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Evlakhov VI, Poyasov IZ, Berezina TP. Pulmonary Microcirculation in Experimental Model of Pulmonary Thromboembolism after Pretreatment with Chloroquine. Bull Exp Biol Med 2023; 175:300-303. [PMID: 37561377 DOI: 10.1007/s10517-023-05856-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2022] [Indexed: 08/11/2023]
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Changes of pulmonary microcirculation in response to pulmonary artery embolization after pretreatment with chloroquine were studied on the model of isolated perfused rabbit lungs. The increase in the pulmonary vascular resistance and pre- and postcapillary resistance was less pronounced than after pulmonary thromboembolism after pretreatment with mibefradil (T-type Ca2+ channels blocker) or nifedipine (L-type Ca2+ channels blocker). The shifts of capillary filtration coefficient correlated with changes in the precapillary resistance. When modeling pulmonary thromboembolism after pretreatment with chloroquine combined with glibenclamide (KATP channels blocker), the studied hemodynamics parameters increased to the same extent as after pretreatment with nifedipine. The results indicate that chloroquine exhibits the properties of an L- and T-type Ca2+ channels blocker and an activator of KATP channels.
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- V I Evlakhov
- Laboratory of Visceral System Physiology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, St. Petersburg, Russia.
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- Laboratory of Visceral System Physiology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Laboratory of Visceral System Physiology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, St. Petersburg, Russia
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Baby SM, Tanner LH, Discala JF, Gruber RB, Hsieh YH, Lewis SJ. Systemic Administration of Tempol, a Superoxide Dismutase Mimetic, Augments Upper Airway Muscle Activity in Obese Zucker Rats. Front Pharmacol 2022; 13:814032. [PMID: 35222029 PMCID: PMC8864283 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2022.814032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2021] [Accepted: 01/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is characterized by repetitive partial/complete collapse of the pharynx during sleep, which results in apnea/hypopnea leading to arterial oxygen desaturations and arousals. Repetitive apnea/hypopnea-arousal episodes cause hypoxia/reoxygenation cycles, which increase free radical generation and oxidative stress that cause motor/sensory nerve impairments and muscle damage. We hypothesize that antioxidants may protect and/or reverse from oxidative stress-induced damage in OSA patients. To understand the acute protective effects of antioxidants on respiratory muscles, we studied the systemic effects of a membrane permeable superoxide dismutase mimetic, Tempol, on genioglossus (EMGGG) and diaphragmatic (EMGDIA) electro-myographic activities, hypoglossal motoneuron (HMN) nerve activity and cardiorespiratory parameters (mean arterial blood pressure, heart rate) in adult isoflurane-anesthetized obese Zucker rats (OZR) and age-matched lean Zucker rats (LZR). Tempol dose-dependently (1-100 mg/kg) increased EMGGG without changing EMGDIA in OZR and LZR. Tempol increased respiratory rate and tidal volume in OZR and LZR. Tempol (1-25 mg/kg) dose-dependently increased HMN nerve activity in healthy Sprague Dawley rats. Tempol (100 mg/kg) increased EMGGG output by 189% in OZR and 163% in LZR. With respect to mechanisms of effect, Tempol (100 mg/kg) did not augment EMGGG after bilateral HMN transection in Sprague Dawley rats. Although future studies are warranted, available data suggest that in addition to its antioxidant and antihypertensive properties, Tempol can selectively augment EMGGG through modulating HMN and this effect may prevent collapsibility and/or improve stability of the upper airway pharyngeal dilator muscles during episodes of partial and/or complete collapse of the upper airway in OSA human subjects.
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- Santhosh M Baby
- Department of Drug Discovery, Galleon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Horsham, PA, United States
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- Department of Drug Discovery, Galleon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Horsham, PA, United States
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- Department of Drug Discovery, Galleon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Horsham, PA, United States
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- Department of Drug Discovery, Galleon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Horsham, PA, United States
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pulmonology, Allergy and Immunology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States.,Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
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Yoon S, Lee E, Kim M, Kim I. Acute Exposure to Fructose Impairs Endothelium-Dependent Relaxation via Oxidative Stress in Isolated Rat Aortic Rings. J Vasc Res 2020; 57:213-222. [PMID: 32294645 DOI: 10.1159/000506684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2019] [Accepted: 02/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Although both glucose and fructose are hexoses, their catabolism is quite different: the catabolism of fructose is initiated by ketohexokinase and is not regulated by negative feedback, which results in oxidative stress. OBJECTIVE We hypothesized that fructose impairs endothelium-dependent relaxation via oxidative stress in rat aortic rings. METHODS Sprague-Dawley rats were offered 20% fructose solution or tap water for 2 weeks, after which vascular reactivity was measured in isolated aortic rings. In a separate experiment, vascular reactivity was measured after acute exposure to ∼10 mM fructose in isolated aortic rings from untreated rats. RESULTS Although high-fructose intake statistically significantly increased blood pressure and body weight, it did not affect contraction and relaxation in aortic rings. The substitution of fructose for glucose in Krebs solution inhibited vascular relaxation in aortic rings, which was abolished by pretreatment with antioxidants. Decreasing the glucose concentration in Krebs solution inhibited vascular relaxation, whereas decreasing the fructose concentration in Krebs solution improved vascular relaxation in the aortic rings. Pretreatment with antioxidants improved the vascular relaxation in Krebs solution with fructose substituted for glucose. CONCLUSIONS These results indicate that fructose impairs endothelium-dependent relaxation via oxidative stress in isolated rat aortic rings.
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- Sangwon Yoon
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea.,Cardiovascular Research Institute, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea.,BK21 Plus KNU Biomedical Convergence Program, Department of Biomedical Science, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea.,Cardiovascular Research Institute, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea.,BK21 Plus KNU Biomedical Convergence Program, Department of Biomedical Science, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea.,Cardiovascular Research Institute, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea, .,Cardiovascular Research Institute, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea, .,BK21 Plus KNU Biomedical Convergence Program, Department of Biomedical Science, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea,
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Verderosa AD, Dhouib R, Fairfull-Smith KE, Totsika M. Nitroxide Functionalized Antibiotics Are Promising Eradication Agents against Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2019; 64:e01685-19. [PMID: 31636066 PMCID: PMC7187575 DOI: 10.1128/aac.01685-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2019] [Accepted: 10/09/2019] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Treatment of biofilm-related Staphylococcus aureus infections represents an important medical challenge worldwide, as biofilms, even those involving drug-susceptible S. aureus strains, are highly refractory to conventional antibiotic therapy. Nitroxides were recently shown to induce the dispersal of Gram-negative biofilms in vitro, but their action against Gram-positive bacterial biofilms remains unknown. Here, we demonstrate that the biofilm dispersal activity of nitroxides extends to S. aureus, a clinically important Gram-positive pathogen. Coadministration of the nitroxide CTEMPO (4-carboxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-1-yloxyl) with ciprofloxacin significantly improved the biofilm eradication activity of the antibiotic against S. aureus Moreover, covalently linking the nitroxide to the antibiotic moiety further reduced the ciprofloxacin minimal biofilm eradication concentration. Microscopy analysis revealed that fluorescent nitroxide-antibiotic hybrids could penetrate S. aureus biofilms and enter cells localized at the surface and base of the biofilm structure. No toxicity to human cells was observed for the nitroxide CTEMPO or the nitroxide-antibiotic hybrids. Taken together, our results show that nitroxides can mediate the dispersal of Gram-positive biofilms and that dual-acting biofilm eradication antibiotics may provide broad-spectrum therapies for the treatment of biofilm-related infections.
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- Anthony D Verderosa
- School of Chemistry, Physics, and Mechanical Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- School of Biomedical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- School of Biomedical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, Physics, and Mechanical Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- School of Biomedical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Knock GA. NADPH oxidase in the vasculature: Expression, regulation and signalling pathways; role in normal cardiovascular physiology and its dysregulation in hypertension. Free Radic Biol Med 2019; 145:385-427. [PMID: 31585207 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2019.09.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2019] [Revised: 08/29/2019] [Accepted: 09/23/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The last 20-25 years have seen an explosion of interest in the role of NADPH oxidase (NOX) in cardiovascular function and disease. In vascular smooth muscle and endothelium, NOX generates reactive oxygen species (ROS) that act as second messengers, contributing to the control of normal vascular function. NOX activity is altered in response to a variety of stimuli, including G-protein coupled receptor agonists, growth-factors, perfusion pressure, flow and hypoxia. NOX-derived ROS are involved in smooth muscle constriction, endothelium-dependent relaxation and smooth muscle growth, proliferation and migration, thus contributing to the fine-tuning of blood flow, arterial wall thickness and vascular resistance. Through reversible oxidative modification of target proteins, ROS regulate the activity of protein tyrosine phosphatases, kinases, G proteins, ion channels, cytoskeletal proteins and transcription factors. There is now considerable, but somewhat contradictory evidence that NOX contributes to the pathogenesis of hypertension through oxidative stress. Specific NOX isoforms have been implicated in endothelial dysfunction, hyper-contractility and vascular remodelling in various animal models of hypertension, pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary arterial hypertension, but also have potential protective effects, particularly NOX4. This review explores the multiplicity of NOX function in the healthy vasculature and the evidence for and against targeting NOX for antihypertensive therapy.
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- Greg A Knock
- Dpt. of Inflammation Biology, School of Immunology & Microbial Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, King's College London, UK.
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Hurr C, Patik JC, Kim K, Christmas KM, Brothers RM. Tempol augments the blunted cutaneous microvascular thermal reactivity in healthy young African Americans. Exp Physiol 2018; 103:343-349. [PMID: 29271085 DOI: 10.1113/ep086776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2017] [Accepted: 12/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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NEW FINDINGS What is the central question of this study? The purpose was to determine whether there is a difference between African Americans and Caucasians in cutaneous microvascular function and whether this difference is attributable to elevated oxidative stress. What is the main finding and its importance? The main finding is that African Americans have an attenuated cutaneous vasodilatation during local heating relative to Caucasians that is restored with local infusion of the superoxide dismutase mimetic, tempol. This suggests that superoxide mediates microvascular dysfunction and might contribute to the greater prevalence of cardiovascular disease in this population. ABSTRACT African Americans (AA) have elevated risk for cardiovascular disease relative to other populations. We hypothesized that the cutaneous hyperaemic response to local heating is reduced in young AA relative to Caucasian Americans (CA) and that this is attributable to elevated oxidative stress. As such, ascorbic acid (a global antioxidant) and tempol (a superoxide dismutase mimetic) would improve this response in AA. Microdialysis fibres received lactated Ringer solution (control), 10 mm ascorbic acid or 10 μm 4-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl (tempol) at a rate of 2.0 μl min-1 . Cutaneous vascular conductance (CVC) was calculated as the red blood cell flux divided by mean arterial pressure. Data were presented as a percentage of maximal CVC (%CVCmax ) induced by 44°C heating plus sodium nitroprusside. Twenty-four (12 AA, 12 CA) young (23 ± 4 years old) subjects participated. During 39°C heating, the %CVCmax was lower in AA at the control (CA, 65 ± 20% versus AA, 47 ± 15%; P < 0.05) and ascorbic acid sites (CA, 73 ± 14% versus AA: 49 ± 17%; P < 0.01). At the tempol site, there were no differences between groups. This was followed by infusion of 10 mm l-NAME at all sites to assess the contribution of nitric oxide to vasodilatation during local heating. The contribution of nitric oxide was lower in AA relative to CA at 39°C; however, this was restored with tempol. These data suggest that: (i) cutaneous vasodilatation in response to local heating is blunted in AA relative to CA; and (ii) elevated superoxide generation attenuates nitric oxide-mediated cutaneous vasodilatation in AA.
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- Chansol Hurr
- Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.,Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.,Department of Kinesiology, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.,Department of Pathology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.,Department of Bioengineering, The University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.,Department of Kinesiology, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA
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Harms JE, Kuczmarski JM, Kim JS, Thomas GD, Kaufman MP. The role played by oxidative stress in evoking the exercise pressor reflex in health and simulated peripheral artery disease. J Physiol 2017; 595:4365-4378. [PMID: 28369936 DOI: 10.1113/jp273816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2016] [Accepted: 03/23/2017] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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KEY POINTS Ligating the femoral artery of a rat for 72 h, a model for peripheral artery disease, causes an exaggerated exercise pressor reflex in response to muscle contraction. Likewise, the hindlimb muscles of rats with ligated femoral arteries show increased levels of reactive oxygen species. Infusion of tiron, a superoxide scavenger, attenuated the exaggerated pressor reflex and reduced reactive oxygen species production in rats with ligated femoral arteries. Conversely, we found no effect of tiron infusion on the pressor reflex in rats with patent femoral arteries. These results suggest a role of reactive oxygen species with respect to causing the exaggerated pressor response to contraction seen in rats with ligated arteries and peripheral artery disease. ABSTRACT Contraction of muscle evokes the exercise pressor reflex (EPR), which is expressed partly by increases in heart rate and arterial pressure. Patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) show an exaggerated EPR, sometimes report pain when walking and are at risk for cardiac arrthymias. Previous research suggested that reactive oxygen species (ROS) mediate the exaggerated EPR associated with PAD. To examine the effects of ROS on the EPR, we infused a superoxide scavenger, tiron, into the superficial epigastric artery of decerebrated rats. In some, we simulated PAD by ligating a femoral artery for 72 h before the experiment. The peak EPR in 'ligated' rats during saline infusion averaged 31 ± 4 mmHg, whereas the peak EPR in these rats during tiron infusion averaged 13 ± 2 mmHg (n = 12; P < 0.001); the attenuating effect of tiron on the EPR was partly reversed when saline was reinfused into the superficial epigastric artery (21 ± 2 mmHg; P < 0.01 vs. tiron). The peak EPR in 'ligated' rats was also attenuated (n = 7; P < 0.01) by infusion of gp91ds-tat, a peptide that blocks the activity of NAD(P)H oxidase. Tiron infusion had no effect on the EPR in rats with patent femoral arteries (n = 9). Western blots showed that the triceps surae muscles of 'ligated' rats expressed more Nox2 and p67phox, which are components of NADPH oxidase, compared to triceps surae muscles of 'freely perfused' rats. Tiron added to muscle homogenates reduced ROS production in vitro. The results of the present study provide further evidence indicating that ROS mediates the exaggeration of EPR in rats with simulated PAD.
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- Jonathan E Harms
- Heart and Vascular Institute, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
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- Heart and Vascular Institute, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
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- Heart and Vascular Institute, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
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- Heart and Vascular Institute, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
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Endoplasmic reticulum stress inhibition reduces hypertension through the preservation of resistance blood vessel structure and function. J Hypertens 2016; 34:1556-69. [DOI: 10.1097/hjh.0000000000000943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Kawada T, Sata Y, Shimizu S, Turner MJ, Fukumitsu M, Sugimachi M. Effects of tempol on baroreflex neural arc versus peripheral arc in normotensive and spontaneously hypertensive rats. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2015; 308:R957-64. [DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00525.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2014] [Accepted: 03/23/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Although oxidative redox signaling affects arterial pressure (AP) regulation via modulation of vascular tone and sympathetic nerve activity (SNA), it remains unknown which effect plays a dominant role in the determination of AP in vivo. Open-loop systems analysis of the carotid sinus baroreflex was conducted to separately quantify characteristics of the neural arc from baroreceptor pressure input to SNA and the peripheral arc from SNA to AP in normotensive Wistar-Kyoto (WKY; n = 8) and spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR; n = 8). Responses in SNA and AP to a staircase-wise increase in carotid sinus pressure were examined before and during intravenous administration of the membrane-permeable superoxide dismutase mimetic tempol (30 mg/kg bolus followed by 30 mg·kg−1·h−1). Two-way ANOVA indicated that tempol significantly decreased the response range of SNA (from 89.1 ± 2.4% to 60.7 ± 2.5% in WKY and from 77.5 ± 3.2% to 56.9 ± 7.3% in SHR, P < 0.001) without affecting the lower plateau of SNA (from 12.5 ± 2.4% to 9.5 ± 2.5% in WKY, and from 28.8 ± 2.8% to 30.4 ± 5.7% in SHR, P = 0.800) in the neural arc. While tempol did not affect the peripheral arc characteristics in WKY, it yielded a downward change in the regression line of AP vs. SNA in SHR. In conclusion, oxidative redox signaling plays an important role, not only in the pathological AP elevation, but also in the baroreflex-mediated physiological AP regulation. The effect of modulating oxidative redox signaling on the peripheral arc contributed to the determination of AP in SHR but not in WKY.
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- Toru Kawada
- Department of Cardiovascular Dynamics, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan; and
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- Department of Cardiovascular Dynamics, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan; and
- Department of Artificial Organ Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Dynamics, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan; and
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- Department of Cardiovascular Dynamics, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan; and
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- Department of Cardiovascular Dynamics, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan; and
- Department of Artificial Organ Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Dynamics, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan; and
- Department of Artificial Organ Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Della Penna SL, Rosón MI, Toblli JE, Fernández BE. Role of angiotensin II and oxidative stress in renal inflammation by hypernatremia: Benefits of atrial natriuretic peptide, losartan, and tempol. Free Radic Res 2015; 49:383-96. [DOI: 10.3109/10715762.2015.1006216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Luo H, Wang X, Chen C, Wang J, Zou X, Li C, Xu Z, Yang X, Shi W, Zeng C. Oxidative stress causes imbalance of renal renin angiotensin system (RAS) components and hypertension in obese Zucker rats. J Am Heart Assoc 2015; 4:jah3851. [PMID: 25687731 PMCID: PMC4345876 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.114.001559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Background Oxidative stress plays an important role in the pathogenesis of hypertension, especially in obesity‐related hypertension. The natriuretic and antinatriuretic components of the renal renin angiotensin system (RAS) maintain sodium homeostasis and blood pressure. Here, we test the hypothesis that increased oxidative stress leads to the imbalance of RAS components and hypertension in obese Zucker rats. Methods and Results Lean and obese rats received vehicle or tempol, a superoxide dismutase mimetic in the drinking water for 4 weeks. Compared with vehicle‐treated lean rats, vehicle‐treated obese rats exhibited higher blood pressure and increased renal oxidative stress, accompanied by increased diuretic and natriuretic responses to AT1R antagonist (Candesartan) and AT2R agonist (CGP‐42112A) and reduced diuretic and natriuretic response to MasR agonist (Ang‐[1 to 7]). Moreover, obese rats had higher ACE, AT1R and AT2R, lower ACE2 and MasR expressions in the kidney. All of the above‐mentioned abnormalities were reversed to some degree by tempol treatment. In primary cultures of renal proximal tubular (RPT) cells from lean and obese rats, tempol treatment also increased AT2R, ACE2, and MasR expressions but decreased AT1R and ACE expressions in obese rats. Conclusions Taken together, our study indicated that the imbalance of renal RAS components was associated with increased oxidative stress in obese rats. Furthermore, antioxidant treatment with tempol reversed the imbalance of renal RAS components and led to diuresis and natriuresis, which, at least in part, explains the blood pressure‐lowering effect of antioxidant supplementation in obesity‐related hypertension.
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- Hao Luo
- Department of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing Institute of Cardiology, Chongqing, China (H.L., X.W., C.C., J.W., X.Z., C.L., Z.X., X.Y., W.S., C.Z.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing Institute of Cardiology, Chongqing, China (H.L., X.W., C.C., J.W., X.Z., C.L., Z.X., X.Y., W.S., C.Z.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing Institute of Cardiology, Chongqing, China (H.L., X.W., C.C., J.W., X.Z., C.L., Z.X., X.Y., W.S., C.Z.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing Institute of Cardiology, Chongqing, China (H.L., X.W., C.C., J.W., X.Z., C.L., Z.X., X.Y., W.S., C.Z.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing Institute of Cardiology, Chongqing, China (H.L., X.W., C.C., J.W., X.Z., C.L., Z.X., X.Y., W.S., C.Z.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing Institute of Cardiology, Chongqing, China (H.L., X.W., C.C., J.W., X.Z., C.L., Z.X., X.Y., W.S., C.Z.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing Institute of Cardiology, Chongqing, China (H.L., X.W., C.C., J.W., X.Z., C.L., Z.X., X.Y., W.S., C.Z.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing Institute of Cardiology, Chongqing, China (H.L., X.W., C.C., J.W., X.Z., C.L., Z.X., X.Y., W.S., C.Z.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing Institute of Cardiology, Chongqing, China (H.L., X.W., C.C., J.W., X.Z., C.L., Z.X., X.Y., W.S., C.Z.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing Institute of Cardiology, Chongqing, China (H.L., X.W., C.C., J.W., X.Z., C.L., Z.X., X.Y., W.S., C.Z.)
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New insights into the role of soluble guanylate cyclase in blood pressure regulation. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens 2014; 23:135-42. [PMID: 24419369 DOI: 10.1097/01.mnh.0000441048.91041.3a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Nitric oxide (NO)-soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC)-dependent signaling mechanisms have a profound effect on the regulation of blood pressure (BP). In this review, we will discuss recent findings in the field that support the importance of sGC in the development of hypertension. RECENT FINDINGS The importance of sGC in BP regulation was highlighted by studies using genetically modified animal models, chemical stimulators/activators and inhibitors of the NO/sGC signaling pathway, and genetic association studies in humans. Many studies further support the role of NO/sGC in vasodilation and vascular dysfunction, which is underscored by the early clinical success of synthetic sGC stimulators for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension. Recent work has uncovered more details about the structural basis of sGC activation, enabling the development of more potent and efficient modulators of sGC activity. Finally, the mechanisms involved in the modulation of sGC by signaling gases other than NO, as well as the influence of redox signaling on sGC, have been the subject of several interesting studies. SUMMARY sGC is fast becoming an interesting therapeutic target for the treatment of vascular dysfunction and hypertension, with novel sGC stimulating/activating compounds as promising clinical treatment options.
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Nordquist L, Friederich-Persson M, Fasching A, Liss P, Shoji K, Nangaku M, Hansell P, Palm F. Activation of hypoxia-inducible factors prevents diabetic nephropathy. J Am Soc Nephrol 2014; 26:328-38. [PMID: 25183809 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2013090990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Hyperglycemia results in increased oxygen consumption and decreased oxygen tension in the kidney. We tested the hypothesis that activation of hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs) protects against diabetes-induced alterations in oxygen metabolism and kidney function. Experimental groups consisted of control and streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats treated with or without chronic cobalt chloride to activate HIFs. We elucidated the involvement of oxidative stress by studying the effects of acute administration of the superoxide dismutase mimetic tempol. Compared with controls, diabetic rats displayed tissue hypoxia throughout the kidney, glomerular hyperfiltration, increased oxygen consumption, increased total mitochondrial leak respiration, and decreased tubular sodium transport efficiency. Diabetic kidneys showed proteinuria and tubulointerstitial damage. Cobalt chloride activated HIFs, prevented the diabetes-induced alterations in oxygen metabolism, mitochondrial leak respiration, and kidney function, and reduced proteinuria and tubulointerstitial damage. The beneficial effects of tempol were less pronounced after activation of HIFs, indicating improved oxidative stress status. In conclusion, activation of HIFs prevents diabetes-induced alteration in kidney oxygen metabolism by normalizing glomerular filtration, which reduces tubular electrolyte load, preventing mitochondrial leak respiration and improving tubular transport efficiency. These improvements could be related to reduced oxidative stress and account for the reduced proteinuria and tubulointerstitial damage. Thus, pharmacologic activation of the HIF system may prevent development of diabetic nephropathy.
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- Lina Nordquist
- Division of Integrative Physiology, Department of Medical Cell Biology and
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- Division of Integrative Physiology, Department of Medical Cell Biology and
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- Department of Radiology, Oncology and Radiation Science, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Division of Nephrology and Endocrinology, University of Tokyo School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; and
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- Division of Nephrology and Endocrinology, University of Tokyo School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; and
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- Division of Integrative Physiology, Department of Medical Cell Biology and
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- Division of Integrative Physiology, Department of Medical Cell Biology and Division of Drug Research, Department of Medical and Health Sciences and Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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Fujii N, Brunt VE, Minson CT. Tempol improves cutaneous thermal hyperemia through increasing nitric oxide bioavailability in young smokers. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2014; 306:H1507-11. [PMID: 24682395 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00886.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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We recently found that young cigarette smokers display cutaneous vascular dysfunction relative to nonsmokers, which is partially due to reduced nitric oxide (NO) synthase (NOS)-dependent vasodilation. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that reducing oxidative stress improves NO bioavailability, enhancing cutaneous vascular function in young smokers. Ten healthy young male smokers, who had smoked for 6.3 ± 0.7 yr with an average daily consumption of 9.1 ± 0.7 cigarettes, were tested. Cutaneous vascular conductance (CVC) during local heating to 42°C at a rate of 0.1°C/s was evaluated as laser-Doppler flux divided by mean arterial blood pressure and normalized to maximal CVC, induced by local heating to 44°C plus sodium nitroprusside administration. We evaluated plateau CVC during local heating, which is known to be highly dependent on NO, at four intradermal microdialysis sites with 1) Ringer solution (control); 2) 10 μM 4-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl (tempol), a superoxide dismutase mimetic; 3) 10 mM N(ω)-nitro-l-arginine (l-NNA), a nonspecific NOS inhibitor; and 4) a combination of 10 μM tempol and 10 mM l-NNA. Tempol increased plateau CVC compared with the Ringer solution site (90.0 ± 2.3 vs. 77.6 ± 3.9%maximum, P = 0.028). Plateau CVC at the combination site (56.8 ± 4.5%maximum) was lower than the Ringer solution site (P < 0.001) and was not different from the l-NNA site (55.1 ± 4.6%maximum, P = 0.978), indicating the tempol effect was exclusively NO dependent. These data suggest that in young smokers, reducing oxidative stress improves cutaneous thermal hyperemia to local heating by enhancing NO production.
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- Naoto Fujii
- Department of Human Physiology, The University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
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- Department of Human Physiology, The University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
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Bassi E, Liberman M, Martinatti MK, Bortolotto LA, Laurindo FRM. Lipoic acid, but not tempol, preserves vascular compliance and decreases medial calcification in a model of elastocalcinosis. Braz J Med Biol Res 2014; 47:119-27. [PMID: 24519127 PMCID: PMC4051185 DOI: 10.1590/1414-431x20133193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2013] [Accepted: 10/07/2013] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Vascular calcification decreases compliance and increases morbidity. Mechanisms
of this process are unclear. The role of oxidative stress and effects of
antioxidants have been poorly explored. We investigated effects of the
antioxidants lipoic acid (LA) and tempol in a model of atherosclerosis
associated with elastocalcinosis. Male New Zealand white rabbits (2.5-3.0 kg)
were fed regular chow (controls) or a 0.5% cholesterol (chol)
diet+104 IU/day vitamin D2 (vitD) for 12 weeks, and
assigned to treatment with water (vehicle, n=20), 0.12
mmol·kg-1·day-1 LA (n=11) or 0.1
mmol·kg-1·day-1 tempol (n=15). Chol+vitD-fed rabbits
developed atherosclerotic plaques associated with expansive remodeling, elastic
fiber disruption, medial calcification, and increased aortic stiffness.
Histologically, LA prevented medial calcification by ∼60% and aortic stiffening
by ∼60%. LA also preserved responsiveness to constrictor agents, while
intima-media thickening was increased. In contrast to LA, tempol was associated
with increased plaque collagen content, medial calcification and aortic
stiffness, and produced differential changes in vasoactive responses in the
chol+vitD group. Both LA and tempol prevented superoxide signals with chol+vitD.
However, only LA prevented hydrogen peroxide-related signals with chol+vitD,
while tempol enhanced them. These data suggest that LA, opposite to tempol, can
minimize calcification and compliance loss in elastocalcionosis by inhibition of
hydrogen peroxide generation.
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- E Bassi
- Laboratório de Biologia Vascular, Instituto do Coração, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São PauloSP, Brasil, Laboratório de Biologia Vascular, Instituto do Coração, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Biologia Vascular, Instituto do Coração, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São PauloSP, Brasil, Laboratório de Biologia Vascular, Instituto do Coração, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Biologia Vascular, Instituto do Coração, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São PauloSP, Brasil, Laboratório de Biologia Vascular, Instituto do Coração, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
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- Unidade de Hipertensão, Departamento de Cardiologia, Instituto do Coração, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São PauloSP, Brasil, Unidade de Hipertensão, Departamento de Cardiologia, Instituto do Coração, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Biologia Vascular, Instituto do Coração, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São PauloSP, Brasil, Laboratório de Biologia Vascular, Instituto do Coração, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
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SIGNIFICANCE Renal oxidative stress can be a cause, a consequence, or more often a potentiating factor for hypertension. Increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the kidney have been reported in multiple models of hypertension and related to renal vasoconstriction and alterations of renal function. Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase is the central source of ROS in the hypertensive kidney, but a defective antioxidant system also can contribute. RECENT ADVANCES Superoxide has been identified as the principal ROS implicated for vascular and tubular dysfunction, but hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) has been implicated in diminishing preglomerular vascular reactivity, and promoting medullary blood flow and pressure natriuresis in hypertensive animals. CRITICAL ISSUES AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS Increased renal ROS have been implicated in renal vasoconstriction, renin release, activation of renal afferent nerves, augmented contraction, and myogenic responses of afferent arterioles, enhanced tubuloglomerular feedback, dysfunction of glomerular cells, and proteinuria. Inhibition of ROS with antioxidants, superoxide dismutase mimetics, or blockers of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system or genetic deletion of one of the components of the signaling cascade often attenuates or delays the onset of hypertension and preserves the renal structure and function. Novel approaches are required to dampen the renal oxidative stress pathways to reduced O2(-•) rather than H2O2 selectivity and/or to enhance the endogenous antioxidant pathways to susceptible subjects to prevent the development and renal-damaging effects of hypertension.
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- Magali Araujo
- Hypertension, Kidney and Vascular Research Center, Georgetown University , Washington, District of Columbia
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The antioxidant tempol decreases acute pulmonary thromboembolism-induced hemolysis and nitric oxide consumption. Thromb Res 2013; 132:578-83. [DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2013.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2013] [Revised: 08/27/2013] [Accepted: 09/10/2013] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Bertera FM, Santa-Cruz DM, Balestrasse KB, Gorzalczany SB, Höcht C, Taira CA, Polizio AH. Tempol-nebivolol therapy potentiates hypotensive effect increasing NO bioavailability and signaling pathway. Free Radic Res 2013; 48:109-18. [PMID: 24074298 DOI: 10.3109/10715762.2013.845294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Nebivolol is a third generation beta blocker with endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) agonist properties. Considering the role of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the uncoupling of eNOS, we hypothesized that the preadministration of an antioxidant as tempol, could improve the hypotensive response of nebivolol in normotensive animals increasing the nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability by a reduction of superoxide (O2(•-)) basal level production in the vascular tissue. Male Sprague Dawley rats were given tap water to drink (control group) or tempol (an antioxidant scavenger of superoxide) for 1 week. After 1 week, Nebivolol, at a dose of 3 mg/kg, was injected intravenously to the control group or to the tempol-treated group. Mean arterial pressure, heart rate, and blood pressure variability were evaluated in the control, tempol, nebivolol, and tempol nebivolol groups, as well as, the effect of different inhibitor as Nβ-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME, a Nitric oxide synthase blocker) or glybenclamide, a KATP channel inhibitor. Also, the expression of α,β soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC), phospho-eNOS, and phospho-vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein (P-VASP) were evaluated by Western Blot and cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) levels by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) commercial kit assay. We showed that pretreatment with tempol in normotensive rats produces a hypotensive response after nebivolol administration through an increase in the NO bioavailability and sGC, improving the NO/cGMP/protein kinase G (PKG) pathway compared to that of the nebivolol group. We demonstrated that tempol preadministration beneficiates the response of a third-generation beta blocker with eNOS stimulation properties, decreasing the basal uncoupling of eNOS, and improving NO bioavailability. Our results clearly open a possible new strategy therapeutic for treating hypertension.
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- F M Bertera
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Buenos Aires , Buenos Aires , Argentina
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Koba S, Watanabe R, Kano N, Watanabe T. Oxidative stress exaggerates skeletal muscle contraction-evoked reflex sympathoexcitation in rats with hypertension induced by angiotensin II. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2012; 304:H142-53. [PMID: 23086992 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00423.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Muscle contraction stimulates thin fiber muscle afferents and evokes reflex sympathoexcitation. In hypertension, this reflex is exaggerated. ANG II, which is elevated in hypertension, has been reported to trigger the production of superoxide and other reactive oxygen species. In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that increased ANG II in hypertension exaggerates skeletal muscle contraction-evoked reflex sympathoexcitation by inducing oxidative stress in the muscle. In rats, subcutaneous infusion of ANG II at 450 ng·kg(-1)·min(-1) for 14 days significantly (P < 0.05) elevated blood pressure compared with sham-operated (sham) rats. Electrically induced 30-s hindlimb muscle contraction in decerebrate rats with hypertension evoked larger renal sympathoexcitatory and pressor responses [+1,173 ± 212 arbitrary units (AU) and +35 ± 5 mmHg, n = 10] compared with sham normotensive rats (+419 ± 103 AU and +13 ± 2 mmHg, n = 11). Tempol, a SOD mimetic, injected intra-arterially into the hindlimb circulation significantly reduced responses in hypertensive rats, whereas this compound had no effect on responses in sham rats. Tiron, another SOD mimetic, also significantly reduced reflex renal sympathetic and pressor responses in a subset of hypertensive rats (n = 10). Generation of muscle superoxide, as evaluated by dihydroethidium staining, was increased in hypertensive rats. RT-PCR and immunoblot experiments showed that mRNA and protein for gp91(phox), a NADPH oxidase subunit, in skeletal muscle tissue were upregulated in hypertensive rats. Taken together, hese results suggest that increased ANG II in hypertension induces oxidative stress in skeletal muscle, thereby exaggerating the muscle reflex.
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- Satoshi Koba
- Division of Integrative Physiology, Tottori University Faculty of Medicine, 86 Nishi-cho, Yonago, Tottori, Japan.
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Cui F, Gao L, Yuan F, Dong ZF, Zhou ZN, Kline DD, Zhang Y, Li DP. Hypobaric intermittent hypoxia attenuates hypoxia-induced depressor response. PLoS One 2012; 7:e41656. [PMID: 22848558 PMCID: PMC3407201 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2012] [Accepted: 06/25/2012] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Background Hypobaric intermittent hypoxia (HIH) produces many favorable effects in the cardiovascular system such as anti-hypertensive effect. In this study, we showed that HIH significantly attenuated a depressor response induced by acute hypoxia. Methodology/Principal Findings Sprague-Dawley rats received HIH in a hypobaric chamber simulating an altitude of 5000 m. The artery blood pressure (ABP), heart rate (HR) and renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) were recorded in anesthetized control rats and rats received HIH. The baseline ABP, HR and RSNA were not different between HIH and control rats. Acute hypoxia-induced decrease in ABP was significantly attenuated in HIH rat compared with control rats. However, acute hypoxia-induced increases in HR and RSNA were greater in HIH rat than in control rats. After removal of bilateral ascending depressor nerves, acute hypoxia-induced depressor and sympathoexcitatory responses were comparable in control and HIH rats. Furthermore, acute hypoxia-induced depressor and sympathoexcitatory responses did not differ between control and HIH groups after blocking ATP-dependent K+ channels by glibenclamide. The baroreflex function evaluated by intravenous injection of phenylephrine and sodium nitroprusside was markedly augmented in HIH rats compared with control rats. The pressor and sympathoexcitatory responses evoked by intravenous injection of cyanide potassium were also significantly greater in HIH rats than in control rats. Conclusions/Significance Our findings suggest that HIH suppresses acute hypoxia-induced depressor response through enhancement of baroreflex and chemoreflex function, which involves activation of ATP-dependent K+ channels. This study provides new information and underlying mechanism on the beneficiary effect of HIH on maintaining cardiovascular homeostasis.
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- Fang Cui
- Department of Physiology, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
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Requirement for functional BK channels in maintaining oscillation in venomotor tone revealed by species differences in expression of the β1 accessory subunits. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 2012; 59:29-36. [PMID: 21885988 DOI: 10.1097/fjc.0b013e318233614c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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We determined the possible role of large-conductance Ca2+-activated K (BK) channels in regulation of venous tone in small capacitance veins and blood pressure. In rat mesenteric venous smooth muscle cells (MV SMC), BK channel α- and β1-subunits were coexpressed, unitary BK currents were detected, and single-channel currents were sensitive to voltage and [Ca2+]i. Rat MV SMCs displayed Ca sparks and iberiotoxin-sensitive spontaneous transient outward currents. Under resting conditions in vitro, rat MV exhibited nifedipine-sensitive spontaneous oscillatory constrictions. Blockade of BK channels by paxilline and Ca2+ sparks by ryanodine constricted rat MV. Nifedipine caused venodilation and blocked paxilline-induced, KCl-induced (20 mM), and BayK8644-induced contraction. Acute inhibition of BK channels with iberiotoxin in vivo increased blood pressure and reduced venous capacitance, measured as an increase in mean circulatory filling pressure in conscious rats. BK channel α-subunits and L-type Ca2+ channel α1-C subunits are expressed in murine MV. However, these channels are not functional because murine MV lack nifedipine-sensitive basal tone and rhythmic constrictions. Murine MV were also insensitive to paxilline, ryanodine, KCl, and BayK8644, consistent with our previous studies showing that murine MV do not have BK β1-subunits. These data show that not only there are species-dependent properties in ion channel control of venomotor tone but also BK channels are required for rhythmic oscillations in venous tone.
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Vargas F, Rodríguez-Gómez I, Pérez-Abud R, Tendero PV, Baca Y, Wangensteen R. Cardiovascular and renal manifestations of glutathione depletion induced by buthionine sulfoximine. Am J Hypertens 2012; 25:629-35. [PMID: 22223042 DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2011.240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Oxidative stress contributes to the development of several cardiovascular diseases, including diabetes, renal insufficiency, and arterial hypertension. Animal studies have evidenced the association between higher blood pressure (BP) and increased oxidative stress, and treatment with antioxidants has been shown to reduce BP, while BP reduction due to antihypertensive drugs is associated with reduced oxidative stress. In 2000, it was first reported that oxidative stress and arterial hypertension were produced in normal Sprague-Dawley rats by oral administration of buthionine sulfoximine (BSO), which induces glutathione (GSH) depletion, indicating that oxidative stress may induce hypertension. The contribution of several potential pathogenic factors has been evaluated in the BSO rat model, the prototype of oxidative stress-induced hypertension, including vascular reactivity, endothelium-derived factors, renin-angiotensin system activity, TXA(2)-PGH(2) production, sodium sensitivity, renal dopamine-induced natriuresis, and sympathetic tone. This review summarizes the main factors implicated in the pathogenesis of BSO-induced hypertension and the alterations associated with GSH depletion that are related to renal function or BP control.
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Yamauchi K, Stone AJ, Stocker SD, Kaufman MP. Blockade of ATP-sensitive potassium channels prevents the attenuation of the exercise pressor reflex by tempol in rats with ligated femoral arteries. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2012; 303:H332-40. [PMID: 22636679 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00310.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We reported previously that tempol attenuated the exercise pressor and muscle mechanoreceptor reflexes in rats whose femoral arteries were ligated, whereas tempol did not attenuate these reflexes in rats whose femoral arteries were freely perfused. Although the mechanism whereby tempol attenuated these reflexes in rats whose femoral artery was ligated was independent of its ability to scavenge reactive oxygen species, its nature remains unclear. An alternative explanation for the tempol-induced attenuation of these reflexes involves ATP-sensitive potassium channels (K(ATP)) and calcium-activated potassium channels (BK(Ca)), both of which are opened by tempol. We tested the likelihood of this explanation by measuring the effects of either glibenclamide (0.1 mg/kg), which blocks K(ATP) channels, or iberiotoxin (20 or 40 μg/kg), which blocks BK(Ca) channels, on the tempol-induced attenuation of the exercise pressor and muscle mechanoreceptor reflexes in decerebrated rats whose femoral arteries were ligated. We found that glibenclamide prevented the tempol-induced attenuation of both reflexes, whereas iberiotoxin did not. We also found that the amount of protein comprising the pore of the K(ATP) channel in the dorsal root ganglia innervating hindlimbs whose femoral artery was ligated was significantly greater than that in the dorsal root ganglia innervating hindlimbs whose femoral arteries were freely perfused. In contrast, the amounts of protein comprising the BK(Ca) channel in the dorsal root ganglia innervating the ligated and freely perfused hindlimbs were not different. We conclude that tempol attenuated both reflexes by opening K(ATP) channels, an effect that hyperpolarized muscle afferents stimulated by static contraction or tendon stretch.
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- Katsuya Yamauchi
- Pennsylvania State Heart and Vascular Institute, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, USA
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El-Mas MM, Abdel-Rahman AA. Enhanced catabolism to acetaldehyde in rostral ventrolateral medullary neurons accounts for the pressor effect of ethanol in spontaneously hypertensive rats. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2012; 302:H837-44. [PMID: 22159996 PMCID: PMC3353783 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00958.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2011] [Accepted: 12/01/2011] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We have previously shown that ethanol microinjection into the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) elicits sympathoexcitation and hypertension in conscious spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs) but not in Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats. In this study, evidence was sought to implicate the oxidative breakdown of ethanol in this strain-dependent hypertensive action of ethanol. Biochemical experiments revealed significantly higher catalase activity and similar aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) activity in the RVLM of SHRs compared with WKY rats. We also investigated the influence of pharmacological inhibition of catalase (3-aminotriazole) or ALDH (cyanamide) on the cardiovascular effects of intra-RVLM ethanol or its metabolic product acetaldehyde in conscious rats. Compared with vehicle, ethanol (10 μg/rat) elicited a significant increase in blood pressure in SHRs that lasted for the 60-min observation period but had no effect on blood pressure in WKY rats. The first oxidation product, acetaldehyde, played a critical role in ethanol-evoked hypertension because 1) catalase inhibition (3-aminotriazole treatment) virtually abolished the ethanol-evoked pressor response in SHRs, 2) intra-RVLM acetaldehyde (2 μg/rat) reproduced the strain-dependent hypertensive effect of intra-RVLM ethanol, and 3) ALDH inhibition (cyanamide treatment) uncovered a pressor response to intra-RVLM acetaldehyde in WKY rats similar to the response observed in SHRs. These findings support the hypothesis that local production of acetaldehyde, due to enhanced catalase activity, in the RVLM mediates the ethanol-evoked pressor response in SHRs.
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- Mahmoud M El-Mas
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834, USA.
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Martin DS, Klinkova O, Eyster KM. Regional differences in sexually dimorphic protein expression in the spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR). Mol Cell Biochem 2011; 362:103-14. [PMID: 22038629 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-011-1132-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2011] [Accepted: 10/12/2011] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Hypertension is sexually dimorphic and modified by removal of endogenous sex steroids. This study tested the hypothesis that endogenous gonadal hormones exert differential effects on protein expression in the kidney and mesentery of SHR. At ~5 weeks of age male and female SHR underwent sham operation, orchidectomy, or ovariectomy (OVX). At 20-23 weeks of age, mean arterial pressure (MAP) was measured in conscious rats. The mesenteric arterial tree and kidneys were collected, processed for Western blots, and probed for Cu Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD1), soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH), and Alpha 2A adrenergic receptor (A2AR) expression. MAP was unaffected by ovariectomy (Sham 164 ± 4: Ovariecttomy 159 ± 3 mm Hg). MAP was reduced by orchidectomy (Sham 189 ± 5:Orchidectomy 167 ± 2 mm Hg). In mesenteric artery, SOD1 expression was greater in male versus female SHR. Orchidectomy increased while ovariectomy decreased SOD1 expression. The kidney exhibited a different pattern of response. SOD1 expression was reduced in male compared to female SHR but gonadectomy had no effect. sEH expression was not significantly different among the groups in mesenteric artery. In kidney, sEH expression was greater in males compared to females. Ovariectomy but not orchidectomy increased sEH expression. A2AR expression was greater in female than male SHR in mesentery artery and kidney. Gonadectomy had no effect in either tissue. We conclude that sexually dimorphic hypertension is associated with regionally specific changes in expression of three key proteins involved in blood pressure control. These data suggest that broad spectrum inhibition or stimulation of these systems may not be the best approach for hypertension treatment. Instead regionally targeted manipulation of these systems should be investigated.
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- Douglas S Martin
- Basic Biomedical Sciences, University of South Dakota School of Medicine, Vermillion, SD 5760-2390, USA.
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Lai EY, Wellstein A, Welch WJ, Wilcox CS. Superoxide modulates myogenic contractions of mouse afferent arterioles. Hypertension 2011; 58:650-6. [PMID: 21859962 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.111.170472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Reactive oxygen species enhance or impair autoregulation. Because superoxide is a vasoconstrictor, we tested the hypothesis that stretch generates superoxide that mediates myogenic responses. Increasing perfusion pressure of mouse isolated perfused renal afferent arterioles from 40 to 80 mm Hg reduced their diameter by 13.3±1.8% (P<0.001) and increased reactive oxygen species (ethidium: dihydroethidium fluorescence) by 9.8±2.3% (P<0.05). Stretch-induced fluorescence was reduced significantly (P<0.05) by incubation with Tempol (3.7±0.8%), pegylated superoxide dismutase (3.2±1.0%), or apocynin (3.5±0.9%) but not by pegylated catalase, L-nitroarginine methylester, or Ca(2+)-free medium, relating it to Ca(2+)-independent vascular superoxide. Compared with vehicle, basal tone and myogenic contractions were reduced significantly (P<0.05) by pegylated superoxide dismutase (5.4±0.8), Tempol (4.1±1.0%), apocynin (1.0±1.3%), and diphenyleneiodinium (3.9±0.9%) but not by pegylated catalase (10.1±1.6%). L-Nitroarginine methylester enhanced basal tone, but neither it (15.8±3.3%) nor endothelial NO synthase knockout (10.2±1.8%) significantly changed myogenic contractions. Tempol had no further effect after superoxide dismutase but remained effective after catalase. H(2)O(2) >50 μmol/L caused contractions but at 25 μmol/L inhibited myogenic responses (7.4±0.8%; P<0.01). In conclusion, increasing the pressure within afferent arterioles led to Ca(2+)-independent increased vascular superoxide production from nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase, which enhanced myogenic contractions largely independent of NO, whereas H(2)O(2) impaired pressure-induced contractions but was not implicated in the normal myogenic response.
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- En Yin Lai
- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20007, USA
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McCord JL, Tsuchimochi H, Yamauchi K, Leal A, Kaufman MP. Tempol attenuates the exercise pressor reflex independently of neutralizing reactive oxygen species in femoral artery ligated rats. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2011; 111:971-9. [PMID: 21737820 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00535.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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In decerebrate rats, we reported previously that the exercise pressor reflex arising from a limb whose femoral artery was occluded for 72 h before the experiment was significantly higher than the exercise pressor reflex arising from a contralateral freely perfused limb. These findings prompted us to examine whether reactive oxygen species contributed to the augmented pressor reflex in rats with femoral artery occlusion. We found that the pressor reflex arising from the limb whose femoral artery was occluded for 72 h before the experiment (31 ± 5 mmHg) was attenuated by tempol (10 mg), a superoxide dismutase (SOD) mimetic (18 ± 5 mmHg, n = 9, P < 0.05), that was injected into the arterial supply of the hindlimb. In contrast, the pressor reflex arising from a freely perfused hindlimb (20 ± 3 mmHg) was not attenuated by tempol (17 ± 4 mmHg, n = 10, P = 0.49). Nevertheless, we found no difference in the increase in 8-isoprostaglandin F(2α) levels, an index of reactive oxygen species, in response to contraction between freely perfused (3.76 ± 0.82 pg/ml, n = 19) and 72-h occluded (3.51 ± 0.92 pg/ml, n = 22, P = 0.90) hindlimbs. Moreover, tempol did not reduce the 8-isoprostaglandin F(2α) levels during contraction in either group (P > 0.30). A second SOD mimetic, tiron (200 mg/kg), had no effect on the exercise pressor reflex in either the rats with freely perfused hindlimbs or in those with occluded femoral arteries. These findings suggest that tempol attenuated the exercise pressor reflex in the femoral artery-occluded hindlimb by a mechanism that was independent of its ability to scavenge reactive oxygen species.
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- Jennifer L McCord
- Penn State Heart and Vascular Institute, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
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Jiang H, Quilley J, Doumad AB, Zhu AG, Falck JR, Hammock BD, Stier CT, Carroll MA. Increases in plasma trans-EETs and blood pressure reduction in spontaneously hypertensive rats. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2011; 300:H1990-6. [PMID: 21398593 PMCID: PMC3119086 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01267.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2010] [Accepted: 03/09/2011] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) are vasodilator, natriuretic, and antiinflammatory lipid mediators. Both cis- and trans-EETs are stored in phospholipids and in red blood cells (RBCs) in the circulation; the maximal velocity (V(max)) of trans-EET hydrolysis by soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) is threefold that of cis-EETs. Because RBCs of the spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) exhibit increased sEH activity, a deficiency of trans-EETs in the SHR was hypothesized to increase blood pressure (BP). This prediction was fulfilled, since sEH inhibition with cis-4-[4-(3-adamantan-1-ylureido)cyclohexyloxy]benzoic acid (AUCB; 2 mg·kg(-1)·day(-1) for 7 days) in the SHR reduced mean BP from 176 ± 8 to 153 ± 5 mmHg (P < 0.05), whereas BP in the control Wistar-Kyoto rat (WKY) was unaffected. Plasma levels of EETs in the SHR were lower than in the age-matched control WKY (16.4 ± 1.6 vs. 26.1 ± 1.8 ng/ml; P < 0.05). The decrease in BP in the SHR treated with AUCB was associated with an increase in plasma EETs, which was mostly accounted for by increasing trans-EET from 4.1 ± 0.2 to 7.9 ± 1.5 ng/ml (P < 0.05). Consistent with the effect of increased plasma trans-EETs and reduced BP in the SHR, the 14,15-trans-EET was more potent (ED(50) 10(-10) M; maximum dilation 59 ± 15 μm) than the cis-isomer (ED(50) 10(-9) M; maximum dilation 30 ± 11 μm) in relaxing rat preconstricted arcuate arteries. The 11,12-EET cis- and trans-isomers were equipotent dilators as were the 8,9-EET isomers. In summary, inhibition of sEH resulted in a twofold increase in plasma trans-EETs and reduced mean BP in the SHR. The greater vasodilator potency of trans- vs. cis-EETs may contribute to the antihypertensive effects of sEH inhibitors.
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- Houli Jiang
- Dept. of Pharmacology, New York Medical College, 15 Dana Road, Valhalla, NY 10595, USA.
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Endogenous hydrogen peroxide up-regulates the expression of nitric oxide synthase in the kidney of SHR. J Hypertens 2011; 29:1167-74. [DOI: 10.1097/hjh.0b013e3283468367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Hirai DM, Copp SW, Schwagerl PJ, Haub MD, Poole DC, Musch TI. Acute antioxidant supplementation and skeletal muscle vascular conductance in aged rats: role of exercise and fiber type. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2011; 300:H1536-44. [DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01082.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Age-related increases in oxidative stress contribute to impaired skeletal muscle vascular control. However, recent evidence indicates that antioxidant treatment with tempol (4-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl) attenuates flow-mediated vasodilation in isolated arterioles from the highly oxidative soleus muscle of aged rats. Whether antioxidant treatment with tempol evokes similar responses in vivo at rest and during exercise in senescent individuals and whether this effect varies based on muscle fiber type composition are unknown. We tested the hypothesis that redox modulation via acute systemic tempol administration decreases vascular conductance (VC) primarily in oxidative hindlimb locomotor muscles at rest and during submaximal whole body exercise (treadmill running at 20 m/min, 5% grade) in aged rats. Eighteen old (25–26 mo) male Fischer 344 x Brown Norway rats were assigned to either rest ( n = 8) or exercise ( n = 10) groups. Regional VC was determined via radiolabeled microspheres before and after intra-arterial administration of tempol (302 μmol/kg). Tempol decreased mean arterial pressure significantly by 9% at rest and 16% during exercise. At rest, similar VC in 26 out of 28 individual hindlimb muscles or muscle parts following tempol administration compared with control resulted in unchanged total hindlimb muscle VC (control: 0.18 ± 0.02; tempol: 0.17 ± 0.05 ml·min−1·100 g−1·mmHg−1; P > 0.05). During exercise, all individual hindlimb muscles or muscle parts irrespective of fiber type composition exhibited either an increase or no change in VC with tempol (i.e., ↑11 and ↔17 muscles or muscle parts), such that total hindlimb VC increased by 25% (control: 0.93 ± 0.04; tempol: 1.15 ± 0.09 ml·min−1·100 g−1·mmHg−1; P ≤ 0.05). These results demonstrate that acute systemic administration of the antioxidant tempol significantly impacts the control of regional vascular tone in vivo presumably via redox modulation and improves skeletal muscle vasodilation independently of fiber type composition during submaximal whole body exercise in aged rats.
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- Human Nutrition, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
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Rodriguez-Gomez I, Baca Y, Moreno JM, Wangensteen R, Perez-Abud R, Paya JA, O'Valle F, Vargas F. Role of sympathetic tone in BSO-induced hypertension in mice. Am J Hypertens 2010; 23:882-8. [PMID: 20431527 DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2010.90] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND We investigated the contribution of the sympathetic tone to the hypertension induced by chronic administration of buthionine sulfoximine (BSO) and characterized this model in mice. METHODS Three experiments were performed. In experiment I, four groups of CBA-C57 male mice were used: controls and three groups that received oral BSO at 5, 10, or 20 mmol/l. In experiment II, the alpha(1)-adrenergic blocker prazosin was orally administered (10 mg/100 ml) to control and BSO-treated mice. All treatments were maintained for 5 weeks. Body weight (BW), tail blood pressure (BP), and heart rate (HR) were measured weekly. Direct mean arterial pressure (MAP) and morphological, metabolic, plasma, and renal variables were measured at the end of the experiments. In experiment III, the acute response of MAP and HR to the ganglionic blocker pentolinium (10 mg/kg intravenous) was used to further evaluate the sympathetic contribution to BP and HR in control and BSO-treated mice. RESULTS BSO produced dose-related increases in BP (control, 115 +/- 0.5; BSO-5, 141 +/- 0.5; BSO-10, 151 +/- 0.9; BSO-20, 163 +/- 1.1 mm Hg) and HR and augmented plasma noradrenaline, brainstem isoprostane levels, and total urinary isoprostane excretion. BSO did not produce cardiac hypertrophy and did not modify metabolic or plasma variables, or creatinine clearance, proteinuria, or renal morphology. Chronic prazosin markedly reduced MAP (control, 101 +/- 4.7; prazosin, 95 +/- 1.29; BSO-10, 130 +/- 2.9; BSO-10 +/- prazosin, 98 +/- 0.9) and HR. Acute pentolinium produced a greater percentage MAP (control, 43 +/- 4.2; BSO-10, 66 +/- 4.5) and HR decrease in BSO-treated mice vs. controls. CONCLUSION Sympathetic tone plays a major role in the increased BP and HR of BSO hypertensive mice.
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Rosón MI, Della Penna SL, Cao G, Gorzalczany S, Pandolfo M, Toblli JE, Fernández BE. Different protective actions of losartan and tempol on the renal inflammatory response to acute sodium overload. J Cell Physiol 2010; 224:41-8. [PMID: 20232302 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.22087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The aim of this work was to study the role of local intrarenal angiotensin II (Ang II) and the oxidative stress in the up-regulation of pro-inflammatory cytokines expression observed in rats submitted to an acute sodium overload. Sprague-Dawley rats were infused for 2 h with isotonic saline solution (Control group) and with hypertonic saline solution alone (Na group), plus the AT1 receptor antagonist losartan (10 mg kg(-1) in bolus) (Na-Los group), or plus the superoxide dismutase mimetic tempol (0.5 mg min(-1) kg(-1)) (Na-Temp group). Mean arterial pressure, glomerular filtration rate, and fractional sodium excretion (FE(Na)) were measured. Ang II, NF-kappaB, hypoxia inducible factor-1 alpha (HIF-1 alpha), transforming growth factor beta1 (TGF-beta1), smooth muscle actin (alpha-SMA), endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS), and RANTES renal expression was evaluated by immunohistochemistry. Ang II, NF-kappaB, and TGF-beta1 and RANTES early inflammatory markers were overexpressed in Na group, accompanied by enhanced HIF-1 alpha immunostaining, lower eNOS expression, and unmodified alpha-SMA. Losartan and tempol increased FE(Na) in sodium overload group. Although losartan reduced Ang II and NF-kappaB staining and increased eNOS expression, it did not restore HIF-1 alpha expression and did not prevent inflammation. Conversely, tempol increased eNOS and natriuresis, restored HIF-1 alpha expression, and prevented inflammation. Early inflammatory markers observed in rats with acute sodium overload is associated with the imbalance between HIF-1 alpha and eNOS expression. While both losartan and tempol increased natriuresis and eNOS expression, only tempol was effective in restoring HIF-1 alpha expression and down-regulating TGF-beta1 and RANTES expression. The protective role of tempol, but not of losartan, in the inflammatory response may be associated with its greater antioxidant effects.
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- María I Rosón
- School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Department of Pathophysiology, Pharmacology and Clinical Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires, INFIBIOC, CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Gwathmey TM, Pendergrass KD, Reid SD, Rose JC, Diz DI, Chappell MC. Angiotensin-(1-7)-angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 attenuates reactive oxygen species formation to angiotensin II within the cell nucleus. Hypertension 2009; 55:166-71. [PMID: 19948986 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.109.141622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The angiotensin (Ang) type 1 receptor (AT(1)R) is highly expressed on renal nuclei and stimulates reactive oxygen species (ROS). It is not known whether other functional components of the Ang system regulate the nuclear Ang II-AT(1)R ROS pathway. Therefore, we examined the expression of Ang receptors in nuclei isolated from the kidneys of young adult (1.5 years) and older adult (3.0 to 5.0 years) sheep. Binding studies in renal nuclei revealed the AT(2)R as the predominant receptor subtype ( approximately 80%) in young sheep, with the Ang-(1-7) (AT(7)R; Mas protein) and AT(1)R antagonists competing for the remaining sites. Conversely, in older sheep, the AT(1)R accounted for approximately 85% of nuclear sites, whereas the Ang type 2 receptor and AT(7)R subtypes comprise approximately 20% of remaining sites. Ang II increased nuclear ROS to a greater extent in older (97+/-22%; n=6) versus young animals (7+/-2%; P=0.01; n=4), and this was abolished by an AT(1)R antagonist. The AT(7)R antagonist D-Ala(7)-Ang-(1-7) increased ROS formation to Ang II by approximately 2-fold (174+/-5% versus 97+/-22%; P<0.05) in older adults. Immunoblots of renal nuclei revealed protein bands for the AT(7)R and Ang-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), which metabolizes Ang II to Ang-(1-7). The ACE2 inhibitor MLN4760 also exacerbated the Ang II-dependent formation of ROS (156+/-15%) and abolished the generation of Ang-(1-7) from Ang II. We conclude that an ACE2-Ang-(1-7)-AT(7)R pathway modulates Ang II-dependent ROS formation within the nucleus, providing a unique protective mechanism against oxidative stress and cell damage.
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- TanYa M Gwathmey
- Hypertension and Vascular Research Center, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA.
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Simonsen U, Christensen FH, Buus NH. The effect of tempol on endothelium-dependent vasodilatation and blood pressure. Pharmacol Ther 2009; 122:109-24. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2009.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2009] [Accepted: 02/05/2009] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Wilcox CS, Pearlman A. Chemistry and antihypertensive effects of tempol and other nitroxides. Pharmacol Rev 2009; 60:418-69. [PMID: 19112152 DOI: 10.1124/pr.108.000240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 288] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Nitroxides can undergo one- or two-electron reduction reactions to hydroxylamines or oxammonium cations, respectively, which themselves are interconvertible, thereby providing redox metabolic actions. 4-Hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-N-oxyl (tempol) is the most extensively studied nitroxide. It is a cell membrane-permeable amphilite that dismutates superoxide catalytically, facilitates hydrogen peroxide metabolism by catalase-like actions, and limits formation of toxic hydroxyl radicals produced by Fenton reactions. It is broadly effective in detoxifying these reactive oxygen species in cell and animal studies. When administered intravenously to hypertensive rodent models, tempol caused rapid and reversible dose-dependent reductions in blood pressure in 22 of 26 studies. This was accompanied by vasodilation, increased nitric oxide activity, reduced sympathetic nervous system activity at central and peripheral sites, and enhanced potassium channel conductance in blood vessels and neurons. When administered orally or by infusion over days or weeks to hypertensive rodent models, it reduced blood pressure in 59 of 68 studies. This was accompanied by correction of salt sensitivity and endothelial dysfunction and reduced agonist-evoked oxidative stress and contractility of blood vessels, reduced renal vascular resistance, and increased renal tissue oxygen tension. Thus, tempol is broadly effective in reducing blood pressure, whether given by acute intravenous injection or by prolonged administration, in a wide range of rodent models of hypertension.
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- Christopher S Wilcox
- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Kidney and Vascular Disorder Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20007, USA.
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Capettini LSA, Cortes SF, Gomes MA, Silva GAB, Pesquero JL, Lopes MJ, Teixeira MM, Lemos VS. Neuronal nitric oxide synthase-derived hydrogen peroxide is a major endothelium-dependent relaxing factor. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2008; 295:H2503-11. [PMID: 18952716 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00731.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Endothelium-dependent vasorelaxation in large vessels is mainly attributed to Nomega-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME)-sensitive endothelial nitric oxide (NO) synthase (eNOS)-derived NO production. Endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF) is the component of endothelium-dependent relaxations that resists full blockade of NO synthases (NOS) and cyclooxygenases. H2O2 has been proposed as an EDHF in resistance vessels. In this work we propose that in mice aorta neuronal (n)NOS-derived H2O2 accounts for a large proportion of endothelium-dependent ACh-induced relaxation. In mice aorta rings, ACh-induced relaxation was inhibited by L-NAME and Nomega-nitro-L-arginine (L-NNA), two nonselective inhibitors of NOS, and attenuated by selective inhibition of nNOS with L-ArgNO2-L-Dbu-NH2 2TFA (L-ArgNO2-L-Dbu) and 1-(2-trifluoromethylphehyl)imidazole (TRIM). The relaxation induced by ACh was associated with enhanced H2O2 production in endothelial cells that was prevented by the addition of L-NAME, L-NNA, L-ArgNO2-L-Dbu, TRIM, and removal of the endothelium. The addition of catalase, an enzyme that degrades H2O2, reduced ACh-dependent relaxation and abolished ACh-induced H2O2 production. RT-PCR experiments showed the presence of mRNA for eNOS and nNOS but not inducible NOS in mice aorta. The constitutive expression of nNOS was confirmed by Western blot analysis in endothelium-containing vessels but not in endothelium-denuded vessels. Immunohistochemistry data confirmed the localization of nNOS in the vascular endothelium. Antisense knockdown of nNOS decreased both ACh-dependent relaxation and ACh-induced H2O2 production. Antisense knockdown of eNOS decreased ACh-induced relaxation but not H2O2 production. Residual relaxation in eNOS knockdown mouse aorta was further inhibited by the selective inhibition of nNOS with L-ArgNO2-L-Dbu. In conclusion, these results show that nNOS is constitutively expressed in the endothelium of mouse aorta and that nNOS-derived H2O2 is a major endothelium-dependent relaxing factor. Hence, in the mouse aorta, the effects of nonselective NOS inhibitors cannot be solely ascribed to NO release and action without considering the coparticipation of H2O2 in mediating vasodilatation.
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- L S A Capettini
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, ICB, Federal University of Minas Gerais. Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627, Pampulha 31270-901, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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Lopez-Ruiz A, Sartori-Valinotti J, Yanes LL, Iliescu R, Reckelhoff JF. Sex differences in control of blood pressure: role of oxidative stress in hypertension in females. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2008; 295:H466-74. [PMID: 18567715 PMCID: PMC2519220 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01232.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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In general, blood pressure is higher in normotensive men than in age-matched women, and the prevalence of hypertension in men is also higher until after menopause, when the prevalence of hypertension increases for women. It is likely then that the mechanisms by which blood pressure increases in men and women with aging may be different. Although clinical trials to reduce blood pressure with antioxidants have typically not been successful in human cohorts, studies in male rats suggest that oxidative stress plays an important role in mediating hypertension. The exact mechanisms by which oxidative stress increases blood pressure have not been completely elucidated. There may be several reasons for the discrepancies between clinical and animal studies. In this review, the data obtained in selected clinical and animal studies are discussed, and the hypothesis is put forward that oxidative stress may not be as important in mediating hypertension in females as has been shown previously in male rats. Furthermore, it is likely that differences in genetics, age, length of time with hypertension, endothelial dysfunction, and sex are all factored in to modulate the responses to antioxidants in humans. As such, future clinical trials should be designed and powered to evaluate the effects of oxidative stress on blood pressure separately in men and women.
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- Arnaldo Lopez-Ruiz
- Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, Univ. of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State St., Jackson, MS 39216-4505, USA
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