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Ozoner B, Cakir T, Kayaci S, Aydin MD, Aydin S, Demirci E. Effect of Vasa Vasorum on Basilar Artery Vasospasm Following Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. World Neurosurg 2019; 131:e218-e225. [PMID: 31349081 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.07.124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2019] [Revised: 07/13/2019] [Accepted: 07/15/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND A well-documented association exists between the vasa vasorum and vasopathologies, including atherosclerosis. However, information on the role of the vasa vasorum during vascular degenerative changes of vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is insufficient. METHODS In this study, 34 rabbits were divided into 3 groups: basal group (N = 8), sham group (N = 8), and SAH group (N = 18). Experimental SAH was formed using a double-injection model. During follow-up, the neurologic status of the rabbits was observed. All rabbits were euthanized after 2 weeks, and the vasopathologic degeneration was categorized as normal, mild, moderate, and severe according to the changes in the basilar arteries. The numbers, locations, and spasms of the vasa vasorum and their relation to the vasodegenerative changes of the basilar artery were investigated. RESULTS The basilar arteries were graded as normal in the basal and sham groups. In the SAH group, 6 rabbits had mild, 7 had moderate, and 5 had severe degeneration. Neurologic deficits were prominent in the SAH group, and deficit grades correlated with vascular degeneration. The number of the vasa vasorum were significantly higher in the SAH group, and an enhanced formation of the vasa vasorum was noted in which severe degenerative changes were present. Moreover, the vasospasm index of the vasa vasorum, which increased with the aggravation of vascular degenerative changes, was significantly higher in the SAH group. CONCLUSIONS The vasa vasorum and their vasospasm play a crucial role in the pathogenesis of basilar artery degeneration in the vasospasm following SAH.
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- Baris Ozoner
- Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Erzincan Binali Yildirim University, Erzincan, Turkey
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- Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Erzincan Binali Yildirim University, Erzincan, Turkey
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- Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Erzincan Binali Yildirim University, Erzincan, Turkey
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- Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Okmeydani Research and Education Hospital, University of Medical Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey
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Titova E, Ostrowski RP, Zhang JH, Tang J. Experimental models of subarachnoid hemorrhage for studies of cerebral vasospasm. Neurol Res 2013; 31:568-81. [DOI: 10.1179/174313209x382412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Portanova A, Hakakian N, Mikulis DJ, Virmani R, Abdalla WMA, Wasserman BA. Intracranial Vasa Vasorum: Insights and Implications for Imaging. Radiology 2013; 267:667-79. [DOI: 10.1148/radiol.13112310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Marbacher S, Fandino J, Kitchen ND. Standard intracranialin vivoanimal models of delayed cerebral vasospasm. Br J Neurosurg 2010; 24:415-34. [DOI: 10.3109/02688691003746274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Liva Cengiz Ş, Fatih Erdi M, Tosun M, Atalik E, Cihat Avunduk M, Cavide Sönmez F, Mehmetoglu İ, Baysefer A. Beneficial effects of levosimendan on cerebral vasospasm induced by subarachnoid haemorrhage: An experimental study. Brain Inj 2010; 24:877-85. [DOI: 10.3109/02699051003789260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Preventive Effects of Intraperitoneal Selenium on Cerebral Vasospasm In Experimental Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. J Neurosurg Anesthesiol 2010; 22:53-8. [DOI: 10.1097/ana.0b013e3181b26a63] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Tang WH, Chen Z, Liu Z, Zhang JH, Xi G, Feng H. The effect of ecdysterone on cerebral vasospasm following experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage in vitro and in vivo. Neurol Res 2008; 30:571-80. [PMID: 18647496 PMCID: PMC2706528 DOI: 10.1179/174313208x297986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Cerebral vasospasm has been the dreaded complication of ruptured intracranial aneurysms. Worldwide effort has led to many promising experimental treatments but none was confirmed to be effective in clinical trials. Ecdysterone is an insect steroid hormone. Our previous study showed that ecdysterone might prevent cerebral vasospasm in vitro. Even after all these works, rare attempts have been made to test the effect of ecdysterone on vascular adventitial fibroblast (VAF) proliferation, a process known to play an important role in various pathogenic vascular conditions. Thus, we tested the hypothesis that ecdysterone could affect VAF characteristics and have an effect on SAH induced cerebral vasospasm. METHODS OxyHb of 100 microM was used in the in vitro study to mimic the clinical situation. The effect of OxyHb on the cell proliferation and migration of cultured aortic smooth muscle cells was investigated. In the in vivo study, 20 rabbits were equally divided into four groups: control group, SAH group, SAH/nimodipine group and SAH/ecdysterone group. Changes in neurological function and cerebral angiograms were observed after SAH. RESULTS OxyHb increased the proliferation of vascular adventitial fibroblasts at 24 hours. Ecdysterone co-treatment was apparently similar to the suppression of proliferation. Cell cycle analysis indicated that ecdysterone inhibited the progression of vascular adventitial fibroblasts from G1 to S. The results of the migration assay showed that 100 microM OxyHb obviously prompted vascular adventitial fibroblast migration and that ecdysterone would attenuate this effect. In the SAH/nimodipine and SAH/ecdysterone groups, neurological deficit, cerebral vasospasm and structural changes in basilar artery were alleviated with nimodipine or ecdysterone treatment. CONCLUSION Ecdysterone could affect vascular adventitial fibroblast characteristics and attenuate vasospasm after SAH.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Aorta/cytology
- Behavior, Animal/drug effects
- Cell Cycle/drug effects
- Cell Movement/drug effects
- Cells, Cultured
- Cerebral Angiography/methods
- Disease Models, Animal
- Ecdysterone/therapeutic use
- Female
- Fibroblasts/drug effects
- Fibroblasts/ultrastructure
- In Vitro Techniques
- Male
- Microscopy, Electron, Transmission/methods
- Oxyhemoglobins
- Rabbits
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Subarachnoid Hemorrhage/complications
- Time Factors
- Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial/methods
- Vasospasm, Intracranial/drug therapy
- Vasospasm, Intracranial/etiology
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- Wei-Hua Tang
- Department of Neurosurgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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Alkan T, Korfali E, Kahveci N. Experimental subarachnoid haemorrhage models in rats. ACTA NEUROCHIRURGICA. SUPPLEMENT 2003; 83:61-9. [PMID: 12442623 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-6743-4_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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There is no comprehensive and reliable model available in small animals that are suitable for the study of subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH). In the study we reviewed the advantages and disadvantages of available SAH models in rats and presented our model. Experimental SAH was induced in a group of 350-450 g Sprague-Dawley rats. A 2 mm-diameter burr hole was drilled and, working under a microscope, haemorrhage was produced by transclival puncture of the basilar artery with a 20 microns thick piece of glass. The rats were assigned to either the experimental group (n: 7) or the control group (n: 7). Local cerebral blood flow (LCBF), intracranial pressure (ICP), and cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP) were measured for 60 min after SAH, after which the rats were decapitated. Microscopic examinations were done on three different segments of the basilar artery. There was a significant and sharp drop in LCBF just after SAH was induced (56.17 +/- 12.80 mlLD/min/100 g and 13.57 +/- 5.85 mlLD/min/100 g for baseline and post-SAH, respectively; p < 0.001), the flow slowly increased by the end of the experiment but never recovered to pre-SAH values (43.63 +/- 7.6 mlLD/min/100 g, p < 0.05). ICP (baseline 7.33 +/- 0.8 mmHg) increased acutely to 70.6 +/- 9.2 mmHg, and also returned to normal levels by 60 min after SAH. CPP (baseline 75.1 +/- 4.9 mmHg) dropped accordingly (to 21.0 +/- 6.3 mmHg) and then increased, reaching 70.1 +/- 4.9 mmHg at 60 min after SAH. Examinations of the arteries revealed decreased inner luminal diameter and distortion of the elastica layer. We present an inexpensive and reliable model of SAH in the rat that allows single and multiple haemorrhages and to study the early and late course of pathological changes.
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- T Alkan
- Department of Physiology, Uludag University, School of Medicine, Bursa, Turkey
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Kim P, Yoshimoto Y, Nakaguchi H, Mori T, Asai A, Sasaki T, Kirino T, Nonomura Y. Increased sarcolemmal permeability in the cerebral artery during chronic spasm: an assessment using DNA-binding dyes and detection of apoptosis. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 1999; 19:889-97. [PMID: 10458596 DOI: 10.1097/00004647-199908000-00008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Alteration of sarcolemmal permeability was evaluated in the cerebral artery after subarachnoid hemorrhage. Significance of membrane dysfunction in the pathogenesis of chronic spasm and contribution of apoptosis were investigated in a canine model. Permeability of the smooth muscle cell (SMC) membrane was assessed by double staining with a hydrophilic (ethidium bromide [EB]) and a lipophilic (Hoechst 33342) DNA-binding dye. Quantitative observations were made with a ultraviolet-fluorescence microscope and a ultraviolet-laser confocal microscope. Occurrence of apoptosis was studied using electrophoresis and TUNEL method. In the normal arteries, nuclei of SMC were stained with Hoechst 33342 but not with EB. In the spastic arteries, SMC in the inner layer of the tunica media were stained with EB. The incidence of EB-positive cells reached maximum on day 7 (45 +/- 19%) and decreased in 2 to 4 weeks (13 +/- 5.2% and 5.0 +/- 2.1%, respectively), in parallel with amelioration of spasm. Electron and light microscopic observations revealed increased density of SMC cytoplasm with widening of the extracellular space. Necrosis was not evident. Apoptosis was not detected by the two methods. These results demonstrate that an augmentation in sarcolemmal permeability takes place during the course of chronic vasospasm and suggest its close correlation to pathogenesis.
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- P Kim
- Department of Neurosurgery, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Tochighi, Japan
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Onoue H, Tsutsui M, Smith L, Stelter A, O'Brien T, Katusic ZS. Expression and function of recombinant endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene in canine basilar artery after experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage. Stroke 1998; 29:1959-65; discussion 1965-6. [PMID: 9731624 DOI: 10.1161/01.str.29.9.1959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Gene transfer with recombinant viral vectors encoding vasodilator proteins may be useful in therapy of cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Relaxations mediated by nitric oxide are impaired in cerebral arteries affected by SAH. The present study was designed to determine the effect of SAH on the efficiency of ex vivo adenovirus-mediated gene transfer to canine basilar arteries and to examine whether expression of recombinant endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) gene may have functional effects on vasomotor reactivity of spastic arteries affected by SAH. METHODS Replication-deficient recombinant adenovirus vectors encoding bovine eNOS (AdCMVeNOS) and Escherichia coli beta-galactosidase (AdCMVbeta-Gal) genes were used for ex vivo gene transfer. Rings of basilar arteries obtained from control dogs and dogs exposed to SAH were incubated with the vectors in minimum essential medium. Twenty-four hours after gene transfer, expression and function of the recombinant genes were evaluated by (1) histochemical or immunohistochemical staining, (2) beta-galactosidase protein measurement, and (3) isometric tension recording. RESULTS Transduction with AdCMVbeta-Gal and AdCMVeNOS resulted in the expression of recombinant beta-galactosidase and eNOS proteins mostly in the vascular adventitia. The expression of beta-galactosidase protein was approximately 2-fold higher in SAH arteries than in normal arteries. Endothelium-dependent relaxations caused by bradykinin and substance P were suppressed in SAH arteries. The relaxations to bradykinin were significantly augmented in both normal and SAH arteries after AdCMVeNOS transduction but not after AdCMVbeta-Gal transduction. The relaxations to substance P were augmented by AdCMVeNOS transduction only in normal arteries. Bradykinin and substance P caused relaxations even in endothelium-denuded arteries, when the vessels were transduced with AdCMVeNOS. These endothelium-independent (adventitia-dependent) relaxations to bradykinin observed after AdCMVeNOS transduction were similar between normal and SAH arteries, whereas those to substance P were significantly reduced in SAH arteries compared with normal arteries. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that expression of recombinant proteins after adenovirus-mediated gene transfer may be enhanced in cerebral arteries affected by SAH and that successful eNOS gene transfer to spastic arteries can at least partly restore the impaired nitric oxide-mediated relaxations through local (adventitial) production of nitric oxide.
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- H Onoue
- Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Medical Center, Rochester, Minn 55905, USA
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Kwan AL, Solenski NJ, Kassell NF, Lee KS. Inhibition of nitric oxide generation and lipid peroxidation attenuates hemolysate-induced injury to cerebrovascular endothelium. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 1997; 139:240-7; discussion 247-8. [PMID: 9143592 DOI: 10.1007/bf01844759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The mechanisms of hemolysate-induced cerebral injury following subarachnoid hemorrhage are just beginning to be clarified. This study examined the injurious effects of hemolysate on endothelial cells derived from bovine middle cerebral arteries, and evaluated the roles of lipid peroxidation and nitric oxide production in this type of damage. Cultured endothelial cells were grown to confluency on gelatin-coated plates. The cells were characterized as endothelial cells on the basis of morphology. Factor VIII-related antigen staining, and low density lipoprotein (LDL) uptake. Additional cells were grown to confluency on collagen-coated well inserts, and were treated with hemolysate for 24 hours. Prior to hemolysate exposure, cells were treated with: a) an inhibitor of iron-dependent lipid peroxidation (tirilazad mesylate 100 microM), or b) an inhibitor of nitric oxide synthase (either N-nitro-L-arginine: NLA 300 microM, or aminoguanidine: AG at 1.5, 7.5, 15 or 150 microM). Permeability of the tracer, U-14C-sucrose, across the layer of endothelial cells was examined over a 24 hour period. Hemolysate induced a significant increase in the permeability across the endothelial cell layer. Pretreatment with tirilazad mesylate, NLA, or AG attenuated significantly hemolysate-induced changes in the endothelial cell barrier. These findings indicate that free radical generation and lipid peroxidation are critical participants in hemolysate-induced injury to the barrier function of the cerebrovascular endothelium. In addition, the results indicate that endothelial cells provide an adequate source of nitric oxide to damage their own cellular function. Finally, these findings strongly implicate free radical mechanisms in endothelial damage associated with subarachnoid hemorrhage.
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- A L Kwan
- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA
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Onoda K, Ono S, Ogihara K, Shiota T, Asari S, Ohmoto T, Ninomiya Y. Role of extracellular matrix in experimental vasospasm. Inhibitory effect of antisense oligonucleotide on collagen induction. Stroke 1996; 27:2102-8; discussion 2108-9. [PMID: 8898823 DOI: 10.1161/01.str.27.11.2102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Although it has been suggested that collagen plays a role in the pathogenesis of cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage, there has been no constructive research to prove it directly. In this study we stopped the transcription of the procollagen type I gene by introducing antisense oligonucleotides for its mRNA in a rat femoral artery model of vasospasm induced by blood and assayed the changes in the vasoconstrictive activity of the vessel and expression of the procollagen mRNA. METHODS We applied antisense, sense, or missense oligonucleotides, located at the carboxyl propeptide region for alpha 1(I) procollagen mRNA, onto the femoral artery in a rat femoral artery model of vasospasm. The diameter of the artery was measured by angiography. The transcription level of the procollagen gene in the arterial tissue was assayed by use of reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. Morphological change in the artery was observed with aldehyde-fuchsin-Masson-Goldner staining. RESULTS In the model, when the artery was exposed to antisense oligonucleotides in pluronic gel for 5 days to prevent arterial contraction, the contraction was inhibited at a significant level (76.0% +/- 5.6) when compared with that in control experiments using sense oligonucleotides (64.0% +/- 2.4), missense oligonucleotides (63.5% +/- 3.5), or gel alone (62.1% +/- 5.8). The application of antisense oligonucleotide resulted in a marked decrease in alpha 1(I) procollagen mRNA expression as determined by polymerase chain reaction, indicating that the collagen reduction by antisense oligonucleotides occurred at the transcription level. Histological staining suggested that collagen accumulation at the site in the artery where antisense oligonucleotide had been administered was indeed less than that in the control artery. CONCLUSIONS The results indicate that the induction of procollagen type 1 could cause pathogenesis of the arterial contraction induced by blood in a rat femoral vasospasm model.
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- K Onoda
- Department of Neurological Surgery, Okayama University Medical School, Japan
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Imaizumi S, Shimizu H, Ahmad I, Kaminuma T, Tajima M, Yoshimoto T. Effect of calcitonin gene-related peptide on delayed cerebral vasospasm after experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage in rabbits. SURGICAL NEUROLOGY 1996; 46:263-70; discussion 270-1. [PMID: 8781597 DOI: 10.1016/0090-3019(96)00048-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) is an intrinsic vasodilatory substance contained in perivascular nerve fibers of intracranial arteries. It is suggested that CGRP plays a role in cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). METHOD An experimental SAH was produced by intracisternal injection of arterial blood in rabbits. The animals were treated with intrathecal administration of CGRP solution 3 days after SAH. The degree of vasospasm and the effect of CGRP were evaluated angiographically by measuring the basilar artery diameter. RESULTS The basilar artery constricted to 73.0% of the pre-SAH values 3 days after SAH. Fifteen minutes after injection of 10(-10) mol/kg CGRP, the basilar artery dilated to 117.1% (n = 8), which was significantly larger than 67.1% in the vehicle group (n = 8) (p < 0.01). The significant vasodilatory effect of CGRP, compared with the vehicle group, lasted for 6 hours. CONCLUSIONS Intrathecal administration of CGRP has therapeutic potential for treating cerebral vasospasm.
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- S Imaizumi
- Department of Neurosurgery, Isawa Prefectural Hospital, Mizusawa, Japan
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Connolly ES, Huang J, Goldman JE, Holtzman RN. Immunohistochemical Detection of Intracranial Vasa Vasorum: A Human Autopsy Study. Neurosurgery 1996. [DOI: 10.1227/00006123-199604000-00031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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- E. Sander Connolly
- Departments of Neurological Surgery, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York
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- Departments of Neurological Surgery, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York
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- Pathology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York
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- Departments of Neurological Surgery, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York
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Suzuki S, Ogane K, Souma M, Ohkuma H, Iwabuchi T. Efficacy of steroid hormone in solution for intracranial irrigation during aneurysmal surgery for prevention of the vasospasm syndrome. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 1994; 131:184-8. [PMID: 7754818 DOI: 10.1007/bf01808610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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A series of 55 patients with ruptured cerebral aneurysms were treated with moderate removal of subarachnoid clot followed by intracranial irrigation with pH 8.0 Hartmann solution containing 1 mg/ml of methylpredonisolone sodium succinate after the aneurysmal clipping during early (before day 3) operation. Six (11%) of the 55 patients suffered vasospasm syndrome postoperatively. The clinical results are significantly better than a series of 68 patients operated on and treated before day 3 by intracranial irrigation with Hartmann solution (pH 8.0) only. The possible preventive effect of direct intracranial administration of steroid hormone is discussed.
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- S Suzuki
- Department of Neurosurgery, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Japan
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Tekkök IH, Tekkök S, Ozcan OE, Erbengi T, Erbengi A. Preventive effect of intracisternal heparin for proliferative angiopathy after experimental subarachnoid haemorrhage in rats. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 1994; 127:112-7. [PMID: 7524276 DOI: 10.1007/bf01808557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Proliferative angiopathy represents the morphological basis of delayed cerebral vasospasm. The initial vasoconstriction and endothelial damage of the vasospastic arteries leads to an exaggerated response of the smooth muscle cells within the media leading to subintimal thickening and myonecrosis. Heparin reduces the exposure of the media to platelet derived growth factor, a mitogen from aggregating platelets responsible for the migration and proliferation of the myofibroblasts. Since systemic heparin in the setting of a subarachnoid haemorrhage would be unacceptable, we have tested the effect of heparin on proliferative angiopathy by injecting autologous non-heparinized blood into two groups of rats (N = 12 each) and then inject the heparin into the spinal fluid of one group after one hour. We were able to show histologically that intracisternal heparin injection after the subarachnoid haemorrhage has reduced the vascular wall changes to a great degree. Heparinization of the cerebrospinal fluid carried out in conjunction with early operation for aneurysms may be a promising approach to prevent the morbid complications of SAH in the clinical setting.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Blood-Brain Barrier/drug effects
- Endothelium, Vascular/drug effects
- Endothelium, Vascular/pathology
- Heparin/pharmacology
- Injections, Intraventricular
- Ischemic Attack, Transient/pathology
- Male
- Microscopy, Electron
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/pathology
- Neovascularization, Pathologic/pathology
- Rats
- Subarachnoid Hemorrhage/pathology
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- I H Tekkök
- Department of Neurosurgery, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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Kasuya H, Weir B, Shen Y, Hariton G, Vollrath B, Ghahary A. Procollagen types I and III and transforming growth factor-beta gene expression in the arterial wall after exposure to periarterial blood. Neurosurgery 1993; 33:716-21; discussion 722. [PMID: 8232813 DOI: 10.1227/00006123-199310000-00023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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The stiffening and thickening of the arterial wall after subarachnoid hemorrhage may reflect increased connective tissue. The purpose of this study was to examine the nature of collagen synthesis in response to periarterial blood. Rat femoral arteries were exposed to periarterial blood for varying lengths of time (control, 1, 3, 7, and 14 d). Dot-blot analysis of total ribonucleic acid extracted from the arteries (n = 10 to 15 animals each) demonstrated that the expression of procollagen Types I and III messenger ribonucleic acid increased at 7 (threefold) and 14 days. The expression of transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta), an important regulator of collagen synthesis, was markedly increased by 3 days (threefold), followed by a gradual decline. There were marked differences in procollagen Types I and III and TGF-beta gene expression between arteries exposed to blood and sham-operated arteries for a period of 7 days (n = 25 animals). Northern blot analysis of total ribonucleic acid extracted from cultured vascular smooth muscle cells showed that the treatment with a higher concentration of serum for 48 hours increased the expression of procollagen Types I and III and TGF-beta, whereas exposure to oxyhemoglobin did not. After exposure to periarterial blood, arterial walls show increased synthesis of procollagen Types I and III, perhaps a response to the increased secretion of TGF-beta, which in turn could be the result of exposure to serum factors.
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- H Kasuya
- Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Illinois
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Procollagen Types I and III and Transforming Growth Factor-Beta Gene Expression in the Arterial Wall after Exposure to Periarterial Blood. Neurosurgery 1993. [DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199310000-00023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Arienta C, Balbi S, Caroli M, Fumagalli G. Depletion of calcitonin gene-related peptide in perivascular nerves during acute phase of posthemorrhagic vasospasm in the rabbit. Brain Res Bull 1991; 27:605-9. [PMID: 1756379 DOI: 10.1016/0361-9230(91)90034-h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The behaviour of various neuropeptides during early and late vasospasm following experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage has been investigated by several authors. Recently, a reduction of the content of vasodilatory neuropeptides (vasodilatory intestinal peptide, substance P and calcitonin gene-related peptide) has been demonstrated in the perivascular nerves of cerebral arteries after few days from induction of experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage. In the present immunohistochemical study, the authors investigated secretion and expression of CGRP a few minutes after injection of autologous blood into the cisterna magna of the rabbit. The authors propose that the marked decrease of calcitonin gene-related peptide immunoreactivity in the perivascular nerves, observed after experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage, is due to compensatory secretion of the peptide.
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- C Arienta
- Institute of Neurosurgery, Milan, Italy
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Findlay JM, Weir BK, Kanamaru K, Grace M, Gordon P, Baughman R, Howarth A. Intrathecal fibrinolytic therapy after subarachnoid hemorrhage: dosage study in a primate model and review of the literature. Neurol Sci 1989; 16:28-40. [PMID: 2493974 DOI: 10.1017/s0317167100028481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Because of the naturally low fibrinolytic activity of CSF many erythrocytes entrapped in subarachnoid blood clot undergo hemolysis in situ, releasing vasogenic oxyhemoglobin (OxyHb) in high concentrations around the basal cerebral arteries. In order to promote more rapid clearance of erythrocytes from the basal subarachnoid cisterns we are currently investigating intrathecal thrombolytic therapy with human, recombinant, tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA) in a primate model of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and cerebral vasospasm (VSP). In the present study 16 monkeys were divided into 4 groups of 4, and each group received a different dose of sustained-release gel rt-PA at the time of experimental SAH. Cerebral angiography seven days later showed that whereas no VSP occurred in the groups receiving 0.5 or 0.75 mg of rt-PA, mild to moderate VSP occurred in the groups receiving 0.125 or 0.25 mg of rt-PA. Analysis of the combined 2 smaller dosage groups revealed significant (P less than 0.05) reduction of lumen caliber in the clot-side internal carotid (C3 and C4), proximal anterior cerebral (A1) and middle cerebral (MCA) arteries. Gross subarachnoid clot remained in all of the animals in the 0.125 and 0.25 mg dose groups, in 2 of the animals in the 0.5 mg dose group, and none of the animals in the 0.75 mg dose group. It was concluded that 0.75 mg of gel rt-PA is sufficient to completely lyse a 4.25 ml SAH and prevent VSP in our primate model. The literature on fibrinolysis and erythrocyte clearance in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is reviewed.
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- J M Findlay
- Division of Neurosurgery, Genentech Inc., San Francisco
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Findlay JM, Weir BK, Steinke D, Tanabe T, Gordon P, Grace M. Effect of intrathecal thrombolytic therapy on subarachnoid clot and chronic vasospasm in a primate model of SAH. J Neurosurg 1988; 69:723-35. [PMID: 3141595 DOI: 10.3171/jns.1988.69.5.0723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The safety and efficacy of the thrombolytic agent tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA) in the elimination of subarachnoid clot and prevention of chronic vasospasm were evaluated in a blind randomized placebo-controlled trial. Twenty-four monkeys were randomly assigned to one of two groups of 12. Each group underwent baseline cerebral angiography and coagulation analysis followed by right-sided craniectomy and experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). An Ommaya reservoir was inserted with its catheter placed into the subarachnoid space. Twenty-four hours later one group (the tPA group) received 0.5 mg of tPA in 0.5 ml of buffer injected into the reservoir every 8 hours for three doses, while the second group (the placebo group) received the same volume of normal saline. On Day 7, angiography was repeated and the animals were sacrificed. One animal from the placebo group developed a delayed ischemic neurological deficit on Day 5 after SAH. Moderate to severe vasospasm (greater than 30% reduction in vessel caliber) was present on Day 7 in the internal carotid and middle cerebral arteries of the animals in the placebo group (p less than 0.01), while in the tPA group only mild narrowing of the anterior cerebral artery was seen. No significant change in coagulation status occurred in either group. All animals in the placebo group had a large amount of subarachnoid clot remaining at the time of sacrifice, but 11 of the 12 animals in the tPA group were completely free of clot. The results of electron microscopic studies of the cerebral arteries correlated with angiography, and there was no histological evidence of brain inflammation associated with the intrathecal use of tPA.
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- J M Findlay
- Division of Neurosurgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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Swift DM, Solomon RA. Subarachnoid hemorrhage fails to produce vasculopathy or chronic blood flow changes in rats. Stroke 1988; 19:878-82. [PMID: 3388458 DOI: 10.1161/01.str.19.7.878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Cerebral blood flow was measured by a [14C]butanol indicator fractionation technique in rats subjected to subarachnoid hemorrhage, in control rats, and in rats given injections of buffered saline into the subarachnoid space (sham hemorrhage). Cerebral blood flow was significantly decreased in both the subarachnoid hemorrhage and sham hemorrhage rats 3 hours after injection. However, blood flow returned to control levels by 24 hours, and measurement for 14 days after subarachnoid hemorrhage failed to show any delayed decrease in cerebral blood flow. Electron microscopic studies of basilar arteries from rats subjected to subarachnoid hemorrhage 72 hours before killing failed to show any of the morphologic changes that have been associated with vasospasm in humans or in higher animal models. Our studies indicate that the rat model of subarachnoid hemorrhage has limited applicability to the study of subarachnoid hemorrhage following ruptured cerebral aneurysms in humans. However, although rats are not a perfect model of this clinical condition, some pathophysiologic changes similar to those observed in human subarachnoid hemorrhage have been demonstrated in this model and deserve further investigation.
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- D M Swift
- Department of Neurological Surgery, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY 10032
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