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Morton JS, Patton B, Morse CJ, El Karsh Z, Rodrigues LA, Mousseau DD, Ferguson DP, Columbus DA, Weber LP, Olver TD. Altered cerebrovascular regulation in low birthweight swine. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2022; 267:111163. [PMID: 35151870 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2022.111163] [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: 12/01/2021] [Revised: 02/04/2022] [Accepted: 02/04/2022] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Full-term low birthweight (LBW) offspring exhibit peripheral vascular dysfunction in the postnatal period; however, whether such impairments extend to the cerebrovasculature remains to be elucidated. We used a swine model to test the hypothesis that LBW offspring would exhibit cerebrovascular dysfunction at later stages of life. Offspring from 14 sows were identified as normal birthweight (NBW) or LBW and were assessed at 28 (similar to end of infancy) and 56 (similar to childhood) days of age. LBW swine had lower absolute brain mass, but demonstrated evidence of brain sparing (increased brain mass scaled to body mass) at 56 days of age. The cerebral pulsatility index, based on transcranial Doppler, was increased in LBW swine. Moreover, arterial myography of isolated cerebral arteries revealed impaired vasoreactivity to bradykinin and reduced contribution of nitric oxide (NO) to vasorelaxation in the LBW swine. Immunoblotting demonstrated a lower ratio of phosphorylated-to-total endothelial NO synthase in LBW offspring. This impairment in NO signaling was greater at 28 vs. 56 days of age. Vasomotor responses to sodium nitroprusside (NO-donor) were unaltered, while Leu31, Pro34 neuropeptide Y-induced vasoconstriction was enhanced in LBW swine. Increases in total Y1 receptor protein content in the LBW group were not significant. In summary, LBW offspring displayed signs of cerebrovascular dysfunction at 28 and 56 days of age, evidenced by altered cerebral hemodynamics (reflective of increased impedance) coupled with endothelial dysfunction and altered vasomotor control. Overall, the data reveal that normal variance in birthweight of full-term offspring can influence cerebrovascular function later in life.
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- Jude S Morton
- Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Department of Animal and Poultry Science, College of Agriculture and Bioresources, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada; Prairie Swine Center, Inc., Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Cell Signalling Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Department of Kinesiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Department of Animal and Poultry Science, College of Agriculture and Bioresources, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada; Prairie Swine Center, Inc., Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
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Zheng YL, Wang WD, Li MM, Lin S, Lin HL. Updated Role of Neuropeptide Y in Nicotine-Induced Endothelial Dysfunction and Atherosclerosis. Front Cardiovasc Med 2021; 8:630968. [PMID: 33708805 PMCID: PMC7940677 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.630968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2020] [Accepted: 02/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. Endothelial dysfunction of the arterial vasculature plays a pivotal role in cardiovascular pathogenesis. Nicotine-induced endothelial dysfunction substantially contributes to the development of arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Nicotine promotes oxidative inflammation, thrombosis, pathological angiogenesis, and vasoconstriction, and induces insulin resistance. However, the exact mechanism through which nicotine induces endothelial dysfunction remains unclear. Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is widely distributed in the central nervous system and peripheral tissues, and it participates in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis by regulating vasoconstriction, energy metabolism, local plaque inflammatory response, activation and aggregation of platelets, and stress and anxiety-related emotion. Nicotine can increase the expression of NPY, suggesting that NPY is involved in nicotine-induced endothelial dysfunction. Herein, we present an updated review of the possible mechanisms of nicotine-induced atherosclerosis, with a focus on endothelial cell dysfunction associated with nicotine and NPY.
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- Yan-Li Zheng
- Department of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, China.,Centre of Neurological and Metabolic Research, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, China.,Diabetes and Metabolism Division, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, China
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Yang TY, Hsu LI, Chiu AW, Pu YS, Wang SH, Liao YT, Wu MM, Wang YH, Chang CH, Lee TC, Chen CJ. Comparison of genome-wide DNA methylation in urothelial carcinomas of patients with and without arsenic exposure. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2014; 128:57-63. [PMID: 24268366 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2013.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2013] [Revised: 09/28/2013] [Accepted: 10/29/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Arsenic is a well-documented carcinogen of human urothelial carcinoma (UC) with incompletely understood mechanisms. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to compare the genome-wide DNA methylation profiles of arsenic-induced UC (AsUC) and non-arsenic-induced UC (Non-AsUC), and to assess associations between site-specific methylation levels and cumulative arsenic exposure. METHODS Genome-wide DNA methylation profiles in 14 AsUC and 14 non-AsUC were analyzed by Illumina Infinium methylation27 BeadChip and validated by bisulfite pyrosequencing. Mean methylation levels (β¯) in AsUC and non-AsUC were compared by their ratio (β¯ ratio) and difference (Δβ¯). Associations between site-specific methylation levels in UC and cumulative arsenic exposure were examined. RESULTS Among 27,578 methylation sites analyzed, 231 sites had β¯ ratio >2 or <0.5 and 45 sites had Δβ¯ >0.2 or <-0.2. There were 13 sites showing statistically significant (q<0.05) differences in β¯ between AsUC and non-AsUC including 12 hypermethylation sites in AsUC and only one hypermethylation site in non-AsUC. Significant associations between cumulative arsenic exposure and DNA methylation levels of 28 patients were observed in nine CpG sites of nine gens including PDGFD (Spearman rank correlation, 0.54), CTNNA2 (0.48), KCNK17 (0.52), PCDHB2 (0.57), ZNF132 (0.48), DCDC2 (0.48), KLK7 (0.48), FBXO39 (0.49), and NPY2R (0.45). These associations remained statistically significant for CpG sites in CTNNA2, KLK7, NPY2R, ZNF132 and KCNK17 in 20 non-smoking women after adjustment for tumor stage and age. CONCLUSIONS Significant associations between cumulative arsenic exposure and methylation level of CTNNA2, KLK7, NPY2R, ZNF132 and KCNK17 were found in smoking-unrelated urothelial carcinoma. Arsenic exposure may cause urothelial carcinomas through the hypermethylation of genes involved in cell adhesion, proteolysis, transcriptional regulation, neuronal pathway, and ion transport. The findings of this study, which are limited by its small sample size and moderate dose-response relation, remain to be validated by further studies with large sample sizes.
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- Tse-Yen Yang
- Graduate Institute of Life Science, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan; Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan; Molecular and Genomic Epidemiology Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan; China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- College of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Urology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Urology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Oncology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of General Surgery, Department of Urology, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Research, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Life Science, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan; Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Russo D, Bombardi C, Grandis A, Furness JB, Spadari A, Bernardini C, Chiocchetti R. Sympathetic innervation of the ileocecal junction in horses. J Comp Neurol 2010; 518:4046-66. [PMID: 20737599 DOI: 10.1002/cne.22443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The distribution and chemical phenotypes of sympathetic and dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons innervating the equine ileocecal junction (ICJ) were studied by combining retrograde tracing and immunohistochemistry. Immunoreactivity (IR) for tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), dopamine beta-hydroxylase (DBH), neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS), calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), substance P (SP), and neuropeptide Y (NPY) was investigated. Sympathetic neurons projecting to the ICJ were distributed within the celiac (CG), cranial mesenteric (CranMG), and caudal mesenteric (CaudMG) ganglia, as well as in the last ganglia of the thoracic sympathetic chain and in the splanchnic ganglia. In the CG and CranMG 91 +/- 8% and 93 +/- 12% of the neurons innervating the ICJ expressed TH- and DBH-IR, respectively. In the CaudMG 90 +/- 15% and 94 +/- 5% of ICJ innervating neurons were TH- and DBH-IR, respectively. Sympathetic (TH-IR) fibers innervated the myenteric and submucosal ganglia, ileal blood vessels, and the muscle layers. They were more concentrated at the ICJ level and were also seen encircling myenteric plexus (MP) and submucosal plexus (SMP) descending neurons that were retrogradely labeled from the ICJ. Among the few retrogradely labeled DRG neurons, nNOS-, CGRP-, and SP-IR nerve cells were observed. Dense networks of CGRP-, nNOS-, and SP-IR varicosities were seen around retrogradely labeled prevertebral ganglia neurons. The CGRP-IR fibers are probably the endings of neurons projecting from the intestine to the prevertebral ganglia. These findings indicate that this crucial region of the intestinal tract is strongly influenced by the sympathetic system and that sensory information of visceral origin influences the sympathetic control of the ICJ.
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- D Russo
- Department of Veterinary Morphophysiology and Animal Productions (UNI EN ISO 9001:2008), University of Bologna, 40064 Ozzano Emilia, Bologna, Italy
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Morrison J, Dhanasekaran S, Howarth F. Neuropeptides in the rat corpus cavernosum and seminal vesicle: Effects of age and two types of diabetes. Auton Neurosci 2009; 146:76-80. [DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2008.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2008] [Revised: 11/27/2008] [Accepted: 11/27/2008] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Blunted pancreatic polypeptide-induced vasodilatation in mesenteric resistance vessels from spontaneously hypertensive rats. Eur J Pharmacol 2008; 601:118-23. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2008.09.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2007] [Revised: 09/02/2008] [Accepted: 09/09/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Salazar I, Sánchez-Quinteiro P, Alemañ N, Prieto D. Anatomical, immnunohistochemical and physiological characteristics of the vomeronasal vessels in cows and their possible role in vomeronasal reception. J Anat 2008; 212:686-96. [PMID: 18430091 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2008.00889.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The general morphology of the vomeronasal vessels in adult cows was studied following a classic protocol, including optical, confocal and ultrastructural approaches. This anatomical work was completed immunohistochemically. The vomeronasal organ in cows is well developed, and its vessels are considerable in size. This fact allowed some functional properties of the vomeronasal arteries to be evaluated and, for the first time, their isometric tension to be recorded. Our functional studies were in agreement with the immunohistochemistry, and both corroborated the morphological data on the similarity between the vomeronasal vessels and those of the typical erectile tissue. In consequence, the vasoconstriction and vasodilation of the vomeronasal vessels would facilitate an influx and outflow of fluids in the vomeronasal organ, that is to say, this organ in cows would be able to work as a pump mechanism to send chemical signals to the vomeronasal receptor neurones.
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- Ignacio Salazar
- Department of Anatomy and Animal Production, Unit of Anatomy and Embryology, Veterinary Faculty, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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Villalba N, Stankevicius E, Simonsen U, Prieto D. Rho kinase is involved in Ca2+ entry of rat penile small arteries. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2008; 294:H1923-32. [PMID: 18223191 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01221.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Tonic physiological activity of RhoA/Rho kinase contributes to the maintenance of penile flaccidity through its involvement in the Ca(2+) sensitization of erectile tissue smooth muscle. The present study hypothesized that Rho kinase is also involved in the modulation of Ca(2+) entry induced by alpha(1)-adrenoceptor stimulation of penile arteries. Rat penile arteries were mounted in microvascular myographs for simultaneous measurements of intracellular Ca(2+) ([Ca(2+)](i)) and force. The Rho-kinase inhibitor Y-27632 markedly reduced norepinephrine-mediated electrically induced contractions and the increases in both [Ca(2+)](i) and tension elicited by the alpha(1)-adrenoceptor agonist phenylephrine (Phe). In contrast, the protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor Ro-31-8220 reduced tension without altering the Phe-induced increase in [Ca(2+)](i). In the presence of nifedipine, Y-27632 still inhibited the non-L-type Ca(2+) signal and blunted Phe contraction. Y-27632 did not impair the capacitative Ca(2+) entry evoked by store depletion with cyclopiazonic acid but largely reduced the Ba(2+) influx stimulated by Phe in fura-2 AM-loaded arteries. The addition of Y-27632 to arteries depolarized with high KCl markedly reduced tension without changing [Ca(2+)](i). In alpha-toxin-permeabilized penile arteries stimulated with threshold Ca(2+) concentrations, Y-27632 inhibited the sensitization induced by either guanosine 5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate) (GTPgammaS) or Phe in the presence of GTPgammaS. However, Y-27632 failed to alter contractions induced by a maximal concentration of free Ca(2+). These results suggest that Rho kinase, besides its contribution to the Ca(2+) sensitization of the contractile proteins, is also involved in the regulation of Ca(2+) entry through a nonselective cation channel activated by alpha(1)-adenoceptor stimulation in rat penile arteries.
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- Nuria Villalba
- Dept. de Fisiología, Facultad de Farmacia, Univ. Complutense, 28040-Madrid, Spain
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Revisión de estudios funcionales en experimentación básica en urología. Actas Urol Esp 2008; 32:390-5. [DOI: 10.1016/s0210-4806(08)73852-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Recent experimental evidence suggests that arterial insufficiency precedes the structural and functional changes in corpora cavernosa (CC) leading to organic erectile dysfunction (ED). The present review gives an overview of the physiological factors involved in the regulation of penile vasculature. Sympathetic nerves maintain flaccidity and tonically released noradrenaline induces vasoconstriction of both arteries and veins through alpha(1)- and alpha(2)-postsynaptic receptors and downregulates its own release and that of nitric oxide (NO) through alpha(2)-presynaptic receptors. The sympathetic cotransmitter neuropeptide Y (NPY) modulates noradrenergic vasoconstriction in penile small arteries by both enhancing and depressing noradrenaline contractions through Y(1)- and Y(2)-postsynaptic and a NO-independent atypical endothelial receptor, respectively. Activation of alpha(1)-adrenoceptors involves both Ca(2+) influx through L-type and receptor-operated Ca(2+) channels (ROC) and Ca(2+) sensitization mechanisms mediated by protein kinase C (PKC), tyrosine kinases (TKs) and Rho kinase (RhoK). In addition, RhoK can regulate Ca(2+) entry in penile arteries upon receptor stimulation. Vasodilatation of penile arteries and large veins during erection is mediated by neurally released NO. The subsequent increased arterial inflow to the cavernosal sinoids and shear stress on the endothelium lining penile arteries activates endothelial NO production through Akt phosphorylation of endothelial NO synthase (eNOS). NO stimulates guanylate cyclase and increased cyclic guanin 3'-monophosphate (cGMP) levels in turn activate protein kinase G (PKG), which enhances K(+) efflux through Ca(2+)-activated (K(Ca)) and voltage-dependent Ca(2+) (K(v)) channels in penile arteries and veins, respectively. PKG-mediated decrease in Ca(2+) sensitivity and its regulation by RhoK remains to be clarified in penile vasculature. Phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) inhibitors are potent vasodilators of penile resistance arteries and increase the content and effects of basally released endothelial NO. Endothelium-dependent relaxations of penile small arteries also include an endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF)-type response, which is impaired in diabetes and hypertension-associated ED. Locally produced contractile and relaxant prostanoids regulate penile venous and arterial tone, respectively. The latter activates prostaglandin I (IP) and prostaglandin E (EP) receptors coupled to adenylate cyclase and to the increase of cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) levels, which in turn stimulates K(+) efflux through ATP-sensitive K(+) (K(ATP)) channels. There is a crosstalk between the cGMP and cAMP signaling pathways in penile small arteries. Relevant issues such as the mechanisms underlying the excitation-secretion coupling of the endothelial cells, as well as those involved in cell proliferation and vascular remodeling of the penile vasculature remain to be elucidated. In addition, only few studies have investigated the changes in structure and function of penile arteries in cardiovascular risk situations leading to ED.
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- D Prieto
- Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
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Villalba N, Stankevicius E, Garcia-Sacristán A, Simonsen U, Prieto D. Contribution of both Ca2+ entry and Ca2+ sensitization to the alpha1-adrenergic vasoconstriction of rat penile small arteries. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2006; 292:H1157-69. [PMID: 17085536 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01034.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Sympathetic adrenergic nerves maintain the flaccid state of the penis through the tonic release of norepinephrine that contracts trabecular and arterial smooth muscle. Simultaneous measurements of intracellular Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) and tension and experiments with alpha-toxin-permeabilized arteries were performed in branches of the rat dorsal penile artery to investigate the intracellular Ca(2+) signaling pathways underlying alpha(1)-adrenergic vasoconstriction. Phenylephrine increased both [Ca(2+)](i) and tension, these increases being abolished by extracellular Ca(2+) removal and reduced by about 50% by the L-type Ca(2+) channel blocker nifedipine (0.3 microM). Non-L-type Ca(2+) entry through store-operated channels was studied by inhibiting the sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase with cyclopiazonic acid (CPA). CPA (30 microM) induced variable phasic contractions that were abolished by extracellular Ca(2+) removal and by the store-operated channels antagonist 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate (2-APB, 50 microM) and largely inhibited by nifedipine (0.3 microM). CPA induced a sustained increase in [Ca(2+)](i) that was reduced in a Ca(2+)-free medium. Under conditions of L-type channels blockade, Ca(2+) readmission after store depletion with CPA evoked a sustained and marked elevation in [Ca(2+)](i) not coupled to contraction. 2-APB (50 microM) inhibited the rise in [Ca(2+)](i) evoked by CPA and the nifedipine-insensitive increases in both [Ca(2+)](i) and contraction elicited by phenylephrine. In alpha-toxin-permeabilized penile arteries, activation of G proteins with guanosine 5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate) and of the alpha(1)-adrenoceptor with phenylephrine both enhanced the myofilament sensitivity to Ca(2+). This Ca(2+) sensitization was reduced by selective inhibitors of PKC, tyrosine kinase (TK), and Rho kinase (RhoK) by 43%, 67%, and 82%, respectively. As a whole, the present data suggest the alpha(1)-adrenergic vasoconstriction in penile small arteries involves Ca(2+) entry through both L-type and 2-APB-sensitive receptor-operated channels, as well as Ca(2+) sensitization mechanisms mediated by PKC, TK, and RhoK. A capacitative Ca(2+) entry coupled to noncontractile functions of the smooth muscle cell is also demonstrated.
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MESH Headings
- Adrenergic alpha-1 Receptor Agonists
- Adrenergic alpha-Agonists/pharmacology
- Animals
- Arteries/drug effects
- Arteries/metabolism
- Calcium Channel Blockers/pharmacology
- Calcium Channels, L-Type/drug effects
- Calcium Channels, L-Type/metabolism
- Calcium Signaling/drug effects
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology
- GTP-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- In Vitro Techniques
- Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors
- Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/metabolism
- Male
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/innervation
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism
- Penis/blood supply
- Phenylephrine/pharmacology
- Protein Kinase C/antagonists & inhibitors
- Protein Kinase C/metabolism
- Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors
- Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/metabolism
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
- Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-1/metabolism
- Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPases/antagonists & inhibitors
- Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPases/metabolism
- Sympathetic Nervous System/physiology
- Vasoconstriction/drug effects
- Vasoconstrictor Agents/pharmacology
- rho-Associated Kinases
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Affiliation(s)
- Nuria Villalba
- Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Gradin KA, Buus CL, Li JY, Frøbert O, Simonsen U. Neuropeptide Y2 receptors are involved in enhanced neurogenic vasoconstriction in spontaneously hypertensive rats. Br J Pharmacol 2006; 148:703-13. [PMID: 16715120 PMCID: PMC1751866 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0706774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2006] [Revised: 03/24/2006] [Accepted: 04/03/2006] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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1. The present study addressed the role of neuropeptide (NPY) Y2 receptors in neurogenic contraction of mesenteric resistance arteries from female spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). Arteries were suspended in microvascular myographs, electrical field stimulation (EFS) was performed, and protein evaluated by Western blotting and immunohistochemistry. 2. In vasopressin-activated endothelium-intact arteries, NPY and fragments with selectivity for Y1 receptors, [Leu31,Pro34]NPY, Y2 receptors, NPY(13-36), and rat pancreatic polypeptide evoked more pronounced contractions in segments from SHR than in Wistar Kyoto (WKY) arteries, even in the presence of the Y1 receptor antagonist, BIBP3226 (0.3 microM, (R)-N(2)-(diphenacetyl)-N-[(4-hydroxyphenyl)methyl]D-arginineamide). 3. In the presence of prazosin and during vasopressin activation, EFS-evoked contractions were larger in arteries from SHR compared to WKY. EFS contractions were enhanced by the Y2 receptor selective antagonist BIIE0246TF (0.5 microM, (S)-N2-[[1-[2-[4-[(R,S)-5,11-dihydro-6(6h)-oxodibenz[b,e]azepin-11-y1]-1-piperazinyl]-2-oxoethyl]cyclo-pentyl-N-[2-[1,2-dihydro-3,5 (4H)-dioxo-1,2-diphenyl-3H-1,2,4-triazol-4-yl]ethyl]-argininamide), reduced by BIBP3226, and abolished by the combination of BIBP3226 and BIIE0246TF. 4. Immunoblotting showed NPY Y1 and Y2 receptor expression to be similar in arteries from WKY and SHR, although a specific Y2 receptor band at 80 kDa was detected only in arteries from WKY. 5. Immunoreaction for NPY was enhanced in arteries from SHR. In contrast to arteries from WKY, BIIE0246TF increased NPY immunoreactivity in EFS-stimulated arteries from SHR. 6. The present results suggest that postjunctional neuropeptide Y1 and Y2 receptors contribute to neurogenic contraction of mesenteric small arteries. Moreover, both enhanced NPY content and altered neuropeptide Y1 and Y2 receptor activation apparently contribute to the enhanced neurogenic contraction of arteries from SHR.
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- Kathryn A Gradin
- Institute for Neuroscience and Physiology, University of Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Aarhus, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Neuronal Survival Unit, Wallenberg Neuroscience Center, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Aarhus, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Aarhus, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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