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Park SH, Lu Y, Shao Y, Prophete C, Horton L, Sisco M, Lee HW, Kluz T, Sun H, Costa M, Zelikoff J, Chen LC, Cohen MD. Longitudinal impact on rat cardiac tissue transcriptomic profiles due to acute intratracheal inhalation exposures to isoflurane. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0257241. [PMID: 34648499 PMCID: PMC8516213 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0257241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2021] [Accepted: 08/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Isoflurane (ISO) is a widely used inhalation anesthetic in experiments with rodents and humans during surgery. Though ISO has not been reported to impart long-lasting side effects, it is unknown if ISO can influence gene regulation in certain tissues, including the heart. Such changes could have important implications for use of this anesthetic in patients susceptible to heart failure/other cardiac abnormalities. To test if ISO could alter gene regulation/expression in heart tissues, and if such changes were reversible, prolonged, or late onset with time, SHR (spontaneously hypertensive) rats were exposed by intratracheal inhalation to a 97.5% air/2.5% ISO mixture on two consecutive days (2 hr/d). Control rats breathed filtered air only. On Days 1, 30, 240, and 360 post-exposure, rat hearts were collected and total RNA was extracted from the left ventricle for global gene expression analysis. The data revealed differentially-expressed genes (DEG) in response to ISO (compared to naïve control) at all post-exposure timepoints. The data showed acute ISO exposures led to DEG associated with wounding, local immune function, inflammation, and circadian rhythm regulation at Days 1 and 30; these effects dissipated by Day 240. There were other significantly-increased DEG induced by ISO at Day 360; these included changes in expression of genes associated with cell signaling, differentiation, and migration, extracellular matrix organization, cell-substrate adhesion, heart development, and blood pressure regulation. Examination of consistent DEG at Days 240 and 360 indicated late onset DEG reflecting potential long-lasting effects from ISO; these included DEG associated with oxidative phosphorylation, ribosome, angiogenesis, mitochondrial translation elongation, and focal adhesion. Together, the data show acute repeated ISO exposures could impart variable effects on gene expression/regulation in the heart. While some alterations self-resolved, others appeared to be long-lasting or late onset. Whether such changes occur in all rat models or in humans remains to be investigated.
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- Sung-Hyun Park
- Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States of America
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- Departments of Population Health & Environmental Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States of America
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- Departments of Population Health & Environmental Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States of America
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States of America
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States of America
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States of America
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States of America
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States of America
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States of America
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States of America
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States of America
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States of America
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States of America
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Patel DD, Dhalla AH, Viehland C, Connor TB, Lipinski DM. Development of a Preclinical Laser Speckle Contrast Imaging Instrument for Assessing Systemic and Retinal Vascular Function in Small Rodents. Transl Vis Sci Technol 2021; 10:19. [PMID: 34403474 PMCID: PMC8374978 DOI: 10.1167/tvst.10.9.19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Purpose To develop and test a non-contact, contrast-free, retinal laser speckle contrast imaging (LSCI) instrument for use in small rodents to assess vascular anatomy, quantify hemodynamics, and measure physiological changes in response to retinal vascular dysfunction over a wide field of view (FOV). Methods A custom LSCI instrument capable of wide-field and non-contact imaging in small rodents was constructed. The effect of camera gain, laser power, and exposure duration on speckle contrast variance was standardized before the repeatability of LSCI measurements was determined in vivo. Finally, the ability of LSCI to detect alterations in local and systemic vascular function was evaluated using a laser-induced branch retinal vein occlusion and isoflurane anesthesia model, respectively. Results The LSCI system generates contrast-free maps of retinal blood flow with a 50° FOV at >376 frames per second (fps) and under a short exposure duration (>50 µs) with high reliability (intraclass correlation R = 0.946). LSCI was utilized to characterize retinal vascular anatomy affected by laser injury and longitudinally measure alterations in perfusion and blood flow profile. Under varied doses of isoflurane, LSCI could assess cardiac and systemic vascular function, including heart rate, peripheral resistance, contractility, and pulse propagation. Conclusions We present a LSCI system for detecting anatomical and physiological changes in retinal and systemic vascular health and function in small rodents. Translational Relevance Detecting and quantifying early anatomical and physiological changes in vascular function in animal models of retinal, systemic, and neurodegenerative diseases could strengthen our understanding of disease progression and enable the identification of new prognostic and diagnostic biomarkers for disease management and for assessing treatment efficacies.
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- Dwani D Patel
- Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.,Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.,Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.,Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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Sixtus RP, Gray C, Berry MJ, Dyson RM. Nitrous oxide improves cardiovascular, respiratory, and thermal stability during prolonged isoflurane anesthesia in juvenile guinea pigs. Pharmacol Res Perspect 2021; 9:e00713. [PMID: 33543602 PMCID: PMC7862177 DOI: 10.1002/prp2.713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2020] [Revised: 12/11/2020] [Accepted: 12/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Anesthesia is frequently used to facilitate physiological monitoring during interventional animal studies. However, its use may induce cardiovascular (central and peripheral), respiratory, and thermoregulatory depression, confounding results in anesthetized animals. Despite the wide utility of guinea pigs as a translational platform, anesthetic protocols remain unstandardized for extended physiological studies in this species. Therefore, optimizing an anesthetic protocol that balances stable anesthesia with intact cardiorespiratory and metabolic function is crucial. To achieve this, 12 age and sex-matched juvenile Dunkin Hartley guinea pigs underwent extended anesthesia (≤150 min) with either (a) isoflurane (ISO: 1.5%), or (b) isoflurane + N2 O (ISO+ N2 O: 0.8% +70%), in this randomized cross-over designed study. Cardiovascular (HR, SBP, peripheral microvascular blood flow), respiratory (respiratory rate, SpO2 ), and thermal (Tre and Tsk ) measures were recorded continuously throughout anesthesia. Blood gas measures pre- and post- anesthesia were performed. Incorporation of 70% N2 O allowed for significant reductions in isoflurane (to 0.8%) while maintaining an effective anesthetic depth for prolonged noninvasive physiological examination in guinea pigs. ISO+N2 O maintained heart rate, peripheral blood flow, respiratory rate, and thermoregulatory function at levels closest to those of conscious animals, especially in females; however, it did not fully rescue anesthesia-induced hypotension. These results suggest that for studies requiring prolonged physiological examination (≤150 min) in guinea pigs, 0.8% isoflurane with a 70% N2 O adjuvant provides adequate anesthesia, while minimizing associated cardiorespiratory depression. The preservation of cardiorespiratory status is most marked throughout the first hour of anesthesia.
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- Ryan P. Sixtus
- Department of Paediatrics and Child HealthUniversity of OtagoWellingtonNew Zealand
- Centre for Translational PhysiologyUniversity of OtagoWellingtonNew Zealand
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- Department of Paediatrics and Child HealthUniversity of OtagoWellingtonNew Zealand
- Centre for Translational PhysiologyUniversity of OtagoWellingtonNew Zealand
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- Department of Paediatrics and Child HealthUniversity of OtagoWellingtonNew Zealand
- Centre for Translational PhysiologyUniversity of OtagoWellingtonNew Zealand
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- Department of Paediatrics and Child HealthUniversity of OtagoWellingtonNew Zealand
- Centre for Translational PhysiologyUniversity of OtagoWellingtonNew Zealand
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Ferruzzi J, Di Achille P, Tellides G, Humphrey JD. Combining in vivo and in vitro biomechanical data reveals key roles of perivascular tethering in central artery function. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0201379. [PMID: 30192758 PMCID: PMC6128471 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0201379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2018] [Accepted: 07/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Considerable insight into effectors of cardiovascular function can be gleaned from controlled studies on mice, especially given the diverse models that are available. Toward this end, however, there is a need for consistent and complementary methods of in vivo and in vitro data analysis, synthesis, and interpretation. The overall objective of this study is twofold. First, we present new semi-automated methods to quantify in vivo measurements of vascular function in anesthetized mice as well as new approaches to synthesize these data with those from in vitro biaxial mechanical characterizations. Second, we contrast regional differences in biomechanical behaviors along the central vasculature by combining biaxial strains measured in vivo with data on the unloaded geometry and biaxial material properties measured in vitro. Results support the hypothesis that the healthy ascending aorta stores significant elastic energy during systole, which is available to work on the heart and blood during diastole, particularly during periods of physical exertion, and further suggest that perivascular tethering allows arteries to work at lower values of wall stress and material stiffness than often assumed. The numerous measurements of vascular function and properties provided herein can also serve as reference values for normal wild-type male and female mice, to which values for myriad genetic, surgical, and pharmacological models can be compared in future studies.
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- Jacopo Ferruzzi
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States of America
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- Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States of America
- Vascular Biology and Therapeutics Program, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States of America
- Vascular Biology and Therapeutics Program, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States of America
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Nassoiy SP, Babu FS, LaPorte HM, Byron KL, Majetschak M. Effects of the Kv7 voltage-activated potassium channel inhibitor linopirdine in rat models of haemorrhagic shock. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2018; 45:10.1111/1440-1681.12958. [PMID: 29702725 PMCID: PMC6204121 DOI: 10.1111/1440-1681.12958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2018] [Revised: 04/13/2018] [Accepted: 04/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Recently, we demonstrated that Kv7 voltage-activated potassium channel inhibitors reduce fluid resuscitation requirements in short-term rat models of haemorrhagic shock. The aim of the present study was to further delineate the therapeutic potential and side effect profile of the Kv7 channel blocker linopirdine in various rat models of severe haemorrhagic shock over clinically relevant time periods. Intravenous administration of linopirdine, either before (1 or 3 mg/kg) or after (3 mg/kg) a 40% blood volume haemorrhage, did not affect blood pressure and survival in lethal haemorrhage models without fluid resuscitation. A single bolus of linopirdine (3 mg/kg) at the beginning of fluid resuscitation after haemorrhagic shock transiently reduced early fluid requirements in spontaneously breathing animals that were resuscitated for 3.5 hours. When mechanically ventilated rats were resuscitated after haemorrhagic shock with normal saline (NS) or with linopirdine-supplemented (10, 25 or 50 μg/mL) NS for 4.5 hours, linopirdine significantly and dose-dependently reduced fluid requirements by 14%, 45% and 55%, respectively. Lung and colon wet/dry weight ratios were reduced with linopirdine (25/50 μg/mL). There was no evidence for toxicity or adverse effects based on measurements of routine laboratory parameters and inflammation markers in plasma and tissue homogenates. Our findings support the concept that linopirdine-supplementation of resuscitation fluids is a safe and effective approach to reduce fluid requirements and tissue oedema formation during resuscitation from haemorrhagic shock.
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- Sean P. Nassoiy
- Burn and Shock Trauma Research Institute, Department of Surgery, Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine
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- Burn and Shock Trauma Research Institute, Department of Surgery, Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine
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- Burn and Shock Trauma Research Institute, Department of Surgery, Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine
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- Burn and Shock Trauma Research Institute, Department of Surgery, Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine
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Hinton AO, Yang Y, Quick AP, Xu P, Reddy CL, Yan X, Reynolds CL, Tong Q, Zhu L, Xu J, Wehrens XHT, Xu Y, Reddy AK. SRC-1 Regulates Blood Pressure and Aortic Stiffness in Female Mice. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0168644. [PMID: 28006821 PMCID: PMC5179266 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0168644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2016] [Accepted: 12/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Framingham Heart Study suggests that dysfunction of steroid receptor coactivator-1 may be involved in the development of hypertension. However, there is no functional evidence linking steroid receptor coactivator-1 to the regulation of blood pressure. We used immunohistochemistry to map the expression of steroid receptor coactivator-1 protein in mouse brain, especially in regions implicated in the regulation of blood pressure. Steroid receptor coactivator-1 protein was found in central amygdala, medial amygdala, supraoptic nucleus, arcuate nucleus, ventromedial, dorsomedial, paraventricular hypothalamus, and nucleus of the solitary tract. To determine the effects of steroid receptor coactivator-1 protein on cardiovascular system we measured blood pressures, blood flow velocities, echocardiographic parameters, and aortic input impedance in female steroid receptor coactivator-1 knockout mice and their wild type littermates. Steroid receptor coactivator-1 knockout mice had higher blood pressures and increased aortic stiffness when compared to female wild type littermates. Additionally, the hearts of steroid receptor coactivator-1 knockout mice seem to consume higher energy as evidenced by increased impedance and higher heart rate pressure product when compared to female wild type littermates. Our results demonstrate that steroid receptor coactivator-1 may be functionally involved in the regulation of blood pressure and aortic stiffness through the regulation of sympathetic activation in various neuronal populations.
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- Antentor Othrell Hinton
- Pediatrics-Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Pediatrics-Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Pediatrics-Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Debakey High School for Health Professions, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Pediatrics-Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Advanced Technology/Core Laboratory, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College and Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Pediatrics-Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Section of Cardiovascular Research, Department Medicine and DeBakey Heart Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Indus Instruments, Webster, Texas, United States of America
- * E-mail: (AKR); (YX)
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Decano JL, Pasion KA, Black N, Giordano NJ, Herrera VL, Ruiz-Opazo N. Sex-specific genetic determinants for arterial stiffness in Dahl salt-sensitive hypertensive rats. BMC Genet 2016; 17:19. [PMID: 26754450 PMCID: PMC4709875 DOI: 10.1186/s12863-015-0324-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2015] [Accepted: 12/22/2015] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Background Arterial stiffness is an independent predictor of cardiovascular outcomes in hypertensive patients including myocardial infarction, fatal stroke, cerebral micro-bleeds which predicts cerebral hemorrhage in hypertensive patients, as well as progression to hypertension in non-hypertensive subjects. The association between arterial stiffness and various cardiovascular outcomes (coronary heart disease, stroke) remains after adjusting for age, sex, blood pressure, body mass index and other known predictors of cardiovascular disease, suggesting that arterial stiffness, measured via carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity, has a better predictive value than each of these factors. Recent evidence shows that arterial stiffening precedes the onset of high blood pressure; however their molecular genetic relationship (s) and sex-specific determinants remain uncertain. We investigated whether distinct or shared genetic determinants might underlie susceptibility to arterial stiffening in male and female Dahl salt-sensitive rats. Thus, we performed a genome-wide scan for quantitative trait loci (QTLs) affecting arterial stiffness in six-week old F2 (Dahl S x R)-intercross male and female rats characterized for abdominal aortic pulse wave velocity and aortic strain by high-resolution ultrasonography. Results We detected five highly significant QTLs affecting aortic stiffness: two interacting QTLs (AS-m1 on chromosome 4 and AS-m2 on chromosome16, LOD 8.8) in males and two distinct interacting QTLs (AS-f1 on chromosome 9 and AS-f2 on chromosome11, LOD 8.9) in females affecting pulse wave velocity. One QTL (AS-1 on chromosome 3, LOD 4.3) was found to influence aortic strain in a sex-independent manner. None of these arterial stiffness QTLs co-localized with previously reported blood pressure QTLs detected in equivalent genetic intercrosses. Conclusions These data reveal sex-specific genetic determinants for aortic pulse wave velocity and suggest distinct polygenic susceptibility for arterial stiffness and salt-sensitive hypertension in Dahl rats based upon reported blood pressure QTLs in equivalent (Dahl S x R)-intercrosses.
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- Julius L Decano
- Department of Medicine, Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, 700 Albany Street, W-609, Boston, MA, 02118, USA.
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- Department of Medicine, Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, 700 Albany Street, W-609, Boston, MA, 02118, USA.
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- Department of Medicine, Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, 700 Albany Street, W-609, Boston, MA, 02118, USA.
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- Department of Medicine, Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, 700 Albany Street, W-609, Boston, MA, 02118, USA.
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- Department of Medicine, Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, 700 Albany Street, W-609, Boston, MA, 02118, USA.
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- Department of Medicine, Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, 700 Albany Street, W-609, Boston, MA, 02118, USA.
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Herrera VL, Decano JL, Giordano N, Moran AM, Ruiz-Opazo N. Aortic and carotid arterial stiffness and epigenetic regulator gene expression changes precede blood pressure rise in stroke-prone Dahl salt-sensitive hypertensive rats. PLoS One 2014; 9:e107888. [PMID: 25229245 PMCID: PMC4168262 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2014] [Accepted: 08/18/2014] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Multiple clinical studies show that arterial stiffness, measured as pulse wave velocity (PWV), precedes hypertension and is an independent predictor of hypertension end organ diseases including stroke, cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease. Risk factor studies for arterial stiffness implicate age, hypertension and sodium. However, causal mechanisms linking risk factor to arterial stiffness remain to be elucidated. Here, we studied the causal relationship of arterial stiffness and hypertension in the Na-induced, stroke-prone Dahl salt-sensitive (S) hypertensive rat model, and analyzed putative molecular mechanisms. Stroke-prone and non-stroke-prone male and female rats were studied at 3- and 6-weeks of age for arterial stiffness (PWV, strain), blood pressure, vessel wall histology, and gene expression changes. Studies showed that increased left carotid and aortic arterial stiffness preceded hypertension, pulse pressure widening, and structural wall changes at the 6-week time-point. Instead, differential gene induction was detected implicating molecular-functional changes in extracellular matrix (ECM) structural constituents, modifiers, cell adhesion, and matricellular proteins, as well as in endothelial function, apoptosis balance, and epigenetic regulators. Immunostaining testing histone modifiers Ep300, HDAC3, and PRMT5 levels confirmed carotid artery-upregulation in all three layers: endothelial, smooth muscle and adventitial cells. Our study recapitulates observations in humans that given salt-sensitivity, increased Na-intake induced arterial stiffness before hypertension, increased pulse pressure, and structural vessel wall changes. Differential gene expression changes associated with arterial stiffness suggest a molecular mechanism linking sodium to full-vessel wall response affecting gene-networks involved in vascular ECM structure-function, apoptosis balance, and epigenetic regulation.
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- Victoria L. Herrera
- Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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