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All forms of cerebral inflammation as found in bacterial meningitis, cerebral malaria, brain injury, and subarachnoid haemorrhage have been associated with vasospasm of cerebral arteries and arterioles. Vasospasm has been associated with permanent neurological deficits and death in subarachnoid haemorrhage and bacterial meningitis. Increased levels of interleukin-1 may be involved in vasospasm through calcium dependent and independent activation of the myosin light chain kinase and release of the vasoconstrictor endothelin-1. Another key factor in the pathogenesis of cerebral arterial vasospasm may be the reduced bioavailability of the vasodilator nitric oxide. Therapeutic trials in vasospasm related to inflammation in subarachnoid haemorrhage in humans showed a reduction of vasospasm through calcium antagonists, endothelin receptor antagonists, statins, and plasminogen activators. Combination of therapeutic modalities addressing calcium dependent and independent vasospasm, the underlying inflammation, and depletion of nitric oxide simultaneously merit further study in all conditions with cerebral inflammation in double blind randomised placebo controlled trials. Auxiliary treatment with these agents may be able to reduce ischemic brain injury associated with neurological deficits and increased mortality.
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Lok J, Leung W, Murphy S, Butler W, Noviski N, Lo EH. Intracranial hemorrhage: mechanisms of secondary brain injury. ACTA NEUROCHIRURGICA. SUPPLEMENT 2011; 111:63-9. [PMID: 21725733 PMCID: PMC3285293 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-0693-8_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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ICH is a disease with high rates of mortality and morbidity, with a substantial public health impact. Spontaneous ICH (sICH) has been extensively studied, and a large body of data has been accumulated on its pathophysiology. However, the literature on traumatic ICH (tICH) is limited, and further investigations of this important topic are needed. This review will highlight some of the cellular pathways in ICH with an emphasis on the mechanisms of secondary injury due to heme toxicity and to events in the coagulation process that are common to both sICH and tICH.
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- Josephine Lok
- Neuroprotection Research Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
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Pataki I, Mezei Z, Adamik A, Glover V, Gecse A, Telegdy G. In vivoeffects of isatin on rat platelet eicosanoids. Platelets 2009; 16:39-43. [PMID: 15763895 DOI: 10.1080/09537100400008034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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To establish the possible influence of isatin (2,3-dioxo-indole) on the activity of platelets, the effects of isatin on platelet eicosanoid synthesis were studied in rats. Different doses (12.5-50 mg/kg) of isatin were injected intraperitoneally (i.p.) and the effects on the arachidonate cascade of isolated platelets were investigated. Cells were labeled with [(14)C]arachidonic acid, then the eicosanoids were separated with overpressure thin-layer chromatography and were quantitatively determined with a liquid scintillation analyzer. The lipoxygenase pathway was significantly inhibited by isatin (50 mg/kg) treatment and also the overall activity of the arachidonate cascade was diminished; however, the cyclooxygenase system was significantly stimulated. A 50-mg/kg i.p. dose of isatin significantly increased the production of vasoconstrictor cyclooxygenase metabolites. Among the vasodilator cyclooxygenase products, the synthesis of PGE2 and PGD2 were significantly decreased while that of 12-hydroxyheptadecatrienoic acid (HHT) increased upon isatin (50 mg/kg) administration. Our results provide further evidence on the peripheral actions of isatin and suggest that this endogenous indole may induce significant changes in the production of blood platelet arachidonic acid metabolites, which are important regulatory substances, thus isatin may potentially affect an even broader range of functions than was previously assumed.
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- Imre Pataki
- Department of Pathophysiology, Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical and Pharmaceutical Center, University of Szeged, MTA-SZTE Neurohumoral Research Group, Semmelweis u. 1., Pf., 427 H6701 Szeged, Hungary
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Gibbins JM. Tweaking the gain on platelet regulation: the tachykinin connection. Atherosclerosis 2008; 206:1-7. [PMID: 19150714 DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2008.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2008] [Revised: 11/30/2008] [Accepted: 12/08/2008] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Soluble factors such as ADP and thromboxane (TX) A(2) that are secreted or released by platelets at sites of tissue injury, mediate autocrine and paracrine regulation of platelet function, resulting in rapid localised thrombus formation. The suppression of platelet function, particularly through targeting such secondary regulatory mechanisms, that serve to 'fine-tune' the platelet response, has proven effective in the prevention of inappropriate platelet activation that results in thrombosis. The most commonly used anti-platelet approaches (ADP receptor antagonism or inhibition of TXA(2) synthesis), however, lack efficacy in many patients, suggesting the existence of additional uncharacterised mechanisms for the regulation of platelet function. Recent data, which form a focus of this review, have identified peripheral tachykinin peptide family members, such as substance P and the newly identified endokinins, as physiologically important positive feedback regulators of platelet function. The actions of tachykinins that are released from platelets during activation are mediated by the neurokinin-1 receptor. Initial analysis of the role of this receptor in platelet thrombus formation, and thrombosis in the mouse, indicate this to be a promising new target for the development of anti-thrombotic drugs.
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- Jonathan M Gibbins
- Institute for Cardiovascular & Metabolic Research, School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Hopkins Building, Whiteknights, Reading, Berkshire, UK.
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Liu D, Jiang LS, Dai LY. Substance P and its receptors in bone metabolism. Neuropeptides 2007; 41:271-83. [PMID: 17655927 DOI: 10.1016/j.npep.2007.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2006] [Revised: 05/29/2007] [Accepted: 05/30/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Accumulating evidence on bone physiopathology has indicated that the skeleton contains numerous nerve fibers and its metabolism is regulated by the nervous system. Until now, more than 10 neuropeptides have been identified in bone. Substance P (SP) is a neuropeptide released from axons of sensory neurons, belongs to the tachykinin family and plays important roles in many physiological and pathological processes by acting as a neurotransmitter, neuromodulator, or trophic factor. It activates signal transduction cascades by acting on the neurokinin-1 receptor (NK(1)-R). Previous studies have confirmed that the SP-immunoreactive (IR) axons innervate bone and adjacent tissues, and that their density varies depending on the regions and physiological or pathological conditions. Over the past few decades, it has been found that SP takes part in the stimulation of bone resorption, and its receptors have been demonstrated to be located in osteoclasts. Notably, in studies of skeletal ontogeny, SP-IR axons have been shown to appear at an early stage, mostly coinciding with the sequence of long bone mineralization. These findings, together with data obtained from chemically or surgically targeted nerve deletions, strongly suggest that SP is a potent regulator of skeletal physiology. The specific distribution of SP-IR nerve fibers, the different amount of SP within regions, and the various levels of expression of NK(1)-R in targeted cells presumably related to and participate in bone metabolism. It can be predicted that the indirect roles of SP through other cytokines are as important as its direct roles in bone metabolism. This new regulating pathway of bone metabolism would have enormous implications in skeletal physiology and the relevant research might present curative potentials to a spectrum of bone diseases.
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- Da Liu
- Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Xinhua Hospital, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 1665 Kongjiang Road, Shanghai 200092, China
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Mincsovics E. Flowing eluent wall processes in OPLC: Using segmentation of non-segmented adsorbent layer for single and parallel separations. JPC-J PLANAR CHROMAT 2004. [DOI: 10.1556/jpc.17.2004.6.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Graham GJ, Stevens JM, Page NM, Grant AD, Brain SD, Lowry PJ, Gibbins JM. Tachykinins regulate the function of platelets. Blood 2004; 104:1058-65. [PMID: 15130944 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2003-11-3979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Evidence has been mounting for peripheral functions for tachykinins, a family of neuropeptides including substance P (SP), neurokinin A, and neurokinin B, which are recognized for their roles in the central and peripheral nervous system. The recent discovery of 4 new members of this family, the endokinins (EKA, B, C, and D), which are distributed peripherally, adds support to the notion that tachykinins have physiologic/endocrine roles in the periphery. In the present study we report a fundamental new function for tachykinins in the regulation of platelet function. We show that SP stimulates platelet aggregation, and underlying this is the intracellular mobilization of calcium and degranulation. We demonstrate the presence of the tachykinin receptors NK1 and NK3 in platelets and present evidence for the involvement of NK1 in SP-mediated platelet aggregation. Platelets were found to contain SP-like immunoreactivity that is secreted upon activation implicating SP-like substances in the autocrine/paracrine regulation of these cells. Indeed, NK1-blocking antibodies inhibited aggregation in response to other agonists. Of particular note is the observation that EKA/B cross-react in the SP immunoassay and are also able to stimulate platelet activation. Together our data implicate tachykinins, specifically SP and EKA/B, in the regulation of platelet function.
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- Gwenda J Graham
- School of Animal and Microbial Sciences, The University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 6AJ, UK
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Durand S, Fromy B, Tartas M, Jardel A, Saumet JL, Abraham P. Prolonged aspirin inhibition of anodal vasodilation is not due to the trafficking delay of neural mediators. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2003; 285:R155-61. [PMID: 12793996 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00742.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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We previously reported that forearm vasodilation to a delivered all-at-once over 5 min or a 1-min repeated monopolar anodal 0.10-mA current application is aspirin sensitive and that a single high-dose aspirin exerts a long-lived effect in the former case. We hypothesized that 1) in the latter case, the effect of aspirin would also be long lived and 2) the time required to resupply nerve endings with unblocked cyclooxygenase through axonal transport could explain this phenomenon. We studied the time course for the recovery of vasodilation to repeated current application after placebo or 1-g aspirin treatment. We then searched for a difference at a proximal vs. distal site in the recovery of the response. Aspirin abolished current-induced vasodilation at 2 h, 10 h, and 3 days, with a progressive recovery thereafter, but no difference between distal and proximal site was observed for the recovery of the response. This suggests that, although neural cyclooxygenase could participate in the response, the time course of aspirin inhibition of current-induced cutaneous vasodilation is not due to the time required through neural transport to resupply nerve endings with unblocked proteins.
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- S Durand
- Laboratoire de Physiologie et Explorations Vasculaires, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, 49033 Angers cedex, France
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Durand S, Fromy B, Koïtka A, Tartas M, Saumet JL, Abraham P. Oral single high-dose aspirin results in a long-lived inhibition of anodal current-induced vasodilatation. Br J Pharmacol 2002; 137:384-90. [PMID: 12237259 PMCID: PMC1573494 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0704868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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1 Acetyl salicyclic acid (aspirin) irreversibly blocks cyclo-oxygenase (COX). This effect is short-lived in endothelial or smooth muscle cells due to resynthesis but long-lived in platelets devoid of synthesis ability. Aspirin blocks the anodal current-induced vasodilatation, suggesting participation by prostaglandin (PG). We analysed the time course of the effect of aspirin as an indirect indicator of the origin of the PG possibly involved in anodal current-induced vasodilatation. 2 In healthy volunteers, vasodilatation, estimated from the peak cutaneous vascular conductance (CVC(peak)), was recorded in the forearm during and in the 20 min following 5 min, 0.10 mA transcutaneous anodal current application, using deionized water as a vehicle. CVC(peak) was normalized to 44 degrees C heat-induced maximal vasodilatation and expressed in per cent values. Experiments were performed before and at 2 and 10 h, 3, 7, 10 and 14 days after blinded 1-g aspirin or placebo treatment. 3 CVC(peak) (mean+/-s.d.mean) after aspirin vs placebo was 13.6+/-14.5 vs 65.0+/-32.1 (P<0.05) 14.7+/-4.2 vs 87.5+/-31.9 (P<0.05), 18.1+/-10.2 vs 71.6+/-26.8 (P<0.05), 42.5+/-23.4 vs 73.3+/-26.8 (non significant, NS), 60.2+/-24.3 vs 75.2+/-26.9 (NS), 52.1+/-18.5 vs 67.9+/-32.1 (NS) at 2 and 10 h and at days 3, 7, 10 and 14 respectively. 4 Aspirin inhibition of anodal current-induced vasodilatation persists long after endothelial and smooth muscle cyclo-oxygenases are assumed to be restored. This suggests that the PG involved in this response are not endothelial- or smooth muscle-derived. The underlying mechanism of this unexpected long-lived inhibition of vasodilatation by single high dose aspirin remains to be studied.
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- S Durand
- Laboratoire de Physiologie et Explorations Vasculaires, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, 49033 Angers Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de Physiologie et Explorations Vasculaires, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, 49033 Angers Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de Physiologie et Explorations Vasculaires, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, 49033 Angers Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de Physiologie et Explorations Vasculaires, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, 49033 Angers Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de Physiologie et Explorations Vasculaires, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, 49033 Angers Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de Physiologie et Explorations Vasculaires, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, 49033 Angers Cedex, France
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Sercombe R, Dinh YRT, Gomis P. Cerebrovascular inflammation following subarachnoid hemorrhage. JAPANESE JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY 2002; 88:227-49. [PMID: 11949877 DOI: 10.1254/jjp.88.227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage frequently results in complications including intracranial hypertension, rebleeding and vasospasm. The extravasated blood is responsible for a cascade of reactions involving release of various vasoactive and pro-inflammatory factors (several of which are purported to induce vasospasm) from blood and vascular components in the subarachnoid space. The authors review the available evidence linking these factors to the development of inflammatory lesions of the cerebral vasculature, emphasizing: 1) neurogenic inflammation due to massive release of sensory nerve neuropeptides; 2) hemoglobin from lysed erythrocytes, which creates functional lesions of endothelial and smooth muscle cells; 3) activity, expression and metabolites of lipoxygenases cyclooxygenases and nitric oxide synthases; 4) the possible role of endothelin-1 as a pro-inflammatory agent; 5) serotonin, histamine and bradykinin which are especially involved in blood-brain barrier disruption; 6) the prothrombotic and pro-inflammatory action of complement and thrombin towards endothelium; 7) the multiple actions of activated platelets, including platelet-derived growth factor production; 8) the presence of perivascular and intramural macrophages and granulocytes and their interaction with adhesion molecules; 9) the evolution, origins, and effects of pro-inflammatory cytokines, especially IL-1, TNF-alpha and IL-6. Human and animal studies on the use of anti-inflammatory agents in subarachnoid hemorrhage include superoxide and other radical scavengers, lipid peroxidation inhibitors, iron chelators, NSAIDs, glucocorticoids, and serine protease inhibitors. Many animal studies claim reduced vasospasm, but these effects are not always confirmed in human trials, where symptomatic vasospasm and outcome are the major endpoints. Despite recent work on penetrating vessel constriction, there is a paucity of studies on inflammatory markers in the microcirculation.
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- Richard Sercombe
- Laboratoire de Recherches Cérébrovasculaires, CNRS UPR 646, IFR Circulation Lariboisière, Université Paris VI, Faculté de Médecine Lariboisière-St Louis, Paris, France.
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Le Filliatre G, Sayah S, Latournerie V, Renaud JF, Finet M, Hanf R. Cyclo-oxygenase and lipoxygenase pathways in mast cell dependent-neurogenic inflammation induced by electrical stimulation of the rat saphenous nerve. Br J Pharmacol 2001; 132:1581-9. [PMID: 11264253 PMCID: PMC1572691 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0703950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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1. We investigated the role of arachidonic acid metabolism and assessed the participation of mast cells and leukocytes in neurogenic inflammation in rat paw skin. We compared the effect of lipoxygenase (LOX) and cyclo-oxygenase (COX) inhibitors on oedema induced by saphenous nerve stimulation, substance P (SP), and compound 48/80. 2. Intravenous (i.v.) pre-treatment with a dual COX/LOX inhibitor (RWJ 63556), a dual LOX inhibitor/cysteinyl-leukotriene (CysLt) receptor antagonist (Rev 5901), a LOX inhibitor (AA 861), a five-lipoxygenase activating factor (FLAP) inhibitor (MK 886), or a glutathione S-transferase inhibitor (ethacrynic acid) significantly inhibited (40 to 60%) the development of neurogenic oedema, but did not affect cutaneous blood flow. Intradermal (i.d.) injection of LOX inhibitors reduced SP-induced oedema (up to 50% for RWJ 63556 and MK 886), whereas ethacrynic acid had a potentiating effect. 3. Indomethacin and rofecoxib, a highly selective COX-2 inhibitor, did not affect neurogenic and SP-induced oedema. Surprisingly, the structurally related COX-2 inhibitors, NS 398 and nimesulide, significantly reduced both neurogenic and SP-induced oedema (70% and 42% for neurogenic oedema, respectively; 49% and 46% for SP-induced oedema, respectively). 4. COX-2 mRNA was undetectable in saphenous nerves and paw skin biopsy samples, before and after saphenous nerve stimulation. 5. A mast cell stabilizer, cromolyn, and a H(1) receptor antagonist, mepyramine, significantly inhibited neurogenic (51% and 43%, respectively) and SP-induced oedema (67% and 63%, respectively). 6. The co-injection of LOX inhibitors and compound 48/80 did not alter the effects of compound 48/80. Conversely, ethacrynic acid had a significant potentiating effect. The pharmacological profile of the effect of COX inhibitors on compound 48/80-induced oedema was similar to that of neurogenic and SP-induced oedema. 7. The polysaccharide, fucoidan (an inhibitor of leukocyte rolling) did not affect neurogenic or SP-induced oedema. 8. Thus, (i) SP-induced leukotriene synthesis is involved in the development of neurogenic oedema in rat paw skin; (ii) this leukotriene-mediated plasma extravasation might be independent of mast cell activation and/or of the adhesion of leukocytes to the endothelium; (iii) COX did not appear to play a significant role in this process.
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- G Le Filliatre
- Service de Pharmacologie, Laboratoire Innothéra, 7 - 9 av François Vincent Raspail, BP 12, 94111, Arcueil Cedex, France.
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