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Lindquist BE. Spreading depolarizations pose critical energy challenges in acute brain injury. J Neurochem 2024; 168:868-887. [PMID: 37787065 PMCID: PMC10987398 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.15966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2023] [Revised: 08/08/2023] [Accepted: 09/10/2023] [Indexed: 10/04/2023]
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Spreading depolarization (SD) is an electrochemical wave of neuronal depolarization mediated by extracellular K+ and glutamate, interacting with voltage-gated and ligand-gated ion channels. SD is increasingly recognized as a major cause of injury progression in stroke and brain trauma, where the mechanisms of SD-induced neuronal injury are intimately linked to energetic status and metabolic impairment. Here, I review the established working model of SD initiation and propagation. Then, I summarize the historical and recent evidence for the metabolic impact of SD, transitioning from a descriptive to a mechanistic working model of metabolic signaling and its potential to promote neuronal survival and resilience. I quantify the energetic cost of restoring ionic gradients eroded during SD, and the extent to which ion pumping impacts high-energy phosphate pools and the energy charge of affected tissue. I link energy deficits to adaptive increases in the utilization of glucose and O2, and the resulting accumulation of lactic acid and CO2 downstream of catabolic metabolic activity. Finally, I discuss the neuromodulatory and vasoactive paracrine signaling mediated by adenosine and acidosis, highlighting these metabolites' potential to protect vulnerable tissue in the context of high-frequency SD clusters.
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- Britta E Lindquist
- Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
- Gladstone Institute of Neurological Diseases, San Francisco, California, USA
- Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, San Francisco, California, USA
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Tregub PP, Kulikov VP, Ibrahimli I, Tregub OF, Volodkin AV, Ignatyuk MA, Kostin AA, Atiakshin DA. Molecular Mechanisms of Neuroprotection after the Intermittent Exposures of Hypercapnic Hypoxia. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:3665. [PMID: 38612476 PMCID: PMC11011936 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25073665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2024] [Revised: 03/19/2024] [Accepted: 03/21/2024] [Indexed: 04/14/2024] Open
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The review introduces the stages of formation and experimental confirmation of the hypothesis regarding the mutual potentiation of neuroprotective effects of hypoxia and hypercapnia during their combined influence (hypercapnic hypoxia). The main focus is on the mechanisms and signaling pathways involved in the formation of ischemic tolerance in the brain during intermittent hypercapnic hypoxia. Importantly, the combined effect of hypoxia and hypercapnia exerts a more pronounced neuroprotective effect compared to their separate application. Some signaling systems are associated with the predominance of the hypoxic stimulus (HIF-1α, A1 receptors), while others (NF-κB, antioxidant activity, inhibition of apoptosis, maintenance of selective blood-brain barrier permeability) are mainly modulated by hypercapnia. Most of the molecular and cellular mechanisms involved in the formation of brain tolerance to ischemia are due to the contribution of both excess carbon dioxide and oxygen deficiency (ATP-dependent potassium channels, chaperones, endoplasmic reticulum stress, mitochondrial metabolism reprogramming). Overall, experimental studies indicate the dominance of hypercapnia in the neuroprotective effect of its combined action with hypoxia. Recent clinical studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of hypercapnic-hypoxic training in the treatment of childhood cerebral palsy and diabetic polyneuropathy in children. Combining hypercapnic hypoxia with pharmacological modulators of neuro/cardio/cytoprotection signaling pathways is likely to be promising for translating experimental research into clinical medicine.
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- Pavel P. Tregub
- Department of Pathophysiology, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, 119991 Moscow, Russia;
- Brain Science Institute, Research Center of Neurology, 125367 Moscow, Russia
- Scientific and Educational Resource Center “Innovative Technologies of Immunophenotyping, Digital Spatial Profiling and Ultrastructural Analysis”, RUDN University, 117198 Moscow, Russia; (A.V.V.); (M.A.I.); (A.A.K.); (D.A.A.)
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- Department of Ultrasound and Functional Diagnostics, Altay State Medical University, 656040 Barnaul, Russia;
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- Department of Pathophysiology, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, 119991 Moscow, Russia;
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- Scientific and Educational Resource Center “Innovative Technologies of Immunophenotyping, Digital Spatial Profiling and Ultrastructural Analysis”, RUDN University, 117198 Moscow, Russia; (A.V.V.); (M.A.I.); (A.A.K.); (D.A.A.)
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- Scientific and Educational Resource Center “Innovative Technologies of Immunophenotyping, Digital Spatial Profiling and Ultrastructural Analysis”, RUDN University, 117198 Moscow, Russia; (A.V.V.); (M.A.I.); (A.A.K.); (D.A.A.)
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- Scientific and Educational Resource Center “Innovative Technologies of Immunophenotyping, Digital Spatial Profiling and Ultrastructural Analysis”, RUDN University, 117198 Moscow, Russia; (A.V.V.); (M.A.I.); (A.A.K.); (D.A.A.)
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- Scientific and Educational Resource Center “Innovative Technologies of Immunophenotyping, Digital Spatial Profiling and Ultrastructural Analysis”, RUDN University, 117198 Moscow, Russia; (A.V.V.); (M.A.I.); (A.A.K.); (D.A.A.)
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Martini S, Thewissen L, Austin T, da Costa CS, de Boode WP, Dempsey E, Kooi E, Pellicer A, Rhee CJ, Riera J, Wolf M, Wong F. Near-infrared spectroscopy monitoring of neonatal cerebrovascular reactivity: where are we now? Pediatr Res 2023:10.1038/s41390-023-02574-6. [PMID: 36997690 DOI: 10.1038/s41390-023-02574-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2022] [Revised: 02/09/2023] [Accepted: 02/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Cerebrovascular reactivity defines the ability of the cerebral vasculature to regulate its resistance in response to both local and systemic factors to ensure an adequate cerebral blood flow to meet the metabolic demands of the brain. The increasing adoption of near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) for non-invasive monitoring of cerebral oxygenation and perfusion allowed investigation of the mechanisms underlying cerebrovascular reactivity in the neonatal population, confirming important associations with pathological conditions including the development of brain injury and adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes. However, the current literature on neonatal cerebrovascular reactivity is mainly still based on small, observational studies and is characterised by methodological heterogeneity; this has hindered the routine application of NIRS-based monitoring of cerebrovascular reactivity to identify infants most at risk of brain injury. This review aims (1) to provide an updated review on neonatal cerebrovascular reactivity, assessed using NIRS; (2) to identify critical points that need to be addressed with targeted research; and (3) to propose feasibility trials in order to fill the current knowledge gaps and to possibly develop a preventive or curative approach for preterm brain injury. IMPACT: NIRS monitoring has been largely applied in neonatal research to assess cerebrovascular reactivity in response to blood pressure, PaCO2 and other biochemical or metabolic factors, providing novel insights into the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying cerebral blood flow regulation. Despite these insights, the current literature shows important pitfalls that would benefit to be addressed in a series of targeted trials, proposed in the present review, in order to translate the assessment of cerebrovascular reactivity into routine monitoring in neonatal clinical practice.
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- Silvia Martini
- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, IRCCS AOU S. Orsola, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
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- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Neonatology, Radboud University Medical Center, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Amalia Children's Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, INFANT Centre, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- Division of Neonatology, Beatrix Children's Hospital, University Medical Center, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neonatology, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
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- Section of Neonatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Neonatology, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
- Center for Biomedical Technology, Technical University, Madrid, Spain
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- Biomedical Optics Research Laboratory, Department of Neonatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Monash Newborn, Monash Children's Hospital, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Department of Paediatrics, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Saha PS, Knecht TM, Arrick DM, Watt MJ, Scholl JL, Mayhan WG. Prenatal exposure to alcohol impairs responses of cerebral arterioles to activation of potassium channels: Role of oxidative stress. ALCOHOL, CLINICAL & EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH 2023; 47:87-94. [PMID: 36446735 PMCID: PMC9974881 DOI: 10.1111/acer.14980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2022] [Revised: 10/24/2022] [Accepted: 11/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Potassium channels play an important role in the basal tone and dilation of cerebral resistance arterioles in response to many stimuli. However, the effect of prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) on specific potassium channel function remains unknown. The first goal of this study was to determine the influence of PAE on the reactivity of cerebral arterioles to activation of ATP-sensitive potassium (KATP ) and BK channels. Our second goal was to determine whether oxidative stress contributed to potassium channel dysfunction of cerebral arterioles following PAE. METHODS We fed Sprague-Dawley dams a liquid diet with or without alcohol (3% EtOH) for the duration of their pregnancy (21 to 23 days). We examined in vivo responses of cerebral arterioles in control and PAE male and female offspring (14 to 16 weeks after birth) to activators of potassium channels (Iloprost [BK channels] and pinacidil [KATP channels]), before and following inhibition of oxidative stress with apocynin. RESULTS We found that PAE impaired dilation of cerebral arterioles in response to activation of potassium channels with iloprost and pinacidil, and this impairment was similar in male and female rats. In addition, treatment with apocynin reversed the impaired vasodilation to iloprost and pinacidil in PAE rats to levels observed in control rats. This effect of apocynin also was similar in male and female rats. CONCLUSIONS PAE induces dysfunction in the ability of specific potassium channels to dilate cerebral arterioles which appears to be mediated by an increase in oxidative stress. We suggest that these alterations in potassium channel function may contribute to the pathogenesis of cerebral vascular abnormalities and/or behavioral/cognitive deficits observed in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.
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- Partha S. Saha
- Division of Basic Biomedical Sciences, Sanford School of Medicine, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD 57069
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- Division of Basic Biomedical Sciences, Sanford School of Medicine, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD 57069
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- Division of Basic Biomedical Sciences, Sanford School of Medicine, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD 57069
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- Department of Anatomy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Division of Basic Biomedical Sciences, Sanford School of Medicine, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD 57069
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- Division of Basic Biomedical Sciences, Sanford School of Medicine, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD 57069
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The Effects of Acidosis on eNOS in the Systemic Vasculature: A Focus on Early Postnatal Ontogenesis. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23115987. [PMID: 35682667 PMCID: PMC9180972 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23115987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2022] [Revised: 05/16/2022] [Accepted: 05/23/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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The activity of many vasomotor signaling pathways strongly depends on extracellular/intracellular pH. Nitric oxide (NO) is one of the most important vasodilators produced by the endothelium. In this review, we present evidence that in most vascular beds of mature mammalian organisms metabolic or respiratory acidosis increases functional endothelial NO-synthase (eNOS) activity, despite the observation that direct effects of low pH on eNOS enzymatic activity are inhibitory. This can be explained by the fact that acidosis increases the activity of signaling pathways that positively regulate eNOS activity. The role of NO in the regulation of vascular tone is greater in early postnatal ontogenesis compared to adulthood. Importantly, in early postnatal ontogenesis acidosis also augments functional eNOS activity and its contribution to the regulation of arterial contractility. Therefore, the effect of acidosis on total peripheral resistance in neonates may be stronger than in adults and can be one of the reasons for an undesirable decrease in blood pressure during neonatal asphyxia. The latter, however, should be proven in future studies.
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De Silva TM, Sobey CG. Cerebral Vascular Biology in Health and Disease. Stroke 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-69424-7.00001-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Hypercapnia Modulates the Activity of Adenosine A1 Receptors and mitoK +ATP-Channels in Rat Brain When Exposed to Intermittent Hypoxia. Neuromolecular Med 2021; 24:155-168. [PMID: 34115290 DOI: 10.1007/s12017-021-08672-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2020] [Accepted: 06/05/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The mechanisms and signaling pathways of the neuroprotective effects of hypercapnia and its combination with hypoxia are not studied sufficiently. The study aims to test the hypothesis of the potentiating effect of hypercapnia on the systems of adaptation to hypoxia, directly associated with A1-adenosine receptors and mitochondrial ATP-dependent K+ -channels (mitoK+ATP-channels). We evaluated the relative number of A1-adenosine receptors and mitoK+ATP-channels in astrocytes obtained from male Wistar rats exposed to various respiratory conditions (15 times of hypoxia and/or hypercapnia). In addition, the relative number of these molecules in astrocytes was evaluated on an in vitro model of chemical hypoxia, as well as in the cerebral cortex after photothrombotic damage. This study indicates an increase in the relative number of A1-adenosine receptors in astrocytes and in cells next to the stroke region of the cerebral cortex in rats exposed to hypoxia and hypercapnic hypoxia, but not hypercapnia alone. Hypercapnia and hypoxia increase the relative number of mitoK+ATP-channels in astrocytes and in cells of the peri-infarct region of the cerebral cortex in rats. In an in vitro study, hypercapnia mitigates the effects of acute chemical hypoxia observed in astrocytes for A1-adenosine receptors and mitoK+ATP-channels. Hypercapnia, unlike hypoxia, does not affect the relative number of A1 receptors to adenosine. At the same time, both hypercapnia and hypoxia increase the relative number of mitoK+ATP-channels, which can potentiate their protective effects with combined exposure.
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Yartsev VN. Paradoxical effects of acidosis on the noradrenaline-induced and neurogenic constriction of the rat tail artery at low temperatures. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2021; 99:1036-1047. [PMID: 33857387 DOI: 10.1139/cjpp-2020-0740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Although vasodilatation evoked by acidosis at normal body temperature is well known, the reports regarding effect of acidosis on the reactivity of the isolated arteries at low temperatures are nonexistent. This study tested the hypothesis that the inhibitory effect of acidosis on the neurogenic vasoconstriction may be increased by cooling. Using wire myography, we recorded the neurogenic contraction of the rat tail artery segments to the electrical field stimulation in the absence and in the presence of 0.03-10.0 µmol/L noradrenaline. The experiments were conducted at 37 °C or 25 °C and pH 7.4 or 6.6 which was decreased by means of CO2. Noradrenaline at concentration of 0.03-0.1 µmol/L significantly potentiated the neurogenic vasoconstriction at 25 °C, and the potentiation was not inhibited by acidosis. Contrary to our hypothesis, acidosis at a low temperature did not affect the noradrenaline-induced tone and significantly increased the neurogenic contraction of the artery segments in the absence and presence of noradrenaline. These effects of acidosis were partly dependent on the endothelium and L-type Ca2+ channels activation. The phenomenon described for the first time might be of importance for the reduction in the heat loss by virtue of decrease in the subcutaneous blood flow at low ambient temperatures.
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- Vladimir N Yartsev
- Laboratory of Physiology of Cardiovascular and Lymphatic Systems, Pavlov Institute of Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia.,Laboratory of Physiology of Cardiovascular and Lymphatic Systems, Pavlov Institute of Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
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Hydrogen Protons Modulate Perivascular Axo–axonal Interactions in the Middle Cerebral Artery of Rats. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 2020; 76:112-121. [DOI: 10.1097/fjc.0000000000000838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Zakaria ER, Patel AA, Li N, Matheson PJ, Garrison RN. Vasoactive Components of Dialysis Solution. Perit Dial Int 2020. [DOI: 10.1177/089686080802800316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BackgroundConventional peritoneal dialysis (PD) solutions elicit vasodilation, which is implicated in the variable rate of solute transport during the dwell. The components causing such vasoactivity are still controversial. This study was conducted to define the vasoactive components of conventional and new PD solutions.MethodsThree visceral peritoneal microvascular levels were visualized by intravital video microscopy of the terminal ileum of anesthetized rats. Anesthesia-free decerebrate conscious rats served as control. Microvascular diameter and blood flow by Doppler measurements were conducted after topical peritoneal exposure to 4 clinical PD solutions and 6 prepared solutions designed to isolate potential vasoactive components of the PD solution.ResultsAll clinically available PD solutions produced a rapid and generalized vasodilation at all intestinal microvascular levels, regardless of the osmotic solute. The pattern and magnitude of this dilation was not affected by anesthesia but was determined by arteriolar size, the osmotic solute, and the solution's buffer anion system. The greatest dilation occurred in the small precapillary arterioles and was elicited by conventional PD solution and heat re-sterilized solution containing low glucose degradation products (GDPs). Hypertonic mannitol solutions produced a dilation that was approximately 50% less than the dilation obtained with glucose solutions with identical osmolarity and buffer. Increasing a solution's osmolarity did not produce a parallel increase in the magnitude of dilation, suggesting a nonlinear relationship between the two variables. Lactate dissolved in an isotonic solution was completely non-vasoactive unless the solution's H+concentration was increased. At low pH, isotonic lactate produced a rapid but transient vasodilation. This vascular reactivity was similar in magnitude and pattern to that obtained with the isotonic 7.5% icodextrin solution (Extraneal; Baxter Healthcare, Deerfield, Illinois, USA).Conclusions( 1 ) Hyperosmolarity is the major vasoactive component of PD solution. ( 2 ) Hyperosmolarity and active intracellular glucose uptake account together for approximately 75% of PD solution-induced dilation, whereas GDPs contribute to approximately 25%. ( 3 ) Lactate is vasoactive only at low pH (high [H+]). ( 4 ) The magnitude of PD solution-mediated vasodilation is partially dependent on the nature of the osmotic solute, the GDP contents, and the [H+], which determine the vasoactivity of the lactate-buffer anion system. Studies are required to define the molecular mechanisms of PD-induced vasodilation and to determine the vasoactive properties of these solutions after chronic infusion.
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Louisville Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics Louisville, Kentucky, USA
- Department of Surgery, University of Louisville Louisville, Kentucky, USA
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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Abutarboush R, Gu M, Kawoos U, Mullah SH, Chen Y, Goodrich SY, Lashof-Sullivan M, McCarron RM, Statz JK, Bell RS, Stone JR, Ahlers ST. Exposure to Blast Overpressure Impairs Cerebral Microvascular Responses and Alters Vascular and Astrocytic Structure. J Neurotrauma 2019; 36:3138-3157. [PMID: 31210096 PMCID: PMC6818492 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2019.6423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Exposure to blast overpressure may result in cerebrovascular impairment, including cerebral vasospasm. The mechanisms contributing to this vascular response are unclear. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between blast and functional alterations of the cerebral microcirculation and to investigate potential underlying changes in vascular microstructure. Cerebrovascular responses were assessed in sham- and blast-exposed male rats at multiple time points from 2 h through 28 days after a single 130-kPa (18.9-psi) exposure. Pial microcirculation was assessed through a cranial window created in the parietal bone of anesthetized rats. Pial arteriolar reactivity was evaluated in vivo using hypercapnia, barium chloride, and serotonin. We found that exposure to blast leads to impairment of arteriolar reactivity >24 h after blast exposure, suggesting delayed injury mechanisms that are not simply attributed to direct mechanical deformation. Observed vascular impairment included a reduction in hypercapnia-induced vasodilation, increase in barium-induced constriction, and reversal of the serotonin effect from constriction to dilation. A reduction in vascular smooth muscle contractile proteins consistent with vascular wall proliferation was observed, as well as delayed reduction in nitric oxide synthase and increase in endothelin-1 B receptors, mainly in astrocytes. Collectively, the data show that exposure to blast results in delayed and prolonged alterations in cerebrovascular reactivity that are associated with changes in the microarchitecture of the vessel wall and astrocytes. These changes may contribute to long-term pathologies involving dysfunction of the neurovascular unit, including cerebral vasospasm.
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- Rania Abutarboush
- Neurotrauma Department, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland.,The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine Inc., Bethesda, Maryland
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- Neurotrauma Department, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland.,The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine Inc., Bethesda, Maryland
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- Neurotrauma Department, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland.,The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine Inc., Bethesda, Maryland
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- Neurotrauma Department, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland.,The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine Inc., Bethesda, Maryland
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- Neurotrauma Department, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland.,The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine Inc., Bethesda, Maryland
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- Neurotrauma Department, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland.,The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine Inc., Bethesda, Maryland
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- Neurotrauma Department, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland.,The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine Inc., Bethesda, Maryland
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- Neurotrauma Department, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland.,Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Neurotrauma Department, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland.,The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine Inc., Bethesda, Maryland
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- Neurosurgery Department, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville, Virginia
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- Neurotrauma Department, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland
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Hoiland RL, Fisher JA, Ainslie PN. Regulation of the Cerebral Circulation by Arterial Carbon Dioxide. Compr Physiol 2019; 9:1101-1154. [DOI: 10.1002/cphy.c180021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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GPR68 Senses Flow and Is Essential for Vascular Physiology. Cell 2019; 173:762-775.e16. [PMID: 29677517 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2018.03.076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 176] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2017] [Revised: 12/21/2017] [Accepted: 03/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Mechanotransduction plays a crucial role in vascular biology. One example of this is the local regulation of vascular resistance via flow-mediated dilation (FMD). Impairment of this process is a hallmark of endothelial dysfunction and a precursor to a wide array of vascular diseases, such as hypertension and atherosclerosis. Yet the molecules responsible for sensing flow (shear stress) within endothelial cells remain largely unknown. We designed a 384-well screening system that applies shear stress on cultured cells. We identified a mechanosensitive cell line that exhibits shear stress-activated calcium transients, screened a focused RNAi library, and identified GPR68 as necessary and sufficient for shear stress responses. GPR68 is expressed in endothelial cells of small-diameter (resistance) arteries. Importantly, Gpr68-deficient mice display markedly impaired acute FMD and chronic flow-mediated outward remodeling in mesenteric arterioles. Therefore, GPR68 is an essential flow sensor in arteriolar endothelium and is a critical signaling component in cardiovascular pathophysiology.
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The human cerebral vasculature originates in the fourth week of gestation and continues to expand and diversify well into the first few years of postnatal life. A key feature of this growth is smooth muscle differentiation, whereby smooth muscle cells within cerebral arteries transform from migratory to proliferative to synthetic and finally to contractile phenotypes. These phenotypic transformations can be reversed by pathophysiological perturbations such as hypoxia, which causes loss of contractile capacity in immature cerebral arteries. In turn, loss of contractility affects all whole-brain cerebrovascular responses, including those involved in flow-metabolism coupling, vasodilatory responses to acute hypoxia and hypercapnia, cerebral autoregulation, and reactivity to activation of perivascular nerves. Future strategies to minimize cerebral injury following hypoxia-ischemic insults in the immature brain might benefit by targeting treatments to preserve and promote contractile differentiation in the fetal cerebrovasculature. This could potentially be achieved through inhibition of receptor tyrosine kinase-mediated growth factors, such as vascular endothelial growth factor and platelet-derived growth factor, which are mobilized by hypoxic and ischemic injury and which facilitate contractile dedifferentiation. Interruption of the effects of other vascular mitogens, such as endothelin and angiotensin-II, and even some miRNA species, also could be beneficial. Future experimental work that addresses these possibilities offers promise to improve current clinical management of neonates who have suffered and survived hypoxic, ischemic, asphyxic, or inflammatory cerebrovascular insults.
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- William J Pearce
- From the Center for Perinatal Biology, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA.
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Lubomirov LT, Papadopoulos S, Filipova D, Baransi S, Todorović D, Lake P, Metzler D, Hilsdorf S, Schubert R, Schroeter MM, Pfitzer G. The involvement of phosphorylation of myosin phosphatase targeting subunit 1 (MYPT1) and MYPT1 isoform expression in NO/cGMP mediated differential vasoregulation of cerebral arteries compared to systemic arteries. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2018; 224:e13079. [PMID: 29694711 DOI: 10.1111/apha.13079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2017] [Revised: 03/30/2018] [Accepted: 04/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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AIM Constitutive release of NO blunts intrinsic and stimulated contractile activity in cerebral arteries (CA). Here, we explored whether phosphorylation and expression levels of the PKG-sensitive, leucine zipper positive (LZ+ ) splice variants of the regulatory subunit of myosin phosphatase (MYPT1) are involved and whether its expression is associated with higher cGMP sensitivity. METHODS Vascular contractility was investigated by wire myography. Phosphorylation of MYPT1 was determined by Western blotting. RESULTS Constitutive phosphorylation of MYPT1-T696 and T853 was lower and that of S695 and S668 was higher in cerebral arteries from the circulus arteriosus (CA-w) than in femoral arteries (FA), while total MYPT1 expression was not different. In CA-w but not in FA, L-NAME lowered phosphorylation of S695/S668 and increased phosphorylation of T696/T853 and of MLC20 -S19, plus basal tone. The increase in basal tone was attenuated in CA-w and basilar arteries (BA) from heterozygous MYPT1-T696A/+ mice. Compared to FA, expression of the LZ+ -isoform was ~2-fold higher in CA-w coincident with a higher sensitivity to DEA-NONOate, cinaciguat and Y27632 in BA and 8-Br-cGMP (1 μmol/L) in pre-constricted (pCa 6.1) α-toxin permeabilized CAs. In contrast, 6-Bnz-cAMP (10 μmol/L) relaxed BA and FA similarly by ~80%. CONCLUSION Our results indicate that (i) regulation of the intrinsic contractile activity in CA involves phosphorylation of MYPT1 at T696 and S695/S668, (ii) the higher NO/cGMP/PKG sensitivity of CAs can be ascribed to the higher expression level of the LZ+ -MYPT1 isoform and (iii) relaxation by cAMP/PKA pathway is less dependent on the expression level of the LZ+ splice variants of MYPT1.
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- L. T. Lubomirov
- Institute of Vegetative Physiology; University of Cologne; Cologne Germany
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- Institute of Vegetative Physiology; University of Cologne; Cologne Germany
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- Institute of Vegetative Physiology; University of Cologne; Cologne Germany
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- Institute of Vegetative Physiology; University of Cologne; Cologne Germany
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- Institute of Vegetative Physiology; University of Cologne; Cologne Germany
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- Institute of Vegetative Physiology; University of Cologne; Cologne Germany
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- Institute of Vegetative Physiology; University of Cologne; Cologne Germany
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- Institute of Vegetative Physiology; University of Cologne; Cologne Germany
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- Research Division Cardiovascular Physiology; Centre for Biomedicine and Medical Technology Mannheim (CBTM); Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg; Heidelberg Germany
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- Institute of Vegetative Physiology; University of Cologne; Cologne Germany
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- Institute of Vegetative Physiology; University of Cologne; Cologne Germany
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Charter ME, Lamb IR, Murrant CL. Arteriolar and capillary responses to CO2and H+in hamster skeletal muscle microvasculature: Implications for active hyperemia. Microcirculation 2018; 25:e12494. [DOI: 10.1111/micc.12494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2018] [Revised: 06/21/2018] [Accepted: 07/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Mackenzie E. Charter
- Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences; University of Guelph; Guelph Ontario Canada
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- Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences; University of Guelph; Guelph Ontario Canada
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- Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences; University of Guelph; Guelph Ontario Canada
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Effect of vasopressin-induced chronic hyponatremia on the regulation of the middle cerebral artery of the rat. Pflugers Arch 2018; 470:1047-1054. [PMID: 29550928 PMCID: PMC6013523 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-018-2141-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2017] [Revised: 03/09/2018] [Accepted: 03/12/2018] [Indexed: 10/29/2022]
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Vasopressin (arginine vasopressin, AVP) plays a crucial role in maintaining body fluid homeostasis. Excessive release of vasopressin can lead to hyponatremia. Changes in cerebral circulation during vasopressin-induced chronic hyponatremia are not elucidated. The present study has been designed to investigate the effect of chronic vasopressin-induced hyponatremia on the regulation of the tone of the middle cerebral artery (MCA) of the rat. Chronic hyponatremia was induced in vivo with the help of vasopressin, released continuously from subcutaneously implanted ALZET mini-osmotic pumps, and a liquid diet. After 3.5 days of chronic hyponatremia, the plasma Na+ concentration decreased to 119 ± 3 mM. MCAs were isolated and placed in a MOPS-buffered saline solution containing 121 mM Na+. Chronic hyponatremia did not affect the response of the MCA to increased intravascular pressure, to the administration of acetylcholine (ACh) and nitric oxide (NO) donor (SNAP, S-nitroso-N-acetyl-DL-penicillamine), and to increased K+ concentration, but impaired the response of the MCA to increased extravascular H+ concentration. Disturbed response of the MCA to acidosis was associated neither with the impairment of KATP channels nor with the activation of vasopressin V1 receptor. Correction of hyponatremia did not restore the response of the MCA to acidosis. These results indicate that cerebral blood vessels do not fully adapt to prolonged vasopressin-induced hyponatremia.
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A novel perspective to calibrate temporal delays in cerebrovascular reactivity using hypercapnic and hyperoxic respiratory challenges. Neuroimage 2017; 187:154-165. [PMID: 29217405 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.11.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2017] [Revised: 11/19/2017] [Accepted: 11/20/2017] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Redistribution of blood flow across different brain regions, arising from the vasoactive nature of hypercapnia, can introduce errors when examining cerebrovascular reactivity (CVR) response delays. In this study, we propose a novel analysis method to characterize hemodynamic delays in the blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) response to hypercapnia, and hyperoxia, as a way to provide insight into transient differences in vascular reactivity between cortical regions, and across tissue depths. A pseudo-continuous arterial spin labeling sequence was used to acquire BOLD and cerebral blood flow simultaneously in 19 healthy adults (12 F; 20 ± 2 years) during boxcar CO2 and O2 gas inhalation paradigms. Despite showing distinct differences in hypercapnia-induced response delay times (P < 0.05; Bonferroni corrected), grey matter regions showed homogenous hemodynamic latencies (P > 0.05) once calibrated for bolus arrival time derived using non-vasoactive hyperoxic gas challenges. Longer hypercapnic temporal delays were observed as the depth of the white matter tissue increased, although no significant differences in response lag were found during hyperoxia across tissue depth, or between grey and white matter. Furthermore, calibration of hypercapnic delays using hyperoxia revealed that deeper white matter layers may be more prone to dynamic redistribution of blood flow, which introduces response lag times ranging between 1 and 3 s in healthy subjects. These findings suggest that the combination of hypercapnic and hyperoxic gas-inhalation MRI can be used to distinguish between differences in CVR that arise as a result of delayed stimulus arrival time (due to the local architecture of the cerebrovasculature), or preferential blood flow distribution. Calibrated response delays to hypercapnia provide important insights into cerebrovascular physiology, and may be used to correct response delays associated with vascular impairment.
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Aleksandrowicz M, Dworakowska B, Dolowy K, Kozniewska E. Restoration of the response of the middle cerebral artery of the rat to acidosis in hyposmotic hyponatremia by the opener of large-conductance calcium sensitive potassium channels (BK Ca). J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 2017; 37:3219-3230. [PMID: 28058990 PMCID: PMC5584697 DOI: 10.1177/0271678x16685575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Hyposmotic hyponatremia (the decrease of extracellular concentration of sodium ions from 145 to 121 mM and the decrease of hyposmolality from 300 to 250 mOsm/kg H2O) impairs response of the middle cerebral artery (MCA) to acetylcholine and NO donor (S-nitroso-N-acetyl-DL-penicillamine). Since acidosis activates a similar intracellular signaling pathway, the present study was designed to verify the hypothesis that the response of the MCA to acidosis is impaired during acute hyposmotic hyponatremia due to abnormal NO-related signal transduction in vascular smooth muscle cells. Studies performed on isolated, cannulated, and pressurized rat MCA revealed that hyposmotic hyponatremia impaired the response of the MCA to acidosis and this was associated with hyposmolality rather than with decreased sodium ion concentration. Response to acidosis was restored by the BKCa but not by the KATP channel activator. Patch-clamp electrophysiology performed on myocytes freshly isolated from MCAs, demonstrated that hyposmotic hyponatremia does not affect BKCa currents but decreases the voltage-dependency of the activation of the BKCa channels in the presence of a specific opener of these channels. Our study suggests that reduced sensitivity of BKCa channels in the MCA to agonists results in the lack of response of this artery to acidosis during acute hyposmotic hyponatremia.
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- Marta Aleksandrowicz
- 1 Department of Neurosurgery, Mossakowski Medical Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- 2 Department of Biophysics, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- 2 Department of Biophysics, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- 1 Department of Neurosurgery, Mossakowski Medical Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.,3 Department of Experimental and Clinical Physiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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Tykocki NR, Boerman EM, Jackson WF. Smooth Muscle Ion Channels and Regulation of Vascular Tone in Resistance Arteries and Arterioles. Compr Physiol 2017; 7:485-581. [PMID: 28333380 DOI: 10.1002/cphy.c160011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 222] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Vascular tone of resistance arteries and arterioles determines peripheral vascular resistance, contributing to the regulation of blood pressure and blood flow to, and within the body's tissues and organs. Ion channels in the plasma membrane and endoplasmic reticulum of vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) in these blood vessels importantly contribute to the regulation of intracellular Ca2+ concentration, the primary determinant of SMC contractile activity and vascular tone. Ion channels provide the main source of activator Ca2+ that determines vascular tone, and strongly contribute to setting and regulating membrane potential, which, in turn, regulates the open-state-probability of voltage gated Ca2+ channels (VGCCs), the primary source of Ca2+ in resistance artery and arteriolar SMCs. Ion channel function is also modulated by vasoconstrictors and vasodilators, contributing to all aspects of the regulation of vascular tone. This review will focus on the physiology of VGCCs, voltage-gated K+ (KV) channels, large-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ (BKCa) channels, strong-inward-rectifier K+ (KIR) channels, ATP-sensitive K+ (KATP) channels, ryanodine receptors (RyRs), inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors (IP3Rs), and a variety of transient receptor potential (TRP) channels that contribute to pressure-induced myogenic tone in resistance arteries and arterioles, the modulation of the function of these ion channels by vasoconstrictors and vasodilators, their role in the functional regulation of tissue blood flow and their dysfunction in diseases such as hypertension, obesity, and diabetes. © 2017 American Physiological Society. Compr Physiol 7:485-581, 2017.
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- Nathan R Tykocki
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA
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- Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
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Uekawa K, Koizumi K, Hwang J, Brunier N, Hattori Y, Zhou P, Park L. Obligatory Role of EP1 Receptors in the Increase in Cerebral Blood Flow Produced by Hypercapnia in the Mice. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0163329. [PMID: 27657726 PMCID: PMC5033465 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0163329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2016] [Accepted: 09/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Hypercapnia induces potent vasodilation in the cerebral circulation. Although it has long been known that prostanoids participate in the cerebrovascular effects of hypercapnia, the role of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) and PGE2 receptors have not been fully investigated. In this study, we sought to determine whether cyclooxygenase-1 (COX-1)-derived PGE2 and EP1 receptors are involved in the cerebrovascular response induced by hypercapnia. Cerebral blood flow (CBF) was recorded by laser-Doppler flowmetry in the somatosenasory cortex of anesthetized male EP1-/- mice and wild type (WT) littermates. In WT mice, neocortical application of the EP1 receptor antagonist SC-51089 attenuated the increase in CBF elicited by systemic hypercapnia (pCO2 = 50-60 mmHg). SC-51089 also attenuated the increase in CBF produced by neocortical treatment of arachidonic acid or PGE2. These CBF responses were also attenuated in EP1-/- mice. In WT mice, the COX-1 inhibitor SC-560, but not the COX-2 inhibitor NS-398, attenuated the hypercapnic CBF increase. Neocortical application of exogenous PGE2 restored the attenuation in resting CBF and the hypercapnic response induced by SC-560. In contrast, exogenous PGE2 failed to rescue the attenuation both in WT mice induced by SC-51089 and EP1-/- mice, attesting to the obligatory role of EP1 receptors in the response. These findings indicate that the hypercapnic vasodilatation depends on COX-1-derived PGE2 acting on EP1 receptors and highlight the critical role that COX-1-derived PGE2 and EP1 receptors play in the hypercapnic regulation of the cerebral circulation.
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- Ken Uekawa
- Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, 10065, United States of America
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- Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, 10065, United States of America
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- Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, 10065, United States of America
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- Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, 10065, United States of America
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- Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, 10065, United States of America
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- Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, 10065, United States of America
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- Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, 10065, United States of America
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Potassium Channels in Regulation of Vascular Smooth Muscle Contraction and Growth. ADVANCES IN PHARMACOLOGY (SAN DIEGO, CALIF.) 2016; 78:89-144. [PMID: 28212804 DOI: 10.1016/bs.apha.2016.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Potassium channels importantly contribute to the regulation of vascular smooth muscle (VSM) contraction and growth. They are the dominant ion conductance of the VSM cell membrane and importantly determine and regulate membrane potential. Membrane potential, in turn, regulates the open-state probability of voltage-gated Ca2+ channels (VGCC), Ca2+ influx through VGCC, intracellular Ca2+, and VSM contraction. Membrane potential also affects release of Ca2+ from internal stores and the Ca2+ sensitivity of the contractile machinery such that K+ channels participate in all aspects of regulation of VSM contraction. Potassium channels also regulate proliferation of VSM cells through membrane potential-dependent and membrane potential-independent mechanisms. VSM cells express multiple isoforms of at least five classes of K+ channels that contribute to the regulation of contraction and cell proliferation (growth). This review will examine the structure, expression, and function of large conductance, Ca2+-activated K+ (BKCa) channels, intermediate-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ (KCa3.1) channels, multiple isoforms of voltage-gated K+ (KV) channels, ATP-sensitive K+ (KATP) channels, and inward-rectifier K+ (KIR) channels in both contractile and proliferating VSM cells.
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Longden TA, Hill-Eubanks DC, Nelson MT. Ion channel networks in the control of cerebral blood flow. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 2016; 36:492-512. [PMID: 26661232 PMCID: PMC4794103 DOI: 10.1177/0271678x15616138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2015] [Revised: 09/17/2015] [Accepted: 10/14/2015] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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One hundred and twenty five years ago, Roy and Sherrington made the seminal observation that neuronal stimulation evokes an increase in cerebral blood flow.(1) Since this discovery, researchers have attempted to uncover how the cells of the neurovascular unit-neurons, astrocytes, vascular smooth muscle cells, vascular endothelial cells and pericytes-coordinate their activity to control this phenomenon. Recent work has revealed that ionic fluxes through a diverse array of ion channel species allow the cells of the neurovascular unit to engage in multicellular signaling processes that dictate local hemodynamics.In this review we center our discussion on two major themes: (1) the roles of ion channels in the dynamic modulation of parenchymal arteriole smooth muscle membrane potential, which is central to the control of arteriolar diameter and therefore must be harnessed to permit changes in downstream cerebral blood flow, and (2) the striking similarities in the ion channel complements employed in astrocytic endfeet and endothelial cells, enabling dual control of smooth muscle from either side of the blood-brain barrier. We conclude with a discussion of the emerging roles of pericyte and capillary endothelial cell ion channels in neurovascular coupling, which will provide fertile ground for future breakthroughs in the field.
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- Thomas A Longden
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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Celotto AC, Ferreira LG, Capellini VK, Albuquerque AAS, Rodrigues AJ, Evora PRB. Acute but not chronic metabolic acidosis potentiates the acetylcholine-induced reduction in blood pressure: an endothelium-dependent effect. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 49:e5007. [PMID: 26648089 PMCID: PMC4712485 DOI: 10.1590/1414-431x20155007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2015] [Accepted: 09/08/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Metabolic acidosis has profound effects on vascular tone. This study investigated the in vivo effects of acute metabolic acidosis (AMA) and chronic metabolic acidosis (CMA) on hemodynamic parameters and endothelial function. CMA was induced by ad libitum intake of 1% NH4Cl for 7 days, and AMA was induced by a 3-h infusion of 6 M NH4Cl (1 mL/kg, diluted 1:10). Phenylephrine (Phe) and acetylcholine (Ach) dose-response curves were performed by venous infusion with simultaneous venous and arterial blood pressure monitoring. Plasma nitrite/nitrate (NOx) was measured by chemiluminescence. The CMA group had a blood pH of 7.15±0.03, which was associated with reduced bicarbonate (13.8±0.98 mmol/L) and no change in the partial pressure of arterial carbon dioxide (PaCO2). The AMA group had a pH of 7.20±0.01, which was associated with decreases in bicarbonate (10.8±0.54 mmol/L) and PaCO2 (47.8±2.54 to 23.2±0.74 mmHg) and accompanied by hyperventilation. Phe or ACh infusion did not affect arterial or venous blood pressure in the CMA group. However, the ACh infusion decreased the arterial blood pressure (ΔBP: -28.0±2.35 mm Hg [AMA] to -4.5±2.89 mmHg [control]) in the AMA group. Plasma NOx was normal after CMA but increased after AMA (25.3±0.88 to 31.3±0.54 μM). These results indicate that AMA, but not CMA, potentiated the Ach-induced decrease in blood pressure and led to an increase in plasma NOx, reinforcing the effect of pH imbalance on vascular tone and blood pressure control.
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- A C Celotto
- Departamento de Cirurgia e Anatomia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil
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- Departamento de Cirurgia e Anatomia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil
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- Departamento de Cirurgia e Anatomia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil
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- Departamento de Cirurgia e Anatomia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil
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- Departamento de Cirurgia e Anatomia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil
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- Departamento de Cirurgia e Anatomia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil
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de Nadai TR, de Nadai MN, Cassiano Silveira AP, Celotto AC, Albuquerque AAS, de Carvalho MTR, Scarpelini S, Rodrigues AJ, Evora PRB. In vitro effects of extracellular hypercapnic acidification on the reactivity of rat aorta. Nitric Oxide 2015; 50:79-87. [DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2015.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2015] [Revised: 06/18/2015] [Accepted: 09/02/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Nelson PT, Jicha GA, Wang WX, Ighodaro E, Artiushin S, Nichols CG, Fardo DW. ABCC9/SUR2 in the brain: Implications for hippocampal sclerosis of aging and a potential therapeutic target. Ageing Res Rev 2015; 24:111-25. [PMID: 26226329 PMCID: PMC4661124 DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2015.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2015] [Accepted: 07/24/2015] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The ABCC9 gene and its polypeptide product, SUR2, are increasingly implicated in human neurologic disease, including prevalent diseases of the aged brain. SUR2 proteins are a component of the ATP-sensitive potassium ("KATP") channel, a metabolic sensor for stress and/or hypoxia that has been shown to change in aging. The KATP channel also helps regulate the neurovascular unit. Most brain cell types express SUR2, including neurons, astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, microglia, vascular smooth muscle, pericytes, and endothelial cells. Thus it is not surprising that ABCC9 gene variants are associated with risk for human brain diseases. For example, Cantu syndrome is a result of ABCC9 mutations; we discuss neurologic manifestations of this genetic syndrome. More common brain disorders linked to ABCC9 gene variants include hippocampal sclerosis of aging (HS-Aging), sleep disorders, and depression. HS-Aging is a prevalent neurological disease with pathologic features of both neurodegenerative (aberrant TDP-43) and cerebrovascular (arteriolosclerosis) disease. As to potential therapeutic intervention, the human pharmacopeia features both SUR2 agonists and antagonists, so ABCC9/SUR2 may provide a "druggable target", relevant perhaps to both HS-Aging and Alzheimer's disease. We conclude that more work is required to better understand the roles of ABCC9/SUR2 in the human brain during health and disease conditions.
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- Peter T Nelson
- University of Kentucky, Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, Lexington, KY 40536, USA; University of Kentucky, Department of Pathology, Lexington, KY 40536, USA.
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- University of Kentucky, Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, Lexington, KY 40536, USA; University of Kentucky, Department of Neurology, Lexington, KY, 40536, USA
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- University of Kentucky, Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
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- University of Kentucky, Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
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- University of Kentucky, Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
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- Center for the Investigation of Membrane Excitability Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- University of Kentucky, Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, Lexington, KY 40536, USA; Department of Biostatistics, Lexington, KY, 40536, USA
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Celotto AC, Capellini VK, Albuquerque AAS, Ferreira LG, Silveira APC, de Nadai TR, Evora PRB. High conductance potassium channels activation by acid exposure in rat aorta is endothelium-dependent. BMC Res Notes 2015; 8:462. [PMID: 26386955 PMCID: PMC4575783 DOI: 10.1186/s13104-015-1422-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2014] [Accepted: 09/07/2015] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background We investigated, previously, the mechanism by which extracellular acidification promotes relaxation in rat thoracic aorta. These studies suggested that extracellular acidosis promotes vasodilation mediated by NO, KATP and SKCa, and maybe other K+ channels in isolated rat thoracic aorta. This study was carried out to investigate the paxilline-mediated hyperpolarization induced by acid exposure. Results The relaxation response to HCl-induced extracellular acidification (7.4–6.5) was measured in rat aortic rings pre-contracted with phenylephrine (PE, 10−6 M). The vascular reactivity experiments were performed in endothelium-intact and denuded rings, in the presence of paxilline (10−6 M), which is an inhibitor of high calcium conductance potassium BKCa channels. In rings with endothelium, paxilline inhibits relaxation, triggered by acidification at all pH values lower than 7.2 and had no effect on rings without endothelium, showing that the activation of BKCa is endothelium-dependent. Conclusion High conductance potassium channel activation induced by acid exposure is endothelium-dependent.
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- Andrea Carla Celotto
- Department of Surgery and Anatomy, Laboratory of Endothelial Function, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Av. Café, 3000, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
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- Department of Surgery and Anatomy, Laboratory of Endothelial Function, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Av. Café, 3000, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
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- Department of Surgery and Anatomy, Laboratory of Endothelial Function, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Av. Café, 3000, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
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- Department of Surgery and Anatomy, Laboratory of Endothelial Function, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Av. Café, 3000, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
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- Department of Surgery and Anatomy, Laboratory of Endothelial Function, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Av. Café, 3000, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
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- Department of Surgery and Anatomy, Laboratory of Endothelial Function, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Av. Café, 3000, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
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- Department of Surgery and Anatomy, Laboratory of Endothelial Function, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Av. Café, 3000, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil. .,, Av. Bandeirantes, 3900, HC-FMRP, 9o. andar, Ribeirão Preto, SP, 14.049-900, Brazil.
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Beck C, Barthel F, Hahn AM, Vollmer C, Herminghaus A, Schäfer S, Bauer I, Picker O. The beneficial effects of acute hypercapnia on microcirculatory oxygenation in an animal model of sepsis are independent of K(+)ATP channels. Microvasc Res 2015; 99:78-85. [PMID: 25758765 DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2015.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2014] [Revised: 02/13/2015] [Accepted: 02/27/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Acute hypercapnia maintains the microcirculatory oxygenation of the splanchnic region during sepsis. The first aim of this study was to characterize the role of K(+)ATP channels on the microcirculatory flow and oxygenation during acute moderate hypercapnia. The second aim was to investigate whether a short period of hypercapnia induces detrimental effects in an otherwise undamaged rodent lung. METHODS Experiments were performed on 60 male Wistar rats. A moderate polymicrobial sepsis was induced by colon ascendens stent peritonitis (CASP) surgery. 24h after induction of sepsis volume-controlled and pressure-limited ventilation was established for 120 min, with either normocapnic (pCO2 35-45 mmHg) or moderate hypercapnic ventilation targets (pCO2 65-75 mmHg) and with or without non-selective K(+)ATP channel blockade with glibenclamide. Microcirculatory blood flow of the colonic wall as well as oxygen delivery and consumption were assessed with tissue laser Doppler and reflectance spectrophotometry. Hemodynamic variables were recorded and plasma cytokine levels and myeloperoxidase levels of the lungs were analyzed. RESULTS In septic animals microcirculatory oxygenation deteriorated progressively with normocapnia (-11.7 ± 11.8%) but was maintained (-2.9 ± 5.6%) with hypercapnia. This effect was associated with an increased microcirculatory oxygen consumption in septic animals with normocapnia (+25.7 ± 37.1%) that was decreased in the hypercapnia groups (-7.2 ± 28.1%). The effect of hypercapnia in septic animals was not altered by additional K(+)ATP channel blockade (-5.7 ± 32.7%). Hypercapnia neither induced an inflammatory response in lungs nor altered the systemic cytokine response. CONCLUSIONS The observed beneficial effect of hypercapnia on microvascular oxygenation of the colon in sepsis does not seem to be mediated via K(+)ATP channels.
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- Christopher Beck
- Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital Duesseldorf, Germany.
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Tregub P, Kulikov V, Motin Y, Bespalov A, Osipov I. Combined exposure to hypercapnia and hypoxia provides its maximum neuroprotective effect during focal ischemic injury in the brain. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2014; 24:381-7. [PMID: 25498739 DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2014.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2014] [Revised: 08/22/2014] [Accepted: 09/05/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND In the present research, we compared the neuroprotective efficiency of combined and isolated exposure to hypoxia and hypercapnia preceding focal cerebral ischemic injury in rats. The study was conducted to verify the hypothesis of a possible increase in normobaric hypoxia (NbH; 90 mm Hg) efficiency when combined with permissive hypercapnia (PH; 50 mm Hg). METHODS The rats from the test groups were subjected to a 15-fold exposure to NbH (90 mm Hg) and/or PH (50 mm Hg). After the 15th exposure, cerebral ischemic injury was induced by photochemical thrombosis. Seventy-two hours later, neurologic deficit was determined on the Neurological Severity Score scale and by the rotarod test, and the volume of cerebral infarction was measured after focal photochemical thrombosis. RESULTS The neurologic deficit decreased most efficiently in rats that underwent PH and hypercapnic hypoxia (HH) exposure, whereas NbH had no impact on the neurologic status of the animals. On the contrary, motor coordination disturbances were minimal during exposure to hypoxia and HH. All respiratory interventions reduced the cerebral ischemic infarction volume in rats. The smallest infarction volumes were registered in the area of photochemical thrombosis in rats from the hypercapnic-hypoxic impact group, whereas exposure to NbH or PH did not show any cross difference. CONCLUSIONS The impact of PH has greater neuroprotective potential compared with NbH. Thus, we can assume that hypercapnia is a predominant factor in providing neuroprotection in combination with hypoxia.
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- Pavel Tregub
- Department of Pathophysiology, Federal Agency for Health and Social Development, Altai State Medical University, Barnaul, Altai Region, Russia.
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Federal Agency for Health and Social Development, Altai State Medical University, Barnaul, Altai Region, Russia
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- Department of Histology, Federal Agency for Health and Social Development, Altai State Medical University, Barnaul, Altai Region, Russia
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Federal Agency for Health and Social Development, Altai State Medical University, Barnaul, Altai Region, Russia
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Federal Agency for Health and Social Development, Altai State Medical University, Barnaul, Altai Region, Russia
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Nnorom CC, Davis C, Fedinec AL, Howell K, Jaggar JH, Parfenova H, Pourcyrous M, Leffler CW. Contributions of KATP and KCa channels to cerebral arteriolar dilation to hypercapnia in neonatal brain. Physiol Rep 2014; 2:2/8/e12127. [PMID: 25168876 PMCID: PMC4246596 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.12127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Mechanisms by which Pco2 controls cerebral vascular tone remain uncertain. We hypothesize that potassium channel activation contributes to the neonatal cerebrovascular dilation in response to increases in Paco2. To test this hypothesis, experiments were performed on newborn pigs with surgically implanted, closed cranial windows. Hypercapnia was induced by ventilation with elevated Pco2 gas in the absence and presence of the KATP channel inhibitor, glibenclamide and/or the KCa channel inhibitor, paxillin. Dilations to pinacidil, a selective KATP channel activator, without and with glibenclamide, were used to evaluate the efficacy of KATP channel inhibition. Dilations to NS1619, a selective KCa channel activator, without and with paxillin, were used to evaluate the efficacy of KCa channel inhibition. Cerebrovascular responses to the KATP and KCa channel activators, pinacidil and NS1619, respectively, cAMP‐dependent dilator, isoproterenol, and cGMP‐dependent dilator, sodium nitroprusside (SNP), were used to evaluate the selectivity of glibenclamide and paxillin. Glibenclamide blocked dilation to pinacidil, but did not inhibit dilations to NS1619, isoproterenol, or SNP. Glibenclamide prior to hypercapnia decreased mean pial arteriole dilation ~60%. Glibenclamide treatment during hypercapnia constricted arterioles ~35%. The level of hypercapnia, Paco2 between 50 and 75 mmHg, did not appear to be involved in efficacy of glibenclamide in blocking dilation to Paco2. Similarly to glibenclamide and KATP channel inhibition, paxillin blocked dilation to the KCa channel agonist, NS1619, and attenuated, but did not block, arteriolar dilation to hypercapnia. Treatment with both glibenclamide and paxillin abolished dilation to hypercapnia. Therefore, either glibenclamide or paxillin that block dilation to their channel agonists, pinacidil or NS1619, respectively, only partially inhibit dilation to hypercapnia. Block of both KATP and KCa channels completely prevent dilation hypercapnia. These data suggest hypercapnia activates both KATP and KCa channels leading to cerebral arteriolar dilation in newborn pigs. Mechanisms by which Pco2 controls vascular tone remain uncertain. We hypothesize KATP and KCa channel activation contributes to the neonatal cerebrovascular dilation in response to increases in Paco2. Presented data support this hypothesis.
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- Chukwuma C Nnorom
- Departments of Physiology and Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Departments of Physiology and Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Departments of Physiology and Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Departments of Physiology and Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Departments of Physiology and Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Departments of Physiology and Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Departments of Physiology and Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Departments of Physiology and Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee
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Kawada N, Isaka Y, Rakugi H, Moriyama T. SCAD syndrome: A vicious cycle of kidney stones, CKD, and AciDosis. World J Clin Urol 2014; 3:113-118. [DOI: 10.5410/wjcu.v3.i2.113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2014] [Revised: 05/23/2014] [Accepted: 06/20/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Cumulative evidence has shown that kidney stone formers are at high risk for developing end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and cardiovascular disease. The aim of this mini-review is to summarize the present knowledge about the close relationships among kidney stone formation, chronic kidney disease (CKD), and plasma and urine acidosis (SCAD). Part of the cause of the positive relationships between higher risk of developing ESRD and cardiovascular diseases in stone formers may be explained by inflammation and cell death due to the components of kidney stones. In CKD patients, acidic urine and loss of anti-crystallization factors may cause stone formation. Acidosis can promote tissue inflammation and may affect vascular tone. Correction of plasma and urine acidosis may improve renal and cardiovascular outcome of stone formers and CKD patients. More intensive and long-term interventions, which include correction of plasma and urine pH in patients with reduced renal function and correction of urine pH in patients with normal renal function, may be considered in treating patients with SCAD syndrome.
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Niu L, Liu Y, Hou X, Cui L, Li J, Zhang X, Zhang M. Extracellular acidosis contracts coronary but neither renal nor mesenteric artery via modulation of H+,K+-ATPase, voltage-gated K+channels and L-type Ca2+channels. Exp Physiol 2014; 99:995-1006. [DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2014.078634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- Longgang Niu
- Department of Pharmacology; Shanxi Medical University; Xinjiannanlu 56 Taiyuan 030001 Shanxi Province China
- Medical Functional Experimental Center; Shanxi Medical University; Xinjiannanlu 56 Taiyuan 030001 Shanxi Province China
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- Department of Pharmacology; Shanxi Medical University; Xinjiannanlu 56 Taiyuan 030001 Shanxi Province China
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- Department of Pharmacology; Shanxi Medical University; Xinjiannanlu 56 Taiyuan 030001 Shanxi Province China
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- Medical Functional Experimental Center; Shanxi Medical University; Xinjiannanlu 56 Taiyuan 030001 Shanxi Province China
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- Department of Pharmacology; Shanxi Medical University; Xinjiannanlu 56 Taiyuan 030001 Shanxi Province China
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- Department of Pharmacology; Shanxi Medical University; Xinjiannanlu 56 Taiyuan 030001 Shanxi Province China
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- Department of Pharmacology; Shanxi Medical University; Xinjiannanlu 56 Taiyuan 030001 Shanxi Province China
- Medical Functional Experimental Center; Shanxi Medical University; Xinjiannanlu 56 Taiyuan 030001 Shanxi Province China
- Cardiovascular Division of Physiology Department; Shanxi Medical University; Xinjiannanlu 56 Taiyuan 030001 Shanxi Province China
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Naranjo D, Arkuszewski M, Rudzinski W, Melhem ER, Krejza J. Brain ischemia in patients with intracranial hemorrhage: pathophysiological reasoning for aggressive diagnostic management. Neuroradiol J 2013; 26:610-28. [PMID: 24355179 PMCID: PMC4202872 DOI: 10.1177/197140091302600603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2013] [Accepted: 10/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Patients with intracranial hemorrhage have to be managed aggressively to avoid or minimize secondary brain damage due to ischemia, which contributes to high morbidity and mortality. The risk of brain ischemia, however, is not the same in every patient. The risk of complications associated with an aggressive prophylactic therapy in patients with a low risk of brain ischemia can outweigh the benefits of therapy. Accurate and timely identification of patients at highest risk is a diagnostic challenge. Despite the availability of many diagnostic tools, stroke is common in this population, mostly because the pathogenesis of stroke is frequently multifactorial whereas diagnosticians tend to focus on one or two risk factors. The pathophysiological mechanisms of brain ischemia in patients with intracranial hemorrhage are not yet fully elucidated and there are several important areas of ongoing research. Therefore, this review describes physiological and pathophysiological aspects associated with the development of brain ischemia such as the mechanism of oxygen and carbon dioxide effects on the cerebrovascular system, neurovascular coupling and respiratory and cardiovascular factors influencing cerebral hemodynamics. Consequently, we review investigations of cerebral blood flow disturbances relevant to various hemodynamic states associated with high intracranial pressure, cerebral embolism, and cerebral vasospasm along with current treatment options.
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology of the University of Maryland, Division of Clinical Research; Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Medical University of Silesia, Central University Hospital; Katowice, Poland
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- Department of Cardiology, Robert Packer Hospital; Sayre, Pennsylvania USA
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology of the University of Maryland, Division of Clinical Research; Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology of the University of Maryland, Division of Clinical Research; Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Mazzetto-Betti KC, Leoni RF, Pontes-Neto OM, Sturzbecher MJ, Santos AC, Leite JP, Silva AC, de Araujo DB. Quantification of BOLD fMRI parameters to infer cerebrovascular reactivity of the middle cerebral artery. J Magn Reson Imaging 2013; 38:1203-9. [PMID: 23188762 PMCID: PMC3586985 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.23943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2012] [Accepted: 10/09/2012] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To quantify the amplitude and temporal aspects of the blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) response to an auditory stimulus during normocapnia and hypercapnia in healthy subjects in order to establish which BOLD parameters are best suited to infer the cerebrovascular reactivity (CVR) in the middle cerebral artery (MCA) territory. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty healthy volunteers (mean age: 23.6 ± 3.7 years, 11 women) were subjected to a functional paradigm composed of five epochs of auditory stimulus (3 sec) intercalated by six intervals of rest (21 sec). Two levels of hypercapnia were achieved by a combination of air and CO2 while the end-tidal CO2 (ETCO2 ) was continually measured. An autoregressive method was applied to analyze four parameters of the BOLD signal: onset-time, time-to-peak, full-width-at-half-maximum (FWHM), and amplitude. RESULTS BOLD onset time (P < 0.001) and full-width at half-maximum (FWHM) (P < 0.05) increased linearly, while BOLD amplitude decreased (P < 0.001) linearly with increasing levels of hypercapnia. Test-retest for reproducibility in five subjects revealed excellent concordance for onset time and amplitude. CONCLUSION The robust linear dependence of BOLD onset time, FWHM, and amplitude to hypercapnia suggest future application of this protocol in clinical studies aimed at evaluating CVR of the MCA territory.
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- Kelley C Mazzetto-Betti
- Department of Neuroscience and Behavioural Sciences, FMRP, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil
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Tregub P, Kulikov V, Bespalov A. Tolerance to acute hypoxia maximally increases in case of joint effect of normobaric hypoxia and permissive hypercapnia in rats. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 20:165-70. [PMID: 24083870 DOI: 10.1016/j.pathophys.2013.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2013] [Revised: 03/26/2013] [Accepted: 09/07/2013] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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INTRODUCTION We studied the comparative efficacy of independent and combined effects of normobaric hypoxia (90mmHg) and permissive hypercapnia (50mmHg) in increasing the tolerance of rats to acute hypobaric hypoxia. METHODS We determined the time to loss of pose and life duration as a measure to assess the degree of tolerance of animals to hypobaric hypoxia by exposing them to an altitude of 11,500m (barometric=180mmHg). RESULTS Exposure to hypercapnic hypoxia increased the tolerance to acute hypobaric hypoxia compared to exposure to normobaric hypoxia or permissive hypercapnia alone. DISCUSSION The positive effects of hypercapnia and hypercapnic hypoxia occurred after one exposure, and increasing the number of exposures proportionally increased the tolerance to acute hypobaric hypoxia. The effect of permissive hypercapnia on increasing the tolerance to acute hypobaric hypoxia was found to be significantly greater than that of exposure to normobaric hypoxia. Therefore, we propose that hypercapnia is the dominant factor in increasing tolerance to acute hypobaric hypoxia. CONCLUSION Tolerance to acute hypoxia maximally increases in case of joint effect of normobaric hypoxia and permissive hypercapnia.
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- Pavel Tregub
- Department of Pathophysiology, Altai State Medical University, Barnaul, Russia.
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Tregub PP, Kulikov VP, Bespalov AG, Vvedensky AJ, Osipov IS. Neuroprotective Effects of Individual or Combined Exposure to Hypoxia and Hypercapnia in the Experiment. Bull Exp Biol Med 2013; 155:327-9. [DOI: 10.1007/s10517-013-2145-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Capellini VK, Restini CBA, Bendhack LM, Evora PRB, Celotto AC. The effect of extracellular pH changes on intracellular pH and nitric oxide concentration in endothelial and smooth muscle cells from rat aorta. PLoS One 2013; 8:e62887. [PMID: 23690964 PMCID: PMC3656859 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2013] [Accepted: 03/26/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Aims It has been known for more than a century that pH changes can alter vascular tone. However, there is no consensus about the effects of pH changes on vascular response. In this study, we investigated the effects of extracellular pH (pHo) changes on intracellular pH (pHi) and intracellular nitric oxide concentration ([NO]i) in freshly isolated endothelial cells and cross sections from rat aorta. Main Methods The HCl was used to reduce the pHo from 7.4 to 7.0 and from 7.4 to 6.5; the NaOH was used to increase the pHo from 7.4 to 8.0 and from 7.4 to 8.5. The fluorescent dyes 5-(and-6)-carboxy SNARF-1, acetoxymethyl ester, acetate (SNARF-1) and diaminofluorescein-FM diacetate (DAF-FM DA) were employed to measure the pHi and [NO]i, respectively. The fluorescence intensity was measured in freshly isolated endothelial cells by flow cytometry and in freshly obtained aorta cross sections by confocal microscopy. Key Findings The endothelial and vascular smooth muscle pHi was increased at pHo 8.5. The extracellular acidification did not change the endothelial pHi, but the smooth muscle pHi was reduced at pHo 7.0. At pHo 8.5 and pHo 6.5, the endothelial [NO]i was increased. Both extracellular alkalinization and acidification increased the vascular smooth muscle [NO]i. Significance Not all changes in pHo did result in pHi changes, but disruption of acid-base balance in both directions induced NO synthesis in the endothelium and/or vascular smooth muscle.
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- Verena K. Capellini
- Laboratory of Endothelial Function, Department of Surgery and Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pharmacology, Department of Physics and Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Science, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pharmacology, Department of Physics and Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Science, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Endothelial Function, Department of Surgery and Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Endothelial Function, Department of Surgery and Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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Institoris A, Lenti L, Domoki F, Wappler E, Gáspár T, Katakam PV, Bari F, Busija DW. Cerebral microcirculatory responses of insulin-resistant rats are preserved to physiological and pharmacological stimuli. Microcirculation 2013; 19:749-56. [PMID: 22845548 DOI: 10.1111/j.1549-8719.2012.00213.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2012] [Accepted: 07/23/2012] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Previously, we have shown that IR impairs the vascular reactivity of the major cerebral arteries of ZO rats prior to the occurrence of Type-II diabetes mellitus. However, the functional state of the microcirculation in the cerebral cortex is still being explored. METHODS We tested the local CoBF responses of 11-13-week-old ZO (n = 31) and control ZL (n = 32) rats to several stimuli measured by LDF using a closed cranial window setup. RESULTS The topical application of 1-100 μm bradykinin elicited the same degree of CoBF elevation in both ZL and ZO groups. There was no significant difference in the incidence, latency, and amplitude of the NMDA-induced CSD-related hyperemia between the ZO and ZL groups. Hypercapnic CoBF response to 5% carbon-dioxide ventilation did not significantly change in the ZO compared with the ZL. Topical bicuculline-induced cortical seizure was accompanied by the same increase of CoBF in both the ZO and ZL at all bicuculline doses. CONCLUSIONS CoBF responses of the microcirculation are preserved in the early period of the metabolic syndrome, which creates an opportunity for intervention to prevent and restore the function of the major cerebral vascular beds.
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- Adam Institoris
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
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Kang EJ, Major S, Jorks D, Reiffurth C, Offenhauser N, Friedman A, Dreier JP. Blood-brain barrier opening to large molecules does not imply blood-brain barrier opening to small ions. Neurobiol Dis 2013; 52:204-18. [PMID: 23291193 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2012.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2012] [Revised: 11/10/2012] [Accepted: 12/20/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Neuroimaging of exogenous tracer extravasation has become the technique of choice in preclinical and clinical studies of blood-brain barrier permeability. Such tracers have a larger molecular weight than small ions, neurotransmitters and many drugs. Therefore, it is assumed that tracer extravasation indicates both permeability to these and the cancelation of the electrical polarization across the barrier. Electrophysiological anomalies following intracarotideal administration of dehydrocholate, a bile salt causing extravasation of the albumin-binding tracer Evans blue, seemingly supported this. By contrast, electron microscopic studies suggested a different hierarchical pattern of blood-brain barrier dysfunction, a milder degree of impairment being characterized by increased function of the transcellular pathway and a severe degree by opening of the tight junctions. This would imply that the extravasation of macromolecules can occur before disruption of the electrical barrier. However, functional evidence for this has been lacking. Here, we further investigated the electrophysiological anomalies following intracarotideal application of dehydrocholate in rats and found that it caused focal cerebral ischemia by middle cerebral artery thrombosis, the electrophysiological recordings being characteristic of long-lasting spreading depolarization. These observations indicated that intracarotideal dehydrocholate is not a suitable model to study the isolated dysfunction of the blood-brain barrier. Second, we studied the topical application of dehydrocholate to the brain and the application of mannitol into the carotid artery. In both models, we found significant extravasation of Evans blue but no changes in either extracellular potassium or the CO(2)-dependent intracortical direct current deflection. The latter is assumed to depend on the proton gradient across the barrier in rats which we confirmed in additional experiments in vivo and in vitro. The stability of the extracellular potassium concentration and the CO(2)-dependent direct current deflection are two functional tests which indicate the integrity of the electrical barrier. Hence, our results provide functional evidence that the blood-brain barrier opening to large molecules does not necessarily imply the opening to small ions consistent with the hierarchy of damage in the previous electron microscopic studies.
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- E J Kang
- Department of Experimental Neurology, Charité Universitätsmedizin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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Bor-Seng-Shu E, Kita WS, Figueiredo EG, Paiva WS, Fonoff ET, Teixeira MJ, Panerai RB. Cerebral hemodynamics: concepts of clinical importance. ARQUIVOS DE NEURO-PSIQUIATRIA 2012; 70:352-6. [PMID: 22618788 DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2012000500010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2011] [Accepted: 12/06/2011] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Cerebral hemodynamics and metabolism are frequently impaired in a wide range of neurological diseases, including traumatic brain injury and stroke, with several pathophysiological mechanisms of injury. The resultant uncoupling of cerebral blood flow and metabolism can trigger secondary brain lesions, particularly in early phases, consequently worsening the patient's outcome. Cerebral blood flow regulation is influenced by blood gas content, blood viscosity, body temperature, cardiac output, altitude, cerebrovascular autoregulation, and neurovascular coupling, mediated by chemical agents such as nitric oxide (NO), carbon monoxide (CO), eicosanoid products, oxygen-derived free radicals, endothelins, K+, H+, and adenosine. A better understanding of these factors is valuable for the management of neurocritical care patients. The assessment of both cerebral hemodynamics and metabolism in the acute phase of neurocritical care conditions may contribute to a more effective planning of therapeutic strategies for reducing secondary brain lesions. In this review, the authors have discussed concepts of cerebral hemodynamics, considering aspects of clinical importance.
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- Edson Bor-Seng-Shu
- Division of Neurological Surgery, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo School of Medicine, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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Ling MY, Ma ZY, Wang YY, Qi J, Liu L, Li L, Zhang Y. Up-regulated ATP-sensitive potassium channels play a role in increased inflammation and plaque vulnerability in macrophages. Atherosclerosis 2012; 226:348-55. [PMID: 23218803 DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2012.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2012] [Revised: 10/24/2012] [Accepted: 11/15/2012] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Ion channels expressed in monocytes/macrophages have been tightly attached to atherosclerosis by coupling cellular function with electrical activity. However, the function of ATP-sensitive potassium channels (K(ATP)) in atherosclerosis has not been investigated directly. This study was performed to explore its role in atherosclerosis. METHODS AND RESULTS ApoE(-/-) mice with collar placement and Ad5-CMV.p53 or lac Z gene transfer with or without intragastric administration glibenclamide were applied to establish the progressive atherosclerosis at different time points and detect the function of K(ATP) channel in atherosclerosis. The expression and distribution of K(ATP) subunits in plaques were examined and a correlation between K(ATP) subunits expressed in macrophages, mainly Kir6.2 and SUR2A, and the vulnerability index of plaques was observed. In vitro, glibenclamide and pinacidil were used to detect the function and mechanism of K(ATP) channels in RAW264.7 cells stimulated by LPS. And the data showed that glibenclamide could ameliorate the progress of atherosclerosis and reduce the production of inflammatory cytokines as well as the phosphorylation of p65 and ERK1/2, while inhibitors of p65 leaded to robust expression of K(ATP) subunits in macrophages. CONCLUSIONS We concluded that K(ATP) channels in monocytes/macrophages were up-regulated and correlated with increased inflammation in vulnerable plaques, while glibenclamide could rescue the progression. K(ATP) channels may stimulate inflammatory reaction by MAPKs/NF-κB pathways in macrophages.
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- Ming-Ying Ling
- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Public Health, Department of Cardiology, QiLu Hospital, Shandong University, West Wenhua Road 107, Jinan 250012, PR China
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Impact of COPD exacerbation on cerebral blood flow. Clin Imaging 2012; 36:185-90. [PMID: 22542376 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2011.08.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2011] [Revised: 07/12/2011] [Accepted: 08/26/2011] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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We aimed to investigate the impact of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation on cerebral blood flow (CBF). In 21 COPD patients - in both exacerbation and stable phases -Doppler ultrasonographies of internal carotid artery (ICA) and vertebral artery (VA) were performed. There were significant differences in total, anterior and posterior CBF, ICA and VA flow volumes in exacerbated COPD compared to stable COPD. Total CBF was correlated with cross-sectional areas of left and right ICA, whereas independent predictor of total CBF was cross-sectional area of right ICA. Increased CBF might indicate cerebral autoregulation-mediated vasodilatation to overcome COPD exacerbation induced hypoxia.
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Ives SJ, Andtbacka RHI, Noyes RD, Morgan RG, Gifford JR, Park SY, Symons JD, Richardson RS. α1-Adrenergic responsiveness in human skeletal muscle feed arteries: the impact of reducing extracellular pH. Exp Physiol 2012; 98:256-67. [PMID: 22798402 DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2012.066613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Graded exercise results not only in the modulation of adrenergic mediated smooth muscle tone and a preferential increase in blood flow to the active skeletal muscle termed 'functional sympatholysis', but is also paralleled by metabolically induced reductions in pH. We therefore sought to determine whether pH attenuates α(1)-adrenergic receptor sensitivity in human feed arteries. Feed arteries (560 ± 31 μm i.d.) were harvested from 24 humans (55 ± 4 years old) and studied using the isometric tension technique. Vessel function was assessed using KCl, phenylephrine (PE), ACh and sodium nitroprusside (SNP) concentration-response curves to characterize non-receptor-mediated and receptor-mediated vasocontraction, as well as endothelium-dependent and -independent vasorelaxation, respectively. All concentration-response curves were obtained from (originally contiguous) vessel rings in separate baths with a pH of 7.4, 7.1, 6.8 or 6.5. Reduction of the pH, via HCl, reduced maximal PE-induced vasocontraction (pH 7.4 = 85 ± 19, pH 7.1 = 57 ± 16, pH 6.8 = 34 ± 15 and pH 6.5 = 16 ± 5% KCl(max)), which was partly due to reduced smooth muscle function, as assessed by KCl (pH 7.4 = 88 ± 13, pH 7.1 = 67 ± 8, pH 6.8 = 67 ± 9 and pH 6.5 = 58 ± 8% KCl(max)). Graded acidosis had no effect on maximal vasorelaxation. In summary, these data reveal that reductions in extracellular pH attenuate α(1)-mediated vasocontraction, which is partly explained by reduced smooth muscle function, although vasorelaxation in response to ACh and SNP remained intact. These findings support the concept that local acidosis is likely to contribute to functional sympatholysis and exercise hyperaemia by opposing sympathetically mediated vasoconstriction while not impacting vasodilatation.
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- Stephen J Ives
- Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, George E. Whalen VA Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
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Greene NH, Lee LA. Modern and Evolving Understanding of Cerebral Perfusion and Autoregulation. Adv Anesth 2012; 30:97-129. [PMID: 28275288 DOI: 10.1016/j.aan.2012.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Nathaniel H Greene
- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-6540, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-6540, USA; Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-6540, USA
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Dabertrand F, Nelson MT, Brayden JE. Acidosis dilates brain parenchymal arterioles by conversion of calcium waves to sparks to activate BK channels. Circ Res 2011; 110:285-94. [PMID: 22095728 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.111.258145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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RATIONALE Acidosis is a powerful vasodilator signal in the brain circulation. However, the mechanisms by which this response occurs are not well understood, particularly in the cerebral microcirculation. One important mechanism to dilate cerebral (pial) arteries is by activation of large-conductance, calcium-sensitive potassium (BK(Ca)) channels by local Ca(2+) signals (Ca(2+) sparks) through ryanodine receptors (RyRs). However, the role of this pathway in the brain microcirculation is not known. OBJECTIVE The objectives of this study were to determine the mechanism by which acidosis dilates brain parenchymal arterioles (PAs) and to elucidate the roles of RyRs and BK(Ca) channels in this response. METHODS AND RESULTS Internal diameter and vascular smooth muscle cell Ca(2+) signals were measured in isolated pressurized murine PAs, using imaging techniques. In physiological pH (7.4), vascular smooth muscle cells exhibited primarily RyR-dependent Ca(2+) waves. Reducing external pH from 7.4 to 7.0 in both normocapnic and hypercapnic conditions decreased Ca(2+) wave activity, and dramatically increased Ca(2+) spark activity. Acidic pH caused a dilation of PAs which was inhibited by about 60% by BK(Ca) channel or RyR blockers, in a nonadditive manner. Similarly, dilator responses to acidosis were reduced by nearly 60% in arterioles from BK(Ca) channel knockout mice. Dilations induced by acidic pH were unaltered by inhibitors of K(ATP) channels or nitric oxide synthase. CONCLUSIONS These results support the novel concept that acidification, by converting Ca(2+) waves to sparks, leads to the activation of BK(Ca) channels to induce dilation of cerebral PAs.
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- Fabrice Dabertrand
- University of Vermont College of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, 89 Beaumont Avenue, B-303 Given Building, Burlington, VT 05405-0068, USA
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Uchida Y, Maezawa Y, Maezawa Y, Uchida Y, Nakamura F. Role of calcium-activated potassium channels in the genesis of 3,4-diaminopyridine-induced periodic contractions in isolated canine coronary artery smooth muscles. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2011; 338:974-83. [PMID: 21680887 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.111.180687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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We found that 3,4-diaminopyridine (3,4-DAP), a voltage-gated potassium channel (K(V)) inhibitor, elicits pH-sensitive periodic contractions (PCs) of coronary smooth muscles. Underlying mechanisms of PCs, however, remained to be elucidated. The present study was performed to examine the roles of ion channels in the genesis of PCs. To determine the electromechanical changes of smooth muscles, isolated coronary arterial rings from beagles were suspended in organ chambers filled with Krebs-Henseleit solution, and 10(-2) M 3,4-DAP was added to elicit PCs. 3,4-DAP caused periodic spike-and-plateau depolarization accompanied by contraction. PCs were not produced when the CaCl(2) concentration in the chamber was ≤ 0.3 × 10(-3) or ≥ 10(-2) M. PCs were eliminated by a CaCl(2) concentration ≥ 5 × 10(-3) M or by lowering pH below 7.20 with HCl and recovered by the addition of iberiotoxin or charybdotoxin, which inhibit large-conductance calcium-activated potassium channels (K(Ca)), or by elevating pH above 7.35 with NaOH. PCs, as well as the spike-and-plateau depolarization, were eliminated by nifedipine, which inhibits L-type voltage-gated calcium channels (Ca(V)). Influx of Ca(2+) through L-type Ca(V), which was opened because closing of K(Ca), secondary to 3,4-DAP-induced closing of K(V), resulted in contraction; the intracellular Ca(2+) increased by this influx opened K(Ca), leading to closure of Ca(V) and consequent cessation of Ca(2+) influx with resultant relaxation. These processes were repeated spontaneously to cause PCs. H(+) and OH(-) were considered to act as the opener and closer of K(Ca), respectively.
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- Yasumi Uchida
- Japan Foundation for Cardiovascular Research, Funabashi, Japan.
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Gómez-Gonzalo M, Losi G, Brondi M, Uva L, Sato SS, de Curtis M, Ratto GM, Carmignoto G. Ictal but not interictal epileptic discharges activate astrocyte endfeet and elicit cerebral arteriole responses. Front Cell Neurosci 2011; 5:8. [PMID: 21747758 PMCID: PMC3128928 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2011.00008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2011] [Accepted: 06/06/2011] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Activation of astrocytes by neuronal signals plays a central role in the control of neuronal activity-dependent blood flow changes in the normal brain. The cellular pathways that mediate neurovascular coupling in the epileptic brain remain, however, poorly defined. In a cortical slice model of epilepsy, we found that the ictal, seizure-like discharge, and only to a minor extent the interictal discharge, evokes both a Ca2+ increase in astrocyte endfeet and a vasomotor response. We also observed that rapid ictal discharge-induced arteriole responses were regularly preceded by Ca2+ elevations in endfeet and were abolished by pharmacological inhibition of Ca2+ signals in these astrocyte processes. Under these latter conditions, arterioles exhibited after the ictal discharge only slowly developing vasodilations. The poor efficacy of interictal discharges, compared with ictal discharges, to activate endfeet was confirmed also in the intact in vitro isolated guinea pig brain. Although the possibility of a direct contribution of neurons, in particular in the late response of cerebral blood vessels to epileptic discharges, should be taken into account, our study supports the view that astrocytes are central for neurovascular coupling also in the epileptic brain. The massive endfeet Ca2+ elevations evoked by ictal discharges and the poor response to interictal events represent new information potentially relevant to interpret data from diagnostic brain imaging techniques, such as functional magnetic resonance, utilized in the clinic to localize neural activity and to optimize neurosurgery of untreatable epilepsies.
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Celotto AC, Restini CBA, Capellini VK, Bendhack LM, Evora PRB. Acidosis induces relaxation mediated by nitric oxide and potassium channels in rat thoracic aorta. Eur J Pharmacol 2011; 656:88-93. [PMID: 21300058 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2011.01.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2010] [Revised: 01/05/2011] [Accepted: 01/25/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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We investigated the mechanism by which extracellular acidification promotes relaxation in rat thoracic aorta. The relaxation response to HCl-induced extracellular acidification (7.4 to 6.5) was measured in aortic rings pre-contracted with phenylephrine (Phe, 10(-6) M) or KCl (45mM). The vascular reactivity experiments were performed in endothelium-intact and denuded rings, in the presence or absence of indomethacin (10(-5) M), L-NAME (10(-4) M), apamin (10(-6) M), and glibenclamide (10(-5) M). The effect of extracellular acidosis (pH 7.0 and 6.5) on nitric oxide (NO) production was evaluated in isolated endothelial cells loaded with diaminofluorescein-FM diacetate (DAF-FM DA, 5μM). The extracellular acidosis failed to induce any changes in the vascular tone of aortic rings pre-contracted with KCl, however, it caused endothelium-dependent and independent relaxation in rings pre-contracted with Phe. This acidosis induced-relaxation was inhibited by L-NAME, apamin, and glibenclamide, but not by indomethacin. The acidosis (pH 7.0 and 6.5) also promoted a time-dependent increase in the NO production by the isolated endothelial cells. These results suggest that extracellular acidosis promotes vasodilation mediated by NO, K(ATP) and SK(Ca), and maybe other K(+) channels in isolated rat thoracic aorta.
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- Andréa C Celotto
- Laboratory of Endothelial Function, Department of Surgery and Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
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