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Burtscher J, Citherlet T, Camacho-Cardenosa A, Camacho-Cardenosa M, Raberin A, Krumm B, Hohenauer E, Egg M, Lichtblau M, Müller J, Rybnikova EA, Gatterer H, Debevec T, Baillieul S, Manferdelli G, Behrendt T, Schega L, Ehrenreich H, Millet GP, Gassmann M, Schwarzer C, Glazachev O, Girard O, Lalande S, Hamlin M, Samaja M, Hüfner K, Burtscher M, Panza G, Mallet RT. Mechanisms underlying the health benefits of intermittent hypoxia conditioning. J Physiol 2023. [PMID: 37860950 DOI: 10.1113/jp285230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2023] [Accepted: 10/11/2023] [Indexed: 10/21/2023] Open
Abstract
Intermittent hypoxia (IH) is commonly associated with pathological conditions, particularly obstructive sleep apnoea. However, IH is also increasingly used to enhance health and performance and is emerging as a potent non-pharmacological intervention against numerous diseases. Whether IH is detrimental or beneficial for health is largely determined by the intensity, duration, number and frequency of the hypoxic exposures and by the specific responses they engender. Adaptive responses to hypoxia protect from future hypoxic or ischaemic insults, improve cellular resilience and functions, and boost mental and physical performance. The cellular and systemic mechanisms producing these benefits are highly complex, and the failure of different components can shift long-term adaptation to maladaptation and the development of pathologies. Rather than discussing in detail the well-characterized individual responses and adaptations to IH, we here aim to summarize and integrate hypoxia-activated mechanisms into a holistic picture of the body's adaptive responses to hypoxia and specifically IH, and demonstrate how these mechanisms might be mobilized for their health benefits while minimizing the risks of hypoxia exposure.
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- Johannes Burtscher
- Institute of Sport Sciences, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Sport Sciences, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Sports Science, Sport and Health University Research Institute (iMUDS), University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Clinical Management Unit of Endocrinology and Nutrition - GC17, Maimónides Biomedical Research Institute of Cordoba (IMIBIC), Reina Sofía University Hospital, Córdoba, Spain
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- Institute of Sport Sciences, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Sport Sciences, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Rehabilitation and Exercise Science Laboratory (RES lab), Department of Business Economics, Health and Social Care, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, Landquart, Switzerland
- International University of Applied Sciences THIM, Landquart, Switzerland
- Department of Neurosciences and Movement Science, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Institute of Zoology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Pulmonology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Pulmonology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Pavlov Institute of Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg, Russia
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- Institute of Mountain Emergency Medicine, Eurac Research, Bolzano, Italy
- Institute for Sports Medicine, Alpine Medicine and Health Tourism (ISAG), UMIT TIROL-Private University for Health Sciences and Health Technology, Hall in Tirol, Austria
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- Faculty of Sport, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Department of Automatics, Biocybernetics and Robotics, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Service Universitaire de Pneumologie Physiologie, University of Grenoble Alpes, Inserm, Grenoble, France
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- Chair Health and Physical Activity, Department of Sport Science, Institute III, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Chair Health and Physical Activity, Department of Sport Science, Institute III, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Clinical Neuroscience, University Medical Center and Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Sport Sciences, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Veterinary Physiology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Zurich Center for Integrative Human Physiology (ZIHP), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH), Lima, Peru
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- Institute of Pharmacology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Normal Physiology, N.V. Sklifosovsky Institute of Clinical Medicine, I. M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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- School of Human Sciences (Exercise and Sport Science), The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
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- Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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- Department of Tourism, Sport and Society, Lincoln University, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Department of Health Science, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, Psychosomatics and Medical Psychology, University Hospital for Psychiatry II, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Sport Science, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- The Department of Health Care Sciences, Program of Occupational Therapy, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
- John D. Dingell VA Medical Center Detroit, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Physiology & Anatomy, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA
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Nakai A, Minematsu T, Nitta S, Hsu WJ, Tobe H, Sanada H. Development of a method to identify persistent and blanchable redness by skin blotting in mice. Int Wound J 2023; 20:1168-1182. [PMID: 36367160 PMCID: PMC10031224 DOI: 10.1111/iwj.13976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2022] [Revised: 09/29/2022] [Accepted: 10/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Persistent and blanchable redness (PBR) is not currently included in category I pressure injury (PI), which is defined as non-blanchable redness (NBR). However, PBR progresses to PI in a clinical setting. Therefore, it should be clinically managed as category I PI, and a method to distinctly identify PBR is needed. This study aimed to examine whether PI-related biomarkers can distinguish PRB from transient redness (TR) and NBR using skin blotting. TR, PBR, and NBR models were established by the different conditions of dorsal skin compression. Redness observation and skin blotting were performed, and the skin tissue samples were subjected to histological and molecular biological analyses. The vascular endothelial growth factor (Vegf) b, heat shock protein (Hsp) 90aa1, tumour necrosis factor, interleukin (Il) 1b, and Il6 messenger ribonucleic acid levels were significantly different between the three models. The VEGF-A, VEGF-B, IL-1β, and IL-6 protein levels were different between the three models. Although the results of skin blot examinations were inconsistent with those of the expression analysis of tissue, HSP90α and IL-1β are suggested to be potential markers to distinguish PBR from TR and NBR.
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- Ayano Nakai
- Department of Gerontological Nursing/Wound Care Management, Division of Health Science and Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Faculty of Nursing, School of Health Sciences, Fujita Health University, Aichi, Japan
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- Global Nursing Research Center, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Skincare Science, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gerontological Nursing/Wound Care Management, Division of Health Science and Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gerontological Nursing/Wound Care Management, Division of Health Science and Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Global Nursing Research Center, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gerontological Nursing/Wound Care Management, Division of Health Science and Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Global Nursing Research Center, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Serebrovska ZO, Xi L, Tumanovska LV, Shysh AM, Goncharov SV, Khetsuriani M, Kozak TO, Pashevin DA, Dosenko VE, Virko SV, Kholin VA, Grib ON, Utko NA, Egorov E, Polischuk AO, Serebrovska TV. Response of Circulating Inflammatory Markers to Intermittent Hypoxia-Hyperoxia Training in Healthy Elderly People and Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment. Life (Basel) 2022; 12:life12030432. [PMID: 35330183 PMCID: PMC8953753 DOI: 10.3390/life12030432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2021] [Revised: 03/11/2022] [Accepted: 03/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Intermittent hypoxia-hyperoxia training (IHHT) is a non-pharmacological therapeutic modality for management of some chronic- and age-related pathologies, such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Our previous studies demonstrated significant improvement of cognitive function after IHHT in the patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). The present study further investigated the effects of IHHT on pro-inflammatory factors in healthy elderly individuals and patients with early signs of AD. Twenty-nine subjects (13 healthy subjects without signs of cognitive impairment syndrome and 16 patients diagnosed with MCI; age 52 to 76 years) were divided into four groups: Healthy+Sham (n = 7), Healthy+IHHT (n = 6), MCI+Sham (n = 6), and MCI+IHHT (n = 10). IHHT was carried out 5 days per week for 3 weeks (total 15 sessions), and each daily session included 4 cycles of 5-min hypoxia (12% FIO2) and 3-min hyperoxia (33% FIO2). Decline in cognitive function indices was observed initially in both MCI+Sham and MCI+IHHT groups. The sham training did not alter any of the parameters, whereas IHHT resulted in improvement in latency of cognitive evoked potentials, along with elevation in APP110, GDF15 expression, and MMP9 activity in both healthy subjects and those with MCI. Increased MMP2 activity, HMGB1, and P-selectin expression and decreased NETs formation and Aβ expression were also observed in the MCI+IHHT group. There was a negative correlation between MoCA score and the plasma GDF15 expression (R = −0.5799, p < 0.05) before the initiation of IHHT. The enhanced expression of GDF15 was also associated with longer latency of the event-related potentials P330 and N200 (R = 0.6263, p < 0.05 and R = 0.5715, p < 0.05, respectively). In conclusion, IHHT upregulated circulating levels of some inflammatory markers, which may represent potential triggers for cellular adaptive reprogramming, leading to therapeutic effects against cognitive dysfunction and neuropathological changes during progression of AD. Further investigation is needed to clarify if there is a causative relationship between the improved cognitive function and the elevated inflammatory markers following IHHT.
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- Zoya O. Serebrovska
- Department of General and Molecular Pathophysiology, Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, 01024 Kyiv, Ukraine; (L.V.T.); (A.M.S.); (S.V.G.); (M.K.); (T.O.K.); (D.A.P.); (V.E.D.); (A.O.P.); (T.V.S.)
- Correspondence: (Z.O.S.); (L.X.)
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- Pauley Heart Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298-0204, USA
- Correspondence: (Z.O.S.); (L.X.)
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- Department of General and Molecular Pathophysiology, Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, 01024 Kyiv, Ukraine; (L.V.T.); (A.M.S.); (S.V.G.); (M.K.); (T.O.K.); (D.A.P.); (V.E.D.); (A.O.P.); (T.V.S.)
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- Department of General and Molecular Pathophysiology, Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, 01024 Kyiv, Ukraine; (L.V.T.); (A.M.S.); (S.V.G.); (M.K.); (T.O.K.); (D.A.P.); (V.E.D.); (A.O.P.); (T.V.S.)
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- Department of General and Molecular Pathophysiology, Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, 01024 Kyiv, Ukraine; (L.V.T.); (A.M.S.); (S.V.G.); (M.K.); (T.O.K.); (D.A.P.); (V.E.D.); (A.O.P.); (T.V.S.)
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- Department of General and Molecular Pathophysiology, Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, 01024 Kyiv, Ukraine; (L.V.T.); (A.M.S.); (S.V.G.); (M.K.); (T.O.K.); (D.A.P.); (V.E.D.); (A.O.P.); (T.V.S.)
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- Department of General and Molecular Pathophysiology, Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, 01024 Kyiv, Ukraine; (L.V.T.); (A.M.S.); (S.V.G.); (M.K.); (T.O.K.); (D.A.P.); (V.E.D.); (A.O.P.); (T.V.S.)
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- Department of General and Molecular Pathophysiology, Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, 01024 Kyiv, Ukraine; (L.V.T.); (A.M.S.); (S.V.G.); (M.K.); (T.O.K.); (D.A.P.); (V.E.D.); (A.O.P.); (T.V.S.)
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- Department of General and Molecular Pathophysiology, Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, 01024 Kyiv, Ukraine; (L.V.T.); (A.M.S.); (S.V.G.); (M.K.); (T.O.K.); (D.A.P.); (V.E.D.); (A.O.P.); (T.V.S.)
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- Lashkariov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, National Academy of Sciences, 41 Nauki Ave., 03028 Kyiv, Ukraine;
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- Department of Age Physiology and Pathology of Nervous System, Chebotarev Institute of Gerontology NAMS of Ukraine, 04114 Kyiv, Ukraine; (V.A.K.); (O.N.G.); (N.A.U.)
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- Department of Age Physiology and Pathology of Nervous System, Chebotarev Institute of Gerontology NAMS of Ukraine, 04114 Kyiv, Ukraine; (V.A.K.); (O.N.G.); (N.A.U.)
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- Department of Age Physiology and Pathology of Nervous System, Chebotarev Institute of Gerontology NAMS of Ukraine, 04114 Kyiv, Ukraine; (V.A.K.); (O.N.G.); (N.A.U.)
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- CELLGYM Technologies GmbH, 14193 Berlin, Germany;
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- Department of General and Molecular Pathophysiology, Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, 01024 Kyiv, Ukraine; (L.V.T.); (A.M.S.); (S.V.G.); (M.K.); (T.O.K.); (D.A.P.); (V.E.D.); (A.O.P.); (T.V.S.)
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- Department of General and Molecular Pathophysiology, Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, 01024 Kyiv, Ukraine; (L.V.T.); (A.M.S.); (S.V.G.); (M.K.); (T.O.K.); (D.A.P.); (V.E.D.); (A.O.P.); (T.V.S.)
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Mallet RT, Manukhina EB, Ruelas SS, Caffrey JL, Downey HF. Cardioprotection by intermittent hypoxia conditioning: evidence, mechanisms, and therapeutic potential. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2018; 315:H216-H232. [PMID: 29652543 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00060.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
Abstract
The calibrated application of limited-duration, cyclic, moderately intense hypoxia-reoxygenation increases cardiac resistance to ischemia-reperfusion stress. These intermittent hypoxic conditioning (IHC) programs consistently produce striking reductions in myocardial infarction and ventricular tachyarrhythmias after coronary artery occlusion and reperfusion and, in many cases, improve contractile function and coronary blood flow. These IHC protocols are fundamentally different from those used to simulate sleep apnea, a recognized cardiovascular risk factor. In clinical studies, IHC improved exercise capacity and decreased arrhythmias in patients with coronary artery or pulmonary disease and produced robust, persistent, antihypertensive effects in patients with essential hypertension. The protection afforded by IHC develops gradually and depends on β-adrenergic, δ-opioidergic, and reactive oxygen-nitrogen signaling pathways that use protein kinases and adaptive transcription factors. In summary, adaptation to intermittent hypoxia offers a practical, largely unrecognized means of protecting myocardium from impending ischemia. The myocardial and perhaps broader systemic protection provided by IHC clearly merits further evaluation as a discrete intervention and as a potential complement to conventional pharmaceutical and surgical interventions.
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- Robert T Mallet
- Department of Integrative Physiology and Anatomy, University of North Texas Health Science Center , Fort Worth, Texas
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- Department of Integrative Physiology and Anatomy, University of North Texas Health Science Center , Fort Worth, Texas.,Institute of General Pathology and Pathophysiology, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences , Moscow , Russian Federation.,School of Medical Biology South Ural State University , Chelyabinsk , Russian Federation
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- Department of Integrative Physiology and Anatomy, University of North Texas Health Science Center , Fort Worth, Texas
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- Department of Integrative Physiology and Anatomy, University of North Texas Health Science Center , Fort Worth, Texas
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- Department of Integrative Physiology and Anatomy, University of North Texas Health Science Center , Fort Worth, Texas.,School of Medical Biology South Ural State University , Chelyabinsk , Russian Federation
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Ryou MG, Mallet RT, Metzger DB, Jung ME. Intermittent hypoxia training blunts cerebrocortical presenilin 1 overexpression and amyloid-β accumulation in ethanol-withdrawn rats. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2017; 313:R10-R18. [PMID: 28490448 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00050.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2017] [Revised: 05/03/2017] [Accepted: 05/04/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Abrupt cessation of chronic alcohol consumption triggers signaling cascades that harm vulnerable brain regions and produce neurobehavioral deficits. We have demonstrated that a program of intermittent, normobaric hypoxia training (IHT) in rats prevents brain damage and neurobehavioral impairment resulting from abrupt ethanol withdrawal (EW). Moreover, EW induced expression of stress-activated protein kinase p38 and presenilin 1 (PS1), the catalytic subunit of γ-secretase that produces the neurotoxic amyloid-β (Aβ) peptides Aβ40 and Aβ42. We tested the hypotheses that 1) IHT limits EW-induced activation of the p38-PS1 axis, thereby attenuating γ-secretase activation and Aβ accumulation, and 2) EW disables heat shock protein 25 (HSP25), a p38 substrate, molecular chaperone, and antioxidant, and provokes protein carbonylation in a manner suppressed by IHT. Adult male rats completed two cycles of a 4-wk ethanol diet (6.5% wt/vol) and a 3-wk EW or an isocaloric, dextrin-based control diet. A 20-day IHT program (5-8 daily cycles of 5-10 min of 9.5-10% fractional inspired O2 + 4 min of 21% fractional inspired O2) was administered during the first EW phase. After the second EW phase, the brain was excised and the prefrontal cortex extracted. PS1, phosphorylated p38 (p-p38), and HSP25 were analyzed by immunoblot, PS1 messenger RNA by quantitative polymerase chain reaction, protein carbonyl content by spectrometry, and Aβ40 and Aβ42 contents by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. IHT attenuated the EW-associated increases in PS1, p-p38, Aβ40, Aβ42, and protein carbonyl contents, but not that of PS1 messenger RNA, while preserving functionally competent HSP25 dimers in EW rats. Collectively, these findings suggest that IHT may attenuate EW-induced γ-secretase overactivation by suppressing activation of the p38-PS1 axis and by preventing oxidative protein damage.
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- Myoung-Gwi Ryou
- Institute for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas.,Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Public Health, Tarleton State University, Fort Worth, Texas
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- Institute for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas
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- Center for Neuroscience Discovery, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas; and
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- Center for Neuroscience Discovery, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas; and
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Manukhina EB, Downey HF, Shi X, Mallet RT. Intermittent hypoxia training protects cerebrovascular function in Alzheimer's disease. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2016; 241:1351-63. [PMID: 27190276 DOI: 10.1177/1535370216649060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a leading cause of death and disability among older adults. Modifiable vascular risk factors for AD (VRF) include obesity, hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, sleep apnea, and metabolic syndrome. Here, interactions between cerebrovascular function and development of AD are reviewed, as are interventions to improve cerebral blood flow and reduce VRF. Atherosclerosis and small vessel cerebral disease impair metabolic regulation of cerebral blood flow and, along with microvascular rarefaction and altered trans-capillary exchange, create conditions favoring AD development. Although currently there are no definitive therapies for treatment or prevention of AD, reduction of VRFs lowers the risk for cognitive decline. There is increasing evidence that brief repeated exposures to moderate hypoxia, i.e. intermittent hypoxic training (IHT), improve cerebral vascular function and reduce VRFs including systemic hypertension, cardiac arrhythmias, and mental stress. In experimental AD, IHT nearly prevented endothelial dysfunction of both cerebral and extra-cerebral blood vessels, rarefaction of the brain vascular network, and the loss of neurons in the brain cortex. Associated with these vasoprotective effects, IHT improved memory and lessened AD pathology. IHT increases endothelial production of nitric oxide (NO), thereby increasing regional cerebral blood flow and augmenting the vaso- and neuroprotective effects of endothelial NO. On the other hand, in AD excessive production of NO in microglia, astrocytes, and cortical neurons generates neurotoxic peroxynitrite. IHT enhances storage of excessive NO in the form of S-nitrosothiols and dinitrosyl iron complexes. Oxidative stress plays a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of AD, and IHT reduces oxidative stress in a number of experimental pathologies. Beneficial effects of IHT in experimental neuropathologies other than AD, including dyscirculatory encephalopathy, ischemic stroke injury, audiogenic epilepsy, spinal cord injury, and alcohol withdrawal stress have also been reported. Further research on the potential benefits of IHT in AD and other brain pathologies is warranted.
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- Eugenia B Manukhina
- University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107-2699, USA Institute of General Pathology and Pathophysiology, Moscow 125315, Russian Federation
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- University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107-2699, USA
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- University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107-2699, USA
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- University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107-2699, USA
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Oxygen cycling to improve survival of stem cells for myocardial repair: A review. Life Sci 2016; 153:124-31. [PMID: 27091653 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2016.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2016] [Revised: 03/28/2016] [Accepted: 04/08/2016] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Heart disease represents the leading cause of death among Americans. There is currently no clinical treatment to regenerate viable myocardium following myocardial infarction, and patients may suffer progressive deterioration and decreased myocardial function from the effects of remodeling of the necrotic myocardium. New therapeutic strategies hold promise for patients who suffer from ischemic heart disease by directly addressing the restoration of functional myocardium following death of cardiomyocytes. Therapeutic stem cell transplantation has shown modest benefit in clinical human trials with decreased fibrosis and increased functional myocardium. Moreover, autologous transplantation holds the potential to implement these therapies while avoiding the immunomodulation concerns of heart transplantation. Despite these benefits, stem cell therapy has been characterized by poor survival and low engraftment of injected stem cells. The hypoxic tissue environment of the ischemic/infracting myocardium impedes stem cell survival and engraftment in myocardial tissue. Hypoxic preconditioning has been suggested as a viable strategy to increase hypoxic tolerance of stem cells. A number of in vivo and in vitro studies have demonstrated improved stem cell viability by altering stem cell secretion of protein signals and up-regulation of numerous paracrine signaling pathways that affect inflammatory, survival, and angiogenic signaling pathways. This review will discuss both the mechanisms of hypoxic preconditioning as well as the effects of hypoxic preconditioning in different cell and animal models, examining the pitfalls in current research and the next steps into potentially implementing this methodology in clinical research trials.
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Navarrete-Opazo A, Mitchell GS. Therapeutic potential of intermittent hypoxia: a matter of dose. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2014; 307:R1181-97. [PMID: 25231353 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00208.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 294] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Intermittent hypoxia (IH) has been the subject of considerable research in recent years, and triggers a bewildering array of both detrimental and beneficial effects in multiple physiological systems. Here, we review the extensive literature concerning IH and its impact on the respiratory, cardiovascular, immune, metabolic, bone, and nervous systems. One major goal is to define relevant IH characteristics leading to safe, protective, and/or therapeutic effects vs. pathogenesis. To understand the impact of IH, it is essential to define critical characteristics of the IH protocol under investigation, including potentially the severity of hypoxia within episodes, the duration of hypoxic episodes, the number of hypoxic episodes per day, the pattern of presentation across time (e.g., within vs. consecutive vs. alternating days), and the cumulative time of exposure. Not surprisingly, severe/chronic IH protocols tend to be pathogenic, whereas any beneficial effects are more likely to arise from modest/acute IH exposures. Features of the IH protocol most highly associated with beneficial vs. pathogenic outcomes include the level of hypoxemia within episodes and the number of episodes per day. Modest hypoxia (9-16% inspired O2) and low cycle numbers (3-15 episodes per day) most often lead to beneficial effects without pathology, whereas severe hypoxia (2-8% inspired O2) and more episodes per day (48-2,400 episodes/day) elicit progressively greater pathology. Accumulating evidence suggests that "low dose" IH (modest hypoxia, few episodes) may be a simple, safe, and effective treatment with considerable therapeutic potential for multiple clinical disorders.
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- Angela Navarrete-Opazo
- Department of Comparative Biosciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
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- Department of Comparative Biosciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
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Manukhina EB, Belkina LM, Terekhina OL, Abramochkin DV, Smirnova EA, Budanova OP, Mallet RT, Downey HF. Normobaric, intermittent hypoxia conditioning is cardio- and vasoprotective in rats. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2013; 238:1413-20. [PMID: 24189016 DOI: 10.1177/1535370213508718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Favorable versus detrimental cardiovascular responses to intermittent hypoxia conditioning (IHC) are heavily dependent on experimental or pathological conditions, including the duration, frequency and intensity of the hypoxia exposures. Recently, we demonstrated that a program of moderate, normobaric IHC (FIO2 9.5-10% for 5-10 min/cycle, with intervening 4 min normoxia, 5-8 cycles/day for 20 days) in dogs afforded robust cardioprotection against infarction and arrhythmias induced by coronary artery occlusion-reperfusion, but this protection has not been verified in other species. Accordingly, in this investigation cardio- as well as vasoprotection were examined in male Wistar rats completing the normobaric IHC program or a sham program in which the rats continuously breathed atmospheric air. Myocardial ischemia and reperfusion (IR) was imposed by occlusion and reperfusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery in in situ experiments and by subjecting isolated, perfused hearts to global ischemia-reperfusion. Cardiac arrhythmias and myocardial infarct size were quantified in in situ experiments. Endothelial function was evaluated from the relaxation to acetylcholine of norepinephrine-precontracted aortic rings taken from in situ IR experiments, and from the increase in coronary flow produced by acetylcholine in isolated hearts. IHC sharply reduced cardiac arrhythmias during ischemia and decreased infarct size by 43% following IR. Endothelial dysfunction in aorta was marked after IR in sham rats, but not significant in IHC rats. Similar findings were found for the coronary circulations of isolated hearts. These findings support the hypothesis that moderate, normobaric IHC is cardio- and vasoprotective in a rat model of IR.
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- Eugenia B Manukhina
- Laboratory of Adaptation, Institute for General Pathology and Pathophysiology, Moscow 125315, Russian Federation
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Manukhina EB, Jasti D, Vanin AF, Downey HF. Intermittent hypoxia conditioning prevents endothelial dysfunction and improves nitric oxide storage in spontaneously hypertensive rats. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2011; 236:867-73. [PMID: 21652603 DOI: 10.1258/ebm.2011.011023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Although intermittent hypoxia is often associated with hypertension, experimental and clinical studies have demonstrated definite antihypertensive effects of some intermittent hypoxia conditioning (IHC) regimens. Mechanisms of this antihypertensive response are unknown. Endothelial dysfunction related to disturbed synthesis and/or reduced availability of nitric oxide (NO) has been linked to hypertension. Thus, experiments were conducted to determine if IHC can improve endothelium-dependent relaxation and formation of releasable vascular NO stores of young (4-8-week-old) spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). Rats were subjected to either IHC (9.5-10% O(2), 5-10 min, 5-8 times per day, 20 d) or to sham conditioning. Endothelium-dependent relaxation to acetylcholine was measured in norepinephrine-precontracted, isolated aortic rings, and the size of NO stores was evaluated by percent relaxation to N-acetylcysteine (NAC), which releases stored NO. The capacity of aortic rings for NO storage was evaluated by the relaxation to NAC after prior incubation with an NO donor. IHC significantly suppressed the development of hypertension in young SHR. Endothelial function decreased from 54.7 ± 4.6% to 28.1 ± 6.4% relaxation to acetylcholine after 20 d of sham IHC, whereas endothelial function was sustained (60.3 ± 6.0% relaxation) in IHC rats. IHC also induced formation of available NO stores and enhanced the capacity of aortic rings to store NO. Therefore, the antihypertensive effect of IHC in young SHR is associated with prevention of endothelial dysfunction and with increased accumulation of NO stores in vascular walls.
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- Eugenia B Manukhina
- Department of Integrative Physiology, University of North Texas Health Science Center, 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA
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Rus A, Del Moral ML, Molina F, Peinado MA. Upregulation of cardiac NO/NOS system during short-term hypoxia and the subsequent reoxygenation period. Eur J Histochem 2011; 55:e17. [PMID: 22193297 PMCID: PMC3284153 DOI: 10.4081/ejh.2011.e17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2011] [Revised: 04/06/2011] [Accepted: 04/08/2011] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R) reportedly influences nitric oxide (NO) production and NO synthase (NOS) expression in the heart. Nonetheless, a number of works have shown controversial results regarding the changes that the cardiac NO/NOS system undergoes under such situations. Therefore, this study aims to clarify the behaviour of this system in the hypoxic heart by investigating seven different reoxygenation times. Wistar rats were submitted to H/R (hypoxia for 30 min; reoxygenation of 0, 2, 12, 24, 48, 72 h, and 5 days) in a novel approach to address the events provoked by assaults under such circumstances. Endothelial and inducible NOS (eNOS and iNOS) mRNA and protein expression, as well as enzymatic activity and enzyme location were determined. NO levels were indirectly quantified as nitrate/nitrite, and other S-nitroso compounds (NOx), which would act as NO-storage molecules. The results showed a significant increase in eNOS mRNA, protein and activity, as well as in NOx levels immediately after hypoxia, while iNOS protein and activity were induced throughout the reoxygenation period. These findings indicate that, not only short-term hypoxia, but also the subsequent reoxygenation period upregulate cardiac NO/NOS system until at least 5 days after the hypoxic stimulus, implying major involvement of this system in the changes occurring in the heart in response to H/R.
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- A Rus
- Department of Experimental Biology (Building B-3), University of Jaén,Campus Las Lagunillas s/n, 23071 Jaén, Spain.
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Gonon AT, Jung C, Yang J, Sjöquist PO, Pernow J. The combination of L-arginine and ischaemic post-conditioning at the onset of reperfusion limits myocardial injury in the pig. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2011; 201:219-26. [PMID: 21241456 DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2010.02168.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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AIM To investigate whether ischaemic post-conditioning (IPoC) combined with i.v. infusion of the nitric oxide (NO) substrate L-arginine at the onset of reperfusion exerts cardioprotective effect that is superior to either treatment given separately. METHODS Twenty-six anesthetized pigs were subjected to coronary artery (left anterior descending artery, LAD) ligation for 40 min followed by 4 h reperfusion. The pigs were randomized into five different groups receiving either i.v. vehicle, i.v. L-arginine, IPoC 4 × 60 s together with i.v. vehicle or IPoC together with i.v. L-arginine and a group with IPoC 8 × 30 s. All infusions were started 10 min before reperfusion. RESULTS The infarct size of the vehicle group was 82 ± 4% of the area at risk. L-Arginine alone (79 ± 8%), IPoC 4 × 60 s vehicle (86 ± 3%) or IPoC 8 × 30 s vehicle (94 ± 7%) did not affect infarct size. l-Arginine together with IPoC significantly reduced infarct size to 59 ± 4% (P < 0.01). Except for higher LAD flow during early reperfusion in the IPoC L-arginine group, haemodynamic parameters did not differ between the four main groups. Heart rate and rate pressure product were lower during ischaemia and reperfusion in the IPoC 8 × 30 s vehicle group. In comparison with the vehicle group, there were no changes in the expression of Akt, phosphorylated Akt Ser(473) , inducible NO synthase, endothelial NO synthase (eNOS) or phosphorylated eNOS Ser(1177) in the ischaemic/reperfused myocardium. CONCLUSION L-Arginine given systemically at the onset of reperfusion protects the pig heart against ischaemia and reperfusion injury only when combined with IPoC. These results indicate that the combination of the two treatment strategies exerts cardioprotection.
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- A T Gonon
- Division of Clinical Physiology, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Ryou MG, Flaherty DC, Hoxha B, Sun J, Gurji H, Rodriguez S, Bell G, Olivencia-Yurvati AH, Mallet RT. Pyruvate-fortified cardioplegia evokes myocardial erythropoietin signaling in swine undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2009; 297:H1914-22. [PMID: 19767525 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01213.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Pyruvate-fortified cardioplegia protects myocardium and hastens postsurgical recovery of patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). Pyruvate reportedly suppresses degradation of the alpha-subunit of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1), an activator of the gene encoding the cardioprotective cytokine erythropoietin (EPO). This study tested the hypothesis that pyruvate-enriched cardioplegia evoked EPO expression and mobilized EPO signaling mechanisms in myocardium. Hearts of pigs maintained on CPB were arrested for 60 min with 4:1 blood-crystalloid cardioplegia. The crystalloid component contained 188 mM glucose + or - 24 mM pyruvate. After 30-min cardiac reperfusion with cardioplegia-free blood, the pigs were weaned from CPB. Left ventricular myocardium was sampled 4 h after CPB for immunoblot assessment of HIF-1alpha, EPO and its receptor, the signaling kinases Akt and ERK, and endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS), an effector of EPO signaling. Pyruvate-fortified cardioplegia stabilized arterial pressure post-CPB, induced myocardial EPO mRNA expression, and increased HIF-1alpha, EPO, and EPO-R protein contents by 60, 58, and 123%, respectively, vs. control cardioplegia (P < 0.05). Pyruvate cardioplegia also increased ERK phosphorylation by 61 and 118%, respectively, vs. control cardioplegia-treated and non-CPB sham myocardium (P < 0.01), but did not alter Akt phosphorylation. Nitric oxide synthase (NOS) activity and eNOS content fell 32% following control CPB vs. sham, but pyruvate cardioplegia prevented these declines, yielding 49 and 80% greater NOS activity and eNOS content vs. respective control values (P < 0.01). Pyruvate-fortified cardioplegia induced myocardial EPO expression and mobilized the EPO-ERK-eNOS mechanism. By stabilizing HIF-1alpha, pyruvate-fortified cardioplegia may evoke sustained activation of EPO's cardioprotective signaling cascade in myocardium.
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- Myoung-Gwi Ryou
- Department of Integrative Physiology, University of North Texas, Health Science Center, 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth, TX 76107-2699, USA
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Rufanova VA, Pozdnev VF, Kalenikova EI, Postnikov AB, Storozhilova AN, Masenko VP, Gomazkov OA, Medvedev OS, Medvedeva NA. Endothelin-converting enzyme inhibition in the rat model of acute heart failure: heart function and neurohormonal activation. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2009; 234:1201-11. [PMID: 19596829 DOI: 10.3181/0902-rm-62] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Endothelin-1 (ET-1) has been implicated in many cardiovascular diseases, including acute heart failure (AHF) due to myocardial ischemia. Previously we described the oral endothelin-converting enzyme (ECE) inhibitor, PP36, and in this study, we investigated its cardioprotective effect in more detail, and examined the role of PP36 in the neurohormonal activation in rats that had been subjected to acute myocardial ischemia due to the microsphere embolization of coronary microcirculation. PP36 treatment (3.5 x 10(-5) M/kg/day) led to a significant fourfold decrease in hypertensive response when big-ET-1 was administered to healthy, conscious rats. ECE inhibition did not affect mortality during the first 48 hours after ischemia initiation. Systemic hemodynamic, heart function, and neurohormonal activation were analyzed in the healthy control group, the AHF group, and the AHF+PP36 group two days after AHF induction. In conscious rats in the AHF+PP36 group, mean arterial pressure (MAP) was restored and became similar to that of the MAP of the control group. In anesthetized rats, in the AHF+PP36 group, MAP was not restored and was 22% lower than the MAP of the control group. Myocardial contractility was partially restored and cardiac relaxation significantly improved after PP36 application. Further analysis of cardiac output and peripheral resistance in anesthetized rats revealed no differences between the AHF group and the AHF+PP36 group. There were no differences in plasma ET-1 concentration, serum angiotensin converting enzyme activity, and in the adrenal glands' catecholamine content between the AHF group and the AHF+PP36 group. However, rats in the AHF+PP36 group demonstrated a 60% decrease in cardiac endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) protein expression, and a 56% reduction of myocardial norepinephrine release, when compared with the AHF group's animals. These results suggest that PP36 can preserve heart function during the recovery from acute ischemic injury, and may modulate the cardiac norepinephrine release and eNOS protein level.
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