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Qi FY, Qiao L, Peng L, Yang Y, Zhang CH, Liu X. An activatable fluorescent-photoacoustic dual-modal probe for highly sensitive imaging of nitroxyl in vivo. Analyst 2024; 149:2299-2305. [PMID: 38516833 DOI: 10.1039/d4an00188e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/23/2024]
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Nitroxyl (HNO) plays a vital role in various biological functions and pharmacological activities, so the development of an excellent near-infrared fluorescent (NIRF) and photoacoustic (PA) dual-modality probe is crucial for understanding HNO-related physiological and pathological progression. Herein, we proposed and synthesized a novel NIRF/PA dual probe (QL-HNO) by substituting an indole with quinolinium in hemicyanine for the sensitive detection of exogenous and endogenous HNO in vivo. The designed probe showed the highest sensitivity in NIRF mode and a desirable PA signal-to-noise ratio for HNO detection in vitro and was further applied for NIRF/PA dual-modal imaging of HNO with high contrast in living cells and tumor-bearing animals. Based on the excellent performance of QL-HNO, we believe that this study provides a promising molecular tool for further understanding of HNO-related physiological and pathological progression.
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- Fang-Yuan Qi
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan, Hunan 411201, China
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- Central Laboratory of the Affiliated Xuzhou Municipal Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou First People's Hospital, Xuzhou 221116, Jiangsu, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan, Hunan 411201, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan, Hunan 411201, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan, Hunan 411201, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan, Hunan 411201, China
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Wallis L, Donovan L, Johnston A, Phillips LC, Lin J, Garland CJ, Dora KA. Tracking endothelium-dependent NO release in pressurized arteries. Front Physiol 2023; 14:1108943. [PMID: 36760530 PMCID: PMC9903068 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2023.1108943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2022] [Accepted: 01/06/2023] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Background: Endothelial cell (EC) dysfunction is an early hallmark of cardiovascular disease associated with the reduced bioavailability of nitric oxide (NO) resulting in over-constriction of arteries. Despite the clear need to assess NO availability, current techniques do not reliably allow this in intact arteries. Methods: Confocal fluorescence microscopy was used to compare two NO-sensitive fluorescent dyes (NO-dyes), Cu2FL2E and DAR-4M AM, in both cell-free chambers and isolated, intact arteries. Intact rat mesenteric arteries were studied using pressure myography or en face imaging to visualize vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) and endothelial cells (ECs) under physiological conditions. Both NO-dyes irreversibly bind NO, so the time course of accumulated fluorescence during basal, EC-agonist (ACh, 1 µM), and NO donor (SNAP, 10 µM) responses were assessed and compared in all experimental conditions. To avoid motion artefact, we introduced the additional step of labelling the arterial elastin with AF-633 hydrazide (AF) and calculated the fluorescence ratio (FR) of NO-dye/elastin over time to provide data as FR/FR0. Results: In cell-free chambers using either Cu2FL2E or DAR-4M AM, the addition of SNAP caused a time-dependent and significant increase in fluorescence compared to baseline. Next, using pressure myography we demonstrate that both Cu2FL2E and DAR-4M AM could be loaded into arterial cells, but found each also labelled the elastin. However, despite the use of different approaches and the clear observation of NO-dye in SMCs or ECs, we were unable to measure increases in fluorescence in response to either ACh or SNAP when cells were loaded with Cu2FL2E. We then turned our attention to DAR-4M AM and observed increases in FR/FR0 following stimulation with either ACh or SNAP. The addition of each agent evoked an accumulating, time-dependent, and statistically significant increase in fluorescence within 30 min compared to time controls. These experiments were repeated in the presence of L-NAME, an NO synthase inhibitor, which blocked the increase in fluorescence on addition of ACh but not to SNAP. Conclusion: These data advance our understanding of vascular function and in the future will potentially allow us to establish whether ECs continuously release NO, even under basal conditions.
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- The Vascular Pharmacology Group, Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Kemp-Harper B. Vasoprotective Actions of Nitroxyl (HNO): A Story of Sibling Rivalry. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 2021; 78:S13-S18. [PMID: 34840263 DOI: 10.1097/fjc.0000000000001151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2021] [Accepted: 09/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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ABSTRACT Nitroxyl (HNO), the 1 electron-reduced and protonated form of nitric oxide (NO•), has emerged as a nitrogen oxide with a suite of vasoprotective properties and therapeutic advantages over its redox sibling. Although HNO has garnered much attention due to its cardioprotective actions in heart failure, its ability to modulate vascular function, without the limitations of tolerance development and NO• resistance, is desirable in the treatment of vascular disease. HNO serves as a potent vasodilator and antiaggregatory agent and has an ability to limit vascular inflammation and reactive oxygen species generation. In addition, its resistance to scavenging by reactive oxygen species and ability to target distinct vascular signaling pathways (Kv, KATP, and calcitonin gene-related peptide) contribute to its preserved efficacy in hypertension, diabetes, and hypercholesterolemia. In this review, the vasoprotective actions of HNO will be compared with those of NO•, and the therapeutic utility of HNO donors in the treatment of angina, acute cardiovascular emergencies, and chronic vascular disease are discussed.
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- Barbara Kemp-Harper
- Department of Pharmacology, Cardiovascular Disease Program, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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Wong ESW, Li RWS, Li J, Li R, Seto SW, Lee SMY, Leung GPH. Relaxation effect of narirutin on rat mesenteric arteries via nitric oxide release and activation of voltage-gated potassium channels. Eur J Pharmacol 2021; 905:174190. [PMID: 34015322 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2021.174190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2021] [Revised: 04/28/2021] [Accepted: 05/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Narirutin is one of the most common flavanones found in citrus fruits. The vascular effects of its analogues naringenin and naringin have been reported but its effects on the cardiovascular system are largely unknown. In this study, relaxation effect of narirutin and its mechanisms of action were investigated by measuring isometric tension in rat mesenteric arteries. Patch-clamping was also used to study the effect of narirutin on potassium channels in vascular smooth muscle cells. Moreover, its effects on phosphorylation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase, cAMP level and phosphodiesterase activity in rat mesenteric arteries were studied by Western blot and biochemical assays. The results showed that pre-incubation of rat mesenteric arteries with narirutin had no influence on acetylcholine-induced endothelial-dependent relaxation. However, narirutin caused a direct concentration-dependent relaxation in rat mesenteric arteries. This relaxation effect was comparable to that of narirutin's structural analogue naringenin. Narirutin-induced relaxation was reduced by the removal of endothelium, NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor), and 4-aminopyridine (a voltage-gated potassium channel blocker). In addition, narirutin increased the phosphorylation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase and increased the voltage-dependent potassium current in mesenteric arterial smooth muscle cells. These effects were abolished by protein kinase A inhibitor. Furthermore, narirutin could increase cAMP level and inhibit phosphodiesterase activity in rat mesenteric arteries. In conclusion, narirutin has vasorelaxing effect and the mechanism involves the inhibition of phosphodiesterase, which increases intracellular cAMP, thereby stimulating the endothelial nitric oxide synthase and activating the voltage-gated potassium channels in vascular smooth muscle cells.
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- Emily Sze-Wan Wong
- Applied Science and Environmental Studies, Department of Science, School of Science and Technology, The Open University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Avenida da Universidade, Taipa, Macau
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Kakumanu R, Kemp-Harper BK, Silva A, Kuruppu S, Isbister GK, Hodgson WC. An in vivo examination of the differences between rapid cardiovascular collapse and prolonged hypotension induced by snake venom. Sci Rep 2019; 9:20231. [PMID: 31882843 PMCID: PMC6934742 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-56643-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2018] [Accepted: 12/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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We investigated the cardiovascular effects of venoms from seven medically important species of snakes: Australian Eastern Brown snake (Pseudonaja textilis), Sri Lankan Russell’s viper (Daboia russelii), Javanese Russell’s viper (D. siamensis), Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica), Uracoan rattlesnake (Crotalus vegrandis), Carpet viper (Echis ocellatus) and Puff adder (Bitis arietans), and identified two distinct patterns of effects: i.e. rapid cardiovascular collapse and prolonged hypotension. P. textilis (5 µg/kg, i.v.) and E. ocellatus (50 µg/kg, i.v.) venoms induced rapid (i.e. within 2 min) cardiovascular collapse in anaesthetised rats. P. textilis (20 mg/kg, i.m.) caused collapse within 10 min. D. russelii (100 µg/kg, i.v.) and D. siamensis (100 µg/kg, i.v.) venoms caused ‘prolonged hypotension’, characterised by a persistent decrease in blood pressure with recovery. D. russelii venom (50 mg/kg and 100 mg/kg, i.m.) also caused prolonged hypotension. A priming dose of P. textilis venom (2 µg/kg, i.v.) prevented collapse by E. ocellatus venom (50 µg/kg, i.v.), but had no significant effect on subsequent addition of D. russelii venom (1 mg/kg, i.v). Two priming doses (1 µg/kg, i.v.) of E. ocellatus venom prevented collapse by E. ocellatus venom (50 µg/kg, i.v.). B. gabonica, C. vegrandis and B. arietans (all at 200 µg/kg, i.v.) induced mild transient hypotension. Artificial respiration prevented D. russelii venom induced prolonged hypotension but not rapid cardiovascular collapse from E. ocellatus venom. D. russelii venom (0.001–1 μg/ml) caused concentration-dependent relaxation (EC50 = 82.2 ± 15.3 ng/ml, Rmax = 91 ± 1%) in pre-contracted mesenteric arteries. In contrast, E. ocellatus venom (1 µg/ml) only produced a maximum relaxant effect of 27 ± 14%, suggesting that rapid cardiovascular collapse is unlikely to be due to peripheral vasodilation. The prevention of rapid cardiovascular collapse, by ‘priming’ doses of venom, supports a role for depletable endogenous mediators in this phenomenon.
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- Rahini Kakumanu
- Monash Venom Group, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia
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- Monash Venom Group, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia
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- Monash Venom Group, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia.,Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Saliyapura, 50008, Sri Lanka
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia
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- Monash Venom Group, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia.,Clinical Toxicology Research Group, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, 2308, Australia
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- Monash Venom Group, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia.
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Gliemann L, Vestergaard Hansen C, Rytter N, Hellsten Y. Regulation of skeletal muscle blood flow during exercise. CURRENT OPINION IN PHYSIOLOGY 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cophys.2019.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Kakumanu R, Kuruppu S, Rash LD, Isbister GK, Hodgson WC, Kemp-Harper BK. D. russelii Venom Mediates Vasodilatation of Resistance Like Arteries via Activation of K v and K Ca Channels. Toxins (Basel) 2019; 11:E197. [PMID: 30939844 PMCID: PMC6520720 DOI: 10.3390/toxins11040197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2019] [Revised: 03/17/2019] [Accepted: 03/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Russell's viper (Daboia russelii) venom causes a range of clinical effects in humans. Hypotension is an uncommon but severe complication of Russell's viper envenoming. The mechanism(s) responsible for this effect are unclear. In this study, we examined the cardiovascular effects of Sri Lankan D. russelii venom in anaesthetised rats and in isolated mesenteric arteries. D. russelii venom (100 μg/kg, i.v.) caused a 45 ± 8% decrease in blood pressure within 10 min of administration in anaesthetised (100 μg/kg ketamine/xylazine 10:1 ratio, i.p.) rats. Venom (1 ng/mL⁻1 μg/mL) caused concentration-dependent relaxation (EC50 = 145.4 ± 63.6 ng/mL, Rmax = 92 ± 2%) in U46619 pre-contracted rat small mesenteric arteries mounted in a myograph. Vasorelaxant potency of venom was unchanged in the presence of the nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, L-NAME (100 µM), or removal of the endothelium. In the presence of high K⁺ (30 mM), the vasorelaxant response to venom was abolished. Similarly, blocking voltage-dependent (Kv: 4-aminopryidine; 1000 µM) and Ca2+-activated (KCa: tetraethylammonium (TEA; 1000 µM); SKCa: apamin (0.1 µM); IKCa: TRAM-34 (1 µM); BKCa; iberiotoxin (0.1 µM)) K⁺ channels markedly attenuated venom-induced relaxation. Responses were unchanged in the presence of the ATP-sensitive K⁺ channel blocker glibenclamide (10 µM), or H1 receptor antagonist, mepyramine (0.1 µM). Venom-induced vasorelaxtion was also markedly decreased in the presence of the transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V member 4 (TRPV4) antagonist, RN-1734 (10 µM). In conclusion, D. russelii-venom-induced hypotension in rodents may be due to activation of Kv and KCa channels, leading to vasorelaxation predominantly via an endothelium-independent mechanism. Further investigation is required to identify the toxin(s) responsible for this effect.
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- Rahini Kakumanu
- Department of Pharmacology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences, Monash University, Clayton VIC 3800, Australia.
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Clayton VIC 3800, Australia.
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- Faculty of Medicine, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia QLD 4072, Australia.
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- Clinical Toxicology Research Group, University of Newcastle, Callaghan NSW 2308, Australia.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences, Monash University, Clayton VIC 3800, Australia.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences, Monash University, Clayton VIC 3800, Australia.
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Zhang N, Qu K, Wang M, Yin Q, Wang W, Xue L, Fu H, Zhu H, Li Z. Identification of higenamine as a novel α1
-adrenergic receptor antagonist. Phytother Res 2019; 33:708-717. [DOI: 10.1002/ptr.6261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2018] [Revised: 10/21/2018] [Accepted: 11/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Nana Zhang
- State Key Laboratory for Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines; Beijing Key Laboratory of New Drug Mechanisms and Pharmacological Evaluation Study; Institute of Materia Medica; Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College; Beijing China
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- State Key Laboratory for Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines; Beijing Key Laboratory of New Drug Mechanisms and Pharmacological Evaluation Study; Institute of Materia Medica; Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College; Beijing China
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- State Key Laboratory for Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines; Beijing Key Laboratory of New Drug Mechanisms and Pharmacological Evaluation Study; Institute of Materia Medica; Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College; Beijing China
- School of Basic Medical Sciences; Inner Mongolia Medical University, Jinshan Development District; Hohhot PR China
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- Department of Cardiology and Institute of Vascular Medicine; Peking University Third Hospital; Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Molecular Biology and Regulatory Peptides, Ministry of Health; Key Laboratory of Molecular Cardiovascular Sciences, Ministry of Education; Beijing Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Receptors Research; Beijing China
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- Department of Cardiology and Institute of Vascular Medicine; Peking University Third Hospital; Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Molecular Biology and Regulatory Peptides, Ministry of Health; Key Laboratory of Molecular Cardiovascular Sciences, Ministry of Education; Beijing Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Receptors Research; Beijing China
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- Medical Research Center; Peking University Third Hospital; Beijing China
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- Department of Pharmacology; Emory University School of Medicine; Atlanta Georgia
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- State Key Laboratory for Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines; Beijing Key Laboratory of New Drug Mechanisms and Pharmacological Evaluation Study; Institute of Materia Medica; Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College; Beijing China
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- Department of Cardiology and Institute of Vascular Medicine; Peking University Third Hospital; Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Molecular Biology and Regulatory Peptides, Ministry of Health; Key Laboratory of Molecular Cardiovascular Sciences, Ministry of Education; Beijing Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Receptors Research; Beijing China
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Kakumanu R, Hodgson WC, Ravi R, Alagon A, Harris RJ, Brust A, Alewood PF, Kemp-Harper BK, Fry BG. Vampire Venom: Vasodilatory Mechanisms of Vampire Bat ( Desmodus rotundus) Blood Feeding. Toxins (Basel) 2019; 11:toxins11010026. [PMID: 30626071 PMCID: PMC6356263 DOI: 10.3390/toxins11010026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2018] [Revised: 12/20/2018] [Accepted: 01/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Animals that specialise in blood feeding have particular challenges in obtaining their meal, whereby they impair blood hemostasis by promoting anticoagulation and vasodilation in order to facilitate feeding. These convergent selection pressures have been studied in a number of lineages, ranging from fleas to leeches. However, the vampire bat (Desmondus rotundus) is unstudied in regards to potential vasodilatory mechanisms of their feeding secretions (which are a type of venom). This is despite the intense investigations of their anticoagulant properties which have demonstrated that D. rotundus venom contains strong anticoagulant and proteolytic activities which delay the formation of blood clots and interfere with the blood coagulation cascade. In this study, we identified and tested a compound from D. rotundus venom that is similar in size and amino acid sequence to human calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) which has potent vasodilatory properties. We found that the vampire bat-derived form of CGRP (i.e., vCGRP) selectively caused endothelium-independent relaxation of pre-contracted rat small mesenteric arteries. The vasorelaxant efficacy and potency of vCGRP were similar to that of CGRP, in activating CGRP receptors and Kv channels to relax arteriole smooth muscle, which would facilitate blood meal feeding by promoting continual blood flow. Our results provide, for the first time, a detailed investigation into the identification and function of a vasodilatory peptide found in D. rotundus venom, which provides a basis in understanding the convergent pathways and selectivity of hematophagous venoms. These unique peptides also show excellent drug design and development potential, thus highlighting the social and economic value of venomous animals.
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- Rahini Kakumanu
- Department of Pharmacology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia.
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- Departamento de Medicina Molecular y Bioprocesos, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Av. Universidad 2001, Cuernavaca, Morelos 62210, Mexico.
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- Venom Evolution Lab, School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland 4067, Australia.
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- Institute for Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia.
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- Institute for Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia.
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- Venom Evolution Lab, School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland 4067, Australia.
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Kelm NQ, Beare JE, Yuan F, George M, Shofner CM, Keller BB, Hoying JB, LeBlanc AJ. Adipose-derived cells improve left ventricular diastolic function and increase microvascular perfusion in advanced age. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0202934. [PMID: 30142193 PMCID: PMC6108481 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0202934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2018] [Accepted: 08/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
An early manifestation of coronary artery disease in advanced age is the development of microvascular dysfunction leading to deficits in diastolic function. Our lab has previously shown that epicardial treatment with adipose-derived stromal vascular fraction (SVF) preserves microvascular function following coronary ischemia in a young rodent model. Follow-up studies showed intravenous (i.v.) delivery of SVF allows the cells to migrate to the walls of small vessels and reset vasomotor tone. Therefore we tested the hypothesis that the i.v. cell injection of SVF would reverse the coronary microvascular dysfunction associated with aging in a rodent model. Fischer 344 rats were divided into 4 groups: young control (YC), old control (OC), old + rat aortic endothelial cells (O+EC) and old + GFP+ SVF cells (O+SVF). After four weeks, cardiac function and coronary flow reserve (CFR) were measured via echocardiography, and hearts were explanted either for histology or isolation of coronary arterioles for vessel reactivity studies. In a subgroup of animals, microspheres were injected during resting and dobutamine-stimulated conditions to measure coronary blood flow. GFP+ SVF cells engrafted and persisted in the myocardium and coronary vasculature four weeks following i.v. injection. Echocardiography showed age-related diastolic dysfunction without accompanying systolic dysfunction; diastolic function was improved in old rats after SVF treatment. Ultrasound and microsphere data both showed increased stimulated coronary blood flow in O+SVF rats compared to OC and O+EC, while isolated vessel reactivity was mostly unchanged. I.v.-injected SVF cells were capable of incorporating into the vasculature of the aging heart and are shown in this study to improve CFR and diastolic function in a model of advanced age. Importantly, SVF injection did not lead to arrhythmias or increased mortality in aged rats. SVF cells provide an autologous cell therapy option for treatment of microvascular and cardiac dysfunction in aged populations.
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- Natia Q. Kelm
- Cardiovascular Innovation Institute, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America
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- Cardiovascular Innovation Institute, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America
- Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States of America
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- Cardiovascular Innovation Institute, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America
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- Department of Physiology, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America
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- Department of Physiology, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America
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- Cardiovascular Innovation Institute, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America
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- Cardiovascular Innovation Institute, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America
- Department of Physiology, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America
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- Cardiovascular Innovation Institute, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America
- Department of Physiology, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America
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Pinkney AMH, Lemmey HAL, Dora KA, Garland CJ. Vasorelaxation to the Nitroxyl Donor Isopropylamine NONOate in Resistance Arteries Does Not Require Perivascular Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide. Hypertension 2017; 70:HYPERTENSIONAHA.117.09737. [PMID: 28760938 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.117.09737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2017] [Revised: 05/28/2017] [Accepted: 07/05/2017] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Nitroxyl (HNO) donors offer considerable therapeutic potential for the treatment of hypertension-related cardiovascular disorders, particularly heart failure, as they combine an inotropic action with peripheral vasodilation. Angeli's salt is the only HNO donor whose mechanism has been studied in depth, and recently, Angeli's salt vasodilation was suggested to be indirect and caused by calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) released from perivascular nerves after HNO activates TRPA1 (transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily A member 1) channels. We investigated resistance artery vasorelaxation to the HNO donor, isopropylamine NONOate (IPA/NO), one of the structures providing a template for therapeutic development. Wire myography in combination with measurements of smooth muscle membrane potential was used to characterize the effect of IPA/NO in mesenteric resistance arteries. Immunohistochemistry was assessed in pressurized arteries. IPA/NO concentration dependently hyperpolarized and relaxed arteries precontracted with the α1-adrenoreceptor agonist, phenylephrine. These effects were blocked by the soluble guanylyl cyclase inhibitor, ODQ (1H-[1,2,4]oxadiazolo[4,3-a]quinoxalin-1-one) but not by the KATP channel inhibitor, glibenclamide. Vasorelaxation persisted in the presence of raised [K+]o, used to block hyperpolarization, capsaicin to deplete perivascular CGRP, or HC030031 (2-(1,3-dimethyl-2,6-dioxo-1,2,3,6-tetrahydro-7H-purin-7-yl)-N-(4 isopropylphenyl) acetamide) to block TRPA1 receptors. Without preconstriction, hyperpolarization to IPA/NO was suppressed by glibenclamide, capsaicin, or HC030031. Hyperpolarization but not vasorelaxation to exogenous CGRP was inhibited with glibenclamide. Thus, vascular hyperpolarization is not necessary for vasorelaxation to the HNO donor IPA/NO, even though both effects are cGMP dependent. The reduced hyperpolarization after depletion of perivascular CGRP or block of TRPA1 receptors indicates some release of CGRP, but this does not contribute to HNO vasorelaxation. Therefore, HNO-TRPA1-CGRP signaling does not seem important for vasodilation to IPA/NO in resistance arteries.
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- Alice M H Pinkney
- From the Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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- From the Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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- From the Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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Tare M, Kalidindi RSR, Bubb KJ, Parkington HC, Boon WM, Li X, Sobey CG, Drummond GR, Ritchie RH, Kemp-Harper BK. Vasoactive actions of nitroxyl (HNO) are preserved in resistance arteries in diabetes. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol 2017; 390:397-408. [PMID: 28074232 DOI: 10.1007/s00210-016-1336-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2016] [Accepted: 12/27/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Endothelial dysfunction is a major risk factor for the vascular complications of diabetes. Increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, a hallmark of diabetes, reduces the bioavailability of endothelial vasodilators, including nitric oxide (NO·). The vascular endothelium also produces the one electron reduced and protonated form of NO·, nitroxyl (HNO). Unlike NO·, HNO is resistant to scavenging by superoxide anions (·O2─). The fate of HNO in resistance arteries in diabetes is unknown. We tested the hypothesis that the vasodilator actions of endogenous and exogenous HNO are preserved in resistance arteries in diabetes. We investigated the actions of HNO in small arteries from the mesenteric and femoral beds as they exhibit marked differences in endothelial vasodilator function following 8 weeks of streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetes mellitus. Vascular reactivity was assessed using wire myography and ·O2─ generation using lucigenin-enhanced chemiluminescence. The HNO donor, Angeli's salt, and the NO· donor, DEA/NO, evoked relaxations in both arteries of control rats, and these responses were unaffected by diabetes. Nox2 oxidase expression and ·O2─ generation were upregulated in mesenteric, but unchanged, in femoral arteries of diabetic rats. Acetylcholine-induced endothelium-dependent relaxation was impaired in mesenteric but not femoral arteries in diabetes. The HNO scavenger, L-cysteine, reduced this endothelium-dependent relaxation to a similar extent in femoral and mesenteric arteries from control and diabetic animals. In conclusion, HNO and NO· contribute to the NO synthase (NOS)-sensitive component of endothelium-dependent relaxation in mesenteric and femoral arteries. The role of HNO is sustained in diabetes, serving to maintain endothelium-dependent relaxation.
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- Marianne Tare
- Cardiovascular Disease Program, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Department of Physiology, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, 3800, Australia.,Monash Rural Health, Monash University, Churchill, VIC, Australia
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- Cardiovascular Disease Program, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Department of Pharmacology, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, 3800, Australia
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- Cardiovascular Disease Program, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Department of Physiology, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, 3800, Australia.,Kolling Institute, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, NSW, Australia
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- Cardiovascular Disease Program, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Department of Physiology, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, 3800, Australia
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- Cardiovascular Disease Program, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Department of Physiology, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, 3800, Australia
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- Cardiovascular Disease Program, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Department of Physiology, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, 3800, Australia
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- Cardiovascular Disease Program, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Department of Pharmacology, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, 3800, Australia
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- Cardiovascular Disease Program, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Department of Pharmacology, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, 3800, Australia
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- Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.,Department of Medicine, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Cardiovascular Disease Program, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Department of Pharmacology, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, 3800, Australia.
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Ren M, Deng B, Zhou K, Wang JY, Kong X, Lin W. A targetable fluorescent probe for imaging exogenous and intracellularly formed nitroxyl in mitochondria in living cells. J Mater Chem B 2017; 5:1954-1961. [DOI: 10.1039/c6tb03388a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We have developed a new mitochondrial-targeted turn-on fluorescent HNO probe (Mito-HNO). Fluorescence imaging shows that Mito-HNO is suitable for ratiometric visualization of HNO within mitochondria in living cells.
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- Mingguang Ren
- Institute of Fluorescent Probes for Biological Imaging
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- University of Jinan
- Jinan
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- Institute of Fluorescent Probes for Biological Imaging
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- University of Jinan
- Jinan
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- Institute of Fluorescent Probes for Biological Imaging
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- University of Jinan
- Jinan
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- Institute of Fluorescent Probes for Biological Imaging
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- University of Jinan
- Jinan
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- Institute of Fluorescent Probes for Biological Imaging
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- University of Jinan
- Jinan
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- Institute of Fluorescent Probes for Biological Imaging
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- University of Jinan
- Jinan
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Hamilton K, MacKenzie A. Gender specific generation of nitroxyl (HNO) from rat endothelium. Vascul Pharmacol 2015; 71:208-14. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vph.2015.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2015] [Revised: 02/16/2015] [Accepted: 03/09/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Garland CJ, Smirnov SV, Bagher P, Lim CS, Huang CY, Mitchell R, Stanley C, Pinkney A, Dora KA. TRPM4 inhibitor 9-phenanthrol activates endothelial cell intermediate conductance calcium-activated potassium channels in rat isolated mesenteric artery. Br J Pharmacol 2014; 172:1114-23. [PMID: 25323322 DOI: 10.1111/bph.12985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2014] [Revised: 10/08/2014] [Accepted: 10/09/2014] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Smooth muscle transient receptor potential melastatin 4 (TRPM4) channels play a fundamental role in the development of the myogenic arterial constriction that is necessary for blood flow autoregulation. As TRPM4 channels are present throughout the vasculature, we investigated their potential role in non-myogenic resistance arteries using the TRPM4 inhibitor 9-phenanthrol. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Pressure and wire myography were used to assess the reactivity of rat arteries, the latter in combination with measurements of smooth muscle membrane potential. Immunohistochemistry (IHC) and endothelial cell (EC) calcium changes were assessed in pressurized vessels and patch clamp measurements made in isolated ECs. KEY RESULTS The TRPM4 inhibitor 9-phenanthrol reversibly hyperpolarized mesenteric arteries to circa EK and blocked α1 -adrenoceptor-mediated vasoconstriction. Hyperpolarization was abolished and vasoconstriction re-established by damaging the endothelium. In mesenteric and cerebral artery smooth muscle, 9-phenanthrol hyperpolarization was effectively blocked by the KCa 3.1 inhibitor TRAM-34. 9-Phenanthrol did not increase mesenteric EC [Ca(2+)]i , and Na(+) substitution with N-methyl-D-glucamine only increased the muscle resting potential by 10 mV. Immunolabelling for TRPM4 was restricted to the endothelium and perivascular tissue. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS These data reveal a previously unrecognized action of the TRPM4 inhibitor 9-phenanthrol - the ability to act as an activator of EC KCa 3.1 channels. They do not indicate a functionally important role for TRPM4 channels in the reactivity of non-myogenic mesenteric arteries.
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- C J Garland
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3QT, UK
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Zhu G, Groneberg D, Sikka G, Hori D, Ranek MJ, Nakamura T, Takimoto E, Paolocci N, Berkowitz DE, Friebe A, Kass DA. Soluble guanylate cyclase is required for systemic vasodilation but not positive inotropy induced by nitroxyl in the mouse. Hypertension 2014; 65:385-92. [PMID: 25452469 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.114.04285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Nitroxyl (HNO), the reduced and protonated form of nitric oxide (NO·), confers unique physiological effects including vasorelaxation and enhanced cardiac contractility. These features have spawned current pharmaceutical development of HNO donors as heart failure therapeutics. HNO interacts with selective redox sensitive cysteines to effect signaling but is also proposed to activate soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) in vitro to induce vasodilation and potentially enhance contractility. Here, we tested whether sGC stimulation is required for these HNO effects in vivo and if HNO also modifies a redox-sensitive cysteine (C42) in protein kinase G-1α to control vasorelaxation. Intact mice and isolated arteries lacking the sGC-β subunit (sGCKO, results in full sGC deficiency) or expressing solely a redox-dead C42S mutant protein kinase G-1α were exposed to the pure HNO donor, CXL-1020. CXL-1020 induced dose-dependent systemic vasodilation while increasing contractility in controls; however, vasodilator effects were absent in sGCKO mice whereas contractility response remained. The CXL-1020 dose reversing 50% of preconstricted force in aortic rings was ≈400-fold greater in sGCKO than controls. Cyclic-GMP and cAMP levels were unaltered in myocardium exposed to CXL-1020, despite its inotropic-vasodilator activity. In protein kinase G-1α(C42S) mice, CXL-1020 induced identical vasorelaxation in vivo and in isolated aortic and mesenteric vessels as in littermate controls. In both groups, dilation was near fully blocked by pharmacologically inhibiting sGC. Thus, sGC and cGMP-dependent signaling are necessary and sufficient for HNO-induced vasodilation in vivo but are not required for positive inotropic action. Redox modulation of protein kinase G-1α is not a mechanism for HNO-mediated vasodilation.
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- Guangshuo Zhu
- From the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore MD (G.Z., M.J.R., T.N., E.T., N.P., D.A.K.); Institut of Vegetative Physiology, Julius Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany (D.G., A.F.); and Departments of Anesthesia (G.S., D.E.B.) and Surgery (D.H.), Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore MD
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- From the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore MD (G.Z., M.J.R., T.N., E.T., N.P., D.A.K.); Institut of Vegetative Physiology, Julius Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany (D.G., A.F.); and Departments of Anesthesia (G.S., D.E.B.) and Surgery (D.H.), Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore MD
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- From the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore MD (G.Z., M.J.R., T.N., E.T., N.P., D.A.K.); Institut of Vegetative Physiology, Julius Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany (D.G., A.F.); and Departments of Anesthesia (G.S., D.E.B.) and Surgery (D.H.), Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore MD
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- From the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore MD (G.Z., M.J.R., T.N., E.T., N.P., D.A.K.); Institut of Vegetative Physiology, Julius Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany (D.G., A.F.); and Departments of Anesthesia (G.S., D.E.B.) and Surgery (D.H.), Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore MD
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- From the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore MD (G.Z., M.J.R., T.N., E.T., N.P., D.A.K.); Institut of Vegetative Physiology, Julius Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany (D.G., A.F.); and Departments of Anesthesia (G.S., D.E.B.) and Surgery (D.H.), Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore MD
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- From the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore MD (G.Z., M.J.R., T.N., E.T., N.P., D.A.K.); Institut of Vegetative Physiology, Julius Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany (D.G., A.F.); and Departments of Anesthesia (G.S., D.E.B.) and Surgery (D.H.), Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore MD
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- From the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore MD (G.Z., M.J.R., T.N., E.T., N.P., D.A.K.); Institut of Vegetative Physiology, Julius Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany (D.G., A.F.); and Departments of Anesthesia (G.S., D.E.B.) and Surgery (D.H.), Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore MD
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- From the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore MD (G.Z., M.J.R., T.N., E.T., N.P., D.A.K.); Institut of Vegetative Physiology, Julius Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany (D.G., A.F.); and Departments of Anesthesia (G.S., D.E.B.) and Surgery (D.H.), Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore MD
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- From the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore MD (G.Z., M.J.R., T.N., E.T., N.P., D.A.K.); Institut of Vegetative Physiology, Julius Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany (D.G., A.F.); and Departments of Anesthesia (G.S., D.E.B.) and Surgery (D.H.), Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore MD
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- From the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore MD (G.Z., M.J.R., T.N., E.T., N.P., D.A.K.); Institut of Vegetative Physiology, Julius Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany (D.G., A.F.); and Departments of Anesthesia (G.S., D.E.B.) and Surgery (D.H.), Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore MD
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- From the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore MD (G.Z., M.J.R., T.N., E.T., N.P., D.A.K.); Institut of Vegetative Physiology, Julius Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany (D.G., A.F.); and Departments of Anesthesia (G.S., D.E.B.) and Surgery (D.H.), Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore MD.
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Chin KY, Qin C, Cao N, Kemp-Harper BK, Woodman OL, Ritchie RH. The concomitant coronary vasodilator and positive inotropic actions of the nitroxyl donor Angeli's salt in the intact rat heart: contribution of soluble guanylyl cyclase-dependent and -independent mechanisms. Br J Pharmacol 2014; 171:1722-34. [PMID: 24372173 DOI: 10.1111/bph.12568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2012] [Revised: 12/11/2013] [Accepted: 12/20/2013] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The NO redox sibling nitroxyl (HNO) elicits soluble guanylyl cyclase (sGC)-dependent vasodilatation. HNO has high reactivity with thiols, which is attributed with HNO-enhanced left ventricular (LV) function. Here, we tested the hypothesis that the concomitant vasodilatation and inotropic actions induced by a HNO donor, Angeli's salt (sodium trioxodinitrate), were sGC-dependent and sGC-independent respectively. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Haemodynamic responses to Angeli's salt (10 pmol-10 μmol), alone and in the presence of scavengers of HNO (L-cysteine, 4 mM) or of NO [hydroxocobalamin (HXC), 100 μM] or a selective inhibitor of sGC [1H-[1,2,4]oxadiazolo[4,3-a]quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ), 10 μM], a CGRP receptor antagonist (CGRP8-37 , 0.1 μM) or a blocker of voltage-dependent potassium channels [4-aminopyridine (4-AP), 1 mM] were determined in isolated hearts from male rats. KEY RESULTS Angeli's salt elicited concomitant, dose-dependent increases in coronary flow and LV systolic and diastolic function. Both L-cysteine and ODQ shifted (but did not abolish) the dose-response curve of each of these effects to the right, implying contributions from HNO and sGC in both the vasodilator and inotropic actions. In contrast, neither HXC, CGRP8-37 nor 4-AP affected these actions. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS Both vasodilator and inotropic actions of the HNO donor Angeli's salt were mediated in part by sGC-dependent mechanisms, representing the first evidence that sGC contributes to the inotropic and lusitropic action of HNO in the intact heart. Thus, HNO acutely enhances LV contraction and relaxation, while concomitantly unloading the heart, potentially beneficial actions in failing hearts.
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- Kai Yee Chin
- Heart Failure Pharmacology, Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; School of Medical Sciences, RMIT University, Bundoora, Vic., Australia
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Yarova PL, Smirnov SV, Dora KA, Garland CJ. β₁-Adrenoceptor stimulation suppresses endothelial IK(Ca)-channel hyperpolarization and associated dilatation in resistance arteries. Br J Pharmacol 2014; 169:875-86. [PMID: 23488860 DOI: 10.1111/bph.12160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2012] [Revised: 02/01/2013] [Accepted: 02/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE In small arteries, small conductance Ca²⁺-activated K⁺ channels (SK(Ca)) and intermediate conductance Ca²⁺-activated K⁺ channels (IK(Ca)) restricted to the vascular endothelium generate hyperpolarization that underpins the NO- and PGI₂-independent, endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor response that is the predominate endothelial mechanism for vasodilatation. As neuronal IK(Ca) channels can be negatively regulated by PKA, we investigated whether β-adrenoceptor stimulation, which signals through cAMP/PKA, might influence endothelial cell hyperpolarization and as a result modify the associated vasodilatation. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Rat isolated small mesenteric arteries were pressurized to measure vasodilatation and endothelial cell [Ca²⁺]i , mounted in a wire myograph to measure smooth muscle membrane potential or dispersed into endothelial cell sheets for membrane potential recording. KEY RESULTS Intraluminal perfusion of β-adrenoceptor agonists inhibited endothelium-dependent dilatation to ACh (1 nM-10 μM) without modifying the associated changes in endothelial cell [Ca²⁺]i . The inhibitory effect of β-adrenoceptor agonists was mimicked by direct activation of adenylyl cyclase with forskolin, blocked by the β-adrenoceptor antagonists propranolol (non-selective), atenolol (β₁) or the PKA inhibitor KT-5720, but remained unaffected by ICI 118 551 (β₂) or glibenclamide (ATP-sensitive K⁺ channels channel blocker). Endothelium-dependent hyperpolarization to ACh was also inhibited by β-adrenoceptor stimulation in both intact arteries and in endothelial cells sheets. Blocking IK(Ca) {with 1 μM 1-[(2-chlorophenyl)diphenylmethyl]-1H-pyrazole (TRAM-34)}, but not SK(Ca) (50 nM apamin) channels prevented β-adrenoceptor agonists from suppressing either hyperpolarization or vasodilatation to ACh. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS In resistance arteries, endothelial cell β₁-adrenoceptors link to inhibit endothelium-dependent hyperpolarization and the resulting vasodilatation to ACh. This effect appears to reflect inhibition of endothelial IK(Ca) channels and may be one consequence of raised circulating catecholamines.
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- P L Yarova
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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Irvine JC, Ravi RM, Kemp-Harper BK, Widdop RE. Nitroxyl donors retain their depressor effects in hypertension. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2013; 305:H939-45. [PMID: 23851276 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00630.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Nitroxyl (HNO), the redox congener of nitric oxide, has numerous vasoprotective actions including an ability to induce vasodilation and inhibit platelet aggregation. Given HNO is resistant to scavenging by superoxide and does not develop tolerance, we hypothesised that HNO would retain its in vivo vasodilatory action in the setting of hypertension. The in vitro and in vivo vasodilator properties of the HNO donors Angeli's salt (AS) and isopropylamine/NONOate (IPA/NO) were compared with the NO donor diethylamine/NONOate (DEA/NO) in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and normotensive [Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats]. AS (10, 50, and 200 μg/kg), IPA/NO (10, 50, and 200 μg/kg), and DEA/NO (1, 5, and 20 μg/kg) caused dose-dependent depressor responses in conscious WKY rats of similar magnitude. Depressor responses to AS and IPA/NO were significantly attenuated (P < 0.01) after infusion of the HNO scavenger N-acetyl-l-cysteine (NAC), confirming that AS and IPA/NO function as HNO donors in vivo. In contrast, responses to DEA/NO were unchanged following NAC infusion. Depressor responses to AS and IPA/NO in conscious SHR retained their sensitivity to the inhibitory effects of NAC (P < 0.01), yet those to DEA/NO in SHR were significantly (P < 0.05) enhanced following NAC infusion. Importantly, depressor responses to AS, IPA/NO, and DEA/NO were preserved in hypertension and vasorelaxation to AS and DEA/NO, in isolated aorta, unchanged in SHR as compared with WKY rats. This study has shown for the first time that HNO donors exert antihypertensive effects in vivo and may, therefore, offer a therapeutic alternative to traditional nitrovasodilators in the treatment of cardiovascular disorders such as hypertension.
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- Jennifer C Irvine
- Department of Pharmacology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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Joshi A, Woodman OL. Increased nitric oxide activity compensates for increased oxidative stress to maintain endothelial function in rat aorta in early type 1 diabetes. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol 2012; 385:1083-94. [PMID: 22965470 DOI: 10.1007/s00210-012-0794-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2012] [Accepted: 08/27/2012] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Hyperglycaemia and oxidative stress are known to acutely cause endothelial dysfunction in vitro, but in the initial stages of diabetes, endothelium-dependent relaxation is preserved. The aim of this study was to investigate how endothelium-dependent relaxation is maintained in the early stages of type 1 diabetes. Diabetes was induced in Sprague-Dawley rats with a single injection of streptozotocin (48 mg/kg, i.v.), and after 6 weeks, endothelium-dependent and endothelium-independent relaxations were examined in the thoracic aorta in vitro. Lucigenin-enhanced chemiluminescence was used to measure superoxide generation from the aorta. Diabetes increased superoxide generation by the aorta (2,180 ± 363 vs 986 ± 163 AU/mg dry tissue weight). Acetylcholine (ACh)-induced relaxation was similar in aortae from control (pEC(50) 7.36 ± 0.09, R (max) 95 ± 3 %) and diabetic rats (pEC(50) 7.33 ± 0.10, R (max) 88 ± 5 %). The ACh-induced relaxation was abolished by the combined presence of the nitric oxide synthase inhibitor N-nitro-L-arginine (L-NNA, 100 μM) and an inhibitor of soluble guanylate cyclase, 1H-[1,2,4]oxadiazolo[4,3-a]quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ, 10 μM) in control rats, but under the same conditions, the diabetic aortic rings showed significant relaxation to ACh (pEC(50) 6.75 ± 0.15, R (max) 25 ± 4 %, p < 0.05). In diabetic aortae, the addition of haemoglobin, which inactivates nitric oxide, to L-NNA + ODQ abolished the response to ACh. The addition of the potassium channel blockers, apamin and TRAM-34, to L-NNA + ODQ also abolished the relaxation response to ACh. Diabetes significantly elevated plasma total nitrite/nitrate and increased expression of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) and calmodulin in aortae. These data indicate that after 6 weeks of diabetes, despite increased oxidant stress, endothelium-dependent relaxation is maintained due to the increased eNOS expression resulting in increased NO synthesis. In diabetic arteries, NO acts both through and independently of cGMP pathways to cause relaxation.
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- A Joshi
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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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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Yan LJ, Liu L, Forster MJ. Reversible inactivation of dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase by Angeli's salt. SHENG WU WU LI HSUEH BAO 2012; 28:341-350. [PMID: 23139597 PMCID: PMC3490496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase (DLDH) is a key component of 3 mitochondrial α-keto acid dehydrogenase complexes including pyruvate dehydrogenase complex, α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase complex, and branched chain amino acid dehydrogenase complex. It is a pyridine-dependent disulfide oxidoreductase that is very sensitive to oxidative modifications by reactive nitrogen species (RNS) and reactive oxygen species (ROS). The objective of this study was to investigate the mechanisms of DLDH modification by RNS derived from Angeli's salt. Studies were conducted using isolated rat brain mitochondria that were incubated with varying concentrations of Angeli's salt followed by spectrophotometric enzyme assays, blue native gel analysis, and 2-dimensional gel-based proteomic approaches. Results show that DLDH could be inactivated by Angeli's salt in a concentration dependent manner and the inactivation was a targeting rather than a random process as peroxynitrite did not show any detectable inhibitory effect on the enzyme's activity under the same experimental conditions. Since Angeli's salt can readily decompose at physiological pH to yield nitroxyl anion (HNO) and nitric oxide, further studies were conducted to determine the actual RNS that was responsible for DLDH inactivation. Results indicate that it was HNO that exerted the effect of Angeli's salt on DLDH. Finally, two-dimensional Western blot analysis indicates that DLDH inactivation by Angeli's salt was accompanied by formation of protein s-nitrosothiols, suggesting that s-nitrosylation is likely the cause of loss in enzyme's activity. Taken together, the present study provides insights into mechanisms of DLDH inactivation induced by HNO derived from Angeli's salt.
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- Liang-Jun Yan
- Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience and Institute for Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease Research, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience and Institute for Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease Research, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas
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Leo CH, Hart JL, Woodman OL. Impairment of both nitric oxide-mediated and EDHF-type relaxation in small mesenteric arteries from rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes. Br J Pharmacol 2011; 162:365-77. [PMID: 20840539 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2010.01023.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE To investigate whether diabetes affects either or both nitric oxide (NO)-mediated and endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF)-type relaxation in endothelium-dependent relaxation of mesenteric arteries from streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Wire myography was employed to examine endothelial function of mesenteric arteries. Superoxide levels were measured by L-012 and lucigenin-enhanced chemiluminescence. Western blotting was used to quantify protein expression levels. KEY RESULTS Superoxide levels were significantly increased in diabetic mesenteric arteries compared with normal arteries. Diabetes significantly reduced the sensitivity to the endothelium-dependent relaxant, acetylcholine (ACh) in mesenteric arteries. When the contribution of NO to relaxation was abolished by N-nitro-L-arginine (L-NNA) + a soluble guanylate cyclase inhibitor (ODQ), the sensitivity to ACh was significantly decreased in the diabetic arteries compared with normal arteries, indicating an impaired EDHF-type relaxation despite increased expression of intermediate- and small-conductance calcium-activated potassium channels. Conversely, when the contribution of EDHF was inhibited with TRAM-34 + apamin + iberiotoxin, maximum relaxations to ACh were significantly decreased in diabetic compared with normal arteries, suggesting that the contribution of NO was also impaired by diabetes. Basal levels of NO release, indicated by contraction to L-NNA, were also significantly decreased in diabetic arteries. Western blot analysis demonstrated that diabetic arteries had an increased expression of Nox2, decreased pSer⁴⁷³ Akt and a reduced proportion of endothelial NO synthase (eNOS) expressed as a dimer, indicating uncoupling. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS The contribution of both NO and EDHF-type relaxations was impaired in diabetes and was caused by increased oxidative stress, decreased pSer⁴⁷³ Akt and/or eNOS uncoupling.
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- C H Leo
- Health Innovation Research Institute, RMIT University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia
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Nitroxyl (HNO), the one electron reduced and protonated congener of nitric oxide, is emerging as a novel nitrogen oxide with distinct chemistry and biological actions as compared with its redox sibling. The "thiophilic" nature of HNO underlies many of its unique properties, and attention has been focused on its regulation of cellular function and therapeutic potential, particularly in the treatment of cardiovascular disease. The present Forum issue summarizes the intriguing chemistry and biology of HNO and highlights its impact in the cardiovascular and central nervous systems. Recent advances in the development of new HNO donors and their potential use as tools to study HNO signaling and therapeutic agents are discussed. Evidence is also provided for a role of HNO as a putative, endogenous regulator of vascular function. However, as highlighted in this Forum issue, the development of sensitive methods for HNO detection in a biological system is needed to conclusively prove its in vivo generation. As research expands in this area, it is likely that new targets and pharmacological applications of HNO will be discovered.
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- Barbara K Kemp-Harper
- Vascular Biology and Immunopharmacology Group, Department of Pharmacology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
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Bullen ML, Miller AA, Andrews KL, Irvine JC, Ritchie RH, Sobey CG, Kemp-Harper BK. Nitroxyl (HNO) as a vasoprotective signaling molecule. Antioxid Redox Signal 2011; 14:1675-86. [PMID: 20673125 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2010.3327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Nitroxyl (HNO), the one electron reduced and protonated form of nitric oxide (NO(•)), is rapidly emerging as a novel nitrogen oxide with distinct pharmacology and therapeutic advantages over its redox sibling. Whilst the cardioprotective effects of HNO in heart failure have been established, it is apparent that HNO may also confer a number of vasoprotective properties. Like NO(•), HNO induces vasodilatation, inhibits platelet aggregation, and limits vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation. In addition, HNO can be putatively generated within the vasculature, and recent evidence suggests it also serves as an endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF). Significantly, HNO targets signaling pathways distinct from NO(•) with an ability to activate K(V) and K(ATP) channels in resistance arteries, cause coronary vasodilatation in part via release of calcitonin-gene related peptide (CGRP), and exhibits resistance to scavenging by superoxide and vascular tolerance development. As such, HNO synthesis and bioavailability may be preserved and/or enhanced during disease states, in particular those associated with oxidative stress. Moreover, it may compensate, in part, for a loss of NO(•) signaling. Here we explore the vasoprotective actions of HNO and discuss the therapeutic potential of HNO donors in the treatment of vascular dysfunction.
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- Michelle L Bullen
- Vascular Biology and Immunopharmacology Group, Department of Pharmacology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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