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Akiyama T, Hirata T, Fujimoto T, Hatakeyama S, Yamazaki R, Nomura T. The Natural-Mineral-Based Novel Nanomaterial IFMC Increases Intravascular Nitric Oxide without Its Intake: Implications for COVID-19 and beyond. NANOMATERIALS 2020; 10:nano10091699. [PMID: 32872395 PMCID: PMC7559745 DOI: 10.3390/nano10091699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2020] [Revised: 08/16/2020] [Accepted: 08/27/2020] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
Abstract
There are currently no promising therapy strategies for either the treatment or prevention of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), despite the urgent need. In addition to respiratory diseases, vascular complications are rapidly emerging as a key threat of COVID-19. Existing nitric oxide (NO) therapies have been shown to improve the vascular system; however, they have different limitations in terms of safety, usability and availability. In light of this, we hypothesise that a natural-mineral-based novel nanomaterial, which was developed based on NO therapy, might be a viable strategy for the treatment and prevention of COVID-19. The present study examined if it could induce an increase of intravascular NO, vasodilation and the consequent increase of blood flow rate and temperature in a living body. The intravascular NO concentration in the hepatic portal of rats was increased by 0.17 nM over 35.2 s on average after its application. An ultrasonic Doppler flow meter showed significant increases in the blood flow rate and vessel diameter, but no difference in the blood flow velocity. These were corroborated by measurements of human hand surface temperature. To our knowledge, this result is the first evidence where an increase of intravascular NO and vasodilation were induced by bringing a natural-mineral-based nanomaterial into contact with or close to a living body. The precise mechanisms remain a matter for further investigation; however, we may assume that endothelial NO synthase, haemoglobin and endothelium-derived hyperpolarising factor are deeply involved in the increase of intravascular NO.
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Affiliation(s)
- Tomohiro Akiyama
- Advanced Research Laboratories, Tokyo City University, Tokyo 158-8557, Japan;
- Graduate School of Information Technology, Kobe Institute of Computing, Kobe 650-0001, Japan
- Graduate School of Education, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
- Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Sophia University, Tokyo 102-8554, Japan
- Correspondence: (T.A.); (T.H.)
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- Advanced Research Laboratories, Tokyo City University, Tokyo 158-8557, Japan;
- Graduate School of Integrative Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Chemistry, Tokyo City University, Tokyo 158-8557, Japan; (S.H.); (R.Y.)
- Correspondence: (T.A.); (T.H.)
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- Advanced Research Laboratories, Tokyo City University, Tokyo 158-8557, Japan;
- Clinic F Laser Medicine & Surgery, Tokyo 102-0083, Japan
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- Graduate School of Integrative Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Chemistry, Tokyo City University, Tokyo 158-8557, Japan; (S.H.); (R.Y.)
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- Graduate School of Integrative Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Chemistry, Tokyo City University, Tokyo 158-8557, Japan; (S.H.); (R.Y.)
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Tanaka H, Mito A, Hirano H, Soh Z, Nakamura R, Saeki N, Kawamoto M, Higashi Y, Yoshizumi M, Tsuji T. Estimation of Arterial Viscosity Based on an Oscillometric Method and Its Application in Evaluating the Vascular Endothelial Function. Sci Rep 2019; 9:2609. [PMID: 30796239 PMCID: PMC6384877 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-38776-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2018] [Accepted: 01/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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This paper proposes an algorithm for estimating the arterial viscosity using cuff pressures and pulse waves measured by an automatic oscillometric sphygmomanometer. A change in the arterial viscosity during the enclosed-zone flow-mediated dilation test is calculated as an index for evaluating the vascular endothelial function %η. In all, 43 individuals participated in this study. After the index %η was calculated, the accuracy of the index %η in distinguishing healthy subjects and subjects at a high risk of arteriosclerosis was tested via a receiving operating characteristic (ROC) analysis. The calculated %η for the healthy participants and those at a high risk of arteriosclerosis was 13.4 ± 55.1% and -32.7 ± 34.0% (mean ± S.D.), respectively. The area under the ROC curve was 0.77. Thus, it was concluded that the proposed method can be used to evaluate the vascular endothelial function.
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- Hiroshi Tanaka
- Department of System Cybernetics, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, 739-8527, Japan
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- Department of System Cybernetics, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, 739-8527, Japan
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- Academic Institute, College of Engineering, Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu, 432-8561, Japan
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- Department of System Cybernetics, Faculty of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, 739-8527, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, 734-8553, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, 734-8553, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, 734-8553, Japan
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- Department of Regeneration and Medicine, Research Center for Radiation Genome Medicine, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, 734-8553, Japan
- Division of Regeneration and Medicine, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Physiology and Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, 734-8553, Japan
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- Department of System Cybernetics, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, 739-8527, Japan.
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Mourmoura E, Chaté V, Couturier K, Laillet B, Vial G, Rigaudiere JP, Morio B, Malpuech-Brugère C, Azarnoush K, Demaison L. Body adiposity dictates different mechanisms of increased coronary reactivity related to improved in vivo cardiac function. Cardiovasc Diabetol 2014; 13:54. [PMID: 24572210 PMCID: PMC3996056 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2840-13-54] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2013] [Accepted: 02/19/2014] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Saturated fatty acid-rich high fat (HF) diets trigger abdominal adiposity, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes and cardiac dysfunction. This study was aimed at evaluating the effects of nascent obesity on the cardiac function of animals fed a high-fat diet and at analyzing the mechanisms by which these alterations occurred at the level of coronary reserve. MATERIALS AND METHODS Rats were fed a control (C) or a HF diet containing high proportions of saturated fatty acids for 3 months. Thereafter, their cardiac function was evaluated in vivo using a pressure probe inserted into the cavity of the left ventricle. Their heart was isolated, perfused iso-volumetrically according to the Langendorff mode and the coronary reserve was evaluated by determining the endothelial-dependent (EDV) and endothelial-independent (EIV) vasodilatations in the absence and presence of endothelial nitric oxide synthase and cyclooxygenase inhibitors (L-NAME and indomethacin). The fatty acid composition of cardiac phospholipids was then evaluated. RESULTS Although all the HF-fed rats increased their abdominal adiposity, some of them did not gain body weight (HF- group) compared to the C group whereas other ones had a higher body weight (HF+). All HF rats displayed a higher in vivo cardiac activity associated with an increased EDV. In the HF- group, the improved EDV was due to an increase in the endothelial cell vasodilatation activity whereas in the HF+ group, the enhanced EDV resulted from an improved sensitivity of coronary smooth muscle cells to nitric oxide. Furthermore, in the HF- group the main pathway implicated in the EDV was the NOS pathway while in the HF+ group the COX pathway. CONCLUSIONS Nascent obesity-induced improvement of cardiac function may be supported by an enhanced coronary reserve occurring via different mechanisms. These mechanisms implicate either the endothelial cells activity or the smooth muscle cells sensitivity depending on the body adiposity of the animals.
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- Evangelia Mourmoura
- Université Joseph Fourier, Laboratoire de Bioénergétique Fondamentale et Appliquée, BP 53, Grenoble F-38041, France
- U1055 INSERM, Grenoble F-38041, France
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- Université Joseph Fourier, Laboratoire de Bioénergétique Fondamentale et Appliquée, BP 53, Grenoble F-38041, France
- U1055 INSERM, Grenoble F-38041, France
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- Université Joseph Fourier, Laboratoire de Bioénergétique Fondamentale et Appliquée, BP 53, Grenoble F-38041, France
- U1055 INSERM, Grenoble F-38041, France
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- INRA, UMR 1019 Nutrition Humaine, CRNH Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
- Clermont Université, Université d’Auvergne, UMR 1019 Nutrition Humaine, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- INSERM UMR-1060, Laboratoire CarMeN, Université Lyon 1, INRA USC1362, INSA de Lyon, Facultés de médecine Rockefeller et Charles Merieux Lyon-Sud, Lyon F-69003, France
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- INRA, UMR 1019 Nutrition Humaine, CRNH Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
- Clermont Université, Université d’Auvergne, UMR 1019 Nutrition Humaine, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- INSERM UMR-1060, Laboratoire CarMeN, Université Lyon 1, INRA USC1362, INSA de Lyon, Facultés de médecine Rockefeller et Charles Merieux Lyon-Sud, Lyon F-69003, France
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- INRA, UMR 1019 Nutrition Humaine, CRNH Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
- Clermont Université, Université d’Auvergne, UMR 1019 Nutrition Humaine, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Heart surgery Department, G. Montpied Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Université Joseph Fourier, Laboratoire de Bioénergétique Fondamentale et Appliquée, BP 53, Grenoble F-38041, France
- U1055 INSERM, Grenoble F-38041, France
- INRA, UMR 1019 Nutrition Humaine, CRNH Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
- Clermont Université, Université d’Auvergne, UMR 1019 Nutrition Humaine, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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Mao J, Xia Z, Chen J, Yu J. Prevalence and risk factors for canine obesity surveyed in veterinary practices in Beijing, China. Prev Vet Med 2013; 112:438-42. [DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2013.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2013] [Revised: 07/30/2013] [Accepted: 08/27/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Toda N, Okamura T. Obesity impairs vasodilatation and blood flow increase mediated by endothelial nitric oxide: an overview. J Clin Pharmacol 2013; 53:1228-39. [PMID: 24030923 DOI: 10.1002/jcph.179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2013] [Accepted: 09/04/2013] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
Abstract
Obesity dramatically increases the risk of development of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. Endothelial dysfunction induced by obesity is an important risk factor that impairs blood flow controls in various organs. Impaired endothelial function occurs early in life in obese children. Obesity-induced endothelial dysfunction is associated with decreased nitric oxide (NO) production due to impaired endothelial NO synthase activity and expression and increased production of superoxide anion and the endogenous NOS inhibitor ADMA, together with increased vasoconstrictor factors, such as endothelin-1 and sympathetic nerve activation. Decreased endothelial progenitor cells are also involved in endothelial cell senescence in obese individuals. Insulin resistance and diabetes mellitus augment obesity-induced endothelial dysfunction. Adipokines liberated from adipose tissues play roles in modulating endothelial function; adiponectin and ghrelin have beneficial effects on endothelial cells. Effects of leptin on endothelial function are controversial. Decreased body weight by physical exercise, dietary interventions, and bariatric surgery are effective measures that reverse endothelial dysfunction; however, the weight control is not only the reason for improving of endothelia function. Pharmacological therapies with β-adrenoceptor antagonists, resveratolol, anti-obesity agents, nifedipine, and NADPH oxidase inhibitors may also be effective; however, these treatments have to be utilized under the basis of exercise and dietary controls.
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- Noboru Toda
- Toyama Institute for Cardiovascular Pharmacology Research, Osaka, Japan; Department of Pharmacology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan
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van den Heuvel M, Sorop O, Koopmans SJ, Dekker R, de Vries R, van Beusekom HMM, Eringa EC, Duncker DJ, Danser AHJ, van der Giessen WJ. Coronary microvascular dysfunction in a porcine model of early atherosclerosis and diabetes. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2011; 302:H85-94. [PMID: 21984550 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00311.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Detailed evaluation of coronary function early in diabetes mellitus (DM)-associated coronary artery disease (CAD) development is difficult in patients. Therefore, we investigated coronary conduit and small artery function in a preatherosclerotic DM porcine model with type 2 characteristics. Streptozotocin-induced DM pigs on a saturated fat/cholesterol (SFC) diet (SFC + DM) were compared with control pigs on SFC and standard (control) diets. SFC + DM pigs showed DM-associated metabolic alterations and early atherosclerosis development in the aorta. Endothelium-dependent vasodilation to bradykinin (BK), with or without blockade of nitric oxide (NO) synthase, endothelium-independent vasodilation to an exogenous NO-donor (S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine), and vasoconstriction to endothelin (ET)-1 with blockade of receptor subtypes, were assessed in vitro. Small coronary arteries, but not conduit vessels, showed functional alterations including impaired BK-induced vasodilatation due to loss of NO (P < 0.01 vs. SFC and control) and reduced vasoconstriction to ET-1 (P < 0.01 vs. SFC and control), due to a decreased ET(A) receptor dominance. Other vasomotor responses were unaltered. In conclusion, this model demonstrates specific coronary microvascular alterations with regard to NO and ET-1 systems in the process of early atherosclerosis in DM. In particular, the altered ET-1 system correlated with hyperglycemia in atherogenic conditions, emphasizing the importance of this system in DM-associated CAD development.
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- Mieke van den Heuvel
- Department of Cardiology, Division of Pharmacology, Vascular and Metabolic Diseases, Cardiovascular Research School COEUR, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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