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Dorofeyeva N, Drachuk K, Rajkumar R, Sabnis O, Sagach V. H 2 S donor improves heart function and vascular relaxation in diabetes. Eur J Clin Invest 2021; 51:e13354. [PMID: 32729630 DOI: 10.1111/eci.13354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2020] [Revised: 06/09/2020] [Accepted: 06/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Diabetes dramatically increases the risk of cardiovascular complications and mortality. Hydrogen sulphide plays an important role in reducing oxidative stress. Several studies demonstrated that hydrogen sulphide protects islet beta cells from oxidant stress damage and decreases apoptosis. The aim of the work is to investigate the effect of hydrogen sulphide donor on heart functions and endothelium-dependent relaxation of aortic smooth muscle in diabetes. MATERIALS AND METHODS Rats were divided into control and diabetic groups. Diabetes mellitus was induced with a single intraperitoneally injection of streptozotocin (60 mg kg-1 ). The functional cardiohemodynamic indicators were registered via microcatheter and Pressure-Volume System. The sodium hydrosulphide NaHS (15.8 mg kg-1 ) was administered intraperitoneally. The contractile activity of the muscle preparations of the thoracic aorta was recorded using a strain gauge. RESULTS We demonstrate that the NaHS improves pumping function and restores diastolic heart function in streptozotocin-induced (STZ) diabetes rats. We show that pretreatment with NaHS increased the stroke volume by 43.1%, and the ejection fraction increased by 48.64%. NaHS improves the ventriculo-arterial coupling and increases by 3.4 times acetylcholine-induced relaxation of the aorta in diabetic rats. The inhibition of NOS activity by blocker L-NAME abolished NaHS-mediated vasodilatation in the intact endothelium of the aorta in diabetes. It indicates that the NaHS caused vasodilatation by a NOS-dependent mechanism. CONCLUSION The exogenous hydrogen sulphide can improve pumping function and restore diastolic heart function in diabetes. The pretreatment with NaHS can prevent endothelial dysfunction in diabetes due to the NOS-dependent mechanism.
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- Natalya Dorofeyeva
- A.A. Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
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- A.A. Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
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- A.A. Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
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Pennig J, Scherrer P, Gissler MC, Anto-Michel N, Hoppe N, Füner L, Härdtner C, Stachon P, Wolf D, Hilgendorf I, Mullick A, Bode C, Zirlik A, Goldberg IJ, Willecke F. Glucose lowering by SGLT2-inhibitor empagliflozin accelerates atherosclerosis regression in hyperglycemic STZ-diabetic mice. Sci Rep 2019; 9:17937. [PMID: 31784656 PMCID: PMC6884628 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-54224-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2019] [Accepted: 10/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Diabetes worsens atherosclerosis progression and leads to a defect in repair of arteries after cholesterol reduction, a process termed regression. Empagliflozin reduces blood glucose levels via inhibition of the sodium glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT-2) in the kidney and has been shown to lead to a marked reduction in cardiovascular events in humans. To determine whether glucose lowering by empagliflozin accelerates atherosclerosis regression in a mouse model, male C57BL/6J mice were treated intraperitoneally with LDLR- and SRB1- antisense oligonucleotides and fed a high cholesterol diet for 16 weeks to induce severe hypercholesterolemia and atherosclerosis progression. At week 14 all mice were rendered diabetic by streptozotocin (STZ) injections. At week 16 a baseline group was sacrificed and displayed substantial atherosclerosis of the aortic root. In the remaining mice, plasma cholesterol was lowered by switching to chow diet and treatment with LDLR sense oligonucleotides to induce atherosclerosis regression. These mice then received either empagliflozin or vehicle for three weeks. Atherosclerotic plaques in the empagliflozin treated mice were significantly smaller, showed decreased lipid and CD68+ macrophage content, as well as greater collagen content. Proliferation of plaque resident macrophages and leukocyte adhesion to the vascular wall were significantly decreased in empagliflozin-treated mice. In summary, plasma glucose lowering by empagliflozin improves plaque regression in diabetic mice.
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- Jan Pennig
- University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Cardiology and Angiology I, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Cardiology and Angiology I, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Cardiology and Angiology I, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Cardiology and Angiology I, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Cardiology and Angiology I, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Cardiology and Angiology I, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Cardiology and Angiology I, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Cardiology and Angiology I, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Cardiology and Angiology I, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Cardiology and Angiology I, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Carlsbad, California, USA
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- University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Cardiology and Angiology I, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Cardiology and Angiology I, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Division of Cardiology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Medicine, New York University Langone Health, New York, NY, USA
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- University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Cardiology and Angiology I, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany. .,Klinik für Allgemeine und Interventionelle Kardiologie/Angiologie, Herz- und Diabeteszentrum Nordrhein-Westfalen, Universitätsklinik der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
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Browne D, Meeking D, Shaw K, Cummings M. Review: Endothelial dysfunction and pre-symptomatic atherosclerosis in type 1 diabetes — pathogenesis and identification. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/14746514030030010401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The vascular endothelium offers an attractive model for detecting functional abnormalities prior to structural changes in the vasculature. Demonstration of progression from endothelial dysfunction through to atherosclerosis is required. Measurements of forearm bloodflow, biochemical markers and biophysical assessments of the endothelium have been employed as research tools for investigating pre-symptomatic atherosclerosis. However, studies examining endothelial function in type 1 diabetes have been sparse and conflicting. Differences in methodology and the study populations were potential confounding factors. Augmented vasodilatory prostanoids compensate for reduced nitric oxide bioavailability in determining endothelial function in type 1 diabetes. Hyperglycaemia appears to be the initiating event in type 1 diabetes which promotes a variety of biochemical events which are pathogenic to the endothelium. Improved understanding of the endothelium may facilitate the development of novel diagnostic tools and interventions targeting the accelerated atherosclerosis associated with type 1 diabetes.
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- Duncan Browne
- Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Cosham, Portsmouth, PO6 3LY, UK,
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Zhou X, Dong J, Zhang L, Liu J, Dong X, Yang Q, Liu F, Liao L. Hyperglycemia has no effect on development of restenosis after percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) in a diabetic rabbit model. J Endocrinol 2015; 224:119-25. [PMID: 25385870 DOI: 10.1530/joe-14-0391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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It is well known that hyperglycemia is a trigger of atherosclerosis in patients with diabetes mellitus. However, the role of hyperglycemia in restenosis remains unclear. In this study, we investigated the effects of hyperglycemia on restenosis. Stenosis was evaluated in two sets of diabetic rabbit models: i) diabetic restenosis versus nondiabetic restenosis and ii) diabetic atherosclerosis versus nondiabetic atherosclerosis. Our results indicated that there was no difference in rates of stenosis between the diabetic and the nondiabetic groups in restenosis rabbit models. However, the incidence of stenosis was significantly higher in the diabetic atherosclerosis group compared with the nondiabetic atherosclerosis group. Similarly, the intima-media thickness and cell proliferation rate were significantly increased in the diabetic atherosclerosis group compared with the nondiabetic atherosclerosis group, but there was no difference between the diabetic restenosis and the nondiabetic restenosis groups. Our results indicate that hyperglycemia is an independent risk factor for atherosclerosis, but it has no evident effect on restenosis. These findings indicate that the processes of atherosclerosis and restenosis may involve different pathological mechanisms.
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- Xiaojun Zhou
- Department of EndocrinologyShandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong University, No. 16766, Jingshi Road, Lixia District, Jinan, Shandong Province, ChinaDepartment of EndocrinologyQilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, ChinaDepartment of SonographyLaboratory of Microvascular MedicineMedical Research Center, Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, ChinaDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgerythe People's Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- Department of EndocrinologyShandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong University, No. 16766, Jingshi Road, Lixia District, Jinan, Shandong Province, ChinaDepartment of EndocrinologyQilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, ChinaDepartment of SonographyLaboratory of Microvascular MedicineMedical Research Center, Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, ChinaDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgerythe People's Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- Department of EndocrinologyShandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong University, No. 16766, Jingshi Road, Lixia District, Jinan, Shandong Province, ChinaDepartment of EndocrinologyQilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, ChinaDepartment of SonographyLaboratory of Microvascular MedicineMedical Research Center, Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, ChinaDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgerythe People's Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- Department of EndocrinologyShandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong University, No. 16766, Jingshi Road, Lixia District, Jinan, Shandong Province, ChinaDepartment of EndocrinologyQilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, ChinaDepartment of SonographyLaboratory of Microvascular MedicineMedical Research Center, Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, ChinaDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgerythe People's Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- Department of EndocrinologyShandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong University, No. 16766, Jingshi Road, Lixia District, Jinan, Shandong Province, ChinaDepartment of EndocrinologyQilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, ChinaDepartment of SonographyLaboratory of Microvascular MedicineMedical Research Center, Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, ChinaDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgerythe People's Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- Department of EndocrinologyShandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong University, No. 16766, Jingshi Road, Lixia District, Jinan, Shandong Province, ChinaDepartment of EndocrinologyQilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, ChinaDepartment of SonographyLaboratory of Microvascular MedicineMedical Research Center, Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, ChinaDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgerythe People's Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- Department of EndocrinologyShandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong University, No. 16766, Jingshi Road, Lixia District, Jinan, Shandong Province, ChinaDepartment of EndocrinologyQilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, ChinaDepartment of SonographyLaboratory of Microvascular MedicineMedical Research Center, Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, ChinaDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgerythe People's Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- Department of EndocrinologyShandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong University, No. 16766, Jingshi Road, Lixia District, Jinan, Shandong Province, ChinaDepartment of EndocrinologyQilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, ChinaDepartment of SonographyLaboratory of Microvascular MedicineMedical Research Center, Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, ChinaDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgerythe People's Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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Pereira VA, Abidu-Figueiredo M, Pereira-Sampaio MA, Chagas MA, Costa WS, Sampaio FJB. Sinusoidal constriction and vascular hypertrophy in the diabetes-induced rabbit penis. Int Braz J Urol 2014; 39:424-31. [PMID: 23849575 DOI: 10.1590/s1677-5538.ibju.2013.03.17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2012] [Accepted: 12/14/2012] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To assess the morphological changes of penile vascular structures and the corpus cavernosum area in alloxan-induced diabetic rabbits. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty male rabbits (2 months old) were divided into two groups with 10 rabbits each, the control group (CG) and the diabetic group (DG). The animals from DG received an intravenous injection of alloxan (100mg/kg) to induce the diabetes. Ten weeks after the induction of diabetes, all animals were euthanized. Two fragments of the penile shaft were harvested and samples were processed and paraffin embedded. Sections (5 µm) were cut and stained for histological and immunohistochemical markers. RESULTS Nuclear protrusion toward the lumen, and cytoplasmic vacuolization were observed in the tunica intima of the dorsal artery of the penis in DG. The thicknesses of the tunica media increased significantly in DG (p = 0.0350). It was also observed a significant increase in the area of the tunica media (p = 0.0179). There was no significant change in smooth muscle cell density in the tunica media of the dorsal artery of the penis (p = 0.0855). The collagen fiber pattern of the tunica adventitia of the dorsal artery of the penis was different between the control and diabetic groups. There was a significant decrease in the area occupied by the cavernous sinuses in DG (p = 0.0013). CONCLUSION Alloxan-induced diabetes mellitus in rabbits promotes important changes in penile vascular structures, thereby decreasing blood supply and affecting penile hemodynamics, leading to erectile dysfunction.
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Diaz JA, Hawley AE, Alvarado CM, Berguer AM, Baker NK, Wrobleski SK, Wakefield TW, Lucchesi BR, Myers DD. Thrombogenesis with continuous blood flow in the inferior vena cava. A novel mouse model. Thromb Haemost 2010; 104:366-75. [PMID: 20589322 DOI: 10.1160/th09-09-0672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2009] [Accepted: 03/16/2010] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Several rodent models have been used to study deep venous thrombosis (DVT). However, a model that generates consistent venous thrombi in the presence of continuous blood flow, to evaluate therapeutic agents for DVT, is not available. Mice used in the present study were wild-type C57BL/6 (WT), plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) knock out (KO) and Delta Cytoplasmic Tail (DCT). An electrolytic inferior vena cava (IVC) model (EIM) was used. A 25G stainless-steel needle, attached to a silver coated copper wire electrode (anode), was inserted into the exposed caudal IVC. Another electrode (cathode) was placed subcutaneously. A current of 250 muAmps over 15 minutes was applied. Ultrasound imaging was used to demonstrate the presence of IVC blood flow. Analyses included measurement of plasma soluble P-selectin (sP-Sel), thrombus weight (TW), vein wall morphometrics, P-selectin and Von Willebrand factor (vWF) staining, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM); and the effect of enoxaparin on TW was evaluated. A current of 250 muAmps over 15 minutes consistently promoted thrombus formation in the IVC. Plasma sP-Sel was decreased in PAI-1 KO and increased in DCT vs. WT (WT/PAI-1: p=0.003, WT/DCT: p=0.0002). Endothelial activation was demonstrated by SEM, TEM, P-selectin and vWF immunohistochemistry and confirmed by inflammatory cell counts. Ultrasound imaging demonstrated thrombus formation in the presence of blood flow. Enoxaparin significantly reduced the thrombus size by 61% in this model. This EIM closely mimics clinical venous disease and can be used to study endothelial cell activation, leukocyte migration, thrombogenesis and therapeutic applications in the presence of blood flow.
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- José A Diaz
- Department of Surgery, Section of Vascular Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0654, USA.
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Bertoluci MC, Cé GV, da Silva AMV, Puñales MKC. [Endothelial dysfunction in type 1 diabetes]. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 52:416-26. [PMID: 18438553 DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27302008000200030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2007] [Accepted: 12/16/2007] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Vascular complications are the main cause of mortality and morbidity in diabetes. Mechanisms involved in the development of micro and macrovascular disease are complex and partially understood, but invariably begin as a dysfunctional endothelium. Nitric oxide is an important regulator of endothelial function and the impairment of its activity is determinant of the endothelial dysfunction. In type 1 diabetes, many factors like acute, chronic and post-prandial hyperglycemia, as well as the duration of diabetes or autonomic neuropathy and microalbuminuria are associated to endothelial dysfunction. Oxidative stress, polyol pathway activation, protein kinase C activation and the presence of advanced glycation end-products are potential mechanisms involved in the development of endothelial dysfunction. Early detection of endothelial dysfunction has prognostic value for the development of vascular complications and may be important in strategies for primary prevention of cardiovascular endpoints in type 1 diabetes.
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Toba H, Miki S, Shimizu T, Yoshimura A, Inoue R, Sawai N, Tsukamoto R, Murakami M, Morita Y, Nakayama Y, Kobara M, Nakata T. The direct antioxidative and anti-inflammatory effects of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors ligands are associated with the inhibition of angiotensin converting enzyme expression in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rat aorta. Eur J Pharmacol 2006; 549:124-32. [PMID: 16979161 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2006.08.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2006] [Revised: 08/06/2006] [Accepted: 08/14/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are expressed on vascular tissue. To investigate the direct vasoprotective effects of PPARgamma and PPARalpha ligands, pioglitazone (3 mg/kg/day) and bezafibrate (10 mg/kg/day) were given by gavage to streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats for 4 weeks. Streptozotocin (65 mg/kg, i.p.) significantly increased NADPH oxidase, vascular call adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1), and osteopontin mRNA levels in the aorta, as determined by reverse transcription (RT)-polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Immunohistochemical analysis revealed that the expression of osteopontin protein was also enhanced in the streptozotocin-injected rat aorta. Pioglitazone or bezafibrate attenuated the streptozotocin-induced increase in the expression of NADPH oxidase and VCAM-1 mRNA. The enhanced expression of osteopontin gene and protein induced by streptozotocin was suppressed by pioglitazone, whereas treatment with bezafibrate had no effect on the expression of osteopontin. We also demonstrated that pioglitazone or bezafibrate prevented the streptozotocin-induced increase in angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) gene and protein content, by the means of RT-PCR and Western blotting. On the other hand, the treatment of pioglitazone or bezafibrate in the present study did not affect glucose tolerance, serum insulin or lipid level in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. These results suggest that the direct anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory effects of PPARs ligands in the aorta of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats were not likely to have been mediated by the normalization of glucose or lipid metabolism, but instead these salutary effects appear to have been associated with the inhibition of the expression of ACE. In addition, pioglitazone appeared to be more effective on the suppression of osteopontin expression compared with bezafibrate.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Anti-Inflammatory Agents/administration & dosage
- Anti-Inflammatory Agents/pharmacology
- Antioxidants/administration & dosage
- Antioxidants/pharmacology
- Aorta, Thoracic/drug effects
- Aorta, Thoracic/metabolism
- Bezafibrate/administration & dosage
- Bezafibrate/pharmacology
- Blood Glucose/metabolism
- Blotting, Western
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/genetics
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/metabolism
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/prevention & control
- Gene Expression/genetics
- Hypoglycemic Agents/administration & dosage
- Hypoglycemic Agents/pharmacology
- Hypolipidemic Agents/administration & dosage
- Hypolipidemic Agents/pharmacology
- Injections, Intraperitoneal
- Insulin/blood
- Lipid Metabolism/drug effects
- Male
- NADPH Oxidase 4
- NADPH Oxidases/genetics
- Osteopontin/genetics
- Osteopontin/metabolism
- Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A/genetics
- Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A/metabolism
- Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors/agonists
- Pioglitazone
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Thiazolidinediones/administration & dosage
- Thiazolidinediones/pharmacology
- Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1/genetics
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- Hiroe Toba
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, 5 Misasagi Nakauchi-cho, Yamashina-ku, Kyoto 607-8414, Japan.
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Yun MR, Im DS, Lee JS, Son SM, Sung SM, Bae SS, Kim CD. NAD(P)H oxidase-stimulating activity of serum from type 2 diabetic patients with retinopathy mediates enhanced endothelial expression of E-selectin. Life Sci 2006; 78:2608-14. [PMID: 16343554 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2005.10.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2005] [Accepted: 10/11/2005] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Endothelial expression of E-selectin is enhanced in diabetic patients with retinopathy, however, the underlying mechanisms are unclear. Therefore, this study was aimed to determine if endothelial expression of E-selectin is stimulated with serum from type 2 diabetic patients with retinopathy, and whether this process is related to NAD(P)H oxidase-derived oxidative stress. Serum was obtained from type 2 diabetic patients with (T2DR) or without (T2DM) retinopathy, and age-matched non-diabetic healthy person (Control). Serum was added to in vitro-grown human coronary artery endothelial cells (HCAEC), after which E-selectin expression, reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, and NAD(P)H oxidase activity were measured. Serum from T2DR induced a significantly higher expression of E-selectin than serum from T2DM and control in association with an enhanced production of ROS in HCAEC. T2DR serum enhanced E-selectin expression in a ROS-dependent manner since this process was significantly attenuated not only by tiron (1 mM), a superoxide scavenger, but also by DPI (10 micromol/L) and apocynin (100 micromol/L), inhibitors of NAD(P)H oxidase. Furthermore, the activity of NADH oxidase was markedly increased by T2DR serum, and this was accompanied by the enhanced membrane translocation of p47phox, a cytosolic subunit of NAD(P)H oxidase. These findings suggest that serum from T2DR induced up-regulation of E-selectin expression in HCAEC, and this process might be dependent on activation of endothelial NADH oxidase via an enhanced membrane translocation of p47phox.
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- Mi Ran Yun
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, MRC for Ischemic Tissue Regeneration and Medical Research Institute, South Korea
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Otsuka A, Azuma K, Iesaki T, Sato F, Hirose T, Shimizu T, Tanaka Y, Daida H, Kawamori R, Watada H. Temporary hyperglycaemia provokes monocyte adhesion to endothelial cells in rat thoracic aorta. Diabetologia 2005; 48:2667-74. [PMID: 16283236 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-005-0005-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2005] [Accepted: 07/11/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS Several epidemiological data suggest that patients with postprandial hyperglycaemia are at high risk of cardiovascular disease. The aim of this study was to elucidate the effect of a glucose 'spike' on monocyte adhesion to rat aortic endothelial cells. MATERIALS AND METHODS Monocyte adhesion to endothelial cells in vivo was quantitated using an en face method for observation of endothelial surface after immunohistochemical staining for CD68 in the thoracic aortas of Sprague-Dawley rats after several kinds of blood glucose rises. RESULTS The number of monocytes adhering to endothelial cells increased at 30 min after injection of glucose in 8-week-old Sprague-Dawley rats. The increased adhesion returned to the basal level at 120 min after glucose injection, concomitantly with the return of blood glucose levels to normal. The infusion of octreotide to inhibit endogenous insulin secretion did not prevent the glucose-induced increase in monocyte adhesion to endothelial cells. On the other hand, the number of monocytes adhering to endothelial cells did not increase in rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes and sustained hyperglycaemia. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION Our data demonstrate that a temporary rise in blood glucose levels can in itself promote a reversible increase in monocyte adhesion to arterial endothelial cells.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens, CD/analysis
- Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic/analysis
- Aorta, Thoracic/chemistry
- Aorta, Thoracic/pathology
- Aorta, Thoracic/physiopathology
- Atherosclerosis/etiology
- Atherosclerosis/physiopathology
- Blood Glucose/analysis
- Cell Adhesion/drug effects
- Cell Communication/drug effects
- Cell Count
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/blood
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/pathology
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/physiopathology
- Endothelium, Vascular/chemistry
- Endothelium, Vascular/pathology
- Endothelium, Vascular/physiopathology
- Glucose/administration & dosage
- Glucose/pharmacology
- Hyperglycemia/pathology
- Hyperglycemia/physiopathology
- Immunohistochemistry
- Injections, Intravenous
- Insulin/administration & dosage
- Insulin/blood
- Insulin/pharmacology
- Male
- Monocytes/pathology
- Monocytes/physiology
- Octreotide/pharmacology
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Time Factors
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- A Otsuka
- Department of Medicine, Metabolism and Endocrinology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, 113-8421, Tokyo, Japan
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Cardiovascular complications are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in diabetic patients. Endothelial dysfunction with impaired endothelial nitric oxide (NO) synthase (eNOS) activity is a widely accepted cause of diabetic vasculopathy. The mechanisms of endothelial dysfunction in diabetes remain elusive, thus limiting effective therapeutic interventions. We report novel evidence demonstrating that the calcium-dependent protease calpain causes endothelial dysfunction and vascular inflammation in the microcirculation of the ZDF (Zucker diabetic fatty) rat, a genetic rat model of type 2 diabetes. We found evidence of increased calpain activity and leukocyte trafficking in the microcirculation of ZDF rats. Inhibition of calpain activity significantly attenuated leukocyte-endothelium interactions in the vasculature of ZDF rats. Expression of cell adhesion molecules in the vascular endothelium of ZDF rats was consistently increased, and it was suppressed by calpain inhibition. In vivo measurement of endothelial NO availability demonstrated a 60% decrease in NO levels in the microcirculation of diabetic rats, which was also prevented by calpain inhibition. Immunoprecipitation studies revealed calpain-dependent loss of association between eNOS and the regulatory protein heat shock protein 90. Collectively, these data provide evidence for a novel mechanism of endothelial dysfunction and vascular inflammation in diabetes. Calpains may represent a new molecular target for the prevention and treatment of diabetic vascular complications.
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- Timothy J Stalker
- Department of Physiology, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, 1020 Locust St., Philadelphia, PA 19107-6799, USA
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Lamharzi N, Renard CB, Kramer F, Pennathur S, Heinecke JW, Chait A, Bornfeldt KE. Hyperlipidemia in concert with hyperglycemia stimulates the proliferation of macrophages in atherosclerotic lesions: potential role of glucose-oxidized LDL. Diabetes 2004; 53:3217-25. [PMID: 15561953 DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.53.12.3217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Hyperglycemia and hyperlipidemia are important risk factors for diabetes-accelerated atherosclerosis. Macrophage proliferation has been implicated in the progression of atherosclerosis. We therefore investigated the effects of hyperglycemia and hyperlipidemia on macrophage proliferation in murine atherosclerotic lesions and isolated primary macrophages. Hyperglycemic LDL receptor-deficient mice that were fed a cholesterol-free diet for 12 weeks did not have elevated cholesterol levels compared with nondiabetic mice, and there was no evidence of increased macrophage proliferation in atherosclerotic lesions. Moreover, elevated glucose levels did not increase proliferation of isolated mouse peritoneal macrophages. In contrast, hyperglycemic LDL receptor-deficient mice that were fed a cholesterol-rich diet showed increased cholesterol levels concomitant with macrophage proliferation in atherosclerotic lesions. Glucose promoted lipid and protein oxidation of LDL in vitro. Glucose-oxidized LDL resulted in phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase and protein kinase B/Akt and stimulated proliferation of isolated macrophages. The mitogenic effect of glucose-oxidized LDL was mediated by CD36 and by extracellular signal-regulated kinase activation induced by protein kinase C-dependent and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-dependent pathways. Thus, hyperglycemia is not sufficient to stimulate macrophage proliferation in lesions of atherosclerosis or in isolated macrophages. A combination of hyperglycemia and hyperlipidemia, however, stimulates macrophage proliferation by a pathway that may involve the glucose-dependent oxidation of LDL.
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- Najib Lamharzi
- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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Yun MR, Kim JJ, Im DS, Yang SD, Kim CD. Involvement of NAD(P)H oxidase in the enhanced expression of cell adhesion molecules in the aorta of diabetic mice. Life Sci 2004; 75:2463-72. [PMID: 15350821 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2004.04.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2003] [Accepted: 04/29/2004] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The increased levels of cell adhesion molecules (CAM) have been identified in diabetic vasculatures, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. To determine the relationship among vascular production of superoxide, expression of CAM and diabetes, superoxide generation and expression of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1), vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1), E- and P-selectin in the aorta from control (C57BL/6J) and diabetic mice (ob/ob) were measured. In situ staining for superoxide using dihydroethidium showed an increased superoxide production in diabetic aorta in association with an enhanced NAD(P)H oxidase activity. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed that the endothelial expression of ICAM-1 (3.5 +/- 0.4) and VCAM-1 (3.8 +/- 0.3) in diabetic aorta was significantly higher than that in control aorta (0.9 +/- 0.5 and 1.6 +/- 0.3, respectively). Furthermore, there was a strong positive correlation (r = 0.89, p < 0.01 in ICAM-1 and r = 0.88, p < 0.01 in VCAM-1) between ICAM-1/VCAM-1 expression and vascular production of superoxide. The present data indicate that the increased production of superoxide via NAD(P)H oxidase may explain the enhanced expression of CAM in diabetic vasculatures.
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- Mi Ran Yun
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine and Pharmacy, Research Institute of Genetic Engineering, Pusan National University, 10 Ami-Dong 1-Ga, Seo-Gu, Busan 602-739, South Korea
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Ribau JC, Samis JA, Senis YA, Maurice DH, Giles AR, DeReske M, Absher PM, Hatton MW, Richardson M. Aortic endothelial cell von Willebrand factor content, and circulating plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 are increased, but expression of endothelial leukocyte adhesion molecules is unchanged in insulin-dependent diabetic BB rats. Atherosclerosis 2000; 149:331-42. [PMID: 10729383 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9150(99)00344-5] [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: 11/25/2022]
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Endothelial cell injury has been implicated in the increased incidence of vascular disease associated with diabetes mellitus. In diabetic humans, elevated plasma von Willebrand Factor (vWF) has been interpreted as an indication of endothelial damage. In contrast, in an animal model of inherited insulin-dependent diabetes, the bio-breeding (BB) rat, plasma vWF levels did not differ from those in age-matched control rats during the first 7 months of diabetes although morphological evidence of mild aortic endothelial alteration or injury was observed. In the present study efforts have been made to define the endothelial alterations in BB diabetic rats compared to controls more precisely over this time period. Thus, adhesion molecules: intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) and vascular cell adhesion molecule-1(VCAM-1) were evaluated by in situ immunohistochemistry, vWF content was determined by biochemical analysis of aortic extracts and by quantitative immunohistochemistry, plasma vWF levels were measured by ELISA and vWF mRNA by RNAse protection assay. Neither age nor diabetic state significantly affected either the expression of adhesion molecules, or the levels of circulating vWF. Endothelial vWF content was significantly increased in the diabetic vessels, as observed by both approaches but the vWF mRNA content was not different from that in control vessels. Plasma plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI-1) activity was significantly increased in diabetic animals. In conclusion, endothelial alterations in BB rats associated with diabetes, together with the raised plasma PAI-1 levels, promote the thrombogenic potential of the vessel wall, and are consistent with an increased risk for vascular disease.
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MESH Headings
- Analysis of Variance
- Animals
- Aorta, Thoracic/metabolism
- Aorta, Thoracic/pathology
- Cells, Cultured
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/metabolism
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/pathology
- Disease Models, Animal
- Endothelium, Vascular/metabolism
- Endothelium, Vascular/pathology
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Immunohistochemistry
- Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1/analysis
- Male
- Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1/blood
- Probability
- RNA, Messenger/analysis
- Rats
- Rats, Inbred BB
- Reference Values
- Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1/analysis
- von Willebrand Factor/analysis
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- J C Ribau
- Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University HSC, Room 2N35, 1200 Main Street, Hamilton, Canada
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Recently, increasing interest has been directed toward the role of leukocytes in microvascular disorders including diabetic retinopathy because of their large cell volume, high cytoplasmic rigidity, natural tendency to stick to the vascular endothelium, and capacity to generate toxic superoxide radicals and proteolytic enzymes. Leukocytes in diabetes are reported to be less deformable and more activated, and may be involved in capillary non-perfusion, endothelial cell damage, and vascular leakage in the retinal microcirculation. In fact, histological studies show many capillary occlusions by leukocytes and capillary dropout or degeneration associated with leukocytes in the diabetic retina. Serial acridine orange leukocyte fluorography and fluorescein angiography studies also identify trapped leukocytes directly associated with areas of downstream non-perfusion in the diabetic retinal microcirculation. More recent studies suggest that adhesion molecules may mediate retinal leukocyte stasis (leukostasis) in diabetes and a reduction in the leukostasis by anti-adhesion antibodies can suppress retinal vascular leakage. In addition, some agents inhibiting leukostasis are reported to improve retinal abnormalities induced by diabetes. Thus, leukostasis in the retinal microcirculation can be a new promising target in the treatment of diabetic retinopathy.
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- K Miyamoto
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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Ribau JC, Hadcock SJ, Teoh K, DeReske M, Richardson M. Endothelial adhesion molecule expression is enhanced in the aorta and internal mammary artery of diabetic patients. J Surg Res 1999; 85:225-33. [PMID: 10423323 DOI: 10.1006/jsre.1999.5682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Diabetes mellitus is a major risk factor for the development of atherosclerosis but the mechanisms involved remain unclear. The expression of leukocyte adhesion molecules at the endothelial surface is a primary step in the recruitment of leukocytes into the intima and the subsequent development of lipid-containing foam cell lesions. Increased levels of circulating adhesion molecules have been identified in diabetic patients, but the distribution in the arterial wall has not been described. MATERIALS AND METHODS Frozen sections were prepared from aorta and internal mammary artery obtained during bypass surgery from 12 diabetic and 16 nondiabetic patients. Adhesion molecules (intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1), vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1), and E-Selectin), macrophages, and lymphocytes were identified and quantified using immunohistochemistry; intimal hyperplasia was quantified. RESULTS Endothelial expression of VCAM-1 and intimal smooth muscle cell expression of both VCAM-1 and ICAM-1 was increased in the aortas from diabetic patients. Intimal hyperplasia in aorta and internal mammary artery sections was significantly greater in diabetic tissue. Macrophages, T-lymphocytes, oil-red-O-stained lipid, glycated albumin, and glycated LDL were observed in the aorta of both diabetic and nondiabetic samples. CONCLUSIONS The increased incidence of VCAM-1 and ICAM-1 in the aorta may partly explain the enhanced atherosclerosis associated with diabetes mellitus, and their presence in established lesions may emphasize their long-term importance. The intimal hyperplasia observed in the bypass vessel may be a contributing factor to the increased incidence of restenosis in diabetic patients.
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- J C Ribau
- Department of Pathology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Mompeõ B, Ortega F, Sarmiento L, Castaño I. Ultrastructural analogies between intimal alterations in veins from diabetic patients and animals with STZ-induced diabetes. Ann Vasc Surg 1999; 13:294-301. [PMID: 10347263 DOI: 10.1007/s100169900260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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The aim of this study was to document similarities and differences between veins from human diabetic patients and an experimentally induced diabetic animal model. The saphenous vein and posterior tibial vein from diabetic patients and the femoral vein from rats were studied. An increase in the extracellular matrix with migration of smooth muscle cells and endothelial alterations were observed in the intima of all specimens. These findings demonstrate that there is a high degree of similarity between the pathological changes in the venous wall during human diabetes mellitus and streptozotocin (STZ) induced-diabetes. This finding validates STZ induced-diabetes in rats as a model for further experimental study to clarify the fate of the diabetic venous wall when used as a graft.
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- B Mompeõ
- Centro de Ciencias de la Salud, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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Mompeó B, Ortega F. Immunohistochemical and ultrastructural study of microvessels in diabetic veins. Ultrastruct Pathol 1999; 23:25-31. [PMID: 10086914 DOI: 10.1080/019131299281806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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The aim of this study was to examine the localization and features of the intramural microvessels in the wall of inferior limb veins in diabetic patients. The study was conducted in a group of 10 insulin-dependent diabetic patients, who had suffered inferior limb amputation as a consequence of chronic limb ischemia. Sections of long saphenous and posterior tibial veins were investigated by light and transmission electron microscope. The von Willebrand factor and albumin were detected by immunohistochemical techniques. The results show the presence of numerous microvessels in the intima and inner third of the media layer of the venous wall of the sections studied. These microvessels present morphological and functional modifications in relation to those observed in the control veins. They also showed the presence of endothelial cells migrating from the lumen. The authors conclude that the venous wall of inferior limbs in amputated diabetic patients presents a neovascularization process. Some of the endothelial cells of the venous lumen can also have a role in the angiogenesis.
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- B Mompeó
- Department of Morphology, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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Ribau JC, Hatton MW, Richardson M. Changes in the aortic endothelium and plasma von Willebrand factor levels during the onset and progression of insulin-dependent diabetes in BB rats. Atherosclerosis 1998; 139:291-9. [PMID: 9712335 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9150(98)00082-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Endothelial injury has been implicated in the enhanced vascular disease associated with diabetes mellitus. In diabetic humans elevated plasma von Willebrand factor (vWF) levels have been interpreted as an indication of endothelial damage. Using the BB rat as a model of inherited insulin dependent-diabetes mellitus, plasma vWF and aortic endothelial ultrastructural alterations were examined during the first 7 months of diabetes. Total plasma vWF levels were determined by ELISA and vWF multimeric composition by electrophoresis. vWF was identified immunohistochemically. Following the onset of hyperglycemia, there were progressive alterations in aortic endothelial morphology, which were consistent with injury, and aortic intimal thickening was significantly greater in rats diabetic for 7 months compared to age-matched controls. Significant increases in the Weibel Palade (WP) body content of the endothelial cells were observed after 1 week and 2 months of diabetes, but not at later times. Endothelial alterations associated with the possible release of vWF appeared to involve fusion of WP bodies with other vacuoles rather than direct fusion with the cell membrane. Plasma vWF levels in diabetic rats were varied, but were not significantly different from those of control animals and did not correlate with either glucose or insulin levels. The multimeric composition of plasma vWF was also similar at all times in both diabetic and non-diabetic animals. From these observations, plasma vWF levels do not provide an indicator of the endothelial perturbations which occurs in diabetic rats.
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- J C Ribau
- Department of Pathology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Richardson M, Schmidt AM, Graham SE, Achen B, DeReske M, Russell JC. Vasculopathy and insulin resistance in the JCR:LA-cp rat. Atherosclerosis 1998; 138:135-46. [PMID: 9678779 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9150(98)00012-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The JCR:LA-cp rat is one of a number of strains incorporating the autosomal recessive cp gene that induces obesity. This strain is unique in the development of not only a profound insulin resistance, but an accompanying cardiovascular disease that correlates strongly with hyperinsulinemia. The hyperinsulinemia develops rapidly after 4 weeks of age, with an age at half-maximum of 5.5 weeks. This reflects postprandial plasma insulin levels that peak at 1000 mU/l in a standardized meal tolerance test. Defective acetylcholine-mediated vascular relaxation develops with a 1-week lag over the developing hyperinsulinemia. The frequency of staining for the vascular adhesion molecules, VCAM-1 and ICAM, does not show either age or genotype variation, although plasma levels do show an age variation. Treatment of the rats with the alpha-glucosidase inhibitor, miglitol (Bay m1099), obviates the exaggerated postprandial glucose and, especially, the insulin responses of the cp/cp rat. This causes an improvement in insulin sensitivity, prevention of the impaired vascular relaxation, and reduction in plasma levels of advanced glycated end-products. Arterial wall morphology, as visualized by both scanning and transmission electron microscopy, shows abnormal endothelium, adherent macrophages, and activated migrating smooth muscle cells in the intima. Oil-Red-O staining reveals lipid deposits in the intimal spaces, as confirmed by the presence of foam cells. The lesions resemble fatty streaks or modest atherosclerosis in man, rather than the extensive cholesterol-laden lesions seen in familial hypercholesterolemia or cholesterol-fed rabbit models. The lean rats of the strain show similar, but less marked, intimal abnormalities. The vasculopathy in this animal model appears to be precipitated by the developing hyperinsulinemia, but also requires an underlying abnormality of vascular smooth muscle and possibly also of the endothelium.
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- M Richardson
- Department of Pathology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Morigi M, Angioletti S, Imberti B, Donadelli R, Micheletti G, Figliuzzi M, Remuzzi A, Zoja C, Remuzzi G. Leukocyte-endothelial interaction is augmented by high glucose concentrations and hyperglycemia in a NF-kB-dependent fashion. J Clin Invest 1998; 101:1905-15. [PMID: 9576755 PMCID: PMC508777 DOI: 10.1172/jci656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 315] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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We addressed the role of hyperglycemia in leukocyte-endothelium interaction under flow conditions by exposing human umbilical vein endothelial cells for 24 h to normal (5 mM), high concentration of glucose (30 mM), advanced glycosylation end product-albumin (100 microg/ml), or hyperglycemic (174-316 mg/dl) sera from patients with diabetes and abnormal hemoglobin A1c (8.1+/-1.4%). At the end of incubation endothelial cells were perfused with total leukocyte suspension in a parallel plate flow chamber under laminar flow (1.5 dyn/cm2). Rolling and adherent cells were evaluated by digital image processing. Results showed that 30 mM glucose significantly (P < 0. 01) increased the number of adherent leukocytes to endothelial cells in respect to control (5 mM glucose; 151+/-19 versus 33+/-8 cells/mm2). A similar response was induced by endothelial stimulation with IL-1beta, here used as positive control (195+/-20 cells/mm2). The number of rolling cells on endothelial surface was not affected by high glucose level. Stable adhesion of leukocytes to glucose-treated as well as to IL-1beta-stimulated endothelial cells was preceded by short interaction of leukocytes with the endothelial surface. The distance travelled by leukocytes before arrest on 30 mM glucose, or on IL-1beta-treated endothelial cells, was significantly (P < 0.01) higher than that observed for leukocytes adhering on control endothelium (30 mM glucose: 76.7+/-3.5; IL1beta: 69.7+/-4 versus 5 mM glucose: 21.5+/-5 microm). Functional blocking of E-selectin, intercellular cell adhesion molecule-1, and vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 on endothelial cells with the corresponding mouse mAb significantly inhibited glucose-induced increase in leukocyte adhesion (67+/-16, 83+/-12, 62+/-8 versus 144+/-21 cells/ mm2). Confocal fluorescence microscopy studies showed that 30 mM glucose induced an increase in endothelial surface expression of E-selectin, intercellular cell adhesion molecule-1, and vascular cell adhesion molecule-1. Electrophoretic mobility shift assay of nuclear extracts of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) exposed for 1 h to 30 mM glucose revealed an intense NF-kB activation. Treatment of HUVEC exposed to high glucose with the NF-kB inhibitors pyrrolidinedithiocarbamate (100 microM) and tosyl-phe-chloromethylketone (25 microM) significantly reduced (P < 0.05) leukocyte adhesion in respect to HUVEC treated with glucose alone. A significant (P < 0.01) inhibitory effect on glucose-induced leukocyte adhesion was observed after blocking protein kinase C activity with staurosporine (5 nM). When HUVEC were treated with specific antisense oligodesoxynucleotides against PKCalpha and PKCepsilon isoforms before the addition of 30 mM glucose, a significant (P < 0.05) reduction in the adhesion was also seen. Advanced glycosylation end product-albumin significantly increased the number of adhering leukocytes in respect to native albumin used as control (110+/-16 versus 66+/-7, P < 0.01). Sera from diabetic patients significantly (P < 0.01) enhanced leukocyte adhesion as compared with controls, despite normal levels of IL-1beta and TNFalpha in these sera. These data indicate that high glucose concentration and hyperglycemia promote leukocyte adhesion to the endothelium through upregulation of cell surface expression of adhesive proteins, possibly depending on NF-kB activation.
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- M Morigi
- Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, 24125 Bergamo, Italy
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Rattan V, Shen Y, Sultana C, Kumar D, Kalra VK. Diabetic RBC-induced oxidant stress leads to transendothelial migration of monocyte-like HL-60 cells. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1997; 273:E369-75. [PMID: 9277391 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1997.273.2.e369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Red blood cells (RBC) from patients with diabetes mellitus exhibit an increased propensity to adhere to cultured human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) as a result of interaction of advanced glycation end products with their counter receptors, contributing to the pathogenesis of vascular complications. We determined whether the interaction of diabetic RBC with HUVEC induced cellular oxidant stress that would culminate in adherence and diapedesis of monocytes, these being initiating events in endothelial injury and atherogenesis. We show that the adherence of diabetic RBC (2% hematocrit), but not normal RBC, to HUVEC results in a fourfold increase in the production of lipid peroxides. Furthermore, diabetic RBC-induced oxidant stress causes a sixfold increase in platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 (PECAM-1) phosphorylation and doubles transendothelial migration of monocyte-like HL-60 cells; both are blocked by antioxidants and protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitors. Our results show that the adherence of diabetic RBC to endothelial cells initiates a cascade of cellular events resulting in PKC activation, causing PECAM-1 phosphorylation and concomitant transendothelial migration of monocytes. The increased diapedesis of monocytes, brought about by the interaction of diabetic RBC across vascular endothelium, may play an important role in accelerated atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease in diabetics.
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- V Rattan
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90033, USA
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Nishida M, Miyagawa JI, Tokunaga K, Yamamoto K, Keno Y, Kobatake T, Yoshida S, Nakamura T, Odaka H, Ikeda H, Hanafusa T, Yamashita S, Kameda-Takemura K, Matsuzawa Y. Early morphologic changes of atherosclerosis induced by ventromedial hypothalamic lesion in the spontaneously diabetic Goto-Kakizaki rat. THE JOURNAL OF LABORATORY AND CLINICAL MEDICINE 1997; 129:200-7. [PMID: 9016856 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2143(97)90140-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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It is generally thought that typical atherosclerotic lesions do not develop in the rodent. The Goto-Kakizaki (GK) rat is a nonobese strain in which a spontaneous type of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus develops without apparent macroangiopathy. In our previous study, making ventromedial hypothalamic (VMH) lesions in GK rats induced hyperphagia and a further deterioration in glucose metabolism. In the current study, male GK rats in which VMH lesions were made were examined for vascular changes, with special reference to atherosclerotic lesions. Marked hyperglycemia in GK rats with VMH lesions (hereafter referred to as VMH lesion rats) was revealed over an observation period (plasma glucose levels 16 weeks after the operation: VMH lesion GK rats, 19.3 +/- 2.0 mmol/L, vs sham-operated GK rats, 10.1 +/- 1.3 mmol/L; p < 0.0001). Light microscopic observation of the descending aorta in VMH lesion GK rats 16 weeks after the surgery revealed that the intimal thickening and the number of infiltrating cells into the intima were significantly increased as compared with sham-operated GK rats (17531 +/- 3747 microm2 vs 3072 +/- 1192 microm2, p < 0.0001; 15.6 +/- 3.1 per one transverse section vs 6.8 +/- 2.5 per one transverse section, p < 0.0005). Electron microscopic observations demonstrated an increased number of microvilli and lysosomes in endothelial cells, infiltration of macrophages and lymphocytes into the intima, and migration of medial smooth muscle cells into the intima that are considered to be early events in atherosclerosis. These morphologic changes could be induced by a deterioration in glucose metabolism. This rat may thus be useful for studying the process of the initiation of atherosclerosis in diabetes mellitus.
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- M Nishida
- Second Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka University Medical School, Suita, Japan
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Douillet C, Bost M, Accominotti M, Borson-Chazot F, Ciavatti M. In vitro and in vivo effects of selenium and selenium with vitamin E on platelet functions in diabetic rats relationship to platelet sorbitol and fatty acid distribution. Biol Trace Elem Res 1996; 55:263-77. [PMID: 9096854 DOI: 10.1007/bf02785285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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In vitro 30 min of incubation with selenomethionine (Sm) + vitamin E multiplied by about five platelet selenium (Se) decreased significantly platelet thrombin and ADP-induced aggregation decrease. Four groups of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats were fed with a supplemented purified diet with an Se-rich yeast (Selenion): DSel, Sm: DSm, Sm alpha-tocopherol: DSmE or unsupplemented diet: D. After 24 wk of supplementation, only a decrease in thrombin-induced aggregation in group DSel compared to DSm and DSmE and D was observed. However, after 24 wk of diet compared to 14 wk, in group D and DSm, a significant increase in thrombin-induced aggregation occurred (p < 0.0001), whereas a significant decrease in groups DSel and DSmE (p < 0.0001, p < 0.03) was noted. After 21 wk of diet, in DSmE, platelet adhesion to fibronectin was significantly decreased compared to group D (p < 0.05). These changes in DSmE were associated with a significant decrease in platelet sorbitol (p < 0.02) and a very significant increase in platelet Se (p < 0.0005). Sm associated with vitamin E would appear more efficient to prevent oxidative damage of diabetic platelet membrane and thus to modulate its hyperactivity.
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- C Douillet
- National Institute of Health and Medical Research, Unit 331, Bron, France
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Rattan V, Shen Y, Sultana C, Kumar D, Kalra VK. Glucose-induced transmigration of monocytes is linked to phosphorylation of PECAM-1 in cultured endothelial cells. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1996; 271:E711-7. [PMID: 8897859 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1996.271.4.e711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The adherence of circulating monocytes to the endothelium, their migration into the subendothelium, and the subsequent formation of foam cells are initial events in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. However, the effect of hyperglycemia on the transendothelial migration of monocytes is not known. Exposure of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) cultured in a Transwell chamber to 25 mM D-glucose (a concentration representing a hyperglycemic state) for 2 h resulted in a twofold increase in the migration of vitamin D3-differentiated monocyte-like HL-60 cells. The migration was inhibited by addition of either an antibody to platelet-endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 (PECAM-1) or a protein kinase C inhibitor, GF-109203X. In HUVEC, high concentrations of D-glucose (25 mM), but not of other sugars such as L-glucose, 2-deoxyglucose, D-galactose, or D-mannitol, caused a sevenfold increase in the phosphorylation of PECAM-1 as a result of activation of protein kinase C. The 25 mM D-glucose-induced PECAM-1 phosphorylation and transmigration of monocyte-like HL-60 cells were further increased by treatment of HUVEC with the phosphatase inhibitor calyculin A. These results suggest that direct phosphorylation of PECAM-1 in response to elevated glucose promotes transendothelial migration of monocytes, contributing to accelerated atherogenesis in diabetics.
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- V Rattan
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Southern California, School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90033, USA
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Taki H, Kashiwagi A, Tanaka Y, Horiike K. Expression of intercellular adhesion molecules 1 (ICAM-1) via an osmotic effect in human umbilical vein endothelial cells exposed to high glucose medium. Life Sci 1996; 58:1713-21. [PMID: 8637395 DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(96)00151-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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To clarify the etiology of accelerated atherosclerosis in patients with diabetes mellitus, we measured expression of intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1), vascular cellular adhesion molecule 1 (VCAM-1), and E-selection on the cell surface by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and ICAM-1 mRNA content in human umbilical vein endothelial cells exposed to 5.5 mM glucose (NG), 33 mM glucose (HG), or 27.5 mM mannitol plus 5.5 mM glucose (HM).1) Cell-surface ICAM-1 expression in HG and HM cells was maximally increased by 37% and 32% (P < 0.01), respectively. This effect was dependent on glucose concentration in the medium and was found as early as 24 h and maintained until 6 days after exposing cells of HG. However, neither VCAM-1 nor E-selection expression were affected by HG conditions. 2) Both HG and HM induced increased mRNA content between 6 and 12 h after the stimulation. 3) Adhesion of THP-1 cells to endothelial cells exposed to HG and HM was increased, when compared to NG conditions. These results indicate that osmotic effects can induce increased mRNA and cell-surface expression of ICAM-1 via an as yet unknown mechanism.
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- H Taki
- Third Department of Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Japan
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Richardson M, Kurowska EM, Carroll KK. Early lesion development in the aortas of rabbits fed low-fat, cholesterol-free, semipurified casein diet. Atherosclerosis 1994; 107:165-78. [PMID: 7526873 DOI: 10.1016/0021-9150(94)90018-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The initial endothelial morphological alterations and the development of raised, lipid-containing lesions in rabbit aortas were examined after 1 and 3 months on a casein-enriched, semipurified, cholesterol-free diet. The alterations were compared with those in rabbits fed soy-protein in the place of casein and with age-matched, chow-fed, control animals. Using immunohistochemistry macrophages, T-lymphocytes, and smooth muscle cells were identified in the lesions, and an expression of leukocyte adhesion molecules, VCAM-1, ICAM-1 and, occasionally, E-selectin was seen in sections of the aortas of casein-fed rabbits. The initial alterations in the endothelium appear to include evidence of endothelial injury and white blood cell adhesion. No evidence of extracellular liposome formation was observed. This model of atherogenesis is consistent with endothelial injury being an important component of diet-induced atherogenesis and has similarities to human atherosclerosis.
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- M Richardson
- Department of Pathology, McMaster University HSC, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Davies MG, Kim JH, Klyachkin ML, Barber L, Dalen H, Svendsen E, Carson CC, Hagen PO. Diabetes mellitus and experimental vein graft structure and function. J Vasc Surg 1994; 19:1031-43. [PMID: 8201704 DOI: 10.1016/s0741-5214(94)70215-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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PURPOSE Diabetes mellitus is a known risk factor for accelerated atherosclerosis and for postangioplasty restenosis. METHODS This study examines the effect of chronic, uncontrolled, alloxan-induced diabetes on the structure and vasomotor function of vein bypass grafts in 20 male New Zealand white rabbits with diabetes and in 10 controls. After 8 weeks of diabetes, a common carotid vein bypass graft was performed. Four weeks after operation, vein grafts and contralateral jugular veins were harvested. RESULTS Diabetes induced a twofold increase in the vein graft intimal thickness compared with control. There was no change in medial thickness. Electron microscopy of the vein grafts in diabetes revealed intercellular gaps in the endothelium lining and abnormal endothelial cell junctions compared with controls. Diabetes significantly increased the maximal contractions generated in vein grafts to all contractile agonists tested without any change in sensitivity. CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrates that diabetes alters endothelial cell structure and increases the development of intimal hyperplasia with increased maximal contractility in vein grafts and therefore suggests that the vein grafts in diabetes are more susceptible to early stenosis.
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- M G Davies
- Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710
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Richardson M, Hadcock SJ, DeReske M, Cybulsky MI. Increased expression in vivo of VCAM-1 and E-selectin by the aortic endothelium of normolipemic and hyperlipemic diabetic rabbits. ARTERIOSCLEROSIS AND THROMBOSIS : A JOURNAL OF VASCULAR BIOLOGY 1994; 14:760-9. [PMID: 7513552 DOI: 10.1161/01.atv.14.5.760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Atherosclerosis is enhanced in humans with diabetes mellitus, but the mechanism(s) involved remains unclear. Increased leukocyte-endothelium interaction may be involved, since mononuclear leukocyte adherence to the endothelium is an early event in both experimental atherosclerosis and alloxan-induced diabetes in rabbits. In situ immunohistochemistry was used in en face Häutchen endothelial preparations to identify endothelial cells that stained with antibodies to endothelial leukocyte adhesion molecules (vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 [VCAM-1] and E-selectin), and the number of stained cells per 10,000 cells was determined. Preparations from aortas of diabetic normolipemic and egg yolk diet-induced hyperlipemic diabetic rabbits were compared with those from normoglycemic animals on similar diets. Cross sections of the vessel wall were stained with oil red O and antibodies to VCAM-1, E-selectin, and RAM-11-positive macrophages. After 4 weeks of hyperlipemia the frequency of cells expressing VCAM-1 or E-selectin was significantly increased compared with normolipemic controls; this frequency was further increased in the aortas of hyperlipemic diabetic rabbits. VCAM-1 and E-selectin expression was more frequent in normolipemic diabetic rabbit aortas than in hyperlipemic, normoglycemic vessels. The potentiation of expression of these adhesion molecules in diabetic animals may provide part of the explanation for the enhanced atherosclerosis associated with diabetes mellitus.
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- M Richardson
- Department of Pathology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Hennig B, Toborek M, Cader AA, Decker EA. Nutrition, endothelial cell metabolism, and atherosclerosis. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr 1994; 34:253-82. [PMID: 8068200 DOI: 10.1080/10408399409527663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The vascular endothelium that forms an interface between the blood and the surrounding tissues is continuously exposed to both physiologic and pathophysiologic stimuli. These stimuli are often mediated by nutrients that can contribute to the overall function of the endothelial cell in the regulation of vascular tone, coagulation and fibrinolysis, cellular growth and differentiation, and immune and inflammatory responses. Therefore, nutrient-mediated functional changes of the endothelium and the underlying tissues may be significantly involved in the atherosclerotic disease process. There is evidence that individual nutrients or nutrient derivatives may either provoke or prevent metabolic and physiologic perturbations of the vascular endothelium. Preservation of nutrients that exhibit antiatherogenic properties may, therefore, be a critical issue in the preparation and processing of foods. This review focuses on selected nutrients as they affect endothelial cell metabolism and their possible implications in atherosclerosis.
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- B Hennig
- Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40506
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Liaw L, Schwartz SM. Comparison of gene expression in bovine aortic endothelium in vivo versus in vitro. Differences in growth regulatory molecules. ARTERIOSCLEROSIS AND THROMBOSIS : A JOURNAL OF VASCULAR BIOLOGY 1993; 13:985-93. [PMID: 7686396 DOI: 10.1161/01.atv.13.7.985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Many studies of the endothelium have assumed equivalence between cultured confluent cells and an endothelial lining in vivo. We compared gene expression of bovine aortic endothelial cells (BAECs) in culture versus freshly isolated cells from bovine aortas. Our technique of harvesting in vivo tissue yielded cells that were endothelial by the criteria of their containing von Willebrand factor (vWF) and lacking smooth muscle alpha-actin, by both immunocytochemistry and mRNA analyses. We found that several genes are overexpressed when BAECs are placed into culture, including basic fibroblast growth factor, platelet-derived growth factor B-chain, and thrombospondin. On the other hand, message for vWF is highly expressed in vivo and at lower levels in confluent cultures. The transcripts for transforming growth factor-beta, plakoglobin, and flg (fms-like gene, FGF receptor-1) are comparable in vitro and in vivo. These results demonstrate that significant changes in gene expression occur in the transition from in vivo conditions to tissue culture of endothelial cells. Studies of in vitro endothelium may poorly reflect a quiescent endothelial lining in vivo but may be more similar to cells responding to injury or angiogenic stimuli.
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- L Liaw
- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle 98195
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Wasty F, Alavi MZ, Moore S. Distribution of glycosaminoglycans in the intima of human aortas: changes in atherosclerosis and diabetes mellitus. Diabetologia 1993; 36:316-22. [PMID: 8477876 DOI: 10.1007/bf00400234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Arterial glycosaminoglycans are considered to be important in atherogenesis due to their ability to trap lipid inside the vessel wall and to influence cellular migration and proliferation. Atherosclerotic lesions have displayed an altered glycosaminoglycan content and distribution. Diabetes is a recognized risk factor for atherosclerosis, but no information is available on the arterial glycosaminoglycans in human diabetes. We examined glycosaminoglycans in normal and atherosclerotic intima of non-diabetic and Type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetic patients. Intima was stripped from autopsy samples of thoracic aortas; normal and plaque areas were separated. Glycosaminoglycans were isolated by delipidation, proteolytic digestion, and precipitation and characterized by quantitation of total glycosaminoglycan and evaluation of glycosaminoglycan distribution by electrophoresis and densitometry. Results indicate a significant decrease in total glycosaminoglycan and significant changes in their distribution in atherosclerotic plaques: a relative decrease in heparan sulphate, a relative increase in dermatan sulphate and thus a decrease in the ratio of heparan sulphate to dermatan sulphate. A similar but less marked change in the ratio was found in normal intima of diabetic subjects, while in their plaques this change was more pronounced. This suggests that changes in arterial glycosaminoglycans (especially the ratio of heparan sulphate to dermatan sulphate) precede the development of lesions in diabetes and may be important in atherogenesis.
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- F Wasty
- Department of Pathology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Todd ME, Song MY, McNeill JH. Coexistence of diabetes and hypertension results in unique structural alterations in the renal artery in rats beyond that found with diabetes alone. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 1993; 19:115-26. [PMID: 8472626 DOI: 10.1016/0168-8227(93)90104-d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Numerous investigators have presented evidence of increased mortality in patients with diabetes mellitus due to cardiovascular disease. It is still unclear as to the reasons why there is a predisposition to vascular pathology that in the advanced state leads to atherosclerosis. Our hypotheses were: (1) The condition of diabetes mellitus in a streptozocin animal model may show vascular changes similar to early pathology in macrovessels and (2) since the model is normotensive, inducing hypertension will result in early atherogenic pathology. We carried out a quantitative analysis of the renal artery using light and electron microscopy to test the hypotheses. Male Wistar rats had diabetes mellitus induced using streptozocin and 1 week later half of the diabetic animals had hypertension induced with deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA). Samples were taken following 7 weeks of diabetes, or 7 weeks of diabetes with DOCA administration during the final 6 weeks. The renal artery from the diabetic group did not have any differences in wall or luminal dimensions from control, but did have proportionately more extracellular matrix than smooth muscle in the tunica media. This is evidence of structural change, in a large supply artery, as a manifestation of diabetes mellitus, similar to that seen in vascular disease. Vessels from the control/hypertensive had a significantly thickened tunica media as did the diabetic/hypertensive over control values. The latter also had proportionately even greater significant elevation of the extracellular matrix compared with either the diabetic or control/hypertensive. In addition, only the diabetic/hypertensive group showed marked subendothelial invasion of macrophage type cells and deposits of various shapes and densities. We have, therefore, demonstrated significant vascular alteration due to the diabetic condition in this animal models and also shown that with hypertension and diabetes combined, the early vascular pathology is exacerbated.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Blood Pressure
- Cell Adhesion
- Desoxycorticosterone
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/complications
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/pathology
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/physiopathology
- Endothelium, Vascular/pathology
- Endothelium, Vascular/physiopathology
- Endothelium, Vascular/ultrastructure
- Hypertension/complications
- Hypertension/pathology
- Hypertension/physiopathology
- Leukocytes/physiology
- Male
- Microscopy, Electron
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/pathology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/ultrastructure
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
- Reference Values
- Renal Artery/pathology
- Renal Artery/ultrastructure
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- M E Todd
- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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Winocour PD, Hatton MW, Richardson M. Increased platelet, but unaltered fibrinogen, accumulation in experimental thrombi in alloxan-induced diabetic rabbits. Exp Mol Pathol 1992; 57:134-44. [PMID: 1426157 DOI: 10.1016/0014-4800(92)90005-v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Platelets from diabetic humans and animals have been found previously to be hypersensitive to agonists, including thrombin, in vitro but it is unclear if this hypersensitivity also occurs in vivo and leads to a greater thrombotic tendency. In the present study, the effect of diabetes was examined on thrombus formation and vessel wall responses which result from continuous intimal injury induced by indwelling aortic catheters in rabbits. Platelet and fibrin(ogen) associated with the thrombus and damaged aortae were examined. Control or alloxan-induced diabetic rabbits (9-12 months after initial treatment) were injected with 51Cr-labeled autologous platelets and 125I-labeled fibrinogen (prepared from control rabbits) before insertion of indwelling aortic catheters. The anesthetized rabbits were perfused-fixed after 20 hr or 4 days. The dry weight of thrombus that formed was determined and platelet and fibrin(ogen) accumulation in thrombi and on injured aortae were calculated from the associated 51Cr and 125I, respectively. In diabetic rabbits, more platelets accumulated in the thrombi which formed after either 20 hr or 4 days, although the weight of thrombus and net fibrin(ogen) incorporation into the thrombus were not different from corresponding control rabbits. Net platelet and fibrin(ogen) association with the injured aortae were not different between control and diabetic rabbits. It is likely that the increased platelet accumulation in arterial thrombi in diabetic rabbits which results from continuous injury to aortae is a consequence of hypersensitivity of these platelets to thrombin generated in the thrombus and at the sites of vessel injury.
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- P D Winocour
- Department of Pathology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Bierman EL. George Lyman Duff Memorial Lecture. Atherogenesis in diabetes. ARTERIOSCLEROSIS AND THROMBOSIS : A JOURNAL OF VASCULAR BIOLOGY 1992; 12:647-56. [PMID: 1591228 DOI: 10.1161/01.atv.12.6.647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 274] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- E L Bierman
- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98195
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