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He G, Kan S, Xu S, Sun X, Li R, Shu W, Chen M. LXN deficiency regulates cytoskeleton remodelling by promoting proteolytic cleavage of Filamin A in vascular endothelial cells. J Cell Mol Med 2021; 25:6815-6827. [PMID: 34085389 PMCID: PMC8278077 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.16685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2021] [Revised: 04/25/2021] [Accepted: 05/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Endothelial cells (ECs) respond to blood shear stress by changing their morphology is important for maintaining vascular homeostasis. Studies have documented a relationship between endothelial cell shape and the stress flow, and however, the mechanism underlying this cytoskeletal rearrangement due to shear stress remains uncertain. In this paper, we demonstrate that laminar shear stress (LSS) significantly reduces latexin (LXN) expression in ECs. By using siRNA and cell imaging, we demonstrated that LXN knockdown results in the morphologic change and F‐actin remodelling just like what LSS does in ECs. We further demonstrate that LXN interacts with Filamin A (FLNA) and regulates FLNA proteolytic cleavage and nuclei translocation. By constructing LXN‐/‐ mice and ApoE‐/‐LXN‐/‐ double knockout mice, we evaluated the effect of LXN knockout on aortic endothelium damage in mice. We found that LXN deficiency significantly improves vascular permeability, vasodilation and atherosclerosis in mice. Our findings provide confident evidence, for the first time, that LXN is a novel regulator for morphological maintenance of ECs, and LXN deficiency has a protective effect on vascular homeostasis. This provides new strategies and drug targets for the treatment of vascular diseases.
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- Guozhang He
- State Key Laboratory for the Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, School of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Guangxi Ethnic Medicine, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China
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- State Key Laboratory for the Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, School of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Guangxi Ethnic Medicine, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China
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- State Key Laboratory for the Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, School of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Guangxi Ethnic Medicine, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China
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- State Key Laboratory for the Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, School of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Guangxi Ethnic Medicine, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China
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- State Key Laboratory for the Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, School of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Guangxi Ethnic Medicine, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China
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- College of Biotechnology, Guilin Medical University, Guilin, China
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- State Key Laboratory for the Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, School of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Guangxi Ethnic Medicine, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China
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- Brian R Weil
- From the Departments of Medicine, Biomedical Engineering, and Physiology and Biophysics, The Veterans Affairs Western New York Healthcare System and the Clinical and Translational Research Center at the University at Buffalo
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- From the Departments of Medicine, Biomedical Engineering, and Physiology and Biophysics, The Veterans Affairs Western New York Healthcare System and the Clinical and Translational Research Center at the University at Buffalo.
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Chatpun S, Meesane J, Rujirojindakul P. Physicochemical properties and responses in microcirculation of native tapioca starch-based plasma expander. J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater 2015; 104:395-401. [PMID: 25892486 DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.33367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2014] [Revised: 11/26/2014] [Accepted: 12/09/2014] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Plasma expanders (PEs) such as hydroxyethyl strach are widely used for volume replacement. The plantation and production of tapioca in Thailand is abundant which may provide a new source for PEs starch with novel properties. This work investigated the properties and circulatory effects of native tapioca starch-based PE (TPE). Various formulations of mixture between native tapioca starch and 0.9% sodium chloride solution were prepared and characterized in order to obtain the proper physicochemical and rheological properties. About 1% concentration by weight per volume of TPE was compared with 6% hydroxyethyl starch 130/0.4 in 0.9% sodium chloride (HES130/0.4) using an acute hemodilution by 40% of blood volume in an animal protocol. TPE had higher turbidity and viscosity but lower colloid osmotic pressure compared with HES 130/0.4. The in vivo study demonstrated that Golden Syrian hamsters hemodiluted with TPE maintained a mean arterial blood pressure and no significant difference compared to HES 130/0.4. The arterial vasodilation and functional capillary density in the animals hemodiluted with TPE had higher values than in the animals hemodiluted with HES 130/0.4. Although the in vivo study reported positive results using this native tapioca starch-based PE, the product needs work to improve some of its physiochemical properties.
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- Surapong Chatpun
- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand.,Biological Materials for Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand.,Biological Materials for Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand
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- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand
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Duncker DJ, Koller A, Merkus D, Canty JM. Regulation of coronary blood flow in health and ischemic heart disease. Prog Cardiovasc Dis 2014; 57:409-22. [PMID: 25475073 DOI: 10.1016/j.pcad.2014.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The major factors determining myocardial perfusion and oxygen delivery have been elucidated over the past several decades, and this knowledge has been incorporated into the management of patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD). The basic understanding of the fluid mechanical behavior of coronary stenoses has also been translated to the cardiac catheterization laboratory where measurements of coronary pressure distal to a stenosis and coronary flow are routinely obtained. However, the role of perturbations in coronary microvascular structure and function, due to myocardial hypertrophy or coronary microvascular dysfunction, in IHD is becoming increasingly recognized. Future studies should therefore be aimed at further improving our understanding of the integrated coronary microvascular mechanisms that control coronary blood flow, and of the underlying causes and mechanisms of coronary microvascular dysfunction. This knowledge will be essential to further improve the treatment of patients with IHD.
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- Dirk J Duncker
- Division of Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Cardiovascular Research Institute COEUR, Erasmus MC, University Medical School, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Pathophysiology and Gerontology, Medical School, University of Pécs, Hungary; Department of Physiology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA
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- Division of Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Cardiovascular Research Institute COEUR, Erasmus MC, University Medical School, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University at Buffalo and the Western New York Department of Veterans Affairs Health System, Buffalo, NY, USA
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Role of nitric oxide in responses of pial arterial vessels to low-intensity red laser irradiation. Bull Exp Biol Med 2014; 155:598-600. [PMID: 24288717 DOI: 10.1007/s10517-013-2203-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The responses of rat pial vessels to red laser irradiation can be mediated by NO. NO mainly affects major arteries and did not contribute to reactivity of small pial arteries and precortical arterioles.
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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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Bellien J, Thuillez C, Joannides R. Contribution of endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factors to the regulation of vascular tone in humans. Fundam Clin Pharmacol 2008; 22:363-77. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-8206.2008.00610.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Bellien J, Iacob M, Gutierrez L, Isabelle M, Lahary A, Thuillez C, Joannides R. Crucial Role of NO and Endothelium-Derived Hyperpolarizing Factor in Human Sustained Conduit Artery Flow-Mediated Dilatation. Hypertension 2006; 48:1088-94. [PMID: 17075035 DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.0000246672.72188.bd] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Whether NO is involved or not in sustained conduit artery flow-mediated dilatation in humans remains unclear. Moreover, the role of endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF), synthesized by cytochrome epoxygenases and acting through calcium-activated potassium channels, and its relationship with NO during flow-mediated dilatation have never been investigated previously. In 12 healthy subjects we measured radial artery diameter (echotracking) and blood flow (Doppler) during flow-mediated dilatation induced by gradual distal hand skin heating (34 to 44 degrees C), during the local infusion of saline and inhibitors of NO synthase (N(G)-monomethyl-l-arginine [l-NMMA]: 8 to 20 micromol/min per liter), calcium-activated potassium channels (tetraethylammonium chloride: 9 micromol/min per liter), and cytochrome epoxygenases (fluconazole: 0.4 to 1.6 micromol/min per liter), alone and in combination. Mean wall shear stress, the flow-mediated dilatation stimulus, was calculated at each level of flow, and the diameter-wall shear stress relationship was constructed. During heating, compared with saline, the diameter-shear stress relationship was shifted downward by l-NMMA, tetraethylammonium, fluconazole, and, in a more pronounced manner, by the combinations of l-NMMA with tetraethylammonium or with fluconazole. Therefore, maximal radial artery flow-mediated dilatation, compared with saline (0.62+/-0.03 mm), was decreased under our experimental conditions by l-NMMA (-39+/-4%), tetraethylammonium chloride (-14+/-4%), fluconazole (-18+/-6%), and to a greater extent, by the combinations of l-NMMA with tetraethylammonium (-64+/-4%) or with fluconazole (-71+/-3%). This study demonstrates that NO and a cytochrome-related EDHF are involved in peripheral conduit artery flow-mediated dilatation in humans during sustained flow conditions. Moreover, the synergistic effects of the inhibitors strongly suggest a functional interaction between NO and EDHF pathways.
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- Jeremy Bellien
- Department of Pharmacology, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U644, Institut Fédératif de Recherche Multidisciplinaire sur les Peptides 23, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire-Hopitaux de Rouen, Rouen, France
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Rasmussen LE, Vanhoutte PM, Jensen BL, Skøtt O. Continuous flow augments reactivity of rabbit carotid artery by reducing bioavailability of NO despite an increase in release of EDHF. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2006; 291:H1521-8. [PMID: 16648195 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00027.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [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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Experiments were designed to investigate the influence of steady flow and pressure on endothelial function in the rabbit carotid artery. Increases and decreases in isometric force were compared in static rings and perfused (5 or 50 ml/min) segments of the same arteries in the presence and absence of endothelium. The alpha(1)-adrenoceptor agonist phenylephrine and the muscarinic agonist acetylcholine were applied as vasoconstrictor and vasodilator stimuli, respectively. Continuous flow (5 and 50 ml/min) reduced the cGMP content and shifted the concentration-response curve to phenylephrine to the left compared with nonperfused static rings. Removal of the endothelium abolished the differences in cGMP content and the sensitivity to phenylephrine between static rings and perfused segments. No difference in sensitivity to phenylephrine was observed in tissues treated with N(omega)-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester (l-NAME). Acetylcholine-evoked relaxations were increased in perfused segments. l-NAME nearly abolished the acetylcholine-evoked relaxation in static rings, whereas about one-half of the relaxation remained in segments exposed to flow. This remnant relaxation was blocked by inhibition of endothelial small- and intermediate-conductance calcium-activated potassium channels by apamin plus 1-[(2-chlorophenyl)diphenylmethyl]-1H-pyrazole (TRAM-34). These experiments demonstrate that continuous flow increases the constriction evoked by alpha(1)-adrenergic activation in the rabbit carotid artery through a reduced influence of basally released endothelial NO and, furthermore, that luminal flow unmasks an ability of the endothelium to release a non-NO, noncyclooxygenase vasodilator, presumably endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor.
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- Lasse E Rasmussen
- Dept. of Physiology and Pharmacology, Univ. of Southern Denmark, Winsloewparken 21, DK-5000 Odense C, Denmark.
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Jin L, Foss CE, Zhao X, Mills TM, Wang MH, McCluskey LP, Yaddanapud GSS, Falck JR, Imig JD, Webb RC. Cytochrome P450 epoxygenases provide a novel mechanism for penile erection. FASEB J 2006; 20:539-41. [PMID: 16415108 DOI: 10.1096/fj.05-4341fje] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Erectile dysfunction (ED) is estimated to affect more than 30 million American men and 152 million men worldwide. Therapeutic agents targeting the nitric oxide/cyclic GMP signaling pathway have successfully treated patients with ED; however, the efficacies of these treatments are significantly lower in specific populations such as patients with diabetes. The goal of this study was to discover and identify new endothelium-derived relaxing factors involved in the regulation of erectile function, providing alternative therapeutic targets for treatment of ED. Immunoblotting results showed that protein expressions of epoxygenases from cytochrome P450 (CYP)2B, 2C and 2J subfamilies, as well as NADPH CYP reductase were present in rat corpora cavernosa, which was confirmed by immunohistochemical analysis. Furthermore, CYP2C was localized in cavernosal endothelial cells using double immunolabeling. CYP epoxygenase activity was analyzed by reverse-phase high-pressure liquid chromatography; and the results showed that 11,12- epoxyeicosatrienoic acid (EET) was the major product metabolized by CYP epoxygenases in rat corpora cavernosa. Inhibition of EETs function by injection of an EETs antagonist into rat penis significantly decreased intracavernosal pressure-induced by electrical stimulation of the major pelvic ganglion in vivo. In conclusion, our results suggest that EETs, produced by CYP epoxygenases, in penile endothelial cells serve as vasodilators. Inhibition of this pathway attenuated erectile function, suggesting that EETs are required for normal erection.
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- Liming Jin
- Department of Physiology,Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, USA.
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Bellien J, Joannides R, Iacob M, Arnaud P, Thuillez C. Calcium-activated potassium channels and NO regulate human peripheral conduit artery mechanics. Hypertension 2005; 46:210-6. [PMID: 15867133 DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.0000165685.83620.31] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The role of NO in the regulation of the mechanical properties of conduit arteries is controversial in humans, and the involvement of an endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF), acting through calcium-activated potassium (KCa) channels, has never been investigated at this level in vivo. We assessed in healthy volunteers, after oral administration of aspirin (500 mg), the effect of local infusion of NG-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA; 8 mumol/min for 8 minutes), an NO synthase inhibitor, tetraethylammonium chloride (TEA; 9 mumol/min for 8 minutes), a KCa channels inhibitor, and the combination of both on radial artery internal diameter, wall thickness (echo tracking), blood flow (Doppler), and pressure. The incremental elastic modulus and compliance were fitted as functions of midwall stress. L-NMMA decreased modulus and increased compliance at high levels of midwall stress (all P<0.05) without affecting radial diameter. TEA reduced radial diameter from 2.68+/-0.07 to 2.50+/-0.08 10(-3) m, increased the modulus, and decreased the compliance at all levels of stress (all P<0.05). Combination of both inhibitors synergistically enhanced the increase in modulus, the decrease in diameter (from 2.71+/-0.10 to 2.42+/-0.09 10(-3) m), and compliance compared with TEA alone (all P<0.05). These results confirm that inhibition of NO synthesis is associated with a paradoxical isometric smooth muscle relaxation of the radial artery. They demonstrate the involvement of KCa channels in the regulation of the mechanical properties of peripheral conduit arteries, supporting a role for EDHF at this level in vivo. Moreover, the synergistic effect of l-NMMA and TEA shows that KCa channels compensate for the loss of NO synthesis to maintain peripheral conduit artery diameter and mechanics.
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- Jeremy Bellien
- Département de Pharmacologie, Rouen University Hospital, France
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Watanabe S, Yashiro Y, Mizuno R, Ohhashi T. Involvement of NO and EDHF in Flow-Induced Vasodilation in Isolated Hamster Cremasteric Arterioles. J Vasc Res 2005; 42:137-47. [PMID: 15677873 DOI: 10.1159/000083652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2004] [Accepted: 12/12/2004] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Flow-induced vasodilation in hamster cremasteric arterioles was investigated with special reference to the roles of nitric oxide (NO) and endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF). Arterioles (approximately 60 microm resting diameter) were cannulated, and suffused with MOPS solution at 37 degrees C (mean intraluminal pressure: 80 cm H(2)O). Step increases in the perfusate flow elicited a dose-dependent vasodilation, which was almost proportional to the increases in calculated wall shear stress (WSS). N(omega)-nitro L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME, 100 microM) reduced the flow-induced vasodilation by approximately 50%, whereas indomethacin (10 microM) produced no significant effect. In the presence of L-NAME, the residual vasodilation was eliminated by treatment with the cytochrome P-450 monooxygenase inhibitor 17-octadecynoic acid (17-ODYA, 50 microM), sulfaphenazol (10 microM), tetraethylammonium (TEA, 3 mM; a nonselective Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channel inhibitor), or charybdotoxin (ChTX, 0.1 microM; intermediate or large conductance Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channel inhibitor). In the absence of L-NAME, the dilation was also reduced by approximately 50% by treatment with 17-ODYA, TEA, or ChTX. The residual vasodilation was eliminated by additional treatment with L-NAME. The inhibitor of ATP-sensitive K(+) channels (K(ATP)), glibenclamide, also caused a significant, but partial, reduction of the flow-induced vasodilation. The residual vasodilation was completely reduced by additional treatment with 17-ODYA, but not L-NAME. These findings suggest that in hamster cremaster, higher flow rate produces NO, K(ATP), and EDHF vasodilation of the arterioles under physiological conditions.
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- Sachiko Watanabe
- Department of Physiology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan
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Griffith TM. Endothelium-dependent smooth muscle hyperpolarization: do gap junctions provide a unifying hypothesis? Br J Pharmacol 2005; 141:881-903. [PMID: 15028638 PMCID: PMC1574270 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0705698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 190] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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An endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF) that is distinct from nitric oxide (NO) and prostanoids has been widely hypothesized to hyperpolarize and relax vascular smooth muscle following stimulation of the endothelium by agonists. Candidates as diverse as K(+) ions, eicosanoids, hydrogen peroxide and C-type natriuretic peptide have been implicated as the putative mediator, but none has emerged as a 'universal EDHF'. An alternative explanation for the EDHF phenomenon is that direct intercellular communication via gap junctions allows passive spread of agonist-induced endothelial hyperpolarization through the vessel wall. In some arteries, eicosanoids and K(+) ions may themselves initiate a conducted endothelial hyperpolarization, thus suggesting that electrotonic signalling may represent a general mechanism through which the endothelium participates in the regulation of vascular tone.
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- Tudor M Griffith
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Wales Heart Research Institute, University of Wales College of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XN.
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Under physiologic conditions, epicardial arteries contribute minimally to coronary vascular resistance. However, in the presence of endothelial dysfunction, stimuli that normally produce vasodilation may instead cause constriction. Examples include neural release of acetylcholine or norepinephrine, platelet activation and production of serotonin and thrombin, and release of local factors such as bradykinin. This shift from a primary endothelial-mediated vasodilator influence to one of endothelial dysfunction and unchecked vasoconstriction is precisely the milieu in which coronary vasospasm is observed. This condition, which typically occurs during periods of relatively sedentary activity, is associated with focal and transient obstruction of an epicardial arterial segment resulting in characteristic echocardiographic changes and symptoms of myocardial ischemia. This review highlights the current understanding of mechanisms regulating the coronary circulation during health and examines the pathophysiologic changes that occur with coronary spasm. Genetic and other predisposing conditions are addressed, as well as novel therapies based on recent mechanistic insights of the coronary contractile dysfunction associated with coronary spasm.
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- Srilakshmi Konidala
- Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Center, General Clinical Research Center, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
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Thorsgaard M, Lopez V, Buus NH, Simonsen U. Different modulation by Ca2+-activated K+ channel blockers and herbimycin of acetylcholine- and flow-evoked vasodilatation in rat mesenteric small arteries. Br J Pharmacol 2003; 138:1562-70. [PMID: 12721112 PMCID: PMC1573811 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0705214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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1. The present study addressed whether endothelium-dependent vasodilatation evoked by acetylcholine and flow are mediated by the same mechanisms in isolated rat mesenteric small arteries, suspended in a pressure myograph for the measurement of internal diameter. 2. In pressurized arterial segments contracted with U46619 in the presence of indomethacin, shear stress generated by the flow evoked relaxation. Thus, in endothelium-intact segments low (5.1+/-0.6 dyn cm(-2)) and high (19+/-2 dyn cm(-2)) shear stress evoked vasodilatations that were reduced by, respectively, 68+/-11 and 68+/-8% (P<0.05, n=7) by endothelial cell removal. Acetylcholine (0.01-1 microM) evoked concentration-dependent vasodilatation that was abolished by endothelial cell removal. 3. Incubation with indomethacin alone did not change acetylcholine and shear stress-evoked vasodilatation, while the combination of indomethacin with the nitric oxide (NO) synthase inhibitor, N(G),N(G)-asymmetric dimethyl-L-arginine (ADMA 1 mM), reduced low and high shear stress-evoked vasodilatation with, respectively, 52+/-15 and 58+/-10% (P<0.05, n=9), but it did not change acetylcholine-evoked vasodilatation. 4. Inhibition of Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channels with a combination of apamin (0.5 microM) and charybdotoxin (ChTX) (0.1 microM) did not change shear stress- and acetylcholine-evoked vasodilatation. In the presence of indomethacin and ADMA, the combination of apamin (0.5 microM) and ChTx (0.1 microM) increased contraction induced by U46619, but these blockers did not change the vasodilatation evoked by shear stress. In contrast, acetylcholine-evoked vasodilatation was abolished by the combination of apamin and charybdotoxin. 5. In the presence of indomethacin, the tyrosine kinase inhibitor, herbimycin A (1 microM), inhibited low and high shear stress-evoked vasodilatation with, respectively, 32+/-12 and 68+/-14% (P<0.05, n=8), but it did not change vasodilatation induced by acetylcholine. In the presence of indomethacin and ADMA, herbimycin A neither changed shear stress nor acetylcholine-evoked vasodilatation. 6. The present study suggests that Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channels sensitive for the combination of apamin and ChTx are involved in acetylcholine-evoked, mainly non-NO nonprostanoid factor-mediated, vasodilatation, while an Src tyrosine kinase plays a role for flow-evoked NO-mediated vasodilatation in rat mesenteric small arteries.
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- Michael Thorsgaard
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Aarhus, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Aarhus, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Aarhus, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Aarhus, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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McNeish AJ, Nelli S, Wilson WS, Dowell FJ, Martin W. Differential effects of ascorbate on endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF)-mediated vasodilatation in the bovine ciliary vascular bed and coronary artery. Br J Pharmacol 2003; 138:1172-80. [PMID: 12684274 PMCID: PMC1573753 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0705143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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1. The ability of ascorbate to inhibit endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF)-mediated vasodilatation was compared in the bovine perfused ciliary vascular bed and isolated rings of coronary artery. 2. Acetylcholine-induced, EDHF-mediated vasodilatation of the ciliary circulation was blocked following inclusion of ascorbate (50 micro M, 120 min) in the perfusion fluid. The blockade was highly selective since ascorbate had no effect on the vasodilator actions of the K(ATP) channel opener, levcromakalim, nor on the tonic vasodepressor action of basally released nitric oxide. 3. The possibility that concentration of ascorbate by the ciliary body was a prerequisite for blockade to occur was ruled out, since EDHF was still blocked when the anterior and posterior chambers were continuously flushed with Krebs solution or when both the aqueous and vitreous humour were drained. 4. Ascorbate at 50 micro M failed to affect bradykinin- or acetylcholine-induced, EDHF-mediated vasodilatation in rings of bovine coronary artery. Raising the concentration to 3 mM did produce blockade of EDHF, but this was nonselective, since vasodilator responses to endothelium-derived nitric oxide were also inhibited. 5. Thus, ascorbate (50 micro M) is not a universal blocker of EDHF. Whether its ability to block in the bovine ciliary circulation, but not in the coronary artery, is due to differences in the nature of EDHF at the two sites, differences in vessel size (resistance arterioles versus conduit artery), the presence or absence of flow, or to some other factor remains to be determined.
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- Alister J McNeish
- Division of Neuroscience & Biomedical Systems, Institute of Biomedical & Life Sciences, West Medical Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, U.K
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- Division of Neuroscience & Biomedical Systems, Institute of Biomedical & Life Sciences, West Medical Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, U.K
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- Division of Neuroscience & Biomedical Systems, Institute of Biomedical & Life Sciences, West Medical Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, U.K
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- Institute of Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow Veterinary School, Bearsden Road, Glasgow, G61 1QH, U.K
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- Division of Neuroscience & Biomedical Systems, Institute of Biomedical & Life Sciences, West Medical Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, U.K
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Miura H, Bosnjak JJ, Ning G, Saito T, Miura M, Gutterman DD. Role for hydrogen peroxide in flow-induced dilation of human coronary arterioles. Circ Res 2003; 92:e31-40. [PMID: 12574154 DOI: 10.1161/01.res.0000054200.44505.ab] [Citation(s) in RCA: 318] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Flow-induced dilation (FID) is dependent largely on hyperpolarization of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) in human coronary arterioles (HCA) from patients with coronary disease. Animal studies show that shear stress induces endothelial generation of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), which is proposed as an endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF). We tested the hypothesis that H2O2 contributes to FID in HCA. Arterioles (135+/-7 micro m, n=71) were dissected from human right atrial appendages at the time of cardiac surgery and cannulated with glass micropipettes. Changes in internal diameter and membrane potential of VSMCs to shear stress, H2O2, or to papaverine were recorded with videomicroscopy. In some vessels, endothelial H2O2 generation to shear stress was monitored directly using confocal microscopy with 2',7'-dichlorofluorescin diacetate (DCFH) or using electron microscopy with cerium chloride. Catalase inhibited FID (%max dilation; 66+/-8 versus 25+/-7%; P<0.05, n=6), whereas dilation to papaverine was unchanged. Shear stress immediately increased DCFH fluorescence in the endothelial cell layer, whereas treatment with catalase abolished the increase in fluorescence. Electron microscopy with cerium chloride revealed shear stress-induced increase in cerium deposition in intimal area surrounding endothelial cells. Exogenous H2O2 dilated (%max dilation; 97+/-1%, ED50; 3.0+/-0.7x10(-5) mol/L) and hyperpolarized HCA. Dilation to H2O2 was reduced by catalase, 40 mmol/L KCl, or charybdotoxin plus apamin, whereas endothelial denudation, deferoxamine, 1H-(1,2,4)-oxadiazole-[4,3-a]quinoxalin-1-one, or glibenclamide had no effect. These data provide evidence that shear stress induces endothelial release of H2O2 and are consistent with the idea that H2O2 is an EDHF that contributes to FID in HCA from patients with heart disease. The full text of this article is available at http://www.circresaha.org.
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MESH Headings
- Apamin/pharmacology
- Arterioles/drug effects
- Arterioles/physiology
- Arterioles/ultrastructure
- Catalase/pharmacology
- Cerium
- Coronary Vessels/drug effects
- Coronary Vessels/physiology
- Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Fluorescent Dyes
- Glyburide/pharmacology
- Humans
- Hydrogen Peroxide/metabolism
- Hydrogen Peroxide/pharmacology
- In Vitro Techniques
- Iron Chelating Agents/pharmacology
- Membrane Potentials/drug effects
- Membrane Potentials/physiology
- Microscopy, Confocal
- Microscopy, Electron
- Microscopy, Video
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/ultrastructure
- Oxidants/metabolism
- Oxidants/pharmacology
- Papaverine/pharmacology
- Potassium Channel Blockers/pharmacology
- Stress, Mechanical
- Vasodilation/drug effects
- Vasodilation/physiology
- Vasodilator Agents/pharmacology
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- Hiroto Miura
- Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wis 53226, USA.
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Busse R, Fleming I. Regulation of endothelium-derived vasoactive autacoid production by hemodynamic forces. Trends Pharmacol Sci 2003; 24:24-9. [PMID: 12498727 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-6147(02)00005-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Endothelial cells, which are situated at the interface between blood and the vessel wall, have a crucial role in controlling vascular tone and homeostasis, particularly in determining the expression of pro-atherosclerotic and anti-atherosclerotic genes. Many of these effects are mediated by changes in the generation and release of endothelium-derived autacoids [from the Greek autos (self) and akos (remedy)], which are generally short-lived and locally acting. In vivo, endothelial cells are constantly subjected to mechanical stimulation, which in turn determines the acute production of autacoids and the levels of autacoid-producing enzymes.
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- Rudi Busse
- Institut für Kardiovaskuläre Physiologie, Klinikum der J.W.Goethe.-Universität, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, D-60590, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Selemidis S, Cocks TM. Endothelium-dependent hyperpolarization as a remote anti-atherogenic mechanism. Trends Pharmacol Sci 2002; 23:213-20. [PMID: 12007998 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-6147(02)01998-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Endothelial cell injury and the loss of cytoprotective mechanisms that involve nitric oxide, prostacyclin and endothelium-dependent hyperpolarization (EDH) are thought to underlie atherosclerosis, although how these mechanisms are anti-atherogenic is unclear. This is particularly so because thrombus formation, one of the major initiators of the disease, usually occurs at discrete luminal sites; thus, only small numbers of endothelial cells can be recruited to initiate anti-inflammatory responses. However, we, and others, have demonstrated that locally generated EDH spreads to endothelial cells and smooth muscle cells throughout a vessel to cause remote vasodilatation. In this article, we propose that, in addition to a widespread inhibitory signalling mechanism, EDH produced by the endothelium also initiates remote anti-inflammatory actions that prevent large blood vessels developing atherosclerosis.
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- Stavros Selemidis
- Dept of Pharmacology, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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The chemical identification and functional characterization of endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factors varies depending on vascular size, vascular bed and species. Three major candidates are the epoxyeicosatrienoic acids, cytochrome P450 metabolites of arachidonic acid, potassium ion and hydrogen peroxide. Additionally, electrical coupling through myoendothelial gap junctions serves to conduct electrical changes from the endothelium to the smooth muscle and may mediate or propagate hyperpolarization. Endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factors are important mediators of vascular relaxation most specifically in resistance sized arteries where they regulate tissue blood flow. The release of the factors is modulated by a number of influences including agonist stimulation, shear stress, estrogen and disease. This article reviews the latest studies concerning the characterization of endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factors, the mechanisms of factor release and alterations of the factors.
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- William B Campbell
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
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