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Rehnström M, Ahnstedt H, Krause DN, Edvinsson ML, Haanes KA, Edvinsson L. Ovariectomy Reduces Vasocontractile Responses of Rat Middle Cerebral Arteries After Focal Cerebral Ischemia. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 2022; 79:e122-e128. [PMID: 34654785 DOI: 10.1097/fjc.0000000000001158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2021] [Accepted: 09/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
ABSTRACT Effects of sex hormones on stroke outcome are not fully understood. A deleterious consequence of cerebral ischemia is upregulation of vasoconstrictor receptors in cerebral arteries that exacerbate stroke injury. Here, we tested the hypothesis that female sex hormones alter vasocontractile responses after experimental stroke in vivo or after organ culture in vitro, a model of vasocontractile receptor upregulation. Female rats with intact ovaries and ovariectomized (OVX) females treated with 17β-estradiol, progesterone, or placebo were subjected to transient, unilateral middle cerebral artery occlusion followed by reperfusion (I/R). The maximum contractile response, measured my wire myography, in response to the endothelin B receptor agonist sarafotoxin 6c was increased in female arteries after I/R, but the maximum response was significantly lower in arteries from OVX females. Maximum contraction mediated by the serotonin agonist 5-carboxamidotryptamine was diminished after I/R, with arteries from OVX females showing a greater decrease in maximum contractile response. Contraction elicited by angiotensin II was similar in all arteries. Neither estrogen nor progesterone treatment of OVX females affected I/R-induced changes in endothelin B- and 5-carboxamidotryptamine-induced vasocontraction. These findings suggest that sex hormones do not directly influence vasocontractile alterations that occur after ischemic stroke; however, loss of ovarian function does impact this process.
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- Mimmi Rehnström
- Department of Experimental Vasc Res, Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Sweden
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- Department of Experimental Vasc Res, Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Sweden
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA
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- Department of Experimental Vasc Res, Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Sweden
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Research, Rigshospitalet Glostrup, Denmark
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Duncan JW, Nemeth Z, Hildebrandt E, Granger JP, Ryan MJ, Drummond HA. Interleukin-17 induces hypertension but does not impair cerebrovascular function in pregnant rats. Pregnancy Hypertens 2021; 24:50-57. [PMID: 33677419 PMCID: PMC8159853 DOI: 10.1016/j.preghy.2021.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2020] [Revised: 01/20/2021] [Accepted: 02/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
Abstract
Preeclampsia affects 5-8% of pregnancies and is characterized by hypertension, placental ischemia, neurological impairment, and an increase in circulating inflammatory cytokines, including Interleukin-17 (IL17). While placental ischemia has also been shown to impair cerebrovascular function, it is not known which placental-associated factor(s) drive this effect. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of IL17 on cerebrovascular function during pregnancy. To achieve this goal, pregnant rats were infused with either IL17 (150 pg/day, 5 days, osmotic minipump), or vehicle (saline/0.7% BSA osmotic minipump) starting at gestational day (GD) 14. On GD 19, the cerebral blood flow (CBF) response to increases in mean arterial pressure (MAP) was measured in vivo, and myogenic constrictor responses of the middle cerebral artery (MCA) were assessed ex vivo. IL17 increased MAP but impaired CBF responses only at the highest arterial pressure measured (190 mmHg). Myogenic constrictor responses overall were mostly unaffected by IL17 infusion; however, the intraluminal pressure at which peak myogenic tone was generated was lower in the IL17 infused group (120 vs 165 mm Hg), suggesting maximal tone is exerted at lower intraluminal pressures in IL17-treated pregnant rats. Consistent with the lack of substantial change in overall myogenic responsiveness, there was no difference in cerebral vessel expression of putative mechanosensitive protein βENaC, but a tendency towards a decrease in ASIC2 (p = 0.067) in IL17 rats. This study suggests that infusion of IL17 independent of other placental ischemia-associated factors is insufficient to recapitulate the features of impaired cerebrovascular function during placental ischemia. Further studies to examine of the role of other pro-inflammatory cytokines, individually or a combination, are necessary to determine mechanisms of cerebral vascular dysfunction during preeclampsia.
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- Jeremy W Duncan
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39206, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39206, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39206, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39206, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39206, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39206, USA.
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Halvorson BD, McGuire JJ, Singh KK, Butcher JT, Lombard JH, Chantler PD, Frisbee JC. Can Myogenic Tone Protect Endothelial Function? Integrating Myogenic Activation and Dilator Reactivity for Cerebral Resistance Arteries in Metabolic Disease. J Vasc Res 2021; 58:286-300. [PMID: 33971663 PMCID: PMC8478702 DOI: 10.1159/000516088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2021] [Accepted: 03/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The obese Zucker rat (OZR) manifests multiple risk factors for impaired cerebrovascular function, including hypertension and insulin resistance although how they combine to produce integrated vascular function is unclear. As studies have suggested that myogenic activation (MA) severity for middle cerebral arteries (MCAs) may be proportional to hypertension severity, we hypothesized that MA will negatively correlate with dilator reactivity in OZR. MA of MCA from OZR was divided into low, medium, and high based on the slope of MA, while MCA reactivity and vascular metabolite bioavailability were assessed in all groups. Endothelium-dependent dilation of MCA in OZR was attenuated and correlated with the MA slope. Treatment of OZR MCA with TEMPOL (antioxidant) improved dilation in low or medium MA groups, but had less impact on high MA. Alternatively, treatment with gadolinium to normalize MA in OZR had reduced impact on dilator reactivity in MCA from low and medium MA groups, but improved responses in the high group. Treatment with both agents resulted in dilator responses that were comparable across all groups. These results suggest that, under conditions with stronger MA, endothelial function may receive some protection despite the environment, potentially from the ability of MCA to reduce wall tension despite increased pressure.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antioxidants/pharmacology
- Cerebrovascular Circulation/drug effects
- Disease Models, Animal
- Endothelium, Vascular/drug effects
- Endothelium, Vascular/metabolism
- Endothelium, Vascular/physiopathology
- Male
- Metabolic Syndrome/metabolism
- Metabolic Syndrome/physiopathology
- Middle Cerebral Artery/drug effects
- Middle Cerebral Artery/metabolism
- Middle Cerebral Artery/physiopathology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/physiopathology
- Rats, Zucker
- Vascular Resistance/drug effects
- Vasodilation/drug effects
- Vasodilator Agents/pharmacology
- Rats
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- Brayden D. Halvorson
- Departments of Medical Biophysics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario
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- Departments of Medical Biophysics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario
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- Departments of Medical Biophysics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario
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- Department of Physiological Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma
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- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Division of Exercise Physiology, West Virginia University Health Sciences Center, Morgantown, West Virginia
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- Departments of Medical Biophysics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario
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Jukic I, Mihaljevic Z, Matic A, Mihalj M, Kozina N, Selthofer-Relatic K, Mihaljevic D, Koller A, Tartaro Bujak I, Drenjancevic I. Angiotensin II type 1 receptor is involved in flow-induced vasomotor responses of isolated middle cerebral arteries: role of oxidative stress. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2021; 320:H1609-H1624. [PMID: 33666506 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00620.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2020] [Accepted: 02/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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This study aimed to determine the mechanosensing role of angiotensin II type 1 receptor (AT1R) in flow-induced dilation (FID) and oxidative stress production in middle cerebral arteries (MCA) of Sprague-Dawley rats. Eleven-week old, healthy male Sprague-Dawley rats on a standard diet were given the AT1R blocker losartan (1 mg/mL) in drinking water (losartan group) or tap water (control group) ad libitum for 7 days. Blockade of AT1R attenuated FID and acetylcholine-induced dilation was compared with control group. Nitric oxide (NO) synthase inhibitor Nω-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester (l-NAME) and cyclooxygenase inhibitor indomethacin (Indo) significantly reduced FID in control group. The attenuated FID in losartan group was further reduced by Indo only at Δ100 mmHg, whereas l-NAME had no effect. In losartan group, Tempol (a superoxide scavenger) restored dilatation, whereas Tempol + l-NAME together significantly reduced FID compared with restored dilatation with Tempol alone. Direct fluorescence measurements of NO and reactive oxygen species (ROS) production in MCA, in no-flow conditions revealed significantly reduced vascular NO levels with AT1R blockade compared with control group, whereas in flow condition increased the NO and ROS production in losartan group and had no effect in the control group. In losartan group, Tempol decreased ROS production in both no-flow and flow conditions. AT1R blockade elicited increased serum concentrations of ANG II, 8-iso-PGF2α, and TBARS, and decreased antioxidant enzyme activity (SOD and CAT). These results suggest that in small isolated cerebral arteries: 1) AT1 receptor maintains dilations in physiological conditions; 2) AT1R blockade leads to increased vascular and systemic oxidative stress, which underlies impaired FID.NEW & NOTEWORTHY The AT1R blockade impaired the endothelium-dependent, both flow- and acetylcholine-induced dilations of MCA by decreasing vascular NO production and increasing the level of vascular and systemic oxidative stress, whereas it mildly influenced the vascular wall inflammatory phenotype, but had no effect on the systemic inflammatory response. Our data provide functional and molecular evidence for an important role of AT1 receptor activation in physiological conditions, suggesting that AT1 receptors have multiple biological functions.
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- Ivana Jukic
- Institute and Department of Physiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
- Scientific Centre of Excellence for Personalized Health Care, University of Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
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- Institute and Department of Physiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
- Scientific Centre of Excellence for Personalized Health Care, University of Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
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- Institute and Department of Physiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
- Scientific Centre of Excellence for Personalized Health Care, University of Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
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- Institute and Department of Physiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
- Scientific Centre of Excellence for Personalized Health Care, University of Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
- Department of Dermatology and Venereology, University Hospital Centre Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
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- Institute and Department of Physiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
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- Scientific Centre of Excellence for Personalized Health Care, University of Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
- Department of Heart and Vascular Diseases, University Hospital Centre Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Josip Juraj Strossmayer Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Josip Juraj Strossmayer Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
- Department of Nephrology, University Hospital Centre Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
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- Department of Neurosurgery and Szentagothai Research Centre, University of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary
- Department of Morphology and Physiology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
- Sport-Physiology Research Centre, University of Physical Education, Budapest, Hungary
- Department of Physiology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York
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- Radiation Chemistry and Dosimetry Laboratory, Division of Materials Chemistry, Ruder Boskovic Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Institute and Department of Physiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
- Scientific Centre of Excellence for Personalized Health Care, University of Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
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Shehata NAA, Ali HAA, Fahim AS, Katta MA, Hussein GK. Addition of sildenafil citrate for treatment of severe intrauterine growth restriction: a double blind randomized placebo controlled trial. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2020; 33:1631-1637. [PMID: 30345864 DOI: 10.1080/14767058.2018.1523892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2018] [Accepted: 09/11/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Background: Severe intrauterine growth restriction complicates approximately 0.4% of the pregnancies. It increases the risk of perinatal morbidity and mortality.Subjects and methods: A double blind placebo controlled trial was conducted in Beni Suef University hospitals during 2017. It included 46 pregnant women with severe intrauterine growth restriction. Women were randomly allocated into two groups each included 23 patients. Intervention group received sildenafil citrate 20 mg orally three times a day, in addition to fish oil and zinc supplementation. Control group received tablets similar to sildenafil and the same treatment as intervention group. Primary outcomes included improvement in umbilical and middle cerebral arteries pulsatility indices and abdominal circumference.Results: Umbilical and middle cerebral arteries Doppler indices showed significant difference between groups after intake of sildenafil. Umbilical artery pulsatility index decreased significantly (p value = .001) while middle cerebral artery pulsatility index increased significantly in intervention group (p value0.001). Moreover, abdominal circumference growth velocity improved after two weeks of sildenafil intake (p value = .001).Conclusions: Sildenafil citrate may improve uteroplacental and fetal cerebral perfusion in pregnancies complicated by severe intrauterine growth restriction. It also improves abdominal circumference growth velocity. A wide scale randomized trials are needed for evaluation of neonatal and long term morbidity and mortality outcomes of pregnancies treated by sildenafil citrate.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beni-Suef University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beni-Suef University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beni-Suef University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beni-Suef University, Cairo, Egypt
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Ghanizada H, Al-Karagholi MAM, Arngrim N, Ghanizada M, Larsson HBW, Amin FM, Ashina M. Effect of pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide-27 on cerebral hemodynamics in healthy volunteers: A 3T MRI study. Peptides 2019; 121:170134. [PMID: 31449829 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2019.170134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2019] [Revised: 08/16/2019] [Accepted: 08/22/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) has emerged as an important signaling peptide in migraine pathogenesis. Recently, we have shown that the less-abundant PACAP isoform, PACAP27, induced migraine and headache in patients equipotently to PACAP38. The present study examined the effect of PACAP27 on cerebral hemodynamics in healthy volunteers using high resolution magnetic resonance angiography (MRA). Eighteen healthy volunteers received infusion of PACAP27 (10 pmol/kg/min) or placebo over 20 min and were scanned repeatedly in fixed intervals for 5 h in a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study. The circumference of extra-intracerebral arteries was measured and compared with PACAP38 data. We found significant dilation of middle meningeal artery (MMA) (p = 0.019), superficial temporal artery (p = 0.001) and external carotid artery (p = 0.039) after PACAP27 infusion compared to placebo. Whereas the middle cerebral artery (MCA) (p = 0.011) and internal carotid artery (ICA) (pICAcervical = 0.015, pICAcerebral = 0.019) were constricted. No effects on basilar artery (p = 0.708) and cavernous portion of ICA were found. Post hoc analyses revealed significant larger area under the curve for MMA after PACAP38 compared to PACAP27 (p = 0.033). We also found that PACAP27 induced headache in nine out of twelve (75%) volunteers and one (17%) after placebo. In conclusion, PACAP27 induced headache and dilated extracerebral arteries (>5 h) and slightly constricted MCA in healthy volunteers. Post hoc analysis of PACAP38 data compared with PACAP27 showed that PACAP isoforms dilates MMA with significantly different magnitude.
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- Hashmat Ghanizada
- Danish Headache Center and Department of Neurology, Rigshospitalet Glostrup, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Danish Headache Center and Department of Neurology, Rigshospitalet Glostrup, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Danish Headache Center and Department of Neurology, Rigshospitalet Glostrup, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Danish Headache Center and Department of Neurology, Rigshospitalet Glostrup, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Functional Imaging Unit, Department of Clinical Physiology, Nuclear Medicine and PET, Rigshospitalet, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Danish Headache Center and Department of Neurology, Rigshospitalet Glostrup, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Danish Headache Center and Department of Neurology, Rigshospitalet Glostrup, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Guan L, Geng X, Stone C, Cosky EEP, Ji Y, Du H, Zhang K, Sun Q, Ding Y. PM 2.5 exposure induces systemic inflammation and oxidative stress in an intracranial atherosclerosis rat model. Environ Toxicol 2019; 34:530-538. [PMID: 30672636 DOI: 10.1002/tox.22707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2018] [Revised: 12/22/2018] [Accepted: 12/26/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Exposure to airborne particle (PM2.5 ) is a risk factor for intracranial atherosclerosis (ICA). Because of the established role of systemic inflammation and oxidative stress by PM2.5 , we determined whether these processes account for PM2.5 -mediated ICA, and also whether omega-3 fatty acid (O3FA) dietary supplementation could attenuate them. METHODS Adult Sprague-Dawley rats were exposed to filtered air (FA) or PM2.5 and fed either a normal chow diet (NCD) or a high-cholesterol diet (HCD), administered with or without O3FA (5 mg/kg/day by gavage) for 12 weeks. The lumen and thickness of the middle cerebral artery (MCA) were assessed. Serum tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), interleukin 6 (IL-6), interleukin-1β (IL-1β), and interferon gamma (IFN-γ) were detected by ELISA. Reactive oxygen species (ROS), malondialdehyde (MDA), superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase (NOX) activity, mRNA levels of Nrf2, HO-1, NQO-1, and protein level of NOX subunit gp91 were quantified to determine the oxidative profile of brain vessels. RESULTS PM2.5 increased (P < .05) ICA, especially in the HCD group; elevated serum TNF-α, IL-6, IL-1β, and IFN-γ; increased cerebrovascular ROS, MDA, NOX activity, and gp91 protein levels; and decreased cerebrovascular SOD activity. Nrf2, HO-1, and NQO-1 mRNA levels were upregulated (P < .05) by PM2.5 exposure, especially in the HCD group. O3FA attenuated (P < .05) PM2.5 -induced systemic inflammation, vascular oxidative injury, and ICA. CONCLUSIONS PM2.5 exposure induced systemic inflammation, cerebrovascular oxidative injury, and ICA in rats with HCD. O3FA prevented ICA development, and may therefore exert a protective effect against the atherogenic potential of PM2.5 .
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- Longfei Guan
- China-America Institute of Neuroscience, Beijing Luhe Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Department of Neurosurgery, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan
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- China-America Institute of Neuroscience, Beijing Luhe Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Department of Neurosurgery, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan
- Department of Neurology, Beijing Luhe Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan
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- Department of General Surgery, Beijing Luhe Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- China-America Institute of Neuroscience, Beijing Luhe Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Department of Neurology, Beijing Luhe Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan
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- Division of Environmental Health Sciences, College of Public Health, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan
- Department of Research & Development Center, John D. Dingell VA Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan
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Opheim GL, Zucknick M, Henriksen T, Haugen G. A maternal meal affects clinical Doppler parameters in the fetal middle cerebral artery. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0209990. [PMID: 30596747 PMCID: PMC6312248 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0209990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2018] [Accepted: 12/14/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Middle cerebral artery (MCA) and umbilical artery (UA) Doppler blood flow pulsatility indices (PIs) and MCA peak systolic velocity (PSV) are essential variables for clinically evaluating fetal well-being. Here we examined how a maternal meal influenced these Doppler blood flow velocity variables. METHODS This prospective cohort study included 89 healthy Caucasian women with normal singleton pregnancies (median age, 32 years). Measurements were performed at gestational weeks 30 and 36, representing the start and near the end of the energy-depositing period. Measured variables included the MCA-PI, UA-PI, fetal heart rate (FHR) and MCA-PSV. The cerebroplacental ratio (CPR) was calculated as the ratio of MCA-PI to UA-PI. The first examination was performed in the fasting state at 08:30 a.m. Then participants ate a standard breakfast (approximate caloric intake, 400kcal), and the examination was repeated ~105 min after the meal. RESULTS Without adjustment for FHR, fetal MCA-PI decreased after the meal at week 30 (‒0.115; p = 0.012) and week 36 (‒0.255; p < 0.001). All PI values were negatively correlated with FHR. After adjustment for FHR, MCA-PI still decreased after the meal at week 30 (‒0.087; p = 0.044) and week 36 (‒0.194; p < 0.001). The difference between the two gestational weeks was non-significant (p = 0.075). UA-PI values did not significantly change at week 30 (p = 0.253) or week 36 (p = 0.920). CPR revealed significant postprandial decreases of -0.17 at week 30 (p = 0.006) and -0.22 at week 36 (p = 0.001). Compared to fasting values, MCA-PSV was significantly higher after food intake: +3.9 cm/s at week 30 (p < 0.001) and +5.9 cm/s at week 36 (p < 0.001). CONCLUSION In gestational weeks 30 and 36, we observed a postprandial influence that was apparently specific to fetal cerebral blood flow.
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- Gun Lisbet Opheim
- Department of Fetal Medicine, Oslo University Hospital—Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
- Norwegian Advisory Unit on Woman`s Health, Oslo University Hospital—Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Department of Biostatistics, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Obstetrics, Oslo University Hospital–Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Fetal Medicine, Oslo University Hospital—Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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North KC, Chang J, Bukiya AN, Dopico AM. Extra-endothelial TRPV1 channels participate in alcohol and caffeine actions on cerebral artery diameter. Alcohol 2018; 73:45-55. [PMID: 30268908 DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2018.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2017] [Revised: 04/09/2018] [Accepted: 04/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Alcohol (ethyl alcohol; ethanol) and caffeine are the two most widely used psychoactive substances in the world. Caffeine and ethanol have both been reported to constrict cerebral arteries in several species, including humans. We have recently shown that application of 10-μM caffeine mixed with 50 mM ethanol to in vitro pressurized cerebral arteries of rats reduced ethanol-induced constriction. This effect was dependent on the presence of nitric oxide (NO•) and could be observed in de-endothelialized arteries supplied with the NO donor sodium nitroprusside (SNP). The molecular target(s) of ethanol-caffeine interaction in cerebral arteries has remained unknown. In the present work, we used rat and mouse middle cerebral arteries (MCA) to identify the extra-endothelial effectors of NO-mediated, caffeine-induced protection against ethanol-evoked arterial constriction. Constriction of intact MCA of rat by either 50 mM ethanol or 10 μM caffeine was ablated in the presence of a selective TRPV1 pharmacological blocker. TRPV1 pharmacological block, but not block of TRPA1, PKG, or BK channels, removed caffeine-induced protection against ethanol-evoked rat MCA constriction, whether evaluated in arteries with intact endothelium or in SNP-supplemented, de-endothelialized arteries. In mouse arteries, caffeine-induced protection against ethanol-induced MCA constriction was significantly amplified, resulting in actual vasodilation, upon pharmacological block of TRPV1, and in TRPV1 knock-out arteries. Despite some species-specific differences, our study unequivocally demonstrates the presence of functional, extra-endothelial TRPV1 that participates in both endothelium-independent MCA constriction by separate exposure to ethanol or caffeine and caffeine-induced protection against ethanol-evoked MCA constriction.
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- Kelsey C North
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38103, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38103, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38103, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38103, United States.
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Elwany E, Omar S, Ahmed A, Heba G, Atef D. Antenatal dexamethasone effect on Doppler blood flow velocity in women at risk for preterm birth: prospective case series. Afr Health Sci 2018; 18:596-600. [PMID: 30602992 PMCID: PMC6307019 DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v18i3.17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Background Maternal administration of corticosteroids is essential to improve fetal lung surfactant production and hasten the fetal lung maturity in women at risk for preterm birth. Objectives The current study aims to evaluate the effects of dexamethasone on fetal and uteroplacental circulation in pregnancies at risk for preterm birth after 24 hours of its administration. Methods A prospective cross-sectional study was carried out in a tertiary University Hospital and included 52 pregnant women with singleton pregnancies. Doppler studies were performed on maternal uterine arteries, umbilical artery, fetal middle cerebral artery (MCA) and fetal descending aorta and just before dexamethasone administration and repeated 24 hours after completion of the course. Results There was a statistically significant difference between all Doppler indices in the umbilical artery (PI= 1.09±0.4 and 1.05±0.39, RI= 0.66±0.14 and 0.63±0.14; p=0.001), fetal MCA (RI= 0.86±0.12 and 0.83±0.13, PI= 2.19±0.72 and 2.15±0.72; p=0.001) and aorta (RI= 0.9±0.55 and 0.87±0.55; p=0.001, PI= 1.91±0.44 and 1.89±0.44; p=0.040) in comparison before and 24 hours after maternal dexamethasone administration respectively. Also uterine artery PI was significantly different (0.9±0.27 and 0.87±0.26; p=0.001). Conclusion Antenatal dexamethasone for women at risk of preterm birth improves the fetal and uteroplacental blood flow at 24 hours after its administration.
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- Elsnosy Elwany
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Woman's Health Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Woman's Health Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Woman's Health Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Woman's Health Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Woman's Health Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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Background Hypoxia during pregnancy could cause abnormal development and lead to increased risks of vascular diseases in adults. This study determined angiotensin II (AII)‐mediated vascular dysfunction in offspring middle cerebral arteries (MCA). Methods and Results Pregnant rats were subjected to hypoxia. Vascular tension in offspring MCA by AII with or without inhibitors, calcium channel activities, and endoplasmic reticulum calcium stores were tested. Whole‐cell patch clamping was used to investigate voltage‐dependent calcium channel currents. mRNA expression was tested using quantitative real‐time polymerase chain reaction. AII‐mediated MCA constriction was greater in male offspring exposed to prenatal hypoxia. AT1 and AT2 receptors were involved in the altered AII‐mediated vasoconstriction. Prenatal hypoxia increased baseline activities of L‐type calcium channel currents in MCA smooth muscle cells. However, calcium currents stimulated by AII were not significantly changed, whereas nifedipine inhibited AII‐mediated vasoconstrictions in the MCA. Activities of IP3/ryanodine receptor–operated calcium channels, endoplasmic reticulum calcium stores, and sarcoendoplasmic reticulum membrane Ca2+‐ATPase were increased. Prenatal hypoxia also caused dysfunction of vasodilatation via the endothelium NO synthase. The mRNA expressions of AT1A, AT1B, AT2R, Cav1.2α1C, Cav3.2α1H, and ryanodine receptor RyR2 were increased in the prenatal‐hypoxia group. Conclusions Hypoxia in pregnancy could induce dysfunction in both contraction and dilation in the offspring MCA. AII‐increased constriction in the prenatal‐hypoxia group was not mainly dependent on the L‐type and T‐type calcium channels; it might predominantly rely on the AII receptors, IP3/ryanodine receptors, and the endoplasmic reticulum calcium store as well as calcium ATPase.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Calcium Channels, L-Type/genetics
- Calcium Channels, L-Type/metabolism
- Calcium Channels, T-Type/genetics
- Calcium Channels, T-Type/metabolism
- Calcium Signaling
- Cerebrovascular Disorders/etiology
- Cerebrovascular Disorders/metabolism
- Cerebrovascular Disorders/physiopathology
- Disease Models, Animal
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Female
- Fetal Hypoxia/complications
- Fetal Hypoxia/metabolism
- Fetal Hypoxia/physiopathology
- Gestational Age
- Humans
- Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors/genetics
- Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors/metabolism
- Membrane Potentials
- Membrane Transport Modulators/pharmacology
- Middle Cerebral Artery/drug effects
- Middle Cerebral Artery/metabolism
- Middle Cerebral Artery/physiopathology
- Pregnancy
- Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Receptors, Angiotensin/genetics
- Receptors, Angiotensin/metabolism
- Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel/genetics
- Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel/metabolism
- Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPases/genetics
- Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPases/metabolism
- Vasoconstriction/drug effects
- Vasoconstrictor Agents/pharmacology
- Vasodilation/drug effects
- Vasodilator Agents/pharmacology
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- Jiaqi Tang
- Institute of Fetology, First Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Institute of Fetology, First Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Institute of Fetology, First Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Institute of Fetology, First Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Institute of Fetology, First Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Institute of Fetology, First Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Institute of Fetology, First Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Institute of Fetology, First Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Institute of Fetology, First Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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Ma YG, Liang L, Zhang YB, Wang BF, Bai YG, Dai ZJ, Xie MJ, Wang ZW. Berberine reduced blood pressure and improved vasodilation in diabetic rats. J Mol Endocrinol 2017; 59:191-204. [PMID: 28515053 DOI: 10.1530/jme-17-0014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2017] [Accepted: 05/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Hyperglycemia and hypertension are considered to be the two leading risk factors for vascular disease in diabetic patients. However, few pharmacologic agents could provide a combinational therapy for controlling hyperglycemia and hypertension at the same time in diabetes. The objectives of this study are to investigate whether berberine treatment could directly reduce blood pressure and identify the molecular mechanism underlying the vascular protection of berberine in diabetic rats. Berberine was intragastrically administered with different dosages of 50, 100 and 200 mg/kg/day to diabetic rats for 8 weeks since the injection of streptozotocin. The endothelium-dependent/-independent relaxation in middle cerebral arteries was investigated. The activity of large-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channel (BKCa) was investigated by recording whole-cell currents, analyzing single-channel activities and assessing the expressions of α- and β1-subunit at protein or mRNA levels. Results of the study suggest that chronic administration of 100 mg/kg/day berberine not only lowered blood glucose but also reduced blood pressure and improved vasodilation in diabetic rats. Furthermore, berberine markedly increased the function and expression of BKCa β1-subunit in cerebral vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) isolated from diabetic rats or when exposed to hyperglycemia condition. The present study provided initial evidences that berberine reduced blood pressure and improved vasodilation in diabetic rats by activation of BKCa channel in VSMCs, which suggested that berberine might provide a combinational therapy for controlling hyperglycemia and blood pressure in diabetes. Furthermore, our work indicated that activation of BKCa channel might be the underlying mechanism responsible for the vascular protection of berberine in diabetes.
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- Yu-Guang Ma
- Department of OncologyThe Second Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China
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- Department of OncologyThe Second Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China
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- Department of OncologyThe Second Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China
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- Department of OncologyThe Second Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China
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- Department of OncologyThe Second Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China
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- Department of OncologyThe Second Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China
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- Department of Aerospace PhysiologyKey Laboratory of Aerospace Medicine of Ministry of Education, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China
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- Department of OncologyThe Second Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China
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RATIONALE Intracranial vascular atherosclerotic occlusion is one of the most common causes of ischemic stroke world wide. The involvement of large intracranial vessels, in particular, the middle cerebral artery, is usually associated with unfavorable outcomes in patients. Spontaneous recanalization of atherosclerotic occlusion is relatively rare. PATIENT CONCERNS The first patient was a 43-year-old male with slurred speech and left-sided weakness for a duration of 24 hours. The second was a 59-year-old male with left-sided weakness over a period of 13 hours. The last was a 49-year-old female patient presented with a 1-month history of right-sided headache. DIAGNOSES Atherosclerotic middle cerebral artery occlusion. INTERVENTIONS In all cases, oral aspirin (100 mg; once daily), Plavix (75 mg; once daily), and Lipitor (40 mg; once daily) were used . Oral Plavix was stopped 3 months. OUTCOMES Spontaneous recanalization occured in the three cases of atherosclerotic middle cerebral artery occlusion. LESSONS Spontaneous recanalization may occur in both early and late stages of atherosclerotic middle cerebral artery occlusion. Clinicians should be aware of this particular condition, as it may represent a relatively favorable prognosis.
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Wang JL, Li XN, Zhang YH, Li X, Yang YL. Evaluation function of transcranial two-dimensional and color Doppler ultrasonography (TCCS) for patients with different degrees of cerebral vasospasm before and after the nimodipine treatment. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2017; 21:2757-2763. [PMID: 28678308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the changes in cerebral hemodynamics of patients with different degrees of cerebral vasospasm before and after the nimodipine treatment using transcranial two-dimensional and color Doppler ultrasonography (TCCS). PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 77 patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage was collected; and the maximum peak systolic velocity (Vs), end diastolic velocity (Vd), time averaged maximum velocity (Vm), pulsatility index (PI) and resistance index (RI) of middle cerebral artery (MCA) were measured by spectral Doppler technique. The standard-dose nimodipine was given for clinical treatment, and changes in blood flow velocity of MCA were monitored by TCCS, and the therapeutic effect was observed. RESULTS 68 out of 77 patients (88.3%) with subarachnoid hemorrhage were diagnosed as cerebral vasospasm (CVS), including 53 cases (77.9%) of mild spasm, 11 cases (16.2%) of moderate spasm and 4 cases (5.9%) of severe spasm. The sensibility of CVS detected by TCCS after operation was 88.3%. Color Doppler flow imaging (CDFI) showed that the blood flow was multicolored. After the nimodipine treatment, the measured values of MCA-Vs and RI were decreased in different degrees compared with those before treatment. CONCLUSIONS Nimodipine has improving effects on CVS in different degrees, and TCCS can be used to evaluate the therapeutic effects on CVS.
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- J-L Wang
- Department of Medicine Ultrasonics, People's Hospital of Dezhou, Dezhou, Shangdong, China.
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Daftari Besheli L, Tan CO, Bell DL, Hirsch JA, Gupta R. Temporal evolution of vasospasm and clinical outcome after intra-arterial vasodilator therapy in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0174676. [PMID: 28339483 PMCID: PMC5365119 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0174676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2016] [Accepted: 03/13/2017] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Intra-arterial (IA) vasodilator therapy is one of the recommended treatments to minimize the impact of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage-induced cerebral vasospasm refractory to standard management. However, its usefulness and efficacy is not well established. We evaluated the effect IA vasodilator therapy on middle cerebral artery blood flow and on discharge outcome. We reviewed records for 115 adults admitted to Neurointensive Care Unit to test whether there was a difference in clinical outcome (discharge mRS) in those who received IA infusions. In a subset of 19 patients (33 vessels) treated using IA therapy, we tested whether therapy was effective in reversing the trends in blood flow. All measures of MCA blood flow increased from day -2 to -1 before infusion (maximum Peak Systolic Velocity (PSV) 232.2±9.4 to 262.4±12.5 cm/s [p = 0.02]; average PSV 202.1±8.5 to 229.9±10.9 [p = 0.02]; highest Mean Flow Velocity (MFV) 154.3±8.3 to 172.9±10.5 [p = 0.10]; average MFV 125.5±6.3 to 147.8±9.5 cm/s, [p = 0.02]) but not post-infusion (maximum PSV 261.2±14.6 cm/s [p = .89]; average PSV 223.4±11.4 [p = 0.56]; highest MFV 182.9±12.4 cm/s [p = 0.38]; average MFV 153.0±10.2 cm/s [p = 0.54]). After IA therapy, flow velocities were consistently reduced (day X infusion interaction p<0.01 for all measures). However, discharge mRS was higher in IA infusion group, even after adjusting for sex, age, and admission grades. Thus, while IA vasodilator therapy was effective in reversing the vasospasm-mediated deterioration in blood flow, clinical outcomes in the treated group were worse than the untreated group. There is need for a prospective randomized controlled trial to avoid potential confounding effect of selection bias.
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- Laleh Daftari Besheli
- Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA, United States of America
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America
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- Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA, United States of America
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America
- Cerebrovascular Research Laboratory, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA, United States of America
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- Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA, United States of America
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America
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- Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA, United States of America
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America
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- Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA, United States of America
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America
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Grüne F, Kazmaier S, Hoeks SE, Stolker RJ, Coburn M, Weyland A. Argon does not affect cerebral circulation or metabolism in male humans. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0171962. [PMID: 28207907 PMCID: PMC5313187 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0171962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2016] [Accepted: 01/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Accumulating data have recently underlined argon´s neuroprotective potential. However, to the best of our knowledge, no data are available on the cerebrovascular effects of argon (Ar) in humans. We hypothesized that argon inhalation does not affect mean blood flow velocity of the middle cerebral artery (Vmca), cerebral flow index (FI), zero flow pressure (ZFP), effective cerebral perfusion pressure (CPPe), resistance area product (RAP) and the arterio-jugular venous content differences of oxygen (AJVDO2), glucose (AJVDG), and lactate (AJVDL) in anesthetized patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS In a secondary analysis of an earlier controlled cross-over trial we compared parameters of the cerebral circulation under 15 minutes exposure to 70%Ar/30%O2 versus 70%N2/30%O2 in 29 male patients under fentanyl-midazolam anaesthesia before coronary surgery. Vmca was measured by transcranial Doppler sonography. ZFP and RAP were estimated by linear regression analysis of pressure-flow velocity relationships of the middle cerebral artery. CPPe was calculated as the difference between mean arterial pressure and ZFP. AJVDO2, AJVDG and AJVDL were calculated as the differences in contents between arterial and jugular-venous blood of oxygen, glucose, and lactate. Statistical analysis was done by t-tests and ANOVA. RESULTS Mechanical ventilation with 70% Ar did not cause any significant changes in mean arterial pressure, Vmca, FI, ZFP, CPPe, RAP, AJVDO2, AJVDG, and AJVDL. DISCUSSION Short-term inhalation of 70% Ar does not affect global cerebral circulation or metabolism in male humans under general anaesthesia.
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- Frank Grüne
- Department of Anaesthesiology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Centre of Anaesthesiology, Critical Care, Emergency Medicine and Pain Therapy (ZARI), University-Hospital of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Critical Care, Emergency Medicine and Pain Therapy, Klinikum Oldenburg, Medical Campus University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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Rasulo F, Zugni N, Piva S, Fagoni N, Pe F, Toninelli A, Calza S, Latronico N. Influence of supraglottic airway device placement on cerebral hemodynamics. Minerva Anestesiol 2016; 82:850-857. [PMID: 27607186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Supraglottic airway devices (SGDs) are of current use in anesthesia practice and in emergency conditions. It has been suggested that cerebral blood flow (CBF) can decrease after SGD insertion or cuff inflation; however, it is uncertain if this reduction is caused by the SGD or the anesthetic drugs utilized for the anesthetic procedure. During minor surgery we separated CBF measurements by an adequate time interval in order to measure the distinctive changes in cerebral hemodynamics associated with anesthesia induction, SGD insertion and cuff inflation. METHODS Patients scheduled for minor surgery requiring general anesthesia and SGD placement were included. Middle cerebral artery mean flow velocity (FVm-mca) and the Pulsatility Index (PI) were measured through use of trans-cranial Doppler (TCD) at baseline, after anesthesia induction, SGD insertion and cuff inflation, once a steady cardio-circulatory state was reached and end tidal CO2 (etCO2) was within normal range. RESULTS A total of 21 patients were included. Following anesthesia induction, in concomitance to a reduction in mean arterial pressure (MAP), there was a mean decrease in FVm-mca by 16.60 cm/s, P<0.005 and a mean increase in PI by 0.24, P<0.0015. MAP, FVm-mca and PI did not change significantly, neither after SGD placement (P>0.05), nor after SGD cuffing (P>0.05). CONCLUSIONS SGD insertion and cuff inflation did not influence cerebral hemodynamics in anesthetized patients undergoing minor surgery. At normal etCO2 range, the CBF reduction with transient increase in PI was associated with anesthesia induction and not SGD insertion itself.
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- Frank Rasulo
- Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine, University of Brescia, Spedali Civili Hospital of Brescia, Brescia, Italy -
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Trapani A, Gonçalves LF, Trapani TF, Franco MJ, Galluzzo RN, Pires MMS. Comparison between transdermal nitroglycerin and sildenafil citrate in intrauterine growth restriction: effects on uterine, umbilical and fetal middle cerebral artery pulsatility indices. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2016; 48:61-65. [PMID: 26279411 DOI: 10.1002/uog.15673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2015] [Revised: 08/11/2015] [Accepted: 08/12/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effects of transdermal nitroglycerin (GTN) and sildenafil citrate on Doppler velocity waveforms of the uterine (UtA), umbilical (UA) and fetal middle cerebral (MCA) arteries in pregnancies with intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR). METHODS This was a prospective study of 35 singleton pregnancies (gestational age, 24-31 weeks) with IUGR and abnormal UtA and UA Doppler waveforms. We compared maternal arterial blood pressure and Z-scores of the pulsatility index (PI) of UtA, UA and fetal MCA before and after application of a transdermal GTN patch (average dose, 0.4 mg/h), oral sildenafil citrate (50 mg) or placebo. Statistical analysis was performed by ANOVA for paired samples. RESULTS There was a significant decrease in UtA-PI after application of GTN (21.0%) and sildenafil citrate (20.4%). A significant reduction in UA-PI was also observed for both GTN (19.1%) and sildenafil citrate (18.2%). There was no difference in UtA- and UA-PI when the GTN and sildenafil groups were compared. No changes in Doppler velocimetry were observed in the placebo group and no significant change in MCA-PI was observed in any group. Maternal arterial blood pressure decreased with administration of both GTN and sildenafil citrate in those with pre-eclampsia. CONCLUSION The use of transdermal GTN or sildenafil citrate in pregnancies with IUGR is associated with a significant reduction in both UtA and UA Doppler PI, as well as maternal arterial blood pressure. Neither drug affected the MCA-PI. Copyright © 2015 ISUOG. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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- A Trapani
- Hospital of Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Rochester, MI, USA
- Department of Radiology, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Rochester, MI, USA
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- University of Southern Santa Catarina, Medical School, Palhoça, SC, Brazil
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- Hospital of Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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- Hospital of Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, SC, Brazil
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Tvedskov JF, Thomsen LL, Thomsen LL, Iversen HK, Williams P, Gibson A, Jenkins K, Peck R, Olesen J. The Effect of Propranolol on Glyceryltrinitrate-Induced Headache and Arterial Response. Cephalalgia 2016; 24:1076-87. [PMID: 15566422 DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2004.00796.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Prophylactic drug trials in migraine are long-lasting and expensive and require long-term toxicology information. A human migraine model would therefore be helpful in testing new drugs. Immediate headache and delayed migraine after glyceryltrinitrate (GTN) has been well characterized. We have recently shown that sodium valproate has prophylactic effect in the GTN model. Here we report our experience with propranolol in this model. Nineteen subjects with migraine without aura and 16 sex- and aged-matched healthy subjects were included in a two-centre randomized double-blind cross-over study. Fourteen migraine subjects and 14 healthy subjects completed the study and results from comparison of the 28 subjects are reported. Randomly propranolol 160 mg or placebo were each given daily for 14 days to both migraine and healthy subjects. A 20-min intravenous infusion of GTN 0.25 mg/kg per min was administered on a study day at the end of both pretreatment periods. Headache was registered for 12 h after GTN infusions. Its intensity was scored on a numerical verbal rating scale from 0 to 10. Fulfilment of International Headache Society (HIS) criteria was recorded for 24 h. Radial and superficial temporal artery diameters and blood velocity of both middle cerebral arteries were measured. All migraine subjects developed headache after GTN. No reduction of overall peak headache was found after propranolol (median 5, range 0-7) compared with placebo (median 5, range 0-10) ( P = 0.441). Eight of the 14 completing migraine subject developed IHS 1.1 migraine after GTN, two subjects on both days, three subjects only after placebo, and three subjects only after propranolol. No reduction of GTN-induced migraine was found after propranolol compared with placebo (5 vs. 5, P = 1.000). All healthy subjects developed headache after GTN. No reduction of overall peak headache was found after propranolol (median 2, range 1-5) compared with placebo (median 1, range 1-7) ( P = 0.315). Two subjects fulfilled IHS criteria 1.1 for migraine without aura after propranolol but not after placebo. The fulfilment was short lasting and did not require rescue medication. Headache after GTN was more pronounced in migraine subjects than in healthy subjects both with ( P = 0.003) and without pretreatment with propranolol ( P = 0.017). We found that 2 weeks of propranolol constricted the radial artery in healthy subjects but not in migraine subjects. GTN-induced vasodilatation abolished this difference. Mean maximum blood flow velocity in the middle cerebral artery was higher in healthy subjects than in migraine patients ( P = 0.003-0.033) and unaffected by propranolol. We observed no effect of propranolol on GTN-induced headache and migraine. This could indicate that GTN induces migraine at a deeper level of the pathophysiological cascade of migraine than the prophylactic effect of propranolol. Propranolol does not constrict cerebral arteries, which therefore cannot be part of its mechanism of action in migraine.
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- J F Tvedskov
- Danish Headache Centre, University of Copenhagen and Department of Neurology, Glostrup University Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark.
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Wong RHX, Nealon RS, Scholey A, Howe PRC. Low dose resveratrol improves cerebrovascular function in type 2 diabetes mellitus. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 2016; 26:393-399. [PMID: 27105868 DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2016.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2015] [Revised: 03/02/2016] [Accepted: 03/05/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Progressive microvascular dysfunction in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) may impair the ability of cerebral vessels to supply blood to brain regions during local metabolic demand, thereby increasing risks of dementia. Having previously demonstrated that resveratrol can enhance vasodilator function in the systemic circulation, we hypothesised that resveratrol could similarly benefit the cerebral circulation. We aimed to determine the most efficacious dose of resveratrol to improve cerebral vasodilator responsiveness (CVR) in T2DM. METHODS AND RESULTS In a double-blind, placebo-controlled, balanced crossover intervention, 36 dementia-free, non-insulin dependent T2DM older adults (49-78 years old) consumed single doses of synthetic trans-resveratrol (0, 75, 150, and 300 mg) at weekly intervals. Transcranial Doppler ultrasound was used to assess CVR to a hypercapnic stimulus, both before and 45 min after treatment. CVR, measured bilaterally in the middle cerebral arteries (MCA) and posterior cerebral arteries (PCA), was expressed as the percentage change in mean blood flow velocity from baseline to the peak velocity attained during hypercapnia. Resveratrol consumption increased CVR in the MCA; mean within-individual changes for each dose from placebo were 13.8 ± 3.5% for 75 mg (P = 0.001), 8.9 ± 3.5% for 150 mg (P = 0.016), and 13.7 ± 3.3% for 300 mg (P < 0.001); only the 75 mg dose was efficacious in the PCA (13.2 ± 4.5%, P = 0.016). CONCLUSIONS Our results provide the first clinical evidence of an acute enhancement of vasodilator responsiveness in cerebral vessels following consumption of resveratrol in this population who are known to have endothelial dysfunction and sub-clinical cognitive impairment. Importantly, maximum improvement was observed with the lowest dose used. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION ACTRN12614000891628 (www.anzctr.org.au).
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- R H X Wong
- University of Newcastle, School of Biomedical Sciences & Pharmacy, Clinical Nutrition Research Centre, University Drive, Callaghan, New South Wales 2308, Australia
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- University of Newcastle, School of Biomedical Sciences & Pharmacy, Clinical Nutrition Research Centre, University Drive, Callaghan, New South Wales 2308, Australia
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- Swinburne University, Centre for Human Psychopharmacology, Hawthorn, Victoria 3122, Australia
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- University of Newcastle, School of Biomedical Sciences & Pharmacy, Clinical Nutrition Research Centre, University Drive, Callaghan, New South Wales 2308, Australia.
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Ekin A, Gezer C, Solmaz U, Taner CE, Ozeren M, Dogan A, Uyar I. Effect of antenatal betamethasone administration on Doppler velocimetry of fetal and uteroplacental vessels: a prospective study. J Perinat Med 2016; 44:243-8. [PMID: 26352077 DOI: 10.1515/jpm-2015-0194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2015] [Accepted: 07/29/2015] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To examine the effect of antenatal betamethasone administration on Doppler parameters of fetal and uteroplacental circulation. METHODS Seventy-six singleton pregnancies that received betamethasone therapy were prospectively evaluated. Doppler measurements of pulsatility indices (PI) in fetal umbilical artery (UA), middle cerebral artery (MCA), ductus venosus and maternal uterine arteries were performed before (0 h) and 24, 48, 72 and 96 h after the first dose of betamethasone. Women with positive end-diastolic flow (EDF) in UA and those with absent or reversed EDF in UA were evaluated separately. RESULTS Fifty-two women with EDF in UA and 24 women with absent or reversed flow in UA were examined. Administration of maternal betamethasone was followed by a significant decrease in the PI of the MCA at 24 h (P<0.05). Additionally, return of absent to positive, reversed to absent or from reversed to positive diastolic flow in UA was detected within 24 h in 19 (79.2%) fetuses with absent or reversed UA-EDF. All alterations were transient and maintained up to 72 h. CONCLUSIONS Antenatal administration of betamethasone is associated with significant but transient changes in the fetal blood flow. Hence, intensive surveillance of fetuses with Doppler ultrasonography is warranted following betamethasone therapy.
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Samarskiy IM, Volkovinskaya TV. [INTRACRANIAL HEMODYNAMICS DURING ENDARTERECTOMY PERFORMING DUE TO STENOSIS OF THE CAROTID ARTERY: RESULTS OF INTRAOPERATIVE MONITORING]. Klin Khir 2016:18-20. [PMID: 30256571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Evaluation of intracranial hemodynamic parameters when performing endarterectomy over stenotic disease of carotid artery (CA) by Doppler intraoperative monitoring and the effectiveness of neuroprotection using Neoton during operative intervention. According to the results of research vessels duplex shoulder—main trunk in most patients after admission revealed bilateral heterogeneous plaques with predominance of hipoechogenous component were reveald. At the beginning of surgery in patients with marked increase in blood flow velocity in the middle cerebral artery — to (167.2 ± 1.3) cm/s, which is outside the permitted parameters. During bolus Neoton application pronounced changes of intracranial hemodynamics was no incidence, of cerebrovascular microemboli three times less. We discussed the feasibility of evaluating intracranial hemodynamics in patients with atherosclerotic lesions of arteries of shoulder—main trunk intraoperative stage.
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Wang SJ, Zhao SJ, Wang YS, Yu T, Luo M. Effects of estrogen intervention on the biomechanical characteristics of serum SOD, MDA, and middle cerebral artery in aged female rats. CLIN EXP OBSTET GYN 2015; 42:295-299. [PMID: 26151996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVE This study aims to study the biological and biomechanical characteristics of the middle cerebral artery (MCA) in aged and estrogen-intervened aged rats, thereby providing biomechanical basis for clinics. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty 18-month-old Sprague Dawley (SD) rats, 30 18-month-old estrogen-intervened SD rats, and 30 four-month-old SD rats were studied. The estrogen-intervened rats were given estradiol benzoate on the fifth feeding day. Thirty-four days after the feeding, the serum of each rat was obtained. The radioimmunoassay was performed for the content determination of serum E2, ER, malondialdehyde (MDA), and superoxide dismutase (SOD). The tensile test was performed to evaluate the MCA of each rat. RESULTS Through the estrogen intervention, the serum contents of E2, ER, SOD, and MDA in old rats were restored to normal levels. The maximum stress, maximum strain, and elastic limit of the MCA in the aged estrogen-intervened rat group were greater than those of the non-intervened aged rat group, with a significant difference (p < 0.05). The elastic modulus in the aged estrogen-intervened rat group was less than that of the non-intervened aged rat group, with a significant difference (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION E2 intervention can improve the flexibility, toughness, and compliance of MCA in aged rats.
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Goyal R, Goyal D, Chu N, Van Wickle J, Longo LD. Cerebral artery alpha-1 AR subtypes: high altitude long-term acclimatization responses. PLoS One 2014; 9:e112784. [PMID: 25393740 PMCID: PMC4231100 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2014] [Accepted: 10/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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In response to hypoxia and other stress, the sympathetic (adrenergic) nervous system regulates arterial contractility and blood flow, partly through differential activities of the alpha1 (α1) - adrenergic receptor (AR) subtypes (α1A-, α1B-, and α1D-AR). Thus, we tested the hypothesis that with acclimatization to long-term hypoxia (LTH), contractility of middle cerebral arteries (MCA) is regulated by changes in expression and activation of the specific α1-AR subtypes. We conducted experiments in MCA from adult normoxic sheep maintained near sea level (300 m) and those exposed to LTH (110 days at 3801 m). Following acclimatization to LTH, ovine MCA showed a 20% reduction (n = 5; P<0.05) in the maximum tension achieved by 10-5 M phenylephrine (PHE). LTH-acclimatized cerebral arteries also demonstrated a statistically significant (P<0.05) inhibition of PHE-induced contractility in the presence of specific α1-AR subtype antagonists. Importantly, compared to normoxic vessels, there was significantly greater (P<0.05) α1B-AR subtype mRNA and protein levels in LTH acclimatized MCA. Also, our results demonstrate that extracellular regulated kinase 1 and 2 (ERK1/2)-mediated negative feedback regulation of PHE-induced contractility is modulated by α1B-AR subtype. Overall, in ovine MCA, LTH produces profound effects on α1-AR subtype expression and function.
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- Ravi Goyal
- Center for Perinatal Biology, Department of Basic Sciences, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, United States of America
- Epigenuity LLC, Loma Linda, California, United States of America
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- Center for Perinatal Biology, Department of Basic Sciences, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, United States of America
- Epigenuity LLC, Loma Linda, California, United States of America
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- Center for Perinatal Biology, Department of Basic Sciences, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, United States of America
- Epigenuity LLC, Loma Linda, California, United States of America
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- Center for Perinatal Biology, Department of Basic Sciences, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, United States of America
- Epigenuity LLC, Loma Linda, California, United States of America
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- Center for Perinatal Biology, Department of Basic Sciences, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, United States of America
- Epigenuity LLC, Loma Linda, California, United States of America
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Yao Y, Chen L, Xiao J, Wang C, Jiang W, Zhang R, Hao J. Chrysin protects against focal cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury in mice through attenuation of oxidative stress and inflammation. Int J Mol Sci 2014; 15:20913-26. [PMID: 25402649 PMCID: PMC4264203 DOI: 10.3390/ijms151120913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2014] [Revised: 10/19/2014] [Accepted: 11/03/2014] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Inflammation and oxidative stress play an important part in the pathogenesis of focal cerebral ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury, resulting in neuronal death. The signaling pathways involved and the underlying mechanisms of these events are not fully understood. Chrysin, which is a naturally occurring flavonoid, exhibits various biological activities. In this study, we investigated the neuroprotective properties of chrysin in a mouse model of middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO). To this end, male C57/BL6 mice were pretreated with chrysin once a day for seven days and were then subjected to 1 h of middle cerebral artery occlusion followed by reperfusion for 24 h. Our data show that chrysin successfully decreased neurological deficit scores and infarct volumes, compared with the vehicle group. The increases in glial cell numbers and proinflammatory cytokine secretion usually caused by ischemia/reperfusion were significantly ameliorated by chrysin pretreatment. Moreover, chrysin also inhibited the MCAO-induced up-regulation of nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB), cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), compared with the vehicle. These results suggest that chrysin could be a potential prophylactic agent for cerebral ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury mediated by its anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidative effects.
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- Yang Yao
- Department of Neurology and Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China.
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- Department of Neurology and Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China.
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- Department of Neurology and Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China.
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- Department of Neurology and Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China.
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- Department of Neurology and Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China.
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- Laboratory of Immunology and Inflammation, Research Center of Basic Medical Science, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China.
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- Department of Neurology and Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China.
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Foulquier S, Lartaud I, Dupuis F. Impact of short-term treatment with telmisartan on cerebral arterial remodeling in SHR. PLoS One 2014; 9:e110766. [PMID: 25333878 PMCID: PMC4198293 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2014] [Accepted: 09/20/2014] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Background and Purpose Chronic hypertension decreases internal diameter of cerebral arteries and arterioles. We recently showed that short-term treatment with the angiotensin II receptor blocker telmisartan restored baseline internal diameter of small cerebral arterioles in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR), via reversal of structural remodeling and inhibition of the angiotensin II vasoconstrictor response. As larger arteries also participate in the regulation of cerebral circulation, we evaluated whether similar short-term treatment affects middle cerebral arteries of SHR. Methods Baseline internal diameters of pressurised middle cerebral arteries from SHR and their respective controls, Wistar Kyoto rats (WKY) and responses to angiotensin II were studied in a small vessel arteriograph. Pressure myogenic curves and passive internal diameters were measured following EDTA deactivation, and elastic modulus from stress-strain relationships. Results Active baseline internal diameter was 23% lower in SHR compared to WKY, passive internal diameter (EDTA) 28% lower and elastic modulus unchanged. Pressure myogenic curves were shifted to higher pressure values in SHR. Telmisartan lowered blood pressure but had no effect on baseline internal diameter nor on structural remodeling (passive internal diameter and elastic modulus remained unchanged compared to SHR). Telmisartan shifted the pressure myogenic curve to lower pressure values than SHR. Conclusion In the middle cerebral arteries of SHR, short-term treatment with telmisartan had no effect on structural remodeling and did not restore baseline internal diameter, but allowed myogenic tone to adapt towards lower pressure values.
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- Sébastien Foulquier
- Université de Lorraine, CITHÉFOR “Drug targets, formulation and preclinical assessment,” EA3452, Faculté de Pharmacie, Nancy, France
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- Université de Lorraine, CITHÉFOR “Drug targets, formulation and preclinical assessment,” EA3452, Faculté de Pharmacie, Nancy, France
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- Université de Lorraine, CITHÉFOR “Drug targets, formulation and preclinical assessment,” EA3452, Faculté de Pharmacie, Nancy, France
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Abdelsaid M, Ma H, Coucha M, Ergul A. Late dual endothelin receptor blockade with bosentan restores impaired cerebrovascular function in diabetes. Life Sci 2014; 118:263-7. [PMID: 24434796 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2013.12.231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2013] [Revised: 12/16/2013] [Accepted: 12/31/2013] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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AIMS Up-regulation of the endothelin (ET) system in type-2 diabetes increases contraction and decreases relaxation in basilar artery. We showed that 1) ET-receptor antagonism prevents diabetes-mediated cerebrovascular dysfunction; and 2) glycemic control prevents activation of the ET-system in diabetes. Here, our goal is to determine whether and to what extent glycemic control or ET-receptor antagonism reverses established cerebrovascular dysfunction in diabetes. MAIN METHODS Non-obese type-2 diabetic Goto-Kakizaki rats were administered either vehicle, metformin (300 mg/kg/day) or dual ET-receptor antagonist bosentan (100mg/kg) for 4-weeks starting at 18-weeks after established cerebrovascular dysfunction (n=5-6/group). Control group included vehicle-treated aged-matched Wistar rats. Blood glucose and pressure were monitored weekly. At termination, basilar arteries were collected and cumulative dose-response curves to ET-1 (0.1-500 nM), 5-HT (1-1000 nM) and acetylcholine (Ach, 0.1 nM-5 μM) were studied by wire myograph. Middle cerebral artery (MCA) myogenic reactivity and tone were measured using pressurized arteriograph. KEY FINDINGS There was no difference in ET-1 and 5-HT-mediated constrictions. Endothelium-dependent relaxation was impaired in diabetes. Bosentan improved sensitivity to Ach as well as the maximum relaxation. Myogenic-tone is decreased over the course of the disease. Both treatments improved the ability of MCAs to develop tone at 80 mm Hg and only bosentan improved the tone at higher pressures. SIGNIFICANCE These results suggest that contractile response is not affected by glycemic control or ET-receptor antagonism. Meanwhile, dual ET-receptor blockade is effective in partially improving endothelium-dependent relaxation and myogenic response in a blood pressure-independent manner even after established cerebrovascular dysfunction and offers therapeutic potential.
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- Mohammed Abdelsaid
- Charlie Norwood Veterans Administration Medical Center, University of Georgia College of Pharmacy, USA; Department of Physiology, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA, USA
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- Charlie Norwood Veterans Administration Medical Center, University of Georgia College of Pharmacy, USA; Department of Physiology, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA, USA
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- Charlie Norwood Veterans Administration Medical Center, University of Georgia College of Pharmacy, USA; Center for Pharmacy and Experimental Therapeutics, University of Georgia College of Pharmacy, USA; Department of Physiology, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA, USA.
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Beyer AM, Fredrich K, Lombard JH. AT1 receptors prevent salt-induced vascular dysfunction in isolated middle cerebral arteries of 2 kidney-1 clip hypertensive rats. Am J Hypertens 2013; 26:1398-404. [PMID: 23934707 DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpt129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Elevated blood pressure, elevated angiotensin II (ANG II), and ANG II suppression with high salt (HS) diet all contribute to vascular dysfunction. This study investigated the interplay of HS diet and vascular function in a high renin model of hypertension. METHODS Male Sprague-Dawley rats were subjected to 2 kidney-1 clip (2K1C) Goldblatt hypertension for 4 weeks and compared with sham-operated controls. RESULTS Middle cerebral arteries (MCA) of 2K1C rats and sham-operated controls fed normal salt (NS; 0.4% NaCl) diet dilated in response to acetylcholine (ACh) and reduced partial pressure of oxygen (PO2). Switching to HS (4% NaCl) diet for 3 days to reduce plasma renin activity (PRA) eliminated vasodilation to ACh and reduced PO2 in sham-operated controls, with no effect on vasodilation in 2K1C rats. AT1 receptor blockade (losartan, 20 mg/kg/day; 1 week) eliminated vasodilator responses to ACh and reduced PO2 in 2K1C rats fed NS or HS diet. ANG II infusion (5 ng/kg/min, intravenous) for 3 days to prevent salt-induced reductions in plasma ANG II restored vascular relaxation in MCA of sham-operated controls fed HS diet. Copper/zinc superoxide dismutase expression and total superoxide dismutase activity were significantly higher in arteries of 2K1C rats fed HS diet vs. sham-operated controls. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that the sustained effects of elevated ANG II levels in 2K1C hypertension maintain endothelium-dependent vasodilatation via AT1 receptor-mediated preservation of antioxidant defense mechanisms despite significant elevations in blood pressure and salt-induced suppression of PRA.
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- Andreas M Beyer
- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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The course of events in ischemic strokes is normally seen from a point in which the penumbra is already in place. Since there is no known treatment for edema reduction, mainstream medicine focuses on re-opening the occluded vessel. Here we show that reducing the penumbra saves neuronal units from undergoing apoptosis.
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Gebremedhin D, Terashvili M, Wickramasekera N, Zhang DX, Rau N, Miura H, Harder DR. Redox signaling via oxidative inactivation of PTEN modulates pressure-dependent myogenic tone in rat middle cerebral arteries. PLoS One 2013; 8:e68498. [PMID: 23861911 PMCID: PMC3702596 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2012] [Accepted: 05/30/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The present study examined the level of generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and roles of inactivation of the phosphatase PTEN and the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway in response to an increase in intramural pressure-induced myogenic cerebral arterial constriction. Step increases in intraluminal pressure of cannulated cerebral arteries induced myogenic constriction and concomitant formation of superoxide (O2 (.-)) and its dismutation product hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) as determined by fluorescent HPLC analysis, microscopic analysis of intensity of dihydroethidium fluorescence and attenuation of pressure-induced myogenic constriction by pretreatment with the ROS scavenger 4,hydroxyl-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine1-oxyl (tempol) or Mito-tempol or MitoQ in the presence or absence of PEG-catalase. An increase in intraluminal pressure induced oxidation of PTEN and activation of Akt. Pharmacological inhibition of endogenous PTEN activity potentiated pressure-dependent myogenic constriction and caused a reduction in NPo of a 238 pS arterial KCa channel current and an increase in [Ca(2+)]i level in freshly isolated cerebral arterial muscle cells (CAMCs), responses that were attenuated by Inhibition of the PI3K/Akt pathway. These findings demonstrate an increase in intraluminal pressure induced increase in ROS production triggered redox-sensitive signaling mechanism emanating from the cross-talk between oxidative inactivation of PTEN and activation of the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway that involves in the regulation of pressure-dependent myogenic cerebral arterial constriction.
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- Debebe Gebremedhin
- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
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Vuletic V, Drenjancevic I, Rahelic D, Demarin V. Effect of indomethacin on cerebrovascular reactivity in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2013; 101:81-7. [PMID: 23684449 DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2013.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2013] [Revised: 03/21/2013] [Accepted: 04/22/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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AIM Impaired cerebral vasoreactivity to endothelium-dependent stimuli were described in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), but the mechanisms underlying that impairment are still unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of cyclooxygenases' metabolites in response to acute hypercapnic stimulus in cerebral vessels, in patients with T2DM. METHODS Vascular responses in the breath-holding test (BHT) were assessed in the absence/presence of a non-selective, reversible-inhibitor of cyclooxygenases, indomethacin (INDO), by functional transcranial Doppler sonography of the middle cerebral artery (N of patients=50; 33 men and 17 women). The functional hemodynamic parameter mean flow velocity (MFV) was assessed at rest, before and 90min after 100mg of INDO, and during the BHT. Breath holding index (BHI) [(MFV at the end of BHT minus MFV at rest)/MFV at rest)×100/s of breath-holding] was calculated after BHT performed before and 90min after INDO. RESULTS MFV at rest significantly decreased after INDO administration compared with a control condition before INDO (at rest before INDO from 49.36±15.09 to 36.72±8.45 after INDO, p<0.001) However, overall cerebral vessel vasoreactivity to hypercapnia, evaluated with BHI, was significantly improved after INDO administration compared with the BHI before INDO administration (from 0.68±0.4 to 1.27±0.42, p<0.001). CONCLUSIONS The improvement in cerebral vasoreactivity in response to BHT after INDO administration suggests that the production of a vasoconstrictor metabolite of cyclooxygenase in diabetic patients was reduced by indomethacin consumption.
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- Vladimira Vuletic
- Department of Neurology, Dubrava University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia.
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- Department of Physiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine Osijek, University Josip, Juraj Strossmayer, Osijek, Croatia
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Dubrava University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Medical Director, Medical Centre "Aviva", Zagreb, Croatia
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Zhu Y, Liu L, Peng X, Ding X, Yang G, Li T. Role of adenosine A2A receptor in organ-specific vascular reactivity following hemorrhagic shock in rats. J Surg Res 2013; 184:951-8. [PMID: 23587453 DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2013.03.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2012] [Revised: 03/01/2013] [Accepted: 03/13/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND Previous studies have demonstrated differences among organs in terms of shock-induced vascular reactivity and a role for adenosine A2A receptors (A2ARs) in protection against ischemia/reperfusion injury. However, the contributions of A2ARs to organ-specific vascular reactivity and the protection of vascular responsiveness following shock are currently unknown. METHODS We investigated the role of A2ARs in different arteries, including the left femoral artery (LFA), thoracic aorta (TA), superior mesenteric artery (SMA), right renal artery (RRA), pulmonary artery (PA), and middle cerebral artery (MCA), in hemorrhagic-shock rats. RESULTS The vascular reactivities of the LFA, SMA, RRA, and MCA increased slightly during early shock and then gradually decreased, whereas those of the PA and TA decreased from the start of shock. Different blood vessels lost vascular reactivity at different rates compared with controls; the LFA had the highest rate of loss (64.51%), followed by the SMA (44.69%), TA (36.06%), PA (37.83%), and RRA (32.33%), whereas the MCA had the lowest rate (18.45%). The rate of loss of vascular reactivity in the different vessels was negatively correlated with A2AR expression levels in normal and shock conditions. The highly selective A2AR agonist CGS 21680 significantly improved vascular reactivity, hemodynamic parameters, and animal survival, whereas the specific antagonist SCH58261 further decreased the shock-induced reduction in vascular reactivity and hemodynamic parameters. CONCLUSIONS A2ARs are involved in the regulation and protection of vascular reactivity following shock. A2AR activation may have a beneficial effect on hemorrhagic shock by improving vascular reactivity and hemodynamic parameters.
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MESH Headings
- Adenosine/analogs & derivatives
- Adenosine/pharmacology
- Adenosine A2 Receptor Agonists/pharmacology
- Adenosine A2 Receptor Antagonists/pharmacology
- Animals
- Aorta, Thoracic/drug effects
- Aorta, Thoracic/physiology
- Female
- Femoral Artery/drug effects
- Femoral Artery/physiology
- Hemodynamics/drug effects
- Hemodynamics/physiology
- Male
- Mesenteric Artery, Superior/drug effects
- Mesenteric Artery, Superior/physiology
- Middle Cerebral Artery/drug effects
- Middle Cerebral Artery/physiology
- Models, Animal
- Phenethylamines/pharmacology
- Pulmonary Artery/drug effects
- Pulmonary Artery/physiology
- Pyrimidines/pharmacology
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Receptor, Adenosine A2A/drug effects
- Receptor, Adenosine A2A/physiology
- Renal Artery/drug effects
- Renal Artery/physiology
- Shock, Hemorrhagic/mortality
- Shock, Hemorrhagic/physiopathology
- Survival Rate
- Triazoles/pharmacology
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- Yu Zhu
- State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Second Department of Research Institute of Surgery, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Hiroya Kuwahara
- Department of Neurology, Tokyo Metropolitan Bokutoh Hospital, Japan.
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Grzesiak M, Ahmed RB, Wilczynski J. 48-hours administration of nifedipine in spontaneous preterm labor - Doppler blood flow assessment of placental and fetal circulation. Neuro Endocrinol Lett 2013; 34:687-692. [PMID: 24463995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2013] [Accepted: 07/03/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVES The aims were to assess the placental and fetal circulation during nifedipine tocolysis within the first 48 hours of therapy. METHODS Placental and fetal circulation was assessed in Doppler ultrasound examination prior to nifedipine administration and then after 24 and 48 hours. Maternal heart rate and PI in uterine arteries were evaluated as well as FHR, RI and PI of UA and MCA. E/A-wave ratio for A-V valves, MPI and SF were calculated for both ventricles independently. To determine changes over time in all study variable analysis of variance (ANOVA) for repeated measurements followed by Tukey-Kramer's multiple comparison test was used. The effects of additional clinical covariates were checked. RESULTS Uterine and umbilical blood flow patterns were not altered significantly during administration of nifedypine tocolysis. While MCA Doppler indicies such as RI and PI were unchanged, the evaluation of MCA PSV revealed a transient significant decrease after 24 hours. A resolution of this distraction was observed within the following 24 hours. No significant changes were observed in direct fetal cardiac function parameters calculated separately for both ventricles. CONCLUSIONS The decrease of MCA PSV after 24 hours of treatment was isolated and transient hemodynamic distraction observed during treatment. Neither fetal cardiac parameters nor other Doppler indices were changed. Therefore oral administration of nifedipine seems not to alter uterine nor fetal arterial blood flow pattern seriously. As significant changes were observed by different authors, further studies should be performed to verify the optimal total dose of nifedipine and its influence on hemodynamic conditions.
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- Mariusz Grzesiak
- Department of Feto-Maternal Medicine and Gynecology, "Polish Mother" Memorial Research Institute, Lodz, Poland
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- Division of English Studies, The Medical University of Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Feto-Maternal Medicine and Gynecology, "Polish Mother" Memorial Research Institute, Lodz, Poland
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Yoon CW, Kim SJ, Bang OY, Chung CS, Lee KH, Kim GM. Premorbid warfarin use and lower D-dimer levels are associated with a spontaneous early improvement in an atrial fibrillation-related stroke. J Thromb Haemost 2012; 10:2394-6. [PMID: 22925077 DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2012.04909.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- C W Yoon
- Department of Neurology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Streeter E, Hart J, Badoer E. An investigation of the mechanisms of hydrogen sulfide-induced vasorelaxation in rat middle cerebral arteries. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol 2012; 385:991-1002. [PMID: 22801977 DOI: 10.1007/s00210-012-0779-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2012] [Accepted: 06/28/2012] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Hydrogen sulfide (H(2)S) is an endogenous mediator with peripheral vasorelaxant effects; however, the mechanism of H(2)S-induced vasorelaxation in cerebral blood vessels has not been extensively studied. Vasorelaxation studies were performed on middle cerebral arteries from male Sprague Dawley rats using wire myography. Immunofluorescence staining was used to detect the presence of the H(2)S-producing enzyme cystathionine-γ-lyase (CSE). CSE was present in the endothelium and smooth muscle of middle cerebral arteries. The CSE substrate, L-cysteine, induced vasorelaxation that was sensitive to the CSE inhibitor DL-propargylglycine. This relaxation was independent of endothelium, suggesting that H(2)S was produced in the vascular smooth muscle. The H(2)S donor, sodium hydrogen sulfide (NaHS; 0.1-3.0 mM) produced concentration-dependent relaxation, which was unaffected by endothelium removal. Nifedipine (3 μM) significantly reduced the maximum relaxation elicited by NaHS. Inhibiting potassium (K(+)) conductance with 50 mM K(+) significantly attenuated NaHS-induced relaxation, however, selective blockers of ATP sensitive (K(ATP)), calcium sensitive (K(Ca)), voltage dependent (K(V)), or inward rectifier (K(ir)) channels alone or in combination did not affect the response to NaHS. 4,4-diisothiocyanatostilbene-2,2-disulfonic acid (DIDS; 300 μM) caused a significant rightward shift of the NaHS concentration-response curve, but this effect could not be explained by inhibition of Cl(-) channels or Cl(-)/HCO (3)(-) exchange, as selective blockade of these mechanisms had no effect. These findings suggest endogenous H(2)S can regulate cerebral vascular function. The H(2)S-mediated relaxation of middle cerebral arteries is DIDS sensitive and partly mediated by inhibition of L-type calcium channels, with an additional contribution by K channels but not K(ATP), K(Ca), K(V), or K(ir) subtypes.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Cystathionine gamma-Lyase/metabolism
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Endothelium, Vascular/drug effects
- Endothelium, Vascular/enzymology
- Endothelium, Vascular/physiopathology
- Hydrogen Sulfide/metabolism
- Immunohistochemistry
- In Vitro Techniques
- Male
- Microscopy, Confocal
- Middle Cerebral Artery/drug effects
- Middle Cerebral Artery/enzymology
- Middle Cerebral Artery/physiopathology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/enzymology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/physiopathology
- Myography
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Sulfides/pharmacology
- Vasodilation/drug effects
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- E Streeter
- School of Medical Sciences and Health Innovations Research Institute, RMIT University, PO Box 71, Bundoora 3083, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Han Z, Cheng ZH, Liu S, Yang JL, Xiao MJ, Zheng RY, Hou ST. Neurovascular protection conferred by 2-BFI treatment during rat cerebral ischemia. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2012; 424:544-8. [PMID: 22771326 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.06.152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2012] [Accepted: 06/28/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Stroke is caused by vascular dysfunction and currently there are no effective therapeutics to stroke induced brain damage. In contrast to an intense emphasis on neuroprotection, relatively few studies have addressed means of vascular protection in cerebral ischemia. Here we discovered that the ligand to immidazolin receptor, 2-BFI, not only provided potent neuroprotection during middle cerebral artery occlusion in rat, which confirmed our previous reports, but also protected the integrity of the cerebral vasculature. Treatment with 2-BFI twice daily after the occlusion of the middle cerebral artery for 14 d significantly improved the neurological deficits, reduced brain infarction, and importantly, protected the cerebral vasculature as evidenced by the increased expression of an endothelial marker, von Willebrand factor, and better preservation of the cerebral vasculature, as viewed under a confocal microscope on rat brain perfused with FITC-labeled dextran. These results indicated that 2-BFI contributes to protection of neurovasculature. Understanding the molecular mechanisms could eventually lead to development of more effective therapies for stroke.
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- Zhao Han
- Division of Stroke Medicine, Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital and Research Institute of Experimental Neurobiology, Wenzhou Medical College, No. 2 Fuxue Lane, Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province 325000, PR China.
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- J Espinoza
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak Michigan and Oakland University, Rochester, MI, USA.
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Trapani A, Gonçalves LF, Pires MMDS. Transdermal nitroglycerin in patients with severe pre-eclampsia with placental insufficiency: effect on uterine, umbilical and fetal middle cerebral artery resistance indices. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2011; 38:389-394. [PMID: 21374750 DOI: 10.1002/uog.8983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effect of transdermal nitroglycerin on Doppler velocity waveforms of the uterine, umbilical and fetal middle cerebral arteries in patients with severe pre-eclampsia. METHODS This was a prospective study of 30 singleton pregnancies (gestational age range: 24-31 weeks) with severe pre-eclampsia and abnormal uterine and umbilical artery Doppler waveforms. We compared maternal blood pressure as well as the resistance index (RI) and the pulsatility index (PI) of the uterine, umbilical and fetal middle cerebral arteries before and after application of a transdermal nitroglycerin patch (average dose 0.4 mg/h) for a period of 3 days. Intra-day comparisons before and after administration of nitroglycerin and a comparison between days 0 (no patch) and 3 after administration of the first dose of nitroglycerin were performed using ANOVA for paired samples. RESULTS A significant decrease in the PI and RI of the uterine (25.3 ± 4.9% and 21.2 ± 6.2%, respectively, P < 0.001) and umbilical (23.1 ± 6.9% and 19.7 ± 6.1%, respectively, P < 0.001) arteries was noted when comparing the first day without medication against the third day with the patch. No significant change in the PI and RI of the middle cerebral artery was observed. The mean arterial blood pressure decreased from 119.5 ± 4.5 mmHg to 114.8 ± 4.4 mmHg (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION The use of transdermal nitroglycerin in patients with severe pre-eclampsia is associated with a significant reduction in the RI and PI of the uterine and umbilical arteries, as well as of maternal blood pressure. Transdermal nitroglycerin does not affect the RI and PI of the fetal middle cerebral artery.
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- A Trapani
- Hospital of Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
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Kelly-Cobbs A, Elgebaly MM, Li W, Ergul A. Pressure-independent cerebrovascular remodelling and changes in myogenic reactivity in diabetic Goto-Kakizaki rat in response to glycaemic control. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2011; 203:245-51. [PMID: 21092073 DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2010.02230.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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AIM We have shown hypertrophic cerebrovascular remodelling in the Goto-Kakizaki (GK) rat model of diabetes. This study tested the hypotheses that (1) vascular remodelling develops as the disease progresses and alters myogenic reactivity of resistance vessels important for regulation of cerebral blood flow (CBF), and (2) glycaemic control prevents cerebrovascular remodelling and myogenic dysfunction. METHODS Middle cerebral artery (MCA) lumen diameter, media : lumen (M : L) ratio, cross-sectional area (CSA) and myogenic tone were measured in 10- and 18-week-old control Wistar and diabetic GK rats using pressurized arteriograph (n = 8-14/group). Mean arterial blood pressure (MAP) was measured with telemetry (n = 5/group). Additional GK rats were treated with metformin (300 mg kg(-1) day(-1) ) for glycaemic control starting at 7 weeks after the onset of diabetes until 18 weeks (n = 9). RESULTS In the control group, there was no difference in remodelling indices, myogenic tone or MAP between ages. Eighteen week diabetic rats displayed increased M : L ratio and CSA, but decreased lumen diameter and myogenic tone compared to 10-week GK or 18-week control rats. MAP increased starting around 10 weeks of age and remained slightly higher in the GK rats. Glycaemic control normalized M : L ratio, CSA, lumen diameter and myogenic tone with no effect on blood pressure. CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest that diabetic rats develop MCA remodelling as the disease progresses but this is associated with impaired myogenic reactivity which may ultimately affect CBF. Our results also provide evidence that glycaemic control is an effective therapeutic strategy to prevent cerebrovascular remodelling and dysfunction.
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- A Kelly-Cobbs
- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, 30912, USA
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Holm L, Theodorsson E, Hökfelt T, Theodorsson A. Effects of intracerebroventricular galanin or a galanin receptor 2/3 agonist on the lesion induced by transient occlusion of the middle cerebral artery in female rats. Neuropeptides 2011; 45:17-23. [PMID: 20974494 DOI: 10.1016/j.npep.2010.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2010] [Revised: 09/27/2010] [Accepted: 09/28/2010] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Several studies have shown that injury to the central and peripheral nervous system can increase expression of galanin, a 29 amino acid neuropeptide. Moreover, there is evidence that galanin, especially through its galanin receptor 2 (GalR2) receptor, plays a neuroprotective role in different injury models. However, direct studies of a possible neuroprotective effect of galanin in experimental stroke models are lacking. Galanin, a GalR2/3 agonist or artificial CSF was continuously infused intracerebroventricularly (i.c.v.) in naïve female rats after a 60min transient and focal occlusion of the middle cerebral artery. The animals were sacrificed, and the ischemic lesion was visualized using 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium hydrochloride (TTC) staining. The lesion was 98% larger after i.c.v. administration of the GalR2/3 agonist (2.4nmol/day) seven days after occlusion compared to artificial CSF (p=0.023). No statistically significant differences were found after seven days in the groups treated with galanin in three different concentrations (0.24, 2.4 and 24nmol/day; p=0.939, 0.715 and 0.977, respectively). There was no difference in the size of the ischemic lesions measured after three days in the galanin-treated group (2.4nmol/d) compared to artificial CSF (p=0.925). The present results show, surprisingly, that a GalR2/3 agonist doubled the size of the ischemic lesion. Whether this effect primarily reflects the properties of the current model, species, gender and/or the mode of galanin administration, e.g. causing desensitization, or whether galanin indeed lacks neuroprotective effect of its own, remains to be corroborated.
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- Lovisa Holm
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine/Division of Clinical Chemistry, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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Reinsfelt B, Westerlind A, Ricksten SE. The effects of sevoflurane on cerebral blood flow autoregulation and flow-metabolism coupling during cardiopulmonary bypass. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2011; 55:118-23. [PMID: 21039354 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2010.02324.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND previous studies on non-cardiac surgical patients have shown that cerebral pressure-flow autoregulation and cerebral flow-metabolism coupling are maintained with sevoflurane. The effects of sevoflurane on cerebral blood flow (CBF) autoregulation and flow-metabolism coupling during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) have not been studied previously. METHODS the effects of sevoflurane-induced burst suppression, monitored with electroencephalography (EEG), on cerebral blood flow velocity (CBFV), cerebral oxygen extraction (COE) and flow autoregulation, were studied in 16 patients undergoing cardiac surgery. The experimental procedure was performed during non-pulsatile CPB with mild hypothermia (34 degreesC) in fentanyl/droperidol-anesthetized patients. Middle cerebral artery transcranial Doppler flow velocity, right jugular vein bulb oxygen saturation and jugular venous pressure were measured continuously. Autoregulation was tested during changes in the mean arterial pressure (40-90 mmHg), induced by sodium nitroprusside and norepinephrine before (control), and during additional sevoflurane administration, in a dose that resulted in an EEG burst-suppression level of 4-6/min. RESULTS sevoflurane, at an inspired concentration of 3.36 ± 0.03%, induced a 17% decrease in CBFV (P<0.05) and a 22% decrease in COE (P<0.05) compared with the control. The slope of the positive relationship between CBFV and cerebral perfusion pressure was steeper with sevoflurane (p<0.01) compared with control measurements, as was the slope of the negative relationship between cpp and coe (p<0.01). CONCLUSION burst-suppression doses of sevoflurane exert an intrinsic cerebral vasodilatory effect, which impairs CBF autoregulation during mildly hypothermic CPB. Furthermore, during sevoflurane administration, CBF is in excess relative to oxygen demand, indicating a partial loss of the cerebral flow-metabolism coupling.
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- B Reinsfelt
- Department of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Barda G, Ben-Haroush A, Barkat J, Malinger G, Luria O, Golan A, Bar J. Effect of vaginal progesterone, administered to prevent preterm birth, on impedance to blood flow in fetal and uterine circulation. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2010; 36:743-748. [PMID: 20196070 DOI: 10.1002/uog.7606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/03/2010] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect on the maternal and fetal circulation of progesterone administered to prevent preterm birth. METHODS We used an observational cohort study design. The study group included 44 women at 18-32 weeks' gestation who presented with an episode of preterm labor, with or without history of delivery before 34 weeks' gestation, or an incidental finding of short cervix (≤ 25 mm). Doppler flow assessment of the umbilical artery, fetal middle cerebral artery and uterine arteries was performed before and 24 h after vaginal administration of progesterone. RESULTS Seventeen (38.6%) women gave birth before term, but only nine (20.4%) did so before 34 weeks' gestation. Following progesterone treatment, there was a statistically significant decrease in the pulsatility index of the fetal middle cerebral artery (mean reduction, 18.2%; mean change in pulsatility index, 0.44 (95% CI, 0.25-0.63), P < 0.001), with no changes in the other vessels. Comparison of the women who gave birth before with those who delivered at term yielded no significant differences in Doppler flow parameters in any vessel examined, either before or after progesterone treatment. CONCLUSION Treatment with vaginal progesterone is associated with a lower pulsatility index in the fetal middle cerebral artery, suggesting a vasodilatory effect on the fetal circulation.
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- G Barda
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Israel
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Although the use of antenatal glucocorticoids has resulted in decreased neonatal morbidity/mortality, recent animal studies have raised concerns regarding adverse effects of these medications on postnatal cardiovascular function. We hypothesized that antenatal betamethasone (Beta) exposure alters cerebral vascular reactivity in adult female sheep. We observed that K-induced constriction was comparable in middle cerebral artery (MCA) from Beta-exposed animals and age-matched controls. Pressure-induced constriction was significantly attenuated in MCA from Beta-exposed compared with control sheep. Inhibition of NOS significantly augmented pressure-induced constriction in MCA from both Beta-exposed and control sheep, whereas cyclooxygenase (COX) inhibition augmented pressure-induced constriction only in MCA from Beta-exposed sheep. Furthermore, NOS and COX inhibition significantly attenuated bradykinin (BK)-induced dilation in MCA from both Beta-exposed and control sheep. However, there seemed to be a greater contribution of both NOS and COX to BK-induced dilation in Beta-exposed compared with control MCA. Our findings demonstrate that fetal exposure to a clinically relevant course of Beta alters cerebral vascular tone and reactivity in adult female sheep.
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- Delrae M Eckman
- Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA.
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Pires PW, Deutsch C, McClain JL, Rogers CT, Dorrance AM. Tempol, a superoxide dismutase mimetic, prevents cerebral vessel remodeling in hypertensive rats. Microvasc Res 2010; 80:445-52. [PMID: 20600163 DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2010.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2010] [Revised: 05/25/2010] [Accepted: 06/11/2010] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) production is involved in the pathogenesis of hypertension and stroke. The effects of ROS on cerebral vessels from hypertensive rats have not been studied. We hypothesized that tempol, a superoxide dismutase mimetic, would prevent middle cerebral artery (MCA) remodeling in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRSP). Six-week-old male SHRSP were treated with tempol (1mM) for 6weeks. The MCA was then removed and mounted in a pressure myograph to study tone generation, vessel reactivity, and passive vessel structure. Data are shown as mean±SEM, tempol vs. control. Plasma thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) were decreased by tempol treatment (14.15±1.46 vs. 20.55±1.25nM of malondialdehyde [MDA]/ml, p=0.008). Maximum serotonin-induced constriction was increased by tempol treatment, without changes in dilation to adenosine diphosphate or tone generation. At an intralumenal pressure of 80mmHg, tempol caused a dramatic increase in the MCA lumen diameter (246±5 vs. 207±3μm, p<0.001), outer diameter (281±5 vs. 241±3μm, p<0.001), lumen cross-sectional area, and vessel cross-sectional area. Collagen IV mRNA expressions were increased by 2.4-fold after tempol treatment. These results suggest that ROS are involved in the remodeling of the cerebral vasculature of SHRSP and that ROS scavenging can attenuate this process.
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- Paulo Wagner Pires
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
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Schreihofer DA, Deutsch C, Lovekamp-Swan T, Sullivan JC, Dorrance AM. Effect of high soy diet on the cerebrovasculature and endothelial nitric oxide synthase in the ovariectomized rat. Vascul Pharmacol 2010; 52:236-42. [PMID: 20197113 PMCID: PMC2921790 DOI: 10.1016/j.vph.2010.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2009] [Revised: 01/21/2010] [Accepted: 02/24/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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High soy (HS) diets are neuroprotective and promote vascular dilatation in the periphery. We hypothesized that an HS diet would promote vascular dilatation in the cerebrovasculature by mimicking estradiol's actions on the endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) system including increasing eNOS expression and decreasing caveolin-1 expression to increase nitric oxide (NO) production. Ovariectomized rats were fed HS or a soy-free diet (SF)+/-low physiological estradiol (E2) for 4weeks. Neither E2 nor HS altered middle cerebral artery (MCA) structure or vascular responses to acetylcholine, serotonin, or phenylephrine. Estradiol enhanced bradykinin-induced relaxation in an eNOS-dependent manner. Although E2 and HS increased eNOS mRNA expression in the brain and cerebrovasculature, they had no effect on eNOS protein expression or phosphorylation in the MCA. However, E2 decreased caveolin-1 protein in the MCA. In MCAs neither E2 nor HS altered estrogen receptor (ER) alpha expression, but E2 did reduce ER beta levels. These data suggest that HS diets have no effect on vascular NO production, and that E2 may modulate basal NO production by reducing the expression of caveolin-1, an allosteric inhibitor of NOS activity. However, the effects of E2 and HS on the cerebrovasculature are small and may not underlie their protective actions in pathological states.
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- Derek A Schreihofer
- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912-3000, USA.
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AIMS The modulation of myogenic function and cerebral blood flow (CBF) by nitric oxide (NO) synthases (NOS) was assessed in the middle cerebral arteries (MCAs) of Kyoto Wistar stroke prone hypertensive rats (SHRsp) in relation to haemorrhagic stroke development. METHODS AND RESULTS MCAs were studied with a pressure myograph. CBF in MCA perfusion domain was measured using laser Doppler techniques. NOS isozymes were identified using immunohistochemistry. MCAs expressed endothelial, neuronal, and inducible NOS (eNOS, nNOS, and iNOS, respectively) in the endothelium, nNOS and traces of iNOS in smooth muscle and adventitial cells. Before stroke, MCA pressure-dependent constriction (PDC) was superimposed over basal non-pressure-dependent tone (BNPDT). Endothelial NO generation and non-endothelial nNOS but not iNOS reduced BNPDT and increased the lumen diameter at which PDC initiated without altering the amplitude of PDC. NOS inhibition decreased CBF and increased the upper blood pressure limit of autoregulation. PDC, CBF autoregulation, and NOS dilatory influence were lost, and BNPDT was increased in MCAs from SHRsp with stroke. The expression of NOS isozymes and MCA reactivity to NO donors was not altered. NOS activity was not recovered by in vitro l-arginine or tetrahydrobiopterin supplementation, l-arginase inhibition or superoxide scavengers. CONCLUSION The loss of PDC and CBF autoregulation during hypertension may facilitate over-perfusion and cerebral haemorrhage formation in SHRsp. NOS dysfunction in MCAs preceded stroke and involved the inactivation of eNOS and nNOS in areas not subjected to hyper-distension. The elevation in BNPDT due to NOS inactivation may oppose over-perfusion in the absence of CBF autoregulation.
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- Noriko Daneshtalab
- Division of BioMedical Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Health Science Center, Room H4354, St John's, Newfoundland, Canada
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Smeda JS, McGuire JJ, Daneshtalab N. Protease-activated receptor 2 and bradykinin-mediated vasodilation in the cerebral arteries of stroke-prone rats. Peptides 2010; 31:227-37. [PMID: 19954757 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2009.11.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2009] [Revised: 11/20/2009] [Accepted: 11/23/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
Abstract
Protease-activated receptor 2 (PAR(2)) expression is up-regulated during vascular injury associated with edema. PAR(2) and bradykinin subtype 2 receptor (B(2)) expression and function were assessed in relation to hypertensive encephalopathy (HE) and cerebral hemorrhage (CH) in middle cerebral arteries (MCA) of Kyoto Wistar stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRsp). Before stroke, bradykinin and PAR(2) activation by 2-furoyl-leucine-isoleucine-glycine-arginine-leucine-ornithine-amide (2Fly) produced endothelium-dependent vasodilation that was inhibited by K(+) depolarization, carbenoxolone, and the blockade of intermediate (IK(Ca)) plus small (SK(Ca)) and (in the case of bradykinin) smooth muscle (SM) large conductance (BK(Ca)) calcium-activated K(+) channels. Responses were not altered by N omega-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester, indomethacin, 17-octadecynoic acid or Ba(2+)+ouabain. We concluded that vasodilation to 2Fly or bradykinin was not mediated by NO, cyclooxygenases, arachidonic acid-metabolizing cytochrome P450s or SM K(ir) channels+Na(+)/K(+) ATPase activation. Vasodilation likely involved the spread of endothelial hyperpolarization (generated by IK(Ca)+SK(Ca)) through myoendothelial junctions and in some cases SM BK(Ca) activation. SHRsp with HE or CH had MCA that could not constrict to pressure and did not vasodilate to bradykinin. Their responses to 2Fly remained unaltered. The patterns and densities of PAR(2) and B(2) immunoreactivity in frozen MCA sections were not altered with stroke. MCA function remained normal in SHRsp subjected to dietary manipulations that prevented stroke without altering hypertension. Despite the presence of vascular injury, edema, inflammation and the loss of endothelium-dependent bradykinin vasodilation we found no evidence that PAR(2) expression or vascular function was altered in MCA after stroke.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Blood Pressure/physiology
- Bradykinin/pharmacology
- Calcium Channel Blockers/pharmacology
- Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors
- Diet
- Disease Models, Animal
- Endothelium, Vascular/drug effects
- Endothelium, Vascular/metabolism
- Gap Junctions/drug effects
- Hypertensive Encephalopathy/pathology
- Hypertensive Encephalopathy/physiopathology
- Intermediate-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels/antagonists & inhibitors
- Intracranial Hemorrhage, Hypertensive/pathology
- Intracranial Hemorrhage, Hypertensive/physiopathology
- Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels/antagonists & inhibitors
- Male
- Membrane Potentials/drug effects
- Middle Cerebral Artery/drug effects
- Middle Cerebral Artery/metabolism
- Middle Cerebral Artery/physiopathology
- Nifedipine/pharmacology
- Nitric Oxide/antagonists & inhibitors
- Nitric Oxide/metabolism
- Rats
- Rats, Inbred SHR
- Receptor, Bradykinin B2/metabolism
- Receptor, PAR-2/agonists
- Receptor, PAR-2/metabolism
- Receptors, KIR/antagonists & inhibitors
- Small-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels/antagonists & inhibitors
- Sodium Chloride, Dietary/pharmacology
- Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase/antagonists & inhibitors
- Stroke/pathology
- Stroke/physiopathology
- Vasoconstriction/physiology
- Vasodilation/drug effects
- Vasodilation/physiology
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Affiliation(s)
- John S Smeda
- Division of BioMedical Sciences, Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada.
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van Overbeek EC, Knottnerus ILH, van Oostenbrugge RJ. Disappearing Hyperdense Middle Cerebral Artery Sign Is Associated with Striatocapsular Infarcts on Follow-Up CT in Ischemic Stroke Patients Treated with Intravenous Thrombolysis. Cerebrovasc Dis 2010; 30:285-9. [PMID: 20664262 DOI: 10.1159/000319071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2009] [Accepted: 04/23/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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- E C van Overbeek
- Department of Neurology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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Banevičius G, Rugytė D, Macas A, Tamašauskas A, Stankevičius E. The effects of sevoflurane and propofol on cerebral hemodynamics during intracranial tumors surgery under monitoring the depth of anesthesia. Medicina (Kaunas) 2010; 46:743-752. [PMID: 21467832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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UNLABELLED Hemodynamic effects during cerebral tumor resection surgery under monitoring the depth of anesthesia and during recovery in sevoflurane- or propofol-anesthetized patients have not been previously compared. OBJECTIVE To compare cerebral hemodynamic changes using transcranial Doppler sonography during sevoflurane or propofol anesthesia under state entropy (SE) monitoring, and during recovery period. MATERIAL AND METHODS In a randomized manner, 130 patients received sevoflurane (group T-S) or propofol (group T-P) to maintain SE at 40-50. Cerebral blood flow velocity (Vmean) in the middle cerebral artery was evaluated at baseline, after tracheal intubation, opening of the dura mater, tumor resection, skin closure, extubation, and two hours after extubation. Cerebrovascular resistance index (RAP), estimated cerebral perfusion pressure (eCPP), and cerebral blood flow index (CBFI) were calculated off-line. RESULTS During surgery SE was 40.6 (SD, 8.1) in the group T-S and 44.0 (SD, 7.4) in the group T-P. Blood pressure was significantly higher in the group T-P. Compared to the baseline, Vmean decreased by 16.6% and 23.5% in the groups T-S and T-P, respectively (P<0.05). RAP and eCPP were higher in the group T-P versus the group T-S: 28.9% and 5.2%, respectively, above the baseline for RAP (P<0.005) and 3.2% and 16.9% below the baseline for eCPP (P<0.005). CBFI was below the baseline by 20.1% and 24.0% in the groups T-S and T-P, respectively (P>0.05). After the extubation and 2 hours later, Vmean recovered comparably with no differences in RAP, eCPP, or CBFI between the two groups. CONCLUSIONS At the comparable depth of anesthesia for intracranial tumors surgery and during recovery, sevoflurane had no major effect on cerebral circulation measured by transcranial Doppler sonography as compared with propofol. Our results add to current knowledge on the safety of sevoflurane in neuroanesthesia.
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- Gediminas Banevičius
- Department of Anesthesiology, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Eivenių 2, Kaunas, Lithuania.
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