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Chalise U, Hale TM. Fibroblasts under pressure: cardiac fibroblast responses to hypertension and antihypertensive therapies. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2024; 326:H223-H237. [PMID: 37999643 PMCID: PMC11219059 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00401.2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2023] [Revised: 11/13/2023] [Accepted: 11/16/2023] [Indexed: 11/25/2023]
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Approximately 50% of Americans have hypertension, which significantly increases the risk of heart failure. In response to increased peripheral resistance in hypertension, intensified mechanical stretch in the myocardium induces cardiomyocyte hypertrophy and fibroblast activation to withstand increased pressure overload. This changes the structure and function of the heart, leading to pathological cardiac remodeling and eventual progression to heart failure. In the presence of hypertensive stimuli, cardiac fibroblasts activate and differentiate to myofibroblast phenotype capable of enhanced extracellular matrix secretion in coordination with other cell types, mainly cardiomyocytes. Both systemic and local renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system activation lead to increased angiotensin II stimulation of fibroblasts. Angiotensin II directly activates fibrotic signaling such as transforming growth factor β/SMAD and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling to produce extracellular matrix comprised of collagens and matricellular proteins. With the advent of single-cell RNA sequencing techniques, heterogeneity in fibroblast populations has been identified in the left ventricle in models of hypertension and pressure overload. The various clusters of fibroblasts reveal a range of phenotypes and activation states. Select antihypertensive therapies have been shown to be effective in limiting fibrosis, with some having direct actions on cardiac fibroblasts. The present review focuses on the fibroblast-specific changes that occur in response to hypertension and pressure overload, the knowledge gained from single-cell analyses, and the effect of antihypertensive therapies. Understanding the dynamics of hypertensive fibroblast populations and their similarities and differences by sex is crucial for the advent of new targets and personalized medicine.
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- Upendra Chalise
- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona, College of Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona, United States
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Madhavpeddi L, Hammond B, Carbone DL, Kang P, Handa RJ, Hale TM. Impact of Angiotensin II Antagonism on the Sex-Selective Dysregulation of Cardiovascular Function Induced by In Utero Dexamethasone Exposure. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2022; 322:H597-H606. [PMID: 35179975 PMCID: PMC8934675 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00587.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In utero exposure to glucocorticoids in late gestation programs changes in cardiovascular function. The objective of this study was to determine the degree to which angiotensin II mediates sex-biased changes in autonomic function as well as basal and stress-responsive cardiovascular function following in utero glucocorticoid exposure. Pregnant rats were administered the synthetic glucocorticoid dexamethasone (DEX 0.4mg/kg per day, s.c.) or vehicle on gestation days 18-21. Mean arterial pressure, heart rate, and heart rate variability (HRV) were measured via radiotelemetry in freely moving, conscious adult rats. To evaluate the impact of stress, rats were placed in a restraint tube for 20 minutes. In a separate cohort of rats, restraint stress was performed before and after chronic treatment with the angiotensin type 1 receptor antagonist, losartan (30mg/kg per day, i.p). Frequency domain analysis of HRV was evaluated, and data integrated into low frequency (LF: 0.20-0.75Hz) and high frequency (HF: 0.75-2.00Hz) bands. Prenatal DEX resulted in an exaggerated pressor and heart rate response to restraint in female offspring that was attenuated by prior losartan treatment. HF power was higher in vehicle-exposed female rats, compared to DEX females. Following losartan, HF power was equivalent between female vehicle and DEX-exposed rats. In utero exposure to DEX produced female-biased alterations in stress-responsive cardiovascular function which may be indicative of a reduction in parasympathetic activity. Moreover, these findings suggest this autonomic dysregulation may be mediated in part by long-term changes in renin-angiotensin signaling.
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- Lakshmi Madhavpeddi
- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, United States
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, United States
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, United States
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, United States
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, United States.,Department of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, United States
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Jing H, Xie R, Bai Y, Duan Y, Sun C, Wang Y, Cao R, Ling Z, Qu X. The Mechanism Actions of Astragaloside IV Prevents the Progression of Hypertensive Heart Disease Based on Network Pharmacology and Experimental Pharmacology. Front Pharmacol 2021; 12:755653. [PMID: 34803698 PMCID: PMC8602690 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2021.755653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2021] [Accepted: 10/13/2021] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Astragaloside IV (AS-IV) has been used to treat cardiovascular disease. However, whether AS-IV exerts a protective effect against hypertensive heart disease has not been investigated. This study aimed to investigate the antihypertensive and cardioprotective effects of AS-IV on L-NAME-induced hypertensive rats via network pharmacology and experimental pharmacology. The network pharmacology and bioinformatics analyses were performed to obtain the potential targets of AS-IV and hypertensive heart disease. The rat hypertension model was established by administrated 50 mg/kg/day of L-NAME for 5 weeks. Meanwhile, hypertension rats were intragastrically administrated with vehicle or AS-IV or fosinopril for 5 weeks. Cardiovascular parameters (systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, mean arterial pressure, heart rates, and body weight), cardiac function parameters (LVEDd, LVEDs, and fractional shortening), cardiac marker enzymes (creatine kinase, CK-MB, and lactate dehydrogenase), cardiac hypertrophy markers (atrial natriuretic peptide and brain natriuretic peptide), endothelial function biomarkers (nitric oxide and eNOS), inflammation biomarkers (IL-6 and TNF-α) and oxidative stress biomarkers (SOD, MDA, and GSH) were measured and cardiac tissue histology performed. Network pharmacological analysis screened the top 20 key genes in the treatment of hypertensive heart disease treated with AS-IV. Besides, AS-IV exerted a beneficial effect on cardiovascular and cardiac function parameters. Moreover, AS-IV alleviated cardiac hypertrophy via down-regulating the expression of ANP and BNP and improved histopathology changes of cardiac tissue. AS-IV improved endothelial function via the up-regulation of eNOS expression, alleviated oxidative stress via increasing antioxidant enzymes activities, and inhibited cardiac inflammation via down-regulating IL-6 and TNF-α expression. Our findings suggested that AS-IV is a potential therapeutic drug to improve L-NAME-induced hypertensive heart disease partly mediated via modulation of eNOS and oxidative stress.
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- Haoran Jing
- Department of Cardiovascular, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of CT, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Blood Transfusion Department, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of CT, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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Nguyen ITN, Wiggenhauser LM, Bulthuis M, Hillebrands JL, Feelisch M, Verhaar MC, van Goor H, Joles JA. Cardiac Protection by Oral Sodium Thiosulfate in a Rat Model of L-NNA-Induced Heart Disease. Front Pharmacol 2021; 12:650968. [PMID: 33935760 PMCID: PMC8082682 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2021.650968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2021] [Accepted: 03/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Hypertension contributes to cardiac damage and remodeling. Despite the availability of renin-angiotensin system inhibitors and other antihypertensive therapies, some patients still develop heart failure. Novel therapeutic approaches are required that are effective and without major adverse effects. Sodium Thiosulfate (STS), a reversible oxidation product of hydrogen sulfide (H2S), is a promising pharmacological entity with vasodilator and anti-oxidant potential that is clinically approved for the treatment of calciphylaxis and cyanide poisoning. We hypothesized that Sodium Thiosulfate improves cardiac disease in an experimental hypertension model and sought to investigate its cardioprotective effects by direct comparison to the ACE-inhibitor lisinopril, alone and in combination, using a rat model of chronic nitric oxide (NO) deficiency. Systemic nitric oxide production was inhibited in Sprague Dawley rats by administering N-ω-nitro-l-arginine (L-NNA) with the food for three weeks, leading to progressive hypertension, cardiac dysfunction and remodeling. We observed that STS, orally administered via the drinking water, ameliorated L-NNA-induced heart disease. Treatment with STS for two weeks ameliorated hypertension and improved systolic function, left ventricular hypertrophy, cardiac fibrosis and oxidative stress, without causing metabolic acidosis as is sometimes observed following parenteral administration of this drug. STS and lisinopril had similar protective effects that were not additive when combined. Our findings indicate that oral intervention with a H2S donor such as STS has cardioprotective properties without noticeable side effects.
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- Isabel T N Nguyen
- Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, University Medical Center Groningen and University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, University Medical Center Groningen and University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, University Medical Center Groningen and University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Southampton General Hospital and Institute for Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, University Medical Center Groningen and University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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Garvin AM, De Both MD, Talboom JS, Lindsey ML, Huentelman MJ, Hale TM. Transient ACE (Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme) Inhibition Suppresses Future Fibrogenic Capacity and Heterogeneity of Cardiac Fibroblast Subpopulations. Hypertension 2021; 77:904-918. [PMID: 33486989 PMCID: PMC7878436 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.120.16352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Transient ACE (angiotensin-converting enzyme) inhibition in spontaneously hypertensive rats is known to protect against future injury-induced cardiac inflammation, fibrosis, and dysfunction; however, the mechanisms of protection have not been delineated. Here, we used single-cell RNA sequencing to test the hypothesis that transient ACE inhibitor treatment would induce a persistent shift in cardiac fibroblast subpopulations. Adult male spontaneously hypertensive rats (11 weeks old, hypertensive with cardiac hypertrophy) were treated for 2 weeks with an ACE inhibitor, enalapril (30 mg/kg per day, PO), or water (untreated spontaneously hypertensive rats) followed by a 2-week washout period (n=7/group). Cardiac fibroblasts were isolated from the left ventricle and subjected to single-cell RNA sequencing. Nine clusters of fibroblasts were identified, with 98% of cells in clusters 0 to 6. The transient treatment produced significant changes both within and across clusters. Cluster 1 depicted a highly fibrogenic gene profile, with cluster 6 serving as a gateway to cluster 1. Transient ACE inhibition depleted the gateway and expanded cluster 0, which was the least fibrogenic profile. Moreover, within cluster 1 fibroblasts, ACE inhibition reduced expression of individual fibrosis genes (eg, COL1A1, COL3A1, and FN1; all P<1×10-35). Clusters 2 to 5 reflected proliferative, moderately fibrogenic, translationally active, and less inflammatory subsets of fibroblasts, all of which exhibited attenuated fibrogenic gene expression after transient ACE inhibition. In conclusion, transient ACE inhibition shifts cardiac fibroblast subpopulations and degree of activation resulting in an overall reduced fibrogenic phenotype.
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- Alexandra M Garvin
- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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- Neurogenomics Division, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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- Neurogenomics Division, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Center for Heart and Vascular Research, University of Nebraska Medical Center, and Research Service, Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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- Neurogenomics Division, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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Poasakate A, Maneesai P, Rattanakanokchai S, Bunbupha S, Tong-Un T, Pakdeechote P. Genistein Prevents Nitric Oxide Deficiency-Induced Cardiac Dysfunction and Remodeling in Rats. Antioxidants (Basel) 2021; 10:antiox10020237. [PMID: 33557258 PMCID: PMC7914683 DOI: 10.3390/antiox10020237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2021] [Revised: 01/30/2021] [Accepted: 01/31/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Genistein is an isoflavone found in soybeans. This study evaluates the protective effects of genistein on Nω-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester hydrochloride (L-NAME)-induced hypertension, cardiac remodeling, and dysfunction in rats. Male Wistar rats were treated with L-NAME 40 mg/kg/day together for 5 weeks, with or without genistein at a dose of 40 or 80 mg/kg/day or lisinopril 5 mg/kg/day (n = 8 per group). Genistein prevented L-NAME-induced hypertension in rats. Increases in the left ventricular weight, metalloproteinase-2, metalloproteinase-9, and collagen type I intensity were observed in L-NAME rats, and these changes were attenuated in the genistein-treated group. Genistein reduced circulating angiotensin-converting enzyme activity and angiotensin II concentrations in L-NAME rats. L-NAME increased plasma and cardiac malondialdehyde and vascular superoxide generations, as well as reductions of serum and cardiac catalase activities in rats. Plasma nitrate/nitrite were protected in the genistein-treated group. Genistein prevented the L-NAME-induced overexpression of angiotensin II receptor type I (AT1R), nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase subunit 2 (gp91phox), and transforming growth factor beta I (TGF-β1) in hypertensive rats. In conclusion, genistein exhibited a cardioprotective effect in hypertensive rats in this study. The molecular mechanisms might be mediated by suppression of oxidative stress through the Ang II/AT1R/NADPH oxidase/TGF-β1 signaling pathway.
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- Anuson Poasakate
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand; (A.P.); (P.M.); (T.T.-U.)
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand; (A.P.); (P.M.); (T.T.-U.)
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- Faculty of Medicine, Mahasarakham University, Maha Sarakham 44000, Thailand;
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand; (A.P.); (P.M.); (T.T.-U.)
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand; (A.P.); (P.M.); (T.T.-U.)
- Research Institute for Human High Performance and Health Promotion, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +66-86-852-6060; Fax: +66-4334-8394
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Garvin AM, Khokhar BS, Czubryt MP, Hale TM. RAS inhibition in resident fibroblast biology. Cell Signal 2020; 80:109903. [PMID: 33370581 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2020.109903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2020] [Revised: 12/20/2020] [Accepted: 12/21/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Angiotensin II (Ang II) is a primary mediator of profibrotic signaling in the heart and more specifically, the cardiac fibroblast. Ang II-mediated cardiomyocyte hypertrophy in combination with cardiac fibroblast proliferation, activation, and extracellular matrix production compromise cardiac function and increase mortality in humans. Profibrotic actions of Ang II are mediated by increasing production of fibrogenic mediators (e.g. transforming growth factor beta, scleraxis, osteopontin, and periostin), recruitment of immune cells, and via increased reactive oxygen species generation. Drugs that inhibit Ang II production or action, collectively referred to as renin angiotensin system (RAS) inhibitors, are first line therapeutics for heart failure. Moreover, transient RAS inhibition has been found to persistently alter hypertensive cardiac fibroblast responses to injury providing a useful tool to identify novel therapeutic targets. This review summarizes the profibrotic actions of Ang II and the known impact of RAS inhibition on cardiac fibroblast phenotype and cardiac remodeling.
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- Alexandra M Garvin
- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ, USA
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ, USA
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, St Boniface Hospital Albrechtsen Research Centre and Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
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Rachid MA, da Silva Camargos ER, Marzano LAS, da Silva Oliveira B, Ferreira RN, Martinelli PM, Teixeira AL, Miranda AS, Simões E Silva AC. Effect of blockade of nitric oxide in heart tissue levels of Renin Angiotensin System components in acute experimental Chagas disease. Life Sci 2019; 219:336-342. [PMID: 30684542 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2019.01.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2019] [Revised: 01/21/2019] [Accepted: 01/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Chagas disease (CD) is an important cause of cardiomyopathy in South America. The pathophysiology of CD is still a matter of debate. Renin Angiotensin System (RAS) components are clearly involved in cardiovascular diseases. RAS molecules interact with nitric oxide (NO) pathway in blood vessel and heart tissue. Thus, the aim of this study is to investigate possible changes in RAS molecules during the infection with Y strain T. cruzi and in response to acute administration of an inhibitor of the enzyme NO synthase, l-NAME. Male Holtzman rats were inoculated intraperitoneally with Y strain T. cruzi and received l-NAME or tap water from one day before the infection until 13 or 17 days post infection (dpi). Angiotensin converting enzyme 1 (ACE1) levels were significantly higher at day 17 when compared to baseline in atrium, whereas, in ventricle, ACE2 levels were significantly higher in 13 dpi when compared to baseline. In response to l-NAME treatment, atrium tissue levels of ACE1 were significantly reduced in treated animals at day 17, while Angiotensin-(1-7) concentration in atrium significantly increased in this group at the same time-point. No changes were detected in RAS components in the ventricle. ACE2 levels in Soleus muscle were significantly reduced in treated animals at day 13. In conclusion, changes in RAS molecules were detected during acute phase of T. cruzi infection and the inhibition of NO synthesis clearly interfered with expression of ACE1 and Angiotensin-(1-7) in the atrium.
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- Milene Alvarenga Rachid
- Departamento de Patologia Geral, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Departamento de Morfologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Departamento de Morfologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Neuropsychiatry Program, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Departamento de Morfologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Laboratório Interdisciplinar de Investigação Médica, Faculdade de Medicina, UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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- Laboratório Interdisciplinar de Investigação Médica, Faculdade de Medicina, UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Jin S, Teng X, Xiao L, Xue H, Guo Q, Duan X, Chen Y, Wu Y. Hydrogen sulfide ameliorated L-NAME-induced hypertensive heart disease by the Akt/eNOS/NO pathway. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2017; 242:1831-1841. [PMID: 28971696 DOI: 10.1177/1535370217732325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Reductions in hydrogen sulfide (H2S) production have been implicated in the pathogenesis of hypertension; however, no studies have examined the functional role of hydrogen sulfide in hypertensive heart disease. We hypothesized that the endogenous production of hydrogen sulfide would be reduced and exogenous hydrogen sulfide would ameliorate cardiac dysfunction in Nω-nitro- L-arginine methyl ester ( L-NAME)-induced hypertensive rats. Therefore, this study investigated the cardioprotective effects of hydrogen sulfide on L-NAME-induced hypertensive heart disease and explored potential mechanisms. The rats were randomly divided into five groups: Control, Control + sodium hydrosulfide (NaHS), L-NAME, L-NAME + NaHS, and L-NAME + NaHS + glibenclamide (Gli) groups. Systolic blood pressure was monitored each week. In Langendorff-isolated rat heart, cardiac function represented by ±LV dP/dtmax and left ventricular developing pressure was recorded after five weeks of treatment. Hematoxylin and Eosin and Masson's trichrome staining and myocardium ultrastructure under transmission electron microscopy were used to evaluate cardiac remodeling. The plasma nitric oxide and hydrogen sulfide concentrations, as well as nitric oxide synthases and cystathionine-γ-lyase activity in left ventricle tissue were determined. The protein expression of p-Akt, Akt, p-eNOS, and eNOS in left ventricle tissue was analyzed using Western blot. After five weeks of L-NAME treatment, there was a time-dependent hypertension, cardiac remodeling, and dysfunction accompanied by a decrease in eNOS phosphorylation, nitric oxide synthase activity, and nitric oxide concentration. Meanwhile, cystathionine-γ-lyase activity and hydrogen sulfide concentration were also decreased. NaHS treatment significantly increased plasma hydrogen sulfide concentration and subsequently promoted the Akt/eNOS/NO pathway which inhibited the development of hypertension and attenuated cardiac remodeling and dysfunction. The cardioprotective effects of NaHS were counteracted by Gli which inhibited the Akt/eNOS/NO pathway. This suggests that the effects of hydrogen sulfide were mediated by the activation of the KATP channels. In conclusion, hydrogen sulfide ameliorated L-NAME-induced hypertensive heart disease via the activation of the Akt/eNOS/NO pathway, which was mediated by KATP channels. Impact statement 1. We found that H2S ameliorated L-NAME-induced cardiac remodeling and dysfunction, and played a protective role in L-NAME-induced hypertensive heart disease, which the existing studies have not reported. 2. H2S activated the Akt/eNOS/NO pathway, thereby playing a cardioprotective role in L-NAME-induced hypertensive heart disease. 3. The cardioprotective effect of H2S was mediated by ATP-sensitive potassium channels.
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- Sheng Jin
- 1 Department of Physiology, Hebei Medical University, Hebei 050017, China
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- 1 Department of Physiology, Hebei Medical University, Hebei 050017, China
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- 1 Department of Physiology, Hebei Medical University, Hebei 050017, China
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- 1 Department of Physiology, Hebei Medical University, Hebei 050017, China
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- 1 Department of Physiology, Hebei Medical University, Hebei 050017, China
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- 1 Department of Physiology, Hebei Medical University, Hebei 050017, China
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- 1 Department of Physiology, Hebei Medical University, Hebei 050017, China
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- 1 Department of Physiology, Hebei Medical University, Hebei 050017, China.,2 Hebei Collaborative Innovation Center for Cardio-Cerebrovascular Disease, Hebei 050017, China.,3 Key Laboratory of Vascular Medicine of Hebei Province, Hebei 050017, China
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Wang G, Zhang Q, Yuan W, Wu J, Li C. Enalapril protects against myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury in a swine model of cardiac arrest and resuscitation. Int J Mol Med 2016; 38:1463-1473. [PMID: 27633002 PMCID: PMC5065301 DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2016.2737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2015] [Accepted: 09/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
Abstract
There is strong evidence to suggest that angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) protect against local myocardial ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. This study was designed to explore whether ACEIs exert cardioprotective effects in a swine model of cardiac arrest (CA) and resuscitation. Male pigs were randomly assigned to three groups: sham-operated group, saline treatment group and enalapril treatment group. Thirty minutes after drug infusion, the animals in the saline and enalapril groups were subjected to ventricular fibrillation (8 min) followed by cardiopulmonary resuscitation (up to 30 min). Cardiac function was monitored, and myocardial tissue and blood were collected for analysis. Enalapril pre-treatment did not improve cardiac function or the 6-h survival rate after CA and resuscitation; however, this intervention ameliorated myocardial ultrastructural damage, reduced the level of plasma cardiac troponin I and decreased myocardial apoptosis. Plasma angiotensin (Ang) II and Ang-(1–7) levels were enhanced in the model of CA and resuscitation. Enalapril reduced the plasma Ang II level at 4 and 6 h after the return of spontaneous circulation whereas enalapril did not affect the plasma Ang-(1–7) level. Enalapril pre-treatment decreased the myocardial mRNA and protein expression of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE). Enalapril treatment also reduced the myocardial ACE/ACE2 ratio, both at the mRNA and the protein level. Enalapril pre-treatment did not affect the upregulation of ACE2, Ang II type 1 receptor (AT1R) and MAS after CA and resuscitation. Taken together, these findings suggest that enalapril protects against ischemic injury through the attenuation of the ACE/Ang II/AT1R axis after CA and resuscitation in pigs. These results suggest the potential therapeutic value of ACEIs in patients with CA.
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- Guoxing Wang
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, P.R. China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Cardiopulmonary Cerebral Resuscitation (NO.BZ0370), Beijing 100020, P.R. China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Cardiopulmonary Cerebral Resuscitation (NO.BZ0370), Beijing 100020, P.R. China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Cardiopulmonary Cerebral Resuscitation (NO.BZ0370), Beijing 100020, P.R. China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Cardiopulmonary Cerebral Resuscitation (NO.BZ0370), Beijing 100020, P.R. China
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Fujita T. Feasibility of Angiotensin Inhibition for Obese Trauma Patients. J Am Coll Surg 2015; 221:1094-6. [PMID: 26611802 DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2015.08.424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2015] [Accepted: 08/25/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Hale TM. Persistent phenotypic shift in cardiac fibroblasts: impact of transient renin angiotensin system inhibition. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2015; 93:125-32. [PMID: 26631495 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2015.11.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2015] [Revised: 11/24/2015] [Accepted: 11/25/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Fibrotic cardiac remodeling ultimately leads to heart failure - a debilitating and costly condition. Select antihypertensive agents have been effective in reducing or slowing the development of cardiac fibrosis. Moreover, some experimental studies have shown that the reduction in fibrosis induced by these agents persists long after stopping treatment. What has not been as well investigated is whether this transient treatment results in a protection against future fibrotic cardiac remodeling. In the present review, previously published studies are re-examined to assess whether the relative percent increase in collagen deposition over an off-treatment period is attenuated, relative to control, following transient antihypertensive treatment in young or adult rats. Present findings suggest that transient inhibition of the renin angiotensin system (RAS) not only produces a sustained reduction in cardiac fibrosis, but also results in a degree of protection against future collagen deposition. In addition, prior transient RAS inhibition appears to alter the cardiac fibroblast phenotype such that these cells show a muted response to myocardial injury - namely reduced proliferation, chemokine release, and collagen deposition. This review puts forth several potential mechanisms underlying this long-term cardiac protection that is afforded by transient RAS inhibition. Specifically, fibroblast phenotypic change, cardiac fibroblast apoptosis, sustained suppression of the RAS, persistent reduction in left ventricular hypertrophy, and persistent reduction in arterial pressure are each discussed. Identifying the mechanisms ultimately responsible for this change in cardiac fibroblast response to injury, hypertension, and aging may reveal novel targets for therapy.
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- Taben M Hale
- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona, College of Medicine - Phoenix, 425 N 5th St, ABC1, Rm 327, USA.
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Biwer LA, D'souza KM, Abidali A, Tu D, Siniard AL, DeBoth M, Huentelman M, Hale TM. Time course of cardiac inflammation during nitric oxide synthase inhibition in SHR: impact of prior transient ACE inhibition. Hypertens Res 2015; 39:8-18. [PMID: 26490086 DOI: 10.1038/hr.2015.107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2014] [Revised: 07/13/2015] [Accepted: 08/25/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
We have previously demonstrated that angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibition with enalapril produces persistent effects that protect against future nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitor (L-arginine methyl ester, L-NAME)-induced cardiac dysfunction and outer wall collagen deposition in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). In the present study, we dissect the cytokine/chemokine release profile during NOS inhibition, its correlation to pathological cardiac remodeling and the impact of transient ACE inhibition on these effects. Adult male SHR were treated with enalapril (E+L) or tap water (C+L) for 2 weeks followed by a 2-week washout period. Rats were then subjected to 0, 3, 7 or 10 days of L-NAME treatment. The temporal response to NOS inhibition was evaluated by measuring arterial pressure, cardiac remodeling and cytokine/chemokine levels. L-NAME equivalently increased blood pressure and myocardial and vascular injury in C+L and E+L rats. However, pulse pressure (PP) was only transiently altered in C+L rats. The levels of several inflammatory mediators were increased during L-NAME treatment. However, interleukin-6 (IL-6) and IL-10 and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 were uniquely increased in C+L hearts; whereas IL-4 and fractalkine were only elevated in E+L hearts. By days 7 and 10 of L-NAME treatment, there was a significant increase in the cardiac density of macrophages and proliferating cells, respectively only in C+L rats. Although myocardial injury was similar in both treatment groups, PP was not changed and there was a distinct cardiac chemokine/cytokine signature in rats previously treated with enalapril that may be related to the lack of proliferative response and macrophage infiltration in these hearts.
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- Lauren A Biwer
- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona, College of Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix AZ, USA
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona, College of Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix AZ, USA
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona, College of Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix AZ, USA
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona, College of Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix AZ, USA
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- Neurogenomics Division, The Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, AZ, USA
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- Neurogenomics Division, The Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, AZ, USA
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- Neurogenomics Division, The Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, AZ, USA
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona, College of Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix AZ, USA
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D'Souza KM, Biwer LA, Madhavpeddi L, Ramaiah P, Shahid W, Hale TM. Persistent change in cardiac fibroblast physiology after transient ACE inhibition. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2015; 309:H1346-53. [PMID: 26371174 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00615.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2015] [Accepted: 09/06/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Transient angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibition induces persistent changes that protect against future nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitor-induced cardiac fibrosis and inflammation. Given the role of fibroblasts in mediating these effects, the present study investigates whether prior ACE inhibition produced persistent changes in cardiac fibroblast physiology. Adult male spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs) were treated with vehicle (C+L) or the ACE inhibitor, enalapril (E+L) for 2 wk followed by a 2-wk washout period and a subsequent 7-day challenge with the NOS inhibitor N(ω)-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester. A third set of untreated SHRs served as controls. At the end of the study period, cardiac fibroblasts were isolated from control, C+L, and E+L left ventricles to assess proliferation rate, collagen expression, and chemokine release in vitro. After 7 days of NOS inhibition, there were areas of myocardial injury but no significant change in collagen deposition in E+L and C+L hearts in vivo. In vitro, cardiac fibroblasts isolated from C+L but not E+L hearts were hyperproliferative, demonstrated increased collagen type I gene expression, and an elevated secretion of the macrophage-recruiting chemokines monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 and granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor. These findings demonstrate that in vivo N(ω)-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester treatment produces phenotypic changes in fibroblasts that persist in vitro. Moreover, this is the first demonstration that transient ACE inhibition can produce a persistent modification of the cardiac fibroblast phenotype to one that is less inflammatory and fibrogenic. It may be that the cardioprotective effects of ACE inhibition are related in part to beneficial changes in cardiac fibroblast physiology.
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- K M D'Souza
- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona
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Zietzer A, Hillmeister P. Leucocyte telomere length as marker for cardiovascular ageing. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2014; 211:251-6. [PMID: 24666613 DOI: 10.1111/apha.12284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- A. Zietzer
- Charité - Universitaetsmedizin Berlin; Center for Cardiovascular Research & Experimental and Clinical Research Center; Richard-Thoma-Laboratories for Arteriogenesis; Berlin Germany
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- Charité - Universitaetsmedizin Berlin; Center for Cardiovascular Research & Experimental and Clinical Research Center; Richard-Thoma-Laboratories for Arteriogenesis; Berlin Germany
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Helle F, Dahl TD, Chatziantoniou C. A low-cost, scalable technique to study distal coronary arteriole function. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2014; 211:260-7. [PMID: 24698112 DOI: 10.1111/apha.12293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- F. Helle
- Renal Research Group; Department of Clinical Medicine; University of Bergen; Bergen Norway
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- Renal Research Group; Department of Clinical Medicine; University of Bergen; Bergen Norway
- Department of Biomedicine; University of Bergen; Bergen Norway
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Chatpun S, Cabrales P. Nitric oxide synthase inhibition attenuates cardiac response to hemodilution with viscogenic plasma expander. Korean Circ J 2014; 44:105-12. [PMID: 24653740 PMCID: PMC3958604 DOI: 10.4070/kcj.2014.44.2.105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2013] [Revised: 01/02/2014] [Accepted: 01/13/2014] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Increased vascular wall shear stress by elevated plasma viscosity significantly enhances the endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) activity during an acute isovolemic hemodilution. Also the modulation of plasma viscosity has effects on the cardiac function that were revealed if a left ventricular (LV) pressure-volume (PV) measurement was used. The aim of this study was to assess cardiac function responses to nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitors with the presence of an elevated plasma viscosity but a low hematocrit level. Furthermore, systemic parameters were monitored in a murine model. MATERIALS AND METHODS As test group five anesthetized hamsters were administered with N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME), NOS inhibitor, whereas five other hamsters were used as control group without L-NAME infusion. The dosage of L-NAME was 10 mg/kg. An isovolemic hemodilution was performed by 40% of estimated blood volume with 6% w/v dextran 2000 kDa, high viscosity plasma expanders (PEs) with viscosity 6.34 cP. LV function was measured and assessed using a 1.4 Fr PV conductance catheter. RESULTS The study results demonstrated that NOS inhibition prevented the normal cardiac adaptive response after hemodilution. The endsystolic pressure increased 14% after L-NAME infusion and maintained higher than at the baseline after hemodilution, whereas it gradually decreased in the animals without L-NAME infusion. The admission of L-NAME significantly decreased the maximum rate of ventricular pressure rise (+dP/dtmax), stroke volume and cardiac output after hemodilution if compared to the control group (p<0.05). CONCLUSION This finding supports the presumption that nitric oxide induced by an increased plasma viscosity with the use of a high viscosity PE plays a major role in the cardiac function during an acute isovolemic hemodilution.
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- Surapong Chatpun
- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
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