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Roberts-Thomson KM, Parker L, Betik AC, Wadley GD, Gatta PAD, Marwick TH, Keske MA. Oral and intravenous glucose administration elicit opposing microvascular blood flow responses in skeletal muscle of healthy people: role of incretins. J Physiol 2022; 600:1667-1681. [PMID: 35045191 PMCID: PMC9303176 DOI: 10.1113/jp282428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2021] [Accepted: 01/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Abstract Insulin infusion increases skeletal muscle microvascular blood flow (MBF) in healthy people but is impaired during insulin resistance. However, we have shown that eliciting insulin secretion via oral glucose loading in healthy people impairs muscle MBF, whilst others have demonstrated intravenous glucose infusion stimulates MBF. We aimed to show that the route of glucose administration (oral versus intravenous) influences muscle MBF, and explore potential gut‐derived hormones that may explain these divergent responses. Ten healthy individuals underwent a 120 min oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT; 75 g glucose) and on a subsequent occasion an intravenous glucose tolerance test (IVGTT, bypassing the gut) matched for similar blood glucose excursions. Femoral artery and thigh muscle microvascular (contrast‐enhanced ultrasound) haemodynamics were measured at baseline and during the OGTT/IVGTT. Plasma insulin, C‐peptide, glucagon, non‐esterified fatty acids and a range of gut‐derived hormones and incretins (gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP) and glucagon‐like peptide‐1(GLP‐1)) were measured at baseline and throughout the OGTT/IVGTT. The IVGTT increased whereas the OGTT impaired MBF (1.3‐fold versus 0.5‐fold from baseline, respectively, P = 0.0006). The impairment in MBF during the OGTT occurred despite producing 2.8‐fold higher plasma insulin concentrations (P = 0.0001). The change in MBF from baseline (ΔMBF) negatively correlated with ΔGIP concentrations (r = −0.665, P < 0.0001). The natural log ratio of incretins GLP‐1:GIP was positively associated with ΔMBF (r = 0.658, P < 0.0001), suggesting they have opposing actions on the microvasculature. Postprandial hyperglycaemia per se does not acutely determine opposing microvascular responses between OGTT and IVGTT. Incretins may play a role in modulating skeletal muscle MBF in humans. Key points Insulin or mixed nutrient meals stimulate skeletal muscle microvascular blood flow (MBF) to aid in the delivery of nutrients; however, this vascular effect is lost during insulin resistance. Food/drinks containing large glucose loads impair MBF in healthy people; however, this impairment is not observed when glucose is infused intravenously (bypassing the gut). We investigated skeletal muscle MBF responses to a 75 g oral glucose tolerance test and intravenous glucose infusion and aimed to identify potential gut hormones responsible for glucose‐mediated changes in MBF. Despite similar blood glucose concentrations, orally ingested glucose impaired, whereas intravenously infused glucose augmented, skeletal muscle MBF. The incretin gastric inhibitory polypeptide was negatively associated with MBF, suggestive of an incretin‐mediated MBF response to oral glucose ingestion. This work provides new insight into why diets high in glucose may be detrimental to vascular health and provides new avenues for novel treatment strategies targeting microvascular dysfunction.
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- Katherine M Roberts-Thomson
- Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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- Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.,Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.,Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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- Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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- Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.,Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Kozel BA, Barak B, Ae Kim C, Mervis CB, Osborne LR, Porter M, Pober BR. Williams syndrome. Nat Rev Dis Primers 2021; 7:42. [PMID: 34140529 PMCID: PMC9437774 DOI: 10.1038/s41572-021-00276-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Williams syndrome (WS) is a relatively rare microdeletion disorder that occurs in as many as 1:7,500 individuals. WS arises due to the mispairing of low-copy DNA repetitive elements at meiosis. The deletion size is similar across most individuals with WS and leads to the loss of one copy of 25-27 genes on chromosome 7q11.23. The resulting unique disorder affects multiple systems, with cardinal features including but not limited to cardiovascular disease (characteristically stenosis of the great arteries and most notably supravalvar aortic stenosis), a distinctive craniofacial appearance, and a specific cognitive and behavioural profile that includes intellectual disability and hypersociability. Genotype-phenotype evidence is strongest for ELN, the gene encoding elastin, which is responsible for the vascular and connective tissue features of WS, and for the transcription factor genes GTF2I and GTF2IRD1, which are known to affect intellectual ability, social functioning and anxiety. Mounting evidence also ascribes phenotypic consequences to the deletion of BAZ1B, LIMK1, STX1A and MLXIPL, but more work is needed to understand the mechanism by which these deletions contribute to clinical outcomes. The age of diagnosis has fallen in regions of the world where technological advances, such as chromosomal microarray, enable clinicians to make the diagnosis of WS without formally suspecting it, allowing earlier intervention by medical and developmental specialists. Phenotypic variability is considerable for all cardinal features of WS but the specific sources of this variability remain unknown. Further investigation to identify the factors responsible for these differences may lead to mechanism-based rather than symptom-based therapies and should therefore be a high research priority.
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- Beth A. Kozel
- Translational Vascular Medicine Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA
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- The Sagol School of Neuroscience and The School of Psychological Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Pediatrics, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
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Li L, Lai EY, Cao X, Welch WJ, Wilcox CS. Endothelial prostaglandin D 2 opposes angiotensin II contractions in mouse isolated perfused intracerebral microarterioles. J Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone Syst 2020; 21:1470320320966177. [PMID: 33094663 PMCID: PMC7585895 DOI: 10.1177/1470320320966177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Hypothesis: A lack of contraction of cerebral microarterioles to Ang II (“resilience”) depends on cyclooxygenase (COX) and lipocalin type prostaglandin D sythase L-PGDS producing PGD2 that activates prostaglandin D type 1 receptors (DP1Rs) and nitric oxide synthase (NOS). Materials & Methods: Contractions were assessed in isolated, perfused vessels and NO by fluorescence microscopy. Results: The mRNAs of penetrating intraparenchymal cerebral microarterioles versus renal afferent arterioles were >3000-fold greater for L-PGDS and DP1R and 5-fold for NOS III and COX 2. Larger cerebral arteries contracted with Ang II. However, cerebral microarterioles were entirely unresponsive but contracted with endothelin 1 and perfusion pressure. Ang II contractions were evoked in cerebral microarterioles from COX1 –/– mice or after blockade of COX2, L-PGDS or NOS and in deendothelialized vessels but effects of deendothelialization were lost during COX blockade. NO generation with Ang II depended on COX and also was increased by DP1R activation. Conclusion: The resilience of cerebral arterioles to Ang II contractions is specific for intraparenchymal microarterioles and depends on endothelial COX1 and two products that are metabolized by L-PGDS to generate PGD2 that signals via DP1Rs and NO.
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- L Li
- Hypertension Center and Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA.,Kidney Disease Center, the First Affiliated Hospital and Department of Physiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Hypertension Center and Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA.,Kidney Disease Center, the First Affiliated Hospital and Department of Physiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Kidney Disease Center, the First Affiliated Hospital and Department of Physiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Hypertension Center and Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA
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- Hypertension Center and Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA
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Brainstem sensing of meal-related signals in energy homeostasis. Neuropharmacology 2012; 63:31-45. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2012.03.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2012] [Revised: 03/12/2012] [Accepted: 03/23/2012] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Gaur V, Kumar A. Neuroprotective potentials of candesartan, atorvastatin and their combination against stroke induced motor dysfunction. Inflammopharmacology 2011; 19:205-14. [PMID: 21061073 DOI: 10.1007/s10787-010-0068-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2010] [Accepted: 10/19/2010] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Cerebral ischaemia is a leading cause of death and disability. The objective of the present investigation was to explore the neuroprotective potentials of candesartan and atorvastatin alone and their combination against the cerebral ischaemia induced behavioral, biochemical, and mitochondrial dysfunction. Male Wistar rats (200-220 g) were subjected to bilateral common carotid artery occlusion for 30 min followed by 24 h reperfusion. Candesartan (0.1 and 0.3 mg/kg) and atorvastatin (10 and 20 mg/kg) were pretreated for 7 days before animals were subjected to ischaemia reperfusion injury. Various behavioral tests (locomotor activity and rotarod performance), biochemical parameters (Malondialdehyde levels, nitrite concentration, superoxide dismutase and catalase activity, redox ratio, and GST) and mitochondrial enzyme (Complex I, II, III, and IV) dysfunctions were measured in cerebral cortex, striatum and hippocampus of the ischaemic brain. Seven days candesartan (0.1 and 0.3 mg/kg) or atorvastatin (10 and 20 mg/kg) pretreatment significantly attenuated neurobehavioral alterations, oxidative damage and restored mitochondrial enzyme dysfunction as compared to control (I/R) group. Further, combined treatment of candesartan (0.1 mg/kg) and atorvastatin (10 mg/kg) significantly potentiated their protective effect which was significant as compared to their effect alone. Present study suggests the protective effect of candesartan and atorvastatin and their combination against ischaemia reperfusion induced behavioral and biochemical alterations in rats.
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- Vaibhav Gaur
- Pharmacology Division, University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UGC Centre of Advanced Study, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India
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Edvinsson L. Cerebrovascular Angiotensin AT1 Receptor Regulation in Cerebral Ischemia. Trends Cardiovasc Med 2008; 18:98-103. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tcm.2008.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2007] [Revised: 01/20/2008] [Accepted: 01/25/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Wright JW, Yamamoto BJ, Harding JW. Angiotensin receptor subtype mediated physiologies and behaviors: new discoveries and clinical targets. Prog Neurobiol 2008; 84:157-81. [PMID: 18160199 PMCID: PMC2276843 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2007.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2007] [Revised: 08/17/2007] [Accepted: 10/24/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) mediates several classic physiologies including body water and electrolyte homeostasis, blood pressure, cyclicity of reproductive hormones and sexual behaviors, and the regulation of pituitary gland hormones. These functions appear to be mediated by the angiotensin II (AngII)/AT(1) receptor subtype system. More recently, the angiotensin IV (AngIV)/AT(4) receptor subtype system has been implicated in cognitive processing, cerebroprotection, local blood flow, stress, anxiety and depression. There is accumulating evidence to suggest an inhibitory influence by AngII acting at the AT(1) subtype, and a facilitory role by AngIV acting at the AT(4) subtype, on neuronal firing rate, long-term potentiation, associative and spatial learning, and memory. This review initially describes the biochemical pathways that permit synthesis and degradation of active angiotensin peptides and three receptor subtypes (AT(1), AT(2) and AT(4)) thus far characterized. There is vigorous debate concerning the identity of the most recently discovered receptor subtype, AT(4). Descriptions of classic and novel physiologies and behaviors controlled by the RAS are presented. This review concludes with a consideration of the emerging therapeutic applications suggested by these newly discovered functions of the RAS.
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- John W Wright
- Department of Psychology, Washington State University, P.O. Box 644820, Pullman, WA 99164-4820, USA.
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Stenman E, Jamali R, Henriksson M, Maddahi A, Edvinsson L. Cooperative effect of angiotensin AT1 and endothelin ETA receptor antagonism limits the brain damage after ischemic stroke in rat. Eur J Pharmacol 2007; 570:142-8. [PMID: 17597600 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2007.05.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2007] [Revised: 05/14/2007] [Accepted: 05/15/2007] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Cerebral ischemia results in enhanced expression of smooth muscle cell endothelin and angiotensin receptors in cerebral arteries. We hypothesise that this phenomenon may be detrimental and that acute treatment with a combined non-hypotensive dose of the angiotensin AT(1) receptor inhibitor candesartan and the endothelin ET(A) receptor antagonist ZD1611 reduces the infarct in experimental ischemic stroke. Transient middle cerebral artery occlusion was induced in male Wistar rats by the intraluminal filament technique for 2 h followed by recirculation. The animals received systemic candesartan (0.05 mg/kg/day), ZD1611 (0.15 mg/kg/day), both combined or vehicle with start immediately after the occlusion. After 48 h the rats were sacrificed, the brains sliced and stained with 1% 2, 3, 5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride (TTC) and the volume of ischemic damage determined. The middle cerebral arteries were harvested for immunocytochemical studies of angiotensin AT(1) and endothelin ET(A) receptor expression. Candesartan or ZD1611 did alone not significantly decrease the brain damage or improve neurological scores as compared to vehicle controls. The combined inhibition of angiotensin AT(1) and endothelin ET(A) receptors however decreased the brain damage and improved the neurological scores (both P<0.05). The treatment did not change resting mean arterial blood pressure. In addition, there was an upregulation of angiotensin AT(1) receptors in the ischemic middle cerebral artery smooth muscle cells, which was normalised by the combined treatment. In conclusion, the present study shows that combined inhibition of angiotensin AT(1) and endothelin ET(A) receptors reduces the brain damage and improves the neurological outcome after ischemic stroke in rat.
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- Emelie Stenman
- Institution of Clinical Sciences Lund, Department of Experimental Vascular Research, Lund University, BMC A13, 22184 Lund, Sweden
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- J M Saavedra
- Section on Pharmacology, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1264, USA.
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Wright JW, Harding JW. Brain angiotensin receptor subtypes AT1, AT2, and AT4 and their functions. REGULATORY PEPTIDES 1995; 59:269-95. [PMID: 8577933 DOI: 10.1016/0167-0115(95)00084-o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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- J W Wright
- Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman 99164-4820, USA
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Näveri L, Strömberg C, Saavedra JM. Angiotensin II AT2 receptor stimulation extends the upper limit of cerebral blood flow autoregulation: agonist effects of CGP 42112 and PD 123319. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 1994; 14:38-44. [PMID: 8263056 DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.1994.6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The effects of the angiotensin II AT2 receptor ligands CGP 42112 and PD 123319, the AT1 antagonist losartan, and the nonselective angiotensin II antagonist Sar1,Ile8-angiotensin II on the upper limit of CBF autoregulation were studied in pentobarbital-anesthetized rats. Blood pressure was increased by intravenous phenylephrine infusion, while CBF was measured continuously from the parietal cortex by laser-Doppler flowmetry. Intravenous infusions of CGP 42112 (0.1 and 1 mg kg-1 min-1) and PD 123319 (0.36 and 1 mg kg-1 min-1) shifted the upper limit of CBF autoregulation toward higher blood pressures without affecting baseline CBF. Sar1,Ile8-angiotensin II (4 micrograms kg-1 min-1) had no effect on baseline CBF or CBF autoregulation but antagonized the effect of CGP 42112 and PD 123319. Losartan (10 mg/kg i.v. bolus) reduced baseline blood pressure and CBF and shifted the autoregulation curve toward higher blood pressures. Sar1,Ile8-angiotensin II blocked the effect of losartan on baseline CBF but not on CBF autoregulation. These results suggest that both CGP 42112 and PD 123319 exert their effects on CBF autoregulation through stimulation of angiotensin II AT2 receptors. The mechanism by which losartan affects CBF remains unclear.
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- L Näveri
- Section on Pharmacology, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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Ahmed B, Kastin AJ, Banks WA, Zadina JE. CNS effects of peptides: a cross-listing of peptides and their central actions published in the journal Peptides, 1986-1993. Peptides 1994; 15:1105-55. [PMID: 7991456 DOI: 10.1016/0196-9781(94)90078-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The centrally mediated effects of peptides as published in the journal Peptides from 1986 to 1993 are tabulated in two ways. In one table, the peptides are listed alphabetically. In another table, the effects are arranged alphabetically. Most of the effects observed after administration of peptides are grouped, wherever possible, into categories such as cardiovascular and gastrointestinal. The species used in most cases has been rats; where other animals were used, the species is noted. The route of administration of peptides and source of information also are included in the tables, with a complete listing provided at the end. Many peptides have been shown to exert a large number of centrally mediated effects.
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- B Ahmed
- VA Medical Center, New Orleans, LA 70146
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Czech DA, Stein EA. Effect of drinking on angiotensin-II-induced shifts in regional cerebral blood flow in the rat. Brain Res Bull 1992; 28:529-35. [PMID: 1617435 DOI: 10.1016/0361-9230(92)90099-j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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A map of brain regions affected by central administration of the octapeptide angiotensin II (AII) and that would further reflect the consequences of AII's well-known dipsogenic action was developed. Regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) as an indicator of neuronal activity was measured in conscious rats shortly after an ICV bolus injection of 100 ng AII or saline vehicle (VEH). AII-treated animals were further subdivided into two groups that were either permitted to drink [AII (W+)] or whose water was removed when drinking was attempted [AII (W-)]. When compared to VEH condition, blood flow increased significantly within 1 min after AII treatment in 33 of 53 regions sampled in those rats not given an opportunity to drink. In 11 of these 33 regions, ingestion of a small amount of water was associated with a reversal of AII-induced elevation in blood flow [i.e., AII (W+) less than AII (W-)]; these regions included the organum vasculosum lamina terminalis, rostral lateral hypothalamus, supraoptic nuclei, rostral zona incerta, and median eminence. A group of similarly treated rats exhibited a significant elevation of mean arterial blood pressure following AII treatment without significant shifts in arterial blood gases, pH, or bicarbonate. These data are consistent with prominent involvement of the anteroventral third ventricular region of the rat brain. The results further indicate that rCBF may be a sensitive measure for the identification of central sites of action of AII as a dipsogenic agent and may reveal distinctions between regions associated primarily with initiation of drinking and those reflecting the results of subsequent behavioral events.
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- D A Czech
- Department of Psychology, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 53233
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Nilsson C, Lindvall-Axelsson M, Owman C. Simultaneous and continuous measurement of choroid plexus blood flow and cerebrospinal fluid production: effects of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 1991; 11:861-7. [PMID: 1874819 DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.1991.146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Using laser-Doppler flowmetry during ventriculocisternal perfusion with inulin-[14C]carboxylic acid, choroid plexus blood flow (CPBF) and CSF production were measured simultaneously in rats during periods of 3 h. Blood flow and CSF production decreased only slightly during control experiments. The effect of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) was studied at different concentrations of the peptide given either intraventricularly or intravenously. Intraventricular administration of VIP (10(-9) or 10(-7) M) resulted in a decrease in CSF production of up to 30%, while CPBF increased by 20%, also demonstrating that CSF production and blood flow are not directly coupled in the choroid plexus. When infused intravenously, VIP (10 or 100 pmol/kg/min) increased CPBF, an effect partly antagonized at higher concentrations owing to a VIP-induced systemic hypotension. No effect of VIP on CSF production could be seen with intravenous administration.
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- C Nilsson
- Department of Medical Cell Research, University of Lund, Sweden
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Gross PM, Wall KM, Wainman DS, Shaver SW. Subregional topography of capillaries in the dorsal vagal complex of rats: II. Physiological properties. J Comp Neurol 1991; 306:83-94. [PMID: 2040731 DOI: 10.1002/cne.903060107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The differentiated cytoarchitecture, neurochemistry, and capillary organization of the rat dorsal vagal complex prompted this comprehensive investigation of microvascular physiology in 11 subdivisions of area postrema, 5 subnuclei of nucleus tractus solitarii (NTS), the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus nerve, and 4 other gray matter structures in the dorsal medulla oblongata. Microvascular exchangeable volume (residual plasma volume), capillary blood and plasma flow, and unidirectional transfer constants for a tracer amino acid, [14C]alpha-aminoisobutyric acid (AIB), varied considerably among the structures analyzed. Exchangeable volume, largest in area postrema medial zones (about 29 microliters.g-1) and smallest in medullary gray matter (7-11 microliters.g-1), correlated directly with subregional densities of capillaries and rates of tissue glucose metabolism. Capillary blood flow (range of 1,430-2,147 microliters.g-1.min-1), plasma flow, and tissue glucose metabolism (range of 0.48-0.71 mumol.g-1.min-1) were linearly related in the dorsal vagal complex. The most striking quantitative difference among structures in this brain region were the rates of transcapillary influx and derived permeability X surface area (PS) products of [14C]AIB, which has physicochemical properties resembling those of hormones. PS products for AIB were negligible in most medullary gray matter regions (less than 1 microliter.g-1.min-1, indicative of blood-brain barrier properties), but were 20-59X and 99-402X higher in NTS subnuclei and area postrema, respectively. An extraordinary feature of the microcirculation in area postrema was the long-duration transit of tracer sucrose and blood, a characteristic that would amplify the sensing ability of area postrema as it monitors the composition of the circulation.
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- P M Gross
- Department of Surgery, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
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Tuor UI. Local distribution of the effects of sympathetic stimulation on cerebral blood flow in the rat. Brain Res 1990; 529:224-31. [PMID: 2282493 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(90)90831-u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Although the density of sympathetic fibres on the cerebral vessels varies regionally, the cerebral circulatory effects of electrical stimulation of these fibres on the cerebral circulation have not been mapped in detail. In the present study the effects of sympathetic stimulation on local cerebral blood flow were examined in urethane anaesthetized rats using autoradiographic techniques. Initial experiments determined that unilateral stimulation of the superior cervical ganglion altered cerebral circulatory dynamics to an extent sufficient to reduce cerebral venous pressure by 1.1 +/- 0.2 mm Hg. Local cerebral blood flow was measured with iodo[14C]antipyrine autoradiography in 4 groups: (1) sham; (2) sham + unilateral sympathetic nerve section; (3) unilateral stimulation of the superior cervical ganglion; and (4) unilateral sympathetic stimulation + contralateral sympathetic nerve section. In the sham animals, local cerebral blood flow was equivalent in the innervated and denervated hemispheres. During stimulation plus contralateral nerve section, a regionally heterogeneous response to sympathetic stimulation was observed. Local cerebral blood flow was reduced 11-19% on the stimulated side in over one half (15/28) of the regions examined (e.g. thalamic nuclei and caudate nucleus). In general, ipsilateral reductions in flow occurred in the territory supplied by the middle cerebral, posterior cerebral and posterior communicating arteries and their branches. Cerebral blood flow was symmetrical in regions supplied by the basilar and anterior cerebral arteries and in some midline structures.
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- U I Tuor
- Division of Neonatology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont., Canada
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Gastrointestinal Peptide Binding and Function in the Brain: Emphasis on Peptide YY. NEUROENDOCRINE PERSPECTIVES 1990. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4612-3446-3_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Faraci FM, Choi J, Baumbach GL, Mayhan WG, Heistad DD. Microcirculation of the area postrema. Permeability and vascular responses. Circ Res 1989; 65:417-25. [PMID: 2752549 DOI: 10.1161/01.res.65.2.417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The area postrema is a circumventricular organ that plays an important role in neurohumoral regulation of the circulation. We have developed a method to examine permeability and vascular responses of the microcirculation of the area postrema in vivo. A craniotomy was performed over the dorsal brain stem in anesthetized rats, and blood vessels to the area postrema were visualized with fluorescein microscopy. Extravasation of sodium fluorescein (MW, 386), but not 150 kDa (MW) fluorescein isothiocyanate-dextran, occurred in the area postrema under control conditions. There was no extravasation of fluorescein or dextran in the brain stem under control conditions. Acute hypertension produced marked disruption of the barrier to 150 kDa dextran in the area postrema, compared with minimal disruption in the brain stem. We tested the hypothesis that the area postrema has greater permeability to small molecules than the brain stem and that this permeability might be accompanied by distinctive vascular responses. Topical suffusion of adenosine and ADP produced similar dose-related dilation of arterioles to area postrema and dorsal brain stem. Topical and intravenous vasopressin produced similar dose-related constriction of vessels to area postrema and brain stem. Electron microscopy in rats demonstrated that a barrier to horseradish peroxidase, which is absent in capillaries in the area postrema, is present in arterioles that supply the area postrema.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- F M Faraci
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City 52242
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- H L Borison
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03756
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Emesis was noted following intravenous bolus injections into dogs of a chromatographic subfraction derived from porcine small intestinal tissue extracts. The active agent was isolated from this subfraction using sequential ion-exchange and reverse-phase HPLC and demonstrated to be the recently identified regulatory peptide PYY. The threshold dose for PYY-induced emesis in the dog is less than 120 pmol/kg. Emesis was sometimes seen following large IV bolus doses of neuropeptide Y (NPY), but none was seen following IV injection of pancreatic polypeptide (PP). Dogs prepared with discrete, bilateral lesions of the area postrema were refractory to a suprathreshold emetic dose of PYY. PYY is the most potent, circulating emetic peptide identified to date.
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- R K Harding
- Defence Research Establishment Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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