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Zhao L, Cheng C, Peng L, Zuo W, Xiong D, Zhang L, Mao Z, Zhang J, Wu X, Jiang X, Wang P, Li W. Alcohol Abuse Associated With Increased Risk of Angiographic Vasospasm and Delayed Cerebral Ischemia in Patients With Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Requiring Mechanical Ventilation. Front Cardiovasc Med 2022; 9:825890. [PMID: 35620515 PMCID: PMC9127604 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.825890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2021] [Accepted: 03/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Objective Although alcohol abuse has been indicated to cause cerebral aneurysm development and rupture, there is limited data on the impact of alcohol abuse on outcomes after an aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH). This study aims to investigate whether alcohol abuse increases the risk of angiographic vasospasm and delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI) in critically ill patients with aSAH. Methods We conducted a secondary analysis based on a retrospective study in a French university hospital intensive care unit (ICU). Patients with aSAH requiring mechanical ventilation hospitalized between 2010 and 2015 were included. Patients were segregated according to alcohol abuse (yes or no). Multivariable logistic regression analysis was used to identify the independent risk factors associated with angiographic vasospasm and DCI. Results The patient proportion of alcohol abuse was dramatically greater in males than that in females (p < 0.001). The Simplified Acute Physiology Score II (SAPSII) score on admission did not show a statistical difference. Neither did the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) and Fisher scores. Patients with alcohol abuse were more likely to develop angiographic vasospasm (OR 3.65, 95% CI 1.17–11.39; p = 0.0260) and DCI (OR 3.53, 95% CI 1.13–10.97; p = 0.0294) as evidenced by multivariable logistic regression analysis. Conclusions In this study, patients with alcohol abuse are at higher odds of angiographic vasospasm and DCI, which are related to poor prognosis following aSAH. These findings are important for the prevention and clinical management of aSAH.
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- Lei Zhao
- Department of Neurosurgery, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
- Lei Zhao
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Public Health, School of Health Sciences and Practice, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, United States
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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Fabrication of Polyaniline Ni-Complex Catalytic Electrode by Plasma Deposition for Electrochemical Detection of Phosphate through Glucose Redox Reaction as Mediator. Catalysts 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/catal12020128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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We report here the preparation and characterization of polyaniline Ni-complex catalytic electrode by one-pot plasma deposition for the electrochemical detection of phosphate via the redox reaction of glucose. We first prepared a precursory solution by combining NiCl2 and 3-aminobenzoic acid in a mixed solution of methanol (MeOH) and water, and adding aniline as a conductive polymeric precursor for increasing the electron transfer potential. We then synthesized the catalytic electrode in a one-step cold plasma process by preparing the precursors on ITO glass. We characterized the obtained Ni-coordinate catalytic electrode via X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), field emission scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and electrochemical methods. Electrochemical characterization produced stable redox properties of Ni3+/Ni2+ couples in a 0.1 M NaOH solution. Cyclic voltametric experiments have drastically increased electrocatalytic oxidation and reduction of glucose by increasing the concentration of phosphate (PO43−) ions using the prepared Ni-modified catalytic electrodes. From these results, the prepared catalytic electrode could be used as the electrochemical sensor for phosphate in actual water.
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Brust JC. Stroke and Substance Abuse. Stroke 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-69424-7.00039-9] [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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Extracellular and Intracellular Magnesium Deficiency Found in Pregnant Women with Preeclampsia and Gestational Diabetes Is Associated with Overexpression of Notch Proteins, Cytokines, p53, NF-kB and Proto-Oncogenes: Potential Importance in Growth Retardation, Stillbirths, Fetal Mutations and Increased Cardiovascular Risks and Stroke with Advancing Age in Pregnant Women. HEARTS 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/hearts2010011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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In 1983, three of us reported in “Science” that umbilical-placental arteries and veins, obtained from normal pregnant women at term delivery, when exposed in vitro to low concentrations of Mg2+ went into vasospasm; the lower the Mg2+, the greater the contractile force developed. These blood vessels also demonstrated amplified contractile force development when challenged with circulating amines and peptides (e.g., norepinephrine, 5-HT, angiotensin II, etc.). We suggested that severe Mg deficiency during pregnancy could in part be responsible for spontaneous abortions, loss of fetuses, stillbirths, and developmental alterations in infants. Using short-term dietary Mg deficient animals, we have noted a great many molecular and biochemical alterations in ventricular, atrial and somatic vascular smooth muscle alterations including DNA methylation and histone changes leading us to speculate that Mg deficiency may represent a genotoxin promoting mutations and causing epigenetic changes. Over the last 35 years, we have new data on severely preeclamptic and gestational diabetic pregnant women that gives credence to our original hypothesis and demonstrates that recently- discovered developmental proteins, originally found 100 years ago in Drosophila fruit flies termed the “Notch pathway”, due to effects on its wings, appears to be important in development of the umbilical-placental blood vessels in pregnant women. Along with the developmental molecule, p53, these Notch proteins clearly alter the behavior of the umbilical-placental vessels. We believe these new findings probably help to explain many of the genetic-toxicity effects seen in women later in life who develop strokes and cardiovascular diseases. Notch alterations could also play an important role in babies born with cardiac defects.
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Introduction: Despite the improved treatment protocol of hypertension, the magnitude of the disease and its related burden remains raised. Hypertension makes up the leading cause of stroke, kidney disease, arterial disease, eye disease, and cardiovascular disease (CVD) growth. Areas covered: This review provides the overview of the role of dietary salt and alcohol use reduction in the management of hypertension, a brief history of alcohol, the vascular endothelium functions, the effects of alcohol use on blood pressure (BP), the mechanisms of alcohol, brief history of salt, the effects of dietary salt intake on BP, and the mechanisms of salt. Expert opinion: Studies found that high dietary salt intake and heavy alcohol consumption have a major and huge impact on BP while both of them have been identified to increase BP. Also, they raise the risk of hypertension-related morbidity and mortality in advance. On the other way, the dietary salt and alcohol use reduction in the management of hypertension are significant in the control of BP and its related morbidity and mortality. Further, studies suggested that the dietary salt and alcohol use reductions are the cornerstone in the management of hypertension due to their significance as part of comprehensive lifestyle modifications.
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- Addisu Dabi Wake
- Nursing Department, College of Health Sciences, Arsi University , Asella, Ethiopia
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Bjørklund G, Dadar M, Chirumbolo S, Aaseth J. Fibromyalgia and nutrition: Therapeutic possibilities? Biomed Pharmacother 2018; 103:531-538. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2018.04.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2018] [Revised: 04/07/2018] [Accepted: 04/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Owusu D, Pan Y, Xie C, Harirforoosh S, Wang KS. Polymorphisms in PDLIM5 gene are associated with alcohol dependence, type 2 diabetes, and hypertension. J Psychiatr Res 2017; 84:27-34. [PMID: 27693979 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2016.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2016] [Revised: 08/29/2016] [Accepted: 09/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The PDZ and LIM domain 5 (PDLIM5) gene may play a role in alcohol dependence (AD), bipolar disorder, and major depressive disorder; however, no study has identified shared genetic variants within PDLIM5 gene among AD, type 2 diabetes (T2D), and hypertension. This study investigated the association of 72 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs) with AD (1066 AD cases and 1278 controls) in the Study of Addiction - Genetics and Environment (SAGE) sample and 47 SNPs with T2D (878 cases and 2686 non-diabetic) and hypertension (825 cases and 2739 non-hypertensive) in the Marshfield sample. Multiple logistic regression models in PLINK software were used to examine the associations of genetic variants with AD, T2D, and hypertension and SNP x alcohol consumption interactions for T2D and hypertension. Twenty-five SNPs were associated with AD in the SAGE sample (p < 0.05); rs1048627 showed the strongest association with AD (p = 5.53 × 10-4). Of the 25 SNPs, 5 SNPs showed associations with both AD in the SAGE sample and T2D in the Marshfield sample (top SNP rs11097432 with p = 0.00107 for T2D and p = 0.0483 for AD) while 6 SNPs showed associations with both AD in the SAGE sample and hypertension in the Marshfield sample (top SNP rs12500426 with p = 0.0119 for hypertension and p = 1.51 × 10-3 for AD). SNP (rs6532496) showed significant interaction with alcohol consumption for hypertension. Our results showed that several genetic variants in PDLIM5 gene influence AD, T2D and hypertension. These findings offer the potential for new insights into the pathogenesis of AD, T2D, and hypertension.
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- Daniel Owusu
- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, College of Public Health, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614, USA
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Department of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Gatton College of Pharmacy, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, College of Public Health, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614, USA.
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Zahr NM, Rohlfing T, Mayer D, Luong R, Sullivan EV, Pfefferbaum A. Transient CNS responses to repeated binge ethanol treatment. Addict Biol 2016; 21:1199-1216. [PMID: 26283309 DOI: 10.1111/adb.12290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2015] [Revised: 05/14/2015] [Accepted: 06/30/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The effects of ethanol (EtOH) on in vivo magnetic resonance (MR)-detectable brain measures across repeated exposures have not previously been reported. Of 28 rats weighing 340.66 ± 21.93 g at baseline, 15 were assigned to an EtOH group and 13 to a control group. Animals were exposed to five cycles of 4 days of intragastric (EtOH or dextrose) treatment and 10 days of recovery. Rats in both groups had structural MR imaging and whole-brain MR spectroscopy (MRS) scans at baseline, immediately following each binge period and after each recovery period (total = 11 scans per rat). Blood alcohol level at each of the five binge periods was ~300 mg/dl. Blood drawn at the end of the experiment did not show group differences for thiamine or its phosphate derivatives. Postmortem liver histopathology provided no evidence for hepatic steatosis, alcoholic hepatitis or alcoholic cirrhosis. Cerebrospinal fluid volumes of the lateral ventricles and cisterns showed enlargement with each binge EtOH exposure but recovery with each abstinence period. Similarly, changes in MRS metabolite levels were transient: levels of N-acetylaspartate and total creatine decreased, while those of choline-containing compounds and the combined resonance from glutamate and glutamine increased with each binge EtOH exposure cycle and then recovered during each abstinence period. Changes in response to EtOH were in expected directions based on previous single-binge EtOH exposure experiments, but the current MR findings do not provide support for accruing changes with repeated binge EtOH exposure.
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- Natalie M. Zahr
- Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Stanford University School of Medicine; Stanford CA USA
- Neuroscience Program; SRI International; Menlo Park CA USA
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- Neuroscience Program; SRI International; Menlo Park CA USA
- Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine; University of Maryland School of Medicine; Baltimore MD USA
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- Department of Comparative Medicine; Stanford University; Stanford CA USA
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- Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Stanford University School of Medicine; Stanford CA USA
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- Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Stanford University School of Medicine; Stanford CA USA
- Neuroscience Program; SRI International; Menlo Park CA USA
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Wang KS, Zuo L, Pan Y, Xie C, Luo X. Genetic variants in the CPNE5 gene are associated with alcohol dependence and obesity in Caucasian populations. J Psychiatr Res 2015; 71:1-7. [PMID: 26522866 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2015.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2015] [Revised: 09/03/2015] [Accepted: 09/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Alcohol addiction may increase the risk of obesity due to shared genetic components. The Copine V (CPNE5) gene is involved in Ca(2+) binding and may play an important role in the development of the central nervous system. This study tested the genetic associations of 77 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within the CPNE5 gene with alcohol dependence (AD) and obesity using a Caucasian sample - The Study of Addiction - Genetics and Environment (SAGE) sample (1066 AD cases and 1278 non-AD controls, 422 obese cases and 1395 non-obese controls). The Marshfield sample (1442 obese cases and 2122 non-obese controls) was used for replication of obesity. Multiple logistic regression analysis was performed using the PLINK software. In the SAGE sample, we identified 10 SNPs associated with AD and 17 SNPs associated with obesity (p < 0.05). Interestingly, 6 SNPs (rs9986517, rs9470387, rs3213534, rs10456444, rs3752482, and rs9470386) were associated with both AD (OR = 0.77, 0.77, 0.83, 0.84, 0.79 and 1.14, respectively; p = 9.72 × 10(-5), 1.1 × 10(-4), 4.09 × 10(-3), 5.26 × 10(-3), 1.59 × 10(-2), and 3.81 × 10(-2), respectively) and obesity (OR = 0.77, 0.77, 0.78, 0.77, 0.68 and 1.18, respectively; p = 2.74 × 10(-3), 2.69 × 10(-3), 2.45 × 10(-3), 1.01 × 10(-3), 5.18 × 10(-3) and 3.85 × 10(-2), respectively). In the Marshfield sample, rs3752480 was associated with obesity (p = 0.0379). In addition, four SNPs (rs9986517, rs10456444, rs7763347 and rs4714010) showed associations with obesity in the meta-analysis using both samples (p = 0.00493, 0.0274, 0.00346, and 0.0141, respectively). These findings provide the first evidence of common genetic variants in the CPNE5 gene influencing both the AD and obesity; and will serve as a resource for replication in other populations.
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- Ke-Sheng Wang
- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, College of Public Health, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA; Biological Psychiatry Research Center, Beijing Huilongguan Hospital, Beijing, China
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Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze Extract Ameliorates Chronic Ethanol-Induced Hepatotoxicity in Albino Rats. EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 2014; 2014:787153. [PMID: 25254057 PMCID: PMC4164262 DOI: 10.1155/2014/787153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2014] [Revised: 06/04/2014] [Accepted: 06/09/2014] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The goal of this study was to investigate the hepatoprotective effects of aqueous extract of Camellia sinensis or green tea extract (AQGTE) in chronic ethanol-induced albino rats. All animals were divided into 4 groups in the study for a 5-week duration. 50% ethanol was given orally to the rats with two doses (5 mg/kg bw and 10 mg/kg bw) of AQGTE. Ethanol administration caused a significant increase in the levels of plasma and serum enzymatic markers, alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), and alkaline phosphatase (ALP), and nonenzymatic markers (cholesterol and triglycerides), lipid peroxidation contents, malondialdehyde (MDA), and glutathione-S-transferase (GST), and decreased the activities of total proteins, albumin, and cellular antioxidant defense enzymes such as superoxide dismutase (SOD). The elevation and reduction in these biochemical enzymes caused the damage in hepatocytes histologically due to the high production of ROS, which retards the antioxidant defense capacity of cell. AQGTE was capable of recovering the level of these markers and the damaged hepatocytes to their normal structures. These results support the suggestion that AQGTE was able to enhance hepatoprotective and antioxidant effects in vivo against ethanol-induced toxicity.
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Husain K, Ansari RA, Ferder L. Alcohol-induced hypertension: Mechanism and prevention. World J Cardiol 2014; 6:245-252. [PMID: 24891935 PMCID: PMC4038773 DOI: 10.4330/wjc.v6.i5.245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 172] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2013] [Accepted: 04/16/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Epidemiological, preclinical and clinical studies established the association between high alcohol consumption and hypertension. However the mechanism through which alcohol raises blood pressure remains elusive. Several possible mechanisms have been proposed such as an imbalance of the central nervous system, impairment of the baroreceptors, enhanced sympathetic activity, stimulation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, increased cortisol levels, increased vascular reactivity due to increase in intracellular calcium levels, stimulation of the endothelium to release vasoconstrictors and loss of relaxation due to inflammation and oxidative injury of the endothelium leading to inhibition of endothelium-dependent nitric oxide production. Loss of relaxation due to inflammation and oxidative injury of the endothelium by angiotensin II leading to inhibition of endothelium-dependent nitric oxide production is the major contributors of the alcohol-induced hypertension. For the prevention of alcohol-induced hypertension is to reduce the amount of alcohol intake. Physical conditioning/exercise training is one of the most important strategies to prevent/treat chronic alcohol-induced hypertension on physiological basis. The efficacious pharmacologic treatment includes the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors or angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockers (ARBs) which have antioxidant activity and calcium channel blockers. The most effective prevention and treatment of alcohol-induced hypertension is physical exercise and the use of ACE inhibitors or ARBs in the clinic
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Serefko A, Szopa A, Wlaź P, Nowak G, Radziwoń-Zaleska M, Skalski M, Poleszak E. Magnesium in depression. Pharmacol Rep 2014; 65:547-54. [PMID: 23950577 DOI: 10.1016/s1734-1140(13)71032-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2012] [Revised: 01/08/2013] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Magnesium is one of the most essential mineral in the human body, connected with brain biochemistry and the fluidity of neuronal membrane. A variety of neuromuscular and psychiatric symptoms, including different types of depression, was observed in magnesium deficiency. Plasma/serum magnesium levels do not seem to be the appropriate indicators of depressive disorders, since ambiguous outcomes, depending on the study, were obtained. The emergence of a new approach to magnesium compounds in medical practice has been seen. Apart from being administered as components of dietary supplements, they are also perceived as the effective agents in treatment of migraine, alcoholism, asthma, heart diseases, arrhythmias, renal calcium stones, premenstrual tension syndrome etc. Magnesium preparations have an essential place in homeopathy as a remedy for a range of mental health problems. Mechanisms of antidepressant action of magnesium are not fully understood yet. Most probably, magnesium influences several systems associated with development of depression. The first information on the beneficial effect of magnesium sulfate given hypodermically to patients with agitated depression was published almost 100 years ago. Numerous pre-clinical and clinical studies confirmed the initial observations as well as demonstrated the beneficial safety profile of magnesium supplementation. Thus, magnesium preparations seem to be a valuable addition to the pharmacological armamentarium for management of depression.
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- Anna Serefko
- Chair and Department of Applied Pharmacy, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland
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Stroke and Substance Abuse. Stroke 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-1-4160-5478-8.10042-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Zahr NM, Mayer D, Rohlfing T, Hasak MP, Hsu O, Vinco S, Orduna J, Luong R, Sullivan EV, Pfefferbaum A. Brain injury and recovery following binge ethanol: evidence from in vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Biol Psychiatry 2010; 67:846-54. [PMID: 20044076 PMCID: PMC2854208 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.10.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2009] [Revised: 10/02/2009] [Accepted: 10/17/2009] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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BACKGROUND The binge-drinking model in rodents using intragastric injections of ethanol (EtOH) for 4 days results in argyrophilic corticolimbic tissue classically interpreted as indicating irreversible neuronal degeneration. However, recent findings suggest that acquired argyrophilia can also identify injured neurons that have the potential to recover. The current in vivo magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and spectroscopy study was conducted to test the hypothesis that binge EtOH exposure would injure but not cause the death of neurons as previously ascertained postmortem. METHODS After baseline MR scanning, 11 of 19 rats received a loading dose of 5 g/kg EtOH via oral gavage, then a maximum of 3 g/kg every 8 hours for 4 days, for a total average cumulative EtOH dose of 43 +/- 1.2 g/kg and average blood alcohol levels of 258 +/- 12 mg/dL. All animals were scanned after 4 days of gavage (post-gavage scan) with EtOH (EtOH group) or dextrose (control [Con] group) and again after 7 days of abstinence from EtOH (recovery scan). RESULTS Tissue shrinkage at the post-gavage scan was reflected by significantly increased lateral ventricular volume in the EtOH group compared with the Con group. At the post-gavage scan, the EtOH group had lower dorsal hippocampal N-acetylaspartate and total creatine and higher choline-containing compounds than the Con group. At the recovery scan, neither ventricular volume nor metabolite levels differentiated the groups. CONCLUSIONS Rapid recovery of ventricular volume and metabolite levels with removal of the causative agent argues for transient rather than permanent effects of a single EtOH binge episode in rats.
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- Natalie M Zahr
- Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, 401 Quarry Rd., Stanford, CA 94305, United States,Neuroscience Program, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA, USA
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- Neuroscience Program, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA, USA,Radiology Department, Lucas MRS/I Center, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Neuroscience Program, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA, USA
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- Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, 401 Quarry Rd., Stanford, CA 94305, United States,Neuroscience Program, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA, USA
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- Neuroscience Program, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA, USA
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- Neuroscience Program, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA, USA
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- Department of Comparative Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, 401 Quarry Rd., Stanford, CA 94305, United States,corresponding author, , Phone: 650-859-2880, Fax: 650-859-2743
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- Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, 401 Quarry Rd., Stanford, CA 94305, United States,Neuroscience Program, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA, USA
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Ethanol-induced vasoconstriction is mediated via redox-sensitive cyclo-oxygenase-dependent mechanisms. Clin Sci (Lond) 2010; 118:657-68. [PMID: 19954424 DOI: 10.1042/cs20090352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The present study investigated the role of ROS (reactive oxygen species) and COX (cyclo-oxygenase) in ethanol-induced contraction and elevation of [Ca2+]i (intracellular [Ca2+]). Vascular reactivity experiments, using standard muscle bath procedures, showed that ethanol (1-800 mmol/l) induced contraction in endothelium-intact (EC50: 306+/-34 mmol/l) and endothelium -denuded (EC50: 180+/-40 mmol/l) rat aortic rings. Endothelial removal enhanced ethanol-induced contraction. Preincubation of intact rings with L-NAME [NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester; non-selective NOS (NO synthase) inhibitor, 100 micromol/l], 7-nitroindazole [selective nNOS (neuronal NOS) inhibitor, 100 micromol/l], oxyhaemoglobin (NO scavenger, 10 micromol/l) and ODQ (selective inhibitor of guanylate cyclase enzyme, 1 micromol/l) increased ethanol-induced contraction. Tiron [O2- (superoxide anion) scavenger, 1 mmol/l] and catalase (H2O2 scavenger, 300 units/ml) reduced ethanol-induced contraction to a similar extent in both endothelium-intact and denuded rings. Similarly, indomethacin (non-selective COX inhibitor, 10 micromol/l), SC560 (selective COX-1 inhibitor, 1 micromol/l), AH6809 [PGF2alpha (prostaglandin F2alpha)] receptor antagonist, 10 micromol/l] or SQ29584 [PGH2(prostaglandin H2)/TXA2 (thromboxane A2) receptor antagonist, 3 micromol/l] inhibited ethanol-induced contraction in aortic rings with and without intact endothelium. In cultured aortic VSMCs (vascular smooth muscle cells), ethanol stimulated generation of O2- and H2O2. Ethanol induced a transient increase in [Ca2+]i, which was significantly inhibited in VSMCs pre-exposed to tiron or indomethacin. Our data suggest that ethanol induces vasoconstriction via redox-sensitive and COX-dependent pathways, probably through direct effects on ROS production and Ca2+ signalling. These findings identify putative molecular mechanisms whereby ethanol, at high concentrations, influences vascular reactivity. Whether similar phenomena occur in vivo at lower concentrations of ethanol remains unclear.
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Zhu XH, Du F, Zhang N, Zhang Y, Lei H, Zhang X, Qiao H, Ugurbil K, Chen W. Advanced In Vivo Heteronuclear MRS Approaches for Studying Brain Bioenergetics Driven by Mitochondria. Methods Mol Biol 2009; 489:317-57. [PMID: 18839099 PMCID: PMC5348251 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-543-5_15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The greatest merit of in vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) methodology used in biomedical research is its ability for noninvasively measuring a variety of metabolites inside a living organ. It, therefore, provides an invaluable tool for determining metabolites, chemical reaction rates and bioenergetics, as well as their dynamic changes in the human and animal. The capability of in vivo MRS is further enhanced at higher magnetic fields because of significant gain in detection sensitivity and improvement in the spectral resolution. Recent progress of in vivo MRS technology has further demonstrated its great potential in many biomedical research areas, particularly in brain research. Here, we provide a review of new developments for in vivo heteronuclear 31P and 17O MRS approaches and their applications in determining the cerebral metabolic rates of oxygen and ATP inside the mitochondria, in both animal and human brains.
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- Xiao-Hong Zhu
- Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, Department of Radiology, University of Minnesota, School of Medicine, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Miller PM, Anton RF, Egan BM, Basile J, Nguyen SA. Excessive alcohol consumption and hypertension: clinical implications of current research. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 2005; 7:346-51. [PMID: 16088298 PMCID: PMC8109365 DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-6175.2004.04463.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Substantial evidence demonstrates that: 1) heavy alcohol consumption (three or more standard drinks per day) is associated with and predictive of hypertension; 2) reduction in alcohol consumption is associated with a significant dose-dependent lowering of mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure; and 3) physician advice can reduce heavy drinking in hypertensive patients. These findings suggest that the routine evaluation of alcohol consumption in hypertensive patients is warranted. The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-C (AUDIT-C), a brief, three-question screening test, is useful in this regard. Alcohol biomarkers can also play a role in detecting and monitoring heavy drinking in hypertensive patients whose self-reports on the AUDIT-C are suspect. Carbohydrate-deficient transferrin, a new alcohol biomarker with high specificity, can provide objective data for feedback and counseling. A routine search for excessive use of alcohol, along with brief interventions and monitoring, can have a major impact on reducing the prevalence of hypertension in the general population.
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- Peter M Miller
- Center for Drug and Alcohol Programs, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 25086, USA.
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Collignon FP, Friedman JA, Piepgras DG, Pichelmann MA, McIver JI, Toussaint LG, McClelland RL. Serum magnesium levels as related to symptomatic vasospasm and outcome following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Neurocrit Care 2005; 1:441-8. [PMID: 16174947 DOI: 10.1385/ncc:1:4:441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Recent evidence suggests that magnesium may be neuroprotective in the setting of cerebral ischemia, and therapeutic magnesium infusion has been proposed for prophylaxis and treatment of delayed ischemic neurological deficit (DIND) resulting from vasospasm in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). We studied the association between serum magnesium levels, the development of DIND, and the outcomes of patients with SAH. METHODS We studied 128 consecutive patients with aneurysmal SAH treated at our institution between 1990 and 1997 who had a serum magnesium level measured at least once during the acute phase of their hospitalization. Delayed ischemic neurological deficit was defined as severe (major focal deficit or coma), moderate (incomplete focal deficit or decreased sensorium without coma), or none. RESULTS There was no significant difference in mean, minimum, or maximum serum magnesium levels between patients with and without DIND (1.93, 1.83, 2.02 versus 1.91, 1.84, 1.97 mg/dL, respectively). Similarly, no difference was found in mean serum magnesium levels among patients with severe (1.94 mg/dL), moderate (1.92 mg/dL), or no DIND (1.91 mg/dL). Analyses of serum magnesium levels before (0-4 days following SAH), during (4-14 days following SAH), and after (greater than 14 days following SAH) the period of highest risk for vasospasm revealed no association with the development or severity of DIND. Permanent deficit or death resulting from vasospasm and Glasgow Outcome Scale score at longest follow-up were similarly unaffected by serum magnesium levels overall or during any time interval. Forty (31.5%) patients were hypomagnesemic (less than 1.7 mg/dL) during hospitalization, but no difference in outcome (p = 0.185) or development of DIND (p = 0.785) was found when compared to patients with normal (1.7-2.1 mg/dL) or high (greater than 2.1 mg/dL) magnesium serum levels. CONCLUSION We identified no relationship between serum magnesium levels and the development of DIND or outcome following aneurysmal SAH. Based on these data, magnesium supplementation to normal or high-normal physiological ranges seems unlikely to be beneficial for DIND resulting from vasospasm. However, no inference can be made regarding the value of therapeutic infusion of magnesium to supraphysiological levels.
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Jakovljević B, Stojanov V, Paunović K, Belojević G, Radosavljević V. [Alcohol consumption, arterial blood pressure and general mortality rate--twenty-years follow-up study]. VOJNOSANIT PREGL 2005; 61:629-35. [PMID: 15717724 DOI: 10.2298/vsp0406629j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Alcohol consumption has both adverse and beneficial effects on health and survival. The aim of this prospective study was to examine the association between alcohol consumption and arterial hypertension as well as general mortality rate. METHODS The study included 286 participants, middle-aged men and women examined in 1974, and again in 1994 during twenty years of follow-up (mean age at the beginning of the study 43.61 +/- 7.09 years). Alcohol consumption was assessed by the specific questionnaire. Consumption levels were grouped into three categories: rare drinkers (consuming less than 6 drinks a week), moderate drinkers, who consume 1-2 alcohol drinks a day and heavy drinkers (consumers of 3 or more drinks a day). RESULTS In both phases of the follow-up the lowest values of systolic and diastolic pressure were recorded in the group with moderate alcohol consumption, and the highest values in the group with excessive consumption. The observed differences were statistically significant. The general mortality rates were the highest among participants reporting excessive alcohol consumption (relative risk 3.2; 95% confidence interval 1.84-5.62), and among the abstainers (relative risk 1.8; 95% confidence interval 0.99-3.36), compared to the moderate consumption group. CONCLUSION Analysis of the obtained results suggested the protective effect of moderate alcohol consumption on cardiovascular system.
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Li W, Li J, Liu W, Altura BT, Altura BM. Alcohol-induced apoptosis of canine cerebral vascular smooth muscle cells: role of extracellular and intracellular calcium ions. Neurosci Lett 2004; 354:221-4. [PMID: 14700736 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2003.10.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Exposure of canine cerebral vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) to ethanol (10, 25 and 100 mM) for 1, 3 and 5 days induced apoptosis with its typical characteristics of nuclear shrinkage, condensation, and DNA breakage as well as formation of apoptotic bodies observed by fluorescence staining, terminal deoxyribonucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick-end labeling and comet assays. Such effects of alcohol on cerebral VSMCs were time- and concentration-dependent. The threshold ethanol concentration for induction of the apoptotic process was found to be 10 mM. Extracellular and intracellular Ca2+ chelators, i.e. ethylglycol-bisbeta-aminoethylether-N,N,N'N'-tetraacetic acid (EGTA, 5 mM) and 1,2-bis(2-aminophenoxy)-ethane-N,N,N',N'-tetra-acetic acid AM (BAPTA, 10(-6) M), respectively, ameliorated greatly the number of cerebral VSMCs which underwent apoptosis. Verapamil, however, failed to inhibit apoptosis of cerebral VSMCs. From these new findings, we suggest that alcohol-induced apoptosis may contribute to alcohol-induced brain-vascular damage and stroke. In addition, our findings point to potential caution for humans who imbibe two or more standard drinks per day or who undergo 'binge drinking'.
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- Wenyan Li
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Box 31, SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA
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Altura BM, Gebrewold A, Zhang A, Altura BT. Low extracellular magnesium ions induce lipid peroxidation and activation of nuclear factor-kappa B in canine cerebral vascular smooth muscle: possible relation to traumatic brain injury and strokes. Neurosci Lett 2003; 341:189-92. [PMID: 12697280 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(03)00134-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The present study was designed to test the hypothesis that administration of low extracellular levels of magnesium ions ([Mg(2+)](o)) to primary cultured cerebral vascular smooth muscle cells will cause lipid peroxidation, degradation of IkappaB-alpha, and activation of nuclear transcription factor kappa B (NF-kappaB) in cultured cerebral vascular smooth muscle cells. Low [Mg(2+)](o) (0, 0.15, 0.3 and 0.48 mM) resulted in concentration-dependent rises in malondialdehyde (MDA) in as little as 3 h after exposure to low [Mg(2+)](o), rising to levels 3-12xnormal after 18-24 h; the lower the [Mg(2+)](o), the higher the MDA level. Using electrophoretic mobility shift assays and specific antibodies, low [Mg(2+)](o) caused two DNA-binding proteins (p50, p65) to rise in nuclear extracts in a concentration-dependent manner. High [Mg(2+)](o) (i.e. 4.8 mM) downregulated p50 and p65. Using a rabbit antibody, IkappaB phosphorylation (and degradation) was stimulated by low [Mg(2+)](o) (in a concentration-dependent manner) and inhibited by a low concentration of the NF-kappaB inhibitor, pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate. These new biochemical and molecular data indicate that low [Mg(2+)](o), in concentrations found in the blood of patients, after traumatic brain injury (TBI) and diverse types of strokes, can elicit rapid lipid peroxidation and activation of NF-kappaB in cerebral vascular smooth muscle cells. The present results, when viewed in light of other recently published data, suggest that low [Mg(2+)](o)-induced lipid peroxidation and activation of NF-kappaB play important roles in TBI and diverse types of strokes.
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- Burton M Altura
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn 11203, USA.
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Li W, Liu W, Altura BT, Altura BM. Catalase prevents elevation of [Ca(2+)](i) induced by alcohol in cultured canine cerebral vascular smooth muscle cells: Possible relationship to alcohol-induced stroke and brain pathology. Brain Res Bull 2003; 59:315-8. [PMID: 12464405 DOI: 10.1016/s0361-9230(02)00916-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Several studies have suggested that alcohol-induced brain injury is associated with generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). The recent findings, that antioxidants (Vitamin E and pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (PDTC)) prevent intracellular Ca(2+) ([Ca(2+)](i)) overload in cerebral vascular smooth muscle cells, induced by alcohol, demonstrate indirectly that ROS formation is related to cerebral vascular injury. The present experiments were designed to test the hypothesis that catalase, an hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) scavenging enzyme, can prevent or ameliorate alcohol-induced elevation of [Ca(2+)](i). Preincubation of cultured canine cerebral vascular smooth muscle cells with catalase (20-1000 units/ml) didn't produce any apparent changes from controls in resting levels of [Ca(2+)](i) after 1-3 days. Exposure of the cerebral vascular cells to culture media containing 10-100mM ethanol resulted in significant rises in [Ca(2+)](i) (p<0.01). Although exposure of these cells to a low concentration of catalase (20 units/ml) failed to prevent the increased level of [Ca(2+)](i) induced by ethanol, concomitant addition of higher concentrations of catalase (100-1000 units/ml) and ethanol (10-100mM) inhibited or ameliorated the rises of [Ca(2+)](i) induced by ethanol either at 24h or at 3 days, in a concentration-dependent manner. Catalase, in the range of 100-200 units/ml, inhibited approximately 50% of the [Ca(2+)](i) increases caused by ethanol in the first 24h. Catalase at a concentration of 1000 units/ml inhibited completely excessive [Ca(2+)](i) accumulation. The present results when viewed in light of other recently published data suggest that H(2)O(2) generation may be one of the earliest events triggered by alcohol in alcohol-induced brain-vascular damage, neurobehavioral actions and stroke.
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- Wenyan Li
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn 11203, USA
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Yang ZW, Wang J, Zheng T, Altura BT, Altura BM. Roles of tyrosine kinase-, 1-phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-, and mitogen-activated protein kinase-signaling pathways in ethanol-induced contractions of rat aortic smooth muscle: possible relation to alcohol-induced hypertension. Alcohol 2002; 28:17-28. [PMID: 12377357 DOI: 10.1016/s0741-8329(02)00234-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Insights into the relations between and among ethanol-induced contractions in rat aorta, tyrosine kinases (including src family of cytoplasmic tyrosine kinases), 1-phosphatidylinositol 3-kinases (PI-3Ks), mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs), and regulation of intracellular free Ca(2+) ([Ca(2+)](i)) were investigated in the present study. Ethanol-induced concentration-dependent contractions in isolated rat aortic rings were attenuated greatly by pretreatment of the arteries with low concentrations of an antagonist of protein tyrosine kinases (genistein), an src homology domain 2 (SH2) inhibitor peptide, a highly specific antagonist of p38 MAPK (SB-203580), a potent, selective antagonist of two specific MAPK kinases-MEK1/MEK2 (U0126)-and a selective antagonist of mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MAPKK) (PD-98059), as well as by treatment with wortmannin or LY-294002 (both are selective antagonists of PI-3Ks). Inhibitory concentration 50 (IC(50)) levels obtained for these seven antagonists were consistent with reported inhibition constant (Ki) values for these tyrosine kinase, MAPK, and MAPKK antagonists. Ethanol-induced transient and sustained increases in [Ca(2+)](i) in primary single smooth muscle cells from rat aorta were markedly attenuated in the presence of genistein, an SH2 domain inhibitor peptide, SB-203580, U0126, PD-98059, wortmannin, and LY-294002. A variety of specific antagonists of known endogenously formed vasoconstrictors did not inhibit or attenuate either the ethanol-induced contractions or the elevations of [Ca(2+)](i). Results of the present study support the suggestion that activation of tyrosine kinases (including the src family of cytoplasmic tyrosine kinases), PI-3Ks, and MAPK seems to play an important role in ethanol-induced contractions and the elevation of [Ca(2+)](i) in smooth muscle cells from rat aorta. These signaling pathways thus may be important in hypertension in human beings associated with chronic alcohol consumption.
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- Zhi-wei Yang
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, State University of New York, Health Science Center at Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA
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Altura BM, Gebrewold A, Zhang A, Altura BT. Role of leukocytes in ethanol-induced microvascular injury in the rat brain in situ: potential role in alcohol brain pathology and stroke. Eur J Pharmacol 2002; 448:89-94. [PMID: 12126976 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(02)01899-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Effects of acute and chronic alcohol ethanol administration on in vivo microvascular-leukocyte dynamics was studied in brains of naive and leukocyte-depleted rats by direct, quantitative intravital high-resolution TV microscopy, fluorescence microscopy and myeloperoxidase staining. Administration of alcohol produced dose-dependent venular vasospasm, and rolling and adherence of leukocytes to venular walls; leukocyte velocity concomitantly decreased. Intermediate to high doses of ethanol resulted in infiltration of leukocytes and macrophages across venular walls, and concentration-dependent increases in myeloperoxidase staining in parenchyma, and rupture of postcapillary venules with focal hemorrhages. Use of phosphorus 31-nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy on intact animals revealed that the latter were associated with whole brain losses in intracellular levels of ATP and phosphocreatine with concomitant rises in intracellular inorganic phosphate and hydrogen ion concentration. Vinblastine-depletion of circulating leukocytes prevented or ameliorated greatly the alcohol-induced microvascular damage and proinflammatory-like reactions. These new results, when viewed in light of other recent findings, suggest that alcohol-induced cerebral vascular and brain damage is dependent, to a large extent, on recruitment of leukocytes.
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- Burton M Altura
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA.
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Altura BM, Gebrewold A, Zheng T, Altura BT. Sphingomyelinase and ceramide analogs induce vasoconstriction and leukocyte-endothelial interactions in cerebral venules in the intact rat brain: Insight into mechanisms and possible relation to brain injury and stroke. Brain Res Bull 2002; 58:271-8. [PMID: 12128152 DOI: 10.1016/s0361-9230(02)00772-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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This study was designed to test the hypothesis that the sphingomyelin-ceramide signaling pathway may be important in proinflammatory-like responses in the intact brain. Effects of neutral sphingomyelinase (N-SMase), ceramide analogs, phosphorylcholine and ceramide metabolites were studied on rat brain cerebral (cortical) venule lumen sizes, leukocyte rolling, velocity and endothelial cell wall adhesion, microvessel permeability, microvessel rupture and focal hemorrhages using in vivo high resolution TV microscopy. Perivascular and close intra-arterial administration of N-SMase, C(2)-, C(8)-, and C(16)-ceramide, but not either phosphorylcholine, C(6)-ceramide, nervonic (C(24):1) ceramide, lignoceric (C(24):0) ceramide, C(8)-ceramide-1-phosphate, glucosylceramide or 1-0-acylceramide, resulted in potent, concentration-dependent constriction (and spasm) of cortical venules, followed by increased leukocyte rolling, decreased leukocyte velocities, increased leukocyte-endothelial wall adhesion, increased venular wall permeability, postcapillary venule rupture and, often, micro-hemorrhaging at high concentrations; angiotensin II, serotonin and PGF(2alpha) didn't demonstrate these characteristics. Pretreatment with either one of three different antioxidants, including inhibitors of NF-kappaB activation, or two different Ca(2+) channel blockers either prevented or attenuated the adverse venular effects of N-SMase and the ceramides. Likewise, pretreatment with either a PKCalpha-beta antagonist or a MAP kinase antagonist also attenuated the adverse venular effects. These results suggest that N-SMase and several ceramides can result in potent venular cerebrovasospasm, leukocyte-endothelial chemoattraction, and microvessel wall permeability changes in the intact rat brain. These proinflammatory-like actions suggest that N-SMase and ceramides could produce brain-vascular damage by reperfusion injury triggering lipid peroxidation, release of reactive oxygen species and activation of diverse signaling pathways: PKCalpha-beta isozymes, MAP kinase and NF-kappaB.
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- Burton M Altura
- Departments of Physiology and Pharmacology, Health Science Center at Brooklyn, State University of New York, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA
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Barbour RL, Gebrewold A, Altura BT, Altura BM. Optical spectroscopy and prevention of deleterious cerebral vascular effects of ethanol by magnesium ions. Eur J Pharmacol 2002; 447:79-86. [PMID: 12106806 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(02)01831-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Previously, it has been suggested that acute ethanol (alcohol) administration can result in concentration-dependent vasoconstriction and decreased cerebral blood flow. Here, we present in vivo results using rapid (240 nm/min) optical backscatter measurements, with an intact cranial preparation in the rat, indicating that acute infusion of ethanol directly into the rat brain rapidly produces dose-dependent vasoconstriction of the cerebral microcirculation associated with a pronounced reduction in tissue blood content, pronounced rises in deoxyhemoglobin, significantly increased levels of reduced cytochrome oxidase and microvascular damage as the dose increases. Furthermore, we present in vivo experiments demonstrating the capability of magnesium ions (Mg(2+)) to attenuate and prevent these deleterious responses. Optical backscatter spectra (500-800 nm) were obtained by directing a single sending and receiving fiber to a portion of the left parietal cranium (in anesthetized rats), shaved to a translucent appearance to facilitate optical penetration. In the absence of added Mg(2+), infusion of a 10% solution of ethanol at 0.34 ml/min ( approximately 26.8 mg/min) produced prompt vasoconstriction as evidenced by a greater than 90% loss of oxyhemoglobin from the field-of-view and increases in levels of reduced cytochrome oxidase to between 50% and >90%. These effects were partially, to nearly completely, attenuated by the addition of MgCl(2) to the infusate containing added ethanol. Of special interest was the observation that attenuation of the vasoconstrictive effect of ethanol by Mg(2+) persisted despite a subsequent ethanol challenge without added Mg(2+). The results obtained demonstrate that, depending on dose, ethanol can produce prompt and severe vasoconstriction of the intact cerebral microcirculation and that infusion of moderate doses of Mg(2+) can largely attenuate and prevent this response. We conclude that appreciable, graded changes in cerebral cytochrome oxidase aa(3), blood volume and the state of hemoglobin occur at minimal tissue levels of ethanol which can be modulated by Mg(2+).
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- Randall L Barbour
- Department of Pathology, State University of New York, Health Science Center at Brooklyn, 11203, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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Brown RA, Ilg KJ, Chen AF, Ren J. Dietary Mg(2+) supplementation restores impaired vasoactive responses in isolated rat aorta induced by chronic ethanol consumption. Eur J Pharmacol 2002; 442:241-50. [PMID: 12065078 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(02)01533-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Chronic ethanol consumption contributes to cardiovascular dysfunction possibly related to loss of Mg(2+). This study was designed to examine the role of dietary Mg(2+) supplementation on chronic ethanol ingestion-induced vascular alteration. Rats were fed an ethanol liquid diet supplemented with or without Mg(2+) for 12 weeks. The force-generating capacity was examined in thoracic aortic rings. Ethanol-consuming animals exhibited significantly elevated blood pressure. In aorta with intact endothelium, the contractile responses to norepinephrine and KCl were greatly attenuated and potentiated, respectively. Interestingly, the ethanol-induced alterations in blood pressure and vasoconstrictive response were restored by Mg(2+) supplementation. Pretreatment with the beta(1)-adrenoceptor antagonist atenolol in intact aortic rings abolished the difference in response to norepinephrine between the control and ethanol groups, which implies the involvement of a weakened beta(1)-adrenoceptor component in vessels from the ethanol-fed rats. The norepinephrine-induced vasoconstriction in intact aorta rings was completely abolished by the alpha(1)-adrenoceptor antagonist prazosin. In endothelium-denuded aorta, the contractile response to norepinephrine or KCl was not significantly different between the ethanol and Mg(2+) groups. Endothelium-dependent vasorelaxation to carbamylcholine chloride was not altered by either ethanol or Mg(2+) supplementation. Sodium nitroprusside-induced vasorelaxation was depressed by ethanol, and restored by Mg(2+), in aorta with or without endothelium. These data suggest that chronic ethanol consumption contributes to alterations of endothelium-dependent and -independent vascular response. These alterations can be compensated by dietary Mg(2+) supplementation.
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- Ricardo A Brown
- Department of Biology, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD 21251, USA
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Altura RA, Wang WC, Wynn L, Altura BM, Altura BT. Hydroxyurea therapy associated with declining serum levels of magnesium in children with sickle cell anemia. J Pediatr 2002; 140:565-9. [PMID: 12032523 DOI: 10.1067/mpd.2002.122644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To obtain quantitative serum levels of total and ionized magnesium (Mg(2+)) in children with homozygous sickle cell anemia (SCA) undergoing therapy with hydroxyurea. STUDY DESIGN Five children, ages 11 to 14 years with homozygous SCA, were enrolled in a dose-escalating trial of hydroxyurea over an 18-month period. Serum levels of total and ionized magnesium together with ionized K(+), Na(+), and Ca(2+) were measured before hydroxyurea and every 6 months during hydroxyurea therapy. RESULTS Before treatment, 4 of the 5 patients had low or below-normal serum concentrations of Mg(2+) (normal range, 0.51-0.67 mmol/L). All 5 became Mg(2+)-deficient during hydroxyurea therapy, with no indication of recovery until after 12 to 18 months of drug administration (P <.05). Similar changes were noted for total magnesium concentrations. Mean serum levels of K(+), Na(+), and Ca(2+) remained consistently within normal ranges. CONCLUSIONS These findings warrant a controlled study of the effects of magnesium supplementation in patients with SCA receiving hydroxyurea. Potentially, such therapy could alleviate or prevent vaso-occlusive crises.
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- Rachel A Altura
- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Columbus Children's Hospital and Ohio State University, 43205, USA
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Ren J, Wang GJ, Petrovski P, Ren BH, Brown RA. Influence of hypertension on acetaldehyde-induced vasorelaxation in rat thoracic aorta. Pharmacol Res 2002; 45:195-9. [PMID: 11884215 DOI: 10.1006/phrs.2002.0947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Ethanol causes vasoconstriction and contributes to the development of hypertension. Acetaldehyde (ACA), the primary metabolite of ethanol, elevates blood pressure by releasing endogenous catecholamines. In vitro, ACA leads to vasorelaxation, although the response may vary among various vascular beds. This study examined the influence of hypertensive state on the ACA-induced vasorelaxant responsiveness. Ring segments of thoracic aorta were isolated from Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) and spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and isometric tension development was measured. In aorta with or without intact endothelium, the contractile responses to KCl and norepinephrine were greatly attenuated, whereas vasoconstrictive response to 5-HT was enhanced, by hypertension. Vasorelaxant response to histamine was similar between WKY and SHR groups. ACA (1-30 mM) elicited endothelium-intact as well as -denuded vasorelaxation in a dose-dependent manner in aorta from both WKY and SHR groups. Interestingly, the ACA-induced endothelium-intact vasorelaxation was significantly diminished, whereas the ACA-induced endothelium-denuded vasorelaxation was significantly augmented, by hypertension. These data indicated that the ACA-induced vasorelaxant response, either endothelium-intact or-denuded, is altered by the hypertensive state.
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- Jun Ren
- Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Therapeutics, University of North Dakota School of Medicine, ND 58203, USA.
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Brown RA, Ilg KJ, Ren J. Influence of hypertension on tetrahydropapaveroline-induced vasorelaxation in rat thoracic aorta. Endocr Res 2002; 28:19-26. [PMID: 12108786 DOI: 10.1081/erc-120004534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Tetrahydropapaveroline (THP), a condensation product of ethanol-derived acetaldehyde, has been shown to elicit a vasorelaxant response in rat thoracic aorta. This study examined the influence of hypertension on the THP-induced vasorelaxant responsiveness. Ring segments of thoracic aorta were isolated from Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) and spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and isometric tension development was measured with a force transducer. In aorta, with or without intact endothelium, the contractile responses to potassium chloride (0-120 mM) were comparable between the WKY and the SHR groups. Hypertension did not affect the vasoconstrictive response to norepinephrine (0-10 microM) in vessels with intact endothelium, whereas it attenuated the norepinephrine-induced response in vessels without endothelium. THP (0.1-100 microM) elicited endothelium-intact as well as -denuded vasorelaxation in aorta from both WKY and SHR groups. Interestingly, the THP-induced endothelium-dependent vasorelaxation was significantly enhanced, whereas the THP-induced endothelium-independent vasorelaxation was not affected by hypertension. These data indicate that the THP-induced endothelium-dependent vasorelaxant response is altered by the hypertensive state.
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- Ricardo A Brown
- Department of Biology, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD 21251, USA
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Although many theories and hypotheses have been offered for the etiology of tension-type headache (TH), no one previous hypothesis seems to adequately explain TH. This may, in large measure, account for why it is often difficult to effectively treat TH. Herein, we review current and old hypotheses of TH and offer a new hypothesis which is consistent with what is known about TH. We show that magnesium (Mg) metabolism may be pivotal in both the etiology and treatment of TH. Measurement of serum ionized Mg2+ (IMg2+) levels and brain intracellular free Mg2+ ([Mg2+]i) appear to offer excellent methods for establishing the validity of our hypothesis. Since approximately 70% of patients who have a TH exhibit muscular tightness and tenderness, it is distinctly possible that problems in Mg metabolism and dietary intake are the links to concomitant muscle tension and TH. The significance of release of pain mediators, muscle cramps, muscle strains (and damage) and muscle tension to TH, and its relationship to Mg metabolism, are reviewed. These are all associated with a Mg-deficient state. It seems clear from the available data that TH's are more associated with muscle tension or scalp tension than any other headache type. From the data available, Mg supplementation appears to be of great benefit in many of these situations. We believe there is a great need for clinicians to examine Mg2+ metabolism, bioavailable Mg2+ in muscle tissues and blood, and the effectiveness of Mg salts (in a double-blinded, placebo-controlled manner) in subjects with TH and muscle tension.
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- B M Altura
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, and The Center for Cardiovascular and Muscle Research, SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn, New York 11203, USA
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Li W, Zheng T, Babu AN, Altura BT, Gupta RK, Altura BM. Importance of magnesium ions in development of tolerance to ethanol: studies on cultured cerebral vascular smooth muscle cells, type-2 astrocytes and intact rat brain. Brain Res Bull 2001; 56:153-8. [PMID: 11704353 DOI: 10.1016/s0361-9230(01)00606-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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This study was designed to examine the roles of intracellular free magnesium ion concentration ([Mg(2+)](i)) in ethanol-induced intoxication and development of tolerance in cultured canine cerebral vascular smooth muscle cells and astrocytes as well as intact rat brain. The basal, resting level of [Mg(2+)](i) in cerebrovascular cells was 732.5 +/- 82.4 microM. Exposure of cultured canine cerebral vascular smooth muscle cells to ethanol (10 and 25 mM) for 24 h reduced the concentrations of [Mg(2+)](i) to 521.1 +/- 59.6 microM, and 308.2 +/- 37.8 microM, respectively. However, exposure of these cultured vascular cells to the same concentrations of ethanol, after initial pretreatment with ethanol for 24 h, failed to interfere with the levels of [Mg(2+)](i). Measurement of [Mg(2+)](i) at 48 h and 72 h indicated that the decreased levels of [Mg(2+)](i) induced by ethanol at 24 h treatment returned toward baseline. Similar experiments were performed in cultured type-2 astrocytes isolated from neonatal rat brain. The basal level of [Mg(2+)](i) in type-2 astrocytes was about 125 microM. Incubation of these cells with 10 mM ethanol for 10 min resulted in a 27% reduction in the level of [Mg(2+)](i), whereas incubation with 25 mM ethanol resulted in almost a 50% reduction in [Mg(2+)](i). The decreased levels of [Mg(2+)](i) lasted around 30 min, until the measurement finished. Continuous incubation of these cultured astrocytes, with ethanol (either 10 mM or 25 mM), for more than 24 h, indicated that the concentrations of [Mg(2+)](i) in type-2 astrocytes were equivalent to those at basal, resting levels. In vivo 31P-NMR spectroscopy, performed on intact rat brains, indicated that an initial administration of 4 mg/kg ethanol ( approximately 20-25 mM blood alcohol level) resulted (after 20-40 min of exposure) in severe deficits in whole brain [Mg(2+)](i) (550 +/- 33 microM to 358 +/- 24 microM). Repeated injections of ethanol (4 mg/kg) over the next 24-72 h resulted in progressively diminishing effects on brain [Mg(2+)](i). These experimental data indicate that chronic ethanol treatment can induce a tolerance to depletion of [Mg(2+)](i) in cerebrovascular smooth muscle cells, type-2 astrocytes as well as intact rat brain. The results suggest that [Mg(2+)](i) might play a major role in alcohol-induced tolerance in the brain.
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MESH Headings
- Alcohol-Induced Disorders, Nervous System/metabolism
- Alcohol-Induced Disorders, Nervous System/physiopathology
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn
- Astrocytes/drug effects
- Astrocytes/metabolism
- Blood-Brain Barrier/drug effects
- Blood-Brain Barrier/physiology
- Brain/drug effects
- Brain/metabolism
- Brain/physiopathology
- Cells, Cultured/drug effects
- Cells, Cultured/metabolism
- Cerebral Arteries/drug effects
- Cerebral Arteries/metabolism
- Cerebral Arteries/physiopathology
- Dogs
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Drug Administration Schedule
- Drug Tolerance/physiology
- Ethanol/pharmacology
- Intracellular Fluid/drug effects
- Intracellular Fluid/metabolism
- Magnesium/metabolism
- Male
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism
- Rats
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- W Li
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 11023, USA
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Li W, Zheng T, Altura BT, Altura BM. Antioxidants prevent depletion of [Mg2+]i induced by alcohol in cultured canine cerebral vascular smooth muscle cells: possible relationship to alcohol-induced stroke. Brain Res Bull 2001; 55:475-8. [PMID: 11543947 DOI: 10.1016/s0361-9230(01)00547-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Low serum concentrations of Mg(2+) ions have been reported, recently, in patients with coronary disease, atherosclerosis, and stroke as well as in patients with cerebral hemorrhage. The aim of the present study was to determine whether potent antioxidants [alpha-tocopherol and pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (PDTC)] can prevent or ameliorate intracellular Mg(2+) ([Mg(2+)](i)) depletion associated with cerebral vascular injury induced by alcohol. Exposure of cultured canine cerebral vascular smooth muscle cells to alcohol (10-100 mM) for 24 h induced marked depletion in [Mg(2+)](i) (i.e., approximately 30-65%, depending upon alcohol concentration). Treatment of the cultured cells with either PDTC (0.1 microM) or alpha-tocopherol (15 microM) for 24 h, alone, failed to interfere with basal [Mg(2+)](i) levels. However, preincubation of the cells with either alpha-tocopherol or PDTC for 24 h completely inhibited the depletion of [Mg(2+)](i) induced by exposure to 10-100 mM ethanol. These results indicate that alpha-tocopherol and PDTC prevent decreases in [Mg(2+)](i) produced by ethanol. Moreover, these new results suggest that such protective effects of alpha-tocopherol and PDTC on cerebral vascular cells might be useful therapeutic tools in prevention and amelioration of cerebral vascular injury and stroke in alcoholics.
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- W Li
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, State University of New York, Health Science Centre at Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA
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Yang Z, Wang J, Zheng T, Altura BT, Altura BM. Importance of extracellular Ca2+ and intracellular Ca2+ release in ethanol-induced contraction of cerebral arterial smooth muscle. Alcohol 2001; 24:145-53. [PMID: 11557300 DOI: 10.1016/s0741-8329(01)00145-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The present study was designed to investigate the roles of extracellular Ca2+ ([Ca2+]0) influx and intracellular free Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i) release in ethanol-induced contractions of isolated canine cerebral arteries and primary cultured, cerebral vascular smooth muscle cells. Ethanol (20-200 mM) produced significant contractions in isolated canine basilar arterial rings in a concentration-dependent manner. Removal of [Ca2+]0 and pretreatment of canine basilar arterial rings with verapamil (an antagonist of voltage-gated Ca2+ channels), thapsigargin (a selective antagonist of the sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ pump), caffeine plus ryanodine (a specific antagonist of ryanodine-sensitive Ca2+ release), or heparin (an inositol 1,4,5,-trisphosphate [InsP3]-mediated Ca2+ release antagonist) markedly attenuated (approximately 50%-80%) ethanol-induced contractions. The absence of [Ca2+]0 and preincubation of primary single smooth muscle cells obtained from canine basilar arteries with verapamil, thapsigargin, heparin, or caffeine plus ryanodine markedly attenuated (approximately 50%-80%) the transient and sustained elevations in [Ca2+]i induced by ethanol. Results of the present study suggest to us that both Ca2+ influx through voltage-gated Ca2+ channels and Ca2+ release from intracellular stores (both InsP3 sensitive and ryanodine sensitive) are required for ethanol-induced contractions of isolated canine basilar arteries.
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- Z Yang
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, State University of New York, Health Science Center at Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA
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Yang ZW, Wang J, Zheng T, Altura BT, Altura BM. Importance of PKC and PI3Ks in ethanol-induced contraction of cerebral arterial smooth muscle. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001; 280:H2144-52. [PMID: 11299216 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.2001.280.5.h2144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We investigated the relationships of two potential intracellular signaling pathways, protein kinase C (PKC) and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinases (PI3Ks), to ethanol-induced contractions in cerebral arteries. Ethanol (20-200 mM) induces concentration-dependent constriction in isolated canine basilar arteries that is inhibited in a concentration-dependent manner by pretreatment of these vessels with 10(-9)-10(-3) M Gö-6976 (an antagonist selective for PKC-alpha and PKC-betaI), 10(-10)-10(-4) M bisindolylmaleimide I (a specific antagonist of PKC), and 10(-10)-10(-4) M wortmannin or 10(-8)-10(-2) M LY-294002 (selective antagonists of PI3Ks). Ethanol-induced increases in intracellular Ca(2+) concentration (from approximately 100 to approximately 500 nM) in canine basilar smooth muscle cells are also suppressed markedly (approximately 20-70%) in the presence of a similar concentration range of Gö-6976, bisindolymaleimide I, wortmannin, or LY-294002. This study suggests that activation of PKC isoforms and PI3Ks appears to be an important signaling pathway in ethanol-induced vasoconstriction of cerebral blood vessels.
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- Z W Yang
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Health Science Center at Brooklyn, State University of New York, Brooklyn, New York 11203, USA
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Li W, Zheng T, Altura BT, Altura BM. Antioxidants prevent ethanol-induced contractions of canine cerebral vascular smooth muscle: relation to alcohol-induced brain injury. Neurosci Lett 2001; 301:91-4. [PMID: 11248430 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(01)01588-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The present study was designed to test the hypothesis that alpha-tocopherol (Vit. E) and pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (PDTC) might exert direct effects on alcohol-induced contractions of canine basilar cerebral arteries. After precontraction of arterial ring segments with ethanol, PDTC (10(-8)-10(-6) M) and Vit. E (10(-6)-10(-4) M) induced concentration-dependent relaxations of cerebral arteries, compared to untreated controls. The effective concentrations producing approximately 50% of the maximal relaxation responses (EC(50) values) were about 2.48+/-0.09 x 10(-7) M for PDTC, and 1.87+/-0.10 x 10(-5) mM for Vit. E, respectively. Preincubation of these arterial rings with EC(50)'s of PDTC or Vit. E for 40 min attenuate markedly the contractions produced by alcohol, at concentrations of 1-400 mM. However, both PDTC and Vit.E do not relax equi-potent precontractions induced by either KCl or prostaglandin F(2alpha) (PGF(2alpha)) or inhibit their contractions. These data suggest that alcohol-induced contractions of cerebral arteries are mediated via excitation-contraction coupling pathways different from those used by KCl or receptor-mediated agonists such as PGF(2alpha). The present results, when viewed in light of other recently published data, suggest that antioxidants may prove useful in the amelioration and treatment of alcohol-induced brain damage and strokes.
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- W Li
- Department of Physiology, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA
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Altura BM, Zhang A, Cheng TP, Altura BT. Extracellular magnesium regulates nuclear and perinuclear free ionized calcium in cerebral vascular smooth muscle cells: possible relation to alcohol and central nervous system injury. Alcohol 2001; 23:83-90. [PMID: 11331105 DOI: 10.1016/s0741-8329(00)00131-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Quantitative digital imaging microscopy, confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM), and multiple molecular fluorescent probes were utilized to test the hypothesis that cerebral vascular muscle cell nuclear ([Ca(2+)](n)), perinuclear ([Ca(2+)](pn)), and cytoplasmic free calcium ([Ca(2+)](i)) levels are regulated by the concentration of extracellular free magnesium ions ([Mg(2+)](o)). Primary cultured canine cerebral vascular smooth muscle cells were loaded with either fura-2/AM, indo-1/AM, or fluo-3/AM, and the subcellular Ca(2+) responses to stepwise reduction in [Mg(2+)](o) (i.e., from 1.36 to 0.17 mM) were analyzed over time. With normal 1.36 mM [Mg(2+)](o)-containing incubation media, basal mean [Ca(2+)](i) was 89.6+/-15 nM. Lowering [Mg(2+)](o) to 1.07, 0.88, 0.48, and 0.17 mM resulted in rapid (<4 min) increments in [Ca(2+)](i) going to 213+/-43, 368+/-67, 471+/-77, and 642+/-98 nM, respectively; the longer the exposure time (up to 30 min) to lowered [Mg(2+)](o), the higher the [Ca(2+)](i). Restoration of [Mg(2+)](o) to normal caused decreases in [Ca(2+)](i) to 215.9+/-42.3 nM, but only complete removal of [Ca(2+)](o) returned [Ca(2+)](i) to basal levels. Results show that basal [Ca(2+)](pn) (282+/-92 nM) exceeds basal cytoplasmic Ca(2+) (61+/-27.8 nM) and [Ca(2+)](n) (20+/-7.6 nM). However, reduction of normal [Mg(2+)](o) to 0.48 mM resulted in dramatic, rapid rises in all subcellular compartments, where [Ca(2+)](pn) (1503+/-102 nM)>cytoplasmic Ca(2+) (688+/-49 nM) approximately equal to [Ca(2+)](n) (674+/-12 nM). Nuclear Ca(2+) rose dramatically (e.g., 35-40 times basal levels). Both verapamil (1 microM) and Ni(2+) (5 mM) prevented, completely, the rises in Ca(2+) in all compartments, suggesting that Mg(2+)-dependent Ca(2+) accumulation may be dependent on nuclear, endoplasmic reticulum-Golgi, and cytoplasmic L-type voltage membrane-regulated Ca(2+) channels. The normally low [Ca(2+)](n) suggests that Ca(2+) does not transport passively across the nuclear membrane in cerebral vascular smooth muscle cells. These results may help to explain much of the impact of hypomagnesemic states on cerebral-central nervous system pathobiology, and, particularly, alcohol-induced strokes.
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MESH Headings
- Alcoholism/metabolism
- Animals
- Calcium/metabolism
- Calcium Channels, L-Type/drug effects
- Calcium Channels, L-Type/metabolism
- Cell Nucleus/drug effects
- Cell Nucleus/metabolism
- Cells, Cultured
- Cerebral Cortex
- Cytoplasm/drug effects
- Cytoplasm/metabolism
- Dogs
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Golgi Apparatus/drug effects
- Golgi Apparatus/metabolism
- Magnesium/pharmacology
- Magnesium/physiology
- Male
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/cytology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism
- Stroke/metabolism
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- B M Altura
- Department of Physiology, Health Science Center, State University of New York at Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA
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Li W, Zheng T, Altura BM, Altura BT. Sex steroid hormones exert biphasic effects on cytosolic magnesium ions in cerebral vascular smooth muscle cells: possible relationships to migraine frequency in premenstrual syndromes and stroke incidence. Brain Res Bull 2001; 54:83-9. [PMID: 11226717 DOI: 10.1016/s0361-9230(00)00428-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Clinically, it is known that: (1) magnesium (Mg) supplementation relieves premenstrual problems (e.g., migraine, bloating and edema) occurring in the late luteal phase of the menstrual cycle; and (2) migraine syndromes, particularly in women, are associated with deficits in brain and serum ionized Mg levels. We investigated whether concentrations of sex steroid hormones, found in the serum during the menstrual cycle of women, are associated with changes in the levels of cytosolic free magnesium ions ([Mg2+]i in single cultured canine cerebral vascular smooth muscle cells. The resting level of [Mg2+]i in these cells was 645 +/- 89 microM before exposure to sex steroid hormones. Exposure of these vascular cells to a low concentration of estrogen (10 pg/ml) failed to interfere with the levels of [Mg2+]i. However, exposure to estrogen, at concentrations ranging from 40 to 200 pg/ml, induced significant loss of [Mg2+]i in a concentration-dependent manner. At a concentration of 200 pg/ml estrogen, the level of [Mg2+]i decreased approximately 30% in comparison with controls. Progesterone produced biphasic effects on the levels of [Mg2+]i, depending on its concentration. Exposure of the cultured cells to a low concentration of progesterone (0.5 ng/ml) resulted in an increased level of [Mg2+]i (from 690 +/- 50 microM to 753 +/- 56 microM, p < 0.05). However, when these cells were exposed to higher concentrations of progesterone (i.e., from 5.0 to 20 ng/ml), the cellular levels of [Mg2+]i were decreased significantly. The higher the estrogen or progesterone concentration, the lower the levels of [Mg2+]i. In contrast, testosterone, a male hormone, didn't produce any significant alteration in [Mg2+]i levels in these cerebral vascular smooth muscle cells. These data indicate that low, physiological concentrations of female sex hormones, estrogen and progesterone, help cerebral vascular smooth cells sustain normal concentrations of [Mg2+]i, which are beneficial to vascular function, whereas high levels of estrogen and progesterone deplete, significantly, [Mg2+]i in cerebral vascular smooth muscle cells, possibly resulting in cerebrovasospasms and reduced cerebral blood flows related to premenstrual syndromes, migraine and stroke risk. Our findings could provide new insight into the mechanism whereby migraine occurs frequently in the late luteal phase in the premenstrual syndrome. In addition, our results demonstrate that female sex steroids but not testosterone (in physiologic concentrations) can exert direct effects on [Mg2+]i in cerebral vascular cells.
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- W Li
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, State University of New York, Health Science Center at Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA
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Yang ZW, Wang J, Zheng T, Altura BT, Altura BM. Ethanol-induced contractions in cerebral arteries: role of tyrosine and mitogen-activated protein kinases. Stroke 2001; 32:249-57. [PMID: 11136944 DOI: 10.1161/01.str.32.1.249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The relationship between alcohol consumption and stroke appears complex; moderate ingestion is associated with reduced stroke risk, while heavy intake is associated with increased stroke risk. Ethanol has been shown both experimentally and epidemiologically to induce hemorrhagic and ischemic strokes, which are associated with cerebral vasoconstriction. Ethanol is known to induce contraction in isolated cerebral arteries and intact microvessels from diverse mammalian animals. The relationships between ethanol-induced contractions in cerebral arteries, intracellular free Ca(2+) ([Ca(2+)](i)), tyrosine kinases (including the src family), and mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) were investigated in the present study. METHODS Cerebral arterial muscle tension and [Ca(2+)](i) were quantified by an isometric contraction technique and direct visualization of Ca(2+) in single cells. RESULTS Ethanol induces concentration-dependent contractions in intact canine basilar arteries, which are attenuated significantly by pretreatment of the arteries with low concentrations of an antagonist of protein tyrosine kinases (genistein); an src homology 2 (SH2) domain inhibitor peptide; a highly specific antagonist of p38 MAPK (SB-203580); a potent, selective antagonist of MEK1/MEK2 (U0126); and a selective antagonist of mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MAPKK) (PD-98059). IC(50) levels obtained for these 5 antagonists are consistent with reported K:(i) values for these tyrosine kinase, MAPK, and MAPKK antagonists. Ethanol induces transient and sustained increases in [Ca(2+)](i) in primary single smooth muscle cells from canine basilar arteries, which are markedly attenuated in the presence of genistein, an SH2 domain inhibitor peptide, SB-203580, U0126, and PD-98059. Several specific antagonists of known endogenously formed vasoconstrictors do not inhibit or attenuate either the ethanol-induced contractions or the elevation of [Ca(2+)](i). CONCLUSIONS The present study suggests that activation of protein tyrosine kinases (including the src family) and MAPK appear to play important roles in the ethanol-induced contractions and the elevation of [Ca(2+)](i) in smooth muscle cells from canine basilar arteries. The results could be used to suggest that selective antagonists of protein tyrosine kinases and MAPK may be useful both prophylactically and therapeutically in alcohol-induced strokes.
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- Z W Yang
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, State University of New York, Health Science Center at Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA
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Kisters K, Rudolf Krefting E, Heinz Dietl K. Decreased Intracellular Phosphate and Magnesium Concentrations in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells from Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats. Int J Angiol 2001; 10:50-52. [PMID: 11178789 DOI: 10.1007/bf01616346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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A decrease in total magnesium content is not a direct proof of a decreased magnesium ion concentration. It could reflect a phosphate alteration or an ATP metabolism disorder. Plasma phosphate levels are lower in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) than in Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY), and defects in membrane regulation or mitochondrial ATP synthase occur. Only sparse data exist concerning cellular magnesium and phosphate concentrations in hypertensive cells. In aortic smooth muscle cells from 10 SHR of the Münster strain and 10 age-matched normotensive WKY, the intracellular phosphate and magnesium content was measured by electron probe X-ray microanalysis (Camscan CS 24 apparatus, Cambridge, U.K.). The Mg(++) content was 0.90 +/- 0.15 g/kg dry weight in SHR versus 1.15 +/- 0.10 g/kg dry weight in WKY (p < 0.05). Vascular smooth muscle phosphate content was 23.6 +/- 0.79 g/kg dry weight in WKY versus 15.81 +/- 1.22 g/kg dry weight in SHR (p < 0.01). Aortic smooth muscle cells from SHR are characterized by markedly lowered cellular phosphate and magnesium concentrations and an altered ATP metabolism. </hea
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Yang ZW, Wang J, Zheng T, Altura BT, Altura BM. Low [Mg(2+)](o) induces contraction and [Ca(2+)](i) rises in cerebral arteries: roles of ca(2+), PKC, and PI3. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2000; 279:H2898-907. [PMID: 11087246 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.2000.279.6.h2898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Removal of extracellular Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)](o)) and pretreatment of canine basilar arterial rings with either an antagonist of voltage-gated Ca(2+) channels (verapamil), a selective antagonist of the sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+) pump [thapsigargin (TSG)], caffeine plus a specific antagonist of ryanodine-sensitive Ca(2+) release (ryanodine), or a D-myo-inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate [Ins(1,4,5)P(3)]- mediated Ca(2+) release antagonist (heparin) markedly attenuates low extracellular Mg(2+) concentration ([Mg(2+)](o))-induced contractions. Low [Mg(2+)](o)-induced contractions are significantly inhibited by pretreatment of the vessels with Gö-6976 [a protein kinase C-alpha (PKC-alpha)- and PKC-betaI-selective antagonist], bisindolylmaleimide I (Bis, a specific antagonist of PKC), and wortmannin or LY-294002 [selective antagonists of phosphatidylinositol-3 kinases (PI3Ks)]. These antagonists were also found to relax arterial contractions induced by low [Mg(2+)](o) in a concentration-dependent manner. The absence of [Ca(2+)](o) and preincubation of the cells with verapamil, TSG, heparin, or caffeine plus ryanodine markedly attenuates the transient and sustained elevations in the intracellular Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) induced by low-[Mg(2+)](o) medium. Low [Mg(2+)](o)-produced increases in [Ca(2+)](i) are also suppressed markedly in the presence of Gö-6976, Bis, wortmannin, or LY-294002. The present study suggests that both Ca(2+) influx through voltage-gated Ca(2+) channels and Ca(2+) release from intracellular stores [both Ins(1,4,5)P(3) sensitive and ryanodine sensitive] play important roles in low-[Mg(2+)](o) medium-induced contractions of isolated canine basilar arteries. Such contractions are clearly associated with activation of PKC isoforms and PI3Ks.
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- Z W Yang
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Health Science Center at Brooklyn, State University of New York, Brooklyn, New York 11203, USA
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Yang ZW, Wang J, Zheng T, Altura BT, Altura BM. Low [Mg(2+)](o) induces contraction of cerebral arteries: roles of tyrosine and mitogen-activated protein kinases. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2000; 279:H185-94. [PMID: 10899055 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.2000.279.1.h185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The present study was designed to investigate the mechanism of action of low extracellular magnesium ion concentration ([Mg(2+)](o)) on isolated canine basilar arteries and single cerebral vascular smooth muscle cells from these arteries. Low-[Mg(2+)](o) medium (0-0.6 mM) produces endothelium-independent contractions in isolated canine basilar arteries in a concentration-dependent manner; the lower the concentration of [Mg(2+)](o), the stronger the contractions. The low-[Mg(2+)](o) medium-induced contractions are significantly attenuated by pretreatment of the arteries with low concentrations of either SB-203580, U-0126, PD-98059, genistein, or an Src homology 2 (SH2) domain inhibitor peptide. IC(50) levels obtained for these five antagonists are consistent with reported inhibitor constant (K(i)) values for these tyrosine kinase and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) antagonists. Low-[Mg(2+)](o) medium (0-0.6 mM) produces transient intracellular calcium ion concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) peaks followed by a slow, sustained, and elevated plateau of [Ca(2+)](i) in primary single smooth muscle cells from canine basilar arteries. Low-[Mg(2+)](o) medium induces rapid and stable increases in [Ca(2+)](i); these increases are inhibited markedly in the presence of either SB-203580, U-0126, PD-98059, genistein or a SH2 domain inhibitor peptide. Several specific antagonists of known endogenously formed vasoconstrictors do not inhibit or attenuate either the low-[Mg(2+)](o)-induced contractions or the elevation of [Ca(2+)](i). The present study suggests that activation of several cellular signaling pathways, such as protein tyrosine kinases (including the Src family) and MAPK, appears to play important roles in low-[Mg(2+)](o)-induced contractions and the elevation of [Ca(2+)](i) in smooth muscle cells from canine basilar arteries.
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- Z W Yang
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York 11203, USA
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Ren J, Smude BW, Pavlik ML, Brown RA. Diminished cardiac contractile response to tetrahydropapaveroline in hypertension: role of beta-adrenoceptors and intracellular Ca(2+). Alcohol 2000; 21:149-59. [PMID: 10963938 DOI: 10.1016/s0741-8329(00)00080-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Tetrahydropapaveroline (THP), a condensation product of ethanol-derived acetaldehyde, potentiates cardiac function through a beta-adrenergic mechanism. It is well established that beta-adrenergic activity is markedly depressed in hypertension. However, little is known about the myocardial action of THP in hypertension. In this study, the effect of THP was examined using left ventricular papillary muscles and ventricular myocytes from 10-week-old normotensive (WKY) and spontaneously hypertensive (SHR) rats. The mechanical parameters evaluated include: peak tension developed (PTD), peak twitch amplitude (PTA), time-to-PTD/PTA (TPT/TPS), time-to-90% relaxation/relengthening (RT(90)/TR(90)), and the maximal velocities of contraction/shortening and relaxation/relengthening (+/-VT/+/-dL/dt). Intracellular Ca(2+) transients were measured as fura-2 fluorescence intensity changes (delta FFI). THP (0.01-100 microM) produced a concentration-dependent increase in myocardial contraction on muscles and myocytes from both groups of animals. However, preparations from the SHR group were generally less responsive to THP than their normotensive counterparts. The increase in contractility by THP was associated with increases in delta FFI and +/-VT, and shortening of TPT/TPS and RT(90)/TR(90). The role of beta-adrenoceptor(s) in the mechanism of action of THP was explored using specific beta-receptor subtype antagonists CGP 207.12A (beta(1)) and ICI 118,551 (beta(2)). In preparations from both WKY and SHR hearts, the THP-induced increase in cardiac contractility was either attenuated or blocked by CGP 207. 12A and ICI 118,551. These results indicate that THP exhibits a positive action on myocardial contraction that is mediated, in part, through both beta(1) and beta(2) adrenergic receptors. This cardiac inotropic response, however, is markedly diminished in hypertension, which is due possibly to alterations in beta-adrenergic signal transduction.
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- J Ren
- Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 540 E. Canfield Ave., Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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McCrea S, Miyashita H, Wishart T, Ijaz S, Howlett W, Shuaib A. Acute ethanol administration and transient ischemia: a behavioral and neuropathological study. Life Sci 2000; 66:1337-43. [PMID: 10755469 DOI: 10.1016/s0024-3205(00)00441-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A pressing clinical question is how acute ethanol exposure might alter the outcome of a simultaneous transient ischemic attack (TIA), since ethanol is known to dysregulate key intermediary metabolites post-ischemia. Mongolian gerbils were administered ethanol (1 or 4 g/kg, s.c.) 1 hour before induction of transient ischemia, via bilateral carotid occlusions of 5 minutes duration. A control group was administered isotonic saline and rendered ischemic. All animals were maintained normothermic during the ischemic procedure. Subjects underwent behavioral assay of acquisition to the water maze 7 days after recovery from the surgery, and neuropathological examination 1-month after the ischemic brain insult. There were no behavioral or neuropathological between-group differences suggesting that mechanisms other than adverse ethanol-induced perturbations of ischemic processes predominate in mediating epidemiological findings of elevated stroke morbidity with high ethanol consumption.
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- S McCrea
- Cerebrovascular Ischemia Research Laboratory, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
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Berger K, Ajani UA, Kase CS, Gaziano JM, Buring JE, Glynn RJ, Hennekens CH. Light-to-moderate alcohol consumption and the risk of stroke among U.S. male physicians. N Engl J Med 1999; 341:1557-64. [PMID: 10564684 DOI: 10.1056/nejm199911183412101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 199] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND Several studies have shown U- or J-shaped relations between alcohol consumption and the risk of stroke. We evaluated the effect of light-to-moderate alcohol intake on the risk of stroke, with separate analyses of ischemic stroke and hemorrhagic stroke. METHODS Our analyses were based on a prospective cohort study of 22,071 male physicians, 40 to 84 years old, who were participating in the Physicians' Health Study. At base line, the participants reported that they had no history of stroke, transient ischemic attack, or myocardial infarction and were free of cancer. Alcohol intake, reported by 21,870 participants at base line, ranged from none or almost none to two or more drinks per day. RESULTS During an average of 12.2 years of follow-up, 679 strokes were reported. As compared with participants who had less than one drink per week, those who drank more had a reduced overall risk of stroke (relative risk, 0.79; 95 percent confidence interval, 0.66 to 0.94) and a reduced risk of ischemic stroke (relative risk, 0.77; 95 percent confidence interval, 0.63 to 0.94). There was no statistically significant association between alcohol consumption and hemorrhagic stroke. The overall relative risks of stroke for the men who had one drink per week, two to four drinks per week, five or six drinks per week, or one or more drinks per day were 0.78 (95 percent confidence interval, 0.59 to 1.04), 0.75 (95 percent confidence interval, 0.58 to 0.96), 0.83 (95 percent confidence interval, 0.62 to 1.11), and 0.80 (95 percent confidence interval, 0.64 to 0.99), respectively, in an analysis in which we controlled for major risk factors for stroke. CONCLUSIONS Light-to-moderate alcohol consumption reduced the overall risk of stroke and the risk of ischemic stroke in men. The benefit is apparent with as little as one drink per week. Greater consumption, up to one drink per day, does not increase the observed benefit.
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- K Berger
- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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Altura BM, Altura BT. Association of alcohol in brain injury, headaches, and stroke with brain-tissue and serum levels of ionized magnesium: a review of recent findings and mechanisms of action. Alcohol 1999; 19:119-30. [PMID: 10548155 DOI: 10.1016/s0741-8329(99)00025-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Although there is general agreement that chronic ingestion of alcohol poses great risks for normal cardiovascular functions and peripheral-vascular homeostasis, a direct cause and effect between the real phenomena of alcohol-induced headache and risk of brain injury and stroke is not appreciated. "Binge drinking" of alcohol is associated with an ever-growing number of strokes and sudden death. It is becoming clear that alcohol ingestion can result in profoundly different actions on the cerebral circulation (e.g., vasodilation, vasoconstriction-spasm, vessel rupture), depending upon dose and physiologic state of host. Using rats, it has been demonstrated that acute, high doses of ethanol can result in stroke-like events concomitant with alterations in brain bioenergetics. We review recent in vivo findings obtained with 31P-NMR spectroscopy, optical reflectance spectroscopy, and direct in vivo microcirculatory studies on the intact brain. Alcohol-induced hemorrhagic stroke is preceded by a rapid fall in brain intracellular free magnesium ions ([Mg2+]i) followed by cerebrovasospasm and reductions in phosphocreatine (PCr)/ATP ratio, intracellular pH, and the cytosolic phosphorylation potential (CPP) with concomitant rises in deoxyhemoglobin (DH), mitochondrial reduced cytochrome oxidase aa3 (rCOaa3), blood volume, and intracellular inorganic phosphate (Pi). Using osmotic mini-pumps implanted in the third cerebral ventricle, containing 30% ethanol, it was found that brain [Mg2+]i is reduced 30% after 14 days; brain PCr fell 15%, whereas the CPP fell 40%. Such animals became susceptible to stroke from nonlethal doses of ethanol. Human subjects with mild head injury have been found to exhibit early deficits in serum ionized Mg (IMg2+); the greater the degree of early head injury (30 min-8 h), the greater and more profound the deficit in serum IMg2+ and the greater the ionized Ca (ICa2+) to IMg2+ ratio. Patients with histories of alcohol abuse or ingestion of alcohol prior to head injury exhibited greater deficits in IMg2+ (and higher ICa2+/IMg2+ ratios) and, unlike the subjects without alcohol, did not leave the hospital for at least several days. Women, for some unknown reason, exhibit a much higher incidence of morbidity and mortality from subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) than men. Data on 105 men and women with different types of stroke indicate that, on the average, a 20% deficit in serum IMg2+ is seen; total Mg (TMg) or blood pH is usually near normal. Women with SAH, however, exhibit much lower IMg2+ and higher ICa2+/IMg2+ ratios; the presence of ethanol in the blood is associated with even more depression in IMg2+ in SAH in women. It is possible that prior alcohol ingestion is, in large measure, responsible for a great deal of this unexplained higher incidence of SAH in women. It has recently been reported that the cyclical changes in estrogenic hormones appear to control the serum IMg2+ level in young women. A surge in estrogenic levels prior to SAH could thus precipitate, in part, the SAH. In other human studies, it has been shown that migraines and headache, dizziness, and hangover, which accompany ethanol ingestion, are associated with rapid deficits in serum IMg2+ but not in TMg. The former, and the alcohol-associated headache, can be ameliorated with IV administration of MgSO4. Premenstrual tension-headache (PTH) and its exacerbation by alcohol in women is also accompanied by deficits in IMg2+, and elevation in serum ICa2+/IMg2+; IV MgSO4 corrects the PTH and the serum deficit in IMg2+. Animal experiments show that IV Mg2+ can prevent alcohol-induced hemorrhagic stroke and the subsequent fall in brain [Mg2+]i, [PCr], pHi, and CPP. Other recent data indicate that alcohol-induced cellular loss of [Mg2+]i is associated with cellular Ca2+ overload and generation of oxygen-derived free radicals; chronic pretreatment with vitamin E prevents alcohol-induced vascular injury and pathology in the brain. (ABSTRACT TRUNCATED)
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- B M Altura
- Department of Physiology, State University of New York, Health Science Center at Brooklyn, 11203, USA
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Li W, Zheng T, Wang J, Altura BT, Altura BM. Methanol elevates cytosolic calcium ions in cultured canine cerebral vascular smooth muscle cells: possible relation to CNS toxicity. Alcohol 1999; 18:221-4. [PMID: 10456574 DOI: 10.1016/s0741-8329(99)00007-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Acute exposure of cultured canine cerebral vascular smooth muscle cells to methanol (10-400 mM) results in concentration-dependent elevation of the concentration of intracellular free calcium ion ([Ca2+]i) as measured with the fluorescent indicator, fura-2, and digital imaging microscopy. The resting level of [Ca2+]i in the cerebral vascular smooth muscle cells was 89.3+/-5.3 nM. Exposure of these cells to 10 mM methanol for only 5 min resulted in significant elevation in [Ca2+]i (i.e., to 105.7+/-4.6) (p < 0.05). Methanol (10 mM) is a concentration found in the blood of victims demonstrating early CNS toxicity. Other, higher concentrations of methanol rapidly raised [Ca2+]i upwards of 60% over basal resting levels. These result suggest that methanol-induced cerebral vasospasm is a consequence of large rises in intracellular Ca2+. These events could play a crucial role in methanol-induced cerebral edema, brain hemorrhage, and cerebral and retinal infarcts, eventuating in severe deficits in brain blood flow and the known, subsequent CNS disturbances.
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- W Li
- Department of Physiology, State University of New York, Health Science Center at Brooklyn, 11203, USA
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Jover T, Altura BT, Altura BM. Effects of protein kinase C inhibitors on ethanol-induced contractions in isolated rat aorta. Alcohol 1999; 18:17-22. [PMID: 10386660 DOI: 10.1016/s0741-8329(98)00062-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The activation of intracellular contractile proteins induces vascular contraction mediated through signal transduction mechanisms. Protein kinase C (PKC) is involved in this signal transduction. The purpose of the present study was designed to investigate the role of PKC on EtOH-, KCl- and phorbol 12, 13-dibutyrate (PDBu)-induced contractions in isolated rat aorta through the use of several different PKC inhibitors. Prior exposure to staurosporine inhibited both EtOH- and KCl-induced contractions in a concentration-dependent manner. The EtOH-induced contractions were completely inhibited by staurosporine (5 x 10(-6) M) but complete inhibition of KCl-induced contractions was not observed. Staurosporine (10(-7) M) also significantly inhibited the contractile response to single doses of both EtOH and PDBu. Bisindolylmaleimide (10(-6) M) effectively inhibited contractile responses to both EtOH- and KCl, added cumulatively, and single doses of PDBu. Chelerythrine (10(-7) M) inhibited maximal EtOH-induced contractions. These results suggest that PKC activation plays an important role in the mechanism(s) involved in the contractile activation of rat aorta smooth muscle by EtOH, KCl and PDBu. However, further work is required to elucidate the precise molecular mechanism.
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- T Jover
- Department of Physiology, State University of New York, Health Science Center at Brookyln, 11203, USA
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