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Cao J, Grover P, Kainerstorfer JM. A model of neurovascular coupling and its application to cortical spreading depolarization. J Theor Biol 2023; 572:111580. [PMID: 37459953 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2023.111580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2022] [Revised: 06/09/2023] [Accepted: 07/10/2023] [Indexed: 08/01/2023]
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Cortical spreading depolarization (CSD) is a neuropathological condition involving propagating waves of neuronal silence, and is related to multiple diseases, such as migraine aura, traumatic brain injury (TBI), stroke, and cardiac arrest, as well as poor outcome of patients. While CSDs of different severity share similar roots on the ion exchange level, they can lead to different vascular responses (namely spreading hyperemia and spreading ischemia). In this paper, we propose a mathematical model relating neuronal activities to predict vascular changes as measured with near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) and fMRI recordings, and apply it to the extreme case of CSD, where sustained near-complete neuronal depolarization is seen. We utilize three serially connected models (namely, ion exchange, neurovascular coupling, and hemodynamic model) which are described by differential equations. Propagating waves of ion concentrations, as well as the associated vasodynamics and hemodynamics, are simulated by solving these equations. Our proposed model predicts vasodynamics and hemodynamics that agree both qualitatively and quantitatively with experimental literature. Mathematical modeling and simulation offer a powerful tool to help understand the underlying mechanisms of CSD and help interpret the data. In addition, it helps develop novel monitoring techniques prior to data collection. Our simulated results strongly suggest that fMRI is unable to reliably distinguish between spreading hyperemia and spreading ischemia, while NIRS signals are substantially distinct in the two cases.
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- Jiaming Cao
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, 15213, PA, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, 15213, PA, United States; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, 15213, PA, United States; Neuroscience Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 4400 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, 15213, PA, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, 15213, PA, United States; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, 15213, PA, United States; Neuroscience Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 4400 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, 15213, PA, United States.
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Ravarotto V, Bertoldi G, Stefanelli LF, Nalesso F, Calò LA. Pathomechanism of oxidative stress in cardiovascularrenal remodeling and therapeutic strategies. Kidney Res Clin Pract 2022; 41:533-544. [PMID: 36239057 PMCID: PMC9576462 DOI: 10.23876/j.krcp.22.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2022] [Revised: 05/06/2022] [Accepted: 05/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2023] Open
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The high prevalence of cardiovascular disease in patients with chronic kidney disease indicates significant interactions between pathogenic pathways operating in the kidney and heart. These interactions involve all cell types (endothelial cells, smooth muscle cells, macrophages, and others), components of the vasculature, glomeruli, and heart that are susceptible to oxidative damage and structural alterations. A vicious cycle occurs whereby harmful factors such as reactive oxygen species and inflammation damage of vascular structures that themselves become sources of additional dangerous/toxic components released into the local environment. The evidence of this vicious cycle in chronic kidney disease should therefore lead to add other factors to both traditional and nontraditional risk factors. This review will examine the processes occurring during progressive kidney dysfunction with regard to vascular injury, renal remodeling, cardiac hypertrophy, and the transversal role of oxidative stress in the development of these complications.
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- Verdiana Ravarotto
- Division of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, Department of Medicine (DIMED), School of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Division of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, Department of Medicine (DIMED), School of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Division of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, Department of Medicine (DIMED), School of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Division of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, Department of Medicine (DIMED), School of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Division of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, Department of Medicine (DIMED), School of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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Palacios J, Benites J, Owen GI, Morales P, Chiong M, Nwokocha CR, Paredes A, Cifuentes F. Impact of the Potential Antitumor Agent 2-(4-Hydroxyphenyl) Amino-1,4-Naphthoquinone (Q7) on Vasomotion Is Mediated by the Vascular Endothelium, But Not Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Metabolism. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 2021; 77:245-252. [PMID: 33105322 DOI: 10.1097/fjc.0000000000000940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2020] [Accepted: 10/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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ABSTRACT Vasomotion is defined as rhythmic oscillations in arterial diameter that regulate the blood flow and blood pressure. Because antitumor treatment may impair vascular functions and increase the blood pressure, we sought to evaluate whether a new naphthoquinone derivative, postulated as an antitumor agent, manifests adverse effects on vascular function. In this article, we evaluated the toxicity of 2-(4-hydroxyphenyl) amino-1,4-naphthoquinone (Q7) and its effects on vascular vasomotion in 3 models of vascular structure: endothelial cells, aortic ring, and smooth muscle cells. Although showing nontoxic effects, Q7 inhibited the formation of capillary-like structures of the EA.hy926 endothelial cell line grown on Matrigel. In exvivo experiments with aortic rings precontracted with phenylephrine (PE, 10-6 M), Q7 (10-5 M) significantly (P < 0.05) reduced vascular rhythmic contractions induced by the acetylcholine (ACh; 10-7-10-5 M), whereas sodium nitroprusside (a nitric oxide donor; 10-8 M) recovered the vasomotion. Furthermore, Q7 (10-5 M) did not decrease KCl-induced vascular rhythmic contractions in the aortic rings precontracted with BaCl2 (a nonselective K+ channel blocker; 10-3 M). Vascular smooth muscle cells (A7r5) preincubated with Q7 (10-5 M) for 3 hours also demonstrated a reduced glucose uptake. However, the Adenosine Triphosphate content was unaffected, suggesting that the rapid reduction in vasomotion observed in vascular reactivity experiments did not involve cellular metabolism but may be due to faster mechanisms involving endothelial nitric oxide and K+ channels leading to oscillations in intracellular Ca2+. In summary, the naphthoquinone derivative Q7 presents low cytotoxicity yet may alter the endothelial cell response and vasomotion in the absence of changes in smooth muscle cell metabolism.
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- Javier Palacios
- Departamento de Química y Farmacia, Facultad Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Arturo Prat, Iquique, Chile
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- Departamento de Química y Farmacia, Facultad Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Arturo Prat, Iquique, Chile
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
- Advanced Center for Chronic Diseases, ACCDiS, CEMC, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Advanced Center for Chronic Diseases, ACCDiS, CEMC, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Advanced Center for Chronic Diseases, ACCDiS, CEMC, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences Physiology Section, Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica
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- Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad de Antofagasta, Antofagasta, Chile; and
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- Laboratorio de Fisiología Experimental, Instituto Antofagasta, Universidad de Antofagasta, Antofagasta, Chile
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Crisafulli A, Bassareo PP, Kelleher S, Calcaterra G, Mercuro G. Factors Predisposing to Hypertension in Subjects Formerly Born Preterm: Renal Impairment, Arterial Stiffness, Endothelial Dysfunction or Something Else? Curr Hypertens Rev 2020; 16:82-90. [PMID: 31244440 PMCID: PMC7499358 DOI: 10.2174/1573402115666190627140523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2019] [Revised: 05/21/2019] [Accepted: 05/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Subjects formerly born preterm subsequently develop arterial - particularly isolated systolic- hypertension more frequently than their peers born at term. Numerous factors may influence this predisposition, including an incomplete nephrogenesis, implying the presence of kidneys with a reduced number of nephrons and consequent reduction in haematic filtration, increased sodium absorption and activation of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, increased arterial rigidity produced by an elastin deficiency previously observed in anatomic specimens of human immature aorta, and reduced endothelial nitric oxide excretion, due to high blood levels of ADMA, a strong direct inhibitor of nitric oxide that exerts a vasoconstrictor effect. Other possible factors (i.e. excretion of neuroendocrine compounds) may also be implicated. The aim of this paper was to review all possible mechanisms involved in the observed increase in blood pressure in individuals who had been born preterm and/or with intrauterine growth restriction. The outlook for new and promising laboratory techniques capable of identifying alterations in the metabolic pathways regulating blood pressure levels, such as metabolomics, is also provided.
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- Antonio Crisafulli
- Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, Sports Physiology Laboratory, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- Our Lady's Children's Hospital Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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Fatoyinbo HO, Brown RG, Simpson DJW, van Brunt B. Numerical Bifurcation Analysis of Pacemaker Dynamics in a Model of Smooth Muscle Cells. Bull Math Biol 2020; 82:95. [PMID: 32676881 DOI: 10.1007/s11538-020-00771-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2020] [Accepted: 06/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Evidence from experimental studies shows that oscillations due to electro-mechanical coupling can be generated spontaneously in smooth muscle cells. Such cellular dynamics are known as pacemaker dynamics. In this article, we address pacemaker dynamics associated with the interaction of [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] fluxes in the cell membrane of a smooth muscle cell. First we reduce a pacemaker model to a two-dimensional system equivalent to the reduced Morris-Lecar model and then perform a detailed numerical bifurcation analysis of the reduced model. Existing bifurcation analyses of the Morris-Lecar model concentrate on external applied current, whereas we focus on parameters that model the response of the cell to changes in transmural pressure. We reveal a transition between Type I and Type II excitabilities with no external current required. We also compute a two-parameter bifurcation diagram and show how the transition is explained by the bifurcation structure.
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- H O Fatoyinbo
- School of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
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- School of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- School of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- School of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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Dowding S, Zakkaroff C, Moore S, David T. Coronary Smooth Muscle Cell Calcium Dynamics: Effects of Bifurcation Angle on Atheroprone Conditions. Front Physiol 2018; 9:1528. [PMID: 30429800 PMCID: PMC6220094 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2018] [Accepted: 10/11/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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This work investigates the effect of arterial bifurcation angulation on atherosclerosis development through in-silico simulations of coupled cell dynamics. The computational model presented here combines cellular pathways, fluid dynamics, and physiologically-realistic vessel geometries as observed in the human vasculature. The coupled cells model includes endothelial cells (ECs) and smooth muscle cells (SMCs) with ion dynamics, hetero and homotypic coupling, as well as electro-diffusive coupling. Three arterial bifurcation surface models were used in the coupled cells simulations. All three simulations showed propagating waves of Ca2+ in both the SMC and EC layers, following the introduction of a luminal agonist, in this case ATP. Immediately following the introduction of ATP concentration Ca2+ waves propagate from the area of high ATP toward the areas of low ATP concentration, forming complex patterns where waves interact with eachother, collide and fade. These dynamic phenomena are repeated with a series of waves of slower velocity. The underlying motivation of this research was to examine the macro-scale phenomena, given that the characteristic length scales of atherosclerotic plaques are much larger than a single cell. The micro-scale dynamics were modeled on macro-scale arterial bifurcation surfaces containing over one million cells. The results of the simulations presented here suggest that susceptibility to atherosclerosis development depends on the bifurcation angulation. In conjunction with findings reported in the literature, the simulation results demonstrate that arterial bifurcations containing wider angles have a more prominent influence on the coupled cells pathways associated with the development of atherosclerosis, by means of disturbed flow and lower SMC Ca2+ concentrations. The discussion of the results considers the findings of this research within the context of the potential link between information transport through frequency encoding of Ca2+ wave dynamics and development of atheroprone conditions.
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- Stewart Dowding
- UC High Performance Computing Centre, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Department of Accounting and Information Systems, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- UC High Performance Computing Centre, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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Modeling thrombosis in silico: Frontiers, challenges, unresolved problems and milestones. Phys Life Rev 2018; 26-27:57-95. [PMID: 29550179 DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2018.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2017] [Revised: 02/21/2018] [Accepted: 02/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Hemostasis is a complex physiological mechanism that functions to maintain vascular integrity under any conditions. Its primary components are blood platelets and a coagulation network that interact to form the hemostatic plug, a combination of cell aggregate and gelatinous fibrin clot that stops bleeding upon vascular injury. Disorders of hemostasis result in bleeding or thrombosis, and are the major immediate cause of mortality and morbidity in the world. Regulation of hemostasis and thrombosis is immensely complex, as it depends on blood cell adhesion and mechanics, hydrodynamics and mass transport of various species, huge signal transduction networks in platelets, as well as spatiotemporal regulation of the blood coagulation network. Mathematical and computational modeling has been increasingly used to gain insight into this complexity over the last 30 years, but the limitations of the existing models remain profound. Here we review state-of-the-art-methods for computational modeling of thrombosis with the specific focus on the analysis of unresolved challenges. They include: a) fundamental issues related to physics of platelet aggregates and fibrin gels; b) computational challenges and limitations for solution of the models that combine cell adhesion, hydrodynamics and chemistry; c) biological mysteries and unknown parameters of processes; d) biophysical complexities of the spatiotemporal networks' regulation. Both relatively classical approaches and innovative computational techniques for their solution are considered; the subjects discussed with relation to thrombosis modeling include coarse-graining, continuum versus particle-based modeling, multiscale models, hybrid models, parameter estimation and others. Fundamental understanding gained from theoretical models are highlighted and a description of future prospects in the field and the nearest possible aims are given.
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Behringer EJ, Scallan JP, Jafarnejad M, Castorena‐Gonzalez JA, Zawieja SD, Moore JE, Davis MJ, Segal SS. Calcium and electrical dynamics in lymphatic endothelium. J Physiol 2017; 595:7347-7368. [PMID: 28994159 PMCID: PMC5730853 DOI: 10.1113/jp274842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2017] [Accepted: 09/25/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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KEY POINTS Endothelial cell function in resistance arteries integrates Ca2+ signalling with hyperpolarization to promote relaxation of smooth muscle cells and increase tissue blood flow. Whether complementary signalling occurs in lymphatic endothelium is unknown. Intracellular calcium and membrane potential were evaluated in endothelial cell tubes freshly isolated from mouse collecting lymphatic vessels of the popliteal fossa. Resting membrane potential measured using intracellular microelectrodes averaged ∼-70 mV. Stimulation of lymphatic endothelium by acetylcholine or a TRPV4 channel agonist increased intracellular Ca2+ with robust depolarization. Findings from Trpv4-/- mice and with computational modelling suggest that the initial mobilization of intracellular Ca2+ leads to influx of Ca2+ and Na+ through TRPV4 channels to evoke depolarization. Lymphatic endothelial cells lack the Ca2+ -activated K+ channels present in arterial endothelium to generate endothelium-derived hyperpolarization. Absence of this signalling pathway with effective depolarization may promote rapid conduction of contraction along lymphatic muscle during lymph propulsion. ABSTRACT Subsequent to a rise in intracellular Ca2+ ([Ca2+ ]i ), hyperpolarization of the endothelium coordinates vascular smooth muscle relaxation along resistance arteries during blood flow control. In the lymphatic vasculature, collecting vessels generate rapid contractions coordinated along lymphangions to propel lymph, but the underlying signalling pathways are unknown. We tested the hypothesis that lymphatic endothelial cells (LECs) exhibit Ca2+ and electrical signalling properties that facilitate lymph propulsion. To study electrical and intracellular Ca2+ signalling dynamics in lymphatic endothelium, we excised collecting lymphatic vessels from the popliteal fossa of mice and removed their muscle cells to isolate intact LEC tubes (LECTs). Intracellular recording revealed a resting membrane potential of ∼-70 mV. Acetylcholine (ACh) increased [Ca2+ ]i with a time course similar to that observed in endothelium of resistance arteries (i.e. rapid initial peak with a sustained 'plateau'). In striking contrast to the endothelium-derived hyperpolarization (EDH) characteristic of arteries, LECs depolarized (>15 mV) to either ACh or TRPV4 channel activation. This depolarization was facilitated by the absence of Ca2+ -activated K+ (KCa ) channels as confirmed with PCR, persisted in the absence of extracellular Ca2+ , was abolished by LaCl3 and was attenuated ∼70% in LECTs from Trpv4-/- mice. Computational modelling of ion fluxes in LECs indicated that omitting K+ channels supports our experimental results. These findings reveal novel signalling events in LECs, which are devoid of the KCa activity abundant in arterial endothelium. Absence of EDH with effective depolarization of LECs may promote the rapid conduction of contraction waves along lymphatic muscle during lymph propulsion.
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- Erik J. Behringer
- Basic SciencesLoma Linda UniversityLoma LindaCA92350USA
- Department of Medical Pharmacology and PhysiologyUniversity of MissouriColumbiaMO65212USA
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- Department of Medical Pharmacology and PhysiologyUniversity of MissouriColumbiaMO65212USA
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology and PhysiologyUniversity of South FloridaTampaFL33612USA
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- Department of Medical Pharmacology and PhysiologyUniversity of MissouriColumbiaMO65212USA
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- Department of BioengineeringImperial College LondonLondonEngland
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- Department of Medical Pharmacology and PhysiologyUniversity of MissouriColumbiaMO65212USA
- Dalton Cardiovascular Research CenterColumbiaMO65211USA
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- Department of Medical Pharmacology and PhysiologyUniversity of MissouriColumbiaMO65212USA
- Dalton Cardiovascular Research CenterColumbiaMO65211USA
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Goltsov A, Anisimova AV, Zakharkina M, Krupatkin AI, Sidorov VV, Sokolovski SG, Rafailov E. Bifurcation in Blood Oscillatory Rhythms for Patients with Ischemic Stroke: A Small Scale Clinical Trial using Laser Doppler Flowmetry and Computational Modeling of Vasomotion. Front Physiol 2017; 8:160. [PMID: 28386231 PMCID: PMC5362641 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2017.00160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2016] [Accepted: 03/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We describe application of spectral analysis of laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) signals to investigation of cerebrovascular haemodynamics in patients with post-acute ischemic stroke (AIS) and cerebrovascular insufficiency. LDF was performed from 3 to 7 days after the onset of AIS on forehead in the right and left supraorbital regions in patients. Analysis of LDF signals showed that perfusion in the microvasculature in AIS patients was lower than that in patients with cerebrovascular insufficiency. As a result of wavelet analysis of the LDF signals we obtained activation of the vasomotion in the frequency range of myogenic oscillation of 0.1 Hz and predominantly nutritive regime microcirculation after systemic thrombolytic therapy of the AIS patients. In case of significant stroke size, myogenic activity, and nutritive pattern microhaemodynamics were reduced, in some cases non-nutritive pattern and/or venular stasis was revealed. Wavelet analysis of the LDF signals also showed asymmetry in wavelet spectra of the LDF signals obtained in stroke-affected and unaffected hemispheres in the AIS patients. A mechanism underlying the observed asymmetry was analyzed by computational modeling of vasomotion developed in Arciero and Secomb (2012). We applied this model to describe relaxation oscillation of arteriole diameter which is forced by myogenic oscillation induced by synchronous calcium oscillation in vascular smooth muscle cells. Calculation showed that vasomotion frequency spectrum at the low-frequency range (0.01 Hz) is reciprocally modulated by myogenic oscillation (0.1 Hz) that correlates with experimental observation of inter-hemispheric variation in the LDF spectrum.
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- Alexey Goltsov
- Division of Science, School of Science, Engineering and Technology, Abertay University Dundee, UK
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- Department of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Medical Genetics, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, First City Hospital Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Medical Genetics, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, First City Hospital Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Functional Diagnostics, Priorov's Central Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics Moscow, Russia
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- Optoelectronics and Biomedical Photonics Group, Photonics and Nanoscience Group, Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies, Aston University Birmingham, UK
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- Optoelectronics and Biomedical Photonics Group, Photonics and Nanoscience Group, Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies, Aston University Birmingham, UK
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Zakkaroff C, Moore S, Dowding S, David T. 3D time-varying simulations of Ca 2+ dynamics in arterial coupled cells: A massively parallel implementation. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 2017; 33:e02786. [PMID: 27062231 PMCID: PMC5298049 DOI: 10.1002/cnm.2786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2015] [Revised: 03/07/2016] [Accepted: 03/19/2016] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Preferential locations of atherosclerotic plaque are strongly associated with the areas of low wall shear stress and disturbed haemodynamic characteristics such as flow detachment, flow recirculation and oscillatory flow. The areas of low wall shear stress are also associated with the reduced production of adenosine triphosphate in the endothelial layer, as well as the resulting reduced production of inositol trisphosphate (IP3 ). The subsequent variation in Ca2+ signalling and nitric oxide synthesis could lead to the impairment of the atheroprotective function played by nitric oxide. In previous studies, it has been suggested that the reduced IP3 and Ca2+ signalling can explain the correlation of atherosclerosis with induced low WSS and disturbed flow characteristics. The massively parallel implementation described in this article provides insight into the dynamics of coupled smooth muscle cells and endothelial cells mapped onto the surface of an idealised arterial bifurcation. We show that variations in coupling parameters, which model normal and pathological conditions, provide vastly different smooth muscle cell Ca2+ dynamics and wave propagation profiles. The extensibility of the coupled cells model and scalability of the implementation provide a solid framework for in silico investigations of the interaction between complex cellular chemistry and the macro-scale processes determined by fluid dynamics. © 2016 The Authors. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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- IBM Research Collaboratory for Life SciencesMelbourneAustralia
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- UC HPC CentreUniversity of CanterburyChristchurchNew Zealand
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- UC HPC CentreUniversity of CanterburyChristchurchNew Zealand
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Di Marco LY, Farkas E, Martin C, Venneri A, Frangi AF. Is Vasomotion in Cerebral Arteries Impaired in Alzheimer's Disease? J Alzheimers Dis 2016; 46:35-53. [PMID: 25720414 PMCID: PMC4878307 DOI: 10.3233/jad-142976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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A substantial body of evidence supports the hypothesis of a vascular component in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Cerebral hypoperfusion and blood-brain barrier dysfunction have been indicated as key elements of this pathway. Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is a cerebrovascular disorder, frequent in AD, characterized by the accumulation of amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide in cerebral blood vessel walls. CAA is associated with loss of vascular integrity, resulting in impaired regulation of cerebral circulation, and increased susceptibility to cerebral ischemia, microhemorrhages, and white matter damage. Vasomotion— the spontaneous rhythmic modulation of arterial diameter, typically observed in arteries/arterioles in various vascular beds including the brain— is thought to participate in tissue perfusion and oxygen delivery regulation. Vasomotion is impaired in adverse conditions such as hypoperfusion and hypoxia. The perivascular and glymphatic pathways of Aβ clearance are thought to be driven by the systolic pulse. Vasomotion produces diameter changes of comparable amplitude, however at lower rates, and could contribute to these mechanisms of Aβ clearance. In spite of potential clinical interest, studies addressing cerebral vasomotion in the context of AD/CAA are limited. This study reviews the current literature on vasomotion, and hypothesizes potential paths implicating impaired cerebral vasomotion in AD/CAA. Aβ and oxidative stress cause vascular tone dysregulation through direct effects on vascular cells, and indirect effects mediated by impaired neurovascular coupling. Vascular tone dysregulation is further aggravated by cholinergic deficit and results in depressed cerebrovascular reactivity and (possibly) impaired vasomotion, aggravating regional hypoperfusion and promoting further Aβ and oxidative stress accumulation.
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- Luigi Yuri Di Marco
- Centre for Computational Imaging and Simulation Technologies in Biomedicine (CISTIB), Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Medical Physics and Informatics, Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Science and Informatics, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.,IRCCS, Fondazione Ospedale S. Camillo, Venice, Italy
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- Centre for Computational Imaging and Simulation Technologies in Biomedicine (CISTIB), Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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Clark JW. On the roles of vascular smooth muscle contraction in cerebral blood flow autoregulation - a modeling perspective. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2016; 2015:7796-9. [PMID: 26738100 DOI: 10.1109/embc.2015.7320200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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We here review existing models of vascular smooth muscle cell, endothelial cell and cell-cell communication, which have been developed to better understand vascular tone and blood flow autoregulation. In particular, we discuss models that intended to explain modulation of myogenic tone by intraluminal pressure in resistance arterioles. Modeling efforts in the recent past have witnessed a shift from empirical models to models with mechanistic details that underscore different physical aspects of vascular regulation. Future models should synthesize mechanistic interactions in a hierarchy, from molecular regulation of ion channels to whole organ blood flow control.
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Intrarenal autoregulatory mechanisms maintain renal blood flow (RBF) and glomerular filtration rate (GFR) independent of renal perfusion pressure (RPP) over a defined range (80-180 mmHg). Such autoregulation is mediated largely by the myogenic and the macula densa-tubuloglomerular feedback (MD-TGF) responses that regulate preglomerular vasomotor tone primarily of the afferent arteriole. Differences in response times allow separation of these mechanisms in the time and frequency domains. Mechanotransduction initiating the myogenic response requires a sensing mechanism activated by stretch of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) and coupled to intracellular signaling pathways eliciting plasma membrane depolarization and a rise in cytosolic free calcium concentration ([Ca(2+)]i). Proposed mechanosensors include epithelial sodium channels (ENaC), integrins, and/or transient receptor potential (TRP) channels. Increased [Ca(2+)]i occurs predominantly by Ca(2+) influx through L-type voltage-operated Ca(2+) channels (VOCC). Increased [Ca(2+)]i activates inositol trisphosphate receptors (IP3R) and ryanodine receptors (RyR) to mobilize Ca(2+) from sarcoplasmic reticular stores. Myogenic vasoconstriction is sustained by increased Ca(2+) sensitivity, mediated by protein kinase C and Rho/Rho-kinase that favors a positive balance between myosin light-chain kinase and phosphatase. Increased RPP activates MD-TGF by transducing a signal of epithelial MD salt reabsorption to adjust afferent arteriolar vasoconstriction. A combination of vascular and tubular mechanisms, novel to the kidney, provides for high autoregulatory efficiency that maintains RBF and GFR, stabilizes sodium excretion, and buffers transmission of RPP to sensitive glomerular capillaries, thereby protecting against hypertensive barotrauma. A unique aspect of the myogenic response in the renal vasculature is modulation of its strength and speed by the MD-TGF and by a connecting tubule glomerular feedback (CT-GF) mechanism. Reactive oxygen species and nitric oxide are modulators of myogenic and MD-TGF mechanisms. Attenuated renal autoregulation contributes to renal damage in many, but not all, models of renal, diabetic, and hypertensive diseases. This review provides a summary of our current knowledge regarding underlying mechanisms enabling renal autoregulation in health and disease and methods used for its study.
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- Mattias Carlström
- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension and Hypertension, Kidney and Vascular Research Center, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia; Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; and Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, UNC Kidney Center, and McAllister Heart Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension and Hypertension, Kidney and Vascular Research Center, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia; Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; and Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, UNC Kidney Center, and McAllister Heart Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension and Hypertension, Kidney and Vascular Research Center, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia; Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; and Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, UNC Kidney Center, and McAllister Heart Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Jafarnejad M, Cromer WE, Kaunas RR, Zhang SL, Zawieja DC, Moore JE. Measurement of shear stress-mediated intracellular calcium dynamics in human dermal lymphatic endothelial cells. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2015; 308:H697-706. [PMID: 25617358 PMCID: PMC4385995 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00744.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2014] [Accepted: 01/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The shear stress applied to lymphatic endothelial cells (LEC) by lymph flow changes dramatically under normal conditions as well as in response to disease conditions and immune reactions. In general, LEC are known to regulate the contraction frequency and strength of lymphatic pumping in response to shear stress. Intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca(2+)]i) is an important factor that regulates lymphatic contraction characteristics. In this study, we measured changes in the [Ca(2+)]i under different shear stress levels and determined the source of this calcium signal. Briefly, human dermal LEC were cultured in custom-made microchannels for 3 days before loading with 2 µM fura-2 AM, a ratiometric calcium dye to measure [Ca(2+)]i. Step changes in shear stress resulted in a rapid increase in [Ca(2+)]i followed by a gradual return to the basal level and sometimes below the initial baseline (45.2 ± 2.2 nM). The [Ca(2+)]i reached a peak at 126.2 ± 5.6 nM for 10 dyn/cm(2) stimulus, whereas the peak was only 71.8 ± 5.4 nM for 1 dyn/cm(2) stimulus, indicating that the calcium signal depends on the magnitude of shear stress. Removal of the extracellular calcium from the buffer or pharmocological blockade of calcium release-activated calcium (CRAC) channels significantly reduced the peak [Ca(2+)]i, demonstrating a role of extracellular calcium entry. Inhibition of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) calcium pumps showed the importance of intracellular calcium stores in the initiation of this signal. In conclusion, we demonstrated that the shear-mediated calcium signal is dependent on the magnitude of the shear and involves ER store calcium release and extracellular calcium entry.
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- M Jafarnejad
- Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College, London, England
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- Department of Medical Physiology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Temple, Texas; and
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
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- Department of Medical Physiology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Temple, Texas; and
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- Department of Medical Physiology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Temple, Texas; and
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- Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College, London, England;
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Dormanns K, van Disseldorp EMJ, Brown RG, David T. Neurovascular coupling and the influence of luminal agonists via the endothelium. J Theor Biol 2014; 364:49-70. [PMID: 25167790 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2014.08.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2013] [Revised: 08/15/2014] [Accepted: 08/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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A numerical model of neurovascular coupling (NVC) is presented based on neuronal activity coupled to vasodilation/contraction models via the astrocytic mediated perivascular K(+) and the smooth muscle cell Ca(2+) pathway. Luminal agonists acting on P2Y receptors on the endothelial cell surface provide a flux of IP3 into the endothelial cytosol. This concentration of IP3 is transported via gap junctions between endothelial and smooth muscle cells providing a source of sacroplasmic derived Ca(2+) in the smooth muscle cell. The model is able to relate a neuronal input signal to the corresponding vessel reaction. Results indicate that blood flow mediated IP3 production via the agonist ATP has a substantial effect on the contraction/dilation dynamics of the SMC. The resulting variation in cytosolic Ca(2+) can enhance and inhibit the flow of blood to the cortical tissue. IP3 coupling between endothelial and smooth muscle cells seems to be important in the dynamics of the smooth muscle cell. The VOCC channels are, due to the hyperpolarisation from K(+) SMC efflux, almost entirely closed and do not seem to play a significant role during neuronal activity. The current model shows that astrocytic Ca(2+) is not necessary for neurovascular coupling to occur in contrast to a number of experiments outlining the importance of astrocytic Ca(2+) in NVC, however this Ca(2+) pathway is not the only one mediating NVC. Importantly agonists in flowing blood have a significant influence on the endothelial and smooth muscle cell dynamics.
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- K Dormanns
- Bluefern Supercomputing Unit, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- Bluefern Supercomputing Unit, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.
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Palacios J, Nwokocha CR, Cifuentes F. Arsenic exposure decreases rhythmic contractions of vascular tone through sodium transporters and K + channels. World J Pharmacol 2014; 3:18-23. [DOI: 10.5497/wjp.v3.i2.18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2014] [Revised: 06/24/2014] [Accepted: 07/15/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Arsenic-contaminated drinking water is a public health problem in countries such as Taiwan, Bangladesh, United States, Mexico, Argentina, and Chile. The chronic ingestion of arsenic-contaminated drinking water increases the risk for ischemic heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, and prevalence of hypertension. Although toxic arsenic effects are controversial, there is evidence that a high concentration of arsenic may induce hypertension through increase in vascular tone and resistance. Vascular tone is regulated by the rhythmic contractions of the blood vessels, generated by calcium oscillations in the cytosol of vascular smooth muscle cells. To regulate the cytosolic calcium oscillations, the membrane oscillator model involves the participation of Ca2+ channels, calcium-activated K+ channels, Na+/Ca2+ exchange, plasma membrane Ca2+-ATPase, and the Na+/K+-ATPase. However, little is known about the role of K+ uptake by sodium transporters [Na+/K+-ATPase or Na+-K+-2Cl- (NKCC1)] on the rhythmic contractions. Vascular rhythmic contractions, or vasomotion are a local mechanism to regulate vascular resistance and blood flow. Since vascular rhythmic contractions of blood vessels are involved in modulating the vascular resistance, the blood flow, and the systemic pressure, we suggest a model explaining the participation of the sodium pump and NKCC1 co-transporter in low dose arsenic exposure effects on vasomotion and vascular dysfunction.
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de Souza MDGC, Bouskela E. Arteriolar diameter and spontaneous vasomotion: importance of potassium channels and nitric oxide. Microvasc Res 2013; 90:121-7. [PMID: 23948594 DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2013.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2013] [Revised: 07/27/2013] [Accepted: 08/02/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Arterioles display cyclic variations in diameter, termed vasomotion initiated by smooth muscle cells (SMCs), but the endothelium should also be evaluated due to its modulatory role on vessel tone. Since nitric oxide (NO) and prostacyclin (PGI2) regulate SMC tone and activate K(+) currents, we have investigated their role on vasomotion, by observing effects of topical application of N(ω)-nitro-l-arginine (L-NA, NO synthesis inhibitor), glibenclamide (KATP channel inhibitor), sodium nitroprusside (SNP, NO donor), iloprost (PGI2 analogue) and methylene blue (MB, cGMP production inhibitor) on the cheek pouch preparation of anesthetized male hamsters. L-NA (10(-10)-10(-6)M) induced vasoconstriction, reduction and abolition of vasomotion. MB (10(-7) to 10(-5)M) reduced mean arteriolar diameter with no changes on vasomotion. In the presence of 10(-6)M of MB, addition of 10(-6)L-NA totally abolished vasomotion without further constriction. Glibenclamide (10(-6)M) in the presence of L-NA at equimolar concentration restored both vasomotion frequency and amplitude. This effect was not observed in the presence of TEA 5mM. SNP (10(-10)-10(-6)M) induced a dose-dependent increase of arteriolar diameter and decreased vasomotion. Iloprost (10(-12)-10(-6)M) induced a concentration dependent increase of arteriolar diameter, reduced vasomotion frequency, but in lower concentrations (10(-12)-10(-10)M) increased its amplitude and in higher concentrations (10(-9)-10(-6)M) decreased it. SNP and iloprost inhibited vasomotion at 10(-7)M; however, at this concentration SNP and iloprost induced an increment of 35% and 50% of the initial arteriolar diameter, respectively. In the presence of L-NA (10(-6)M), vasomotion was restored by SNP at 10(-10)M and iloprost 10(-12)M, which corresponded to 80% of the initial diameter value. Around the initial (control) arteriolar diameter value, vasomotion presented its highest frequencies and amplitudes. Cessation of vasomotion occurred with L-NA (10(-6)M) in the presence of SNP (10(-6)M) and iloprost (10(-7)M) when arteriolar diameter reached 150% and 120% of its initial value, respectively. In conclusion, the present study strongly suggests that vasomotion (1) is not solely related to vascular tone, (2) needs an interplay between vascular tone and membrane currents and (3) could be modulated by NO (but not cGMP) and KATP channels. In addition, our results point to the existence of dissociation between vasomotion frequency and amplitude.
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- Maria das Graças C de Souza
- Laboratório de Pesquisas Clínicas e Experimentais em Biologia Vascular, Centro Biomédico, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
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Palacios J, Vega JL, Paredes A, Cifuentes F. Effect of phenylephrine and endothelium on vasomotion in rat aorta involves potassium uptake. J Physiol Sci 2013; 63:103-11. [PMID: 23180009 PMCID: PMC10717223 DOI: 10.1007/s12576-012-0240-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2012] [Accepted: 10/29/2012] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Vasomotion is defined as the rhythmic contractions in blood vessels, consisting of two components: vasoconstriction and oscillations of the plasma membrane potential. To determine whether vasomotion is associated with changes in K(+) uptake, we measured the effect of phenylephrine (PE) and acetylcholine (ACh) on the K(+) uptake and vascular reactivity in rat aortic rings. We found that the incubation of aortic rings with 10(-7) M PE (210 ± 28 mg maximum amplitude), and 10(-6) M ACh (177 ± 6 mg maximum amplitude) produced the highest rhythmic contractions. Both 10(-7) M PE and 10(-6) M ACh significantly increased K(+) uptake in endothelium-intact aorta versus control (121 % PE, 117 % ACh). Removal of the endothelium blunted rhythmic contractions and decreased K(+) uptake in presence of vasoactive substances (88 % PE, 81 % ACh). The inhibition of nitric oxide synthase with 10(-4) M L-NNA significantly reduced the rhythmic contractions, and it was reversed in the presence of 10(-8) M sodium nitroprusside (SNP; a nitric oxide donor). Also, we found that 10(-4) M L-NNA significantly decreased the effect of 10(-7) M PE on K(+) uptake in aortic rings (104 % PE + L-NNA vs. control). The incubation of endothelium-denuded rings with 10(-8) M SNP significantly increased the K(+) uptake (116 % SNP vs. control), similar to those observed in the presence of 10(-6) M ACh. The inhibition of protein kinase G with KT-5823 blocked SNP-mediated increase in K(+) uptake. In conclusion, these data suggest that a certain range of K(+) uptake is necessary to induce the rhythmic contractions in response to vasoactive substances.
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- Javier Palacios
- Departamento de Química, Universidad Católica del Norte, Av Angamos, 0610 Antofagasta, Chile.
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Nagaraja S, Kapela A, Tsoukias NM. Intercellular communication in the vascular wall: a modeling perspective. Microcirculation 2012; 19:391-402. [PMID: 22340204 DOI: 10.1111/j.1549-8719.2012.00171.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Movement of ions (Ca(2+) , K(+) , Na(+) , and Cl(-) ) and second messenger molecules like inositol 1, 4, 5-trisphosphate inside and in between different cells is the basis of many signaling mechanisms in the microcirculation. In spite of the vast experimental efforts directed toward evaluation of these fluxes, it has been a challenge to establish their roles in many essential microcirculatory phenomena. Recently, detailed theoretical models of calcium dynamics and plasma membrane electrophysiology have emerged to assist in the quantification of these intra and intercellular fluxes and enhance understanding of their physiological importance. This perspective reviews selected models relevant to estimation of such intra and intercellular ionic and second messenger fluxes and prediction of their relative significance to a variety of vascular phenomena, such as myoendothelial feedback, conducted responses, and vasomotion.
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- Sridevi Nagaraja
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33174, USA
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Intercellular adhesion molecule-1 blockade attenuates inflammatory response and improves microvascular perfusion in rat pancreas grafts. Pancreas 2012; 41:1112-8. [PMID: 22617707 DOI: 10.1097/mpa.0b013e31824abb2c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVES After pancreas transplantation (PTx), early capillary malperfusion and leukocyte recruitment indicate the manifestation of severe ischemia/reperfusion injury (IRI). Oscillatory blood-flow redistribution (intermittent capillary perfusion, IP), leading to an overall decrease in erythrocyte flux, precedes complete microvascular perfusion failure with persistent blood flow cessation. We addressed the role of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) for leukocyte-endothelial interactions (LEIs) after PTx and evaluated the contribution of IP and malperfusion. METHODS Pancreas transplantation was performed in rats after 18-hour preservation, receiving either isotype-matched IgG or monoclonal anti-ICAM-1 antibodies (10 mg/kg intravenously) once before reperfusion. Leukocyte-endothelial interaction, IP, erythrocyte flux, and functional capillary density, respectively, were examined in vivo during 2-hour reperfusion. Nontransplanted animals served as controls. Tissue samples were analyzed by histomorphometry. RESULTS In grafts of IgG-treated animals, IP was encountered already at an early stage after reperfusion and steadily increased over 2 hours, whereas erythrocyte flux declined continuously. In contrast, inhibition of ICAM-1 significantly improved erythrocyte flux and delayed IP appearance by 2 hours. Further, anti-ICAM-1 significantly reduced LEI and leukocyte tissue infiltration when compared to IgG; edema development was less pronounced in response to anti-ICAM-1 monoclonal antibody. CONCLUSION Intercellular adhesion molecule-1 blockade significantly attenuates IRI via immediate reduction of LEI and concomitant improvement of capillary perfusion patterns, emphasizing its central role during IRI in PTx.
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Witthoft A, Em Karniadakis G. A bidirectional model for communication in the neurovascular unit. J Theor Biol 2012; 311:80-93. [PMID: 22828568 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.07.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2012] [Revised: 07/09/2012] [Accepted: 07/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The neurovascular unit is a coordinated and interactional system of neurons, astrocytes, and microvessels in the brain. A central autoregulation mechanism observed in this unit is functional hyperemia, in which the microvasculature dilates in response to local neural activity in order to meet the increased demand for blood flow and oxygen. We have developed the first interactional model of bidirectional signaling in the neurovascular unit. The vascular model includes a description of vasomotion, the vascular oscillatory response to transmural pressure, observed in vivo. The communication mechanisms in the model include neural synaptic glutamate and potassium signaling to the astrocytes, potassium signaling from the astrocyte to the microvasculature, and astrocytic mechanosensation of vascular changes. The model response of the astrocyte to arteriolar dilation is validated with recent in vivo and in vitro experimental results. The model reproduces for the first time the in vitro observed phenomenon in which arteriole radius and Ca(2+) oscillations, "vasomotion," are damped due to neural induced astrocytic signaling.
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Kapela A, Parikh J, Tsoukias NM. Multiple factors influence calcium synchronization in arterial vasomotion. Biophys J 2012; 102:211-20. [PMID: 22339857 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.12.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2011] [Revised: 10/26/2011] [Accepted: 12/05/2011] [Indexed: 10/14/2022] Open
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The intercellular synchronization of spontaneous calcium (Ca(2+)) oscillations in individual smooth muscle cells is a prerequisite for vasomotion. A detailed mathematical model of Ca(2+) dynamics in rat mesenteric arteries shows that a number of synchronizing and desynchronizing pathways may be involved. In particular, Ca(2+)-dependent phospholipase C, the intercellular diffusion of inositol trisphosphate (IP(3), and to a lesser extent Ca(2+)), IP(3) receptors, diacylglycerol-activated nonselective cation channels, and Ca(2+)-activated chloride channels can contribute to synchronization, whereas large-conductance Ca(2+)-activated potassium channels have a desynchronizing effect. Depending on the contractile state and agonist concentrations, different pathways become predominant, and can be revealed by carefully inhibiting the oscillatory component of their total activity. The phase shift between the Ca(2+) and membrane potential oscillations can change, and thus electrical coupling through gap junctions can mediate either synchronization or desynchronization. The effect of the endothelium is highly variable because it can simultaneously enhance the intercellular coupling and affect multiple smooth muscle cell components. Here, we outline a system of increased complexity and propose potential synchronization mechanisms that need to be experimentally tested.
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- Adam Kapela
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA
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Kapela A, Nagaraja S, Parikh J, Tsoukias NM. Modeling Ca2+ signaling in the microcirculation: intercellular communication and vasoreactivity. Crit Rev Biomed Eng 2012; 39:435-60. [PMID: 22196162 DOI: 10.1615/critrevbiomedeng.v39.i5.50] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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A network of intracellular signaling pathways and complex intercellular interactions regulate calcium mobilization in vascular cells, arteriolar tone, and blood flow. Different endothelium-derived vasoreactive factors have been identified and the importance of myoendothelial communication in vasoreactivity is now well appreciated. The ability of many vascular networks to conduct signals upstream also is established. This phenomenon is critical for both short-term changes in blood perfusion as well as long-term adaptations of a vascular network. In addition, in a phenomenon termed vasomotion, arterioles often exhibit spontaneous oscillations in diameter. This is thought to improve tissue oxygenation and enhance blood flow. Experimentation has begun to reveal important aspects of the regulatory machinery and the significance of these phenomena for the regulation of local perfusion and oxygenation. Mathematical modeling can assist in elucidating the complex signaling mechanisms that participate in these phenomena. This review highlights some of the important experimental studies and relevant mathematical models that provide the current understanding of these mechanisms in vasoreactivity.
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- Adam Kapela
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
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Shaikh MA, Wall DJN, David T. Macro-scale phenomena of arterial coupled cells: a massively parallel simulation. J R Soc Interface 2011; 9:972-87. [PMID: 21920960 DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2011.0453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Impaired mass transfer characteristics of blood-borne vasoactive species such as adenosine triphosphate in regions such as an arterial bifurcation have been hypothesized as a prospective mechanism in the aetiology of atherosclerotic lesions. Arterial endothelial cells (ECs) and smooth muscle cells (SMCs) respond differentially to altered local haemodynamics and produce coordinated macro-scale responses via intercellular communication. Using a computationally designed arterial segment comprising large populations of mathematically modelled coupled ECs and SMCs, we investigate their response to spatial gradients of blood-borne agonist concentrations and the effect of micro-scale-driven perturbation on the macro-scale. Altering homocellular (between same cell type) and heterocellular (between different cell types) intercellular coupling, we simulated four cases of normal and pathological arterial segments experiencing an identical gradient in the concentration of the agonist. Results show that the heterocellular calcium (Ca(2+)) coupling between ECs and SMCs is important in eliciting a rapid response when the vessel segment is stimulated by the agonist gradient. In the absence of heterocellular coupling, homocellular Ca(2+) coupling between SMCs is necessary for propagation of Ca(2+) waves from downstream to upstream cells axially. Desynchronized intracellular Ca(2+) oscillations in coupled SMCs are mandatory for this propagation. Upon decoupling the heterocellular membrane potential, the arterial segment looses the inhibitory effect of ECs on the Ca(2+) dynamics of the underlying SMCs. The full system comprises hundreds of thousands of coupled nonlinear ordinary differential equations simulated on the massively parallel Blue Gene architecture. The use of massively parallel computational architectures shows the capability of this approach to address macro-scale phenomena driven by elementary micro-scale components of the system.
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- Mohsin Ahmed Shaikh
- Center for Bioengineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.
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Tsoukias NM. Calcium dynamics and signaling in vascular regulation: computational models. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-SYSTEMS BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 2011; 3:93-106. [PMID: 21061306 DOI: 10.1002/wsbm.97] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Calcium is a universal signaling molecule with a central role in a number of vascular functions including in the regulation of tone and blood flow. Experimentation has provided insights into signaling pathways that lead to or affected by Ca(2+) mobilization in the vasculature. Mathematical modeling offers a systematic approach to the analysis of these mechanisms and can serve as a tool for data interpretation and for guiding new experimental studies. Comprehensive models of calcium dynamics are well advanced for some systems such as the heart. This review summarizes the progress that has been made in modeling Ca(2+) dynamics and signaling in vascular cells. Model simulations show how Ca(2+) signaling emerges as a result of complex, nonlinear interactions that cannot be properly analyzed using only a reductionist's approach. A strategy of integrative modeling in the vasculature is outlined that will allow linking macroscale pathophysiological responses to the underlying cellular mechanisms.
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Pradhan RK, Chakravarthy VS. Informational dynamics of vasomotion in microvascular networks: a review. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2011; 201:193-218. [PMID: 20887358 DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2010.02198.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Vasomotion refers to spontaneous oscillation of small vessels observed in many microvascular beds. It is an intrinsic phenomenon unrelated to cardiac rhythm or neural and hormonal regulation. Vasomotion is found to be particularly prominent under conditions of metabolic stress. In spite of a significant existent literature on vasomotion, its physiological and pathophysiological roles are not clear. It is thought that modulation of vasomotion by vasoactive substances released by metabolizing tissue plays a role in ensuring optimal delivery of nutrients to the tissue. Vasomotion rhythms exhibit a great variety of temporal patterns from regular oscillations to chaos. The nature of vasomotion rhythm is believed to be significant to its function, with chaotic vasomotion offering several physiological advantages over regular, periodic vasomotion. In this article, we emphasize that vasomotion is best understood as a network phenomenon. When there is a local metabolic demand in tissue, an ideal vascular response should extend beyond local microvasculature, with coordinated changes over multiple vascular segments. Mechanisms of information transfer over a vessel network have been discussed in the literature. The microvascular system may be regarded as a network of dynamic elements, interacting, either over the vascular anatomical network via gap junctions, or physiologically by exchange of vasoactive substances. Drawing analogies with spatiotemporal patterns in neuronal networks of central nervous system, we ask if properties like synchronization/desynchronization of vasomotors have special significance to microcirculation. Thus the contemporary literature throws up a novel view of microcirculation as a network that exhibits complex, spatiotemporal and informational dynamics.
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- R K Pradhan
- Biotechnology and Bioengineering Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226-6509, USA.
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Mechanisms of propagation of intercellular calcium waves in arterial smooth muscle cells. Biophys J 2010; 99:333-43. [PMID: 20643050 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.04.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2010] [Revised: 03/29/2010] [Accepted: 04/12/2010] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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In rat mesenteric arteries, smooth muscle cells exhibit intercellular calcium waves in response to local phenylephrine stimulation. These waves have a velocity of approximately 20 cells/s and a range of approximately 80 cells. We analyze these waves in a theoretical model of a population of coupled smooth muscle cells, based on the hypothesis that the wave results from cell membrane depolarization propagation. We study the underlying mechanisms and highlight the importance of voltage-operated channels, calcium-induced calcium release, and chloride channels. Our model is in agreement with experimental observations, and we demonstrate that calcium waves presenting a velocity of approximately 20 cells/s can be mediated by electrical coupling. The wave velocity is limited by the time needed for calcium influx through voltage-operated calcium channels and the subsequent calcium-induced calcium release, and not by the speed of the depolarization spreading. The waves are partially regenerated, but have a spatial limit in propagation. Moreover, the model predicts that a refractory period of calcium signaling may significantly affect the wave appearance.
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Kapela A, Bezerianos A, Tsoukias NM. A mathematical model of vasoreactivity in rat mesenteric arterioles: I. Myoendothelial communication. Microcirculation 2010; 16:694-713. [PMID: 19905969 DOI: 10.3109/10739680903177539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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To study the effect of myoendothelial communication on vascular reactivity, we integrated detailed mathematical models of Ca(2+) dynamics and membrane electrophysiology in arteriolar smooth muscle (SMC) and endothelial (EC) cells. Cells are coupled through the exchange of Ca(2+), Cl(-), K(+), and Na(+) ions, inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate (IP(3)), and the paracrine diffusion of nitric oxide (NO). EC stimulation reduces intracellular Ca(2+) ([Ca(2+)](i)) in the SMC by transmitting a hyperpolarizing current carried primarily by K(+). The NO-independent endothelium-derived hyperpolarization was abolished in a synergistic-like manner by inhibition of EC SK(Ca) and IK(Ca) channels. During NE stimulation, IP(3) diffusing from the SMC induces EC Ca(2+) release, which, in turn, moderates SMC depolarization and [Ca(2+)](i) elevation. On the contrary, SMC [Ca(2+)](i) was not affected by EC-derived IP(3). Myoendothelial Ca(2+) fluxes had no effect in either cell. The EC exerts a stabilizing effect on calcium-induced calcium release-dependent SMC Ca(2+) oscillations by increasing the norepinephrine concentration window for oscillations. We conclude that a model based on independent data for subcellular components can capture major features of the integrated vessel behavior. This study provides a tissue-specific approach for analyzing complex signaling mechanisms in the vasculature.
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- Adam Kapela
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA
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Kapela A, Nagaraja S, Tsoukias NM. A mathematical model of vasoreactivity in rat mesenteric arterioles. II. Conducted vasoreactivity. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2009; 298:H52-65. [PMID: 19855062 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00546.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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This study presents a multicellular computational model of a rat mesenteric arteriole to investigate the signal transduction mechanisms involved in the generation of conducted vasoreactivity. The model comprises detailed descriptions of endothelial (ECs) and smooth muscle (SM) cells (SMCs), coupled by nonselective gap junctions. With strong myoendothelial coupling, local agonist stimulation of the EC or SM layer causes local changes in membrane potential (V(m)) that are conducted electrotonically, primarily through the endothelium. When myoendothelial coupling is weak, signals initiated in the SM conduct poorly, but the sensitivity of the SMCs to current injection and agonist stimulation increases. Thus physiological transmembrane currents can induce different levels of local V(m) change, depending on cell's gap junction connectivity. The physiological relevance of current and voltage clamp stimulations in intact vessels is discussed. Focal agonist stimulation of the endothelium reduces cytosolic calcium (intracellular Ca(2+) concentration) in the prestimulated SM layer. This SMC Ca(2+) reduction is attributed to a spread of EC hyperpolarization via gap junctions. Inositol (1,4,5)-trisphosphate, but not Ca(2+), diffusion through homocellular gap junctions can increase intracellular Ca(2+) concentration in neighboring ECs. The small endothelial Ca(2+) spread can amplify the total current generated at the local site by the ECs and through the nitric oxide pathway, by the SMCs, and thus reduces the number of stimulated cells required to induce distant responses. The distance of the electrotonic and Ca(2+) spread depends on the magnitude of SM prestimulation and the number of SM layers. Model results are consistent with experimental data for vasoreactivity in rat mesenteric resistance arteries.
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- Adam Kapela
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33174, USA
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Jacobsen JCB, Aalkjaer C, Matchkov VV, Nilsson H, Freiberg JJ, Holstein-Rathlou NH. Heterogeneity and weak coupling may explain the synchronization characteristics of cells in the arterial wall. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. SERIES A, MATHEMATICAL, PHYSICAL, AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES 2008; 366:3483-3502. [PMID: 18632459 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2008.0105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) exhibit different types of calcium dynamics. Static vascular tone is associated with unsynchronized calcium waves and the developed force depends on the number of recruited cells. Global calcium transients synchronized among a large number of cells cause rhythmic development of force known as vasomotion. We present experimental data showing a considerable heterogeneity in cellular calcium dynamics in the vascular wall. In stimulated vessels, some SMCs remain quiescent, whereas others display waves of variable frequency. At the onset of vasomotion, all SMCs are enrolled into synchronized oscillation. Simulations of coupled SMCs show that the experimentally observed cellular recruitment, the presence of quiescent cells and the variation in oscillation frequency may arise if the cell population is phenotypically heterogeneous. In this case, quiescent cells can be entrained at the onset of vasomotion by the collective driving force from the synchronized oscillations in the membrane potential of the surrounding cells. Partial synchronization arises with an increase in the concentration of cyclic guanosine monophosphate, but in a heterogeneous cell population complete synchronization also requires a high-conductance pathway that provides strong coupling between the cells.
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- Jens Christian Brings Jacobsen
- The Danish National Research Foundation Centre for Cardiac Arrhythmias, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark.
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Alpha adrenoceptor agonist-induced microcirculatory oscillations are reduced in diabetic neuropathy. Microvasc Res 2008; 76:124-31. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2008.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2007] [Revised: 04/30/2008] [Accepted: 04/30/2008] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Calcium dynamics and vasomotion in arteries subject to isometric, isobaric, and isotonic conditions. Biophys J 2008; 95:2728-38. [PMID: 18586845 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.108.131136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In vitro, different techniques are used to study the smooth muscle cells' calcium dynamics and contraction/relaxation mechanisms on arteries. Most experimental studies use either an isometric or an isobaric setup. However, in vivo, a blood vessel is neither isobaric nor isometric nor isotonic, as it is continuously submitted to intraluminal pressure variations arising from heart beat. We use a theoretical model of the smooth muscle calcium and arterial radius dynamics to determine whether results may be considerably different depending on the experimental conditions (isometric, isobaric, isotonic, or cyclic pressure variations). We show that isobaric conditions appear to be more realistic than isometric or isotonic situations, as the calcium dynamics is similar under cyclic intraluminal pressure variations (in vivo-like situation) and under a constant pressure (isobaric situation). The arterial contraction is less pronounced in isotonic than in isobaric conditions, and the vasoconstrictor sensitivity higher in isometric than isobaric or isotonic conditions, in agreement with experimental observations. Interestingly, the model predicts that isometric conditions may generate artifacts like the coexistence of multiple stable states. We have verified this model prediction experimentally using rat mesenteric arteries mounted on a wire myograph and stimulated with phenylephrine.
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VanBavel E, van der Meulen ET, Spaan JAE. Vasomotion dynamics following calcium spiking depend on both cell signalling and limited constriction velocity in rat mesenteric small arteries. J Cell Mol Med 2008; 12:899-913. [PMID: 18494932 PMCID: PMC4401133 DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2008.00142.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Vascular smooth muscle cell contraction depends on intracellular calcium. However, calcium-contraction coupling involves a complex array of intracellular processes. Quantitating the dynamical relation between calcium perturbations and resulting changes in tone may help identifying these processes. We hypothesized that in small arteries accurate quantitation can be achieved during rhythmic vasomotion, and questioned whether these dynamics depend on intracellular signalling or physical vasoconstriction. We studied calcium-constriction dynamics in cannulated and pressurized rat mesenteric small arteries (∼300 μm in diameter). Combined application of tetra-ethyl ammonium (TEA) and BayK8644 induced rhythmicity, consisting of regular and irregular calcium spiking and superposition of spikes. Calcium spikes induced delayed vasomotion cycles. Their dynamic relation could be fitted by a linear second-order model. The dirac impulse response of this model had an amplitude that was strongly reduced with increasing perfusion pressure between 17 and 98 mmHg, while time to peak and relaxation time were the largest at an intermediate pressure (57 mmHg: respectively 0.9 and 2.3 sec). To address to what extent these dynamics reside in intracellular signalling or vasoconstriction, we applied rhythmic increases in pressure counteracting the vasoconstriction. This revealed that calcium-activation coupling became faster when vasoconstriction was counteracted. During such compensation, a calcium impulse response remained that lasted 0.5 sec to peak activation, followed by a 1.0 sec relaxation time, attributable to signalling dynamics. In conclusion, this study demonstrates the feasibility of quantitating calcium-activation dynamics in vasomoting small arteries. These dynamics relate to both intracellular sig-nalling and actual vasoconstriction. Performing such analyses during pharmacological intervention and in genetic models provides a tool for unravelling calcium-contraction coupling in small arteries.
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- Ed VanBavel
- Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Department of Medical Physics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Rahman A, Hughes A, Matchkov V, Nilsson H, Aalkjaer C. Antiphase oscillations of endothelium and smooth muscle [Ca2+]i in vasomotion of rat mesenteric small arteries. Cell Calcium 2007; 42:536-47. [PMID: 17524481 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2007.01.007] [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: 10/04/2006] [Revised: 12/23/2006] [Accepted: 01/22/2007] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The mechanisms leading to vasomotion in the presence of noradrenaline and inhibitors of the sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase were investigated in isolated rat mesenteric small arteries. Isobaric diameter and isometric force were measured together with membrane potential in endothelial cells and smooth muscle cells (SMC). Calcium in the endothelial cells and SMC was imaged with confocal microscopy. In the presence of noradrenaline and cyclopiazonic acid, ryanodine-insensitive oscillations in tone were produced. The frequency was about 1 min(-1) and amplitude about 70% of the maximal tone. The amplitude was reduced by indomethacin and increased with L-NAME. Vasomotion was inhibited by nifedipine and by 40 mM potassium. The frequency was increased and amplitude decreased by removal of the endothelium and by application of charybdotoxin and apamin. The vasomotion was associated with in-phase oscillations of membrane potential in endothelial cells and SMC and oscillations of [Ca2+]i that were in near anti-phase. We suggest a working model for the generation of oscillation based on a membrane oscillator where ion channels in both endothelial cells and SMC interact via a current running between the two cell types through myoendothelial gap junctions, which sets up a near anti-phase oscillation of [Ca2+]i in the two cell types.
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- Awahan Rahman
- The Water and Salt Center, Institute of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Aarhus, Denmark
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Silva HS, Kapela A, Tsoukias NM. A mathematical model of plasma membrane electrophysiology and calcium dynamics in vascular endothelial cells. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2007; 293:C277-93. [PMID: 17459942 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00542.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Vascular endothelial cells (ECs) modulate smooth muscle cell (SMC) contractility, assisting in vascular tone regulation. Cytosolic Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) and membrane potential ( Vm) play important roles in this process by controlling EC-dependent vasoactive signals and intercellular communication. The present mathematical model integrates plasmalemma electrophysiology and Ca2+ dynamics to investigate EC responses to different stimuli and the controversial relationship between [Ca2+]i and Vm. The model contains descriptions for the intracellular balance of major ionic species and the release of Ca2+ from intracellular stores. It also expands previous formulations by including more detailed transmembrane current descriptions. The model reproduces Vm responses to volume-regulated anion channel (VRAC) blockers and extracellular K+ concentration ([K+]o) challenges, predicting 1) that Vm changes upon VRAC blockade are [K+]o dependent and 2) a biphasic response of Vm to increasing [K+]o. Simulations of agonist-induced Ca2+ mobilization replicate experiments under control and Vm hyperpolarization blockade conditions. They show that peak [Ca2+]i is governed by store Ca2+ release while Ca2+ influx (and consequently Vm) impacts more the resting and plateau [Ca2+]i. The Vm sensitivity of rest and plateau [Ca2+]i is dictated by a [Ca2+]i “buffering” system capable of masking the Vm-dependent transmembrane Ca2+ influx. The model predicts plasma membrane Ca2+-ATPase and Ca2+ permeability as main players in this process. The heterogeneous Vm impact on [Ca2+]i may elucidate conflicting reports on how Vm influences EC Ca2+. The present study forms the basis for the development of multicellular EC-SMC models that can assist in understanding vascular autoregulation in health and disease.
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- Haroldo S Silva
- Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Florida International University, 10555 W. Flagler St., TEC 2674, Miami, FL 33174, USA
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Bény JL, Koenigsberger M, Sauser R. Role of myoendothelial communication on arterial vasomotion. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2006; 291:H2036-8. [PMID: 16877557 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00709.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
MESH Headings
- Animals
- Arteries/cytology
- Arteries/physiology
- Arteries/ultrastructure
- Biological Factors/physiology
- Calcium Signaling
- Cell Communication/physiology
- Cerebral Cortex/blood supply
- Cerebral Cortex/ultrastructure
- Connexins/metabolism
- Connexins/ultrastructure
- Endothelium, Vascular/cytology
- Endothelium, Vascular/metabolism
- Endothelium, Vascular/ultrastructure
- Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Gap Junctions/ultrastructure
- Male
- Membrane Potentials/drug effects
- Membrane Potentials/physiology
- Models, Cardiovascular
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/cytology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/ultrastructure
- NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester/pharmacology
- Nitric Oxide Synthase/antagonists & inhibitors
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
- Vasomotor System/physiology
- Vasomotor System/ultrastructure
- Gap Junction alpha-5 Protein
- Gap Junction alpha-4 Protein
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Haddock RE, Grayson TH, Brackenbury TD, Meaney KR, Neylon CB, Sandow SL, Hill CE. Endothelial coordination of cerebral vasomotion via myoendothelial gap junctions containing connexins 37 and 40. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2006; 291:H2047-56. [PMID: 16815985 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00484.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Control of cerebral vasculature differs from that of systemic vessels outside the blood-brain barrier. The hypothesis that the endothelium modulates vasomotion via direct myoendothelial coupling was investigated in a small vessel of the cerebral circulation. In the primary branch of the rat basilar artery, membrane potential, diameter, and calcium dynamics associated with vasomotion were examined using selective inhibitors of endothelial function in intact and endothelium-denuded arteries. Vessel anatomy, protein, and mRNA expression were studied using conventional electron microscopy high-resolution ultrastructural and confocal immunohistochemistry and quantitative PCR. Membrane potential oscillations were present in both endothelial cells and smooth muscle cells (SMCs), and these preceded rhythmical contractions during which adjacent SMC intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) waves were synchronized. Endothelium removal abolished vasomotion and desynchronized adjacent smooth muscle cell [Ca(2+)](i) waves. N(G)-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester (10 microM) did not mimic this effect, and dibutyryl cGMP (300 muM) failed to resynchronize [Ca(2+)](i) waves in endothelium-denuded arteries. Combined charybdotoxin and apamin abolished vasomotion and depolarized and constricted vessels, even in absence of endothelium. Separately, (37,43)Gap27 and (40)Gap27 abolished vasomotion. Extensive myoendothelial gap junctions (3 per endothelial cell) composed of connexins 37 and 40 connected the endothelial cell and SMC layers. Synchronized vasomotion in rat basilar artery is endothelium dependent, with [Ca(2+)](i) waves generated within SMCs being coordinated by electrical coupling via myoendothelial gap junctions.
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- Rebecca E Haddock
- Div. of Neuroscience, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National Univ., Canberra, 2601 ACT Australia
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Smooth muscle and endothelial cells in the arterial wall are exposed to mechanical stress. Indeed blood flow induces intraluminal pressure variations and shear stress. An increase in pressure may induce a vessel contraction, a phenomenon known as the myogenic response. Many muscular vessels present vasomotion, i.e., rhythmic diameter oscillations caused by synchronous cytosolic calcium oscillations of the smooth muscle cells. Vasomotion has been shown to be modulated by pressure changes. To get a better understanding of the effect of stress and in particular pressure on vasomotion, we propose a model of a blood vessel describing the calcium dynamics in a coupled population of smooth muscle cells and endothelial cells and the consequent vessel diameter variations. We show that a rise in pressure increases the calcium concentration. This may either induce or abolish vasomotion, or increase its frequency depending on the initial conditions. In our model the myogenic response is less pronounced for large arteries than for small arteries and occurs at higher values of pressure if the wall thickness is increased. Our results are in agreement with experimental observations concerning a broad range of vessels.
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- Michèle Koenigsberger
- Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Laboratory of Cell Biophysics, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Preissler G, Massberg S, Waldner H, Messmer K. Intermittent capillary perfusion in rat pancreas grafts following short- and long-term preservation in University of Wisconsin solution. Transpl Int 2006; 19:325-32. [PMID: 16573549 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2006.00286.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [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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In pancreas transplantation (PTx), ischemia/reperfusion-induced deterioration of graft-microcirculation is accompanied by alterations of intermittent capillary perfusion (IP; alternating cessation and resumption of capillary blood flow) is known to counteract malperfusion. Incidence and effectiveness of IP following short- versus long-term preservation of pancreas grafts with University of Wisconsin (UW) solution has not been examined so far. PTx was performed in Lewis rats following 2-h or 18-h preservation in UW solution. Using intravital fluorescence microscopy, functional capillary density (FCD), red blood cell (RBC) velocity, IP-incidence and -frequency were analyzed. Laser Doppler flowmetry allowed for the determination of erythrocyte flux and velocity. Measurements were performed at 30, 60 and 120 min after reperfusion. Nontransplanted animals served as controls. FCD, RBC-velocity and -flux remained unchanged in the 2-h group. IP was encountered in 87% of all observation areas at 120 min. After 18-h ischemia, FCD was significantly reduced, which was paralleled by a 50% incidence of IP at 120 min. Tissue edema and leukocyte infiltration in pancreas grafts following 18-h preservation were significantly enhanced. Therefore, IP is an important mechanism aimed at improving microcirculation and UW solution is suitable to preserve vasomotion-activities enabling long-term preservation in a pancreas graft.
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- Gerhard Preissler
- Department of Surgery, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany
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Haddock RE, Hill CE. Rhythmicity in arterial smooth muscle. J Physiol 2005; 566:645-56. [PMID: 15905215 PMCID: PMC1464779 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2005.086405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2005] [Accepted: 05/13/2005] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Many arteries and arterioles exhibit rhythmical contractions which are synchronous over considerable distances. This vasomotion is likely to assist in tissue perfusion especially during periods of altered metabolism or perfusion pressure. While the mechanism underlying vascular rhythmicity has been investigated for many years, it has only been recently, with the advent of imaging techniques for visualizing intracellular calcium release, that significant advances have been made. These methods, when combined with mechanical and electrophysiological recordings, have demonstrated that the rhythm depends critically on calcium released from intracellular stores within the smooth muscle cells and on cell coupling via gap junctions to synchronize oscillations in calcium release amongst adjacent cells. While these factors are common to all vessels studied to date, the contribution of voltage-dependent channels and the endothelium varies amongst different vessels. The basic mechanism for rhythmical activity in arteries thus differs from its counterpart in non-vascular smooth muscle, where specific networks of pacemaker cells generate electrical potentials which drive activity within the otherwise quiescent muscle cells.
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- Rebecca E Haddock
- Division of Neuroscience, John Curtin School of Medical Research, GPO Box 334, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia.
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