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Özen N, Nasırcılar Ülker S, Ülker P, Özcan F, Aslan M, Şentürk ÜK, Basralı F. Effect of 20-HETE inhibition on L-NAME-induced hypertension in rats. Clin Exp Hypertens 2017; 40:292-302. [DOI: 10.1080/10641963.2017.1368540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- Nur Özen
- Medical Faculty, Department of Physiology, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey
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- Medical Faculty, Department of Physiology, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey
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- Medical Faculty, Department of Biochemistry, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey
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- Medical Faculty, Department of Biochemistry, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey
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- Medical Faculty, Department of Physiology, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey
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- Medical Faculty, Department of Physiology, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey
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Melik Z, Zaletel P, Virtic T, Cankar K. L-arginine as dietary supplement for improving microvascular function. Clin Hemorheol Microcirc 2017; 65:205-217. [DOI: 10.3233/ch-16159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Matsumoto T, Watanabe S, Iguchi M, Ando M, Oda M, Nagata M, Yamada K, Taguchi K, Kobayashi T. Mechanisms Underlying Enhanced Noradrenaline-Induced Femoral Arterial Contractions of Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats: Involvement of Endothelium-Derived Factors and Cyclooxygenase-Derived Prostanoids. Biol Pharm Bull 2016; 39:384-93. [DOI: 10.1248/bpb.b15-00821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- Takayuki Matsumoto
- Department of Physiology and Morphology, Institute of Medicinal Chemistry, Hoshi University
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- Department of Physiology and Morphology, Institute of Medicinal Chemistry, Hoshi University
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- Department of Physiology and Morphology, Institute of Medicinal Chemistry, Hoshi University
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- Department of Physiology and Morphology, Institute of Medicinal Chemistry, Hoshi University
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- Department of Physiology and Morphology, Institute of Medicinal Chemistry, Hoshi University
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- Department of Physiology and Morphology, Institute of Medicinal Chemistry, Hoshi University
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- Department of Physiology and Morphology, Institute of Medicinal Chemistry, Hoshi University
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- Department of Physiology and Morphology, Institute of Medicinal Chemistry, Hoshi University
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- Department of Physiology and Morphology, Institute of Medicinal Chemistry, Hoshi University
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Jiao Q, Ke Q, Li W, Jin M, Luo Y, Zhang L, Yang D, Zhang X. Effect of inflammatory factor-induced cyclo-oxygenase expression on the development of reperfusion-related no-reflow phenomenon in acute myocardial infarction. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2015; 42:162-70. [PMID: 25399887 DOI: 10.1111/1440-1681.12339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2014] [Revised: 11/05/2014] [Accepted: 11/06/2014] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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No reflow after reperfusion therapy for myocardial infarction is a strong predictor of clinical outcome. Increased levels of inflammatory factors, including C-reactive protein (CRP), in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) may affect myocardial perfusion. However, why the no-reflow phenomenon increases in inflammation stress after PCI is not clear. The aim of the present study was to determine the effects and molecular mechanisms underlying the effects of CRP on the expression of cyclo-oxygenase (COX) on the development of the no-reflow phenomenon. There was a significant increase in plasma levels of CRP and interleukin (IL)-6 in no-reflow patients, suggesting that inflammatory factors play an important role in the development of the no-reflow phenomenon. The mechanisms involved were further evaluated after reperfusion in a rat model mimicking the no-reflow phenomenon. Compared with normal reflow rats, there were significant increases in both COX-1 and COX-2 in cardiac tissue from no-reflow rats. The COX inhibitor indomethacin (5 mg/kg, i.p.) significantly reduced the no-reflow area. In another series of experiments, human coronary artery endothelial cells (HCAEC) were treated with CRP at clinically relevant concentrations (5-25 μg/mL). C-Reactive protein significantly increased COX-1 and COX-2 levels in a time- and concentration-dependent manner. In addition, extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) and Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) were activated in CRP (5, 10, 25 μg/mL)-treated HCAEC cultures. Furthermore, the ERK inhibitor pd98059 (30 μmol/L) and the JNK inhibitor sp600125 (10 μmol/L) blocked CRP-induced COX-1 and COX-2 expression for 12 h. Together, the findings of the present study suggest that CRP can promote the development of the no-reflow phenomenon by increasing COX-1 and COX-2 expression, which is regulated, in part, via ERK and JNK activity.
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- Qibin Jiao
- Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, School of Medicine, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China
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Kanso H, Mallem MY, Rabesona H, Thorin C, Haertle T, Chobert JM, Guerrero F, Desfontis JC. Vasorelaxant effects of camel and bovine casein hydrolysates in rat thoracic aorta and mesenteric artery. Int Dairy J 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.idairyj.2014.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Cherng TW, Paffett ML, Jackson-Weaver O, Campen MJ, Walker BR, Kanagy NL. Mechanisms of diesel-induced endothelial nitric oxide synthase dysfunction in coronary arterioles. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES 2011; 119:98-103. [PMID: 20870565 PMCID: PMC3018507 DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1002286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2010] [Accepted: 09/22/2010] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Increased air pollutants correlate with increased incidence of cardiovascular disease potentially due to vascular dysfunction. We have reported that acute diesel engine exhaust (DE) exposure enhances vasoconstriction and diminishes acetylcholine (ACh)-induced dilation in coronary arteries in a nitric oxide synthase (NOS)-dependent manner. We hypothesize that acute DE inhalation leads to endothelial dysfunction by uncoupling NOS. METHODS Rats inhaled fresh DE (300 µg particulate matter/m3) or filtered air for 5 hr. After off-gassing, intraseptal coronary arteries were isolated and dilation to ACh recorded using videomicroscopy. RESULTS Arteries from DE-exposed animals dilated less to ACh than arteries from air-exposed animals. NOS inhibition did not affect ACh dilation in control arteries but increased dilation in the DE group, suggesting NOS does not normally contribute to ACh-induced dilation in coronary arteries but does contribute to endothelial dysfunction after DE inhalation. Cyclooxygenase (COX) inhibition did not affect ACh dilation in the DE group, but combined inhibition of NOS and COX diminished dilation in both groups and eliminated intergroup differences, suggesting that the two pathways interact. Superoxide scavenging increased ACh dilation in DE arteries, eliminating differences between groups. Tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) supplementation with sepiapterin restored ACh-mediated dilation in the DE group in a NOS-dependent manner. Superoxide generation (dihydroethidium staining) was greater in DE arteries, and superoxide scavenging, BH4 supplementation, or NOS inhibition reduced the signal in DE but not air arteries. CONCLUSION Acute DE exposure appears to uncouple NOS, increasing reactive oxygen species generation and causing endothelial dysfunction, potentially because of depletion of BH4 limiting its bioavailability.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of New Mexico, Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of New Mexico, Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology and
- Address correspondence to N.L. Kanagy, Vascular Physiology Group, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, MSC 08-4750, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131 USA. Telephone: (505) 272-8814. Fax: (505) 272-6649. E-mail:
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Park JL, Shu L, Shayman JA. Differential involvement of COX1 and COX2 in the vasculopathy associated with the alpha-galactosidase A-knockout mouse. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2009; 296:H1133-40. [PMID: 19202000 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00929.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The lysosomal storage disorder Fabry disease is characterized by excessive globotriaosylceramide (Gb3) accumulation in major organs such as the heart and kidney. Defective lysosomal alpha-galactosidase A (Gla) is responsible for excessive Gb3 accumulation, and one cell sensitive to the effects of Gb3 accumulation is vascular endothelium. Endothelial dysfunction is associated with Fabry disease and excessive cellular Gb3. We previously demonstrated that excessive vascular Gb3 in a mouse model of Fabry disease, the Gla-knockout (Gla(-/0)) mouse, results in abnormal vascular function, which includes abnormal endothelium-dependent contractions, a vascular phenomenon known to involve cyclooxygenase (COX). Therefore, we hypothesized that the vasculopathy in the Gla knockout mouse may be due to a vasoactive COX-derived product. To test this hypothesis, vascular reactivity experiments were performed in aortic rings from wild-type (Gla(+/0)) and Gla(-/0) mice in the presence and absence of specific and nonspecific COX inhibitors. Specific inhibition of COX1 or COX2 in endothelium-intact rings from Gla(-/0) mice decreased overall phenylephrine contractility compared with untreated Gla(-/0) rings, whereas COX inhibitors had no effect on contractility in endothelium-denuded rings. Nonspecific inhibition of COX with indomethacin (10 micromol/l) or COX1 inhibition with valeryl salicylate (3 mmol/l) improved endothelial function in rings from Gla(-/0) mice, but COX2 inhibition with NS-398 (1 micromol/l) further increased endothelial dysfunction in rings from Gla(-/0) mice. These results suggest that, in the Gla(-/0) mice, COX1 and COX2 activity are increased and localized in the endothelium, producing vasopressor and vasorelaxant products, which contribute to the Fabry-related vasculopathy.
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- James L Park
- Univ. of Michigan, 1560 MSRB2, 1150 W. Medical Center Dr., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5676, USA.
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Medow MS, Glover JL, Stewart JM. Nitric oxide and prostaglandin inhibition during acetylcholine-mediated cutaneous vasodilation in humans. Microcirculation 2008; 15:569-79. [PMID: 18696360 DOI: 10.1080/10739680802091526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Acetylcholine-induced endothelium-dependent vasodilation in conduit arteries primarily depends on nitric oxide (NO). However, the biochemical mediators in the microvasculature remain less well defined. We tested whether prostaglandins and NO are responsible for cutaneous acetylcholine-mediated vasodilation and if they interact to modulate vasodilation. We measured skin blood flow (SBF) using laser Doppler flow (LDF) with intradermal microdialysis in the calves of 23 healthy volunteers. We examined the response of SBF to different doses of acetylcholine (0.01-100 mM), the nonisoform-specific NO synthase inhibitor, nitro-L-arginine (NLA, 10 mM), the nonspecific cyclo-oxygenase (COX) inhibitor, ketorolac (Keto, 10 mM), and combined NLA + Keto. NLA had no effect on baseline SBF, while Keto increased baseline SBF by approximately 150%. The increase was blunted with combined NLA + Keto. SBF increased by approximately 700% with the highest acetylcholine concentration and reduced by approximately 60% by NLA. Ketorolac alone also reduced the response to acetylcholine, although the reduction varied between 10 and 20% at differing acetylcholine doses. NLA plus ketorolac reduced the responses to different doses of acetylcholine by some 30%, which was intermediate to NOS or COX inhibition alone. These data suggest that cutaneous acetylcholine-mediated endothelium-dependent vasodilation is highly NO-dependent and is also strongly related to the interactions of NO with prostaglandins.
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- Marvin S Medow
- Department of Pediatrics, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York 10532, USA.
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Turner J, Belch JJF, Khan F. Current concepts in assessment of microvascular endothelial function using laser Doppler imaging and iontophoresis. Trends Cardiovasc Med 2008; 18:109-16. [PMID: 18555183 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcm.2008.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2007] [Revised: 01/25/2008] [Accepted: 02/01/2008] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Effective evaluation of endothelial function is a powerful tool for determining patients at risk of development and progression of cardiovascular disease. As an alternative to invasive tests of endothelial function, several noninvasive methods have been developed, including the use of laser Doppler flowmetry/imaging to measure cutaneous perfusion accompanied by iontophoresis of acetylcholine and sodium nitroprusside. It is clear from previous studies that this technique provides an easy, validated, and reproducible method for investigators to assess and monitor endothelial function in patients with a variety of pathologic conditions, but it may also be used to examine disease progression over time and responsiveness to treatment, thereby facilitating clinical trials. However, a standardization of protocols would help reduce the apparent controversy seen in the literature. With its increasing use by other groups, it is anticipated that further published studies will help to provide a better understanding of the development and progression of cardiovascular disease.
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- Jamie Turner
- University Division of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Institute of Cardiovascular Research, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, University of Dundee, DD1 9SY Scotland, UK
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Gendron ME, Thorin E. A change in the redox environment and thromboxane A2 production precede endothelial dysfunction in mice. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2007; 293:H2508-15. [PMID: 17644574 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00352.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We reported that the endothelial dysfunction that develops with age was associated with a proinflammatory phenotype. In this study, we hypothesized that an increased production of proinflammatory cyclooxygenase (COX) products occurs before endothelial dysfunction. Dilations to acetylcholine (ACh) were recorded from pressurized renal arteries isolated from 3- and 6-mo-old C57Bl/6 male mice treated or not with the polyphenol catechin (30 mg·kg−1·day−1) in drinking water for 3 mo. Release of thromboxane (TX) B2, the metabolite of TXA2, was measured by using immunoenzymatic assays, and free radical production was measured by using the fluorescent dye CM-H2DCFDA. Endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) and COX-1/2 mRNA expression were quantified by quantitative PCR. NG-nitro-l-arginine (l-NNA) reduced ( P < 0.05) ACh-induced dilation in vessels isolated from 3- and 6-mo-old mice. In the presence of l-NNA, indomethacin normalized ( P < 0.05) the dilation in vessels from 6-mo-old mice only. SQ-29548 (PGH2/TXA2 receptor antagonist) and furegrelate (TXA2 synthase inhibitor), in the presence of l-NNA, also improved ( P < 0.05) dilation. l-NNA increased TXA2 release and free radical-associated fluorescence, the latter being prevented by SQ-29548. In vessels from 6-mo-old mice treated with catechin for 3 mo, l-NNA-dependent reduction in ACh-mediated dilation was insensitive to indomethacin, whereas TXA2 release and free radical-associated fluorescence were prevented. eNOS mRNA expression was significantly increased by catechin treatment. Our results suggest that an augmented production of TXA2 and the associated change in redox regulation precede the development of the endothelial dysfunction.
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MESH Headings
- Acetylcholine/pharmacology
- Acetylcysteine/pharmacology
- Aging/metabolism
- Animals
- Antioxidants/pharmacology
- Benzofurans/pharmacology
- Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic
- Catechin/pharmacology
- Cyclooxygenase 1/genetics
- Cyclooxygenase 1/metabolism
- Cyclooxygenase 2/genetics
- Cyclooxygenase 2/metabolism
- Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Endothelium, Vascular/drug effects
- Endothelium, Vascular/enzymology
- Endothelium, Vascular/metabolism
- Endothelium, Vascular/physiopathology
- Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Fatty Acids, Unsaturated
- Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic/drug effects
- Hydrazines/pharmacology
- Indomethacin/pharmacology
- Male
- Membrane Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors
- Membrane Proteins/genetics
- Membrane Proteins/metabolism
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Nitric Oxide/metabolism
- Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II/antagonists & inhibitors
- Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II/genetics
- Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II/metabolism
- Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III
- Nitroarginine/pharmacology
- Oxidation-Reduction
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism
- Receptors, Thromboxane A2, Prostaglandin H2/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Thromboxane A2, Prostaglandin H2/metabolism
- Renal Artery/drug effects
- Renal Artery/enzymology
- Renal Artery/metabolism
- Renal Artery/physiopathology
- Thromboxane A2/metabolism
- Thromboxane B2/metabolism
- Thromboxane-A Synthase/antagonists & inhibitors
- Thromboxane-A Synthase/metabolism
- Vasodilator Agents/pharmacology
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Affiliation(s)
- Marie-Eve Gendron
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Ito I, Jarajapu YPR, Grant MB, Knot HJ. Characteristics of myogenic tone in the rat ophthalmic artery. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2007; 292:H360-8. [PMID: 16920804 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00630.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [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]
Abstract
The pressure-induced constriction in the rat ophthalmic artery was characterized. Ophthalmic arteries were isolated, cannulated in an arteriograph, and pressurized. Arteries developed 25% constriction at 70 mmHg of intraluminal pressure. Arteries maintained almost similar diameter over the range of pressures 50–210 mmHg, and forced dilatation was observed at pressures >210 mmHg. Denudation of endothelium increased the sensitivity of arteries to pressure-induced constriction, and significantly higher myogenic tone was observed in the pressure range of 10–100 mmHg. Indomethacin and cyclooxygenase-2 inhibition by SC-236 decreased myogenic tone, whereas cyclooxygenase-1 inhibition by SC-560 potentiated myogenic tone in a lower concentration range and decreased at a higher concentration. Pressure-induced constriction was completely blocked by 1 μM nifedipine. Phospholipase C inhibition by 6 μM U-73122 decreased myogenic tone by 39%, whereas PKC inhibitor GF-109203X (3 μM) had no effect. Constriction to phenylephrine was significantly decreased by U-73122 (1 μM) and GF-109203X (3 μM) at an intraluminal pressure of 10 mmHg. Rho-kinase inhibition by Y-27632 (30 μM) and HA-1077 (30 μM) decreased myogenic tone by 75% and 73%, respectively, and 1 μM Y-27632 significantly decreased myogenic tone developed in response to graded increases in pressure. These results suggest that rat ophthalmic artery has an efficient pressure-dependent autoregulatory function that is modulated by endothelium. Contribution of phospholipase C-activation to myogenic tone is minimal, whereas Rho-kinase activation plays a predominant role in the myogenic reactivity in this artery.
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- Isamu Ito
- Wake Forest Institute of Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest Univ. Baptist Medical Hospital, Medical Center Blvd., Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
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Gardiner SM, March JE, Kemp PA, Bennett T. Effects of nitric oxide synthase inhibition with or without cyclooxygenase-2 inhibition on resting haemodynamics and responses to exendin-4. Br J Pharmacol 2006; 149:802-9. [PMID: 17016494 PMCID: PMC2014661 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0706931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Interactions between the NO system and the cyclooxygenase systems may be important in cardiovascular regulation. Here we measured the effects of acute cyclooxygenase-2 inhibition (with parecoxib), alone and in combination with NOS inhibition (with NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME)), on resting cardiovascular variables and on responses to the glucagon-like peptide 1 agonist, exendin-4, which causes regionally-selective vasoconstriction and vasodilatation. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Rats were instrumented with flow probes and intravascular catheters to measure regional haemodynamics in the conscious, freely moving state. L-NAME was administered as a primed infusion 180 min after administration of parecoxib or vehicle, and exendin-4 was given 60 min after the onset of L-NAME infusion. KEY RESULTS Parecoxib had no effect on resting cardiovascular variables or on responses to L-NAME. Exendin-4 caused a pressor response accompanied by tachycardia, mesenteric vasoconstriction and hindquarters vasodilatation. Parecoxib did not affect haemodynamic responses to exendin-4, but L-NAME inhibited its hindquarters vasodilator and tachycardic effects. When combined, L-NAME and parecoxib almost abolished the hindquarters vasodilatation while enhancing the pressor response. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS Cyclooxygenase-2-derived products do not affect basal haemodynamic status in conscious normotensive rats, or influence the NO system acutely. The inhibitory effects of L-NAME on the hindquarters vasodilator and tachycardic effects of exendin-4 are consistent with a previous study that showed those events to be beta-adrenoceptor mediated. The additional effect of parecoxib on responses to exendin-4 in the presence of L-NAME, is consistent with other evidence for enhanced involvement of vasodilator prostanoids when NO production is reduced.
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- S M Gardiner
- Centre for Integrated Systems Biology & Medicine, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, UK.
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Thakali KM, Lau Y, Fink GD, Galligan JJ, Chen AF, Watts SW. Mechanisms of Hypertension Induced by Nitric Oxide (NO) Deficiency: Focus on Venous Function. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 2006; 47:742-50. [PMID: 16810074 DOI: 10.1097/01.fjc.0000211789.37658.e4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [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: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
Loss of endothelial cell-derived nitric oxide (NO) in hypertension is a hallmark of arterial dysfunction. Experimental hypertension created by the removal of NO, however, involves mechanisms in addition to decreased arterial vasodilator activity. These include augmented endothelin-1 (ET-1) release, increased sympathetic nervous system activity, and elevated tissue oxidative stress. We hypothesized that increased venous smooth muscle (venomotor) tone plays a role in Nomega-nitro-L-arginine (LNNA) hypertension through these mechanisms. Rats were treated with the NO synthase inhibitor LNNA (0.5 g/L in drinking water) for 2 weeks. Mean arterial pressure of conscious rats was 119 +/- 2 mm Hg in control and 194 +/- 5 mm Hg in LNNA rats (P<0.05). Carotid arteries and vena cava were removed for measurement of isometric contraction. Maximal contraction to norepinephrine was modestly reduced in arteries from LNNA compared with control rats whereas the maximum contraction to ET-1 was significantly reduced (54% control). Maximum contraction of vena cava to norepinephrine (37% control) also was reduced but no change in response to ET-1 was observed. Mean circulatory filling pressure, an in vivo measure of venomotor tone, was not elevated in LNNA hypertension at 1 or 2 weeks after LNNA. The superoxide scavenger tempol (30, 100, and 300 micromol kg(-1), IV) did not change arterial pressure in control rats but caused a dose-dependent decrease in LNNA rats (-18 +/- 8, -26 +/- 15, and -54 +/- 11 mm Hg). Similarly, ganglionic blockade with hexamethonium caused a significantly greater fall in LNNA hypertensive rats (76 +/- 9 mm Hg) compared with control rats (35 +/- 10 mm Hg). Carotid arteries, vena cava, and sympathetic ganglia from LNNA rats had higher basal levels of superoxide compared with those from control rats. These data suggest that while NO deficiency increases oxidative stress and sympathetic activity in both arterial and venous vessels, the impact on veins does not make a major contribution to this form of hypertension.
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- Keshari M Thakali
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1317, USA
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Holowatz LA, Thompson CS, Minson CT, Kenney WL. Mechanisms of acetylcholine-mediated vasodilatation in young and aged human skin. J Physiol 2005; 563:965-73. [PMID: 15661816 PMCID: PMC1665610 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2004.080952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 170] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Thermoregulatory cutaneous vasodilatation (VD) is attenuated in aged skin. While acetylcholine (ACh) plays a role in thermally mediated VD, the precise mechanisms through which ACh-mediated VD acts and whether those downstream mechanisms change with ageing are unclear. We tested the hypotheses that both nitric oxide (NO)- and prostanoid-mediated pathways contribute to exogenous ACh-mediated VD, and that both are attenuated with advanced age. Twelve young (Y: 23 +/- 1 years) and 10 older (O: 69 +/- 1 years) subjects underwent infusions of 137.5 mum ACh at four intradermal microdialysis sites: control (C, Ringer solution), NO synthase inhibited (NOS-I, 10 mm l-NAME), cyclooxygenase inhibited (COX-I, 10 mm ketorolac) and NOS-I + COX-I. Red blood cell flux was monitored using laser-Doppler flowmetry, and cutaneous vascular conductance (CVC) was calculated (laser-Doppler flux/mean arterial pressure) and normalized to maximal CVC (%CVC(max)) (28 mm sodium nitroprusside + local heating to 43 degrees C). Baseline %CVC(max) was increased in the O at COX-I sites (COX-I 16 +/- 1, NOS-I + COX-I 16 +/- 2 versus C 10 +/- 1%CVC(max); P < 0.001) but not in the young, suggesting an age-related shift toward COX vasoconstrictors contributing to basal cutaneous vasomotor tone. There was no difference in peak %CVC(max) during ACh infusion between age groups, and the response was unchanged by NOS-I (O: NOS-I 35 +/- 5 versus C 38 +/- 5%CVC(max); P = 0.84) (Y: NOS-I 41 +/- 4 versus C 39 +/- 4%CVC(max); P = 0.67). COX-I and NOS-I + COX-I attenuated the peak CVC response to ACh in both groups (COX-I O: 29 +/- 3, Y: 22 +/- 2%CVC(max) versus C; P < 0.001 both groups; NOS-I + COX-I O: 32 +/- 3 versus Y: 29 +/- 2%CVC(max); versus C; P < 0.001 both groups). ACh mediates cutaneous VD through prostanoid and non-NO-, non-prostanoid-dependent pathways. Further, older subjects have a diminished prostanoid contribution to ACh-mediated VD.
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- Lacy A Holowatz
- The Pennsylvania State University, Noll Laboratory, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
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