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Hypertension is associated with important alterations in the morphology of small arteries and arterioles. Vascular-specific manifestations are changes in the structure and function of vascular smooth muscle cells, extracellular matrix, perivascular tissues, and endothelial cells. Arteriole and capillary remodeling and capillary rarefaction have been observed in hypertensive animals and human beings which contribute to increased vascular resistance. An impairment of different angiogenetic factors, such as VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor), VEGFR-2 (vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2), TIMP-1 (tissue inhibitor matrix metalloproteinases-1), and TSP-1 (thrombospondin-1), seems to be responsible for the reduction of the microvascular network. Exercise training has been shown to improve vascular structure and function in hypertension not only in the large arteries but also in the peripheral circulation. Exercise training may regress microvascular remodeling and normalize capillary density, leading to capillary growth possibly by increasing proangiogenic stimuli such as VEGF. Exercise enhances endothelium-dependent vascular relaxation through nitric oxide release increase and oxidative stress reduction. Other mechanisms include improved balance between prostacyclin and thromboxane levels, lower circulating levels of endothelin-1, attenuation of infiltration of immune cells into perivascular adipose tissue, and increase of local adiponectin secretion. In addition, exercise training favorably modulates the expression of several microRNAs leading to a positive modification in muscle fiber composition. Identifying the bioactive molecules and biological mechanisms that mediate exercise benefits through pathways that differ from those used by antihypertensive drugs may help to improve our knowledge of hypertension pathophysiology and facilitate the development of new therapeutic strategies.
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Affiliation(s)
- Carolina De Ciuceis
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Italy (C.D.C., D.R.)
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Italy (C.D.C., D.R.).,Division of Medicine, Spedali Civili di Brescia, Montichiari, Brescia, Italy (D.R.)
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- Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padua, Italy (P.P.)
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Rouver WDN, Ferreira CRS, Delgado NTB, Santos RLD. Surgically induced deficiency of sex hormones modulates coronary vasodilation by estradiol in hypertension. J Basic Clin Physiol Pharmacol 2020; 32:215-223. [PMID: 34005843 DOI: 10.1515/jbcpp-2020-0042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2020] [Accepted: 10/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The effect of oestrogen in hormonal dysfunction is not clear, especially in the coronary vascular bed. This study aimed at estradiol action (E2) in the coronary vascular bed from sham-operated and gonadectomized female and male spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs). METHODS Male and female SHRs had their mean arterial pressure (MAP) and baseline coronary perfusion pressure (CPP) determined. The effects of E2 (10 μM) were evaluated in isolated hearts by in bolus infusion before and after endothelium denudation (0.25 μM sodium deoxycholate) or perfusion with 100 μM NG-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME), 2.8 μM indomethacin, 0.75 μM clotrimazole, L-NAME after endothelium denudation, L-NAME plus indomethacin, or 4 mM tetraethylammonium (TEA). RESULTS MAP was higher in males than in females, with gonadectomy increasing in females and reducing in males. CPP was higher in female group, remaining unaltered after gonadectomy. E2-induced vasorelaxation was observed in all groups, with no differences having been found between sexes even after gonadectomy. Perfusion with TEA, L-NAME, L-NAME plus indomethacin, and L-NAME after endothelium removal attenuated the relaxing response in all groups. Clotrimazole inhibited vasorelaxation only in female groups, and indomethacin did so only in gonadectomized groups. Endothelium participation was confirmed in female groups and in the gonadectomized male group. CONCLUSIONS Our results indicated that the vasodilator effect of E2 was mediated by an indirect mechanism - via endothelium - as well as by direct action - via vascular smooth muscle - in both groups. The characterization of these mechanisms in coronary arteries might shed light on the functional basis of hormonal dysfunction symptoms in hypertension.
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- Wender do Nascimento Rouver
- Department of Physiological Science, Federal University of Espirito Santo - UFES, Vitoria, Espirito Santo, Brazil
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- Department of Physiological Science, Federal University of Espirito Santo - UFES, Vitoria, Espirito Santo, Brazil
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Palmu J, Watrous JD, Mercader K, Havulinna AS, Lagerborg KA, Salosensaari A, Inouye M, Larson MG, Rong J, Vasan RS, Lahti L, Andres A, Cheng S, Jousilahti P, Salomaa V, Jain M, Niiranen TJ. Eicosanoid Inflammatory Mediators Are Robustly Associated With Blood Pressure in the General Population. J Am Heart Assoc 2020; 9:e017598. [PMID: 32975162 PMCID: PMC7792391 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.120.017598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
Background Epidemiological and animal studies have associated systemic inflammation with blood pressure (BP). However, the mechanistic factors linking inflammation and BP remain unknown. Fatty acid-derived eicosanoids serve as mediators of inflammation and have been suggested to regulate renal vascular tone, peripheral resistance, renin-angiotensin system, and endothelial function. We hypothesize that specific proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory eicosanoids are linked with BP. Methods and Results We studied a population sample of 8099 FINRISK 2002 participants randomly drawn from the Finnish population register (53% women; mean age, 48±13 years) and, for external validation, a sample of 2859 FHS (Framingham Heart Study) Offspring study participants (55% women; mean age, 66±9 years). Using nontargeted liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry, we profiled 545 distinct high-quality eicosanoids and related oxylipin mediators in plasma. Adjusting for conventional hypertension risk factors, we observed 187 (34%) metabolites that were significantly associated with systolic BP (P<Bonferroni-corrected threshold of 0.05/545). We used forward selection linear regression modeling in FINRISK to define a general formula for individual eicosanoid risk score. Individuals of the top risk score quartile in FINRISK had a 9.0 (95% CI, 8.0-10.1) mm Hg higher systolic BP compared with individuals in the lowest quartile in fully adjusted models. Observed metabolite associations were consistent across FINRISK and FHS. Conclusions Plasma eicosanoids demonstrate strong associations with BP in the general population. As eicosanoid compounds affect numerous physiological processes that are central to BP regulation, they may offer new insights about the pathogenesis of hypertension, as well as serve as potential targets for therapeutic intervention.
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- Joonatan Palmu
- Department of Internal Medicine University of Turku Finland.,Department of Public Health Solutions Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare Turku and Helsinki Finland
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- Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology University of California, San Diego CA
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- Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology University of California, San Diego CA
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- Department of Public Health Solutions Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare Turku and Helsinki Finland.,Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland and Helsinki Institute of Life Science Helsinki Finland
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- Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology University of California, San Diego CA
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- Department of Internal Medicine University of Turku Finland.,Department of Future Technologies University of Turku Finland
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care University of Cambridge United Kingdom.,National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute's and Boston University's Framingham Heart Study Framingham MA
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- National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute's and Boston University's Framingham Heart Study Framingham MA.,Department of Biostatistics Boston University School of Public Health Boston MA
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- National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute's and Boston University's Framingham Heart Study Framingham MA
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- National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute's and Boston University's Framingham Heart Study Framingham MA.,Sections of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, and Cardiovascular Medicine Department of Medicine Department of Epidemiology Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health Boston MA
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- Department of Future Technologies University of Turku Finland
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- Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology University of California, San Diego CA
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- National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute's and Boston University's Framingham Heart Study Framingham MA.,Division of Cardiology Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston MA.,Smidt Heart InstituteCedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles CA
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- Department of Public Health Solutions Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare Turku and Helsinki Finland
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- Department of Public Health Solutions Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare Turku and Helsinki Finland
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- Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology University of California, San Diego CA
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- Department of Internal Medicine University of Turku Finland.,Department of Public Health Solutions Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare Turku and Helsinki Finland.,Division of Medicine Turku University Hospital Turku Finland
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Mughal A, Anto S, Sun C, O'Rourke ST. Apelin inhibits an endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor-like pathway in rat cerebral arteries. Peptides 2020; 132:170350. [PMID: 32579899 PMCID: PMC7484084 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2020.170350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2020] [Revised: 06/15/2020] [Accepted: 06/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Apelin has complex vasomotor actions inasmuch as the peptide may cause either vasodilation or vasoconstriction depending on the vascular bed and experimental conditions. In cerebral arteries, apelin inhibits endothelium-dependent relaxations mediated by nitric oxide (NO); however, its effects on relaxation to other endothelium-derived substances (e.g. prostacyclin, endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factors(s) (EDHF)) are unknown. The present study was designed to determine effects of apelin on endothelium-dependent relaxations that are independent of NO in rat cerebral arteries. In arterial rings contracted with 5-HT, A23187 caused endothelium-dependent relaxation that was unaffected by inhibitors of eNOS, guanylyl cyclase or cyclooxygenase, but was attenuated by MS-PPOH, a selective inhibitor of cytochrome P450 catalyzed synthesis of epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) and by 14,15-EE(Z)E, an EET-receptor antagonist. Apelin inhibited A23187-induced relaxation, as well as relaxations evoked by exogenous 11,12- and 14,15-EET. These effects of apelin were mimicked by the selective BKCa channel blocker, iberiotoxin. The APJ receptor antagonist, F13A abolished the effects of apelin on A23187-induced relaxations. Both 11,12- and 14,15-EET also increased BKCa channel current density in isolated cerebral artery smooth muscle cells, effects that were inhibited in a similar manner by apelin and iberiotoxin. These findings provide evidence that apelin impairs endothelium-dependent relaxation of cerebral arteries by inhibiting an NO-independent pathway (i.e. "EDHF-like") involving activation of smooth muscle cell BKCa channels by endothelium-derived EETs. Inhibition of such pathway may create an environment favoring vasoconstriction in cerebral arteries.
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- Amreen Mughal
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 58108-6050, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 58108-6050, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 58108-6050, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 58108-6050, USA.
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Masi S, Georgiopoulos G, Chiriacò M, Grassi G, Seravalle G, Savoia C, Volpe M, Taddei S, Rizzoni D, Virdis A. The importance of endothelial dysfunction in resistance artery remodelling and cardiovascular risk. Cardiovasc Res 2020; 116:429-437. [PMID: 31220219 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvz096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2018] [Revised: 02/20/2019] [Accepted: 04/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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AIMS The relationship between resistance artery remodelling and endothelial function remains unknown. In this study, we assessed (i) the capacity of endothelial function and nitric oxide (NO) availability to provide more information on the severity of resistance artery remodelling than common cardiovascular risk factors in subjects at low or high cardiovascular risk; and (ii) differences between patterns of resistance artery remodelling associated with deficit of NO availability and with exposure to cardiovascular risk factors. METHODS AND RESULTS All analyses were conducted on the microvascular data set of the Italian Society for Arterial Hypertension (SIIA) that includes 356 patients with measures of small resistance arteries remodelling acquired with pressure or wire myography. Information on endothelial function and NO availability were also available in 116 patients. The European Heart Score (HS) was used to define the total cardiovascular risk of each patient. Endothelial function was inversely related with the severity of the resistance artery remodelling, and this association remained significant after adjustment for the HS. By contrast, the HS lost its significant association with the media-to-lumen (M/L) ratio and the media cross-sectional area after adjustment for endothelial function. The strength of these associations was similar in subjects at high and low cardiovascular risk. The addition of endothelial function and NO availability to the HS significantly improved the identification of subjects at more and less severe resistance artery remodelling. A severe deficit of NO availability was associated with hypertrophic remodelling, while a higher HS was more clearly associated with eutrophic remodelling. CONCLUSION Resistance artery endothelial function and NO availability might represent important factors involved in resistance artery remodelling, independently from cardiovascular risk factor exposure.
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- Stefano Masi
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Università degli Studi di Pisa, Via Roma 67, 56126 Pisa, Italy.,National Centre for Cardiovascular Prevention and Outcomes, Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, London, UK.,Department of Twin Research & Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London, London, UK
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- First Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Università degli Studi di Pisa, Via Roma 67, 56126 Pisa, Italy.,Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, Clinica Medica, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy.,Unit of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Science, IRCCS Multimedica, Sesto san Giovanni, Milan, Italy
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- Cardiology Unit, Fondazione Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Ospedale S. Luca, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy
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- Cardiology Division, Clinical and Molecular Medicine Department, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Cardiology Division, Clinical and Molecular Medicine Department, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.,IRCCS Neuromed - Mediterranean Neurological Institute, Pozzilli, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Università degli Studi di Pisa, Via Roma 67, 56126 Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Clinica Medica, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.,Division of Medicine, Istituto Clinico Città di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Università degli Studi di Pisa, Via Roma 67, 56126 Pisa, Italy
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Imig JD, Jankiewicz WK, Khan AH. Epoxy Fatty Acids: From Salt Regulation to Kidney and Cardiovascular Therapeutics: 2019 Lewis K. Dahl Memorial Lecture. Hypertension 2020; 76:3-15. [PMID: 32475311 PMCID: PMC7448548 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.120.13898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) are epoxy fatty acids that have biological actions that are essential for maintaining water and electrolyte homeostasis. An inability to increase EETs in response to a high-salt diet results in salt-sensitive hypertension. Vasodilation, inhibition of epithelial sodium channel, and inhibition of inflammation are the major EET actions that are beneficial to the heart, resistance arteries, and kidneys. Genetic and pharmacological means to elevate EETs demonstrated antihypertensive, anti-inflammatory, and organ protective actions. Therapeutic approaches to increase EETs were then developed for cardiovascular diseases. sEH (soluble epoxide hydrolase) inhibitors were developed and progressed to clinical trials for hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and other diseases. EET analogs were another therapeutic approach taken and these drugs are entering the early phases of clinical development. Even with the promise for these therapeutic approaches, there are still several challenges, unexplored areas, and opportunities for epoxy fatty acids.
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- John D Imig
- From the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Cardiovascular Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
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- From the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Cardiovascular Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
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- From the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Cardiovascular Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
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Vascular effect of bevacizumab: is it too early to draw conclusions? J Hypertens 2020; 38:201-202. [DOI: 10.1097/hjh.0000000000002254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Ancion A, Tridetti J, Nguyen Trung ML, Oury C, Lancellotti P. A Review of the Role of Bradykinin and Nitric Oxide in the Cardioprotective Action of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors: Focus on Perindopril. Cardiol Ther 2019; 8:179-191. [PMID: 31578675 PMCID: PMC6828891 DOI: 10.1007/s40119-019-00150-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The functional integrity of the endothelium is essential for vascular health. In addition to maintaining a delicate balance between vasodilation and vasoconstriction, the endothelium has numerous other complex roles involved in the maintenance of vascular homeostasis. Chronic exposure to cardiovascular risk factors and oxidative stress results in an imbalance in these functions, creating an environment that favors reduced vasodilation and a proinflammatory and prothrombic state. The involvement of endothelial dysfunction in all stages of the cardiovascular continuum makes it an important target for treatment. One of the major endothelial-derived factors involved in the maintenance of endothelial function is nitric oxide (NO). Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors increase NO production both directly and indirectly by preventing production of angiotensin II (which diminishes NO production) and inhibiting the degradation of bradykinin (which stimulates local release of NO). Among the ACE inhibitors, perindopril appears to have the greatest effects on bradykinin and has demonstrated efficacy in a number of markers of endothelial dysfunction including arterial stiffness and progression of atherosclerosis. There is also strong evidence supporting the use of perindopril-based therapy for the treatment of hypertension and for reducing the risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in a wide range of patients across the cardiovascular continuum.Funding: The journal's Rapid Service Fee was funded by Servier.
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- Arnaud Ancion
- University of Liège Hospital, GIGA Cardiovascular Sciences, Division of Cardiology, Acute Care Unit, Heart Failure Clinic, CHU Sart Tilman, Liège, Belgium
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- University of Liège Hospital, GIGA Cardiovascular Sciences, Division of Cardiology, Acute Care Unit, Heart Failure Clinic, CHU Sart Tilman, Liège, Belgium
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- University of Liège Hospital, GIGA Cardiovascular Sciences, Division of Cardiology, Acute Care Unit, Heart Failure Clinic, CHU Sart Tilman, Liège, Belgium
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- University of Liège Hospital, GIGA Cardiovascular Sciences, Division of Cardiology, Acute Care Unit, Heart Failure Clinic, CHU Sart Tilman, Liège, Belgium
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- University of Liège Hospital, GIGA Cardiovascular Sciences, Division of Cardiology, Acute Care Unit, Heart Failure Clinic, CHU Sart Tilman, Liège, Belgium.
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Van den Bergh G, Opdebeeck B, D'Haese PC, Verhulst A. The Vicious Cycle of Arterial Stiffness and Arterial Media Calcification. Trends Mol Med 2019; 25:1133-1146. [PMID: 31522956 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmed.2019.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2019] [Revised: 08/13/2019] [Accepted: 08/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Arterial media calcification and arterial stiffness are independent predictors of cardiovascular mortality. Both processes reinforce one another, creating a vicious cycle in which transdifferentiation of endothelial cells and vascular smooth muscle cells play a central role. Physiological functioning of vascular smooth muscle cells in the arterial medial layer greatly depends on normal endothelial cell behavior. Endothelial or intimal layer cells are the primary sensors of pathological triggers circulating in the blood during, for example, ageing or inflammation, and often can be seen as initiators of this vicious cycle. As such, the search for treatment of arterial media calcification, which until now has been mainly concentrated at the level of the vascular smooth cell, may need to be expanded to intimal layer targets.
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- Geoffrey Van den Bergh
- Laboratory of Pathophysiology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, B-2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Pathophysiology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, B-2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Pathophysiology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, B-2610 Wilrijk, Belgium.
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- Laboratory of Pathophysiology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, B-2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
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Soloviev AI, Kizub IV. Mechanisms of vascular dysfunction evoked by ionizing radiation and possible targets for its pharmacological correction. Biochem Pharmacol 2018; 159:121-139. [PMID: 30508525 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2018.11.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2018] [Accepted: 11/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Ionizing radiation (IR) leads to a variety of the cardiovascular diseases, including the arterial hypertension. A number of studies have demonstrated that blood vessels represent important target for IR, and the endothelium is one of the most vulnerable components of the vascular wall. IR causes an inhibition of nitric oxide (NO)-mediated endothelium-dependent vasodilatation and generation of reactive oxygen (ROS) and nitrogen (RNS) species trigger this process. Inhibition of NO-mediated vasodilatation could be due to endothelial NO synthase (eNOS) down-regulation, inactivation of endothelium-derived NO, and abnormalities in diffusion of NO from the endothelial cells (ECs) leading to a decrease in NO bioavailability. Beside this, IR suppresses endothelial large conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channels (BKCa) activity, which control NO synthesis. IR also leads to inhibition of the BKCa current in vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) which is mediated by protein kinase C (PKC). On the other hand, IR-evoked enhanced vascular contractility may result from PKC-mediated increase in SMCs myofilament Ca2+ sensitivity. Also, IR evokes vascular wall inflammation and atherosclerosis development. Vascular function damaged by IR can be effectively restored by quercetin-filled phosphatidylcholine liposomes and mesenchymal stem cells injection. Using RNA-interference technique targeted to different PKC isoforms can also be a perspective approach for pharmacological treatment of IR-induced vascular dysfunction.
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- Anatoly I Soloviev
- Department of Pharmacology of Cellular Signaling Systems and Experimental Therapy, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, 14 Eugene Pottier Street, Kiev 03068, Ukraine
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- Department of Pharmacology, New York Medical College, 15 Dana Road, Valhalla 10595, NY, United States.
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Possible Role of CYP450 Generated Omega-3/Omega-6 PUFA Metabolites in the Modulation of Blood Pressure and Vascular Function in Obese Children. Nutrients 2018; 10:nu10111689. [PMID: 30400671 PMCID: PMC6267577 DOI: 10.3390/nu10111689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2018] [Revised: 10/25/2018] [Accepted: 10/31/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Obesity is often accompanied by metabolic and haemodynamic disorders such as hypertension, even during childhood. Arachidonic acid (AA) is metabolized by cytochrome P450 (CYP450) enzymes to epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) and 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (20-HETE), vasoactive and natriuretic metabolites that contribute to blood pressure (BP) regulation. Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids may compete with AA for CYP450-dependent bioactive lipid mediator formation. We aimed at investigating the role of AA, EPA and DHA and their CYP450-dependent metabolites in BP control and vascular function in 66 overweight/obese children. Fatty acid profile moderately correlated with the corresponding CYP450-derived metabolites but their levels did not differ between children with normal BP (NBP) and high BP (HBP), except for higher EPA-derived epoxyeicosatetraenoic acids (EEQs) and their diols in HBP group, in which also the estimated CYP450-epoxygenase activity was higher. In the HBP group, EPA inversely correlated with BP, EEQs inversely correlated both with systolic BP and carotid Intima-Media Thickness (cIMT). The DHA-derived epoxydocosapentaenoic acids (EDPs) were inversely correlated with diastolic BP. Omega-3 derived epoxymetabolites appeared beneficially associated with BP and vascular structure/function only in obese children with HBP. Further investigations are needed to clarify the role of omega-3/omega-6 epoxymetabolites in children's hemodynamics.
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Endothelium-dependent and cyclooxygenase-dependent cutaneous vasodilatation is blunted in young men with hypertensive parents. J Hypertens 2018; 36:2140-2147. [PMID: 29846330 DOI: 10.1097/hjh.0000000000001794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Across ethnicities, offspring of hypertensive parents (OH) have higher risk of hypertension than offspring of normotensive parents (ON). Sympathetic hyperactivity and reduced nitric oxide availability have been reported in normotensive OH; but the role of vasodilator cyclooxygenase (COX) products is unclear. METHODS In 12 OH and 12 ON men (19-24 years old), each group comprising six white Europeans and six South Asians with resting ABP less than 129/89 mmHg, reactive hyperaemia and responses evoked by iontophoresis pulses of acetylcholine (ACh) were recorded in forearm skin by laser Doppler fluximetry before and after COX inhibition. RESULTS Peak reactive hyperaemia was larger in ON than OH (71.0 ± 7.8 vs. 43.4 ± 8.3 perfusion units (perf.units); P < 0.05). It was attenuated by COX inhibition in ON (24.8 ± 5.2 perf.units, P < 0.01), not OH (54.2 ± 7.5 perf.units). Similarly, increases in perfusion evoked by ACh were greater in ON than OH (169.1 ± 20.4 vs. 142.1 ± 19.9 perf.units; P < 0.05) and attenuated by COX inhibition in ON (94.5 ± 13.7; P < 0.05), not OH (132.6 ± 16.1 perf.units). Considering ethnicities, ACh-evoked dilation, though not reactive hyperaemia was greater in Europeans than Asians (176.8 ± 21.7 vs. 130.4 ± 15.0; P < 0.01; 61.0 ± 8.7 vs. 51.7 ± 9.2 perf.units). However, within both Europeans and Asians, COX inhibition attenuated reactive hyperaemia and ACh-induced dilatation in ON only. CONCLUSION Reactive hyperaemia and ACh-evoked dilatation in cutaneous circulation are blunted in young, normotensive OH relative to ON men irrespective of white European, or South Asian ethnicity and are attributable to impaired contribution of COX vasodilator products in OH. These features may provide early markers of endothelial dysfunction that contribute to hypertensive risk in OH men.
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Goto K, Ohtsubo T, Kitazono T. Endothelium-Dependent Hyperpolarization (EDH) in Hypertension: The Role of Endothelial Ion Channels. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:E315. [PMID: 29361737 PMCID: PMC5796258 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19010315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2017] [Revised: 01/18/2018] [Accepted: 01/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Upon stimulation with agonists and shear stress, the vascular endothelium of different vessels selectively releases several vasodilator factors such as nitric oxide and prostacyclin. In addition, vascular endothelial cells of many vessels regulate the contractility of the vascular smooth muscle cells through the generation of endothelium-dependent hyperpolarization (EDH). There is a general consensus that the opening of small- and intermediate-conductance Ca2+-activated K⁺ channels (SKCa and IKCa) is the initial mechanistic step for the generation of EDH. In animal models and humans, EDH and EDH-mediated relaxations are impaired during hypertension, and anti-hypertensive treatments restore such impairments. However, the underlying mechanisms of reduced EDH and its improvement by lowering blood pressure are poorly understood. Emerging evidence suggests that alterations of endothelial ion channels such as SKCa channels, inward rectifier K⁺ channels, Ca2+-activated Cl- channels, and transient receptor potential vanilloid type 4 channels contribute to the impaired EDH during hypertension. In this review, we attempt to summarize the accumulating evidence regarding the pathophysiological role of endothelial ion channels, focusing on their relationship with EDH during hypertension.
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- Kenichi Goto
- Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
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- Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
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- Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
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Jamieson KL, Endo T, Darwesh AM, Samokhvalov V, Seubert JM. Cytochrome P450-derived eicosanoids and heart function. Pharmacol Ther 2017; 179:47-83. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2017.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Biologically active epoxyeicosatrienoic acid (EET) regioisomers are synthesized from arachidonic acid by cytochrome P450 epoxygenases of endothelial, myocardial, and renal tubular cells. EETs relax vascular smooth muscle and decrease inflammatory cell adhesion and cytokine release. Renal EETs promote sodium excretion and vasodilation to decrease hypertension. Cardiac EETs reduce infarct size after ischemia-reperfusion injury and decrease fibrosis and inflammation in heart failure. In diabetes, EETs improve insulin sensitivity, increase glucose tolerance, and reduce the renal injury. These actions of EETs emphasize their therapeutic potential. To minimize metabolic inactivation, 14,15-EET agonist analogs with stable epoxide bioisosteres and carboxyl surrogates were developed. In preclinical rat models, a subset of agonist analogs, termed EET-A, EET-B, and EET-C22, are orally active with good pharmacokinetic properties. These orally active EET agonists lower blood pressure and reduce cardiac and renal injury in spontaneous and angiotensin hypertension. Other beneficial cardiovascular actions include improved endothelial function and cardiac antiremodeling actions. In rats, EET analogs effectively combat acute and chronic kidney disease including drug- and radiation-induced kidney damage, hypertension and cardiorenal syndrome kidney damage, and metabolic syndrome and diabetes nephropathy. The compelling preclinical efficacy supports the prospect of advancing EET analogs to human clinical trials for kidney and cardiovascular diseases.
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MESH Headings
- 8,11,14-Eicosatrienoic Acid/administration & dosage
- 8,11,14-Eicosatrienoic Acid/analogs & derivatives
- 8,11,14-Eicosatrienoic Acid/chemistry
- Administration, Oral
- Animals
- Blood Pressure/drug effects
- Blood Pressure/physiology
- Cardiovascular Diseases/drug therapy
- Cardiovascular Diseases/physiopathology
- Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated/administration & dosage
- Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated/chemistry
- Humans
- Hypertension/drug therapy
- Hypertension/physiopathology
- Kidney Diseases/drug therapy
- Kidney Diseases/physiopathology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/physiology
- Structure-Activity Relationship
- Vasodilation/drug effects
- Vasodilation/physiology
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- William B Campbell
- *Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI; and †Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
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Schinzari F, Tesauro M, Cardillo C. Vascular hyperpolarization in human physiology and cardiovascular risk conditions and disease. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2017; 219:124-137. [PMID: 28009486 DOI: 10.1111/apha.12630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2015] [Revised: 10/05/2015] [Accepted: 11/05/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Hyperpolarization causing smooth muscle relaxation contributes to the maintenance of vascular homeostasis, particularly in small-calibre arteries and arterioles. It may also become a compensatory vasodilator mechanism upregulated in states with impaired nitric oxide (NO) availability. Bioassay of vascular hyperpolarization in the human circulation has been hampered by the complexity of mechanisms involved and the limited availability of investigational tools. Firm evidence, however, supports the notion that hyperpolarization participates in the regulation of resting vasodilator tone and vascular reactivity in healthy subjects. In addition, an enhanced endothelium-derived hyperpolarization contributes to both resting and agonist-stimulated vasodilation in a variety of cardiovascular risk conditions and disease. Thus, hyperpolarization mediated by epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) and H2 O2 has been observed in coronary arterioles of patients with coronary artery disease. Similarly, ouabain-sensitive and EETs-mediated hyperpolarization has been observed to compensate for NO deficiency in patients with essential hypertension. Moreover, in non-hypertensive patients with multiple cardiovascular risk factors and in hypercholesterolaemia, KCa channel-mediated vasodilation appears to be activated. A novel paradigm establishes that perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT) is an additional regulator of vascular tone/function and endothelium is not the only agent in vascular hyperpolarization. Indeed, some PVAT-derived relaxing substances, such as adiponectin and angiotensin 1-7, may exert anticontractile and vasodilator actions by the opening of KCa channels in smooth muscle cells. Conversely, PVAT-derived factors impair coronary vasodilation via differential inhibition of some K+ channels. In view of adipose tissue abnormalities occurring in human obesity, changes in PVAT-dependent hyperpolarization may be relevant for vascular dysfunction also in this condition.
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- F. Schinzari
- Department of Internal Medicine; Catholic University; Rome Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine; Tor Vergata University; Rome Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine; Catholic University; Rome Italy
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Historically, the first described effect of an angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor was an increased activity of bradykinin, one of the substrates of ACE. However, in the subsequent years, molecular models describing the mechanism of action of ACE inhibitors in decreasing blood pressure and cardiovascular risk have focused mostly on the renin-angiotensin system. Nonetheless, over the last 20 years, the importance of bradykinin in regulating vasodilation, natriuresis, oxidative stress, fibrinolysis, inflammation, and apoptosis has become clearer. The affinity of ACE appears to be higher for bradykinin than for angiotensin I, thereby suggesting that ACE inhibitors may be more effective inhibitors of bradykinin degradation than of angiotensin II production. Data describing the effect of ACE inhibition on bradykinin signaling support the hypothesis that the most cardioprotective benefits attributed to ACE inhibition may be due to increased bradykinin signaling rather than to decreased angiotensin II signaling, especially when high dosages of ACE inhibitors are considered. In particular, modulation of bradykinin in the endothelium appears to be a major target of ACE inhibition. These new mechanistic concepts may lead to further development of strategies enhancing the bradykinin signaling.
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- Stefano Taddei
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Via Roma 67, 56126, Pisa, Italy.
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- Heart Institute-Hypertension Unit, Medical School University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Browne DL, Meeking DR, Allard S, Munday LJ, Shaw KM, Cummings MH. Vasodilator prostanoids compensate for attenuated nitric oxide mediated vasodilation in type 1 diabetes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/14746514070070060601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Background Previous research examining endothelial function and the biochemical pathways mediating vasodilation in type 1 diabetes has been conflicting. Both impaired and preserved nitric oxide (NO) mediated vasodilation have been reported whilst some authors have suggested enhanced vasodilator prostanoid (P) activity. The aim of this study was to determine the relative contributions of NO and P to endothelial function in a homogenous group of type 1 diabetic patients free of other confounding factors that may influence vascular behaviour.^f ^ Methods and results Endothelial function was assessed using forearm venous plethysmography in 16 patients with uncomplicated type 1 (duration of diabetes 16.8±2.5 years (mean±SEM), HbA1C 7.53±0.21% ) and 15 non-diabetic age and sex matched healthy control subjects. Forearm responses to the endothelium-dependent vasodilator, acetylcholine (ACh) (7.5, 15 and 30 µg/min), were recorded at baseline and after intra-arterial infusion of L-NMMA (a NO synthase inhibitor). Responses to ACh were re-examined following co-infusion of L-NMMA and indomethacin (a cyclo-oxygenase inhibitor). Responses to ACh were calculated as areas under the curve (AUC). At baseline vasodilator responses to ACh were similar (p=0.3) in diabetic and non-diabetic subjects. However, L-NMMA reduced ACh mediated responses to a lesser extent in diabetic subjects than control subjects (3±6% versus 18±3%; p<0.03 respectively). Co-infusion with indomethacin further reduced blood flow, but the relative decrease in AUC was greater in the diabetic group (28±3% vs. 14±3%; p<0.001). The contribution of biochemical pathways other than NO and P were similar in both diabetic and control groups (69±7% vs. 68±4%; p=0.45). Conclusions Vasodilator responses to ACh were unchanged in type 1 diabetes but this was reliant up on enhanced P mediated activity compensating for attenuated NO activity. Furthermore, vasoactive substances in addition to NO and P contribute significantly to vascular tone in both diabetic and non-diabetic subjects.
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- Duncan L Browne
- Academic Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Cosham, Portsmouth, PO6 3LY. UK
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- Academic Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Cosham, Portsmouth, PO6 3LY. UK
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- Academic Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Cosham, Portsmouth, PO6 3LY. UK
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- Academic Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Cosham, Portsmouth, PO6 3LY. UK
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- Academic Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Cosham, Portsmouth, PO6 3LY. UK
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- Academic Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Cosham, Portsmouth, PO6 3LY. UK,
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Chidgey J, Fraser PA, Aaronson PI. Reactive oxygen species facilitate the EDH response in arterioles by potentiating intracellular endothelial Ca(2+) release. Free Radic Biol Med 2016; 97:274-284. [PMID: 27320188 PMCID: PMC5005039 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2016.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2016] [Revised: 06/14/2016] [Accepted: 06/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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There is abundant evidence that H2O2 can act as an endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor in the resistance vasculature. However, whilst scavenging H2O2 can abolish endothelial dependent hyperpolarization (EDH) and the associated vascular relaxation in some arteries, EDH-dependent vasorelaxation can often be mimicked only by using relatively high concentrations of H2O2. We have examined the role of H2O2 in EDH-dependent vasodilatation by simultaneously measuring vascular diameter and changes in endothelial cell (EC) [Ca(2+)]i during the application of H2O2 or carbachol, which triggers EDH. Carbachol (10µM) induced dilatation of phenylephrine-preconstricted rat cremaster arterioles was largely (73%) preserved in the presence of indomethacin (3µM) and l-NAME (300µM). This residual NO- and prostacyclin-independent dilatation was reduced by 89% upon addition of apamin (0.5µM) and TRAM-34 (10µM), and by 74% when an extracellular ROS scavenging mixture of SOD and catalase (S&C; 100Uml(-1) each) was present. S&C also reduced the carbachol-induced EC [Ca(2+)]i increase by 74%. When applied in Ca(2+)-free external medium, carbachol caused a transient increase in EC [Ca(2+)]i. This was reduced by catalase, and was enhanced when 1µM H2O2 was present in the bath. H2O2 -induced dilatation, which occurred only at concentrations ≥100µM, was reduced by a blocking antibody to TRPM2, which had no effect on carbachol-induced responses. Similarly, iberotoxin and Rp-8bromo cGMP reduced the vasodilatation induced by H2O2, but not by carbachol. Inhibiting PLC, PLA2 or CYP450 2C9 each greatly reduced the carbachol-induced increase in EC [Ca(2+)]i and vasodilatation, but adding 10µM H2O2 during PLA2 or CYP450 2C9 inhibition completely restored both responses. The nature of the effective ROS species was investigated by using Fe(2+) chelators to block the formation of ∙OH. A cell permeant chelator was able to inhibit EC Ca(2+) store release, but cell impermeant chelators reduced both the vasodilatation and EC Ca(2+) influx, implying that ∙OH is required for these responses. The results indicate that rather than mediating EDH by acting directly on smooth muscle, H2O2 promotes EDH by acting within EC to enhance Ca(2+) release.
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- James Chidgey
- King's College London, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, Division of Asthma, Allergy & Lung Biology, London, United Kingdom
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- King's College London, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, London, United Kingdom
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- King's College London, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, Division of Asthma, Allergy & Lung Biology, London, United Kingdom.
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Cahill PA, Redmond EM. Vascular endothelium - Gatekeeper of vessel health. Atherosclerosis 2016; 248:97-109. [PMID: 26994427 PMCID: PMC6478391 DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2016.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 320] [Impact Index Per Article: 40.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2015] [Revised: 03/03/2016] [Accepted: 03/04/2016] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The vascular endothelium is an interface between the blood stream and the vessel wall. Changes in this single cell layer of the artery wall are believed of primary importance in the pathogenesis of vascular disease/atherosclerosis. The endothelium responds to humoral, neural and especially hemodynamic stimuli and regulates platelet function, inflammatory responses, vascular smooth muscle cell growth and migration, in addition to modulating vascular tone by synthesizing and releasing vasoactive substances. Compromised endothelial function contributes to the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease; endothelial 'dysfunction' is associated with risk factors, correlates with disease progression, and predicts cardiovascular events. Therapies for atherosclerosis have been developed, therefore, that are directed towards improving endothelial function.
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- Paul A Cahill
- Vascular Biology and Therapeutics Laboratory, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA.
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Mokhtar SS, Vanhoutte PM, Leung SWS, Yusof MI, Wan Sulaiman WA, Mat Saad AZ, Suppian R, Rasool AHG. Endothelium dependent hyperpolarization-type relaxation compensates for attenuated nitric oxide-mediated responses in subcutaneous arteries of diabetic patients. Nitric Oxide 2016; 53:35-44. [DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2015.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2015] [Revised: 12/23/2015] [Accepted: 12/28/2015] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Yang L, Mäki-Petäjä K, Cheriyan J, McEniery C, Wilkinson IB. The role of epoxyeicosatrienoic acids in the cardiovascular system. Br J Clin Pharmacol 2015; 80:28-44. [PMID: 25655310 PMCID: PMC4500322 DOI: 10.1111/bcp.12603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2014] [Revised: 01/19/2015] [Accepted: 01/23/2015] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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There is increasing evidence suggesting that epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) play an important role in cardioprotective mechanisms. These include regulating vascular tone, modulating inflammatory responses, improving cardiomyocyte function and reducing ischaemic damage, resulting in attenuation of animal models of cardiovascular risk factors. This review discusses the current knowledge on the role of EETs in endothelium-dependent control of vascular tone in the healthy and in subjects with cardiovascular risk factors, and considers the pharmacological potential of targeting this pathway.
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- L Yang
- Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics, Department of Medicine, Box 110, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics, Department of Medicine, Box 110, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics, Department of Medicine, Box 110, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics, Department of Medicine, Box 110, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics, Department of Medicine, Box 110, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK
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Frömel T, Fleming I. Whatever happened to the epoxyeicosatrienoic Acid-like endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor? The identification of novel classes of lipid mediators and their role in vascular homeostasis. Antioxid Redox Signal 2015; 22:1273-92. [PMID: 25330284 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2014.6150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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SIGNIFICANCE Cytochrome P450 (CYP) epoxygenases metabolize arachidonic acid (AA) to generate epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs). The latter are biologically active and reported to act as an endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor as well as to affect angiogenic and inflammatory signaling pathways. RECENT ADVANCES In addition to AA, the CYP enzymes also metabolize the ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid to generate bioactive lipid epoxide mediators. The latter can be more potent than the EETs, but their actions are under investigated. The ω3-epoxides, like the EETs, are metabolized by the soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) to corresponding diols, and epoxide hydrolase inhibition increases epoxide levels and demonstrates anti-hypertensive as well as anti-inflammatory effects. CRITICAL ISSUES It seems that the overall consequences of CYP activation largely depend on enzyme substrate preference and the endogenous ω-3/ω-6 PUFA ratio. FUTURE DIRECTIONS More studies combining PUFA profiling with cell signaling and disease studies are required to determine the spectrum of molecular pathways affected by the different ω-6 and ω-3 PUFA epoxides and diols. Such information may help improve dietary studies aimed at promoting health via ω-3 PUFA supplementation and/or sEH inhibition.
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- Timo Frömel
- Institute for Vascular Signalling, Centre for Molecular Medicine, Goethe University , Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt, Germany
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Chennupati R, Lamers WH, Koehler SE, De Mey JGR. Endothelium-dependent hyperpolarization-related relaxations diminish with age in murine saphenous arteries of both sexes. Br J Pharmacol 2014; 169:1486-99. [PMID: 23488619 DOI: 10.1111/bph.12175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2012] [Revised: 02/08/2013] [Accepted: 02/17/2013] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE We investigated the effects of aging on the contributions of NO and endothelium-dependent hyperpolarization (EDH) to endothelium-dependent relaxation in saphenous arteries of male and female C57BL/6J mice aged 12, 34 and 64 weeks. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Vasomotor responses of saphenous arteries were analysed by wire myography in the absence and presence of stimuli of the endothelium, inhibitors of NOS, and inhibitors and stimulants of small (KCa 2.3) and intermediate (KCa 3.1) conductance calcium-activated potassium channels. KEY RESULTS Arterial relaxing responses to sodium nitroprusside and to ACh in the absence of pharmacological inhibitors (indomethacin and L-NAME), were similar in all age groups and sexes, but those mediated by endothelium-derived NO were slightly but significantly increased in 64-week-old male mice. In the presence of inhibitors, 12-week-old animals showed pronounced ACh-induced relaxation, which was significantly reduced in 34- and 64-week-old mice of both sexes. The EDH-related component of ACh-induced relaxations was abolished by TRAM-34 (KCa 3.1 blocker) or UCL 1684 (KCa 2.3 blocker). Although the maximal relaxation induced by NS309 (KCa activator) was not affected by aging, the sensitivity for NS309 significantly decreased with aging. The presence of SKA-31 (KCa modulator) potentiated relaxations induced by ACh in arteries of 12-week-old but not older mice. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS In a small muscular artery of mice of either sex, total endothelium-dependent relaxation is not affected by age. However, possibly due to changes in KCa channel function, the contribution of EDH to endothelium-dependent relaxations decreased with age. The contribution of endothelium-derived NO increases in old male mice.
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- Ramesh Chennupati
- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Hye Khan MA, Pavlov TS, Christain SV, Neckář J, Staruschenko A, Gauthier KM, Capdevila JH, Falck JR, Campbell WB, Imig JD. Epoxyeicosatrienoic acid analogue lowers blood pressure through vasodilation and sodium channel inhibition. Clin Sci (Lond) 2014; 127:463-74. [PMID: 24707975 PMCID: PMC4167712 DOI: 10.1042/cs20130479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) contribute to haemodynamics, electrolyte homoeostasis and blood pressure regulation, leading to the concept that EETs can be therapeutically targeted for hypertension. In the present study, multiple structural EET analogues were synthesized based on the EET pharmacophore and vasodilator structure-activity studies. Four EET analogues with 91-119% vasodilatory activity in the isolated bovine coronary artery (EC50: 0.18-1.6 μM) were identified and studied for blood-pressure-lowering in hypertension. Two EET analogues in which the COOH group at carbon 1 of the EET pharmacophore was replaced with either an aspartic acid (EET-A) or a heterocyclic surrogate (EET-X) were administered for 14 days [10 mg/kg per day intraperitoneally (i.p.)]. Both EET-A and EET-X lowered blood pressure in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs) and in angiotensin II (AngII) hypertension. On day 14, the mean arterial pressures in EET analogue-treated AngII-hypertensive and SHRs were 30-50 mmHg (EET-A) and 15-20 mmHg (EET-X) lower than those in vehicle-treated controls. These EET analogues (10 mg/kg per day) were further tested in AngII hypertension by administering orally in drinking water for 14 days and EET-A lowered blood pressure. Additional experiments demonstrated that EET-A inhibits epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) activity in cultured cortical collecting duct cells and reduced renal expression of ENaC subunits in AngII hypertension. In conclusion, we have characterized EET-A as an orally active antihypertensive EET analogue that protects vascular endothelial function and has ENaC inhibitory activity in AngII hypertension.
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- Md Abdul Hye Khan
- *Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A
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- †Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A
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- *Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A
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- *Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A
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- §Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, U.S.A
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- ∥Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX, U.S.A
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Redundant vasodilator pathways underlying radial artery flow-mediated dilation are preserved in healthy aging. J Aging Res 2014; 2014:876125. [PMID: 24963406 PMCID: PMC4055391 DOI: 10.1155/2014/876125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2014] [Revised: 04/23/2014] [Accepted: 05/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background. Blocking nitric oxide (NO) and vasodilator prostanoids (PN) does not consistently reduce flow-mediated dilation (FMD) in young adults. The impact of aging on the contribution of NO and PG to FMD is unknown. Methods. FMD was measured in older adults (n = 10, 65 ± 3 y) after arterial infusion of saline, N(G)-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA), and ketorolac + L-NMMA. Data were compared to published data in young adults. Results. L-NMMA reduced FMD in older adults (8.9 ± 3.6 to 5.9 ± 3.7%) although this was not statistically significant (P = 0.08) and did not differ (P = 0.74) from the reduction observed in young adults (10.0 ± 3.8 to 7.6 ± 4.7%; P = 0.03). Blocking PN did not affect FMD in young or older adults. In older adults, L-NMMA reduced (n = 6; range = 36-123% decrease), augmented (n = 3; 10-122% increase), or did not change FMD (n = 1; 0.4% increase). After PN blockade, FMD responses were reduced (n = 2), augmented (n = 6), or unaffected (n = 1). Conclusions. NO or PN blockade did not consistently reduce FMD in healthy older adults, suggesting the existence of redundant vasodilator phenotypes as observed previously in young adults.
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Silva ATD, Lima EMD, Caliman IF, Porto LLS, Nascimento AMD, Kalil IC, Lenz D, Bissoli NS, Endringer DC, Andrade TUD. Hypotensive effect and endothelium-dependent vascular action of leaves of Alpinia purpurata (Vieill) K. Schum. BRAZ J PHARM SCI 2014. [DOI: 10.1590/s1984-82502014000200010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The aims of this study were to evaluate the chemical profile, vascular reactivity, and acute hypotensive effect (AHE) of the ethanolic extract of leaves of Alpinia purpurata (Vieill) K. Schum (EEAP). Its chemical profile was evaluated using HPLC-UV, ICP-OES, and colorimetric quantification of total flavonoids and polyphenols. The vascular reactivity of the extract was determined using the mesenteric bed isolated from WKY. AHE dose-response curves were obtained for both EEAP and inorganic material isolated from AP (IAP) in WKY and SHR animals. Cytotoxic and mutagenic safety levels were determined by the micronucleus test. Rutin-like flavonoids were quantified in the EEAP (1.8 ± 0.03%), and the total flavonoid and polyphenol ratios were 4.1 ± 1.8% and 5.1 ± 0.3%, respectively. We observed that the vasodilation action of EEAP was partially mediated by nitric oxide (·NO). The IAP showed the presence of calcium (137.76 ± 4.08 μg mg-1). The EEAP and IAP showed an AHE in WKY and SHR animals. EEAP did not have cytotoxic effects or cause chromosomic alterations. The AHE shown by EEAP could result from its endothelium-dependent vascular action. Rutin-like flavonoids, among other polyphenols, could contribute to these biological activities, and the calcium present in EEAP could act in a synergistic way.
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Green DJ, Dawson EA, Groenewoud HM, Jones H, Thijssen DH. Is Flow-Mediated Dilation Nitric Oxide Mediated? Hypertension 2014; 63:376-82. [DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.113.02044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 230] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Flow-mediated dilation (FMD) is a noninvasive index of endothelial function and vascular health in humans. Studies examining the role of nitric oxide (NO) are not conclusive. In this article, we quantified the contribution of NO in FMD of conduit arteries and explored the effect of the protocol (ie, distal cuff, ≈5-minute ischemia) and method of analysis (ie, automated and continuous edge detection) on the NO dependency of this test. A systematic review and 3-stage meta-analysis of published crossover studies that measured FMD under local infusion of saline or the NO synthase blocker
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monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA) was undertaken. Twenty studies met the inclusion criteria for stage 1 (374 individual comparisons). The meta-analyzed outcome was the difference in FMD between infusion of saline (ie, FMD
saline
) and NO synthase blocker (ie, FMD
L-NMMA
). Overall, FMD
saline
was 8.2% (95% confidence interval [CI], 6.8%–9.6%) compared with FMD
L-NMMA
of 3.7% (95% CI, 3.1%–4.3%;
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<0.001). Stage 2 analysis focused on studies that used the most commonly adopted approach in healthy volunteers (ie, distal cuff placement, ≈5-minute occlusion), which similarly revealed a significant NO contribution to FMD (FMD
saline
, 6.5% [95% CI, 5.7%–7.3%]; FMD
L-NMMA
, 0.9% [95% CI, 0.5%–1.3%];
P
<0.001). Stage 3 meta-analyzed the studies that adopted the commonly adopted approach and automated, continuous method of analysis, which also revealed a significant contribution of NO to the FMD (FMD
saline
, 6.9% [95% CI, 6.0%–7.8%]; FMD
L-NMMA
, 2.4% [95% CI, 1.1%–3.7%];
P
<0.001). This comprehensive analysis demonstrates that FMD of conduit arteries in humans is, at least in part, mediated by NO.
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- Daniel J. Green
- From the Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom (D.J.G., E.A.D., H.J., D.H.J.T.); School of Sports Science, Exercise and Health, The University of Western Australia, Crawley Perth, Western Australia (D.J.G.); and Departments of Health Evidence (H.M.M.G.) and Physiology (D.H.J.T.), Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- From the Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom (D.J.G., E.A.D., H.J., D.H.J.T.); School of Sports Science, Exercise and Health, The University of Western Australia, Crawley Perth, Western Australia (D.J.G.); and Departments of Health Evidence (H.M.M.G.) and Physiology (D.H.J.T.), Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- From the Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom (D.J.G., E.A.D., H.J., D.H.J.T.); School of Sports Science, Exercise and Health, The University of Western Australia, Crawley Perth, Western Australia (D.J.G.); and Departments of Health Evidence (H.M.M.G.) and Physiology (D.H.J.T.), Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- From the Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom (D.J.G., E.A.D., H.J., D.H.J.T.); School of Sports Science, Exercise and Health, The University of Western Australia, Crawley Perth, Western Australia (D.J.G.); and Departments of Health Evidence (H.M.M.G.) and Physiology (D.H.J.T.), Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- From the Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom (D.J.G., E.A.D., H.J., D.H.J.T.); School of Sports Science, Exercise and Health, The University of Western Australia, Crawley Perth, Western Australia (D.J.G.); and Departments of Health Evidence (H.M.M.G.) and Physiology (D.H.J.T.), Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Spilk S, Herr MD, Sinoway LI, Leuenberger UA. Endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor contributes to hypoxia-induced skeletal muscle vasodilation in humans. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2013; 305:H1639-45. [PMID: 24043253 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00073.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Systemic hypoxia causes skeletal muscle vasodilation, thereby preserving O2 delivery to active tissues. Nitric oxide (NO), adenosine, and prostaglandins contribute to this vasodilation, but other factors may also play a role. We tested the hypothesis that regional inhibition of endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor with the cytochrome P-450 2C9 antagonist fluconazole, alone or combined with the NO synthase antagonist N(G)-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA), attenuates hypoxia-induced vasodilation. We compared forearm blood flow (FBF) and skin blood flow before and during brachial artery infusion of fluconazole (0.3 mg/min; trial 1) or fluconazole + L-NMMA (50 mg over 10 min; trial 2) and during systemic hypoxia (10 min, arterial Po2 ~37 mmHg) in infused (experimental) and control forearms of 12 healthy humans. During normoxia, fluconazole and fluconazole + L-NMMA reduced (P < 0.05) forearm vascular conductance (FVC) by ~10% and ~18%, respectively. During hypoxia and fluconazole (trial 1), FVC increased by 1.76 ± 0.37 and 0.95 ± 0.35 units in control and experimental forearms, respectively (P < 0.05). During hypoxia and fluconazole + L-NMMA (trial 2), FVC increased by 2.32 ± 0.51 and 0.72 ± 0.22 units in control and experimental forearms, respectively (P < 0.05). Similarly, during hypoxia with L-NMMA alone (trial 3; n = 8) FVC increased by 1.51 ± 0.46 and 0.45 ± 0.32 units in control and experimental forearms, respectively (P < 0.05). These effects were not due to altered skin blood flow. We conclude that endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor contributes to basal vascular tone and to hypoxia-induced skeletal muscle vasodilation and could be particularly relevant when other vasodilator systems are impaired.
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- Samson Spilk
- Penn State Hershey Heart and Vascular Institute, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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Endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factors (EDHFs) regulate vascular tone by contributing to the vasorelaxations to shear stress and endothelial agonists such as bradykinin and acetylcholine. 15(S)-Hydroxy-11,12-epoxyeicosatrienoic acid (15-H-11,12-EETA) and 11(R),12(S),15(S)-trihydroxyeicosatrienoic acid (11,12,15-THETA) are endothelial metabolites of the 15-lipoxygenase (15-LO) pathway of arachidonic acid metabolism and are EDHFs. 11,12,15-THETA activates small conductance, calcium-activated potassium channels on smooth muscle cells causing membrane hyperpolarization, and relaxation. Expression levels of 15-LO in the endothelium regulate the activity of the 15-LO/15-H-11,12-EETA/11,12,15-THETA pathway and its contribution to vascular tone. Regulation of its expression is by transcriptional, translational, and epigenetic mechanisms. Hypoxia, hypercholesterolemia, atherosclerosis, anemia, estrogen, interleukins, and possibly other hormones increase 15-LO expression. An increase in 15-LO results in increased synthesis of 15-H-11,12-EETA and 11,12,15-THETA, increased membrane hyperpolarization, and enhanced contribution to relaxation by endothelial agonists. Thus, the 15-LO pathway represents the first example of an inducible EDHF. In addition to 15-LO metabolites, a number of chemicals have been identified as EDHFs and their contributions to vascular tone vary with species and vascular bed. The reason for multiple EDHFs has evaded explanation. However, EDHF functioning as constitutive EDHFs or inducible EDHFs may explain the need for chemically and biochemically distinct pathways for EDHF activity and the variation in EDHFs between species and vascular beds. This new EDHF classification provides a framework for understanding EDHF activity in physiological and pathological conditions.
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Simonet S, Isabelle M, Bousquenaud M, Clavreul N, Félétou M, Vayssettes-Courchay C, Verbeuren TJ. KCa 3.1 channels maintain endothelium-dependent vasodilatation in isolated perfused kidneys of spontaneously hypertensive rats after chronic inhibition of NOS. Br J Pharmacol 2013; 167:854-67. [PMID: 22646737 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2012.02062.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The purpose of the study was to investigate renal endothelium-dependent vasodilatation in a model of severe hypertension associated with kidney injury. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Changes in perfusion pressure were measured in isolated, perfused kidneys taken from 18-week-old Wistar-Kyoto rat (WKY), spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and SHR treated for 2 weeks with N(ω) -nitro-L-arginine methyl ester in the drinking water (L-NAME-treated SHR, 6 mg·kg(-1) ·day(-1) ). KEY RESULTS Acetylcholine caused similar dose-dependent renal dilatation in the three groups. In vitro administration of indomethacin did not alter the vasodilatation, while the addition of N(w) -nitro-L-arginine (L-NA) produced a differential inhibition of the vasodilatation, (inhibition in WKY > SHR > L-NAME-treated SHR). Further addition of ODQ, an inhibitor of soluble guanylyl cyclase, abolished the responses to sodium nitroprusside but did not affect the vasodilatation to acetylcholine. However, the addition of TRAM-34 (or charybdotoxin) inhibitors of Ca(2+) -activated K(+) channels of intermediate conductance (K(Ca) 3.1), blocked the vasodilatation to acetylcholine, while apamin, an inhibitor of Ca(2+) -activated K(+) channels of small conductance (K(Ca) 2.3), was ineffective. Dilatation induced by an opener of K(Ca) 3.1/K(Ca) 2.3 channels, NS-309, was also blocked by TRAM-34, but not by apamin. The magnitude and duration of NS-309-induced vasodilatation and the renal expression of mRNA for K(Ca) 3.1, but not K(Ca) 2.3, channels followed the same ranking order (WKY < SHR < L-NAME-treated SHR). CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS In SHR kidneys, an EDHF-mediated response, involving activation of K(Ca) 3.1 channels, contributed to the mechanism of endothelium-dependent vasodilatation. In kidneys from L-NAME-treated SHR, up-regulation of this pathway fully compensated for the decrease in NO availability.
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Therapeutic approach in the improvement of endothelial dysfunction: the current state of the art. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2013; 2013:252158. [PMID: 23509696 PMCID: PMC3581156 DOI: 10.1155/2013/252158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2012] [Accepted: 11/30/2012] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The endothelium has a central role in the regulation of blood flow through continuous modulation of vascular tone. This is primarily accomplished by balanced release of endothelial relaxing and contractile factors. The healthy endothelial cells are essential for maintenance of vascular homeostasis involving antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, pro-fibrinolytic, anti-adhesive, or anticoagulant effects. Oppositely, endothelial dysfunction is primarily characterized by impaired regulation of vascular tone as a result of reduced endothelial nitric oxide (NO) synthase activity, lack of cofactors for NO synthesis, attenuated NO release, or increased NO degradation. So far, the pharmacological approach in improving/reversal of endothelial dysfunction was shown to be beneficial in clinical trials that have investigated actions of different cardiovascular drugs. The aim of this paper was to summarize some of the latest clinical findings related to therapeutic possibilities for improving endothelial dysfunction in different pathological conditions. In the majority of presented clinical investigations, the assessment of improvement or reversal of endothelial dysfunction was performed through the flow-mediated dilatation measurement, and in some of those endothelial progenitor cells' count was used for the same purpose. Still, given the fast and continuous development of this field, the evidence acquisition included the MEDLINE data base screening and the selection of articles published between 2010 and 2012.
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The present review first summarizes the complex chain of events, in endothelial and vascular smooth muscle cells, that leads to endothelium-dependent relaxations (vasodilatations) due to the generation of nitric oxide (NO) by endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) and how therapeutic interventions may improve the bioavailability of NO and thus prevent/cure endothelial dysfunction. Then, the role of other endothelium-derived mediators (endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing (EDHF) and contracting (EDCF) factors, endothelin-1) and signals (myoendothelial coupling) is summarized also, with special emphasis on their interaction(s) with the NO pathway, which make the latter not only a major mediator but also a key regulator of endothelium-dependent responses.
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Rivilla F, Vallejo S, Peiró C, Sánchez-Ferrer CF. Characterization of endothelium-dependent relaxations in the mesenteric vasculature: a comparative study with potential pathophysiological relevance. J Pediatr Surg 2012; 47:2044-9. [PMID: 23163996 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2012.05.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2012] [Revised: 05/15/2012] [Accepted: 05/22/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Endothelium-dependent relaxations in human adult mesenteric microvessels involve 3 different main mechanisms: cyclooxygenase (COX)-derived prostanoids, nitric oxide (NO), and endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF), which elicits vascular smooth muscle hyperpolarization and relaxation. There are some pathological conditions with an abnormal balance between mesenteric vasoconstriction and vasodilatation inputs leading to endothelial dysfunction and tissue injury. PURPOSE The purpose was to characterize the mechanisms mediating endothelium-dependent relaxation and differences in children and adult mesenteric microvessels. METHODS Microvessels were dissected from omentum obtained from children (3-6 years old) and adults (25-41 years old) and mounted as ring preparations in a small vessel myograph. RESULTS In microvessels precontracted with a thromboxane analogue, the endothelium-dependent relaxations to bradykinin (10 nmol/L to 30 μmol/L) mediated by EDHF, that is, nonsensitive to COX (10 μmol/L indomethacin) and NO synthase blockade (100 μmol/L N-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester), were higher in children than in adults. When EDHF was blunted by a depolarizing precontraction with KCl, the remaining COX- and NO-dependent relaxations were significantly lower in children. CONCLUSIONS The EDHF's role in the endothelium-dependent relaxations is higher in children's vasculature. This suggests that endothelial dysfunction in mesenteric microvessels in children is likely more dependent on EDHF-related mechanisms rather than on NO- or COX-derived prostanoids.
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- Fernando Rivilla
- Division of Pediatric Surgery, San Carlos University Hospital, Madrid 28040, Spain.
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Bellien J, Remy-Jouet I, Iacob M, Blot E, Mercier A, Lucas D, Dreano Y, Gutierrez L, Donnadieu N, Thuillez C, Joannides R. Impaired role of epoxyeicosatrienoic acids in the regulation of basal conduit artery diameter during essential hypertension. Hypertension 2012; 60:1415-21. [PMID: 23090775 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.112.201087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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In young healthy subjects, epoxyeicosatrienoic acids synthesized by endothelial cytochrome P450 epoxygenases maintain basal conduit artery diameter during altered NO availability. Whether this compensatory mechanism is effective during essential hypertension is unknown. Radial artery diameter, blood flow, and mean wall shear stress were determined in 14 nontreated essential hypertensive patients and 14 normotensive control subjects during 8 minutes of brachial infusion for inhibitors of cytochrome P450 epoxygenases (fluconazole, 0.4 µmol/min) and NO synthase (N(G)-monomethyl-L-arginine, 8 µmol/min) alone and in combination. In controls, the radial artery diameter was reduced by fluconazole (-0.034 ± 0.012 mm) and N(G)-monomethyl-L-arginine (-0.037 ± 0.010 mm) and to a larger extent by their combination (-0.137 ± 0.011 mm), demonstrating a synergic effect. In contrast, the radial diameter in hypertensive patients was not affected by fluconazole (0.010 ± 0.014 mm) but was reduced by N(G)-monomethyl-L-arginine (-0.091 ± 0.008 mm) to a larger extent than in controls. In parallel, N(G)-monomethyl-L-arginine decreased local plasma nitrite to a lesser extent in hypertensive patients (-14 ± 5 nmol/L) than in controls (-50 ± 10 nmol/L). Moreover, the addition of fluconazole to N(G)-monomethyl-L-arginine did not further decrease radial diameter in patients (-0.086 ± 0.011 mm). Accordingly, fluconazole significantly decreased local epoxyeicosatrienoic acid plasma level in controls (-2.0 ± 0.6 ng/mL) but not in patients (-0.9 ± 0.4 ng/mL). Inhibitors effects on blood flow and endothelium-independent dilatation to sodium nitroprusside were similar between groups. These results show that, in contrast to normotensive subjects, epoxyeicosatrienoic acids did not contribute to the regulation of basal conduit artery diameter and did not compensate for altered NO availability to maintain this diameter in essential hypertensive patients.
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- Jeremy Bellien
- Departments of Pharmacology, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France
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Flammer AJ, Anderson T, Celermajer DS, Creager MA, Deanfield J, Ganz P, Hamburg NM, Lüscher TF, Shechter M, Taddei S, Vita JA, Lerman A. The assessment of endothelial function: from research into clinical practice. Circulation 2012; 126:753-67. [PMID: 22869857 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.112.093245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 827] [Impact Index Per Article: 68.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Andreas J Flammer
- Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st St SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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Hypertension, cardiovascular risk and polymorphisms in genes controlling the cytochrome P450 pathway of arachidonic acid: A sex-specific relation? Prostaglandins Other Lipid Mediat 2012; 98:75-85. [DOI: 10.1016/j.prostaglandins.2011.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2011] [Revised: 11/16/2011] [Accepted: 11/21/2011] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Triggle CR, Samuel SM, Ravishankar S, Marei I, Arunachalam G, Ding H. The endothelium: influencing vascular smooth muscle in many ways. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2012; 90:713-38. [PMID: 22625870 DOI: 10.1139/y2012-073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The endothelium, although only a single layer of cells lining the vascular and lymphatic systems, contributes in multiple ways to vascular homeostasis. Subsequent to the 1980 report by Robert Furchgott and John Zawadzki, there has been a phenomenal increase in our knowledge concerning the signalling molecules and pathways that regulate endothelial - vascular smooth muscle communication. It is now recognised that the endothelium is not only an important source of nitric oxide (NO), but also numerous other signalling molecules, including the putative endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF), prostacyclin (PGI(2)), and hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)), which have both vasodilator and vasoconstrictor properties. In addition, the endothelium, either via transferred chemical mediators, such as NO and PGI(2), and (or) low-resistance electrical coupling through myoendothelial gap junctions, modulates flow-mediated vasodilatation as well as influencing mitogenic activity, platelet aggregation, and neutrophil adhesion. Disruption of endothelial function is an early indicator of the development of vascular disease, and thus an important area for further research and identification of potentially new therapeutic targets. This review focuses on the signalling pathways that regulate endothelial - vascular smooth muscle communication and the mechanisms that initiate endothelial dysfunction, particularly with respect to diabetic vascular disease.
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- Chris R Triggle
- Department of Pharmacology, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, P.O. Box 24144, Education City, Doha, Qatar.
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Goto K, Kansui Y, Oniki H, Ohtsubo T, Matsumura K, Kitazono T. Upregulation of endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor compensates for the loss of nitric oxide in mesenteric arteries of dahl salt-sensitive hypertensive rats. Hypertens Res 2012; 35:849-54. [DOI: 10.1038/hr.2012.36] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Capra V, Bäck M, Barbieri SS, Camera M, Tremoli E, Rovati GE. Eicosanoids and Their Drugs in Cardiovascular Diseases: Focus on Atherosclerosis and Stroke. Med Res Rev 2012; 33:364-438. [DOI: 10.1002/med.21251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Valérie Capra
- Department of Pharmacological Sciences; University of Milan; Via Balzaretti 9 20133 Milan Italy
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- Department of Cardiology and Center for Molecular Medicine; Karolinska University Hospital; Stockholm Sweden
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- Department of Pharmacological Sciences; University of Milan; Via Balzaretti 9 20133 Milan Italy
- Centro Cardiologico Monzino; I.R.C.C.S Milan Italy
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- Department of Pharmacological Sciences; University of Milan; Via Balzaretti 9 20133 Milan Italy
- Centro Cardiologico Monzino; I.R.C.C.S Milan Italy
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- Department of Pharmacological Sciences; University of Milan; Via Balzaretti 9 20133 Milan Italy
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Bellien J, Iacob M, Remy-Jouet I, Lucas D, Monteil C, Gutierrez L, Vendeville C, Dreano Y, Mercier A, Thuillez C, Joannides R. Epoxyeicosatrienoic Acids Contribute With Altered Nitric Oxide and Endothelin-1 Pathways to Conduit Artery Endothelial Dysfunction in Essential Hypertension. Circulation 2012; 125:1266-75. [DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.111.070680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Background—
We sought to clarify, using functional and biological approaches, the role of epoxyeicosatrienoic acids, nitric oxide (NO)/reactive oxygen species balance, and endothelin-1 in conduit artery endothelial dysfunction during essential hypertension.
Methods and Results—
Radial artery diameter and mean wall shear stress were determined in 28 untreated patients with essential hypertension and 30 normotensive control subjects during endothelium-dependent flow-mediated dilatation induced by hand skin heating. The role of epoxyeicosatrienoic acids and NO was assessed with the brachial infusion of inhibitors of cytochrome P450 epoxygenases (fluconazole) and NO synthase (
N
G
-monomethyl-
l
-arginine [L-NMMA]). Compared with controls, hypertensive patients exhibited a decreased flow-mediated dilatation in response to postischemic hyperemia as well as to heating, as shown by the lesser slope of their diameter–shear stress relationship. In controls, heating-induced flow-mediated dilatation was reduced by fluconazole, L-NMMA, and, to a larger extent, by L-NMMA+fluconazole. In patients, flow-mediated dilatation was not affected by fluconazole and was reduced by L-NMMA and L-NMMA+fluconazole to a lesser extent than in controls. Furthermore, local plasma epoxyeicosatrienoic acids increased during heating in controls (an effect diminished by fluconazole) but not in patients. Plasma nitrite, an indicator of NO availability, increased during heating in controls (an effect abolished by L-NMMA) and, to a lesser extent, in patients, whereas, inversely, reactive oxygen species increased more in patients (an effect diminished by L-NMMA). Plasma endothelin-1 decreased during heating in controls but not in patients.
Conclusions—
These results show that an impaired role of epoxyeicosatrienoic acids contributes, together with an alteration in NO/reactive oxygen species balance and endothelin-1 pathway, to conduit artery endothelial dysfunction in essential hypertension.
Clinical Trial Registration—
https://www.eudract.ema.europa.eu
. Unique identifier: RCB2007-A001–10-53.
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- Jeremy Bellien
- From the Department of Pharmacology, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen (J.B., M.I., C.T., R.J.); Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM) U1096, Rouen Medical School, University of Rouen, Rouen (J.B., M.I., I.R.-J., C.M., C.V., C.T., R.J.); Centre d'Investigation Clinique–INSERM 0204, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen (L.G.); Department of General Medicine, Rouen Medical School, University of Rouen, Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine, Rouen (A.M.); and
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- From the Department of Pharmacology, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen (J.B., M.I., C.T., R.J.); Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM) U1096, Rouen Medical School, University of Rouen, Rouen (J.B., M.I., I.R.-J., C.M., C.V., C.T., R.J.); Centre d'Investigation Clinique–INSERM 0204, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen (L.G.); Department of General Medicine, Rouen Medical School, University of Rouen, Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine, Rouen (A.M.); and
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- From the Department of Pharmacology, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen (J.B., M.I., C.T., R.J.); Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM) U1096, Rouen Medical School, University of Rouen, Rouen (J.B., M.I., I.R.-J., C.M., C.V., C.T., R.J.); Centre d'Investigation Clinique–INSERM 0204, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen (L.G.); Department of General Medicine, Rouen Medical School, University of Rouen, Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine, Rouen (A.M.); and
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- From the Department of Pharmacology, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen (J.B., M.I., C.T., R.J.); Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM) U1096, Rouen Medical School, University of Rouen, Rouen (J.B., M.I., I.R.-J., C.M., C.V., C.T., R.J.); Centre d'Investigation Clinique–INSERM 0204, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen (L.G.); Department of General Medicine, Rouen Medical School, University of Rouen, Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine, Rouen (A.M.); and
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- From the Department of Pharmacology, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen (J.B., M.I., C.T., R.J.); Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM) U1096, Rouen Medical School, University of Rouen, Rouen (J.B., M.I., I.R.-J., C.M., C.V., C.T., R.J.); Centre d'Investigation Clinique–INSERM 0204, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen (L.G.); Department of General Medicine, Rouen Medical School, University of Rouen, Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine, Rouen (A.M.); and
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- From the Department of Pharmacology, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen (J.B., M.I., C.T., R.J.); Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM) U1096, Rouen Medical School, University of Rouen, Rouen (J.B., M.I., I.R.-J., C.M., C.V., C.T., R.J.); Centre d'Investigation Clinique–INSERM 0204, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen (L.G.); Department of General Medicine, Rouen Medical School, University of Rouen, Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine, Rouen (A.M.); and
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- From the Department of Pharmacology, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen (J.B., M.I., C.T., R.J.); Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM) U1096, Rouen Medical School, University of Rouen, Rouen (J.B., M.I., I.R.-J., C.M., C.V., C.T., R.J.); Centre d'Investigation Clinique–INSERM 0204, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen (L.G.); Department of General Medicine, Rouen Medical School, University of Rouen, Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine, Rouen (A.M.); and
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- From the Department of Pharmacology, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen (J.B., M.I., C.T., R.J.); Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM) U1096, Rouen Medical School, University of Rouen, Rouen (J.B., M.I., I.R.-J., C.M., C.V., C.T., R.J.); Centre d'Investigation Clinique–INSERM 0204, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen (L.G.); Department of General Medicine, Rouen Medical School, University of Rouen, Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine, Rouen (A.M.); and
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- From the Department of Pharmacology, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen (J.B., M.I., C.T., R.J.); Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM) U1096, Rouen Medical School, University of Rouen, Rouen (J.B., M.I., I.R.-J., C.M., C.V., C.T., R.J.); Centre d'Investigation Clinique–INSERM 0204, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen (L.G.); Department of General Medicine, Rouen Medical School, University of Rouen, Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine, Rouen (A.M.); and
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- From the Department of Pharmacology, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen (J.B., M.I., C.T., R.J.); Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM) U1096, Rouen Medical School, University of Rouen, Rouen (J.B., M.I., I.R.-J., C.M., C.V., C.T., R.J.); Centre d'Investigation Clinique–INSERM 0204, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen (L.G.); Department of General Medicine, Rouen Medical School, University of Rouen, Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine, Rouen (A.M.); and
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- From the Department of Pharmacology, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen (J.B., M.I., C.T., R.J.); Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM) U1096, Rouen Medical School, University of Rouen, Rouen (J.B., M.I., I.R.-J., C.M., C.V., C.T., R.J.); Centre d'Investigation Clinique–INSERM 0204, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen (L.G.); Department of General Medicine, Rouen Medical School, University of Rouen, Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine, Rouen (A.M.); and
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Virdis A, Taddei S. How to Evaluate Microvascular Organ Damage in Hypertension. High Blood Press Cardiovasc Prev 2011; 18:163-7. [DOI: 10.2165/11593630-000000000-00000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022] Open
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The endothelium-derived hyperpolarization factor as a reserve defence mechanism of vasodilatation under conditions of ionizing radiation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.15407/fz57.04.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Soluble epoxide hydrolase inhibition prevents coronary endothelial dysfunction in mice with renovascular hypertension. J Hypertens 2011; 29:1128-35. [PMID: 21451419 DOI: 10.1097/hjh.0b013e328345ef7b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The study addresses the hypothesis that endothelial dysfunction in experimental arterial hypertension can be related to an alteration in epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) pathway and can be prevented by the inhibition of EETs degradation by soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH). METHODS AND RESULTS Arterial hypertension was induced in FVB/N mice by renal artery stenosis ('two-kidney-one-clip', 2K1C). Seven weeks after surgery, increased aortic pressures (Millar tonometer; Millar Instruments, Houston, Texas, USA) and cardiac hypertrophy (echocardiography) were present in 2K1C mice as compared with control mice. Left coronary artery endothelium-dependent relaxations to acetylcholine were decreased in 2K1C mice without modification in the relaxing responses to NS309 and NS1619, the openers of calcium-activated potassium channels mediating the hyperpolarizing effect of EETs. The inhibitors of the EET-synthesizing enzymes cytochrome P450 epoxygenases, fluconazole and N-methylsulfonyl-6-(2-propargyloxyphenyl)-hexanamide (MSPPOH), reduced the coronary relaxations to acetylcholine in control but not in 2K1C mice. The sEH expression was increased in 2K1C mice. The sEH inhibitor 12-(3-adamantan-1-yl-ureido)dodecanoic acid administered for 2 weeks starting 5 weeks after surgery in 2K1C mice (25 mg/l in drinking water) reduced aortic pressures and cardiac hypertrophy, improved the coronary relaxations to acetylcholine and restored the inhibitory effect of fluconazole and MSPPOH on acetylcholine-induced relaxations, without modifying the relaxations to NS309 and NS1619. CONCLUSION These results demonstrate that a reduced EET-mediated relaxations related to an increased degradation by sEH contributes to coronary endothelial dysfunction in 2K1C hypertensive mice. Inhibiting sEH prevents endothelial dysfunction by restoring EET-mediated relaxations and thus, could represent a promising pharmacological intervention to limit cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in arterial hypertension.
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Ozkor MA, Quyyumi AA. Endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor and vascular function. Cardiol Res Pract 2011; 2011:156146. [PMID: 21876822 PMCID: PMC3157651 DOI: 10.4061/2011/156146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2011] [Revised: 05/27/2011] [Accepted: 05/27/2011] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Endothelial function refers to a multitude of physiological processes that maintain healthy homeostasis of the vascular wall. Exposure of the endothelium to cardiac risk factors results in endothelial dysfunction and is associated with an alteration in the balance of vasoactive substances produced by endothelial cells. These include a reduction in nitric oxide (NO), an increase in generation of potential vasoconstrictor substances and a potential compensatory increase in other mediators of vasodilation. The latter has been surmised from data demonstrating persistent endothelium-dependent vasodilatation despite complete inhibition of NO and prostaglandins. This remaining non-NO, non-prostaglandin mediated endothelium-dependent vasodilator response has been attributed to endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor/s (EDHF). Endothelial hyperpolarization is likely due to several factors that appear to be site and species specific. Experimental studies suggest that the contribution of the EDHFs increase as the vessel size decreases, with a predominance of EDHF activity in the resistance vessels, and a compensatory up-regulation of hyperpolarization in states characterized by reduced NO availability. Since endothelial dysfunction is a precursor for atherosclerosis development and its magnitude is a reflection of future risk, then the mechanisms underlying endothelial dysfunction need to be fully understood, so that adequate therapeutic interventions can be designed.
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- Muhiddin A Ozkor
- The Heart Hospital, University College London, London WIG 8PH, UK
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Bellien J, Joannides R, Richard V, Thuillez C. Modulation of cytochrome-derived epoxyeicosatrienoic acids pathway: A promising pharmacological approach to prevent endothelial dysfunction in cardiovascular diseases? Pharmacol Ther 2011; 131:1-17. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2011.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2011] [Accepted: 03/21/2011] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Félétou M. The Endothelium, Part I: Multiple Functions of the Endothelial Cells -- Focus on Endothelium-Derived Vasoactive Mediators. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.4199/c00031ed1v01y201105isp019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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