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Huda K, Lawrence DJ, Thompson W, Lindsey SH, Bayer CL. In vivo noninvasive systemic myography of acute systemic vasoactivity in female pregnant mice. Nat Commun 2023; 14:6286. [PMID: 37813833 PMCID: PMC10562381 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42041-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2023] [Accepted: 09/28/2023] [Indexed: 10/11/2023] Open
Abstract
Altered vasoactivity is a major characteristic of cardiovascular and oncological diseases, and many therapies are therefore targeted to the vasculature. Therapeutics which are selective for the diseased vasculature are ideal, but whole-body selectivity of a therapeutic is challenging to assess in practice. Vessel myography is used to determine the functional mechanisms and evaluate pharmacological responses of vascularly-targeted therapeutics. However, myography can only be performed on ex vivo sections of individual arteries. We have developed methods for implementation of spherical-view photoacoustic tomography for non-invasive and in vivo myography. Using photoacoustic tomography, we demonstrate the measurement of acute vascular reactivity in the systemic vasculature and the placenta of female pregnant mice in response to two vasodilators. Photoacoustic tomography simultaneously captures the significant acute vasodilation of major arteries and detects selective vasoactivity of the maternal-fetal vasculature. Photoacoustic tomography has the potential to provide invaluable preclinical information on vascular response that cannot be obtained by other established methods.
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- Kristie Huda
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA
- Photosound Technologies Inc., Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA.
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Cheng CK, Shang W, Liu J, Cheang WS, Wang Y, Xiang L, Lau CW, Luo JY, Ng CF, Huang Y, Wang L. Activation of AMPK/miR-181b Axis Alleviates Endothelial Dysfunction and Vascular Inflammation in Diabetic Mice. Antioxidants (Basel) 2022; 11:1137. [PMID: 35740034 PMCID: PMC9220246 DOI: 10.3390/antiox11061137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2022] [Revised: 06/06/2022] [Accepted: 06/08/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Hyperglycemia in diabetes mellitus impairs endothelial function and disrupts microRNA (miRNA) profiles in vasculature, increasing the risk of diabetes-associated complications, including coronary artery disease, diabetic retinopathy, and diabetic nephropathy. miR-181b was previously reported to be an anti-inflammatory mediator in vasculature against atherosclerosis. The current study aimed to investigate whether miR-181b ameliorates diabetes-associated endothelial dysfunction, and to identify potential molecular mechanisms and upstream inducer of miR-181b. We found that miR-181b level was decreased in renal arteries of diabetic patients and in advanced glycation end products (AGEs)-treated renal arteries of non-diabetic patients. Transfection of miR-181b mimics improved endothelium-dependent vasodilation in aortas of high fat diet (HFD)/streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic mice, accompanied by suppression of superoxide overproduction and vascular inflammation markers. AMPK activator-induced AMPK activation upregulated miR-181b level in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). Chronic exercise, potentially through increased blood flow, activated AMPK/miR-181b axis in aortas of diabetic mice. Exposure to laminar shear stress upregulated miR-181b expression in HUVECs. Overall, our findings highlight a critical role of AMPK/miR-181b axis and extend the benefits of chronic exercise in counteracting diabetes-associated endothelial dysfunction.
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- Chak-Kwong Cheng
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China;
- School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China; (W.S.); (Y.W.); (L.X.); (C.-W.L.); (J.-Y.L.)
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China; (W.S.); (Y.W.); (L.X.); (C.-W.L.); (J.-Y.L.)
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- Department of Integration of Chinese and Western Medicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China;
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Zhuhai 519000, China;
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China; (W.S.); (Y.W.); (L.X.); (C.-W.L.); (J.-Y.L.)
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China; (W.S.); (Y.W.); (L.X.); (C.-W.L.); (J.-Y.L.)
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China; (W.S.); (Y.W.); (L.X.); (C.-W.L.); (J.-Y.L.)
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China; (W.S.); (Y.W.); (L.X.); (C.-W.L.); (J.-Y.L.)
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- Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China;
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China;
- School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China; (W.S.); (Y.W.); (L.X.); (C.-W.L.); (J.-Y.L.)
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China;
- School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China; (W.S.); (Y.W.); (L.X.); (C.-W.L.); (J.-Y.L.)
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Fujie S, Hasegawa N, Horii N, Uchida M, Sanada K, Hamaoka T, Padilla J, Martinez-Lemus LA, Maeda S, Iemitsu M. Aerobic Exercise Restores Aging-Associated Reductions in Arterial Adropin Levels and Improves Adropin-Induced Nitric Oxide-Dependent Vasorelaxation. J Am Heart Assoc 2021; 10:e020641. [PMID: 33938228 PMCID: PMC8200711 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.120.020641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Background Adropin is a peptide hormone that promotes nitric oxide (NO) production via activation of endothelial NO synthase (eNOS) in endothelial cells. Its circulating levels are reduced with aging and increased with aerobic exercise training (AT). Using a mouse model, we hypothesized that AT restores aging-associated reductions in arterial and circulating adropin and improves adropin-induced NO-dependent vasorelaxation. Further, we hypothesized these findings would be consistent with data obtained in elderly humans. Methods and Results In the animal study, 50-week-old SAMP1 male mice that underwent 12 weeks of voluntary wheel running, or kept sedentary, were studied. A separate cohort of 25-week-old SAMP1 male mice were used as a mature adult sedentary group. In the human study, 14 healthy elderly subjects completed an 8-week AT program consisting of 45 minutes of cycling 3 days/week. In mice, we show that advanced age is associated with a decline in arterial and circulating levels of adropin along with deterioration of endothelial function, arterial NO production, and adropin-induced vasodilation. All these defects were restored by AT. Moreover, AT-induced increases in arterial adropin were correlated with increases in arterial eNOS phosphorylation and NO production. Consistently with these findings in mice, AT in elderly subjects enhanced circulating adropin levels and these effects were correlated with increases in circulating nitrite/nitrate (NOx) and endothelial function. Conclusions Changes in arterial adropin that occur with age or AT relate to alterations in endothelial function and NO production, supporting the notion that adropin should be considered a therapeutic target for vascular aging. Registration URL: https://www.umin.ac.jp; Unique identifier: UMIN000035520.
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- Shumpei Fujie
- Faculty of Sport and Health Science Ritsumeikan University Shiga Japan.,Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences University of Tsukuba Ibaraki Japan.,Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center University of Missouri MO
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- Research Organization of Science and Technology Ritsumeikan University Shiga Japan
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- Faculty of Sport and Health Science Ritsumeikan University Shiga Japan.,Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Tokyo Japan
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- Faculty of Sport and Health Science Ritsumeikan University Shiga Japan
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- Faculty of Sport and Health Science Ritsumeikan University Shiga Japan
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- Sports Medicine for Health Promotion Tokyo Medical University Tokyo Japan
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- Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center University of Missouri MO.,Nutrition and Exercise Physiology University of Missouri MO
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- Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center University of Missouri MO.,Medical Pharmacology and Physiology University of Missouri MO
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- Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences University of Tsukuba Ibaraki Japan
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- Faculty of Sport and Health Science Ritsumeikan University Shiga Japan
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Fujie S, Hasegawa N, Horii N, Inoue K, Uchida M, Iemitsu M. Effects of combined exercise training and Chlorella intake on vasorelaxation mediated by nitric oxide in aged mice. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 2020; 46:479-484. [PMID: 33186051 DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2020-0543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Chronic Chlorella intake and aerobic exercise training reduce arterial stiffness and increase circulating nitric oxide (NO) levels, which has beneficial effects. This study aimed to clarify the combined aortic NO-mediated effects of chronic Chlorella intake and aerobic exercise training on endothelial vasorelaxation in aged mice. In this study, 38-week-old male senescence-accelerated mouse prone 1 (SAMP1) mice were divided into aged sedentary control (Con), aerobic exercise training (AT; voluntary wheel running for 12 weeks), Chlorella intake (CH; 0.5% Chlorella powder in normal diet), and AT and CH combined (AT+CH) groups. Endothelium-dependent vasorelaxation by addition of acetylcholine to the isolated mouse aortic rings was significantly higher in the AT, CH, and AT+CH groups than in the Con group; a significantly greater effect was seen in the AT+CH group than in the AT and CH groups. Similarly, plasma and arterial nitrite/nitrate levels and arterial endothelial NO synthase phosphorylation were significantly higher in the AT, CH, and AT+CH groups than in the Con group; the AT+CH group had higher values than the AT and CH groups. Thus, chronic Chlorella intake combined with aerobic exercise training had pronounced effects on endothelial vasorelaxation in aged mice via an additive increase in arterial NO production. Novelty: Endothelium-dependent vasorelaxation was improved by Chlorella intake and exercise. Chlorella intake and exercise increased arterial Akt/eNOS/NO signaling. This combination approach further improved vasorelaxation via arterial NO production.
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- Shumpei Fujie
- Faculty of Sport and Health Science, Ritsumeikan University, Shiga, Japan
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- Research Organization of Science and Technology, Ritsumeikan University, Shiga, Japan
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- Faculty of Sport and Health Science, Ritsumeikan University, Shiga, Japan.,Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan
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- Faculty of Sport and Health Science, Ritsumeikan University, Shiga, Japan
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- Faculty of Sport and Health Science, Ritsumeikan University, Shiga, Japan
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- Faculty of Sport and Health Science, Ritsumeikan University, Shiga, Japan
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Mewes M, Lenders M, Stappers F, Scharnetzki D, Nedele J, Fels J, Wedlich-Söldner R, Brand SM, Schmitz B, Brand E. Soluble adenylyl cyclase (sAC) regulates calcium signaling in the vascular endothelium. FASEB J 2019; 33:13762-13774. [PMID: 31585052 DOI: 10.1096/fj.201900724r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The vascular endothelium acts as a selective barrier between the bloodstream and extravascular tissues. Intracellular [Ca2+]i signaling is essential for vasoactive agonist-induced stimulation of endothelial cells (ECs), typically including Ca2+ release from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Although it is known that interactions of Ca2+ and cAMP as ubiquitous messengers are involved in this process, the individual contribution of cAMP-generating adenylyl cyclases (ACs), including the only soluble AC (sAC; ADCY10), remains less clear. Using life-cell microscopy and plate reader-based [Ca2+]i measurements, we found that human immortalized ECs, primary aortic and cardiac microvascular ECs, and primary vascular smooth muscle cells treated with sAC-specific inhibitor KH7 or anti-sAC-small interfering RNA did not show endogenous or exogenous ATP-induced [Ca2+]i elevation. Of note, a transmembrane AC (tmAC) inhibitor did not prevent ATP-induced [Ca2+]i elevation in ECs. Moreover, l-phenylephrine-dependent constriction of ex vivo mouse aortic ring segments was also reduced by KH7. Analysis of the inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) pathway revealed reduced IP3 receptor phosphorylation after KH7 application, which also prevented [Ca2+]i elevation induced by IP3 receptor agonist adenophostin A. Our results suggest that sAC rather than tmAC controls the agonist-induced ER-dependent Ca2+ response in ECs and may represent a treatment target in arterial hypertension and heart failure.-Mewes, M., Lenders, M., Stappers, F., Scharnetzki, D., Nedele, J., Fels, J., Wedlich-Söldner, R., Brand, S.-M., Schmitz, B., Brand, E. Soluble adenylyl cyclase (sAC) regulates calcium signaling in the vascular endothelium.
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- Mirja Mewes
- Internal Medicine D, Department of Nephrology, Hypertension, and Rheumatology, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Internal Medicine D, Department of Nephrology, Hypertension, and Rheumatology, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Internal Medicine D, Department of Nephrology, Hypertension, and Rheumatology, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Internal Medicine D, Department of Nephrology, Hypertension, and Rheumatology, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Internal Medicine D, Department of Nephrology, Hypertension, and Rheumatology, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Institute for Cell Dynamics and Imaging, Medical Faculty, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany.,Department of Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Toxicology and Center for Biomedical Education and Research (ZBAF), University of Witten/Herdecke, Witten, Germany
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- Institute for Cell Dynamics and Imaging, Medical Faculty, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Institute of Sports Medicine, Molecular Genetics of Cardiovascular Disease, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Institute of Sports Medicine, Molecular Genetics of Cardiovascular Disease, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Internal Medicine D, Department of Nephrology, Hypertension, and Rheumatology, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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Eby JM, Majetschak M. Effects of ethanol and ethanol metabolites on intrinsic function of mesenteric resistance arteries. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0214336. [PMID: 30893362 PMCID: PMC6426218 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0214336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2019] [Accepted: 03/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Evidence suggests that ethanol-induced hypertension is associated with increased cardiovascular responsiveness to vasopressors in vivo and enhanced reactivity of isolated arteries to vasopressors ex vivo. The underlying mechanisms are not well understood and the contribution of ethanol metabolites to vascular effects induced by ethanol consumption are unclear. Mesenteric resistance arteries were harvested from Sprague-Dawley rats. Pressure myography was utilized to test effects of ethanol, acetaldehyde and phosphatidylethanol on myogenic tone and on vasoconstriction induced by phenylephrine, arginine vasopressin (aVP), endothelin-1 and KCl. Ethanol, acetaldehyde and phosphatidylethanol concentrations were monitored during the experiments. Ethanol concentrations in the vessel bath decreased with a half-life of 25min; acetaldehyde and phosphatidylethanol concentrations remained constant. Pretreatment with ethanol dose-dependently increased the potency of phenylephrine to induce vasoconstriction 4-fold (p<0.01). These effects were comparable when arteries were pre-treated with a single dose of ethanol for 30min and when ethanol concentrations were kept constant during 30min and 60min of pretreatment. While ethanol also dose-dependently increased the potency of aVP to induce vasoconstriction 1.7-fold (p<0.05), it did not affect vasoconstriction induced by endothelin-1 or KCl. Acetaldehyde pre-treatment (30 min) dose-dependently increased the potency of phenylephrine to induce vasoconstriction 2.7-fold (p<0.01) but did not affect other vasoconstrictor responses. Phosphatidylethanol did not affect any vasoconstrictor responses. Ethanol and its metabolites did not affect myogenic tone. These data suggest that ethanol and acetaldehyde selectively sensitize intrinsic constrictor responses upon activation of vascular α1-adrenergic and/or vasopressin receptors at clinically relevant concentrations. Our findings support the concept that enhanced vasoreactivity to vasoactive hormones contributes to the development of hypertension induced by ethanol consumption. Ex vivo exposure of resistance arteries to ethanol and acetaldehyde resembles effects of chronic ethanol consumption on intrinsic vascular function, and thus could serve as test platform to evaluate interventions aimed to mitigate vascular effects associated with ethanol consumption.
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- Jonathan M. Eby
- Department of Surgery, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America
- Alcohol Research Program (ARP), Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Surgery, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America
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Lu X, Han L, Kassab GS. In vivo self-assembly of small diameter pulmonary visceral pleura artery graft. Acta Biomater 2019; 83:265-276. [PMID: 30395962 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2018.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2018] [Revised: 10/29/2018] [Accepted: 11/01/2018] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND There is a significant clinical need for small vascular grafts <1 mm in diameter. MATERIALS AND METHODS The structure and composition of swine pulmonary visceral pleura (PVP) were investigated. Two processes, glutaraldehyde (GA) crosslink and decellularization (dc) plus GA crosslink, were used to inhibit the immune response. The thrombosis-resistance of the GA-crosslinked PVP (GA-PVP) was determined with in vitro and in vivo studies. Small vessel grafts with 0.7 diameter mm were constructed using the GA-PVP and surgically interposed in the femoral artery of rats for up to 24 weeks. Blood flow in the GA-PVP grafts were measured and ex vivo vascular reactivity of the prostheses were evaluated along with immuno-histological analysis. RESULTS The GA-PVP mesothelium contains abundant glycocalyx-like substance and a smooth surface. The mechanical properties of the GA-PVP were similar to the femoral artery of rat in the range of physiological pressures. The in vitro and in vivo studies confirmed poor platelet adhesion on the GA-PVP mesothelial surface in comparison with dc processed PVP (dc-PVP). Patency of the GA-PVP prostheses in femoral arteries of rats was 86% in the 24 weeks postoperative period while patency of dc-PVP in femoral arteries of rats was 33% at 1 week postoperative period. Blood flow in the GA-PVP prostheses were not statistically different than the contralateral femoral artery. Biomarkers of neo-endothelial cells, neo-media smooth muscle cells, and extracellular matrices were observed in the GA-PVP prostheses. The significant agonists-induced vasoconstriction and endothelium-dependent vasodilation were apparent at 12 weeks and further amplified in the 24 weeks postoperative, which suggests self-assembly of functional neo-endothelium and neo-media. CONCLUSIONS The high patency and functionality of the small grafts suggest that the GA-PVP is a promising prosthetic biomaterial for vascular reconstructions. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE Small artery graft (diameter <1 mm) in the peripheral circulation that functionally arterializes has not been possible primarily due to thrombosis. Our findings indicate that lung visceral pleura may address thrombogenicity as the major pitfall in small diameter grafts. Here, grafts of 0.7 mm diameter were constructed from swine pulmonary visceral pleura (PVP) and implanted into femoral artery position of rats up to 24 weeks. The total patency of grafts in femoral arteries of rats was 86% in the 24-week period. The neo-endothelial and -medial layers were assembled in the grafts as evidenced by robust biomarkers of endothelial cells, smooth muscle cells, and extracellular matrices observed in the grafts. Agonists-induced vasoconstriction and endothelium-dependent vasodilation were apparent at 12 weeks and were amplified at 24 weeks. The high patency of the small grafts suggests that the PVP is a promising prosthetic biomaterial for vascular reconstructions.
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- Xiao Lu
- California Medical Innovations Institute, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
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- California Medical Innovations Institute, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
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- California Medical Innovations Institute, San Diego, CA 92121, USA.
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Cannabinoids influence cardiovascular variables in health and disease via multiple mechanisms. The chapter covers the impact of cannabinoids on cardiovascular function in physiology and pathology and presents a critical analysis of the proposed signalling pathways governing regulation of cardiovascular function by endogenously produced and exogenous cannabinoids. We know that endocannabinoid system is overactivated under pathological conditions and plays both a protective compensatory role, such as in some forms of hypertension, atherosclerosis and other inflammatory conditions, and a pathophysiological role, such as in disease states associated with excessive hypotension. This chapter focuses on the mechanisms affecting hemodynamics and vasomotor effects of cannabinoids in health and disease states, highlighting mismatches between some studies. The chapter will first review the effects of marijuana smoking on cardiovascular system and then describe the impact of exogenous cannabinoids on cardiovascular parameters in humans and experimental animals. This will be followed by analysis of the impact of cannabinoids on reactivity of isolated vessels. The article critically reviews current knowledge on cannabinoid induction of vascular relaxation by cannabinoid receptor-dependent and -independent mechanisms and dysregulation of vascular endocannabinoid signaling in disease states.
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- Alexander I Bondarenko
- Circulatory Physiology Department, Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine.
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Endothelinergic Contractile Hyperreactivity in Rat Contralateral Carotid to Balloon Injury: Integrated Role for ET B Receptors and Superoxide Anion. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2017; 2017:3137580. [PMID: 29062837 PMCID: PMC5618786 DOI: 10.1155/2017/3137580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2017] [Revised: 06/08/2017] [Accepted: 07/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Temporal consequences of neurocompensation to balloon injury on endothelinergic functionality in rat contralateral carotid were evaluated. Rats underwent balloon injury in left carotid and were treated with CP-96345 (NK1 antagonist). Concentration-response curves for endothelin-1 were obtained in contralateral (right) carotid at 2, 8, 16, 30, or 45 days after surgery in the absence or presence of BQ-123 (ETA antagonist), BQ-788 (ETB antagonist), or Tempol (superoxide-dismutase mimic). Endothelin-1-induced calcium mobilization was evaluated in functional assays carried out with BQ-123, BQ-788, or Tempol. Endothelin-1-induced NADPH oxidase-driven superoxide generation was measured by lucigenin chemiluminescence assays performed with BQ-123 or BQ-788. Endothelin-1-induced contraction was increased in contralateral carotid from the sixteenth day after surgery. This response was restored in CP-96345-treated rats. Endothelium removal or BQ-123 did not change endothelin-1-induced contraction in contralateral carotid. This response was restored by BQ-788 or Tempol. Contralateral carotid exhibited an increased endothelin-1-induced calcium mobilization, which was restored by BQ-788 or Tempol. Contralateral carotid exhibited an increased endothelin-1-induced lucigenin chemiluminescence, which was restored by BQ-788. We conclude that the NK1-mediated neurocompensatory response to balloon injury elicits a contractile hyperreactivity to endothelin-1 in rat contralateral carotid by enhancing the muscular ETB-mediated NADPH oxidase-driven generation of superoxide, which activates calcium channels.
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Lu X, Kassab GS. Integrins mediate mechanical compression-induced endothelium-dependent vasodilation through endothelial nitric oxide pathway. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016; 146:221-32. [PMID: 26324675 PMCID: PMC4555471 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201411350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Integrins mediate endothelial NO production and vasodilation in response to the compression of muscle arterioles. Cardiac and skeletal muscle contraction lead to compression of intramuscular arterioles, which, in turn, leads to their vasodilation (a process that may enhance blood flow during muscle activity). Although endothelium-derived nitric oxide (NO) has been implicated in compression-induced vasodilation, the mechanism whereby arterial compression elicits NO production is unclear. We cannulated isolated swine (n = 39) myocardial (n = 69) and skeletal muscle (n = 60) arteriole segments and exposed them to cyclic transmural pressure generated by either intraluminal or extraluminal pressure pulses to simulate compression in contracting muscle. We found that the vasodilation elicited by internal or external pressure pulses was equivalent; moreover, vasodilation in response to pressure depended on changes in arteriole diameter. Agonist-induced endothelium-dependent and -independent vasodilation was used to verify endothelial and vascular smooth muscle cell viability. Vasodilation in response to cyclic changes in transmural pressure was smaller than that elicited by pharmacological activation of the NO signaling pathway. It was attenuated by inhibition of NO synthase and by mechanical removal of the endothelium. Stemming from previous observations that endothelial integrin is implicated in vasodilation in response to shear stress, we found that function-blocking integrin α5β1 or αvβ3 antibodies attenuated cyclic compression–induced vasodilation and NOx (NO−2 and NO−3) production, as did an RGD peptide that competitively inhibits ligand binding to some integrins. We therefore conclude that integrin plays a role in cyclic compression–induced endothelial NO production and thereby in the vasodilation of small arteries during cyclic transmural pressure loading.
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- Xiao Lu
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Department of Surgery, and Indiana Center for Vascular Biology and Medicine, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 46202
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Department of Surgery, and Indiana Center for Vascular Biology and Medicine, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 46202 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Department of Surgery, and Indiana Center for Vascular Biology and Medicine, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 46202 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Department of Surgery, and Indiana Center for Vascular Biology and Medicine, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 46202 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Department of Surgery, and Indiana Center for Vascular Biology and Medicine, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 46202
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Perchoux J, Quotb A, Atashkhooei R, Azcona FJ, Ramírez-Miquet EE, Bernal O, Jha A, Luna-Arriaga A, Yanez C, Caum J, Bosch T, Royo S. Current Developments on Optical Feedback Interferometry as an All-Optical Sensor for Biomedical Applications. SENSORS 2016; 16:s16050694. [PMID: 27187406 PMCID: PMC4883385 DOI: 10.3390/s16050694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2016] [Revised: 05/05/2016] [Accepted: 05/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Optical feedback interferometry (OFI) sensors are experiencing a consistent increase in their applications to biosensing due to their contactless nature, low cost and compactness, features that fit very well with current biophotonics research and market trends. The present paper is a review of the work in progress at UPC-CD6 and LAAS-CNRS related to the application of OFI to different aspects of biosensing, both in vivo and ex vivo. This work is intended to present the variety of opportunities and potential applications related to OFI that are available in the field. The activities presented are divided into two main sensing strategies: The measurement of optical path changes and the monitoring of flows, which correspond to sensing strategies linked to the reconstruction of changes of amplitude from the interferometric signal, and to classical Doppler frequency measurements, respectively. For optical path change measurements, measurements of transient pulses, usual in biosensing, together with the measurement of large displacements applied to designing palliative care instrumentation for Parkinson disease are discussed. Regarding the Doppler-based approach, progress in flow-related signal processing and applications in real-time monitoring of non-steady flows, human blood flow monitoring and OFI pressure myograph sensing will be presented. In all cases, experimental setups are discussed and results presented, showing the versatility of the technique. The described applications show the wide capabilities in biosensing of the OFI sensor, showing it as an enabler of low-cost, all-optical, high accuracy biomedical applications.
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- Julien Perchoux
- LAAS-CNRS, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INP, 6 AllÃée Emile Monso, 31400 Toulouse, France.
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- LAAS-CNRS, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INP, 6 AllÃée Emile Monso, 31400 Toulouse, France.
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- Centre for the Development of Sensors, Instruments and Systems, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC-CD6), Rambla Sant Nebridi 10, E08222 Terrassa, Spain.
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- Centre for the Development of Sensors, Instruments and Systems, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC-CD6), Rambla Sant Nebridi 10, E08222 Terrassa, Spain.
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- LAAS-CNRS, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INP, 6 AllÃée Emile Monso, 31400 Toulouse, France.
- Centro de Aplicaciones Tecnológicas y Desarrollo Nuclear, Calle 30, No. 502, Miramar, La Habana 11300, Cuba.
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- LAAS-CNRS, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INP, 6 AllÃée Emile Monso, 31400 Toulouse, France.
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- Centre for the Development of Sensors, Instruments and Systems, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC-CD6), Rambla Sant Nebridi 10, E08222 Terrassa, Spain.
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- LAAS-CNRS, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INP, 6 AllÃée Emile Monso, 31400 Toulouse, France.
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- Centre for the Development of Sensors, Instruments and Systems, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC-CD6), Rambla Sant Nebridi 10, E08222 Terrassa, Spain.
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- Centre for the Development of Sensors, Instruments and Systems, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC-CD6), Rambla Sant Nebridi 10, E08222 Terrassa, Spain.
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- LAAS-CNRS, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INP, 6 AllÃée Emile Monso, 31400 Toulouse, France.
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- Centre for the Development of Sensors, Instruments and Systems, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC-CD6), Rambla Sant Nebridi 10, E08222 Terrassa, Spain.
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Blædel M, Sams A, Boonen HCM, Sheykhzade M. Increased Contractile Response to Noradrenaline Induced By Factors Associated with the Metabolic Syndrome in Cultured Small Mesenteric Arteries. Pharmacology 2015; 97:48-56. [PMID: 26587661 DOI: 10.1159/000442259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2015] [Accepted: 11/04/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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UNLABELLED This study investigated the effect of the metabolic syndrome associated risk factors hyperglycemia (glucose [Glc]), hyperinsulinemia (insulin [Ins]) and low-grade inflammation (tumor necrosis factor α [TNFα]) on the vasomotor responses of resistance arteries. Isolated small mesenteric arteries from 3-month-old Sprague-Dawley rats, were suspended for 21-23 h in tissue cultures containing either elevated Glc (30 mmol/l), Ins (100 nmol/l), TNFα (100 ng/ml) or combinations thereof. After incubation, the vascular response to noradrenaline (NA), phenylephrine, isoprenaline and NA in the presence of propranolol (10 µmol/l) was measured by wire myography. RESULTS Arteries exposed only to combinations of the risk factors showed a significant 1.6-fold increase in the contractile NA sensitivity, which suggests that complex combinations of metabolic risk factors might lead to changes in vascular tone.
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- Martin Blædel
- Diabetes Biology, Novo Nordisk A/S, Novo Nordisk Park, Mx00E5;lx00F8;v, Denmark
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Clark JL, Zahradka P, Taylor CG. Efficacy of flavonoids in the management of high blood pressure. Nutr Rev 2015; 73:799-822. [PMID: 26491142 DOI: 10.1093/nutrit/nuv048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Plant compounds such as flavonoids have been reported to exert beneficial effects in cardiovascular disease, including hypertension. Information on the effects of isolated individual flavonoids for management of high blood pressure, however, is more limited. This review is focused on the flavonoids, as isolated outside of the food matrix, from the 5 main subgroups consumed in the Western diet (flavones, flavonols, flavanones, flavan-3-ols, and anthocyanins), along with their effects on hypertension, including the potential mechanisms for regulating blood pressure. Flavonoids from all 5 subgroups have been shown to attenuate a rise in or to reduce blood pressure during several pathological conditions (hypertension, metabolic syndrome, and diabetes mellitus). Flavones, flavonols, flavanones, and flavanols were able to modulate blood pressure by restoring endothelial function, either directly, by affecting nitric oxide levels, or indirectly, through other pathways. Quercetin had the most consistent blood pressure-lowering effect in animal and human studies, irrespective of dose, duration, or disease status. However, further research on the safety and efficacy of the flavonoids is required before any of them can be used by humans, presumably in supplement form, at the doses required for therapeutic benefit.
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- Jaime L Clark
- J.L. Clark, P. Zahradka, and C.G. Taylor are with the Department of Human Nutritional Sciences, University of Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada. P. Zahradka and C.G. Taylor are with the Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, University of Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada. J.L. Clark, P. Zahradka, and C.G. Taylor are with the Canadian Centre for Agri-Food Research in Health and Medicine, St Boniface Research Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- J.L. Clark, P. Zahradka, and C.G. Taylor are with the Department of Human Nutritional Sciences, University of Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada. P. Zahradka and C.G. Taylor are with the Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, University of Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada. J.L. Clark, P. Zahradka, and C.G. Taylor are with the Canadian Centre for Agri-Food Research in Health and Medicine, St Boniface Research Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- J.L. Clark, P. Zahradka, and C.G. Taylor are with the Department of Human Nutritional Sciences, University of Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada. P. Zahradka and C.G. Taylor are with the Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, University of Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada. J.L. Clark, P. Zahradka, and C.G. Taylor are with the Canadian Centre for Agri-Food Research in Health and Medicine, St Boniface Research Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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Mutation within the hinge region of the transcription factor Nr2f2 attenuates salt-sensitive hypertension. Nat Commun 2015; 6:6252. [PMID: 25687237 PMCID: PMC4486351 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2014] [Accepted: 01/09/2015] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have prioritized a transcription factor, nuclear receptor 2 family 2 (NR2F2), as being associated with essential hypertension in humans. Here we provide evidence that validates this association and indicates that Nr2f2 is a genetic determinant of blood pressure (BP). Using the zinc-finger nuclease technology, the generation of a targeted Nr2f2-edited rat model is reported. The resulting gene-edited rats have a 15 bp deletion in exon 2 leading to a five-amino-acid deletion in the hinge region of the mutant Nr2f2 protein. Both systolic and diastolic blood pressures of the Nr2f2(mutant) rats are significantly lower than controls. Because the hinge region of Nr2f2 is required for interaction with Friend of Gata2 (Fog2), protein-protein interaction is examined. Interaction of Nr2f2(mutant) protein with Fog2 is greater than that with the wild-type Nr2f2, indicating that the extent of interaction between these two transcription factors critically influences BP.
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Drenjancevic I, Koller A, Selthofer-Relatic K, Grizelj I, Cavka A. Assessment of coronary hemodynamics and vascular function. Prog Cardiovasc Dis 2014; 57:423-30. [PMID: 25460847 DOI: 10.1016/j.pcad.2014.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Coronary blood flow closely matches to metabolic demands of heart and myocardial oxygen consumption and is conditioned by function of coronary resistance vessels. The microvascular endothelium of coronary resistance vessels is exposed to a spatially and temporally regulated input from cardiomyocytes and the haemodynamic forces of the cardiac cycle. Functional measurements of coronary pressure and flow are important approaches that provide complementary information on the function of coronary vessel function that could not be assessed by the methods utilized for the anatomic characterization of coronary disease, such as coronary angiography. The goal of this paper is to review the methodologies for assessment of coronary vascular function and haemodynamics which are utilized in research and to discuss their potential applicability in the clinical settings.
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- Ines Drenjancevic
- Faculty of Medicine Osijek, University of Osijek, Department of Physiology and Immunology, Osijek, Croatia.
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- Department of Physiology and Gerontology, Medical School and Szentagothai Research Centre, University of Pecs, Hungary, Department of Pathophysiology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary, Department of Physiology New York Medical College, Valhalla NY 10595, USA; Walhala University NW, USA
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- Faculty of Medicine Osijek, University of Osijek, Dept of Internal Medicine, Osijek, Croatia; Clinical Hospital Center Osijek, Clinic for Internal Diseases, Osijek, Croatia
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- Faculty of Medicine Osijek, University of Osijek, Department of Physiology and Immunology, Osijek, Croatia
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- Faculty of Medicine Osijek, University of Osijek, Department of Physiology and Immunology, Osijek, Croatia
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Chen M, Zhang W, Lu X, Hoggatt AM, Gunst SJ, Kassab GS, Tune JD, Herring BP. Regulation of 130-kDa smooth muscle myosin light chain kinase expression by an intronic CArG element. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:34647-57. [PMID: 24151072 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.510362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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The mylk1 gene encodes a 220-kDa nonmuscle myosin light chain kinase (MLCK), a 130-kDa smooth muscle MLCK (smMLCK), as well as the non-catalytic product telokin. Together, these proteins play critical roles in regulating smooth muscle contractility. Changes in their expression are associated with many pathological conditions; thus, it is important to understand the mechanisms regulating expression of mylk1 gene transcripts. Previously, we reported a highly conserved CArG box, which binds serum response factor, in intron 15 of mylk1. Because this CArG element is near the promoter that drives transcription of the 130-kDa smMLCK, we examined its role in regulating expression of this transcript. Results show that deletion of the intronic CArG region from a β-galactosidase reporter gene abolished transgene expression in mice in vivo. Deletion of the CArG region from the endogenous mylk1 gene, specifically in smooth muscle cells, decreased expression of the 130-kDa smMLCK by 40% without affecting expression of the 220-kDa MLCK or telokin. This reduction in 130-kDa smMLCK expression resulted in decreased phosphorylation of myosin light chains, attenuated smooth muscle contractility, and a 24% decrease in small intestine length that was associated with a significant reduction of Ki67-positive smooth muscle cells. Overall, these data show that the CArG element in intron 15 of the mylk1 gene is necessary for maximal expression of the 130-kDa smMLCK and that the 130-kDa smMLCK isoform is specifically required to regulate smooth muscle contractility and small intestine smooth muscle cell proliferation.
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- Meng Chen
- From the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202
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Contribution of Rho kinase to blood pressure elevation and vasoconstrictor responsiveness in type 2 diabetic Goto–Kakizaki rats. J Hypertens 2013; 31:1160-9. [DOI: 10.1097/hjh.0b013e328360383a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Effects of local mechanical stimulation on coronary artery endothelial function and angiotensin II type 1 receptor in pressure or flow-overload. J Hypertens 2013; 31:720-9. [DOI: 10.1097/hjh.0b013e32835d6d2c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Lu X, Huxley VH, Kassab GS. Endothelial barrier dysfunction in diabetic conduit arteries: a novel method to quantify filtration. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2012; 304:H398-405. [PMID: 23220330 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00550.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The endothelial barrier plays an important role in atherosclerosis, hyperglycemia, and hypercholesterolemia. In the present study, an accurate, reproducible, and user-friendly method was used to further understand endothelial barrier function of conduit arteries. An isovolumic method was used to measure the hydraulic conductivity (L(p)) of the intact vessel wall and medial-adventitial layer. Normal arterial segments with diameters from 0.2 to 5.5 mm were used to validate the method, and femoral arteries of diabetic rats were studied as an example of pathological specimens. Various arterial segments confirmed that the volume flux of water per unit surface area was linearly related to intraluminal pressure, as confirmed in microvessels. L(p) of the intact wall varied from 3.5 to 22.1 × 10(-7) cm·s(-1)·cmH(2)O(-1) over the pressure range of 7-180 mmHg. Over the same pressure range, L(p) of the endothelial barrier changed from 4.4 to 25.1 × 10(-7) cm·s(-1)·cmH(2)O(-1). During perfusion with albumin-free solution, L(p) of rat femoral arteries increased from 6.1 to 13.2 × 10(-7) cm·s(-1)·cmH(2)O(-1) over the pressure range of 10-180 mmHg. Hyperglycemia increased L(p) of the femoral artery in diabetic rats from 2.9 to 5.5 × 10(-7) cm·s(-1)·cmH(2)O(-1) over the pressure range of 20-135 mmHg. In conclusion, the L(p) of a conduit artery can be accurately and reproducibly measured using a novel isovolumic method, which in diabetic rats is hyperpermeable. This is likely due to disruption of the endothelial glycocalyx.
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- Xiao Lu
- Biomedical Engineering, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA
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Lu X, Zhang Z, Choy JS, Kassab GS. Role of distension on duodenal and colonic contractility in mice: a novel myograph for intestines. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2012; 24:487-93, e220. [PMID: 22309442 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2012.01883.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND The role of mechanical distension (stretch and tension) on intestinal contractility is poorly understood. METHODS We introduce a novel isovolumic myograph to quantify the intestinal contractility in response to mechanical stimulation. To evaluate the role of distension on contractility, an external restraint was used to restrict intestinal distension or stretch induced by inflation pressure. The amplitude of intraluminal pressure at isovolumic condition was defined as an index of intestinal contractility. KEY RESULTS The in situ maximal contraction (1.42 ± 0.39 mmHg) of duodenum in response to inflation pressure was similar to the in vitro maximal contraction (1.39 ± 0.37 mmHg). As the pressure was increased, the in situ duodenal contraction attenuated faster than the in vitro one. The in situ maximal contraction (4.86 ± 1.32 mmHg) of distal colon in response to inflation pressure was significantly larger than the in vitro maximal contraction (2.31 ± 0.67 mmHg). With increase of pressure, the in situ colonic contractility (1.82 ± 0.87 mmHg) became similar to the in vitro counterpart (1.61 ± 0.98 mmHg). With restraint, the maximal contraction of duodenum and distal colon decreased from 4.86 ± 1.32 and 1.42 ± 0.39 mmHg to 2.91 ± 0.87 and 0.97 ± 0.29 mmHg, respectively. Finally, a significant linear relation was found between strain and amplitude of contraction for both duodenum and colon which became non-significant with restraint. CONCLUSIONS & INFERENCES Our results suggest that distension is an important stimulus for intestinal contractility and nervous regulation is implicated in the intestinal contractility response to mechanical stimulus.
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- X Lu
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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Huo Y, Cheng Y, Zhao X, Lu X, Kassab GS. Biaxial vasoactivity of porcine coronary artery. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2012; 302:H2058-63. [PMID: 22427520 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00758.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The passive mechanical properties of blood vessel mainly stem from the interaction of collagen and elastin fibers, but vessel constriction is attributed to smooth muscle cell (SMC) contraction. Although the passive properties of coronary arteries have been well characterized, the active biaxial stress-strain relationship is not known. Here, we carry out biaxial (inflation and axial extension) mechanical tests in right coronary arteries that provide the active coronary stress-strain relationship in circumferential and axial directions. Based on the measurements, a biaxial active strain energy function is proposed to quantify the constitutive stress-strain relationship in the physiological range of loading. The strain energy is expressed as a Gauss error function in the physiological pressure range. In K(+)-induced vasoconstriction, the mean ± SE values of outer diameters at transmural pressure of 80 mmHg were 3.41 ± 0.17 and 3.28 ± 0.24 mm at axial stretch ratios of 1.3 and 1.5, respectively, which were significantly smaller than those in Ca(2+)-free-induced vasodilated state (i.e., 4.01 ± 0.16 and 3.75 ± 0.20 mm, respectively). The mean ± SE values of the inner and outer diameters in no-load state and the opening angles in zero-stress state were 1.69 ± 0.04 mm and 2.25 ± 0.08 mm and 126 ± 22°, respectively. The active stresses have a maximal value at the passive pressure of 80-100 mmHg and at the active pressure of 140-160 mmHg. Moreover, a mechanical analysis shows a significant reduction of mean stress and strain (averaged through the vessel wall). These findings have important implications for understanding SMC mechanics.
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- Yunlong Huo
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Indiana University-Perdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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Raffetto JD, Yu P, Reslan OM, Xia Y, Khalil RA. Endothelium-dependent nitric oxide and hyperpolarization-mediated venous relaxation pathways in rat inferior vena cava. J Vasc Surg 2011; 55:1716-25. [PMID: 22209615 DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2011.10.124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2011] [Revised: 10/24/2011] [Accepted: 10/27/2011] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The vascular endothelium plays a major role in the control of arterial tone; however, its role in venous tissues is less clear. The purpose of this study was to determine the role of endothelium in the control of venous function and the relaxation pathways involved. METHODS Circular segments of inferior vena cava (IVC) from male Sprague-Dawley rats were suspended between two wires and isometric contraction to phenylephrine (Phe; 10(-5)M) and 96 mM KCl was measured. Acetylcholine (Ach; 10(-10) to 10(-5)M) was added and the percentage of venous relaxation was measured. To determine the role of nitric oxide (NO) and prostacyclin (PGI(2)), vein relaxation was measured in the presence of the nitric oxide synthase inhibitor N(ω)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME; 3 × 10(-4) M) and the cyclooxygenase inhibitor indomethacin (10(-5) M). To measure the role of hyperpolarization, vein relaxation was measured in the presence of K(+) channel activator cromakalim (10(-11) to 10(-6) M), and the nonselective K(+) channel blocker tetraethylammonium (TEA; 10(-3) M). To test for the contribution of a specific K(+) channel, the effects of K(+) channel blockers: glibenclamide (adenosine triphosphate [ATP]-sensitive K(ATP), 10(-5) M), 4-aminopyridine (4-AP; voltage-dependent K(v), 10(-3) M), apamin (small conductance Ca(2+)-dependent SK(Ca), 10(-7) M), and iberiotoxin (large conductance Ca(2+)-dependent BK(Ca), 10(-8) M) on Ach-induced relaxation were tested. RESULTS Ach caused concentration-dependent relaxation of Phe contraction (maximum 49.9 ± 4.9%). Removal of endothelium abolished Ach-induced relaxation. IVC treatment with L-NAME partially reduced Ach relaxation (32.8 ± 4.9%). In IVC treated with L-NAME plus indomethacin, significant Ach-induced relaxation (33.6 ± 3.2%) could still be observed, suggesting a role of endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF). In IVC treated with L-NAME, indomethacin and TEA, Ach relaxation was abolished, supporting a role of EDHF. In veins stimulated with high KCl, Ach caused relaxation (maximum 59.5 ± 3.5%) that was abolished in the presence of L-NAME and indomethacin suggesting that any Ach-induced EDHF is blocked in the presence of high KCl depolarizing solution, which does not favor outward movement of K(+) ion and membrane hyperpolarization. Cromakalim, an activator of K(ATP), caused significant IVC relaxation when applied alone or on top of maximal Ach-induced relaxation, suggesting that the Ach response may not involve K(ATP). Ach-induced relaxation was not inhibited by glibenclamide, 4-AP, or apamin, suggesting little role of K(ATP), K(v) or SK(Ca), respectively. In contrast, iberiotoxin significantly inhibited Ach-induced relaxation, suggesting a role of BK(Ca). CONCLUSIONS Thus, endothelium-dependent venous relaxation plays a major role in the control of venous function. In addition to NO, an EDHF pathway involving BK(Ca) may play a role in endothelium-dependent venous relaxation.
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- Joseph D Raffetto
- Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Lu X, Bean JS, Kassab GS, Rekhter MD. Protein kinase C inhibition ameliorates functional endothelial insulin resistance and vascular smooth muscle cell hypersensitivity to insulin in diabetic hypertensive rats. Cardiovasc Diabetol 2011; 10:48. [PMID: 21635764 PMCID: PMC3127756 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2840-10-48] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2011] [Accepted: 06/02/2011] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Insulin resistance, diabetes, and hypertension are considered elements of metabolic syndrome which is associated with vascular dysfunction. We investigated whether inhibition of protein kinase C (PKC) would affect vascular function in diabetic hypertensive (DH) rats. METHODS A combination of type 2 diabetes and arterial hypertension was produced in male Sprague Dawley rats by intrauterine protein deprivation (IUPD) followed by high salt diet. At the age of 32 weeks, DH rats were treated for 2 weeks with the angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor captopril (Capto, 30 mg/kg), PKC inhibitor ruboxistaurin (RBX, 50 mg/kg) or vehicle (n = 8 per group) and blood pressure was monitored using telemetry. At the end of experiments, femoral arteries were dissected, and vascular reactivity was evaluated with isovolumic myography. RESULTS The IUPD followed by high salt diet resulted in significant elevation of plasma glucose, plasma insulin, and blood pressure. Endothelium-dependent vascular relaxation in response to acetylcholine was blunted while vascular contraction in response to phenylephrine was enhanced in the DH rats. Neither Capto nor RBX restored endothelium-dependent vascular relaxation while both suppressed vascular contraction. Ex-vivo incubation of femoral arteries from control rats with insulin induced dose-response vasorelaxation while insulin failed to induce vasorelaxation in the DH rat arteries. In the control arteries treated with endothelial nitric oxide synthase inhibitor L-NAME, insulin induced vasoconstriction that was exacerbated in DH rats. Capto and RBX partially inhibited insulin-stimulated vascular contraction. CONCLUSION These findings suggest that PKC inhibition ameliorates functional endothelial insulin resistance and smooth muscle cell hypersensitivity to insulin, but does not restore acetylcholine-activated endothelium-dependent vasodilation in DH rats.
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- Xiao Lu
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Surgery, and Indiana Center for Vascular Biology and Medicine, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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Lu X, Dang CQ, Guo X, Molloi S, Wassall CD, Kemple MD, Kassab GS. Elevated oxidative stress and endothelial dysfunction in right coronary artery of right ventricular hypertrophy. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2011; 110:1674-81. [PMID: 21415175 PMCID: PMC3119132 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00744.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2009] [Accepted: 03/10/2011] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Remodeling of right coronary artery (RCA) occurs during right ventricular hypertrophy (RVH) induced by banding of the pulmonary artery (PA). The effect of RVH on RCA endothelial function and reactive oxygen species (ROS) in vessel wall remains unclear. A swine RVH model (n = 12 pigs) induced by PA banding was used to study RCA endothelial function and ROS level. To obtain longitudinal coronary hemodynamic and geometric data, digital subtraction angiography was used during the progression of RVH. Blood flow in the RCA increased by 82% and lumen diameter of RCA increased by 22% over a 4-wk period of RVH. The increase in blood flow and the commensurate increase in diameter resulted in a constant wall shear stress in RCA throughout the RVH period. ROS was elevated by ∼100% in RCA after 4 wk of PA banding. The expressions of p47(phox), NADPH oxidase (NOX1, NOX2, and NOX4) were upregulated in the range of 20-300% in RCA of RVH. The endothelial function was compromised in RCA of RVH as attributed to insufficient endothelial nitric oxide synthase cofactor tetrahydrobiopterin. In vivo angiographic analysis suggests an increased basal tone in the RCA during RVH. In conclusion, stretch due to outward remodeling of RCA during RVH (at constant wall shear stress), similar to vessel stretch in hypertension, appears to induce ROS elevation, endothelial dysfunction, and an increase in basal tone.
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MESH Headings
- Analysis of Variance
- Angiography, Digital Subtraction
- Animals
- Biopterins/analogs & derivatives
- Biopterins/metabolism
- Coronary Circulation/drug effects
- Coronary Vessels/drug effects
- Coronary Vessels/metabolism
- Coronary Vessels/physiopathology
- Disease Models, Animal
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy
- Endothelium, Vascular/drug effects
- Endothelium, Vascular/metabolism
- Endothelium, Vascular/physiopathology
- Hemodynamics/drug effects
- Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular/diagnostic imaging
- Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular/metabolism
- Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular/physiopathology
- Microscopy, Confocal
- NADPH Oxidases/metabolism
- Nitric Oxide/metabolism
- Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III/metabolism
- Oxidative Stress
- Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism
- Stress, Mechanical
- Swine
- Time Factors
- Up-Regulation
- Vasoconstriction
- Vasodilation
- Vasodilator Agents/pharmacology
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Affiliation(s)
- Xiao Lu
- Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Indiana Univ.-Purdue Univ. Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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Carlson BE, Beard DA. Mechanical control of cation channels in the myogenic response. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2011; 301:H331-43. [PMID: 21572020 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00131.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
Microcirculatory vessel response to changes in pressure, known as the myogenic response, is a key component of a tissue's ability to regulate blood flow. Experimental studies have not clearly elucidated the mechanical signal in the vessel wall governing steady-state reduction in vessel diameter upon an increase in intraluminal pressure. In this study, a multiscale computational model is constructed from established models of vessel wall mechanics, vascular smooth muscle (VSM) force generation, and VSM Ca(2+) handling and electrophysiology to compare the plausibility of vessel wall stress or strain as an effective mechanical signal controlling steady-state vascular contraction in the myogenic response. It is shown that, at the scale of a resistance vessel, wall stress, and not stretch (strain), is the likely physiological signal controlling the steady-state myogenic response. The model is then used to test nine candidate VSM stress-controlled channel variants by fitting two separate sets of steady-state myogenic response data. The channel variants include nonselective cation (NSC), supplementary Ca(2+) and Na(+), L-type Ca(2+), and large conductance Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channels. The nine variants are tested in turn, and model fits suggest that stress control of Ca(2+) or Na(+) influx through NSC, supplementary Ca(2+) or Na(+), or L-type Ca(2+) channels is sufficient to produce observed steady-state diameter changes with pressure. However, simulations of steady-state VSM membrane potential, cytosolic Ca(2+), and Na(+) with pressure show only that Na(+) influx through NSC channel also generates known trends with increasing pressure, indicating that stress-controlled Na(+) influx through NSC is sufficient to generate the myogenic response.
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Affiliation(s)
- Brian E Carlson
- Biotechnology and Bioengineering Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53213, USA
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