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Morse CJ, Boerman EM, McDonald MW, Padilla J, Olver TD. The role of nitric oxide in flow-induced and myogenic responses in 1A, 2A, and 3A branches of the porcine middle cerebral artery. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2022; 133:1228-1236. [PMID: 36227166 PMCID: PMC9715271 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00209.2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2022] [Revised: 09/13/2022] [Accepted: 10/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Myogenic and flow-induced reactivity contribute to cerebral autoregulation, with potentially divergent roles for smaller versus larger arteries. The present study tested the hypotheses that compared with first-order (1A) branches of the middle cerebral artery, second- and third-order branches (2A and 3A, respectively) exhibit greater myogenic reactivity but reduced flow-induced constriction. Furthermore, nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibition may amplify myogenic reactivity and abolish instances of flow-induced dilation. Isolated porcine cerebral arteries mounted in a pressure myograph were exposed to incremental increases in intraluminal pressure (40-120 mmHg; n = 41) or flow (1-1,170 µL/min; n = 31). Intraluminal flows were adjusted to achieve 5, 10, 20, and 40 dyn/cm2 of wall shear stress at 60 mmHg. Myogenic tone was greater in 3A versus 1A arteries (P < 0.05). There was an inverse relationship between myogenic reactivity and passive arterial diameter (P < 0.01). NOS inhibition increased basal tone to a lesser extent in 3A versus 1A arteries (P < 0.01) but did not influence myogenic reactivity (P = 0.49). Increasing flow decreased luminal diameter (P ≤ 0.01), with increased vasoconstriction at 10-40 dyn/cm2 of shear stress (P < 0.01). However, relative responses were similar between 1A, 2A, and 3A arteries (P = 0.40) with and without NOS inhibition conditions (P ≥ 0.29). Whereas NOS inhibition increases basal myogenic tone, and myogenic reactivity was less in smaller versus larger arteries (range = ∼100-550 µM), neither NOS inhibition nor luminal diameter influences flow-induced constriction in porcine cerebral arteries.NEW & NOTEWORTHY This study demonstrated size-dependent heterogeneity in myogenic reactivity in porcine cerebral arteries. Smaller branches of the middle cerebral artery exhibited increased myogenic reactivity, but attenuated NOS-dependent increases in myogenic tone compared with larger branches. Flow-dependent regulation does not exhibit the same variation; diameter-independent flow-induced vasoconstrictions occur across all branch orders and are not affected by NOS inhibition. Conceptually, flow-induced vasoconstriction contributes to cerebral autoregulation, particularly in larger arteries with low myogenic tone.
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- Cameron J Morse
- Department Biomedical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Department Medical Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
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- Department Biomedical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
- Department Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
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- Department Biomedical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Allerkamp HH, Pole T, Boukham A, James JL, Clark AR. Predicting pregnancy specific uterine vascular reactivity: A data driven computational model of shear-dependent, myogenic, and mechanical radial artery features. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2022; 323:H72-H88. [PMID: 35452318 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00693.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The entire maternal circulation adapts to pregnancy, and this adaption is particularly extensive in the uterine circulation where the major vessels double in size to facilitate an approximately 15-fold increase in blood supply to this organ over the course of pregnancy. Several factors may play a role in both the remodelling and biomechanical function of the uterine vasculature including the paracrine microenvironment, passive properties of the vessel wall, and active components of vascular function (incorporating the myogenic response and response to shear stress induced by intravascular blood flow). However, the interplay between these factors, and how this plays out in an organ-specific manner to induce the extent of remodelling observed in the uterus is not well understood. Here we present an integrated assessment of the uterine radial arteries, likely rate-limiters to flow of oxygenated maternal blood to the placental surface, via computational modelling and pressure myography. We show that uterine radial arteries behave differently to other systemic vessels (higher compliance and shear mediated constriction) and that their properties change with the adaptation to pregnancy (higher myogenic tone, higher compliance, and ability to tolerate higher flow rates before constricting). Together, this provides a useful tool to improve our understanding of the role of uterine vascular adaptation in normal and abnormal pregnancies and highlights the need for vascular bed specific investigations of vascular function in health and disease.
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- Hanna Helene Allerkamp
- Auckland Bioengineering Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, New Zealand
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- Mechanics and Engineering Institute (I2M), Environmental and Civil Engineering Department (GCE), University of Bordeaux, Talence, France
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, New Zealand
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- Auckland Bioengineering Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Yu H, Alruwaili N, Hu B, Kelly MR, Zhang B, Sun D, Wolin MS. Potential role of cartilage oligomeric matrix protein in the modulation of pulmonary arterial smooth muscle superoxide by hypoxia. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2019; 317:L569-L577. [PMID: 31389735 PMCID: PMC6879907 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00080.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2018] [Revised: 07/31/2019] [Accepted: 07/31/2019] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Changes in reactive oxygen species and extracellular matrix seem to participate in pulmonary hypertension development. Because we recently reported evidence for chronic hypoxia decreasing expression of cartilage oligomeric matrix protein (COMP) and evidence for this controlling loss of pulmonary arterial smooth muscle bone morphogenetic protein receptor-2 (BMPR2) and contractile phenotype proteins, we examined if changes in superoxide metabolism could be an important factor in a bovine pulmonary artery (BPA), organoid cultured under hypoxia for 48 h model. Hypoxia (3% O2) caused a depletion of COMP in BPA, but not in bovine coronary arteries. Knockdown of COMP by small-interfering RNA (siRNA) increased BPA levels of mitochondrial and extra-mitochondrial superoxide detected by MitoSOX and dihydroethidium (DHE) HPLC products. COMP siRNA-treated BPA showed reduced levels of SOD2 and SOD3 and increased levels of NADPH oxidases NOX2 and NOX4. Hypoxia increased BPA levels of MitoSOX-detected superoxide and caused changes in NOX2 and SOD2 expression similar to COMP siRNA, and exogenous COMP (0.5 μM) prevented the effects of hypoxia. In the presence of COMP, BMPR2 siRNA-treated BPA showed increases in superoxide detected by MitoSOX and depletion of SOD2. Superoxide scavengers (0.5 μM TEMPO or mitoTEMPO) maintained the expression of contractile phenotype proteins calponin and SM22α decreased by 48 h hypoxia (1% O2). Adenoviral delivery of BMPR2 to rat pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells prevented the depletion of calponin and SM22α by COMP siRNA. Thus, COMP regulation of BMPR2 appears to have an important role in controlling hypoxia-elicited changes in BPA superoxide and its potential regulation of contractile phenotype proteins.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Bone Morphogenetic Protein Receptors, Type II/genetics
- Bone Morphogenetic Protein Receptors, Type II/metabolism
- Calcium-Binding Proteins/genetics
- Calcium-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Cartilage Oligomeric Matrix Protein/antagonists & inhibitors
- Cartilage Oligomeric Matrix Protein/genetics
- Cartilage Oligomeric Matrix Protein/metabolism
- Cattle
- Coronary Vessels/drug effects
- Coronary Vessels/metabolism
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Heart/drug effects
- Hypoxia/genetics
- Hypoxia/metabolism
- Lung/drug effects
- Lung/metabolism
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Microfilament Proteins/genetics
- Microfilament Proteins/metabolism
- Mitochondria/drug effects
- Mitochondria/metabolism
- Muscle Proteins/genetics
- Muscle Proteins/metabolism
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism
- Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/cytology
- Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/drug effects
- Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/metabolism
- NADPH Oxidase 2/genetics
- NADPH Oxidase 2/metabolism
- NADPH Oxidase 4/genetics
- NADPH Oxidase 4/metabolism
- Oxygen/pharmacology
- Primary Cell Culture
- Pulmonary Artery/drug effects
- Pulmonary Artery/metabolism
- RNA, Small Interfering/genetics
- RNA, Small Interfering/metabolism
- Rats
- Superoxide Dismutase/genetics
- Superoxide Dismutase/metabolism
- Superoxides/metabolism
- Tissue Culture Techniques
- Calponins
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- Hang Yu
- Department of Physiology, Harbin Medical University-Daqing, Daqing, China
- Department of Physiology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York
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- Department of Physiology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York
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- Department of Physiology, Harbin Medical University-Daqing, Daqing, China
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- Department of Physiology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York
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- Department of Physiology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York
- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Physiology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York
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- Department of Physiology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York
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Hoiland RL, Fisher JA, Ainslie PN. Regulation of the Cerebral Circulation by Arterial Carbon Dioxide. Compr Physiol 2019; 9:1101-1154. [DOI: 10.1002/cphy.c180021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Avolio A, Kim MO, Adji A, Gangoda S, Avadhanam B, Tan I, Butlin M. Cerebral Haemodynamics: Effects of Systemic Arterial Pulsatile Function and Hypertension. Curr Hypertens Rep 2018; 20:20. [PMID: 29556793 DOI: 10.1007/s11906-018-0822-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Concepts of pulsatile arterial haemodynamics, including relationships between oscillatory blood pressure and flow in systemic arteries, arterial stiffness and wave propagation phenomena have provided basic understanding of underlying haemodynamic mechanisms associated with elevated arterial blood pressure as a major factor of cardiovascular risk, particularly the deleterious effects of isolated systolic hypertension in the elderly. This topical review assesses the effects of pulsatility of blood pressure and flow in the systemic arteries on the brain. The review builds on the emerging notion of the "pulsating brain", taking into account the high throughput of blood flow in the cerebral circulation in the presence of mechanisms involved in ensuring efficient and regulated cerebral perfusion. RECENT FINDINGS Recent studies have provided evidence of the relevance of pulsatility and hypertension in the following areas: (i) pressure and flow pulsatility and regulation of cerebral blood flow, (ii) cerebral and systemic haemodynamics, hypertension and brain pathologies (cognitive impairment, dementia, Alzheimer's disease), (iii) stroke and cerebral small vessel disease, (iv) cerebral haemodynamics and noninvasive estimation of cerebral vascular impedance, (v) cerebral and systemic pulsatile haemodynamics and intracranial pressure, (iv) response of brain endothelial cells to cyclic mechanical stretch and increase in amyloid burden. Studies to date, producing increasing epidemiological, clinical and experimental evidence, suggest a potentially significant role of systemic haemodynamic pulsatility on structure and function of the brain.
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- Alberto Avolio
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia.
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia.,St. Vincent's Clinic, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia
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Toth P, Tarantini S, Csiszar A, Ungvari Z. Functional vascular contributions to cognitive impairment and dementia: mechanisms and consequences of cerebral autoregulatory dysfunction, endothelial impairment, and neurovascular uncoupling in aging. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2017; 312:H1-H20. [PMID: 27793855 PMCID: PMC5283909 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00581.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 318] [Impact Index Per Article: 45.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2016] [Revised: 10/10/2016] [Accepted: 10/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Increasing evidence from epidemiological, clinical and experimental studies indicate that age-related cerebromicrovascular dysfunction and microcirculatory damage play critical roles in the pathogenesis of many types of dementia in the elderly, including Alzheimer's disease. Understanding and targeting the age-related pathophysiological mechanisms that underlie vascular contributions to cognitive impairment and dementia (VCID) are expected to have a major role in preserving brain health in older individuals. Maintenance of cerebral perfusion, protecting the microcirculation from high pressure-induced damage and moment-to-moment adjustment of regional oxygen and nutrient supply to changes in demand are prerequisites for the prevention of cerebral ischemia and neuronal dysfunction. This overview discusses age-related alterations in three main regulatory paradigms involved in the regulation of cerebral blood flow (CBF): cerebral autoregulation/myogenic constriction, endothelium-dependent vasomotor function, and neurovascular coupling responses responsible for functional hyperemia. The pathophysiological consequences of cerebral microvascular dysregulation in aging are explored, including blood-brain barrier disruption, neuroinflammation, exacerbation of neurodegeneration, development of cerebral microhemorrhages, microvascular rarefaction, and ischemic neuronal dysfunction and damage. Due to the widespread attention that VCID has captured in recent years, the evidence for the causal role of cerebral microvascular dysregulation in cognitive decline is critically examined.
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- Peter Toth
- Department of Geriatric Medicine, Reynolds Oklahoma Center on Aging, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Department of Neurosurgery and Szentagothai Research Center, University of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary; and
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- Department of Geriatric Medicine, Reynolds Oklahoma Center on Aging, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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- Department of Geriatric Medicine, Reynolds Oklahoma Center on Aging, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Department of Medical Physics and Informatics, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Geriatric Medicine, Reynolds Oklahoma Center on Aging, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma;
- Department of Medical Physics and Informatics, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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Cosic A, Jukic I, Stupin A, Mihalj M, Mihaljevic Z, Novak S, Vukovic R, Drenjancevic I. Attenuated flow-induced dilatation of middle cerebral arteries is related to increased vascular oxidative stress in rats on a short-term high salt diet. J Physiol 2016; 594:4917-31. [PMID: 27061200 DOI: 10.1113/jp272297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2016] [Accepted: 04/05/2016] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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KEY POINTS Recent studies have shown that high salt (HS) intake leads to endothelial dysfunction and impaired vascular reactivity in different vascular beds in both animal and human models, due to increased oxidative stress. The objective of this study was to assess vascular response to flow-induced dilatation (FID) and to elucidate the role of vascular oxidative stress/antioxidative capacity in middle cerebral arteries (MCAs) of HS-fed rats in vitro. The novelty of this study is in demonstrating impaired flow-induced dilatation of MCAs and down-regulation of vascular antioxidant genes with HS intake, leading to increased levels of oxidative stress in blood vessels and peripheral lymph organs, which together contribute to impaired FID. In addition, results show increased oxidative stress in leukocytes of peripheral lymph organs, suggesting the occurrence of inflammatory processes due to HS intake. Recirculation of leukocytes might additionally increase vascular oxidative stress in vivo. ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to determine flow-induced dilatation (FID) and the role of oxidative stress/antioxidative capacity in isolated, pressurized middle cerebral arteries (MCAs) of high salt (HS)-fed rats. Healthy male Sprague-Dawley rats (11 weeks old) were fed low salt (0.4% NaCl; LS group) or high salt (4% NaCl; HS group) diets for 1 week. Reactivity of MCAs in response to stepwise increases in pressure gradient (Δ10-Δ100 mmHg) was determined in the absence or presence of the superoxide dismutase (SOD) mimetic TEMPOL and/or the nitric oxide synthases (NOS) inhibitor N(ω) -nitro-l-arginine methyl ester (l-NAME). mRNA levels of antioxidative enzymes, NAPDH-oxidase components, inducible (iNOS) and endothelial nitric oxide synthases (eNOS) were determined by quantitative real-time PCR. Blood pressure (BP), antioxidant enzymes activity, oxidative stress in peripheral leukocytes, lipid peroxidation products and the antioxidant capacity of plasma were measured for both groups. FID was reduced in the HS group compared to the LS group. The presence of TEMPOL restored dilatation in the HS group, with no effect in the LS group. Expression of glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPx4) and iNOS in the HS group was significantly decreased; oxidative stress was significantly higher in the HS group compared to the LS group. HS intake significantly induced basal reactive oxygen species production in the leukocytes of mesenteric lymph nodes and splenocytes, and intracellular production after stimulation in peripheral lymph nodes. Antioxidant enzyme activity and BP were not affected by HS diet. Low GPx4 expression, increased superoxide production in leukocytes, and decreased iNOS expression are likely to underlie increased oxidative stress and reduced nitric oxide bioavailability, leading to impairment of FID in the HS group without changes in BP values.
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- Anita Cosic
- Department of Physiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
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- Department of Physiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
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- Department of Physiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
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- Department of Physiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
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- Department of Physiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
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- Department of Physiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
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- Department of Biology, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Croatia
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- Department of Physiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
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Glioblastoma Induces Vascular Dysregulation in Nonenhancing Peritumoral Regions in Humans. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2016; 206:1073-81. [PMID: 27007449 DOI: 10.2214/ajr.15.14529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Glioblastoma is an invasive primary brain malignancy that typically infiltrates the surrounding tissue with malignant cells. It disrupts cerebral blood flow through a variety of biomechanical and biochemical mechanisms. Thus, neuroimaging focused on identifying regions of vascular dysregulation may reveal a marker of tumor spread. The purpose of this study was to use blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) functional MRI (fMRI) to compare the temporal dynamics of the enhancing portion of a tumor with those of brain regions without apparent tumors. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients with pathologically proven glioblastoma underwent preoperative resting-state BOLD fMRI, T1-weighted contrast-enhanced MRI, and FLAIR MRI. The contralesional control hemisphere, contrast-enhancing tumor, and peritu-moral edema were segmented by use of structural images and were used to extract the time series of these respective regions. The parameter estimates (beta values) for the two regressors and resulting z-statistic images were used as a metric to compare the similarity of the tumor dynamics to those of other brain regions. RESULTS The time course of the contrast-enhancing tumor was significantly different from that of the rest of the brain (p < 0.05). Similarly, the control signal intensity was significantly different from the tumor signal intensity (p < 0.05). Notably, the temporal dynamics in the peritumoral edema, which did not contain enhancing tumor, were most similar to the those of enhancing tumor than to those of control regions. CONCLUSION The findings show that the disruption in vascular regulation induced by a glioblastoma can be detected with BOLD fMRI and that the spatial distribution of these disruptions is localized to the immediate vicinity of the tumor and peritumoral edema.
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Colic M, Pantovic S, Jeremic M, Jokovic V, Obradovic Z, Rosic M. Transport of Low-Density Lipoprotein Into the Blood Vessel Wall During Atherogenic Diet in the Isolated Rabbit Carotid Artery. Circ J 2015; 79:1846-52. [PMID: 25993902 DOI: 10.1253/circj.cj-14-1316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND Atherosclerosis is a chronic fibroproliferative disease that includes accumulation of cholesterol-rich lipids in the arterial wall. Though numerous studies have investigated atherosclerosis, not enough is known about the exact mechanisms of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) transport into the blood vessel wall. Therefore, we explored the (125)I-LDL transport into the arterial wall under constant perfusion flow and pressure as well as the influence of duration of atherogenic diet on (125)I-LDL transport and biomechanical properties of carotid artery. METHODS AND RESULTS The isolated segment of rabbit carotid artery was used under constant perfusion flow and pressure-induced (0 mmHg and 140 mmHg) blood vessel distension, with the possibility to change and precisely calculate shear stress during the experiment. Obtained results indicate the influence of atherogenic diet duration and consequent variation of shear stress on (125)I-LDL transport into the blood vessel wall. (125)I-LDL transport into the blood vessel wall at low pressure-induced blood vessel distension decreases by the increase of the shear stress and in relation to the atherogenic diet duration. At high pressure-induced blood vessel distension, (125)I-LDL transport increases in relation to the atherogenic diet duration and the increase of shear stress. CONCLUSIONS The influence of shear stress is a more dominant parameter on LDL uptake at low pressure-induced blood vessel distension; however, the atherogenic diet duration has more of a dominant influence on LDL uptake at high pressure-induced vessel distension.
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- Maja Colic
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac
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Hill-Eubanks DC, Gonzales AL, Sonkusare SK, Nelson MT. Vascular TRP channels: performing under pressure and going with the flow. Physiology (Bethesda) 2015; 29:343-60. [PMID: 25180264 DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00009.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Endothelial cells and smooth muscle cells of resistance arteries mediate opposing responses to mechanical forces acting on the vasculature, promoting dilation in response to flow and constriction in response to pressure, respectively. In this review, we explore the role of TRP channels, particularly endothelial TRPV4 and smooth muscle TRPC6 and TRPM4 channels, in vascular mechanosensing circuits, placing their putative mechanosensitivity in context with other proposed upstream and downstream signaling pathways.
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont
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Bolduc V, Thorin-Trescases N, Thorin E. Endothelium-dependent control of cerebrovascular functions through age: exercise for healthy cerebrovascular aging. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2013; 305:H620-33. [PMID: 23792680 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00624.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Cognitive performances are tightly associated with the maximal aerobic exercise capacity, both of which decline with age. The benefits on mental health of regular exercise, which slows the age-dependent decline in maximal aerobic exercise capacity, have been established for centuries. In addition, the maintenance of an optimal cerebrovascular endothelial function through regular exercise, part of a healthy lifestyle, emerges as one of the key and primary elements of successful brain aging. Physical exercise requires the activation of specific brain areas that trigger a local increase in cerebral blood flow to match neuronal metabolic needs. In this review, we propose three ways by which exercise could maintain the cerebrovascular endothelial function, a premise to a healthy cerebrovascular function and an optimal regulation of cerebral blood flow. First, exercise increases blood flow locally and increases shear stress temporarily, a known stimulus for endothelial cell maintenance of Akt-dependent expression of endothelial nitric oxide synthase, nitric oxide generation, and the expression of antioxidant defenses. Second, the rise in circulating catecholamines during exercise not only facilitates adequate blood and nutrient delivery by stimulating heart function and mobilizing energy supplies but also enhances endothelial repair mechanisms and angiogenesis. Third, in the long term, regular exercise sustains a low resting heart rate that reduces the mechanical stress imposed to the endothelium of cerebral arteries by the cardiac cycle. Any chronic variation from a healthy environment will perturb metabolism and thus hasten endothelial damage, favoring hypoperfusion and neuronal stress.
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- Virginie Bolduc
- Departments of Surgery and Pharmacology, Université de Montréal, and Centre de recherche, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Craig J, Martin W. Dominance of flow-mediated constriction over flow-mediated dilatation in the rat carotid artery. Br J Pharmacol 2013; 167:527-36. [PMID: 22537086 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2012.02006.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The shearing forces generated by flow generally evoke dilatation in systemic vessels but constriction in the cerebral circulation. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of flow on the conduit artery delivering blood to the brain in the rat, that is, the carotid artery. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Carotid artery segments were mounted in a pressure myograph and pressurized to 100 mmHg. Changes in vessel diameter to flow (0.5-10 mL·min⁻¹ for 2-10 min) at constant pressure were then measured using a video dimension analyser. KEY RESULTS Following the induction of tone, the onset of flow evoked a transient dilatation followed by a powerful constriction that was sustained until the termination of flow. Endothelial denudation or treatment with indomethacin, N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester, or the combination of apamin and TRAM-34 showed that the initial flow-mediated dilatation arose from the combined actions of endothelium-derived NO and endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF). The flow-mediated constriction, which increased in magnitude with increasing flow rate and duration of flow, was also endothelium dependent, but was unaffected by treatment with superoxide dismutase, BQ-123, indomethacin, HET0016 or carbenoxolone. Flow-mediated constriction therefore appeared not to involve superoxide anion, endothelin-1, a COX product, 20-HETE or gap-junctional communication. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS Although a weak, transient flow-mediated dilatation is observed in the rat carotid artery, the dominant response to flow is a powerful and sustained constriction. Whether this flow-mediated constriction in the carotid artery serves as an extracranial mechanism to regulate cerebral blood flow remains to be determined.
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- John Craig
- College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, West Medical Building, University of Glasgow, UK
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Koller A, Toth P. Contribution of flow-dependent vasomotor mechanisms to the autoregulation of cerebral blood flow. J Vasc Res 2012; 49:375-89. [PMID: 22739136 PMCID: PMC3586555 DOI: 10.1159/000338747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2011] [Accepted: 04/04/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Regulation of cerebral blood flow (CBF) is the result of multilevel mechanisms to maintain the appropriate blood supply to the brain while having to comply with the limited space available in the cranium. The latter requirement is ensured by the autoregulation of CBF, in which the pressure-sensitive myogenic response is known to play a pivotal role. However, in vivo increases in pressure are accompanied by increases in flow; yet the effects of flow on the vasomotor tone of cerebral vessels are less known. Earlier studies showed flow-sensitive dilation and/or constriction or both, but no clear picture emerged. Recently, the important role of flow-sensitive mechanism(s) eliciting the constriction of cerebral vessels has been demonstrated. This review focuses on the effect of hemodynamic forces (especially intraluminal flow) on the vasomotor tone of cerebral vessels and the underlying cellular and molecular mechanisms. A novel concept of autoregulation of CBF is proposed, suggesting that (in certain areas of the cerebrovascular tree) pressure- and flow-induced constrictions together maintain an effective autoregulation, and that alterations in these mechanisms may contribute to the development of cerebrovascular disorders. Future studies are warranted to explore the signals, the details of signaling processes and the in vivo importance of these mechanisms.
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- Akos Koller
- Department of Pathophysiology and Gerontology, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.
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Kim KJ, Filosa JA. Advanced in vitro approach to study neurovascular coupling mechanisms in the brain microcirculation. J Physiol 2012; 590:1757-70. [PMID: 22310311 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2011.222778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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An understanding of the signalling events underlying neurovascular coupling mechanisms in the brain is a crucial step in the development of novel therapeutic approaches for the treatment of cerebrovascular-associated disorders. In this study we present an enhanced in vitro brain slice preparation from male Wistar rat cortical slices that incorporates haemodynamic variables (flow and pressure) into parenchymal arterioles resulting in the development of myogenic tone (28% from maximum dilatation). Moreover, we characterized flow-induced vascular responses, resulting in various degrees of vasoconstrictions and the response to 10 mM K(+) or astrocytic activation with the mGluR agonist, t-ACPD (100 μM), resulting in vasodilatations of 33.6±4.7% and 38.6±4.6%, respectively. Using fluorescence recovery, we determined perfusate velocity to calculate diameter changes under different experimental pH conditions. Using this approach, we demonstrate no significant differences between diameter changes measured using videomicroscopy or predicted from the velocity values obtained using fluorescence recovery after photobleaching. The model is further validated by demonstrating our ability to cannulate arterioles in two brain regions (cortex and supraoptic nucleus of the hypothalamus). Altogether, we believe this is the first study demonstrating successful cannulation and perfusion of parenchymal arterioles while monitoring/estimating luminal diameter and pressure under conditions where flow rates are controlled.
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- Ki Jung Kim
- Department of Physiology, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
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Toth P, Rozsa B, Springo Z, Doczi T, Koller A. Isolated human and rat cerebral arteries constrict to increases in flow: role of 20-HETE and TP receptors. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 2011; 31:2096-105. [PMID: 21610722 PMCID: PMC3208155 DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.2011.74] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [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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Elevation of intraluminal pressure increases vasomotor tone, which thought to have a substantial role in regulation of cerebral blood flow (CBF). Interestingly, responses of cerebral vessels to increases in flow varied and have not been studied in human cerebral arteries. We hypothesized that increases in flow elicit constrictions of isolated human and rat cerebral arteries and aimed to elucidate the underlying mechanisms. Human cerebral arteries and rat middle cerebral arteries constricted to increases in flow (P<0.05). Simultaneous increase in intraluminal flow+pressure further reduced the diameter compared with pressure-induced changes (P<0.05), leading to constant estimated CBF. Flow-induced constrictions were abolished by HET0016 (inhibitor of synthesis of 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (20-HETE) or inhibition of COXs or blocking TP (thromboxane A(2)/prostaglandin H(2), receptors and attenuated by scavenging reactive oxygen species (ROS). Flow-enhanced ROS formation was significantly reduced by HET0016. In conclusion, in human and rat cerebral arteries (1) increases in flow elicit constrictions, (2) signaling mechanism of flow-induced constriction of cerebral arteries involves enhanced production of ROS, COX activity, and mediated by 20-HETE via TP receptors, and (3) we propose that simultaneous operation of pressure- and flow-induced constrictions is necessary to provide an effective autoregulation of CBF.
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- Peter Toth
- Department of Physiology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York 10595, USA
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Coordinated Regulation of Vascular Ca2+ and K+ Channels by Integrin Signaling. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2010; 674:69-79. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-6066-5_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Loufrani L, Retailleau K, Bocquet A, Dumont O, Danker K, Louis H, Lacolley P, Henrion D. Key role of α1β1-integrin in the activation of PI3-kinase-Akt by flow (shear stress) in resistance arteries. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2008; 294:H1906-13. [DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00966.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Resistance arteries are the site of the earliest manifestations of many cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. Flow (shear stress) is the main physiological stimulus for the endothelium through the activation of vasodilatory pathways generating flow-mediated dilation (FMD). The role of FMD in local blood flow control and angiogenesis is well established, and alterations in FMD are early markers of cardiovascular disorders. α1-Integrin, which has a role in angiogenesis, could be involved in FMD. FMD was studied in mesenteric resistance arteries (MRA) isolated in arteriographs. The role of α1-integrins in FMD was tested with selective antibodies and mice lacking the gene encoding for α1-integrins. Both anti-α1blocking antibodies and genetic deficiency in α1-integrin in mice (α1−/−) inhibited FMD without affecting receptor-mediated (acetylcholine) endothelium-dependent dilation or endothelium-independent dilation (sodium nitroprusside). Similarly, vasoconstrictor tone (myogenic tone and phenylephrine-induced contraction) was not affected. In MRA phosphorylated Akt and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3-kinase) were significantly lower in α1−/−mice than in α1+/+mice, although total Akt and endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) were not affected. Pharmacological blockade of PI3-kinase-Akt pathway with LY-294002 inhibited FMD. This inhibitory effect of LY-294002 was significantly lower in α1−/−mice than in α1+/+mice. Thus α1-integrin has a key role in flow (shear stress)-dependent vasodilation in resistance arteries by transmitting the signal to eNOS through activation of PI3-kinase and Akt. Because of the central role of flow (shear stress) activation of the endothelium in vascular disorders, this finding opens new perspectives in the pathophysiology of the microcirculation and provides new therapeutic targets.
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The cerebrovascular endothelium exerts a profound influence on cerebral vessels and cerebral blood flow. This review summarizes current knowledge of various dilator and constrictor mechanisms intrinsic to the cerebrovascular endothelium. The endothelium contributes to the resting tone of cerebral arteries and arterioles by tonically releasing nitric oxide (NO•). Dilations can occur by stimulated release of NO•, endothelium-derived hyperpolarization factor, or prostanoids. During pathological conditions, the dilator influence of the endothelium can turn to that of constriction by a variety of mechanisms, including decreased NO• bioavailability and release of endothelin-1. The endothelium may participate in neurovascular coupling by conducting local dilations to upstream arteries. Further study of the cerebrovascular endothelium is critical for understanding the pathogenesis of a number of pathological conditions, including stroke, traumatic brain injury, and subarachnoid hemorrhage.
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- Jon Andresen
- Department of Anesthesiology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Suite 434D, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
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Albarwani S, Nemetz LT, Madden JA, Tobin AA, England SK, Pratt PF, Rusch NJ. Voltage-gated K+ channels in rat small cerebral arteries: molecular identity of the functional channels. J Physiol 2003; 551:751-63. [PMID: 12815189 PMCID: PMC2343285 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2003.040014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Voltage-gated potassium (KV) channels represent an important dilator influence in the cerebral circulation, but the composition of these tetrameric ion channels remains unclear. The goals of the present study were to evaluate the contribution of KV1 family channels to the resting membrane potential and diameter of small rat cerebral arteries, and to identify the alpha-subunit composition of these channels using patch-clamp, molecular and immunological techniques. Initial studies indicated that 1 micromol l(-1) correolide (COR), a specific antagonist of KV1 channels, depolarized vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) in pressurized (60 mmHg) cerebral arteries from -55 +/- 1 mV to -34 +/- 1 mV, and reduced the resting diameter from 152 +/- 15 microm to 103 +/- 20 microm. In patch clamped VSMCs from these arteries, COR-sensitive KV1 current accounted for 65 % of total outward KV current and was observed at physiological membrane potentials. RT-PCR identified mRNA encoding each of the six classical KV1 alpha-subunits, KV1.1-1.6, in rat cerebral arteries. However, only the KV1.2 and 1.5 proteins were detected by Western blot. The expression of these proteins in VSMCs was confirmed by immunocytochemistry and co-immunoprecipitation of KV1.2 and 1.5 from VSMC membranes suggested KV1.2/1.5 channel assembly. Subsequently, the pharmacological and voltage-sensitive properties of KV1 current in VSMCs were found to be consistent with a predominant expression of KV1.2/1.5 heterotetrameric channels. The findings of this study suggest that KV1.2/1.5 heterotetramers are preferentially expressed in rat cerebral VSMCs, and that these channels contribute to the resting membrane potential and diameter of rat small cerebral arteries.
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- Sulayma Albarwani
- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University, Al-khod, Sultanate of Oman
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Gordon JB, VanderHeyden MA, Halla TR, Cortez EP, Hernandez G, Haworth ST, Dawson CA, Madden JA. What leads to different mediators of alkalosis-induced vasodilation in isolated and in situ pulmonary vessels? Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2003; 284:L799-807. [PMID: 12547732 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00402.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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We previously found that nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibition fully blocked alkalosis-induced relaxation of piglet pulmonary artery and vein rings. In contrast, NOS inhibition alone had no effect on alkalosis-induced pulmonary vasodilation in isolated piglet lungs. This study sought to identify factors contributing to the discordance between isolated and in situ pulmonary vessels. The roles of pressor stimulus (hypoxia vs. the thromboxane mimetic U-46619), perfusate composition (blood vs. physiological salt solution), and flow were assessed. Effects of NOS inhibition on alkalosis-induced dilation were also directly compared in 150-350-microm-diameter cannulated arteries and 150-900-microm-diameter, angiographically visualized, in situ arteries. Finally, effects of NOS inhibition on alkalosis-induced vasodilation were measured in intact piglets. NOS inhibition with N(omega)-nitro-L-arginine fully abolished alkalosis-induced vasodilation in all cannulated arteries but failed to alter alkalosis-induced vasodilation in intact lungs. The results indicate that investigation of other factors, such as perivascular tissue (e.g., adventitia and parenchyma) and remote signaling pathways, will need to be carried out to reconcile this discordance between isolated and in situ arteries.
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- John B Gordon
- Department of Pediatrics (Critical Care), Medical College of Wisconsin and Zablocki Veterans Administration Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, USA.
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New DI, Chesser AMS, Thuraisingham RC, Yaqoob MM. Cerebral artery responses to pressure and flow in uremic hypertensive and spontaneously hypertensive rats. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2003; 284:H1212-6. [PMID: 12595297 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00644.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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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Impaired cerebral blood flow autoregulation is seen in uremic hypertension, whereas in nonuremic hypertension autoregulation is shifted toward higher perfusion pressure. The cerebral artery constricts in response to a rise in either lumen pressure or flow; we examined these responses in isolated middle cerebral artery segments from uremic Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKYU), normotensive control rats (WKYC), and spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). Pressure-induced (myogenic) constriction developed at 100 mmHg; lumen flow was then increased in steps from 0 to 98 microl/min. Some vessels were studied after endothelium ablation. Myogenic constriction was significantly lower in WKYU (28 +/- 2.9%) compared with both WKYC (39 +/- 2.5%, P = 0.035) and SHR (40 +/- 3.1%, P = 0.018). Flow caused constriction of arteries from all groups in an endothelium-independent manner. The response to flow was similar in WKYU and WKYC, whereas SHR displayed increased constriction compared with WKYU (P < 0.001) and WKYC (P < 0.001). We conclude that cerebral myogenic constriction is decreased in WKYU, whereas flow-induced constriction is enhanced in SHR.
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- D I New
- Anthony Raine Research Laboratories, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London EC1A 7BE, United Kingdom.
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Romanenko VG, Davies PF, Levitan I. Dual effect of fluid shear stress on volume-regulated anion current in bovine aortic endothelial cells. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2002; 282:C708-18. [PMID: 11880259 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00247.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The key mechanism responsible for maintaining cell volume homeostasis is activation of volume-regulated anion current (VRAC). The role of hemodynamic shear stress in the regulation of VRAC in bovine aortic endothelial cells was investigated. We showed that acute changes in shear stress have a biphasic effect on the development of VRAC. A shear stress step from a background flow (0.1 dyn/cm(2)) to 1 dyn/cm(2) enhanced VRAC activation induced by an osmotic challenge. Flow alone, in the absence of osmotic stress, did not induce VRAC activation. Increasing the shear stress to 3 dyn/cm(2), however, resulted in only a transient increase of VRAC activity followed by an inhibitory phase during which VRAC was gradually suppressed. When shear stress was increased further (5-10 dyn/cm(2)), the current was immediately strongly suppressed. Suppression of VRAC was observed both in cells challenged osmotically and in cells that developed spontaneous VRAC under isotonic conditions. Our findings suggest that shear stress is an important factor in regulating the ability of vascular endothelial cells to maintain volume homeostasis.
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- Victor G Romanenko
- Institute for Medicine and Engineering, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Bryan RM, Marrelli SP, Steenberg ML, Schildmeyer LA, Johnson TD. Effects of luminal shear stress on cerebral arteries and arterioles. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001; 280:H2011-22. [PMID: 11299201 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.2001.280.5.h2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The effect of luminal shear stress was studied in cerebral arteries and arterioles. Middle cerebral arteries (MCA) and penetrating arterioles (PA) were isolated from male Long-Evans rats, mounted in a tissue bath, and pressurized. After the development of spontaneous tone, inside diameters were 186 +/- 5 microm (n = 28) for MCA and 65 +/- 3 microm (n = 37) for PA. MCA and PA constricted approximately 20% with increasing flow. Flow-induced constriction persisted in MCA and PA after removal of the endothelium. After removal of the endothelium, the luminal application of a polypeptide containing the Arg-Gly-Asp amino acid sequence (inhibitor of integrin attachment) abolished the flow-induced constriction. Similarly, an antibody specific for the beta(3)-chain of the integrin complex significantly inhibited the flow-induced constriction. The shear stress-induced constriction was accompanied by an increase in vascular smooth muscle Ca(2+). For example, a shear stress of 20 dyn/cm(2) constricted MCA 8% (n = 5) and increased Ca(2+) from 209 +/- 17 to 262 +/- 29 nM (n = 5). We conclude that isolated cerebral arteries and arterioles from the rat constrict to increased shear stress. Because the endothelium is not necessary for the response, the shear forces must be transmitted across the endothelium, presumably by the cytoskeletal matrix, to elicit constriction. Integrins containing the beta(3)-chain are involved with the shear stress-induced constrictions.
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- R M Bryan
- Department of Anesthesiology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
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Davis MJ, Wu X, Nurkiewicz TR, Kawasaki J, Davis GE, Hill MA, Meininger GA. Integrins and mechanotransduction of the vascular myogenic response. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001; 280:H1427-33. [PMID: 11247750 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.2001.280.4.h1427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [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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This review summarizes what is currently known about the role of integrins in the vascular myogenic response. The myogenic response is the rapid and maintained constriction of a blood vessel in response to pressure elevation. A role for integrins in this process has been suggested because these molecules form an important mechanical link between the extracellular matrix and the vascular smooth muscle cytoskeleton. We briefly summarize evidence for a general role of integrins in mechanotransduction. We then describe the integrin subunit combinations known to exist in smooth muscle and the vascular wall matrix proteins that may interact with these integrins. We then discuss the effects of integrin-specific peptides and antibodies on vascular tone and on calcium entry mechanisms in vascular smooth muscle. Because integrin function is linked to the cytoskeleton, we discuss evidence for the role of the cytoskeleton in determining myogenic responsiveness. Finally, we analyze evidence that integrin-linked signaling pathways, such as those involving protein tyrosine phosphorylation cascades and mitogen-activated protein kinases, are required for myogenic tone.
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- M J Davis
- Department of Medical Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, College Station, Texas 77845-1114, USA.
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