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Liu B, Xia L, Li Y, Jiang S, Yu W, Zhang L, Shao XM, Xu Z, Xiao D. Prenatal Nicotine Exposure Raises Male Blood Pressure via FTO-Mediated NOX2/ROS Signaling. Hypertension 2024; 81:240-251. [PMID: 37795601 PMCID: PMC10873091 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.123.21766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2023] [Accepted: 09/16/2023] [Indexed: 10/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Cigarette smoking/nicotine exposure in pregnancy shows an increased risk of hypertension in offspring, but the mechanisms are unclear. This study tested the hypothesis that m6A RNA hypomethylation epigenetically regulates vascular NOX (NADPH oxidase) and reactive oxygen species production, contributing to the fetal programming of a hypertensive phenotype in nicotine-exposed offspring. METHODS Pregnant rats were exposed to episodic chronic intermittent nicotine aerosol (CINA) or saline aerosol control from gestational day 4 to day 21, and experiments were performed in 6-month-old adult offspring. RESULTS Antenatal CINA exposure augmented Ang II (angiotensin II)-stimulated blood pressure response in male, but not female offspring. Moreover, CINA increased vascular NOX2 expression and superoxide production exclusively in male offspring. Inhibition of NOX2 with gp91ds-tat, both ex vivo and in vivo, mitigated the CINA-induced elevation in superoxide production and blood pressure response. Notably, CINA enhanced the expression of vascular m6A demethylase FTO (fat mass and obesity-associated protein), while reducing the total vascular m6A abundance and specific m6A methylation of the NOX2 gene. Additionally, ex vivo inhibition of FTO with FB23-2 attenuated CINA-induced increases in vascular NOX2 expression. In vitro experiments using human umbilical vein endothelial cells demonstrated that nicotine dose-dependently upregulated FTO and NOX2 protein abundance, which were reversed by treatment with the FTO inhibitor FB23-2 or FTO knockdown using siRNAs. CONCLUSIONS This study uncovers a new mechanism: m6A demethylase FTO-mediated epigenetic upregulation of vascular NOX2 signaling in CINA-induced hypertensive phenotype. This insight could lead to a therapeutic target for preventing and treating developmental hypertension programming.
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- Bailin Liu
- Lawrence D. Longo, MD Center for Perinatal Biology, Department of Basic Sciences, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California, USA 92354
- Perinatology Laboratory, Wuxi Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Women’s Hospital of Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214002, China
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- Lawrence D. Longo, MD Center for Perinatal Biology, Department of Basic Sciences, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California, USA 92354
- Department of Surgical Intensive Care Unit, The First Affiliated hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Lawrence D. Longo, MD Center for Perinatal Biology, Department of Basic Sciences, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California, USA 92354
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- Lawrence D. Longo, MD Center for Perinatal Biology, Department of Basic Sciences, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California, USA 92354
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- Lawrence D. Longo, MD Center for Perinatal Biology, Department of Basic Sciences, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California, USA 92354
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- Lawrence D. Longo, MD Center for Perinatal Biology, Department of Basic Sciences, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California, USA 92354
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- Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA90095, USA
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- Perinatology Laboratory, Wuxi Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Women’s Hospital of Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214002, China
- Institute for Fetology, First Hospital of Soochow University, 708 Renmin Road, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Lawrence D. Longo, MD Center for Perinatal Biology, Department of Basic Sciences, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California, USA 92354
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Gekle M, Dubourg V, Schwerdt G, Benndorf RA, Schreier B. The role of EGFR in vascular AT1R signaling: From cellular mechanisms to systemic relevance. Biochem Pharmacol 2023; 217:115837. [PMID: 37777161 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2023.115837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2023] [Revised: 09/25/2023] [Accepted: 09/27/2023] [Indexed: 10/02/2023]
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The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) belongs to the ErbB-family of receptor tyrosine kinases that are of importance in oncology. During the last years, substantial evidence accumulated for a crucial role of EGFR concerning the action of the angiotensin II type 1 receptor (AT1R) in blood vessels, resulting form AT1R-induced EGFR transactivation. This transactivation occurs through the release of membrane-anchored EGFR-ligands, cytosolic tyrosine kinases, heterocomplex formation or enhanced ligand expression. AT1R-EGFR crosstalk amplifies the signaling response and enhances the biological effects of angiotensin II. Downstream signaling cascades include ERK1/2 and p38 MAPK, PLCγ and STAT. AT1R-induced EGFR activation contributes to vascular remodeling and hypertrophy via e.g. smooth muscle cell proliferation, migration and extracellular matrix production. EGFR transactivation results in increased vessel wall thickness and reduced vascular compliance. AT1R and EGFR signaling pathways are also implicated the induction of vascular inflammation. Again, EGFR transactivation exacerbates the effects, leading to endothelial dysfunction that contributes to vascular inflammation, dysfunction and remodeling. Dysregulation of the AT1R-EGFR axis has been implicated in the pathogenesis of various cardiovascular diseases and inhibition or prevention of EGFR signaling can attenuate part of the detrimental impact of enhanced renin-angiotensin-system (RAAS) activity, highlighting the importance of EGFR for the adverse consequences of AT1R activation. In summary, EGFR plays a critical role in vascular AT1R action, enhancing signaling, promoting remodeling, contributing to inflammation, and participating in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular diseases. Understanding the interplay between AT1R and EGFR will foster the development of effective therapeutic strategies of RAAS-induced disorders.
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- Michael Gekle
- Julius-Bernstein-Institute of Physiology, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Magdeburger Str. 6, D-06112 Halle (Saale), Germany.
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- Julius-Bernstein-Institute of Physiology, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Magdeburger Str. 6, D-06112 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Julius-Bernstein-Institute of Physiology, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Magdeburger Str. 6, D-06112 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacy, Martin-Luther-University, Halle, Germany
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- Julius-Bernstein-Institute of Physiology, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Magdeburger Str. 6, D-06112 Halle (Saale), Germany
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Lin X, Ullah MHE, Wu X, Xu F, Shan SK, Lei LM, Yuan LQ, Liu J. Cerebro-Cardiovascular Risk, Target Organ Damage, and Treatment Outcomes in Primary Aldosteronism. Front Cardiovasc Med 2022; 8:798364. [PMID: 35187110 PMCID: PMC8847442 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.798364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2021] [Accepted: 12/20/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Primary aldosteronism (PA) is the most common type of endocrine hypertension, and numerous experimental and clinical evidence have verified that prolonged exposure to excess aldosterone is responsible for an increased risk of cerebro-cardiovascular events and target organ damage (TOD) in patients with PA. Therefore, focusing on restoring the toxic effects of excess aldosterone on the target organs is very important to reduce cerebro-cardiovascular events. Current evidence convincingly demonstrates that both surgical and medical treatment strategies would benefit cerebro-cardiovascular outcomes and mortality in the long term. Understanding cerebro-cardiovascular risk in PA would help clinical doctors to achieve both early diagnosis and treatment. Therefore, in this review, we will summarize the cerebro-cardiovascular risk in PA, focusing on the TOD of aldosterone, including brain, heart, vascular system, renal, adipose tissues, diabetes, and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Furthermore, the various treatment outcomes of adrenalectomy and medical treatment for patients with PA will also be discussed. We hope this knowledge will help improve cerebro-cardiovascular prognosis and reduce the incidence and mortality of cerebro-cardiovascular events in patients with PA.
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- Xiao Lin
- Department of Radiology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
- Ling-Qing Yuan
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
- Clinical Research Center for Medical Imaging in Hunan Province, Changsha, China
- Department of Radiology Quality Control Center in Hunan Province, Changsha, China
- *Correspondence: Jun Liu
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Conti G, Caccamo D, Siligato R, Gembillo G, Satta E, Pazzano D, Carucci N, Carella A, Campo GD, Salvo A, Santoro D. Association of Higher Advanced Oxidation Protein Products (AOPPs) Levels in Patients with Diabetic and Hypertensive Nephropathy. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019; 55:medicina55100675. [PMID: 31591338 PMCID: PMC6843920 DOI: 10.3390/medicina55100675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2019] [Revised: 09/21/2019] [Accepted: 10/01/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Background and Objectives: Diabetes mellitus (DM) and hypertension (HT) are characterized by cell damage caused by inflammatory and metabolic mechanisms induced by alteration in reduction-oxidative status. Serum advanced oxidation protein products (AOPP) are new markers of protein damage induced by oxidative stress. We evaluated serum levels of AOPP in a cohort of patients with DM and HT, with or without renal complications, compared with a control healthy population. Materials and Methods: The study group comprised of 62 patients with type 2 DM and 56 with HT. The 62 patients affected by DM were further distinguished in 24 subjects without renal impairment, 18 with diabetic nephropathy (DN), 20 with chronic kidney disease (CKD) stage 2–3 secondary to DN. The subgroup of 56 patients with primary HT comprised 26 subjects without renal complications and 30 with CKD (stage 2–3) secondary to HT. Thirty healthy controls, matched for age and sex, were recruited among blood donors. Results: Increased AOPP levels were found in DM patients compared with healthy subjects, although not significantly. This index was higher and more significant in patients with DN and CKD secondary to DN than in DM patients without nephropathy (p < 0.05) or controls (p < 0.0001). Patients with HT and with kidney impairment secondary to HT also had significantly higher AOPP serum levels than controls (p < 0.01 and p < 0.0001, respectively). There were no significant differences in mean AOPP levels among DM and HT patients. Conclusion: Our study showed that oxidative stress was higher in diabetic or hypertensive subjects than in healthy controls and, in particular, it appeared to be more severe in patients with renal complications. We suggest that the assessment of AOPP in diabetic and hypertensive patients may be important to predict the onset of renal failure and to open a new perspective on the adoption of antioxidant molecules to prevent CKD in those settings.
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- Giovanni Conti
- Pediatric Nephrology Unit, AOU Policlinic "G Martino", University of Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy.
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- Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, AOU Policlinic "G Martino", University of Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy.
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- Unit of Nephrology and Dialysis, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy.
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- Unit of Nephrology and Dialysis, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy.
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- Unit of Nephrology and Dialysis, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy.
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- Unit of Nephrology and Dialysis, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy.
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- Pediatric Nephrology Unit, AOU Policlinic "G Martino", University of Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy.
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- Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, AOU Policlinic "G Martino", University of Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy.
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- Pediatric Nephrology Unit, AOU Policlinic "G Martino", University of Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy.
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- Unit of Nephrology and Dialysis, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy.
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- Unit of Nephrology and Dialysis, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy.
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The Mechanism of MAPK Signal Transduction Pathway Involved with Electroacupuncture Treatment for Different Diseases. EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 2019; 2019:8138017. [PMID: 31467579 PMCID: PMC6699341 DOI: 10.1155/2019/8138017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2019] [Revised: 06/07/2019] [Accepted: 07/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signal transduction pathway plays an important role in the regulation of various diseases, such as cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and takes part in anti-inflammatory effects, analgesic effects, protection against injury, and maintenance of gastrointestinal functions. Electroacupuncture therapy is an external therapy used in traditional Chinese medicine. By adding external electrical stimulation to traditional acupuncture, the stimulus gets doubled and the therapeutic efficacy gets enhanced accordingly. It combines the benefits of both acupuncture and electrical stimulation. In recent years, some studies have explored the molecular mechanisms of MAPK signal pathways involved with electroacupuncture treatment. Based on these recent studies, this article summarizes the mechanisms of MAPK signal transduction pathways involved with electroacupuncture treatment. This adds great value to the studies of molecular mechanisms of electroacupuncture treatment and also provides an effective reference for its clinical use.
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Enayatfard L, Mohebbati R, Niazmand S, Hosseini M, Shafei MN. The standardized extract of Nigella sativa and its major ingredient, thymoquinone, ameliorates angiotensin II-induced hypertension in rats. J Basic Clin Physiol Pharmacol 2019; 30:51-58. [PMID: 30269105 DOI: 10.1515/jbcpp-2018-0074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2018] [Accepted: 07/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Background This study investigated the effect of hydroalcoholic extract of Nigella sativa (N. sativa) and its active component, thymoquinone (TQ) on hypertension induced by angiotensin II (AngII), the main product of renin-angiotensin system (RAS). Methods Seven animal groups (n=7 for each group) were used as follows: (1) control, (2) AngII (300 ng/kg), (3) AngII+losartan (Los; 10 mg/kg), (4) TQ (40 mg/kg)+AngII, and (5-7) three doses of N. sativa (200, 400, and 600 mg/kg)+AngII. Los and AngII were injected intravenously; TQ and extracts were injected intraperitoneally. In TQ and N. sativa-treated groups, 30 min after injection of the extract and TQ, AngII was injected. Cardiovascular parameters were recorded by power lab system after cannulation of femoral artery. The maximum changes (∆) of systolic blood pressure (SBP), mean arterial pressure (MAP), and heart rate (HR) were calculated and used for statistical analysis. Results AngII significantly increased maximal ∆SBP, ∆MAP, and ∆HR compared with the control (p<0.001), and these effects significantly were blunted by Los. TQ and two higher doses (400 and 600 mg/kg) of N. sativa significantly could antagonize effect of AngII on ∆SBP, ∆MAP (p<0.05 to p<0.001). AngII-induced changes of HR are also significantly decreased by TQ and dose 600 mg/kg of extract (p<0.01 and p<0.05, respectively). Conclusions The N. sativa and its component TQ have the beneficial effect on hypertension probably due to attenuation cardiovascular effects of AngII.
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- Lili Enayatfard
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.,Neurogenic Inflammation Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Neurogenic Inflammation Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Neurogenic Inflammation Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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Rahimi M, Ghoreshi M, Emami B, Shafei MN, Hosseini M, Khajavirad A. Preventive Effect of Hydroalcoholic Extract of Rosa damascena on Cardiovascular Parameters in Acute Hypertensive Rats Induced by Angiotensin II. Int J Prev Med 2018; 9:92. [PMID: 30450175 PMCID: PMC6202776 DOI: 10.4103/ijpvm.ijpvm_312_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2017] [Accepted: 01/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Background: Rosa damascena (R.D) is an aromatic plant with numerous therapeutic effects including cardiovascular effect. The mechanism cardiovascular effect of R.D is unclear and suggested mediated through renin–angiotensin system (RAS). Therefore, in this study, the role of hydroalcoholic extract of R.D on acute hypertension induced by AngII was evaluated. Methods: After anesthesia, femoral artery and vein of rats were cannulated for recording cardiovascular responses and drug injection, respectively. Systolic blood pressure (SBP), mean arterial blood pressure (MAP), and heart rate (HR) were recorded continuously by power lab software. Rats were divided into saline, AngII (50 ng/kg), AngII + Losartan (10 mg/kg), and three groups of R.D extract (250, 500, and 1000 mg/kg). Losartan and AngII were administered intravenously and the other ones intraperitoneal. In the R.D groups, 30 min after injection of the extract, AngII was injected and the maximum changes in SBP, MAP, and HR were calculated and compared to that in control and AngII groups. Results: Results show that AngII significantly increased SBP, MAP, and decreased HR than the control group which was blocked by losartan. SBP and MAP in R.D + AngII groups were significantly lower than AngII alone (P < 0.05 –P < 0.001). Only MAP in higher dose (1000 mg/kg) was significantly lower than low dose (250 mg/kg; P < 0.05). Two higher doses also significantly decreased bradycardia induced by AngII (P < 0. 01). Conclusions: The preventive effect of hydroalcoholic extract of R.D on cardiovascular parameters maybe is mediated by suppression of AngII activity.
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- Maryam Rahimi
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Neurogenic Inflammation Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Division of Neurocognitive Sciences, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Mashhad, University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.,Neurogenic Inflammation Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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Schreier B, Hünerberg M, Mildenberger S, Rabe S, Bethmann D, Wickenhauser C, Gekle M. Deletion of the EGF receptor in vascular smooth muscle cells prevents chronic angiotensin II-induced arterial wall stiffening and media thickening. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2018; 222. [PMID: 29152859 DOI: 10.1111/apha.12996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2017] [Revised: 11/09/2017] [Accepted: 11/10/2017] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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AIM In vivo vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) EGF receptor (EGFR) contributes to acute angiotensin II (AII) effects on vascular tone and blood pressure. The ubiquitously expressed EGFR has been implicated in vascular remodelling preceding end-organ damage by pharmacological inhibition, and AII signalling in cultured vascular cells is partly EGFR-dependent. However, the role of VSMC-EGFR in vivo during AII-induced pathophysiological processes is not known. METHODS This study assesses the in vivo relevance of VSMC-EGFR during chronic AII challenge without further stressors, using a mouse model with inducible, VSMC-specific EGFR knock out (VSMC-EGFR-KO). In these mice functional and structural vascular, renal and cardiac effects or biomarkers were investigated in vivo and ex vivo. RESULTS Vascular smooth muscle cell-EGFR-KO prevented AII-induced media hypertrophy of mesenteric arteries, renal arterioles and the aorta, VSMC ERK1/2-phosphorylation as well as the impairment of vascular compliance. Furthermore, induction of vascular fibrosis, creatinineamia, renal interstitial fibrosis as well as the increase in fractional water excretion was prevented. AII-induced increase in systolic blood pressure was mitigated. By contrast, endothelial dysfunction, induction of vascular inflammatory marker mRNA and albuminuria were not inhibited. Cardiac and cardiomyocyte hypertrophy were also not prevented by VSMC-EGFR-KO. CONCLUSION Vascular smooth muscle cell-EGFRs are relevant for pathological AII action in vivo. Our data show in vivo and ex vivo the necessity of VSMC-EGFR for AII-induced structural and functional vascular remodelling, not including endothelial dysfunction. Hereby, VSMC-EGFR gains importance for complete AII-induced renal end-organ damage succeeding vascular remodelling.
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- B. Schreier
- Julius-Bernstein-Institute of Physiology; Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg; Halle Germany
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- Julius-Bernstein-Institute of Physiology; Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg; Halle Germany
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- Julius-Bernstein-Institute of Physiology; Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg; Halle Germany
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- Julius-Bernstein-Institute of Physiology; Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg; Halle Germany
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- Institute of Pathology; Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg; Halle Germany
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- Institute of Pathology; Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg; Halle Germany
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- Julius-Bernstein-Institute of Physiology; Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg; Halle Germany
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Muhammad S, Chaudhry SR, Yearwood TL, Krauss JK, Kinfe TM. Changes of Metabolic Disorders Associated Peripheral Cytokine/Adipokine Traffic in Non-Obese Chronic Back Patients Responsive to Burst Spinal Cord Stimulation. Neuromodulation 2017; 21:31-37. [PMID: 29064604 DOI: 10.1111/ner.12708] [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: 06/04/2017] [Revised: 08/12/2017] [Accepted: 09/09/2017] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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OBJECTIVES In our previous study, anti-inflammatory IL-10 serum levels were significantly elevated after burst spinal cord stimulation (SCS) in back pain patients and correlated with pain intensity. This current study extended cytokine analysis including metabolic-associated adipokine/cytokine serum assessment in chronic back pain patients with co-existing metabolic disorders such as diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular diseases. METHODS At baseline and after three months of burst SCS treatment, leptin (LP), adiponectin (AN), and ghrelin (GH) were recorded in non-/pre-obese chronic back pain patients with co-existing metabolic disorders and compared to age-/gender-matched healthy controls (HC). RESULTS Mean BMI was 22 ± 0.81 kg/m2 in 12 (five male/seven female) participants with diabetes in 6/12 (50%), hypertension in 9 (75%), and CVD in five patients (42%). Pre- and post-SCS LP levels were significantly higher compared to healthy controls: pre-SCS, 30567 (12,996-58,821) vs. HC, 7952 (4932-12,583) pg/mL, p = 0.029; post-SCS, 18,890 (7140-44,719) vs. HC, 7952 (4932-12,583) pg/mL, p = 0.035. Pre- and post-SCS changes of GH (p = 0.18) and AN (p = 0.8) did not differ significantly. GH serum levels correlated with AN (Spearman r = 0.5; p = 0.012; 95 CI 0.11 to -0.76) and AN levels were significantly correlated with higher age (Pearson correlation r = 0.8; p = 0.002; 95 CI 0.41-0.94) at baseline. CONCLUSIONS This study determined serum changes of metabolic-associated cytokines/adipokines in non-obese chronic back pain patients responsive to burst SCS suggesting that neuroinflammation assessment may consider pain-associated mood, cognition, sleep, and metabolic state.
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- Sajjad Muhammad
- Department of Neurosurgery, Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms University Hospital, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms University Hospital, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms University Hospital, Bonn, Germany.,Department of Neurosurgery, Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms University Hospital, Bonn, Germany.,Division of Functional Neurosurgery and Neuromodulation, Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms University Hospital, Bonn, Germany
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Zhu X, Zhou Z, Zhang Q, Cai W, Zhou Y, Sun H, Qiu L. Vaccarin administration ameliorates hypertension and cardiovascular remodeling in renovascular hypertensive rats. J Cell Biochem 2017; 119:926-937. [PMID: 28681939 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.26258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2017] [Accepted: 07/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Sympathetic overdrive, activation of renin angiotensin systems (RAS), and oxidative stress are vitally involved in the pathogenesis of hypertension and cardiovascular remodeling. We recently identified that vaccarin protected endothelial cell function from oxidative stress or high glucose. In this study, we aimed to investigate whether vaccarin attenuated hypertension and cardiovascular remodeling. Two-kidney one-clip (2K1C) model rats were used, and low dose of vaccarin (10 mg/kg), high dose of vaccarin (30 mg/kg), captopril (30 mg/kg) were intraperitoneally administrated. Herein, we showed that 2K1C rats exhibited higher systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), mean arterial pressure (MAP), left ventricular mass/body weight ratio, myocardial hypertrophy or fibrosis, media thickness, and media thickness to lumen diameter, which were obviously alleviated by vaccarin and captopril. In addition, both vaccarin and captopril abrogated the increased plasma renin, angiotensin II (Ang II), norepinephrine (NE), and the basal sympathetic activity. The AT1R protein expressions, NADPH oxidase subunit NOX-2 protein levels and malondialdehyde (MDA) content were significantly increased, whereas superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) activities were decreased in myocardium, aorta, and mesenteric artery of 2K1C rats, both vaccarin and captopril treatment counteracted these changes in renovascular hypertensive rats. Collectively, we concluded that vaccarin may be a novel complementary therapeutic medicine for the prevention and treatment of hypertension. The mechanisms for antihypertensive effects of vaccarin may be associated with inhibition of sympathetic activity, RAS, and oxidative stress.
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- Xuexue Zhu
- Department of Basic Medicine, Wuxi School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, P.R. China
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- Department of Basic Medicine, Wuxi School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, P.R. China
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- Department of Basic Medicine, Wuxi School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, P.R. China
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- Department of Basic Medicine, Wuxi School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, P.R. China
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- Department of Basic Medicine, Wuxi School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, P.R. China
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- Department of Basic Medicine, Wuxi School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, P.R. China
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- Department of Basic Medicine, Wuxi School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, P.R. China
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Hood KY, Mair KM, Harvey AP, Montezano AC, Touyz RM, MacLean MR. Serotonin Signaling Through the 5-HT 1B Receptor and NADPH Oxidase 1 in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2017; 37:1361-1370. [PMID: 28473438 PMCID: PMC5478178 DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.116.308929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2016] [Accepted: 04/17/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Serotonin can induce human pulmonary artery smooth muscle cell (hPASMC) proliferation through reactive oxygen species (ROS), influencing the development of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). We hypothesize that in PASMCs, serotonin induces oxidative stress through NADPH-oxidase-derived ROS generation and reduced Nrf-2 (nuclear factor [erythroid-derived 2]-like 2) antioxidant systems, promoting vascular injury. APPROACH AND RESULTS HPASMCs from controls and PAH patients, and PASMCs from Nox1-/- mice, were stimulated with serotonin in the absence/presence of inhibitors of Src kinase, the 5-HT1B receptor, and NADPH oxidase 1 (Nox1). Markers of fibrosis were also determined. The pathophysiological significance of our findings was examined in vivo in serotonin transporter overexpressing female mice, a model of pulmonary hypertension. We confirmed thatserotonin increased superoxide and hydrogen peroxide production in these cells. For the first time, we show that serotonin increased oxidized protein tyrosine phosphatases and hyperoxidized peroxiredoxin and decreased Nrf-2 and catalase activity in hPASMCs. ROS generation was exaggerated and dependent on cellular Src-related kinase, 5-HT1B receptor, and the serotonin transporter in human pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells from PAH subjects. Proliferation and extracellular matrix remodeling were exaggerated in human pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells from PAH subjects and dependent on 5-HT1B receptor signaling and Nox1, confirmed in PASMCs from Nox1-/- mice. In serotonin transporter overexpressing mice, SB216641, a 5-HT1B receptor antagonist, prevented development of pulmonary hypertension in a ROS-dependent manner. CONCLUSIONS Serotonin can induce cellular Src-related kinase-regulated Nox1-induced ROS and Nrf-2 dysregulation, contributing to increased post-translational oxidative modification of proteins and activation of redox-sensitive signaling pathways in hPASMCs, associated with mitogenic responses. 5-HT1B receptors contribute to experimental pulmonary hypertension by inducing lung ROS production. Our results suggest that 5-HT1B receptor-dependent cellular Src-related kinase-Nox1-pathways contribute to vascular remodeling in PAH.
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- Katie Y Hood
- From the Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, BHF Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- From the Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, BHF Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- From the Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, BHF Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- From the Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, BHF Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- From the Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, BHF Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- From the Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, BHF Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom.
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Anderson CM, Lopez F, Zhang HY, Shirasawa Y, Pavlish K, Benoit JN. Mesenteric Vascular Responsiveness in a Rat Model of Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2016; 231:1398-402. [PMID: 16946408 DOI: 10.1177/153537020623100813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Reduced perfusion to the placenta in early pregnancy is believed to be the initiating factor in the development of preeclampsia, triggering local ischemia and systemic vascular hyperresponsiveness. This sequence of events creates a predisposition to the development of altered vascular function and hypertension. This study was designed to determine the influence of placental insufficiency on the responsiveness of mesenteric resistance arteries in an animal model of preeclampsia. Placental insufficiency was induced by reduction in uteroplacental perfusion pressure (RUPP) in experimental Sprague-Dawley rat dams. The uterine branches of the ovarian arteries and the abdominal aortae of pregnant rats were surgically constricted on gestational Day 14. Dams in the control group underwent a sham procedure. Rats were euthanized on gestational Day 20, followed by removal of the small intestine and adjacent mesentery. First-order mesenteric resistance arteries were mounted on a small vessel wire myograph and challenged with incremental concentrations of vasoconstrictors and vasorelaxants. Mesenteric arteries in dams with placental insufficiency demonstrated an increased maximal tension to phenylephrine (7.15 ± 0.15 vs. 5.4 ± 0.27 mN/mm, P < 0.001); potassium chloride at 60 mM (3.43 ± 0.11 vs. 2.77 ± 0.14 mN/mm, P < 0.01) and 120 mM (3.92 ± 0.18 vs. 2.97 ± 0.16 mN/mm, P < 0.01); and angiotensin II (2.59 ± 0.42 vs. 1.51 ± 0.22 mN/mm, P < 0.05). Maximal relaxation to endothelium-dependent relaxants acetylcholine and calcium lonophore (A23187) was not significantly reduced. Data suggest that placental insufficiency leads to hyperresponsiveness to vasoconstrictor stimuli in mesenteric arteries.
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- Cindy M Anderson
- College of Nursing, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 58202, USA.
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Reactive oxygen species derived from NAD(P)H oxidase play a role on ethanol-induced hypertension and endothelial dysfunction in rat resistance arteries. J Physiol Biochem 2016; 73:5-16. [DOI: 10.1007/s13105-016-0519-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2016] [Accepted: 09/13/2016] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Lima VV, Zemse SM, Chiao CW, Bomfim GF, Tostes RC, Clinton Webb R, Giachini FR. Interleukin-10 limits increased blood pressure and vascular RhoA/Rho-kinase signaling in angiotensin II-infused mice. Life Sci 2016; 145:137-43. [DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2015.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2015] [Revised: 10/19/2015] [Accepted: 12/04/2015] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Gradinaru I, Babaeva E, Schwinn DA, Oganesian A. Alpha1a-Adrenoceptor Genetic Variant Triggers Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Hyperproliferation and Agonist Induced Hypertrophy via EGFR Transactivation Pathway. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0142787. [PMID: 26571308 PMCID: PMC4646490 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2015] [Accepted: 10/27/2015] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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α1a Adrenergic receptors (α1aARs) are the predominant AR subtype in human vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs). α1aARs in resistance vessels are crucial in the control of blood pressure, yet the impact of naturally occurring human α1aAR genetic variants in cardiovascular disorders remains poorly understood. To this end, we present novel findings demonstrating that 3D cultures of vascular SMCs expressing human α1aAR-247R (247R) genetic variant demonstrate significantly increased SMC contractility compared with cells expressing the α1aAR-WT (WT) receptor. Stable expression of 247R genetic variant also triggers MMP/EGFR-transactivation dependent serum- and agonist-independent (constitutive) hyperproliferation and agonist-dependent hypertrophy of SMCs. Agonist stimulation reduces contractility Using pathway-specific inhibitors we determined that the observed hyperproliferation of 247R-expressing cells is triggered via β-arrestin1/Src/MMP-2/EGFR/ERK-dependent mechanism. MMP-2-specific siRNA inhibited 247R-triggered hyperproliferation indicating MMP-2 involvement in 247R-triggered hyperproliferation in SMCs. β-arrestin1-specific shRNA also inhibited 247R-triggered hyperproliferation but did not affect hypertrophy in 247R-expressing SMCs, indicating that agonist-dependent hypertrophy is independent of β-arrestin1. Our data reveal that in different cardiovascular cells the same human receptor genetic variant can activate alternative modulators of the same signaling pathway. Thus, our findings in SMCs demonstrate that depending on the type of cells expressing the same receptor (or receptor variant), different target-specific inhibitors could be used to modulate aberrant hyperproliferative or hypertrophic pathways in order to restore normal phenotype.
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- Irina Gradinaru
- Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
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- Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Passaglia P, Ceron CS, Mecawi AS, Antunes-Rodrigues J, Coelho EB, Tirapelli CR. Angiotensin type 1 receptor mediates chronic ethanol consumption-induced hypertension and vascular oxidative stress. Vascul Pharmacol 2015; 74:49-59. [PMID: 25872164 DOI: 10.1016/j.vph.2015.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2014] [Revised: 03/09/2015] [Accepted: 04/04/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVES We hypothesized that chronic ethanol intake enhances vascular oxidative stress and induces hypertension through renin-angiotensin system (RAS) activation. METHODS AND RESULTS Male Wistar rats were treated with ethanol (20% v/v). The increase in blood pressure induced by ethanol was prevented by losartan (10mg/kg/day; p.o. gavage), a selective AT1 receptor antagonist. Chronic ethanol intake increased plasma renin activity (PRA), angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) activity, plasma angiotensin I (ANG I) and angiotensin II (ANG II) levels and serum aldosterone levels. No differences on plasma osmolality and sodium or potassium levels were detected after treatment with ethanol. Ethanol consumption did not alter ACE activity, as well as the levels of ANG I and ANG II in the rat aorta or mesenteric arterial bed (MAB). Ethanol induced systemic and vascular oxidative stress (aorta and MAB) and these effects were prevented by losartan. The decrease on plasma and vascular nitrate/nitrite (NOx) levels induced by ethanol was prevented by losartan. Ethanol intake did not alter protein expression of ACE, AT1 or AT2 receptors in both aorta and MAB. Aortas from ethanol-treated rats displayed decreased ERK1/2 phosphorylation and increased protein expression of SAPK/JNK. These responses were prevented by losartan. MAB from ethanol-treated rats displayed reduced phosphorylation of p38MAPK and ERK1/2 and losartan did not prevent these responses. CONCLUSIONS Our study provides novel evidence that chronic ethanol intake increases blood pressure, induces vascular oxidative stress and decreases nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability through AT1-dependent mechanisms.
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- Patrícia Passaglia
- Programa de pós-graduação em Toxicologia, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Laboratório de Farmacologia, USP, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Laboratório de Farmacologia, USP, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, USP, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, USP, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Laboratório de Farmacologia, USP, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.
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The cellular metabolism of oxygen generates potentially deleterious reactive oxygen species, including superoxide anion, hydrogen peroxide and hydroxyl radical. Under normal physiologic conditions, the rate and magnitude of oxidant formation is balanced by the rate of oxidant elimination. However, an imbalance between pro-oxidants and antioxidants results in oxidative stress, which is the pathogenic outcome of the overproduction of oxidants that overwhelms the cellular antioxidant capacity. There is growing evidence that increased oxidative stress and associated oxidative damage are mediators of vascular injury in cardiovascular pathologies, including hypertension, atherosclerosis and ischemia-reperfusion. This development has evoked considerable interest because of the possibilities that therapies targeted against reactive oxygen intermediates by decreasing the generation of reactive oxygen species and/or by increasing availability of antioxidants may be useful in minimizing vascular injury. This review focuses on the vascular actions of reactive oxygen species, the role of oxidative stress in vascular damage in hypertension and the therapeutic potential of modulating oxygen radical bioavailability in hypertension. In particular, the following topics will be highlighted: chemistry and sources of reactive oxygen species, antioxidant defense mechanisms, signaling events mediated by reactive oxygen species, role of reactive oxygen species in hypertension and the putative therapeutic role of antioxidants in cardiovascular disease.
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- Rhian M Touyz
- Clinical Research Institute of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Atorvastatin Suppresses Aldosterone-induced Neonatal Rat Cardiac Fibroblast Proliferation by Inhibiting ERK1/2 in the Genomic Pathway. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 2013; 61:520-7. [DOI: 10.1097/fjc.0b013e31828c090e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Vasdev S, Stuckless J, Richardson V. Role of the immune system in hypertension: modulation by dietary antioxidants. Int J Angiol 2012. [PMID: 23204821 DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1288941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Hypertension is a major health problem worldwide. Individuals with hypertension are at an increased risk for stroke, heart disease, and kidney failure. Although the etiology of essential hypertension has a genetic component, lifestyle factors such as diet play an important role. Insulin resistance is a common feature of hypertension in both humans and animal models affecting glucose and lipid metabolism producing excess aldehydes including methylglyoxal. These aldehydes react with proteins to form conjugates called advanced glycation end products (AGEs). This alters protein structure and function and can affect vascular and immune cells leading to their activation and secretion of inflammatory cytokines. AGEs also act via receptors for advanced glycation end products on these cells altering the function of antioxidant and metabolic enzymes, and ion channels. This results in an increase in cytosolic free calcium, decrease in nitric oxide, endothelial dysfunction, oxidative stress, peripheral vascular resistance, and infiltration of vascular and kidney tissue with inflammatory cells leading to hypertension. Supplementation with dietary antioxidants including vitamins C, E, or B(6), thiols such as cysteine and lipoic acid, have been shown to lower blood pressure and plasma inflammatory cytokines in animal models and humans with essential hypertension. A well-balanced diet rich in antioxidants that includes vegetables, fruits, low fat dairy products, low salt, and includes whole grains, poultry, fish and nuts, lowers blood pressure and vascular inflammation. These antioxidants may achieve their antihypertensive and anti-inflammatory/immunomodulatory effects by reducing AGEs and improving insulin resistance and associated alterations. Dietary supplementation with antioxidants may be a beneficial, inexpensive, front-line alterative treatment modality for hypertension.
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- Sudesh Vasdev
- Discipline of Medicine, Health Sciences Centre, Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
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Yogi A, Callera GE, Mecawi AS, Batalhão ME, Carnio EC, Antunes-Rodrigues J, Queiroz RH, Touyz RM, Tirapelli CR. Acute ethanol intake induces superoxide anion generation and mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphorylation in rat aorta: A role for angiotensin type 1 receptor. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2012; 264:470-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2012.08.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2012] [Revised: 08/20/2012] [Accepted: 08/21/2012] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Ruan YC, Zhou W, Chan HC. Regulation of smooth muscle contraction by the epithelium: role of prostaglandins. Physiology (Bethesda) 2011; 26:156-70. [PMID: 21670162 DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00036.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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As an analog to the endothelium situated next to the vascular smooth muscle, the epithelium is emerging as an important regulator of smooth muscle contraction in many vital organs/tissues by interacting with other cell types and releasing epithelium-derived factors, among which prostaglandins have been demonstrated to play a versatile role in governing smooth muscle contraction essential to the physiological and pathophysiological processes in a wide range of organ systems.
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- Ye Chun Ruan
- School of Life Science, Sun Yat-sen University, China
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Giachini FR, Lima VV, Carneiro FS, Tostes RC, Webb RC. Decreased cGMP level contributes to increased contraction in arteries from hypertensive rats: role of phosphodiesterase 1. Hypertension 2011; 57:655-63. [PMID: 21282562 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.110.164327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Recent evidence suggests that angiotensin II (Ang II) upregulates phosphodiesterase (PDE) 1A expression. We hypothesized that Ang II augmented PDE1 activation, decreasing the bioavailability of cyclic guanosine 3' 5'-monophosphate (cGMP), and contributing to increased vascular contractility. Male Sprague-Dawley rats received mini-osmotic pumps with Ang II (60 ng·min(-1)) or saline for 14 days. Phenylephrine (PE)-induced contractions were increased in aorta (E(max)168% ± 8% vs 136% ± 4%) and small mesenteric arteries (SMA; E(max)170% ± 6% vs 143% ± 3%) from Ang II-infused rats compared to control. PDE1 inhibition with vinpocetine (10 μmol/L) reduced PE-induced contraction in aortas from Ang II rats (E(max)94% ± 12%) but not in controls (154% ± 7%). Vinpocetine decreased the sensitivity to PE in SMA from Ang II rats compared to vehicle (-log of half maximal effective concentration 5.1 ± 0.1 vs 5.9 ± 0.06), but not in controls (6.0 ± 0.03 vs 6.1 ± 0.04). Sildenafil (10 μmol/L), a PDE5 inhibitor, reduced PE-induced maximal contraction similarly in Ang II and control rats. Arteries were contracted with PE (1 μmol/L), and concentration-dependent relaxation to vinpocetine and sildenafil was evaluated. Aortas from Ang II rats displayed increased relaxation to vinpocetine compared to control (E(max)82% ± 12% vs 445 ± 5%). SMA from Ang II rats showed greater sensitivity during vinpocetine-induced relaxation compared to control (-log of half maximal effective concentration 6.1 ± 0.3 vs 5.3 ± 0.1). No differences in sildenafil-induced relaxation were observed. PDE1A and PDE1C expressions in aorta and PDE1A expression in SMA were increased in Ang II rats. cGMP production, which is decreased in arteries from Ang II rats, was restored after PDE1 blockade. We conclude that PDE1 activation reduces cGMP bioavailability in arteries from Ang II, contributing to increased contractile responsiveness.
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- Fernanda R Giachini
- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912-3000, USA.
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Park JY, Park MR, Hwang KC, Chung JS, Bui HT, Kim T, Cho SK, Kim JH, Hwang S, Park SB, Nguyen VT, Kim JH. Comparative Gene Expression Analysis of Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer-Derived Cloned Pigs with Normal and Abnormal Umbilical Cords1. Biol Reprod 2011; 84:189-99. [DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.110.085779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Vascular disease in hypertension and diabetes is associated with increased oxidants. The oxidants arise from NADPH oxidase, xanthine oxidase, and mitochondria. Superoxide anion and hydrogen peroxide are produced by both leukocytes and vascular cells. Nitric oxide is produced in excess by inducible nitric oxide synthase, and the potent oxidant, peroxynitrite, is formed from superoxide and nitric oxide. The damage to proteins caused by oxidants is selective, affecting specific oxidant-sensitive amino acid residues. With some important vascular proteins, for example, endothelial nitric oxide synthase, prostacycline synthase, and superoxide dismutase, oxidation of a single susceptible amino acid inactivates the enzyme. The beneficial effects of antioxidants, at least in animal models of hypertension and diabetes, can in part be ascribed to protection of these and other proteins. Mutant proteins lacking their reactive constituent can recapitulate some disease phenotypes suggesting a pathogenic role of the oxidation. Thus, many of the shared functional abnormalities of hypertensive and diabetic blood vessels may be caused by oxidants. Although studies using antioxidants have failed in patients, the successful treatment of vascular disease with HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, thromboxane A2 antagonists, and polyphenols may depend on their anti-inflammatory effects and ability to decrease production of damaging oxidants.
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A significant body of evidence demonstrates that diets rich in fruits and vegetables promote health and attenuate, or delay, the onset of various diseases, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, certain cancers, and several other age-related degenerative disorders. The concept that moderate chocolate consumption could be part of a healthy diet has gained acceptance in past years based on the health benefits ascribed to selected cocoa components. Specifically, cocoa as a plant and chocolate as food contain a series of chemicals that can interact with cell and tissue components, providing protection against the development and amelioration of pathological conditions. The most relevant effects of cocoa and chocolate have been related to cardiovascular disease. The mechanisms behind these effects are still under investigation. However, the maintenance or restoration of vascular NO production and bioavailability and the antioxidant effects are the mechanisms most consistently supported by experimental data. This review will summarize the most recent research on the cardiovascular effects of cocoa flavanols and related compounds.
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Nagareddy PR, Chow FL, Hao L, Wang X, Nishimura T, MacLeod KM, McNeill JH, Fernandez-Patron C. Maintenance of adrenergic vascular tone by MMP transactivation of the EGFR requires PI3K and mitochondrial ATP synthesis. Cardiovasc Res 2009; 84:368-77. [PMID: 19578070 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvp230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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AIMS G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) modulate vascular tone, at least in part, via matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) transactivation of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). We previously have identified novel signalling pathways downstream of the EGFR suggestive of mitogen-activated protein kinase and mitochondrial redox control of vascular tone. In the present study, we examined whether MMP modulation of vascular tone involves phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) and mitochondrial ATP synthesis. METHODS AND RESULTS To determine whether PI3K is required for the maintenance of adrenergic vascular tone, we first constricted rat small mesenteric arteries with phenylephrine (PE) and then perfused with PI3K inhibitors, LY294002 and wortmannin, both of which produced a dose-dependent vasodilatation. Next, to investigate whether MMPs modulate PI3K activity, we cultured rat aortic vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) and stimulated them with GPCR agonists such as PE and angiotensin II. Inhibition of MMPs (by GM6001) or EGFR (by AG1478) or suppressing the expression of MMP-2 or MMP-7 or the EGFR by small interfering RNA blunted the PI3K phosphorylation of Akt induced by PE. Further, in VSMCs, PI3K inhibitors reduced the PE-induced increase in ATP synthesis and glucose transporter-4 translocation, an effect that was also observed with MMP and the EGFR inhibitors. Further, the PE-induced increase in ATP synthesis activated MMP-7 by mechanisms involving purinergic (P2X) receptors and calcium. CONCLUSION These data suggest that the maintenance of adrenergic vascular tone by the MMP-EGFR pathway requires PI3K activation and ATP synthesis. Further, our data support the view that elevated levels of GPCR agonists exaggerate the MMP transactivation of EGFR response and contribute to enhanced vascular tone and development of cardiovascular disease such as hypertension.
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- Prabhakara Reddy Nagareddy
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada T6G 2H7
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Willette RN, Eybye ME, Olzinski AR, Behm DJ, Aiyar N, Maniscalco K, Bentley RG, Coatney RW, Zhao S, Westfall TD, Doe CP. Differential effects of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase and cyclooxygenase 2 inhibitors in a model of cardiovascular disease. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2009; 330:964-70. [PMID: 19556450 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.109.154443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The evidence is compelling for a role of inflammation in cardiovascular diseases; however, the chronic use of anti-inflammatory drugs for these indications has been disappointing. The recent study compares the effects of two anti-inflammatory agents [cyclooxygenase 2 (COX2) and p38 inhibitors] in a model of cardiovascular disease. The vascular, renal, and cardiac effects of 4-(4-methylsulfonylphenyl)-3-phenyl-5H-furan-2-one (rofecoxib; a COX2 inhibitor) and 6-{5-[(cyclopropylamino)carbonyl]-3-fluoro-2-methylphenyl}-N-(2,2-dimethylpropyl)-3-pyridinecarboxamide [GSK-AHAB, a selective p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) inhibitor], were examined in the spontaneously hypertensive stroke-prone rat (SHR-SP). In SHR-SPs receiving a salt-fat diet (SFD), chronic treatment with GSK-AHAB significantly and dose-dependently improved survival, endothelial-dependent and -independent vascular relaxation, and indices of renal function, and it attenuated dyslipidemia, hypertension, cardiac remodeling, plasma renin activity (PRA), aldosterone, and interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta). In contrast, chronic treatment with a COX2-selective dose of rofecoxib exaggerated the harmful effects of the SFD, i.e., increasing vascular and renal dysfunction, dyslipidemia, hypertension, cardiac hypertrophy, PRA, aldosterone, and IL-1beta. The protective effects of a p38 MAPK inhibitor are clearly distinct from the deleterious effects of a selective COX2 inhibitor in the SHR-SP and suggest that anti-inflammatory agents can have differential effects in cardiovascular disease. The results also suggest a method for evaluating long-term cardiovascular efficacy and safety.
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- Robert N Willette
- Heart Failure Discovery Performance Unit, GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceutics, 709 Swedeland Rd., King of Prussia, PA 19406, USA.
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Plasma levels of HDL (high-density lipoprotein)-cholesterol are strongly and inversely correlated with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Both clinical and epidemiological studies have reported an inverse and independent association between serum HDL-cholesterol levels and CHD (coronary heart disease) risk. The cardioprotective effects of HDLs have been attributed to several mechanisms, including their involvement in the reverse cholesterol transport pathway. HDLs also have antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and antithrombotic properties and promote endothelial repair, all of which are likely to contribute to their ability to prevent CHD. The first part of this review summarizes what is known about the origins and metabolism of HDL. We then focus on the anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties of HDL and discuss why these characteristics are cardioprotective.
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Sen U, Tyagi N, Patibandla PK, Dean WL, Tyagi SC, Roberts AM, Lominadze D. Fibrinogen-induced endothelin-1 production from endothelial cells. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2009; 296:C840-7. [PMID: 19193866 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00515.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We previously demonstrated that fibrinogen (Fg) binding to the vascular endothelial intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) leads to microvascular constriction in vivo and in vitro. Although a role of endothelin-1 (ET-1) in this Fg-induced vasoconstriction was suggested, the mechanism of action was not clear. In the current study, we tested the hypothesis that Fg-induced vasoconstriction results from ET-1 production by vascular endothelial cells (EC) and is mediated by activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase -1/2 (ERK-1/2). Confluent, rat heart microvascular endothelial cells (RHMECs) were treated with one of the following: Fg (2 or 4 mg/ml), Fg (4 mg/ml) with ERK-1/2 kinase inhibitors (PD-98059 or U-0126), Fg (4 mg/ml) with an antibody against ICAM-1, or medium alone for 45 min. The amount of ET-1 formed and the concentration of released von Willebrand factor (vWF) in the cell culture medium were measured by ELISAs. Fg-induced exocytosis of Weibel-Palade bodies (WPBs) was assessed by immunocytochemistry. Phosphorylation of ERK-1/2 was detected by Western blot analysis. Fg caused a dose-dependent increase in ET-1 formation and release of vWF from the RHMECs. This Fg-induced increase in ET-1 production was inhibited by specific ERK-1/2 kinase inhibitors and by anti-ICAM-1 antibody. Immunocytochemical staining showed that an increase in Fg concentration enhanced exocytosis of WPBs in ECs. A specific endothelin type B receptor blocker, BQ-788, attenuated the enhanced phosphorylation of ERK-1/2 in ECs caused by increased Fg content in the culture medium. The presence of an endothelin converting enzyme inhibitor, SM-19712, slightly decreased Fg-induced phosphorylation of ERK-1/2, but inhibited production of Fg-induced ET-1 production. These results suggest that Fg-induced vasoconstriction may be mediated, in part, by activation of ERK-1/2 signaling and increased production of ET-1 that further increases EC ERK-1/2 signaling. Thus, an increased content of Fg may enhance vasoconstriction through increased production of ET-1.
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- Utpal Sen
- Dept. of Physiology, Univ. of Louisville, School of Medicine, Bldg. A, Rm. 1115, 500 South Preston St., Louisville, KY 40202, USA
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Thomas SR, Witting PK, Drummond GR. Redox control of endothelial function and dysfunction: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities. Antioxid Redox Signal 2008; 10:1713-65. [PMID: 18707220 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2008.2027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 282] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The endothelium is essential for the maintenance of vascular homeostasis. Central to this role is the production of endothelium-derived nitric oxide (EDNO), synthesized by the endothelial isoform of nitric oxide synthase (eNOS). Endothelial dysfunction, manifested as impaired EDNO bioactivity, is an important early event in the development of various vascular diseases, including hypertension, diabetes, and atherosclerosis. The degree of impairment of EDNO bioactivity is a determinant of future vascular complications. Accordingly, growing interest exists in defining the pathologic mechanisms involved. Considerable evidence supports a causal role for the enhanced production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by vascular cells. ROS directly inactivate EDNO, act as cell-signaling molecules, and promote protein dysfunction, events that contribute to the initiation and progression of endothelial dysfunction. Increasing data indicate that strategies designed to limit vascular ROS production can restore endothelial function in humans with vascular complications. The purpose of this review is to outline the various ways in which ROS can influence endothelial function and dysfunction, describe the redox mechanisms involved, and discuss approaches for preventing endothelial dysfunction that may highlight future therapeutic opportunities in the treatment of cardiovascular disease.
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- Shane R Thomas
- Centre for Vascular Research, School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
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Lemarié CA, Paradis P, Schiffrin EL. New insights on signaling cascades induced by cross-talk between angiotensin II and aldosterone. J Mol Med (Berl) 2008; 86:673-8. [DOI: 10.1007/s00109-008-0323-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2008] [Revised: 02/06/2008] [Accepted: 02/07/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Yogi A, Mercure C, Touyz J, Callera GE, Montezano ACI, Aranha AB, Tostes RC, Reudelhuber T, Touyz RM. Renal redox-sensitive signaling, but not blood pressure, is attenuated by Nox1 knockout in angiotensin II-dependent chronic hypertension. Hypertension 2008; 51:500-6. [PMID: 18195161 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.107.103192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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We demonstrated previously that, in mice with chronic angiotensin II-dependent hypertension, gp91phox-containing NADPH oxidase is not involved in the development of high blood pressure, despite being important in redox signaling. Here we sought to determine whether a gp91phox homologue, Nox1, may be important in blood pressure elevation and activation of redox-sensitive pathways in a model in which the renin-angiotensin system is chronically upregulated. Nox1-deficient mice and transgenic mice expressing human renin (TTRhRen) were crossed, and 4 genotypes were generated: control, TTRhRen, Nox1-deficient, and TTRhRen Nox1-deficient. Blood pressure and oxidative stress (systemic and renal) were increased in TTRhRen mice (P<0.05). This was associated with increased NADPH oxidase activation. Nox1 deficiency had no effect on the development of hypertension in TTRhRen mice. Phosphorylation of c-Src, mitogen-activated protein kinases, and focal adhesion kinase was significantly increased 2- to 3-fold in kidneys from TTRhRen mice. Activation of c-Src, p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase, c-Jun N-terminal kinase, and focal adhesion kinase but not of extracellular signal regulated kinase 1/2 or extracellular signal regulated kinase 5, was reduced in TTRhRen/Nox1-deficient mice (P<0.05). Expression of procollagen III was increased in TTRhRen and TTRhRen/Nox1-deficient mice versus control mice, whereas vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 was only increased in TTRhRen mice. Our findings demonstrate that, in Nox1-deficient TTRhRen mice, blood pressure is elevated despite reduced NADPH oxidase activation, decreased oxidative stress, and attenuated redox signaling. Our results suggest that Nox1-containing NADPH oxidase plays a key role in the modulation of systemic and renal oxidative stress and redox-dependent signaling but not in the elevation of blood pressure in a model of chronic angiotensin II-dependent hypertension.
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- Alvaro Yogi
- Kidney Research Centre, Ontario Health Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Clark MA, Gonzalez N. Angiotensin II stimulates rat astrocyte mitogen-activated protein kinase activity and growth through EGF and PDGF receptor transactivation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 144:115-22. [PMID: 17688958 DOI: 10.1016/j.regpep.2007.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2007] [Revised: 07/03/2007] [Accepted: 07/04/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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We showed that the intracellular tyrosine kinases src and pyk2 mediate angiotensin II (Ang II) stimulation of growth and ERK1/2 mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase phosphorylation in astrocytes. In this study, we investigated whether the membrane-bound receptor tyrosine kinases platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) and epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptors mediate Ang II stimulation of ERK1/2 and astrocyte growth. Ang II significantly stimulated PDGF and EGF receptors in a dose- and time-dependent manner. The PDGF receptor and the EGF receptor were maximally stimulated with 100 nM Ang II (0.98+/-0.18- and 4.4+/-1.4-fold above basal, respectively). This stimulation occurred as early as 5 min, and was sustained for at least 15 min for both receptor tyrosine kinases. Moreover, 1 microM AG1478 and 0.25 microM PDGFRInhib attenuated Ang II stimulation of the EGF and PDGF receptors, respectively. Ang II-induced phosphorylation of ERK1/2 and astrocyte growth was mediated by both PDGF and EGF receptors. This report also provides novel findings that co-inhibiting EGF and PDGF receptors had a greater effect to decrease Ang II-induced ERK1/2 (90% versus 49% and 71% with PDGF receptor and EGF receptor inhibition, respectively), and astrocyte growth (60% versus 10% and 32% with PDGF receptor and EGF receptor inhibition, respectively). In conclusion we showed in astrocytes that the PDGF and the EGF receptors mediate Ang II-induced ERK1/2 phosphorylation and astrocyte growth and that these two receptors may exhibit synergism to regulate effects of the peptide in these cells.
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- Michelle A Clark
- Department of Pharmaceutical and Administrative Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research Unit, Nova Southeastern University, 3200 South University Drive, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33328, United States.
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Ni W, Zhan Y, He H, Maynard E, Balschi JA, Oettgen P. Ets-1 Is a Critical Transcriptional Regulator of Reactive Oxygen Species and p47
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Gene Expression in Response to Angiotensin II. Circ Res 2007; 101:985-94. [PMID: 17872466 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.107.152439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Angiotensin (Ang) II is a potent mediator of vascular inflammation. A central mechanism by which Ang II promotes inflammation is through the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). In the current study, we investigated the role of the transcription factor Ets-1 in regulating Ang II–induced ROS generation. ROS generation was measured in the thoracic aorta of Ets-1
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) production were significantly blunted in the Ets-1
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mice. Inhibition of Ets-1 expression by small interfering RNA in primary human aortic smooth muscle cells also potently inhibited ROS production and the induction of the NAD(P)H oxidase subunit p47
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- Weihua Ni
- Division of Cardiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Lee CK, Kim HJ, Lee YR, So HH, Park HJ, Won KJ, Park T, Lee KY, Lee HM, Kim B. Analysis of peroxiredoxin decreasing oxidative stress in hypertensive aortic smooth muscle. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2007; 1774:848-55. [PMID: 17556052 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2007.04.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2006] [Revised: 03/27/2007] [Accepted: 04/30/2007] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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To determine the role of peroxiredoxin (Prx) in response to oxidative stress and during hypertension in the vasculature, we identified Prx proteins and analyzed their antioxidant effects. Rat aortic smooth muscle contains all six Prxs (I-VI). Prx I, II, and VI shifted to its acidic site on two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis after exposure to H(2)O(2). The total expression of Prx I and VI was increased in response to H(2)O(2). The expression of Prx I, but not that of Prx II and VI, increases and the acidic form of Prx I and the sulfonic acid form of Prx (SO(3)H-Prx) are more strongly expressed in the aortic smooth muscle of hypertensive rats than in that of normotensive control rats. Prxs were also found in the mesenteric artery, heart, and kidney. The expression levels of Prx I and VI were increased in mesenteric artery, but not heart and kidney, from hypertensive rats compared with that from normotensive rats. These results suggest that Prxs play a crucial role against oxidative stress in vascular smooth muscles during hypertension.
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- Chang-Kwon Lee
- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Konkuk University, Danwol-dong 322, Choongju 380-701, Korea
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Fernandez-Patron C. Therapeutic potential of the epidermal growth factor receptor transactivation in hypertension: a convergent signaling pathway of vascular tone, oxidative stress, and hypertrophic growth downstream of vasoactive G-protein-coupled receptors? Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2007; 85:97-104. [PMID: 17487249 DOI: 10.1139/y06-097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The concurrence of enhanced vascular tone, oxidative stress, and hypertrophic growth is a hallmark of hypertension, the condition characterized by sustained elevated blood pressure. However, it is unclear how and why such apparently distinct processes coincide in hypertension. Elevated levels of certain vasoactive G-protein-coupled receptor agonists (such as catecholamines, endothelin-1, and angiotensin II) can explain, at least in part, the development and progression of many hypertensive disorders. Here, we review findings made by other investigators and ourselves suggesting that enhanced vascular tone, oxidative stress, and hypertrophic growth characteristically induced by these agonists involve the transactivation of growth factor receptors. The first step in this transactivation mechanism is agonist-induced activation of metalloproteinase-dependent shedding of growth factors. Shed growth factors then trigger intracellular signaling cascades necessary for growth, production of reactive oxygen species, and maintenance of vascular tone. If this hypothesis is proven generally correct, then transactivation blockers have general therapeutic potential in hypertension regardless of the causative agonist.
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Shirai H, Autieri M, Eguchi S. Small GTP-binding proteins and mitogen-activated protein kinases as promising therapeutic targets of vascular remodeling. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens 2007; 16:111-5. [PMID: 17293685 DOI: 10.1097/mnh.0b013e3280148e4f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW To summarize the most recent findings concerning the targeting of mitogen-activated protein kinases and small GTP-binding proteins toward vascular remodeling together with molecular mechanisms of their activations in vascular pathophysiology. RECENT FINDINGS In addition to targeting the classical Ras/extracellular signal-regulated kinase cascade, Rho-kinase inhibitors, as well as the HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, or 'statins', have pleiotropic efficacy for experimental cardiovascular diseases that involve inhibition of the signal transduction cascades originated by the small GTP-binding proteins such as Rho and Rac. Moreover, the underlying molecular mechanisms of the activation of these small GTP-binding proteins and downstream mitogen-activated protein kinases in cardiovascular tissue and cells have recently been better characterized. Additionally, gene-targeting studies in animal models are revealing select roles of the isoforms of these signaling proteins in the pathophysiology of cardiovascular disease. This is exemplified by the role of c-Jun NH(2)-terminal kinases in mediating atherosclerosis and diabetes. SUMMARY Characterization of the function of small GTP-binding proteins, mitogen-activated protein kinases and their effectors in cardiovascular pathophysiology can be readily identified by using select inhibitors, dominant-negative gene transfer and the generation of select gene-targeted animals. These findings strongly support the notion that small GTP-binding proteins and mitogen-activated protein kinases are promising therapeutic targets toward cardiovascular diseases.
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- Heigoro Shirai
- Cardiovascular Research Center and Department of Physiology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19140, USA
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Egido J, Ruiz-Ortega M. Anti-inflammatory actions of quinapril. Cardiovasc Drugs Ther 2007; 21:211-20. [PMID: 17404826 DOI: 10.1007/s10557-007-6019-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2006] [Accepted: 02/28/2007] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The role of angiotensin II (Ang-II) in inflammation and the mechanisms through which it exerts this role are explored. Signaling through angiotensin stimulation of inflammatory cells often amplifies inflammation. Formation of Ang-II from tissue angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) has been shown to be of greater importance in the development and progression of inflammatory diseases than plasma ACE. CONCLUSION Quinapril, which is a potent and selective inhibitor of both plasma and tissue ACE, has demonstrated anti-inflammatory properties in many disease states such as atherosclerosis, nephritis, scleroderma, diabetes and arthritis, and, thus, offers new therapeutic possibilities for disease treatment.
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- Jesus Egido
- Vascular and Renal Laboratory Fundacion Jimenez Díaz, Autonoma University Madrid, Avda Reyes Católicos 2, Madrid, Spain.
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Callera GE, Montezano AC, Yogi A, Tostes RC, Touyz RM. Vascular signaling through cholesterol-rich domains: implications in hypertension. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens 2007; 16:90-104. [PMID: 17293683 DOI: 10.1097/mnh.0b013e328040bfbd] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Lipid rafts are emerging as key players in the integration of cellular responses. Alterations in these highly regulated signaling cascades are important in structural, mechanical and functional abnormalities that underlie vascular pathological processes. The present review focuses on recent advances in signal transduction through caveolae/lipid rafts, implicated in hypertensive processes. RECENT FINDINGS Caveolae/lipid rafts function as sites of dynamic regulatory events in receptor-induced signal transduction. Mediators of vascular function, including G-protein coupled receptors, Src family tyrosine kinases, receptor tyrosine kinases, protein phosphatases and nitric oxide synthase, are concentrated within these microdomains. The assembly of functionally active nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase and subsequent reactive oxygen species production are also dependent on interactions within the caveolae/lipid rafts. Recent findings have also demonstrated the importance of actin-cytoskeleton and focal adhesion sites for protein interactions with caveolae/lipid raft. SUMMARY Many vascular signaling processes are altered in hypertension. Whether these events involve lipid rafts/caveolae remains unclear. A better understanding of how signaling molecules compartmentalize in lipid rafts/caveolae will provide further insights into molecular mechanisms underlying vascular damage in cardiovascular disease.
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- Glaucia E Callera
- Kidney Research Centre, Ottawa Health Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
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Vokurkova M, Xu S, Touyz RM. Reactive oxygen species, cell growth, cell cycle progression and vascular remodeling in hypertension. Future Cardiol 2007; 3:53-63. [DOI: 10.2217/14796678.3.1.53] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) include superoxide, hygrogen peroxide and hydroxyl radical. Under physiological conditions, all vascular cell types produce ROS in a controlled and regulated fashion, mainly through nonphagocyte NADPH oxidase. An imbalance between pro-oxidants and antioxidants results in oxidative stress. ROS are important intracellular signaling molecules. There is growing evidence that increased oxidative stress and associated oxidative damage are mediators of vascular injury in hypertension, as well as in other cardiovascular diseases. Oxidative stress causes vascular injury by reducing nitric oxide bioavailability, altering endothelial function and vascular contraction/dilation, promoting vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation and hypertrophy, and increasing extracellular matrix deposition and inflammation. The present review focuses on the regulatory role of ROS on cell growth and cell cycle progression and discusses implications of these events in vascular remodeling in hypertension.
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- Martina Vokurkova
- Kidney Research Centre, Ottawa Health Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Canada
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- Kidney Research Centre, Ottawa Health Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Canada
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- Kidney Research Centre, Ottawa Health Research Institute, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K1H 8MS, Canada
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Kobayashi N, Yoshida K, Nakano S, Ohno T, Honda T, Tsubokou Y, Matsuoka H. Cardioprotective mechanisms of eplerenone on cardiac performance and remodeling in failing rat hearts. Hypertension 2006; 47:671-9. [PMID: 16505212 DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.0000203148.42892.7a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Aldosterone may play a pivotal role in the pathophysiology of heart failure. To elucidate the beneficial cardioprotective mechanism of eplerenone, a novel selective aldosterone blocker, we hypothesized that eplerenone stimulates endothelial NO synthase (eNOS) through Akt and inhibits inducible NO synthase (iNOS) via nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kappaB) after the development of oxidative stress and activation of the lectin-like, oxidized, low-density lipoprotein receptor 1 (LOX-1) pathway in Dahl salt-sensitive rats with heart failure. Eplerenone (10, 30, and 100 mg/kg per day) was given from the age of the left ventricular hypertrophy stage (11 weeks) to the failing stage (18 weeks) for 7 weeks. The left ventricular end-systolic pressure-volume relationship was evaluated using a conductance catheter. Decreased percentage of fractional shortening by echocardiography and end-systolic pressure-volume relationship in failing rats was significantly ameliorated by eplerenone. Downregulated eNOS expression, eNOS and Akt phosphorylation, and NOS activity in failing rats were increased by eplerenone. Upregulated expression of the mineralocorticoid receptor aldosterone synthase (CYP11B2); NAD(P)H oxidase p22phox, p47phox, gp91phox, iNOS, and LOX-1; and activated p65 NF-kappaB, protein kinase CbetaII, c-Src, p44/p42 extracellular signal-regulated kinase, and p70S6 kinase phosphorylation were inhibited by eplerenone. Eplerenone administration resulted in significant improvement of cardiac function and remodeling and upregulation of sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase expression. These findings suggest that eplerenone may have significant therapeutic potential for heart failure, and these cardioprotective mechanisms of eplerenone may be mediated in part by stimulating eNOS through Akt and inhibiting iNOS via NF-kappaB after activation of the oxidative stress-LOX-1 pathway and signal transduction pathway.
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- Naohiko Kobayashi
- Department of Hypertension and Cardiorenal Medicine, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan.
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Hao L, Nishimura T, Wo H, Fernandez-Patron C. Vascular responses to alpha1-adrenergic receptors in small rat mesenteric arteries depend on mitochondrial reactive oxygen species. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2006; 26:819-25. [PMID: 16424353 DOI: 10.1161/01.atv.0000204344.90301.7c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Agonists of G-protein-coupled receptors (eg, adrenoceptors and angiotensin receptors) signal, at least in part, through matrix metalloproteinases (such as matrix metalloproteinase [MMP]-7) that transactivate the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). Focusing on adrenoceptors, we examined whether the MMP-dependent signaling pathway depends on reactive oxygen species (ROS). METHODS AND RESULTS In isolated rat mesenteric arteries, selective stimulation of alpha1-adrenoceptors with phenylephrine induced MMP transactivation of the EGFR, mitochondrial ROS production (detected by MitoTrackerRed-CM-H2XRos-fluorescence and dihydroethidium-fluorescence and high-performance liquid chromatography [HPLC]/MS assay) and vasoconstriction. Inhibition of the synthesis of either MMP-7 or EGFR with anti-sense or siRNA oligonucleotides, respectively, decreased mitochondrial ROS production in response to phenylephrine. Targeted mitochondrial ROS scavenging with MitoTrackerRed-CM-H2XRos inhibited adrenergic vasoconstriction. Adrenoceptor-induced ROS increased mitochondrial membrane potential (Deltapsim), which was prevented by blockers of MMPs (GM6001, doxycycline), EGFR (AG1478), or complex I, all of which also prevented ROS production as well as vasoconstriction. CONCLUSIONS Production of mitochondrial ROS is a new event in the pathway by which vasoactive agonists that induce MMP transactivation of the EGFR modulate vascular tone. Moreover, our findings suggest a connection between agonist-induced activity of MMPs, the promotion of oxidative stress, enhanced vascular tone, and hypertrophy, which are all implicated in the development and progression of vascular disease.
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- Li Hao
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H7, Canada
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Callera GE, Montezano ACI, Yogi A, Tostes RC, He Y, Schiffrin EL, Touyz RM. c-Src–Dependent Nongenomic Signaling Responses to Aldosterone Are Increased in Vascular Myocytes From Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats. Hypertension 2005; 46:1032-8. [PMID: 16157790 DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.0000176588.51027.35] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Aldosterone plays an important role in the pathogenesis of hypertension. We previously demonstrated that nongenomic signaling by aldosterone in vascular smooth muscle cells occurs through c-Src–dependent pathways. Here we tested the hypothesis that upregulation of c-Src by aldosterone plays a role in increased mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase activation, [
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H]-proline incorporation, and NADPH-driven generation of reactive oxygen species, thereby inducing cell growth, collagen production, and inflammation, respectively, in vascular smooth muscle cells from spontaneously hypertensive rats. The time course of c-Src phosphorylation by aldosterone was shifted to the left in vascular myocytes from hypertensive animals. Aldosterone rapidly increased phosphorylation of p38 MAP kinase and extracellular signal–regulated kinase with significantly greater effects in cells from spontaneously hypertensive rats versus control cells (
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<0.05). Aldosterone increased NADPH oxidase activity with significantly greater responses in vascular smooth muscle cells from hypertensive animals (
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<0.05). These events were associated with enhanced [
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H]proline incorporation (index of collagen synthesis) in cells from spontaneously hypertensive rats (
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<0.05). The NADPH oxidase activity increase, collagen synthesis, c-Src, and MAP kinase phosphorylation induced by aldosterone were significantly reduced by eplerenone (selective mineralocorticoid receptor blocker) and PP2 (selective c-Src inhibitor). In conclusion, nongenomic signaling by exogenous aldosterone, mediated through c-Src, is increased in vascular smooth muscle cells from spontaneously hypertensive rats. Upregulation of c-Src signaling may be important in the profibrotic and proinflammatory actions of aldosterone in this genetic model of hypertension.
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- Glaucia E Callera
- Ottawa Health Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
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Lazaro A, Gallego-Delgado J, Justo P, Esteban V, Osende J, Mezzano S, Ortiz A, Egido J. Long-term blood pressure control prevents oxidative renal injury. Antioxid Redox Signal 2005; 7:1285-93. [PMID: 16115034 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2005.7.1285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Arterial hypertension is a leading contributor to the progression of chronic renal disease. Short-term studies had addressed the role of oxidative stress in hypertensive nephropathy. We have now studied oxidative stress and caspase activation in a long-term model of hypertensive renal injury. Nontreated spontaneously hypertensive rats with uninephrectomy displayed severe arterial hypertension over a 36-week follow-up. Uncontrolled high blood pressure in the context of modest renal mass reduction resulted in significant histological renal injury. Blood pressure control by the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor, quinapril, or the AT1 receptor antagonist, losartan, decreased the degree of renal injury. Hypertensive renal injury was associated with evidence of activation of the apoptotic pathway (increased activation of caspase-3) and local renal (increased staining for 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal) and systemic [increased serum levels of 8-iso-prostaglandin F2alpha (8-iso-PGF2alpha)] lipid oxidation when compared with normotensive control rats. In addition, severe hypertension decreased the renal antioxidant defenses, as exemplified by decreased expression of Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase. Treatment with quinapril or losartan decreased caspase-3 activation, 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal staining, and 8-iso-PGF2alpha levels and increased Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase expression. These results suggest that hypertension-associated oxidative stress and its consequences may be decreased by either ACE inhibition or AT1 receptor antagonist, emphasizing the role of angiotensin II in hypertensive renal damage.
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- Alberto Lazaro
- Renal and Vascular Pathology Laboratory, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Universidad Autónoma, Madrid, Spain
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Ishizawa K, Izawa Y, Ito H, Miki C, Miyata K, Fujita Y, Kanematsu Y, Tsuchiya K, Tamaki T, Nishiyama A, Yoshizumi M. Aldosterone stimulates vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation via big mitogen-activated protein kinase 1 activation. Hypertension 2005; 46:1046-52. [PMID: 16087789 DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.0000172622.51973.f5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
The nongenomic effects of aldosterone have been implicated in the pathogenesis of various cardiovascular diseases. Aldosterone-induced nongenomic effects are attributable in part to the activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2), a classical mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase. Big MAP kinase 1 (BMK1), a newly identified MAP kinase, has been shown to be involved in cell proliferation, differentiation, and survival. We examined whether aldosterone stimulates BMK1-mediated proliferation of cultured rat aortic smooth muscle cells (RASMCs). Mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) expression and localization were evaluated by Western blotting analysis and fluorolabeling methods. ERK1/2 and BMK1 activities were measured by Western blotting analysis with the respective phosphospecific antibodies. Cell proliferation was determined by Alamar Blue colorimetric assay. Aldosterone (0.1 to 100 nmol/L) dose-dependently activated BMK1 in RASMCs, with a peak at 30 minutes. To clarify whether aldosterone-induced BMK1 activation is an MR-mediated phenomenon, we examined the effect of eplerenone, a selective MR antagonist, on aldosterone-induced BMK1 activation. Eplerenone (0.1 to 10 micromol/L) dose-dependently inhibited aldosterone-induced BMK1 activation in RASMCs. Aldosterone also stimulated RASMC proliferation, which was inhibited by eplerenone. Aldosterone-mediated phenomena were concluded to be attributable to a nongenomic effect because cycloheximide failed to inhibit aldosterone-induced BMK1 activation. Transfection of dominant-negative MAP kinase/ERK kinase 5 (MEK5), which is an upstream regulator of BMK1, partially inhibited aldosterone-induced RASMC proliferation, which was almost completely inhibited by MEK inhibitor PD98059. In addition to the classical steroid activity, rapid nongenomic effects induced by aldosterone may represent an alternative etiology for vascular diseases such as hypertension.
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MESH Headings
- 1,2-Dihydroxybenzene-3,5-Disulfonic Acid Disodium Salt/pharmacology
- Aldosterone/pharmacology
- Animals
- Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors
- Cell Proliferation/drug effects
- Cells, Cultured
- Cycloheximide/pharmacology
- Enzyme Activation/drug effects
- Eplerenone
- Flavonoids/pharmacology
- Genes, Dominant
- MAP Kinase Kinase 5/genetics
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1/metabolism
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3/metabolism
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 7/metabolism
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/cytology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/enzymology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism
- Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/cytology
- Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/enzymology
- Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/metabolism
- Protein Synthesis Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Rats
- Receptors, Mineralocorticoid/metabolism
- Spironolactone/analogs & derivatives
- Spironolactone/pharmacology
- Transfection
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Affiliation(s)
- Keisuke Ishizawa
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Tokushima Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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Callera GE, Touyz RM, Tostes RC, Yogi A, He Y, Malkinson S, Schiffrin EL. Aldosterone Activates Vascular p38MAP Kinase and NADPH Oxidase Via c-Src. Hypertension 2005; 45:773-9. [PMID: 15699470 DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.0000154365.30593.d3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 190] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Increasing evidence indicates that aldosterone elicits vascular effects through nongenomic signaling pathways. We tested the hypothesis that aldosterone induces activation of vascular mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases and NADPH oxidase via c-Src–dependent mechanisms in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). Aldosterone effects on activation of c-Src, p38MAP kinase, and NADPH oxidase, and incorporation of [
3
H]proline, an index of collagen synthesis, were assessed in cultured rat VSMCs. Studies were performed in the absence and presence of eplerenone, a selective mineralocorticoid receptor blocker, PP2, a selective Src inhibitor, and SB212190, a selective p38MAPK inhibitor. Phosphorylation of c-Src was dose-dependently increased by aldosterone, with maximal responses obtained at 10
−7
mol/L. Aldosterone increased p38MAP kinase phosphorylation, NAD(P)H oxidase activation, and [
3
H]proline incorporation. These responses were abrogated by eplerenone and almost abolished by PP2. Aldosterone-stimulated incorporation of [
3
H]proline was significantly reduced by SB212190, indicating that p38MAP kinase plays a role in profibrotic actions of aldosterone. To unambiguously demonstrate the importance of aldosterone in c-Src signaling, VSMCs from c-Src
+/+
and c-Src
+/−
mice were also studied. Aldosterone increased phosphorylation of c-Src, p38MAP kinase, and cortactin, a Src-specific substrate, in c-Src
+/+
VSMCs, but not in c-Src-deficient cells. Taken together, our findings demonstrate that nongenomic signaling by aldosterone occurs through c-Src–dependent pathways. These processes may play an important role in profibrotic actions of aldosterone.
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Affiliation(s)
- Glaucia E Callera
- CIHR Multidisciplinary Research Group on Hypertension, Clinical Research Institute of Montreal, University of Montreal, Canada.
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Tojo A, Onozato ML, Kobayashi N, Goto A, Matsuoka H, Fujita T. Antioxidative effect of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase inhibitor in the kidney of hypertensive rat. J Hypertens 2005; 23:165-74. [PMID: 15643139 DOI: 10.1097/00004872-200501000-00027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NAD(P)H) oxidase is regulated by angiotensin II, interleukin (IL)-1beta and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha via p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK). We hypothesized that p38 MAPK inhibitor, FR167653, may suppress NAD(P)H oxidase and its oxygen radical production and ameliorate renal damage in Dahl salt-sensitive rats with heart failure (DSHF). METHODS DSHF rats were fed with 8% NaCl diet from 6 to 18 weeks old. Eleven-week-old DSHF rats received either vehicle or FR167653 (2 mg/kg per day) for 7 weeks and the renal NAD(P)H oxidase p47phox and nitric oxide synthase (NOS), superoxide production and renal damage were evaluated in comparison with the control Dahl salt-resistant rat fed with 8% NaCl diet. RESULTS In the kidney of DSHF rat, phosphorylated p38 MAPK was enhanced with an increased IL-1beta and TNF-alpha production compared with control rats. Treatment with FR167653 significantly suppressed p38 MAPK, IL-1beta and TNF-alpha. Renal NAD(P)H oxidase p47phox expression and superoxide production were significantly increased in the DSHF rats and treatment with FR167653 suppressed NAD(P)H oxidase expression and reduced superoxide formation. Renal endothelial and inducible NOS were reduced in DSHF rats compared with control rats, but FR167653 increased NOS and NO production in the kidney. Proteinuria, glomerulosclerosis and interstitial macrophage migration via intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) were enhanced in DSHF rat and they were ameliorated by FR167653. CONCLUSION The inhibition of p38 MAPK by FR167653 reduced renal IL-1beta and TNF-alpha production and ameliorated renal damage in hypertensive rat via suppression of NAD(P)H oxidase and enhanced NO bioavailability.
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- Akihiro Tojo
- Division of Nephrology and Endocrinology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
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Chow CK. Biological functions and metabolic fate of vitamin E revisited. J Biomed Sci 2004; 11:295-302. [PMID: 15067212 DOI: 10.1007/bf02254433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2003] [Accepted: 11/19/2003] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Information accumulated lately has confirmed the essentiality of vitamin E for humans and provided a better understanding of its biological function and metabolic fate. The discovery of alpha-tocopherol transfer protein, which preferentially binds to RRR-alpha-tocopherol, not only provides conclusive evidence of the essentiality of vitamin E for humans, but also sheds light on the superiority of RRR-alpha-tocopherol biologically over other isomers. The presence of tocopherol regeneration systems and multiple interdependent antioxidant systems is largely responsible for the lack of a widespread deficiency in humans and the difficulty to deplete vitamin E in the adult. The bulk of excess tocopherols consumed is excreted to feces unchanged or to urine with the side chain shortened but the chroman ring intact. The ability of dietary vitamin E to mediate mitochondrial superoxide generation affords a possible mode of action of vitamin E at the tissue levels. By decreasing the generation and/or the levels of reactive oxygen/nitrogen species, dietary vitamin E not only protects against oxidative damage, but also modulates the expression and/or activation of redox-sensitive biological response modifiers that regulate important cellular events.
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- Ching Kuang Chow
- Graduate Center for Nutrition Sciences and Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA.
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