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Rodríguez JE, Ruiz-Hernández A, Hernández-DíazCouder A, Huang F, Hong E, Villafaña S. Chronic diabetes and hypertension impair the in vivo functional response to phenylephrine independent of α 1-adrenoceptor expression. Eur J Pharmacol 2020; 883:173283. [PMID: 32619676 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2020.173283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2020] [Revised: 06/09/2020] [Accepted: 06/15/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Diabetes and hypertension can coexist and exacerbate each other. In the early stages of diabetes, there is a decreased vascular response of the sympathetic nervous system (SNS), probably due to lower expression of α1-adrenoceptors; however, it is unclear how diabetes in advanced stages changes the functionality of the SNS, especially the expression of α1-adrenoceptors. Thus, the aim of this work was to analyse the functional response to phenylephrine, a selective α1-adrenoceptor agonist, and the expression of α1-adrenoceptors in chronic diabetes and hypertension. Male SHR and WKY rats aged 10-12 weeks were administered either streptozotocin (60 mg/kg i.p.) or a vehicle (control group). Eight weeks after administration, dose-response curves to phenylephrine were generated and the gene and protein expression of α1-adrenoceptor subtypes (α1A-, α1B- and α1D-adrenoceptors) in the heart and aorta were measured. The response to phenylephrine was diminished in hypertensive rats and in normotensive diabetic rats. The coexistence of both diabetes and hypertension produced an even smaller response to phenylephrine than that observed for each condition separately. In the heart and aorta of diabetic rats, no changes in α1A-, α1B- or α1D-adrenoceptor mRNA expression were observed; however, protein expression was increased, mainly for the α1D-adrenoceptor. Hypertension increased mRNA and protein expression of α1-adrenoceptors in a tissue-dependent manner. The coexistence of both diabetes and hypertension produced differences in the regulation of mRNA and protein expression (increase or decrease) in both the heart and aorta. In conclusion, diabetes, hypertension and the coexistence of both pathologies impairs the in vivo response to phenylephrine. However, the differences in α1A-, α1B- and α1D-adrenoceptor expression cannot explain the reduced response to the agonist. This should be further explored in future experiments.
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- Jessica E Rodríguez
- Laboratorio de Farmacognosia, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Morelos, México; Bioquímica Clínica, Carrera de Químico Farmacéutico Biólogo, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
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- Departamento de Farmacología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Mexicali, Baja California, México
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- Departamento de Farmacología y Toxicología, Hospital Infantil de México "Federico Gómez", Ciudad de México, México
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- Departamento de Farmacología, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados, Ciudad de México, México
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- Laboratorio de Señalización Intracelular, Sección de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigación, Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Ciudad de México, México.
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Sorop O, van den Heuvel M, van Ditzhuijzen NS, de Beer VJ, Heinonen I, van Duin RWB, Zhou Z, Koopmans SJ, Merkus D, van der Giessen WJ, Danser AHJ, Duncker DJ. Coronary microvascular dysfunction after long-term diabetes and hypercholesterolemia. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2016; 311:H1339-H1351. [PMID: 27591223 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00458.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2015] [Accepted: 09/01/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD) has been proposed as an important component of diabetes mellitus (DM)- and hypercholesterolemia-associated coronary artery disease (CAD). Previously we observed that 2.5 mo of DM and high-fat diet (HFD) in swine blunted bradykinin (BK)-induced vasodilation and attenuated endothelin (ET)-1-mediated vasoconstriction. Here we studied the progression of CMD after 15 mo in the same animal model of CAD. Ten male swine were fed a HFD in the absence (HFD, n = 5) or presence of streptozotocin-induced DM (DM + HFD, n = 5). Responses of small (∼300-μm-diameter) coronary arteries to BK, ET-1, and the nitric oxide (NO) donor S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine were examined in vitro and compared with those of healthy (Normal) swine (n = 12). Blood glucose was elevated in DM + HFD (17.6 ± 4.5 mmol/l) compared with HFD (5.1 ± 0.4 mmol/l) and Normal (5.8 ± 0.6 mmol/l) swine, while cholesterol was markedly elevated in DM + HFD (16.8 ± 1.7 mmol/l) and HFD (18.1 ± 2.6 mmol/l) compared with Normal (2.1 ± 0.2 mmol/l) swine (all P < 0.05). Small coronary arteries showed early atherosclerotic plaques in HFD and DM + HFD swine. Surprisingly, DM + HFD and HFD swine maintained BK responsiveness compared with Normal swine due to an increase in NO availability relative to endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factors. However, ET-1 responsiveness was greater in HFD and DM + HFD than Normal swine (both P < 0.05), resulting mainly from ETB receptor-mediated vasoconstriction. Moreover, the calculated vascular stiffness coefficient was higher in DM + HFD and HFD than Normal swine (both P < 0.05). In conclusion, 15 mo of DM + HFD, as well as HFD alone, resulted in CMD. Although the overall vasodilation to BK was unperturbed, the relative contributions of NO and endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor pathways were altered. Moreover, the vasoconstrictor response to ET-1 was enhanced, involving the ETB receptors. In conjunction with our previous study, these findings highlight the time dependence of the phenotype of CMD.
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- Oana Sorop
- Division of Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Cardiovascular Research School COEUR, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.,Netherlands Heart Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands; and
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- Division of Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Cardiovascular Research School COEUR, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Research School COEUR, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Cardiovascular Research School COEUR, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Cardiovascular Research School COEUR, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Cardiovascular Research School COEUR, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Cardiovascular Research School COEUR, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Cardiovascular Research School COEUR, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Livestock Research, Wageningen University and Research Center, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Division of Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Cardiovascular Research School COEUR, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Cardiovascular Research School COEUR, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.,Netherlands Heart Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands; and
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Research School COEUR, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Cardiovascular Research School COEUR, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands;
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Lee JY, Lee FY, Huo TI, Wang SS, Huang HC, Lin HC, Chuang CL, Lee SD. Diabetes enhances the intrahepatic vascular response to endothelin-1 in cirrhotic rats: association with the ETA receptor and pERK up-regulation. Liver Int 2015; 35:704-12. [PMID: 24636620 DOI: 10.1111/liv.12527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2013] [Accepted: 03/05/2014] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Cirrhosis is characterized by increased intrahepatic vascular resistance and enhanced vasocontractile responsiveness that impedes portal inflow and elevates portal pressure, in which endothelin-1 (ET-1) plays a role. Diabetes and glucose influence vasoresponsiveness but their impact on the intrahepatic vascular bed in cirrhosis is unknown. To investigate intrahepatic ET-1 vasoresponsiveness in cirrhotic rats with and without diabetes and to explore the underlying mechanisms. METHODS Spraque-Dawley rats received common bile-duct ligation (BDL) to induce cirrhosis. Streptozotocin was injected to induce diabetes in the BDL rats (BDL/STZ). In situ liver perfusion was performed to obtain the ET-1 concentration-response curves. The basic hemodynamics and hepatic protein expressions of ET-1 receptors, pERK, ERK, pAkt, Akt, iNOS, eNOS, peNOS and calmodulin were evaluated. The circulating concentrations of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-ProBNP), blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and creatinine were also determined. RESULTS Body weight, mean arterial pressure, heart rate and survival rate were significantly decreased in the BDL/STZ rats. The perfusion pressure changes in response to ET-1 were higher in the BDL/STZ group for all perfusates. ETA receptor and pERK expressions were enhanced in the BDL/STZ group. The circulating concentrations of NT-ProBNP, BUN and creatinine, as well as SMA flow, were not significantly different between the BDL and BDL/STZ groups. CONCLUSION Cirrhotic rats with diabetes showed higher intrahepatic ET-1 vasoresponsiveness than normoglycemic cirrhotic rats. This effect is not affected by changes in perfused glucose concentration and may be related, at least in part, to intrahepatic ETA R receptor and pERK over-expression.
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- Jing-Yi Lee
- Institute of Pharmacology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Ishida K, Matsumoto T, Taguchi K, Kamata K, Kobayashi T. Mechanisms underlying reduced P2Y(1) -receptor-mediated relaxation in superior mesenteric arteries from long-term streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2013; 207:130-41. [PMID: 22759594 DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2012.02469.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2011] [Revised: 05/29/2012] [Accepted: 06/25/2012] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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AIM Extracellular nucleotides activate cell-surface purinergic (P2) receptors, contribute to the local regulation of vascular tone and play important roles in pathophysiological states. However, little is known about the vasodilator effects of P2Y(1) -receptor activation in diabetic states. We hypothesized that in a model of established type 1 diabetes, long-term streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats, the arterial relaxation elicited by a P2Y(1) -receptor agonist would be impaired. METHODS Relaxations to adenosine 5'-diphosphate sodium salt (ADP), 2-MeSADP (selective P2Y(1) -receptor agonist) and adenosine 5'-triphosphate disodium salt (ATP) were examined in superior mesenteric artery rings from long-term STZ-induced diabetic rats (at 50-57 weeks after STZ injection). ADP-stimulated nitric oxide (NO) production in the superior mesenteric artery was assessed by measuring the levels of NO metabolites. Mesenteric artery expressions of P2Y(1) receptor, and ADP-stimulated levels of phosphorylated endothelial NO synthase (eNOS) (at Ser(1177) and at Thr(495) ) and eNOS were detected by Western blotting. RESULTS Arteries from diabetic rats exhibited (vs. those from age-matched control rats): (i) reduced ADP-induced relaxation, which was partly or completely inhibited by endothelial denudation, by NOS inhibitor treatment and by a selective P2Y(1) -receptor antagonist, (ii) reduced 2-MeSADP-induced relaxation, (iii) reduced ADP-stimulated release of NO metabolites and (iv) impaired ADP-induced stimulation of eNOS activity (as evidenced by reduced the fold increase in eNOS phosphorylation at Ser(1177) with no difference in fold increase in eNOS phosphorylation at Thr(495) ). The protein expression of P2Y(1) receptor did not differ between diabetic and control arteries. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that P2Y(1) -receptor-mediated vasodilatation is impaired in superior mesenteric arteries from long-term type 1 diabetic rats. This impairment is because of reduced P2Y(1) -receptor-mediated NO signalling, rather than to reduced P2Y(1) -receptor expression.
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- K. Ishida
- Department of Physiology and Morphology, Institute of Medicinal Chemistry; Hoshi University; Shinagawa-ku; Tokyo; Japan
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- Department of Physiology and Morphology, Institute of Medicinal Chemistry; Hoshi University; Shinagawa-ku; Tokyo; Japan
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- Department of Physiology and Morphology, Institute of Medicinal Chemistry; Hoshi University; Shinagawa-ku; Tokyo; Japan
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- Department of Physiology and Morphology, Institute of Medicinal Chemistry; Hoshi University; Shinagawa-ku; Tokyo; Japan
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- Department of Physiology and Morphology, Institute of Medicinal Chemistry; Hoshi University; Shinagawa-ku; Tokyo; Japan
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Villalba N, Contreras C, Hernández M, García-Sacristán A, Prieto D. Impaired Ca2+ handling in penile arteries from prediabetic Zucker rats: involvement of Rho kinase. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2011; 300:H2044-53. [DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01204.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Diabetes is associated with an increased vascular tone usually involved in the pathogenesis of diabetic cardiovascular complications such as hypertension, stroke, coronary artery disease, or erectile dysfunction (ED). Enhanced contractility of penile erectile tissue has been associated with augmented activity of the RhoA/Rho kinase (RhoK) pathway in models of diabetes-associated ED. The present study assessed whether abnormal vasoconstriction in penile arteries from prediabetic obese Zucker rats (OZRs) is due to changes in the intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) and/or in myofilament Ca2+ sensitivity. Penile arteries from OZRs and lean Zucker rats (LZRs) were mounted on microvascular myographs for simultaneous measurements of [Ca2+]i and tension. The relationships between [Ca2+]i and contraction for the α1-adrenergic vasoconstrictor phenylephrine (PE) were left shifted and steeper in OZRs compared with LZRs, although the magnitude of the contraction was similar in both groups. In contrast, the vasoconstriction induced by the thromboxane A2 receptor agonist U-46619 was augmented in arteries from OZRs, and this increase was associated with an increase in both the sensitivity and maximum responses to Ca2+. The RhoK inhibitor Y-27632 (10 μM) reduced the vasoconstriction induced by PE to a greater extent in OZRs than in LZRs, without altering Ca2+. Y-27632 inhibited with a greater potency the contraction elicited by high KCl in arteries from OZRs compared with LZRs without changing [Ca2+]i. RhoK-II expression was augmented in arteries from OZRs. These results suggest receptor-specific changes in the Ca2+ handling of penile arteries under conditions of metabolic syndrome. Whereas augmented vasoconstriction upon activation of the thromboxane A2 receptor is coupled to enhanced Ca2+ entry, a RhoK-mediated enhancement of myofilament Ca2+ sensitivity is coupled with the α1-adrenergic vasoconstriction in penile arteries from OZRs.
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- Nuria Villalba
- Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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Ergul A. Endothelin-1 and diabetic complications: focus on the vasculature. Pharmacol Res 2011; 63:477-82. [PMID: 21292003 DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2011.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2010] [Accepted: 01/25/2011] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Diabetes is not only an endocrine but also a vascular disease. Cardiovascular complications are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality associated with diabetes. Diabetes affects both large and small vessels and hence diabetic complications are broadly classified as microvascular (retinopathy, nephropathy and neuropathy) and macrovascular (heart disease, stroke and peripheral arterial disease) complications. Endothelial dysfunction, defined as an imbalance of endothelium-derived vasoconstrictor and vasodilator substances, is a common denominator in the pathogenesis and progression of both macro and microvascular complications. While the pathophysiology of diabetic complications is complex, endothelin-1 (ET-1), a potent vasoconstrictor with proliferative, profibrotic, and proinflammatory properties, may contribute to many facets of diabetic vascular disease. This review will focus on the effects of ET-1 on function and structure of microvessels (retina, skin and mesenteric arteries) and macrovessels (coronary and cerebral arteries) and also discuss the relative role(s) of endothelin A (ET(A)) and ET(B) receptors in mediating ET-1 actions.
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- Adviye Ergul
- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Georgia, Program in Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics, University of Georgia College of Pharmacy and Charlie Norwood Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 1120 15th St. CA2094, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.
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Matsumoto T, Ozawa Y, Taguchi K, Kobayashi T, Kamata K. Diabetes-associated changes and role of N epsilon-(carboxymethyl)lysine in big ET-1-induced coronary vasoconstriction. Peptides 2010; 31:346-53. [PMID: 19962413 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2009.11.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2009] [Revised: 11/26/2009] [Accepted: 11/29/2009] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Using perfused hearts from streptozotocin-induced long-term diabetic rats, we studied the coronary vasoconstrictor effect of the endothelin-1 (ET-1) precursor big ET-1 and also whether this response was modulated by N(epsilon)-(carboxymethyl)lysine (CML; a representative advanced glycation end product that is implicated in the pathogenesis of diabetic vasculopathy). The big ET-1-induced vasoconstriction (a) developed more rapidly (i.e., was greater in the first 30 min) in the diabetic group than in the age-matched controls, and (b) in each group was largely suppressed by phosphoramidon [nonselective endothelin-converting enzyme (ECE)/neutral endopeptidase (NEP) inhibitor] or CGS35066 (selective ECE inhibitor), but not by thiorphan (selective NEP inhibitor). The ET-1 release occurring after treatment with big ET-1, which was greater in diabetic coronary arteries than in the controls, was reduced by CGS35066. The dose-response curve for ET-1 was shifted to the left in the diabetics, so that at some lower doses of ET-1 the vasoconstriction was greater than in the controls. CML enhanced big ET-1- or ET-1-induced vasoconstriction in the controls, but not in the diabetics. Finally, the plasma level of CML was higher in diabetic than in control rats. These findings suggest (a) that the increased responsiveness to big ET-1 shown by diabetic coronary arteries may be attributable both to a more rapid conversion of big ET-1 to ET-1 (by ECE), allowing it to exert its contractile activity, and to an increased vascular sensitivity to ET-1, and (b) that CML may be at least partly responsible for the diabetes-associated enhancement of big ET-1-mediated coronary vasoconstriction.
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- Takayuki Matsumoto
- Department of Physiology and Morphology, Institute of Medicinal Chemistry, Hoshi University, 2-4-41 Ebara, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8501, Japan
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Kamata K, Ozawa Y, Kobayashi T, Matsumoto T. Effect of N-epsilon-(carboxymethyl)lysine on coronary vasoconstriction in isolated perfused hearts from control and streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. J Smooth Muscle Res 2009; 45:125-37. [PMID: 19602856 DOI: 10.1540/jsmr.45.125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) derived from glucose are implicated in the pathogenesis of diabetic vascular disease. However, their direct modulatory effects on coronary vascular tone remain unclear. We previously reported that coronary vasoconstriction was induced by acetylcholine (ACh) infusion of the isolated perfused rat heart and that sensitivity was greater in perfused hearts from streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats than in those from age-matched controls (Kamata et al., 2008). Here, we investigated the effect of N(epsilon)-(carboxymethyl)lysine (CML), which has one of the main AGE structures, on ACh-induced vasoconstriction in perfused hearts isolated from control and diabetic rats. ACh-induced vasoconstriction was significantly greater in the STZ-induced diabetic group than in the age-matched controls. CML enhanced the ACh-induced vasoconstriction in coronary arteries from control rats, but not in those from STZ-induced diabetic rats. In the controls, the vasoconstriction induced by the calcium-channel activator Bay K 8644 was also enhanced by CML. These CML-mediated enhancements of the vasoconstrictions induced by ACh and Bay K 8644 were significantly suppressed by tempol, a superoxide dismutase mimetic. The plasma CML and glucose levels were each significantly elevated in STZ-induced diabetic rats. These findings suggest (a) that CML augments ACh-induced coronary vasoconstriction, an effect that may be attributable to increased superoxide and to activation of voltage-gated Ca(2+) channels and (b) that this modulating effect may be desensitized in the STZ-induced diabetic heart.
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- Katsuo Kamata
- Department of Physiology and Morphology, Institute of Medicinal Chemistry, Hoshi University, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8501, Japan.
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Matsumoto T, Ozawa Y, Taguchi K, Kobayashi T, Kamata K. Chronic treatment with losartan (angiotensin II type 1 receptor antagonist) normalizes enhanced acetylcholine-induced coronary vasoconstriction in isolated perfused hearts of type 2 diabetic OLETF rats. J Smooth Muscle Res 2009; 45:197-208. [DOI: 10.1540/jsmr.45.197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Takayuki Matsumoto
- Department of Physiology and Morphology, Institute of Medicinal Chemistry, Hoshi University
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- Department of Physiology and Morphology, Institute of Medicinal Chemistry, Hoshi University
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- Department of Physiology and Morphology, Institute of Medicinal Chemistry, Hoshi University
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- Department of Physiology and Morphology, Institute of Medicinal Chemistry, Hoshi University
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- Department of Physiology and Morphology, Institute of Medicinal Chemistry, Hoshi University
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