrease in ETA receptor mRNA and ECE-1 expression in a dose-dependent manner. Endothelin receptor binding was unaltered in BMVEC stimulated with TNF-alpha alone or a combination of TNF-alpha and Tan IIA. CONCLUSION These findings suggest that Tan IIA may inhibit ET-1 production in TNF-alpha-induced BMVEC through the suppression of ECE-1 synthesis.
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- Chao Tang
- Department of Neurosurgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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Yakubu MA, Nsaif RH, Oyekan AO. peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha activation-mediated regulation of endothelin-1 production via nitric oxide and protein kinase C signaling pathways in piglet cerebral microvascular endothelial cell culture. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2006; 320:774-81. [PMID: 17105827 PMCID: PMC4502983 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.106.104992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Elevated endothelin (ET)-1 has been implicated in cerebrovascular complications following brain trauma characterized by dysregulation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS), protein kinase C (PKC), and cerebral function. Recently, vascular expression of PPARalpha has been observed and suggested to improve vascular dysfunction. We speculate that activation of PPARalpha in cerebral microvessels can improve cerebral dysfunction following trauma, and we tested the hypothesis that activation of cerebral endothelial peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)alpha will attenuate ET-1 production via a mechanism involving nitric oxide (NO) and PKC. Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) (1 microM), bradykinin (BK, 1 microM), angiotensin II (AII, 1 microM), or hemoglobin (Hem, 10 microM) increased ET-1 levels by 24-, 11.4-, 3.6-, or 1.3-fold increasing ET-1 levels from 0.36 +/- 0.08 to 8.6 +/- 0.8, 4.1 +/- 0.7, 1.30 +/- 0.1, or 0.47 +/- 0.03 fmol/microg protein (p < 0.05), respectively. Clofibrate (10 microM) reduced basal ET-1 from 0.36 +/- 0.08 (control) to 0.03 +/- 0.01 and blunted vasoactive agent-induced increase to 0.12 +/- 0.07 (PMA), 0.6 +/- 0.04 (BK), 0.25 +/- 0.03 (AII), or 0.12 +/- 0.03 (Hem) fM/microg protein (p < 0.05). L-arginine methyl ester (100 microM) inhibited clofibrate-induced reduction in basal ET-1 production. Clofibrate increased PPARalpha expression, accompanied by increased NO production and eNOS expression. PKC inhibition by calphostin C (10 microM) blocked these effects, whereas activation by PMA reduced basal PPARalpha expression. Thus, PPARalpha activation attenuated ET-1 production by agents that mediate brain injury through mechanisms that probably result from PPARalpha-induced increase in eNOS expression/NO production and complex PKC signaling pathways. Therefore, PPARalpha activators can be appropriate therapeutic agents to alleviate cerebrovascular dysfunction following cerebral vasospasm.
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- Momoh A Yakubu
- Vascular Biology Unit, Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Texas Southern University, Houston, TX 77004, USA.
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Germinal matrix hemorrhage refers to bleeding that arises from the subependymal (or periventricular) germinal region of the immature brain. Clinical studies have shown that infants who experience germinal matrix hemorrhage can develop hydrocephalus or suffer from long-term neurologic dysfunction, including cerebral palsy, seizures, and learning disabilities. Understanding the causative factors and the pathogenesis of subsequent brain damage is important if germinal matrix hemorrhage is to be prevented or treated. Appropriate animal models are necessary to achieve this understanding. A number of animal species, including mice, rats, rabbits, sheep, pigs, dogs, cats, and primates, have been used to model germinal matrix hemorrhage. This literature review critically evaluates the animal models of germinal matrix hemorrhage. Each model has its own advantages and disadvantages; no single model is suitable for the study of all aspects of brain damage.
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- Janani Balasubramaniam
- Department of Pathology, University of Manitoba and Manitoba Instititute of Child Health, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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Yakubu MA, Leffler CW. Regulation of cerebral microvascular endothelial cell cyclooxygenase-2 message and activity by blood derived vasoactive agents. Brain Res Bull 2005; 68:150-6. [PMID: 16325014 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2005.07.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2005] [Revised: 07/01/2005] [Accepted: 07/04/2005] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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We have investigated the effects of prolonged treatment of cerebral microvascular endothelial cells with vasoconstrictor products of blood clot hemolysis on prostanoid production and cyclooxygenase (COX)/prostacyclin synthase activity and message. Confluent primary cultures of endothelial cells derived from piglet cerebral microvessels were incubated with endothelin-1 (ET-1; 10 nM) or thromboxane A(2) analog U-46619 (1 microM), alone or combined, and COX/prostacyclin synthase activity determined following exposure of treated cells to arachidonic acid (10 microM) for 30 min. 6-KetoPGF(1)alpha and PGE(2) levels in the medium were determined using radioimmunoassay. Effect of treatments on COX-2 message was determined by RNAse Protection Assay. Combined treatment with ET-1 (10 nM) and U-46619 (1 microM) for 24h significantly reduced 6-ketoPGF(1)alpha and PGE(2) levels in the media by 57% and 33%. Treatment of cells with U-46619 alone increased both 6-ketoPGF(1)alpha and PGE(2) level in the media by 170% and 42%. Incubation of control cells with arachidonic acid (10 microM) for 30 min increased 6-ketoPGF(1)alpha and PGE(2) production by 163% and 567%. Pretreatment with ET-1 or U-46619 alone for 24h had no significant effect on 6-ketoPGF(1)alpha produced from exogenous arachidonic acid. However, PGE(2) production from exogenous arachidonic acid by cells pretreated with ET-1 but not with U-46619 was attenuated by 35%. Combined treatment with ET-1 and U-46619 reduced both PGE(2) and 6-ketoPGF(1)alpha production from arachidonic acid by 14% and 40%, respectively. Acute incubation of cells with ET-1 or U-46619 did not have any significant effects on COX-2 mRNA. In conclusion, combined ET-1 and U-46619 reduced prostanoid production. The reduction cannot be fully explained by changes in COX/prostacyclin synthase activity and/or message, but the changes could be due to reduced availability of free arachidonic acid potentially resulting from inhibition of endothelial phospholipase A(2).
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- Momoh A Yakubu
- Vascular Biology Unit, Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Texas Southern University, 3100 Cleburne Avenue, Houston, TX 77004, USA.
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Loesch A, Gajkowska B, Dashwood MR, Fioretto ET, Gagliardo KM, Lima ARD, Ribeiro AACM. Endothelin-1 and endothelin receptors in the basilar artery of the capybara. J Mol Histol 2005; 36:25-34. [PMID: 15703996 DOI: 10.1007/s10735-004-2912-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2004] [Revised: 09/02/2004] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Little is known about cerebral vasculature of capybara, which seems may serve as a natural model of studying changes in cerebral circulation due to internal carotid artery atrophy at animal sexual maturation. This is the first study of the light- and electron-immunocytochemical localisation of endothelin-1 (ET-1) and ETA and ETB endothelin receptors in the basilar artery of capybaras (6 to 12-month-old females and males) using an ExtrAvidin detection method. All animals examined showed similar patterns of immunoreactivity. Immunoreactivity for ET-1 was detected in the endothelium and adventitial fibroblasts, whilst immunoreactivity for ETA and ETB receptors was present in the endothelium, vascular smooth muscle, perivascular nerves and fibroblasts. In endothelial cells immunoreactivity to ET-1 was pronounced in the cytoplasm or on the granular endoplasmic reticulum. Similar patterns of immunolabelling were observed for ETA and ETB receptors, though cytoplasmic location of clusters of immunoprecipitate seems dominant. These results suggest that the endothelin system is present throughout the wall of the basilar artery of capybara.
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- Andrzej Loesch
- Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology (Royal Free Campus), Royal Free and University College Medical School, University College London, Rowland Hill Street, London, UK, NW3 2PF,
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Liu LM, Ward JA, Dubick MA. Hemorrhage-induced vascular hyporeactivity to norepinephrine in select vasculatures of rats and the roles of nitric oxide and endothelin. Shock 2003; 19:208-14. [PMID: 12630519 DOI: 10.1097/00024382-200303000-00003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Hemorrhage-induced vascular hyporeactivity to norepinephrine (NE) and the possible effector roles of nitric oxide (NO) and endothelin (ET) were investigated in different vascular beds of rats. Under urethane anesthesia, rats (n = 7 per group) were hemorrhaged to a mean arterial pressure (MAP) of 50 mm Hg for 60 min. A group of rats was pretreated with either NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (10 mg/kg), an NO synthase inhibitor, or PD142893 (0.1 mg/kg), an ET receptor antagonist 15 min before the end of the hypotensive period. Operated, euvolemic rats served as controls. The responses of MAP and the blood flow of the superior mesenteric (SMA), celiac (CA), left renal (LRA), and left femoral arteries (LFA) to NE (3 microg/kg, i.v.) were measured at baseline (prehemorrhage), at the end of the hypotensive period (0 h), and at 1, 2, and 4 h after the end of the hypotensive period. The pressor responses to NE on MAP at 0, 1, 2, and 4 h in the 60-min hemorrhage groups were reduced to 45.9%, 37.8%, 29.2%, 18.4% of baseline pressor response, respectively. At these same times, the fall in blood flow in response to NE in SMA, CA, LRA, and LFA was significantly blunted (P < 0.01). This loss of responsiveness in CA and LFA was more severe than in SMA and LRA (P < 0.05-P < 0.01). Pretreatment with L-NAME or PD142893 significantly improved the pressor response of MAP and the blood flow responses of the four arteries to NE (P < 0.01). Hypotension at 50 mm Hg for 60 min resulted in an apparent loss of vascular reactivity to NE, and the four vasculatures studies were not affected to the same extent. In addition, NO and ET appear to contribute to the loss of vascular reactivity in different vasculatures in hemorrhagic shock.
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- Liang-ming Liu
- US Army Institute of Surgical Research, San Antonio, Texas 78234-6315, USA
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Yakubu MA, Leffler CW. L-type voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels in cerebral microvascular endothelial cells and ET-1 biosynthesis. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2002; 283:C1687-95. [PMID: 12388093 PMCID: PMC2924154 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00071.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We investigated the role of intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) in endothelin-1 (ET-1) production, the effects of potential vasospastic agents on [Ca2+]i, and the presence of L-type voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels in cerebral microvascular endothelial cells. Primary cultures of endothelial cells isolated from piglet cerebral microvessels were used. Confluent cells were exposed to either the thromboxane receptor agonist U-46619 (1 microM), 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT; 0.1 mM), or lysophosphatidic acid (LPA; 1 microM) alone or after pretreatment with the Ca2+-chelating agent EDTA (100 mM), the L-type Ca2+ channel blocker verapamil (10 microM), or the antagonist of receptor-operated Ca2+ channel SKF-96365 HCl (10 microM) for 15 min. ET-1 production increased from 1.2 (control) to 8.2 (U-46619), 4.9 (5-HT), or 3.9 (LPA) fmol/microg protein, respectively. Such elevated ET-1 biosynthesis was attenuated by verapamil, EDTA, or SKF-96365 HCl. To investigate the presence of L-type voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels in endothelial cells, the [Ca2+]i signal was determined fluorometrically by using fura 2-AM. Superfusion of confluent endothelial cells with U-46619, 5-HT, or LPA significantly increased [Ca2+]i. Pretreatment of endothelial cells with high K+ (60 mM) or nifedipine (4 microM) diminished increases in [Ca2+]i induced by the vasoactive agents. These results indicate that 1) elevated [Ca2+]i signals are involved in ET-1 biosynthesis induced by specific spasmogenic agents, 2) the increases in [Ca2+]i induced by the vasoactive agents tested involve receptor as well as L-type voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels, and 3) primary cultures of cerebral microvascular endothelial cells express L-type voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels.
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- Momoh A Yakubu
- Laboratory for Research in Neonatal Physiology, Vascular Biology Program, Department of Physiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38163, USA.
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Pyne GJ, Cadoux-Hudson TA, Clark JF. The presence of an extractable substance in the CSF of humans with cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid haemorrhage that correlates with phosphatase inhibition. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2000; 1474:283-90. [PMID: 10779679 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-4165(00)00030-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The cellular events leading to cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid haemorrhage are poorly understood, although an increase in smooth muscle myosin light chain phosphorylation has been observed. This study set out to determine if phosphatase inhibition may be involved in the pathological maintenance of tension observed during vasospasm. We found that 1 nM okadaic acid, a type 2A protein phosphatase inhibitor, elicited an increase in rate of O(2) consumption in the porcine carotid artery similar to that by cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from vasospastic patients (CSF(V), n=5) (control 0.23+/-0.03, CSF(V) 0.84+/-0.16 and okadaic acid 0.85+/-0.02 micromol min(-1) g dwt(-1)). It was also observed that phosphatase inhibition with 1 nM okadaic acid significantly slowed relaxation after a stretch in a similar fashion to CSF(V) haemorrhage. CSF from vasospastic subarachnoid haemorrhage patients, but not from those without vasospasm, contains an extractable substance which modulates myosin light chain phosphorylation in vitro. A phosphatase preparation obtained from the porcine carotid artery dephosphorylated 63+/-2% of the phosphorylated (MLC(20)) substrate in vitro, and non-vasospastic CSF treated enzyme dephosphorylated 60+/-2.6%. Okadaic acid inhibited phosphatase dephosphorylated only 7.5+/-1% of the substrate where CSF(V) treated enzyme dephosphorylated 22+/-2.8% of the substrate. We conclude that inhibition of smooth muscle phosphatase may be involved in the mechanisms associated with cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid haemorrhage.
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- G J Pyne
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK
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Yakubu MA, Leffler CW. Enhanced pial arteriolar sensitivity to bioactive agents following exposure to endothelin-1. Life Sci 2000; 66:307-16. [PMID: 10665982 DOI: 10.1016/s0024-3205(99)00592-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Effects of prior exposure of pial arterioles to endothelin-1 (ET-1) (10(-9) M) on the constriction induced by the by-products of hemolyzed blood (5-HT, LTC4, LPA, and thromboxane analog U-46619) were examined. Piglets (age: 1-3 d) anesthetized with a mixture of ketamine hydrochloride and acepromazine were implanted with cranial windows, and anesthesia was maintained with alpha-chloralose. Topical applications of the by-products of hemolyzed blood mildly constricted pial arterioles. Following prior exposure of the microvessels to ET-1, application of the by-products of hemolyzed blood produced significantly potentiated and long-lasting constrictions compared to the controls. In another experiment, pretreatment of pial arterioles with U-46619 (10(-8) M) also potentiated the constriction induced by ET-1. The constriction produced was fast and longer-lasting. Thus, these data show that by-products of hemolyzed blood, though not potent vasoconstrictors per se, potently constricted pial arterioles in the presence of ET-1. The same agents in the CSF can also potentiate constriction induced by ET-1. Hence, by-products of hemolyzed blood may play a significant role in the initiation and maintenance of cerebral arterial narrowing observed following intracranial bleeding.
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- M A Yakubu
- Department of Physiology, Cardiovascular Renal Center, The University of Tennessee, Memphis 38163, USA.
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Yakubu MA, Leffler CW. Regulation of ET-1 biosynthesis in cerebral microvascular endothelial cells by vasoactive agents and PKC. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1999; 276:C300-5. [PMID: 9950756 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1999.276.2.c300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Endothelin-1 (ET-1) is the most potent vasoconstrictor agent known. ET-1 is elevated in the cerebrospinal fluid following hemorrhage and brain injury and can compromise cerebral microvascular homeostasis. The modulation of ET-1 production by cerebral microvascular endothelial cells and the mechanism by which such changes take place are very important in our understanding of the pathological roles of ET-1. In the present study, we investigated the effects of vasoconstrictor agents that can be released from hemolyzed blood, cAMP-dependent dilators, and the role of protein kinase C (PKC) in the regulation of ET-1 production by piglet cerebral microvascular endothelial cells in culture. ET-1 was measured by RIA. 1) Cerebral microvascular endothelial cells synthesize and release ET-1 into the media; 2) 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), lysophosphatidic acid (LPA), thromboxane analog U-46619, fetal bovine serum (20%), and phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate significantly increase ET-1 production; 3) basal and vasoconstrictor agent-induced increases in ET-1 production by endothelial cells may be mediated via PKC; 4) cAMP-dependent vasodilators attenuate the basal production of ET-1 by cerebral microvessels; and 5) pretreatment of endothelial cells with a higher concentration of LPA, U-46619, or 5-HT counterbalances the cAMP-dependent dilator agent-induced reduction in basal ET-1 production. Therefore, by-products of hemolyzed blood can stimulate the production of ET-1 by a PKC-mediated mechanism. cAMP-dependent dilators can attenuate the vasoconstrictor agent-induced elevation in ET-1 production. These results suggest that cerebral microvascular homeostasis could be compromised by effects of interactions among vasoactive agents released during conditions injurious to the brain and they may further the understanding of potential contributions of hemolyzed blood clots to subarachnoid hemorrhage-induced vasospasm.
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Affiliation(s)
- M A Yakubu
- Laboratory for Research in Neonatal Physiology, Cardiovascular Renal Center, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, The University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee 38163, 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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