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Wang J, Feng Q, Zhang Y, Qiu W, Gao H. Elevated Glucose-Potassium Ratio Predicts Preoperative Rebleeding in Patients With Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Front Neurol 2022; 12:795376. [PMID: 35095738 PMCID: PMC8793357 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2021.795376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2021] [Accepted: 12/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Introduction: Recent reports revealed that higher serum glucose-potassium ratio (GPR) levels at admission were significantly associated with poor outcomes at 3 months following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH). This study aimed to investigate the association between GPR and the risk of rebleeding following aSAH. Methods: This single-center retrospective study of patients with aSAH was conducted in our hospital between January 2008 and December 2020. Patients meeting the inclusion criteria were divided into the rebleed group and the non-rebleed group. Univariate and multivariate analyses were implemented to assess the association between risk factors of rebleeding and outcomes. Results: A total of 1,367 patients experiencing aSAH, 744 patients who met the entry criteria in the study [mean age (54.89 ± 11.30) years; 60.50% female patients], of whom 45 (6.05%) developed rebleeding. The patients in the rebleed group had significantly higher GPR levels than those of patients without rebleeding [2.13 (1.56-3.20) vs. 1.49 (1.23-1.87); p < 0.001]. Multivariable analysis revealed that higher mFisher grade and GPR were associated with rebleeding [mFisher grade, odds ratios (OR) 0.361, 95% CI 0.166-0.783, p = 0.01; GPR, OR 0.254, 95% CI 0.13-0.495, p < 0.001]. The receiver operating characteristics (ROCs) analysis described that the suitable cut-off value for GPR as a predictor for rebleeding in patients with aSAH was determined as 2.09 (the area under the curve [AUC] was 0.729, 95% CI 0.696-0.761, p < 0.0001; the sensitivity was 53.33%, and the specificity was 83.98%). Pearson correlation analysis showed a significant positive correlation between GPR and mFisher grade, between GPR and Hunt-Hess grade (mFisher grade r = 0.4271, OR 0.1824, 95% CI 0.3665-0.4842, p < 0.001; Hunt-Hess grade r = 0.4248, OR 0.1836, 95% CI 0.3697-0.4854, p < 0.001). The patients in the poor outcome had significantly higher GPR levels than those of patients in the good outcome [1.87 (1.53-2.42) vs. 1.45 (1.20-1.80); p < 0.001]. Multivariable analysis demonstrated that GPR was an independent predictor for poor prognosis. The AUC of GPR was 0.709 (95% CI 0.675-0.741; p < 0.0001) (sensitivity = 77.70%; specificity = 55.54%) for poor prognosis. Conclusion: Higher preoperative serum GPR level was associated with Hunt-Hess grade, mFisher grade, rebleeding, and unfunctional outcome, and that they predicted preoperative rebleeding and the 90-days outcome of non-diabetic patients with aSAH, who had potentially relevant clinical implications in patients with aSAH.
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- Jiayin Wang
- Department of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, China
- Department of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Clinical Medical College of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, China
- Department of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Clinical Medical College of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery Research Institute, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, China
- Department of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Clinical Medical College of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, China
- Department of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Clinical Medical College of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, China
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Shi X, Zhen L, Ding H, Chen J, Zhang S, Fu Y. Role of ATP-sensitive potassium channels and inflammatory response of basilar artery smooth muscle cells in subarachnoid hemorrhage of rabbit and immune-modulation by shikonin. Food Chem Toxicol 2019; 134:110804. [PMID: 31505234 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2019.110804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2019] [Revised: 08/17/2019] [Accepted: 09/04/2019] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the role of inflammatory response, oxidative damage and changes of ATP-sensitive potassium channels (sKATP) in basilar artery (BA) smooth muscle cells (SMCS) of rabbits in subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) model. METHODS Time course studies on inflammatory response by real-time PCR, oxidative process and function of isolated basilar artery after SAH in New Zealand White rabbits were performed. Basilar artery smooth muscle cells (BASMCs) in each group were obtained and whole-cell patch-clamp technique was applied to record cell membrane capacitance and KATP currents. The morphologies of basal arteries were analyzed. Protective effect of shikonin were also determine by same parameters. RESULTS Inflammatory cytokines levels were highest at 24h compare to 72h after SAH whereas the oxidative damage and cell death marker were at highest peak at 72h. Oxidative damage peak coincided with significant alterations in cell membrane capacitance, KATP currents and morphological changes in basilar arteries. Shikokin pretreatment attenuated early inflammatory response at 24h and associated oxidative damage at 72h. Finally, shikonin attenuated morphological changes in basilar arteries and dysfunction. CONCLUSION Currents of ATP-sensitive potassium channels in basilar smooth muscle cells decreased after SAH by putative oxidative modification from immediate inflammatory response and can be protected by shikonin pretreatment.
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- Xianqing Shi
- Intensive Care Unit, Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital, Guiyang, Guizhou Province, 550002, China.
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- Intensive Care Unit, Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital, Guiyang, Guizhou Province, 550002, China
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- Intensive Care Unit, Guizhou Provincial Orthopedics Hospital, Guiyang, Guizhou Province, 550007, China
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- Intensive Care Unit, Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital, Guiyang, Guizhou Province, 550002, China
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- Intensive Care Unit, Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital, Guiyang, Guizhou Province, 550002, China
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- Intensive Care Unit, Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital, Guiyang, Guizhou Province, 550002, China
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Qi W, Cao D, Li Y, Peng A, Wang Y, Gao K, Tao C, Wu Y. Atorvastatin ameliorates early brain injury through inhibition of apoptosis and ER stress in a rat model of subarachnoid hemorrhage. Biosci Rep 2018; 38:BSR20171035. [PMID: 29592873 PMCID: PMC5997796 DOI: 10.1042/bsr20171035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2017] [Revised: 03/27/2018] [Accepted: 03/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is a severe cerebrovascular disease with very poor prognosis. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the protective effects of atorvastatin on early brain injury (EBI) after SAH using a perforation SAH model. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into four groups: the sham group, the SAH group (model group), SAH + 10 mg.kg-1day-1 atorvastatin (low atorvastatin group), and SAH + 20 mg.kg-1day-1 atorvastatin (high atorvastatin group). Atorvastatin was administered orally by gastric gavage for 15 days before operation. At 24 h after SAH, we evaluated the effects of atorvastatin on brain water content, apoptosis by TUNEL assay and scanning electron microscope (SEM), and the expression of apoptosis-related proteins by immunofluorescence and Western blotting analysis. Compared with the sham group, we observed increased brain water content, significant apoptosis, and elevated levels of apoptosis-related proteins including caspase-3, CCAAT enhancer-binding protein homologous protein (CHOP), the 78-kDa glucose-regulated protein (GRP78), and aquaporin-4 (AQP4) in the SAH group. Atorvastatin administration under all doses could significantly reduce brain water content, apoptosis, and the expression levels of caspase-3, CHOP, GRP78, and AQP4 at 24 h after SAH. Our data show that early treatment with atorvastatin effectively ameliorates EBI after SAH through anti-apoptotic effects and the effects might be associated inhibition of caspase-3 and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress related proteins CHOP and GRP78.
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- Wentao Qi
- Department of Neurosurgery,The Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225001, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery,The Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225001, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery,The Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225001, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery,The Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225001, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery,The Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225001, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery,The Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225001, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery,The Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225001, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery,The Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225001, China
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Chen S, Feng H, Sherchan P, Klebe D, Zhao G, Sun X, Zhang J, Tang J, Zhang JH. Controversies and evolving new mechanisms in subarachnoid hemorrhage. Prog Neurobiol 2014; 115:64-91. [PMID: 24076160 PMCID: PMC3961493 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2013.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 270] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2013] [Revised: 09/07/2013] [Accepted: 09/12/2013] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Despite decades of study, subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) continues to be a serious and significant health problem in the United States and worldwide. The mechanisms contributing to brain injury after SAH remain unclear. Traditionally, most in vivo research has heavily emphasized the basic mechanisms of SAH over the pathophysiological or morphological changes of delayed cerebral vasospasm after SAH. Unfortunately, the results of clinical trials based on this premise have mostly been disappointing, implicating some other pathophysiological factors, independent of vasospasm, as contributors to poor clinical outcomes. Delayed cerebral vasospasm is no longer the only culprit. In this review, we summarize recent data from both experimental and clinical studies of SAH and discuss the vast array of physiological dysfunctions following SAH that ultimately lead to cell death. Based on the progress in neurobiological understanding of SAH, the terms "early brain injury" and "delayed brain injury" are used according to the temporal progression of SAH-induced brain injury. Additionally, a new concept of the vasculo-neuronal-glia triad model for SAH study is highlighted and presents the challenges and opportunities of this model for future SAH applications.
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- Sheng Chen
- Department of Neurosurgery, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China; Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, USA
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- Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shanxi, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, USA
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- Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, USA.
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Ostrowski RP, Zhang JH. Hyperbaric oxygen for cerebral vasospasm and brain injury following subarachnoid hemorrhage. Transl Stroke Res 2013; 2:316-27. [PMID: 23060945 DOI: 10.1007/s12975-011-0069-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The impact of acute brain injury and delayed neurological deficits due to cerebral vasospasm (CVS) are major determinants of outcomes after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Although hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) had been used to treat patients with SAH, the supporting evidence and underlying mechanisms have not been systematically reviewed. In the present paper, the overview of studies of HBO for cerebral vasospasm is followed by a discussion of HBO molecular mechanisms involved in the protection against SAH-induced brain injury and even, as hypothesized, in attenuating vascular spasm alone. Faced with the paucity of information as to what degree HBO is capable of antagonizing vasospasm after SAH, the authors postulate that the major beneficial effects of HBO in SAH include a reduction of acute brain injury and combating brain damage caused by CVS. Consequently, authors reviewed the effects of HBO on SAH-induced hypoxic signaling and other mechanisms of neurovascular injury. Moreover, authors hypothesize that HBO administered after SAH may "precondition" the brain against the detrimental sequelae of vasospasm. In conclusion, the existing evidence speaks in favor of administering HBO in both acute and delayed phase after SAH; however, further studies are needed to understand the underlying mechanisms and to establish the optimal regimen of treatment.
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- Robert P Ostrowski
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Loma Linda University, 11041 Campus Street, Loma Linda, CA 92350, USA
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Kamp MA, Dibué M, Schneider T, Steiger HJ, Hänggi D. Calcium and potassium channels in experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage and transient global ischemia. Stroke Res Treat 2012; 2012:382146. [PMID: 23251831 PMCID: PMC3518967 DOI: 10.1155/2012/382146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2012] [Accepted: 10/27/2012] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Healthy cerebrovascular myocytes express members of several different ion channel families which regulate resting membrane potential, vascular diameter, and vascular tone and are involved in cerebral autoregulation. In animal models, in response to subarachnoid blood, a dynamic transition of ion channel expression and function is initiated, with acute and long-term effects differing from each other. Initial hypoperfusion after exposure of cerebral vessels to oxyhemoglobin correlates with a suppression of voltage-gated potassium channel activity, whereas delayed cerebral vasospasm involves changes in other potassium channel and voltage-gated calcium channels expression and function. Furthermore, expression patterns and function of ion channels appear to differ between main and small peripheral vessels, which may be key in understanding mechanisms behind subarachnoid hemorrhage-induced vasospasm. Here, changes in calcium and potassium channel expression and function in animal models of subarachnoid hemorrhage and transient global ischemia are systematically reviewed and their clinical significance discussed.
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- Marcel A. Kamp
- Department for Neurosurgery, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University, Moorenstraße 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
- Institute for Neurophysiology, University of Cologne, Robert-Koch-Straße 39, 50931 Cologne, Germany
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- Department for Neurosurgery, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University, Moorenstraße 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
- Institute for Neurophysiology, University of Cologne, Robert-Koch-Straße 39, 50931 Cologne, Germany
- Center of Molecular Medicine, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute for Neurophysiology, University of Cologne, Robert-Koch-Straße 39, 50931 Cologne, Germany
- Center of Molecular Medicine, Cologne, Germany
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- Department for Neurosurgery, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University, Moorenstraße 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department for Neurosurgery, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University, Moorenstraße 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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He Z, Ostrowski RP, Sun X, Ma Q, Tang J, Zhang JH. Targeting C/EBP homologous protein with siRNA attenuates cerebral vasospasm after experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage. Exp Neurol 2012; 238:218-24. [PMID: 22944263 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2012.08.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2012] [Revised: 08/15/2012] [Accepted: 08/21/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Endothelial apoptosis plays a major role in the development of cerebral vascular spasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). C/EBP homologous protein (CHOP) orchestrates apoptosis in a variety of cell types in response to endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, implicated in the brain injury after SAH. However, the role of CHOP in the mechanism of cerebral vasospasm (CVS) after SAH remains unexplored. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of CHOP silencing on endothelial apoptosis and CVS following subarachnoid hemorrhage in the rat. The study was conducted on 65 rats and employed endovascular perforation model of SAH. CHOP siRNAs were injected 24 h prior to the hemorrhage. At 72 h after SAH brains with basilar arteries (BA) were collected from euthanized rats for laboratory investigations. Triple fluorescence stain revealed expression of CHOP in cerebral vascular endothelia after SAH. Marked reduction of CHOP protein and the reduction of its downstream signaling effectors, bim and caspase-3, were found in BA with Western blot analysis. CHOP silencing reduced number of apoptotic endothelial cells in BA, and increased BA diameter after SAH. The amelioration of CVS was associated with reduced neuronal injury in cerebral tissues. In conclusion, CHOP siRNA treatment can effectively combat apoptotic mechanisms of cerebral vasospasm set in motion by subarachnoid bleeding.
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- Zhaohui He
- Department of Neurosurgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, 1 Friendship Road, 400016 Chongqing, China
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Wang F, Yin YH, Jia F, Jiang JY. Antagonism of R-type calcium channels significantly improves cerebral blood flow after subarachnoid hemorrhage in rats. J Neurotrauma 2011; 27:1723-32. [PMID: 20568961 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2010.1276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The effects of R-type calcium channels on cerebral blood flow (CBF) and vasospasm pathways following subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) have not been well studied. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of R-type calcium channels in vasospasm development and treatment. Sixty-five rats were randomly divided into four groups: sham (n = 14), SAH (n = 17), SAH + nimodipine (n = 17), and SAH + SNX-482 (n = 17). A prechiasmatic SAH model was constructed on day 0. Then 5 μg of nimodipine (an L-type calcium channel antagonist) or 0.1 μg of SNX-482 (an R-type calcium channel antagonist) was infused intracisternally on days 1 and 2. On day 3, neurological status was evaluated and CBF was determined using fluorescent microspheres. The extent of myosin light chain-2 (MLC2) phosphorylation was determined by urea-glycerol polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, followed by immunoblotting. The relative presence of R-type calcium channels and calponin was determined by SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, followed by immunoblotting. Numbers of R-type calcium channels increased following SAH, and neurological deficit, CBF reduction, and enhancement of MLC2 phosphorylation as well as calponin degradation were all found to be present. There were no statistically significant differences in neurological scores among the SAH, SAH + nimodipine, and SAH + SNX-482 groups. Nimodipine had no significant effect on CBF reduction compared to the SAH group (p > 0.008), whereas SNX-482 significantly inhibited CBF reduction (p < 0.008). Both MLC2 phosphorylation and calponin degradation appeared to be inhibited by SNX-482, whereas the effects of nimodipine were relatively blunted. We concluded that an R-type calcium channel antagonist may improve CBF following SAH by partially inhibiting MLC2 phosphorylation and calponin degradation, and may exceed the potential of an L-type calcium channel antagonist, which suggests a more crucial role for R-type calcium channels in the development of SAH vasospasm and its treatment.
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- Fei Wang
- Department of Neurosurgery, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Extra-intracranial blood shunt mimicking aneurysm rupture: Intracranial-pressure-controlled rabbit subarachnoid hemorrhage model. J Neurosci Methods 2010; 191:227-33. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2010.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2010] [Revised: 07/02/2010] [Accepted: 07/02/2010] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Zuccarello M. Blood Injection Cerebral Vasospasm Rabbit Model. SPRINGER PROTOCOLS HANDBOOKS 2009:295-300. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-185-1_25] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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Park BG, Kwon SC, Park GM, Ham J, Shin WS, Lee S. Vasodilatation effect of farnesylacetones, active constituents of Sargassum siliquastrum, on the basilar and carotid arteries of rabbits. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2008; 18:6324-6. [PMID: 19006667 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2008.10.103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2008] [Revised: 10/17/2008] [Accepted: 10/24/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Two farnesylacetones, 311 and 312, major active constituents of Sargassum siliquastrum collected from the coast of the East Sea in Korea, showed a moderate vasodilatation effect on the basilar arteries of rabbits. Therefore, treatment with farnesylacetones 311 and 312 may selectively accelerate cerebral blood flow through dilatation of the basilar artery.
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- Byong-Gon Park
- Department of Physiology, Kwandong University College of Medicine, Gangneung 210-701, Republic of Korea
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Navarro-Gonzalez MF, Grayson TH, Meaney KR, Cribbs LL, Hill CE. Non-L-type voltage-dependent calcium channels control vascular tone of the rat basilar artery. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2008; 36:55-66. [PMID: 18759855 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2008.05035.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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1. Constriction of cerebral arteries is considered to depend on L-type voltage-dependent calcium channels (VDCCs); however, many previous studies have used antagonists with potential non-selective actions. Our aim was to determine the expression and function of VDCCs in the rat basilar artery. 2. The relative expression of VDCC subtypes was assessed using quantitative polymerase chain reaction and immunohistochemistry. Data were correlated with physiological studies of vascular function. Domains I-II of the T channel subtypes expressed in the rat basilar artery were cloned and sequenced. 3. Blockade of L-type channels with nifedipine had no effect on vascular tone. In contrast, in the presence of nifedipine, hyperpolarization of short arterial segments produced relaxation, whereas depolarization of quiescent segments evoked constriction. 4. The mRNA and protein for L- and T-type VDCCs were strongly expressed in the main basilar artery and side branches, with Ca(V)3.1 and Ca(V)1.2 the predominant subtypes. 5. T-Type VDCC blockers (i.e. 1 micromol/L mibefradil, 10 micromol/L pimozide and 100 micromol/L flunarizine) decreased intracellular calcium in smooth muscle cells, relaxed and hyperpolarized arteries, whereas nickel chloride (100 micromol/L) had no effect. In contrast with nifedipine, 10 micromol/L nimodipine produced hyperpolarization and relaxation. 6. When arteries were relaxed with 10 micromol/L U73122 (a phospholipase C inhibitor) in the presence of nifedipine, 40 mmol/L KCl evoked depolarization and constriction, which was significantly reduced by 1 micromol/L mibefradil. 7. Sequencing of domains I-II revealed splice variants of Ca(V)3.1, which may impact on channel activity. 8. We conclude that vascular tone of the rat basilar artery results from calcium influx through nifedipine-insensitive VDCCs with pharmacology consistent with Ca(V)3.1 T-type channels.
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- Manuel F Navarro-Gonzalez
- Division of Neuroscience, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Park BG, Shin WS, Um Y, Cho S, Park GM, Yeon DS, Kwon SC, Ham J, Choi BW, Lee S. Selective vasodilatation effect of sargahydroquinoic acid, an active constituent of Sargassum micracanthum, on the basilar arteries of rabbits. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2008; 18:2624-7. [PMID: 18372174 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2008.03.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2007] [Revised: 02/14/2008] [Accepted: 03/10/2008] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Sargahydroquinoic acid (2), a major active constituent of Sargassum micracanthum collected from the coast of the East Sea in Korea, showed a selective vasodilatation effect on the basilar arteries of rabbits. Therefore, treatment with sargahydroquinoic acid may selectively accelerate cerebral blood flow through dilatation of the basilar artery without lowering systemic blood pressure.
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- Byong-Gon Park
- College of Medicine, Kwandong University, Gangneung, Gangwon 210-701, Republic of Korea
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Marbacher S, Neuschmelting V, Graupner T, Jakob SM, Fandino J. Prevention of delayed cerebral vasospasm by continuous intrathecal infusion of glyceroltrinitrate and nimodipine in the rabbit model in vivo. Intensive Care Med 2008; 34:932-8. [DOI: 10.1007/s00134-008-0995-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2007] [Accepted: 12/21/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Maier B, Lehnert M, Laurer HL, Marzi I. Biphasic elevation in cerebrospinal fluid and plasma concentrations of endothelin 1 after traumatic brain injury in human patients. Shock 2007; 27:610-4. [PMID: 17505299 DOI: 10.1097/shk.0b013e31802f9eaf] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) is characterized by a high mortality and poor outcome. The pathomechanisms involved are cytokine-mediated proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory reactions and significant cerebral microcirculatory disorders. The role of endothelin 1 (ET-1), a very potent vasoconstrictive peptide, in the deterioration of cerebral perfusion after trauma is still unclear. The presented study investigated the changes in ET-1 in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and plasma after TBI in humans, with special regard to the presence of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and clinical outcome. Twenty patients with TBI were consecutively enrolled into the study, 10 patients without SAH (TBI group) and 10 patients with SAH (TBI-H group). Paired samples of plasma and CSF were collected for 10 days after trauma. Analysis of the ET-1 concentrations showed that TBI is associated with initially increased ET-1 values in plasma (TBI, day 1; TBI-H, days 2-3) and significantly increased (P < 0.05, vs. control) CSF concentrations (TBI, days 1-2; TBI-H, days 1-3) in the first days after trauma. In the further time course, ET-1 values declined in both groups, reaching reference values in plasma. The CSF values remained significantly (P < 0.05 vs. control) elevated. Both groups showed a second peak on the beginning of the second week after trauma in plasma and CSF. Whereas plasma concentrations failed to reach significance, CSF values showed a significant peak on day 7 in both groups. The TBI-H patients had significantly (P < 0.05) higher values in the secondary peak compared with patients of the TBI group. The kinetics of traumatic SAH-dependent ET-1 needs to be assessed in further investigations.
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- Bernd Maier
- Department of Trauma, Hand, and Reconstructive Surgery, Medical School of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, D-60590 Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
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Kawanabe Y, Masaki T, Hashimoto N. Involvement of phospholipase C in endothelin 1-induced stimulation of Ca++ channels and basilar artery contraction in rabbits. J Neurosurg 2007; 105:288-93. [PMID: 17219836 DOI: 10.3171/jns.2006.105.2.288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECT Endothelin 1 (ET-1) is a major cause of cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), and extracellular Cal++ influx plays an essential role in ET-1-induced vasospasm. The authors recently demonstrated that ET-1 activates two types of Ca"-permeable nonselective cation channels (designated NSCC-1 and NSCC-2) and a store-operated Cal++ channel (SOCC) in vascular smooth-muscle cells located in the basilar arteries (BAs) of rabbits. In the present study, they investigate the effects of phospholipase C (PLC) on ET-1-induced activation of these Ca++ channels and BA contraction by using the PLC inhibitor U73122. Methods. To determine which Cal++ channels are activated via a PLC-dependent pathway, these investigators monitored the intracellular free Cal++ concentration ([Ca++]i). The role of PLC in ET-1-induced vascular contraction was examined by performing a tension study of rabbit BA rings. The U73122 inhibited the ET-1-induced transient increase in [Ca++]i, which resulted from mobilization of Ca++ from the intracellular store. Phospholipase C also inhibited ET-1-induced extracellular Ca++ influx through the SOCC and NSCC-2, but not through the NSCC-1. The U73122 inhibited the ET-1-induced contraction of the rabbit BA rings, which depended on extracellular Cal++ influx through the SOCC and NSCC-2. Conclusions. These results indicate the following. (1) The SOCC and NSCC-2 are stimulated by ET-1 via a PLC-dependent cascade whereas NSCC-1 is stimulated via a PLC-independent cascade. (2) The PLC is involved in the ET-1-induced contraction of rabbit BA rings, which depends on extracellular Ca++ influx through the SOCC and NSCC-2.
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- Yoshifumi Kawanabe
- Department of Neurosurgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
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Tosun M, Erac Y, Selli C, Karakaya N. Sarcoplasmic-endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase inhibition prevents endothelin A receptor antagonism in rat aorta. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2006; 292:H1961-6. [PMID: 17172280 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00298.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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This study tested whether sarcoplasmic-endoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase regulates the ability of endothelin receptor antagonist to inhibit the endothelin-1 constriction. The endothelin A receptor antagonist BQ-123 (1 microM) completely relaxed constriction to 10 nM endothelin-1 in endothelium-denuded rat aorta. Challenge with cyclopiazonic acid (10 microM), a sarcoplasmic-endoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase inhibitor, during the plateau of endothelin-1 constriction enhanced the constriction by approximately 30%. BQ-123 relaxed the endothelin-1 plus cyclopiazonic acid constriction by only approximately 10%. In contrast, prazosin (1 microM), an alpha-adrenergic receptor antagonist, still completely relaxed the 0.3 muM phenylephrine constriction in the presence of cyclopiazonic acid. Verapamil relaxed the endothelin-1 plus cyclopiazonic acid constriction by approximately 30%, whereas Ni(2+) and 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate, nonselective cation channel and store-operated channel blockers, respectively, completely relaxed the constriction. These results suggest that lowered sarcoplasmic-endoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase activity selectively decreases the ability of endothelin receptor antagonist to inhibit the endothelin A receptor. The decreased antagonism may be related to the opening of store-operated channels and subsequent greater internalization of endothelin A receptor.
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- M Tosun
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey.
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Kawanabe Y, Nauli SM. Involvement of extracellular Ca2+ influx through voltage-independent Ca2+ channels in endothelin-1 function. Cell Signal 2005; 17:911-6. [PMID: 15894164 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2005.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2004] [Accepted: 01/07/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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This article reviews the types and roles of voltage-independent Ca(2+) channels involved in the endothelin-1 (ET-1)-induced functional responses such as vascular contraction, cell proliferation, and intracellular Ca(2+)-dependent signaling pathways and discusses the molecular mechanisms for the activation of voltage-independent Ca(2+) channels by ET-1. ET-1 activates some types of voltage-independent Ca(2+) channels, such as Ca(2+)-permeable nonselective cation channels (NSCCs) and store-operated Ca(2+) channels (SOCC). Extracellular Ca(2+) influx through these voltage-independent Ca(2+) channels plays essential roles in ET-1-induced vascular contraction, cell proliferation, activation of epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase, regulation of proline-rich tyrosine kinase, and release of arachidonic acid. The experiments using various constructs of endothelin receptors reveal the importance of G(q) and G(12) families in activation of these Ca(2+) channels by ET-1. These findings provide a potential therapeutic mechanism of a functional interrelationship between G(q)/G(12) proteins and voltage-independent Ca(2+) channels in the pathophysiology of ET-1, such as in chronic heart failure, hypertension, and cerebral vasospasm.
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- Yoshifumi Kawanabe
- Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
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Zhao J, van Helden DF. ET-1-associated vasomotion and vasospasm in lymphatic vessels of the guinea-pig mesentery. Br J Pharmacol 2003; 140:1399-413. [PMID: 14623768 PMCID: PMC1574159 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0705573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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In vitro experiments were performed to investigate the actions of endothelin-1 (ET-1) on vasomotion and vasospasm in guinea-pig mesenteric lymphatics. ET-1 modulated lymphatic vasomotion independent of the endothelium, with lower concentrations (<or=10 nm) increasing lymphatic vasomotion and higher concentrations (>or=100 nm) causing vasospasm. ET-1-induced increases in vasomotion were accompanied by an increase in tonic [Ca2+]i. These actions were inhibited by the ETA receptor antagonist BQ-123 (1 microm), the phospholipase C (PLC) inhibitor U73122 (5 microm), removal of extracellular Ca2+, chelation of intracellular Ca2+ with BAPTA/AM (10 microm), the store Ca2+-ATPase inhibitor thapsigargin (1 microm), caffeine (10 mm) and the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) receptor blocker heparin and 2-APB (30 microm). In contrast, the ETB receptor antagonist BQ-788 (1 microm), ryanodine (1 & 20 microm), pertussis toxin (PTx) or Cs+ had no significant actions on vasomotion or the magnitude of increase in tonic [Ca2+]i. ET-1-induced vasospasm was accompanied by a transient increase in smooth muscle [Ca2+]i followed by a sustained plateau, an action that was abolished by removal of extracellular Ca2+, but only marginally inhibited by nifedipine (1 microm). Caffeine (10 mm), SKF 96165 (30 microm) or U73122 (5 microm) together with nifedipine (1 microm) abolished ET-1-induced vasospasm and increase in [Ca2+]i. These results indicate that ET-1 increases lymphatic vasomotion by acting on smooth muscle ETA receptors and activation of G-protein-PLC-IP3 cascade, which is known to cause pacemaker Ca2+ release and resultant pacemaker potentials. High concentrations of ET-1 cause a failure in Ca2+ homeostasis causing vasospasm, triggered by excessive Ca2+ influx primarily through store-operated channels (SOCs) with l-Ca2+ voltage-operated channels (VOCs) also contributing, but to a much lesser extent.
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- Jun Zhao
- The Neuroscience Group, Discipline of Human Physiology, The School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, The University of Newcastle, Room MS 405, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
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- The Neuroscience Group, Discipline of Human Physiology, The School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, The University of Newcastle, Room MS 405, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
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Kawanabe Y, Masaki T, Hashimoto N. Effects of the Ca++-permeable nonselective cation channel blocker LOE 908 on subarachnoid hemorrhage-induced vasospasm in the basilar artery in rabbits. J Neurosurg 2003; 98:561-4. [PMID: 12650428 DOI: 10.3171/jns.2003.98.3.0561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECT The Ca++ influx into vascular smooth-muscle cells (VSMCs) plays a fundamental role in the development and chronic effects of vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). The Ca++-permeable nonselective cation channels (NSCCs) are activated by several endothelium-derived constricting factors such as endothelin 1 (ET-1) and thromboxane A2. Moreover, the receptor-operated Ca++ channel blocker LOE 908 inhibits ET-1-induced extracellular Ca++ influx via NSCCs in the VSMCs of the basilar artery (BA) and the NSCC-dependent part of ET-1-induced vasoconstriction of BA rings. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the in vivo role of LOE 908 on SAH-induced vasospasm. METHODS Forty-two Japanese white rabbits were assigned to seven groups. Treatment groups consisted of the following: 1) control rabbits without SAH that received a cisternal injection of saline; 2) rabbits with SAH that were subjected to the intravenous administration of saline; 3 through 6) rabbits with SAH that underwent the intravenous administration of 0.01. 0.1, 1, or 10 mg/kg LOE 908, respectively; and 7) rabbits without SAH that underwent the intravenous administration of 10 mg/kg LOE 908. Autologous blood was injected into the cisterna magna. The caliber of the BA was measured on angiographic studies before and after the cisternal injection of autologous blood. The intravenous injection of LOE 908 inhibited the magnitude of an SAH-induced vasosapsm. In addition, the concentration of LOE 908 required to relax vasospasm (1 mg/kg) correlated with that required to block Ca++ influx into VSMCs. CONCLUSIONS The Ca++ channel blocker LOE 908 may inhibit the magnitude of an SAH-induced vasospasm by blocking the influx of Ca++ through NSCCs in rabbit BAs. Blocking the NSCCs may represent a new treatment for cerebral vasospasm after SAH.
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- Yoshifumi Kawanabe
- Department of Neurosurgery and Pharmacology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
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Cerebral vasospasm is a deadly complication following the rupture of intracranial aneurysms. The time course of cerebral vasospasm is unique in that it is slow developing, usually takes 4-7 days to peak, but lasts up to 2-3 weeks, and is resistant to most known vasodilators. These special features make cerebral vasospasm the most important determinant in the outcome of patients suffering subarachnoid hemorrhage. The available treatment strategies include mechanical dilation of spastic cerebral arteries (angioplasty) and non-selective vasodilatation such as by Ca(2+) channel blockers. One new development in the experimental treatment of cerebral vasospasm is the looming target of signaling pathways. Understanding vasospastic signals in cerebral arteries might offer a new avenue for selective treatment of cerebral vasospasm in the future.
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- Alexander Y. Zubkov
- Department of Neurology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA
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Sobey CG. Cerebrovascular dysfunction after subarachnoid haemorrhage: novel mechanisms and directions for therapy. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2001; 28:926-9. [PMID: 11703398 DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1681.2001.03550.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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1. When a cerebral aneurysm ruptures, bleeding and clot formation occur around the surface of the brain, including several major blood vessels. The resulting condition, known as subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH), often results in death or severe disability and is a significant cause of stroke. Delayed cerebral vasospasm and impaired vasodilatation are critical clinical complications that occur after SAH. Mechanisms contributing to the development of vasospasm and abnormal reactivity of cerebral arteries after SAH have been intensively investigated in recent years. The present short review briefly decribes recent advances in our knowledge of two relatively novel aspects of the mechanism(s) underlying the vascular abnormalities following SAH. 2. Cerebral arteries are depolarized after SAH, possibly due to decreased activity of potassium channels in vascular muscle. Decreased basal activation of potassium channels may be due to several mechanisms, including impaired activity of nitric oxide (NO). Vasodilator drugs that produce hyperpolarization, such as potassium channel openers, appear to be particularly effective for dilating cerebral arteries after experimental SAH. 3. Subarachnoid haemorrhage often involves decreased responsiveness of cerebral arteries to NO. This could be due to impaired activity of soluble guanylate cyclase, resulting in reduced basal levels of cGMP in cerebral vessels. However, an alternative explanation is that there may be an increased rate of cGMP hydrolysis by phosphodiesterase (PDE)-V in the cerebral vascular wall and that this abnormality contributes substantially to the impairment of NO-mediated cerebral vasodilatation after SAH. In support of this proposal, vasodilator responses to NO are reported to be normalized when coadministered with a PDE-V inhibitor following experimental SAH. 4. Thus, in cerebral vascular muscle after SAH, abnormalities of vasodilator mechanisms involving potassium channel function and also NO/cGMP activity may contribute to cerebral vascular dysfunction. These mechanisms may also represent useful and novel therapeutic targets for the treatment of vasospasm.
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- C G Sobey
- Department of Pharmacology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
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Miyagi Y, Carpenter RC, Meguro T, Parent AD, Zhang JH. Upregulation of rho A and rho kinase messenger RNAs in the basilar artery of a rat model of subarachnoid hemorrhage. J Neurosurg 2000; 93:471-6. [PMID: 10969946 DOI: 10.3171/jns.2000.93.3.0471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECT Rho A, a small guanosine triphosphate-binding protein, and rho kinases have been suggested to play an important role in the agonist-induced myofilament Ca++ sensitization and cytoskeletal organization of smooth-muscle cells. To discover their possible roles in the prolonged contraction seen in cerebral vasospasm, the authors investigated the messenger (m)RNA expressions of rho A and rho-associated kinases alpha and beta in the basilar artery (BA) of a rat double cisternal blood-injection model. METHODS An experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) was achieved in rats by twice injecting autologous arterial blood into the cisterna magna of each animal. The mRNAs for rho A and rho-associated kinases alpha and beta of the rat BA were analyzed using reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The cisternal blood injection induced a marked corrugation of elastic lamina and contraction of smooth-muscle cells observed with the aid of light and transmission electron microscopy in the rat BA on Days 3, 5, and 7. Results of the RT-PCR revealed that mRNAs for rho A and rho kinases alpha and beta were expressed in the rat BA and that they were significantly upregulated and reached their peaks on Day 5. CONCLUSIONS The mRNA upregulation of these proteins indicates that activation of rho A/rho kinase-related signal transduction pathways is involved in the development of long-lasting contraction of cerebral arteries after SAH.
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- Y Miyagi
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, USA
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Zuccarello M, Lee BH, Rapoport RM. Reduced verapamil inhibition of endothelin-1-constricted rabbit basilar artery due to enhanced non L-type Ca(2+)-channel-dependent constriction. GENERAL PHARMACOLOGY 2000; 35:11-5. [PMID: 11679200 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-3623(01)00083-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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This study tested whether (1) L-type Ca(2+) channel blockade and extracellular Ca(2+) removal prior to endothelin-1, as compared to during the endothelin-1 constriction, resulted in lesser inhibition, and (2) the reduced inhibition due to prior L-type Ca(2+) channel blockade resulted from enhanced non L-type Ca(2+)-channel-dependent constriction. Pretreatment of rabbit basilar artery in vitro with 1 microM verapamil, an L-type Ca(2+) channel blocker, inhibited 3, 10, 30, and 100 nM endothelin-1 constrictions to a lesser extent than verapamil addition during the plateau endothelin-1 constriction. Ni(2+) (0.03 and 0.1 mM), a nonselective cation channel blocker, relaxed the plateau endothelin-1 constrictions in vessels pretreated with verapamil to greater magnitudes than vessels unexposed to verapamil. Extracellular Ca(2+) removal prior to 10, 30, and 100 nM endothelin-1 also inhibited the endothelin-1 constrictions to smaller magnitudes than Ca(2+) removal during the plateau endothelin-1 constrictions. These results suggest that the reduced inhibition of the endothelin-1 constriction following pretreatment with L-type Ca(2+) channel blocker or Ca(2+)-free solution, as compared to addition of these agents during the endothelin-1 constriction, is the result of non L-type Ca(2+) channel opening and enhanced Ca(2+)-independent constriction, respectively.
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- M Zuccarello
- Surgical Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, PO Box 670515, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0515, USA
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Sugai K, Yaganisawa T, Motohashi O, Suzuki M, Yoshimoto T. Levcromakalim decreases cytoplasmic Ca2+ and vascular tone in basilar artery of SAH model dogs. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 1999; 33:868-75. [PMID: 10367589 DOI: 10.1097/00005344-199906000-00006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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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We investigated the effects of levcromakalim, a K+ channel opener, on [Ca2+]i and the contractile force of basilar arteries obtained from normal dogs and subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) dogs. The responsiveness to serotonin was increased more in the SAH group than in the control group. Levcromakalim decreased the resting [Ca2+]i and force more profoundly than did a Ca2+ channel blocker, nicardipine, and these effects were more prominent in the SAH group than in the control group. Levcromakalim diminished the increases in [Ca2+]i and contractile force induced by serotonin more profoundly than nicardipine did, and these effects were equal in both groups. The effects of levcromakalim were not inhibited by iberiotoxin but were antagonized completely by glibenclamide. These results suggest that levcromakalim-induced opening of adenosine triphosphate (ATP)-sensitive K+ (K(ATP)) channels reduces [Ca2+]i more effectively than does nicardipine and that levcromakalim exerts the vasodilator effects under the condition in which large conductance Ca2+-activated K+ (BK) channels are blocked with iberiotoxin. Consequently, K+ channel openers like levcromakalim may be useful drug candidates to treat delayed cerebral vasospasm after SAH.
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- K Sugai
- Department of Neurosurgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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Maruya J, Norota I, Takemura S, Kayama T, Sato M, Endoh M. Differential regulation of intracellular Ca2+ signalling induced by high K+ and endothelin-1 in single smooth muscle cells of intact canine basilar artery: detection by means of confocal laser microscopy. Life Sci 1999; 64:995-1004. [PMID: 10210282 DOI: 10.1016/s0024-3205(99)00026-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Changes in intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) in smooth muscle cells play the key role in regulation of vascular smooth muscle tone and pathogenesis of cerebral vasospasm. In this study, we adopted the confocal laser microscopy to detect the fluorescence signals arising from the individual smooth muscle cells of canine basilar artery. Ring preparations were made, loaded with fluo-3 and changes in fluorescence induced by high K+ and endothelin-1 (ET-1) were measured by confocal laser microscopy. In some unstimulated smooth muscle cells Ca2+ waves arising from discrete region of the cell propagated to the whole cell with a velocity of approximately 10 microm/s. High K+ (80 mmol/L) induced a rapid rise in [Ca2+]i, the peak level being consistently reached approximately 10 s after stimulation. In contrast, the time to peak level of [Ca2+]i induced by ET-1 (0.3 micromol/L) varied widely between 13 and 26 s among individual cells, an indication that the extent of nonuniform coordination of increases in [Ca2+]i in individual cells may be partly responsible for the different time courses of tension development of vascular smooth muscle in response to the vasoactive stimulants. The increase in [Ca2+]i induced by ET-1 was transient but a pronounced and sustained contraction developed further in response to ET-1. Thus ET-1 has a biological property as a potential candidate to elicit cerebral vasospasm. Confocal laser microscopy could be a useful tool to measure the changes in [Ca2+]i in individual smooth muscle cells of cerebral artery.
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- J Maruya
- Department of Pharmacology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Japan
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Iwabuchi S, Marton LS, Zhang JH. Role of protein tyrosine phosphorylation in erythrocyte lysate-induced intracellular free calcium concentration elevation in cerebral smooth-muscle cells. J Neurosurg 1999; 90:743-51. [PMID: 10193620 DOI: 10.3171/jns.1999.90.4.0743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECT Tyrosine kinases play an important role in the regulation of systemic vascular smooth-muscle tone. The authors studied the involvement of protein tyrosine kinase activity in erythrocyte lysate-mediated signal transduction in cerebral smooth-muscle cells. METHODS Tyrosine kinase phosphorylation and intracellular free Ca++ ([Ca++]i) were measured in rat aortic and basilar artery smooth-muscle cells by using Western blot and fura 2-acetoxymethyl ester microfluorimetry. Erythrocyte lysate enhanced tyrosine phosphorylation in cultured rat aortic and basilar smooth-muscle cells and induced a rapid transient and a prolonged plateau phase of [Ca++]i response in rat basilar smooth-muscle cells. The tyrosine kinase inhibitors genistein and tyrphostin A51 (administered at concentrations of 30 or 100 microM) attenuated both phases of erythrocyte lysate-induced [Ca++]i elevation. Erythrocyte lysate was separated into low- (<10 kD, which contains adenine nucleotides) and high- (>10 kD, which contains hemoglobin) molecular-weight fractions; these fractions were tested separately in these cells. The low-molecular-weight fraction produced a similar [Ca++]i response to that of erythrocyte lysate and the high-molecular-weight fraction produced a small response. The [Ca++]i responses from both fractions were inhibited by tyrosine kinase inhibitors. CONCLUSIONS To the authors' knowledge, this is the first report to show that tyrosine phosphorylation may be involved in erythrocyte lysate-induced signal transduction and [Ca++]i responses in cerebral smooth-muscle cells.
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- S Iwabuchi
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson 39216-4505, USA
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Guibert C, Beech DJ. Positive and negative coupling of the endothelin ETA receptor to Ca2+-permeable channels in rabbit cerebral cortex arterioles. J Physiol 1999; 514 ( Pt 3):843-56. [PMID: 9882755 PMCID: PMC2269094 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1999.843ad.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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1. Arteriolar segments were isolated from pial membrane and studied within 10 h. Current-clamp and voltage-clamp measurements were made by patch-clamp recording from smooth muscle cells within arterioles. [Ca2+]i was measured from the smooth muscle cell layer by digital imaging of emission from fura-PE3 which was loaded into arterioles by pre-incubation with the acetoxymethyl ester derivative. The external diameter of arterioles was measured using a video-dimension analyser. 2. Endothelin-1 (ET1) was a potent constrictor of isolated arterioles and induced a sustained depolarization up to -27 mV and reduced membrane resistance (EC50 140-170 pm). At a constant holding potential of -60 mV ET-1 induced a transient followed by a sustained inward current. ET1 inhibited L-type voltage-dependent Ca2+ current. 3. ET1 induced a transient followed by sustained elevation of [Ca2+]i. The sustained effect was dependent on extracellular Ca2+. It occurred at a constant holding potential of -60 mV and was not inhibited by the Ca2+ antagonists nicardipine (1 microM) or D600 (10 microM). Thapsigargin (1 microM) completely depleted Ca2+ from caffeine- and ET1-sensitive sarcoplasmic reticulum but did not inhibit the ET1-induced sustained elevation of [Ca2+]i. ET1 effects on [Ca2+]i were prevented by the ETA receptor antagonist BQ123 (cyclo-D-Asp-Pro-D-Val-Leu-D-Trp). 4. The data suggest that ETA receptors are negatively coupled to L-type Ca2+ channels and positively coupled to receptor-operated Ca2+-permeable channels. Inhibition of L-type Ca2+ channel activity may suppress autoregulation, and Ca2+ influx through receptor-operated channels may have a major functional role in the potent long-lasting constrictor effect of endothelin-1 in the cerebral microcirculation.
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- C Guibert
- School of Biomedical Sciences, Worsley Building, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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Guan YY, Weir BK, Marton LS, Macdonald RL, Zhang H. Effects of erythrocyte lysate of different incubation times on intracellular free calcium in rat basilar artery smooth-muscle cells. J Neurosurg 1998; 89:1007-14. [PMID: 9833828 DOI: 10.3171/jns.1998.89.6.1007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECT The purpose of this study was to characterize substance(s) in the erythrocytes that increase intracellular free Ca++ concentration ([Ca++]i) in smooth-muscle cells and that therefore may be involved in the pathogenesis of vasospasm. METHODS Because vasospasm occurs days after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), the authors studied the effects of aged human erythrocyte hemolysate and its low-molecular-weight (LMW) and high-molecular-weight (HMW) fractions on [Ca++]i in freshly isolated rat basilar artery smooth-muscle cells. Fresh hemolysate (Day 0) produced a biphasic response consisting of a transient peak and a sustained plateau increase in [Ca++]i, whereas hemolysate prepared from cells incubated for 3, 7, or 14 days induced only a transient response without a sustained phase. The effect of hemolysate declined with increasing incubation time. The HMW fraction and purified human oxyhemoglobin (OxyHb) did not evoke a response. The LMW fraction from Days 3, 7, or 14 produced no response at low concentrations (< 10%) and a transient response at high concentrations (> 20%), and the effect diminished with increasing incubation time. Unfractionated hemolysate or the LMW fraction of hemolysate incubated for 21 days produced no response. The combination of the 10% LMW fraction from Day 3 plus the 10% HMW fraction (Days 3. 7, 14, or 21) transiently increased [Ca++]i,. However, [Ca++]i was not changed by the 10% LMW fraction from Day 14 plus the 10% HMW fraction from Day 3 or 14. In the presence of OxyHb, [Ca++]i was increased by the 10% LMW fraction on Days 3 and 7, but not by the LMW fraction from Days 14 or 21. CONCLUSIONS The decline over time in the effect of hemolysate on [Ca++]i indicates either that the time that substances are released from erythrocytes is important in the generation of vasospasm or that this experimental system as used is not representative of conditions present after SAH. The data indicate that the ability to elevate [Ca++]i in smooth-muscle cells with hemolysate is provided by multiple substances, including OxyHb. These substances may interact during specific times after incubation of erythrocytes in vitro.
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- Y Y Guan
- Department of Surgery, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Iglarz M, Lévy BI, Henrion D. Chronic endothelin-1-induced changes in vascular reactivity in rat resistance arteries and aorta. Eur J Pharmacol 1998; 359:69-75. [PMID: 9831295 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(98)00616-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The role of endothelin-1 in vascular homeostasis is not yet clearly established. We investigated the responses to phenylephrine and acetylcholine in rat mesenteric resistance artery and aorta mounted in vitro in myographs after a 2-week treatment with endothelin-1 (5 pmol kg(-1) min(-1), n = 8). Systolic arterial blood pressure increased in endothelin-1-treated rats (171 +/- 7 mmHg vs. 196 +/- 6 mmHg, P < 0.05). In the aorta, chronic endothelin-1 significantly increased the dilator response to acetylcholine (maximal dilatation: 76 +/- 3 vs. 86 +/- 3% in control, P < 0.05). Acetylcholine-induced dilatation was decreased by nitric oxide (NO) synthase inhibition with NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME 100 micromol/l) and partly restored by cyclooxygenases inhibition (indomethacin, 10 micromol/l). In endothelin-1-treated rats, L-NAME-sensitive acetylcholine dilatation was lower than in the control, but dilator cyclooxygenase product(s) were found instead of constrictor cyclooxygenase product(s). In mesenteric resistance arteries chronic endothelin-1 increased the participation of cyclooxygenase products in acetylcholine-induced dilatation from 10 +/- 2 to 19 +/- 3%. In both types of arteries, phenylephrine-induced contraction was not affected by chronic endothelin-1. Thus chronic endothelin-1 increased the participation of dilator cyclooxygenase product(s) in acetylcholine-induced dilatation in the aorta and the mesenteric resistance arteries.
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- M Iglarz
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U 141, IFR Circulation-Lariboisière, Université Paris VII, Hôpital Lariboisière, France
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Kim CJ, Kim KW, Park JW, Lee JC, Zhang JH. Role of tyrosine kinase in erythrocyte lysate-induced contraction in rabbit cerebral arteries. J Neurosurg 1998; 89:289-96. [PMID: 9688125 DOI: 10.3171/jns.1998.89.2.0289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECT This study was undertaken to explore whether erythrocyte lysate, a proposed cause of vasospasm, produces vasoconstriction by activation of tyrosine kinase in rabbit cerebral arteries. METHODS Isometric tension was used to monitor contractions in rabbit basilar arteries induced by erythrocyte lysate, 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), or KCl in the absence or presence of tyrosine kinase inhibitors. Erythrocyte lysate, 5-HT, or KCl produced concentration-dependent contractions in rabbit basilar arteries. Preincubation with the tyrosine kinase inhibitors tyrphostin A23 and genistein (30 and 100 microM), but not diadzein, an inactive analog of genistein, attenuated significantly the contraction induced by erythrocyte lysate (p < 0.05). Tyrphostin A23, genistein, and diadzein (30 microM) failed to reduce the contraction caused by 5-HT. Genistein, but not tyrphostin A23 or diadzein (30 microM), attenuated significantly the contraction induced by KCl (p < 0.05). In another series, arterial rings were initially contracted with erythrocyte lysate, 5-HT, or KCl and the relaxant effect of genistein was then tested. Genistein relaxed rabbit basilar arteries that had been contracted by exposure to erythrocyte lysate, 5-HT, or KCl (30-100 microM; p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS These data indicate that tyrosine kinase may play a role in the regulation of cerebral arterial contraction and tyrosine kinase inhibitors may be useful in the management of cerebral vasospasm.
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- C J Kim
- Department of Neurosurgery, Institute for Medical Sciences, Chonbuk National University, Chonju, Korea.
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Erdö F, Erdö SL. Bimoclomol protects against vascular consequences of experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage in rats. Brain Res Bull 1998; 45:163-6. [PMID: 9443834 DOI: 10.1016/s0361-9230(97)00333-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Bimoclomol (BRLP-42) is a novel antiischemic compound acting against peripheral vascular complications of diabetes mellitus (neuropathy, retinopathy, and nephropathy). In the present study the activity of bimoclomol was tested in experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and arachidonic acid (AA)-induced brain edema in rats to elucidate whether the compound may also have beneficial effect in cerebrovascular disturbances. For comparison, a neuroprotective AMPA antagonist, GYKI-52466, was examined. Injury caused by autologous intracranial blood injection or sodium-arachidonate was evaluated by the damage of blood-brain barrier (BBB) reflected in the extravasation of Evans blue dye into the cerebral tissue. Bimoclomol (2 x 2 mg/kg IV) markedly reduced, while GYKI-52466 (2 x 2 mg/kg IV) moderately diminished the extravasation produced by SAH (39.9%, p < 0.01 and 26.7%, p > 0.05, respectively). In the case of AA-induced brain edema, bimoclomol showed less pronounced (19.6%, p < 0.05) inhibitory action, and GYKI-52466 seemed to be more effective (34.2%, p < 0.05). These results suggest that bimoclomol may be active not only in peripheral micro- and macroangiopathy, but also in some types of cerebrovascular disorders.
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- F Erdö
- Department of CNS Pharmacology, BIOREX R & D Co., Veszprém, Hungary
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