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Andújar-Vera F, Ferrer-Millán M, García-Fontana C, García-Fontana B, González-Salvatierra S, Sanabria-de la Torre R, Martínez-Heredia L, Riquelme-Gallego B, Muñoz-Torres M. Analysis of the Genetic Relationship between Atherosclerosis and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease through Biological Interaction Networks. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24. [PMID: 36835545 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24044124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2023] [Revised: 02/14/2023] [Accepted: 02/16/2023] [Indexed: 02/22/2023] Open
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Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) seems to have some molecular links with atherosclerosis (ATH); however, the molecular pathways which connect both pathologies remain unexplored to date. The identification of common factors is of great interest to explore some therapeutic strategies to improve the outcomes for those affected patients. Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) for NAFLD and ATH were extracted from the GSE89632 and GSE100927 datasets, and common up- and downregulated DEGs were identified. Subsequently, a protein-protein interaction (PPI) network based on the common DEGs was performed. Functional modules were identified, and the hub genes were extracted. Then, a Gene Ontology (GO) and pathway analysis of common DEGs was performed. DEGs analysis in NAFLD and ATH showed 21 genes that were regulated similarly in both pathologies. The common DEGs with high centrality scores were ADAMTS1 and CEBPA which appeared to be down- and up-regulated in both disorders, respectively. For the analysis of functional modules, two modules were identified. The first one was oriented to post-translational protein modification, where ADAMTS1 and ADAMTS4 were identified, and the second one mainly related to the immune response, where CSF3 was identified. These factors could be key proteins with an important role in the NAFLD/ATH axis.
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Muacevic A, Adler JR, Jama AB, Jain S, Ellabban M, Gleitz R, Ali S, Chand M, Jain NK, Khan SA. Management of Vasopressor-Induced Acute Limb Ischemia (VIALI) in Septic Shock. Cureus 2022; 14:e33118. [PMID: 36742274 PMCID: PMC9891393 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.33118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2022] [Accepted: 12/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Vasopressors used in critically ill patients with refractory shock poses a serious risk of non-occlusive peripheral limb ischemia leading to tissue necrosis and amputation. Acute limb ischemia is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Evidence-based medical literature is scarce on the prevention and management of vasopressor-induced acute limb ischemia (VIALI). Despite being a well-known and frequent complication of vasopressors, there is no standardized guideline for the prevention and management of vasopressor-induced limb ischemia. Vasopressors are required for the management of refractory shock which is defined as hypotension not responsive to intravenous fluid resuscitation alone. Distributive shock, which includes septic shock, causes inadequate tissue perfusion in adjunct with vasopressor use and is the most common cause of non-occlusive peripheral limb ischemia. This case study will focus on how early recognition and prompt treatment of VIALI are crucial in minimizing tissue necrosis and preventing amputations. We present a case of a middle-aged woman who developed distributive shock from sepsis of a urinary source secondary to obstructive uropathy (ureteral calculi). She presented with refractory shock and continued to remain in shock while undergoing emergent rigid cystoscopy with the placement of a ureteral stent. Despite adequate volume resuscitation, she required high doses of vasopressors resulting in peripheral extremity ischemia and necrosis of all her fingers and toes. By promptly initiating mitigation and preventive management strategies, we succeeded in minimizing tissue ischemia and reducing morbidity resulting from iatrogenic vasopressor-induced peripheral non-occlusive ischemia. These strategies include but are not limited to external warming of bilateral lower extremities, nitroglycerin paste application over the entire extremity, arterial assist pump, and low-dose therapeutic anticoagulation. The novel use of the arterial pump in acutely ischemic lower extremities likely helped salvage the toes which appeared to be at high risk of amputation.
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Hanson ED, Bates LC, Moertl K, Evans ES. Natural Killer Cell Mobilization in Breast and Prostate Cancer Survivors: The Implications of Altered Stress Hormones Following Acute Exercise. Endocrines 2021; 2:121-32. [DOI: 10.3390/endocrines2020012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Natural killer (NK) cells from the innate immune system are integral to overall immunity and also in managing the tumor burden during cancer. Breast (BCa) and prostate cancer (PCa) are the most common tumors in U.S. adults. Both BCa and PCa are frequently treated with hormone suppression therapies that are associated with numerous adverse effects including direct effects on the immune system. Regular exercise is recommended for cancer survivors to reduce side effects and improve quality of life. Acute exercise is a potent stimulus for NK cells in healthy individuals with current evidence indicating that NK mobilization in individuals with BCa and PCa is comparable. NK cell mobilization results from elevations in shear stress and catecholamine levels. Despite a normal NK cell response to exercise, increases in epinephrine are attenuated in BCa and PCa. The significance of this potential discrepancy still needs to be determined. However, alterations in adrenal hormone signaling are hypothesized to be due to chronic stress during cancer treatment. Additional compensatory factors induced by exercise are reviewed along with recommendations on standardized approaches to be used in exercise immunology studies involving oncology populations.
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Zhang L, She ZG, Li H, Zhang XJ. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a metabolic burden promoting atherosclerosis. Clin Sci (Lond) 2020; 134:1775-99. [PMID: 32677680 DOI: 10.1042/CS20200446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2020] [Revised: 06/06/2020] [Accepted: 06/29/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become the fastest growing chronic liver disease, with a prevalence of up to 25% worldwide. Individuals with NAFLD have a high risk of disease progression to cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and liver failure. With the exception of intrahepatic burden, cardiovascular disease (CVD) and especially atherosclerosis (AS) are common complications of NAFLD. Furthermore, CVD is a major cause of death in NAFLD patients. Additionally, AS is a metabolic disorder highly associated with NAFLD, and individual NAFLD pathologies can greatly increase the risk of AS. It is increasingly clear that AS-associated endothelial cell damage, inflammatory cell activation, and smooth muscle cell proliferation are extensively impacted by NAFLD-induced systematic dyslipidemia, inflammation, oxidative stress, the production of hepatokines, and coagulations. In clinical trials, drug candidates for NAFLD management have displayed promising effects for the treatment of AS. In this review, we summarize the key molecular events and cellular factors contributing to the metabolic burden induced by NAFLD on AS, and discuss therapeutic strategies for the improvement of AS in individuals with NAFLD.
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It is well accepted that the immune system and some cells from adaptive and innate immunity are necessary for the initiation/perpetuation of arterial hypertension (AH). However, whether neutrophils are part of this group remains debatable. There is evidence showing that the neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio correlates with AH and is higher in non-dipper patients. On the other hand, the experimental neutrophil depletion in mice reduces basal blood pressure. Nevertheless, their participation in AH is still controversial. Apparently, neutrophils may modulate the microenvironment in blood vessels by increasing oxidative stress, favoring endothelial disfunction. In addition, neutrophils may contribute to the tissue infiltration of immune cells, secreting chemoattractant chemokines/cytokines and promoting the proinflammatory phenotype, leading to AH development. In this work, we discuss the potential role of neutrophils in AH by analyzing different mechanisms proposed from clinical and basic studies, with a perspective on cardiovascular and renal damages relating to the hypertensive phenotype.
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Wound healing is the sum of physiological sequential steps, leading to skin restoration. However, in some conditions, such as diabetes, pressure ulcers (PU) and venous legs ulcers (VLU), healing is a major challenge and requires multiple strategies. In this context, some electromedical devices may accelerate and/or support wound healing, modulating the inflammatory, proliferation (granulation) and tissue-remodelling phases. This review describes some helpful electromedical devices including: ultrasonic-assisted wound debridement; electrotherapy; combined ultrasound and electric field stimulation; low-frequency pulsed electromagnetic fields; phototherapy (for example, laser therapy and light-emitting diode (LED) therapy); biophotonic therapies, and pressure therapies (for example, negative pressure wound therapy, and high pressure and intermittent pneumatic compression) The review focuses on the evidence-based medicine and adequate clinical trial design in relation to these devices.
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- Beniamino Palmieri
- Department of General Surgery and Surgical Specialties, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia Medical School, Surgical Clinic, Via del Pozzo, 71, 41124, Modena, Italy.,Second Opinion Medical Network, Via Ciro Bisi, 125, Modena, Italy
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- Department of General Surgery and Surgical Specialties, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia Medical School, Surgical Clinic, Via del Pozzo, 71, 41124, Modena, Italy.,Second Opinion Medical Network, Via Ciro Bisi, 125, Modena, Italy
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- Department of General Surgery and Surgical Specialties, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia Medical School, Surgical Clinic, Via del Pozzo, 71, 41124, Modena, Italy.,Second Opinion Medical Network, Via Ciro Bisi, 125, Modena, Italy
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Xu L, Wang S, Li B, Sun A, Zou Y, Ge J. A protective role of ciglitazone in ox-LDL-induced rat microvascular endothelial cells via modulating PPARγ-dependent AMPK/eNOS pathway. J Cell Mol Med 2014; 19:92-102. [PMID: 25388834 PMCID: PMC4288353 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.12463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2014] [Accepted: 09/19/2014] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Thiazolidinediones, the antidiabetic agents such as ciglitazone, has been proved to be effective in limiting atherosclerotic events. However, the underlying mechanism remains elucidative. Ox-LDL receptor-1 (LOX-1) plays a central role in ox-LDL-mediated atherosclerosis via endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) uncoupling and nitric oxide reduction. Therefore, we tested the hypothesis that ciglitazone, the PPARγ agonist, protected endothelial cells against ox-LDL through regulating eNOS activity and LOX-1 signalling. In the present study, rat microvascular endothelial cells (RMVECs) were stimulated by ox-LDL. The impact of ciglitazone on cell apoptosis and angiogenesis, eNOS expression and phosphorylation, nitric oxide synthesis and related AMPK, Akt and VEGF signalling pathway were observed. Our data showed that both eNOS and Akt phosphorylation, VEGF expression and nitric oxide production were significantly decreased, RMVECs ageing and apoptosis increased after ox-LDL induction for 24 hrs, all of which were effectively reversed by ciglitazone pre-treatment. Meanwhile, phosphorylation of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) was suppressed by ox-LDL, which was also prevented by ciglitazone. Of interest, AMPK inhibition abolished ciglitazone-mediated eNOS function, nitric oxide synthesis and angiogenesis, and increased RMVECs ageing and apoptosis. Further experiments showed that inhibition of PPARγ significantly suppressed AMPK phosphorylation, eNOS expression and nitric oxide production. Ciglitazone-mediated angiogenesis and reduced cell ageing and apoptosis were reversed. Furthermore, LOX-1 protein expression in RMVECs was suppressed by ciglitazone, but re-enhanced by blocking PPARγ or AMPK. Ox-LDL-induced suppression of eNOS and nitric oxide synthesis were largely prevented by silencing LOX-1. Collectively, these data demonstrate that ciglitazone-mediated PPARγ activation suppresses LOX-1 and moderates AMPK/eNOS pathway, which contributes to endothelial cell survival and function preservation.
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- Lei Xu
- Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Institutes of Biomedical Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Friedrich V, Bederson JB, Sehba FA. Gender influences the initial impact of subarachnoid hemorrhage: an experimental investigation. PLoS One 2013; 8:e80101. [PMID: 24250830 PMCID: PMC3826711 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2013] [Accepted: 09/29/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) carries high early patient mortality. More women than men suffer from SAH and the average age of female SAH survivors is greater than that of male survivors; however, the overall mortality and neurological outcomes are not better in males despite their younger age. This pattern suggests the possibility of gender differences in the severity of initial impact and/or in subsequent pathophysiology. We explored gender differences in survival and pathophysiology following subarachnoid hemorrhage induced in age-matched male and female rats by endovascular puncture. Intracranial pressure (ICP), cerebral blood flow (CBF), blood pressure (BP) and cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP) were recorded at and after induction of SAH. Animals were sacrificed 3 hours after lesion and studied for subarachnoid hematoma size, vascular pathology (collagen and endothelium immunostaining), inflammation (platelet and neutrophil immunostaining), and cell death (TUNEL assay). In a second cohort, 24-hour survival was determined. Subarachnoid hematoma, post-hemorrhage ICP peak, BP elevation, reduction in CPP, intraluminal platelet aggregation and neutrophil accumulation, loss of vascular collagen, and neuronal and non-neuronal cell death were greater in male than in female rats. Hematoma size did not correlate with the number of apoptotic cells, platelet aggregates or neutrophil. The ICP peak correlated with hematoma size and with number of apoptotic cells but not with platelet aggregates and neutrophil number. This suggests that the intensity of ICP rise at SAH influences the severity of apoptosis but not of inflammation. Mortality was markedly greater in males than females. Our data demonstrate that in rats gender influences the initial impact of SAH causing greater bleed and early injury in males as compared to females.
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- Victor Friedrich
- Department of Neuroscience, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
- Department of Neuroscience, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
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Mazzanti L, Cecati M, Vignini A, D'Eusanio S, Emanuelli M, Giannubilo SR, Saccucci F, Tranquilli AL. Placental expression of endothelial and inducible nitric oxide synthase and nitric oxide levels in patients with HELLP syndrome. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2011; 205:236.e1-7. [PMID: 21700268 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2011.04.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2011] [Revised: 04/05/2011] [Accepted: 04/11/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine placental gene expression of endothelial and inducible nitric oxide synthases and measure nitric oxide levels in patients with hemolysis, elevated liver enzyme levels, and low platelet count syndrome. STUDY DESIGN Preterm placentas were obtained from 15 patients with hemolysis, elevated liver enzyme levels, and low platelet count syndrome and 30 controls matched for age, parity, and gestational age. mRNA levels were evaluated by real-time polymerase chain reaction, whereas nitric oxide and peroxynitrite production was measured by a commercially available kit. RESULTS Placental gene expression of inducible nitric oxide and endothelial nitric oxide synthases were significantly lower in the hemolysis, elevated liver enzyme levels, and low platelet count syndrome group than in controls, whereas nitric oxide and peroxynitrite production were significantly higher in hemolysis, elevated liver enzyme levels, and low platelet count syndrome compared with controls. CONCLUSION The reduced endothelial nitric oxide and inducible nitric oxide synthases gene expression in women with hemolysis, elevated liver enzyme levels, and low platelet count syndrome may indicate extreme placental dysfunction that is unable to compensate the endothelial derangement and the related hypertension. The higher nitric oxide formation found in hemolysis, elevated liver enzyme levels, and low platelet count syndrome placentas could be explained as a counteraction to the impaired fetoplacental perfusion, typical of the syndrome.
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- Laura Mazzanti
- Department of Biochemistry, Biology and Genetics, Università Politecnica Marche, Ancona, Italy
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Li L, Hsu A, Moore PK. Actions and interactions of nitric oxide, carbon monoxide and hydrogen sulphide in the cardiovascular system and in inflammation--a tale of three gases! Pharmacol Ther 2009; 123:386-400. [PMID: 19486912 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2009.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 233] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2009] [Accepted: 05/15/2009] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Nitric oxide (NO), carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrogen sulphide (H(2)S) together make up a family of biologically active gases (the so-called 'gaseous triumvirate') with an increasingly well defined range of physiological effects plus roles to play in a number of disease states. Over the years, most researchers have concentrated their attention on understanding the part played by a single gas in one or more body systems. It is becoming more clear that all three gases are synthesised naturally in the body, often by the same cells within the same organs, and that all three gases exert essentially similar biological effects albeit via different mechanisms. Within the cardiovascular system, for example, all are vasodilators, promote angiogenesis and vascular remodelling and are protective towards tissue damage in for example, ischaemia-reperfusion injury in the heart. Similarly, all exhibit complex effects in inflammation with both pro- and anti-inflammatory effects recognised. It seems likely that cell function is controlled not by the activity of single gases working in isolation but by the concerted activity of all three of these gases working together.
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- Ling Li
- Pharmaceutical Science Division, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford Street, London SE19NH, UK
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Endothelial dysfunction is characterized by a vasoconstrictive and prothrombotic state in the vasculature; it plays a role in all stages of cardiac disease and is a significant independent predictor of cardiovascular outcomes. Nitric oxide (NO) performs multiple biologic activities in the endothelium, including vasodilation and antithrombotic actions. Reduced NO bioactivity is a major component of endothelial dysfunction. Impaired NO bioactivity is an important factor in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and in the metabolic syndrome. The functions of NO bioactivity in the heart go well beyond those in the endothelium, as all 3 NO synthase (NOS) isoforms-endothelial NOS, neuronal NOS, and inducible NOS-are expressed in cardiac myocytes and mediate systolic, diastolic, and chronotropic cardiac functions. Impairment of NO bioactivity is a pathogenic factor in various forms of cardiac disease. Although these findings support the potential use of NO-targeted therapies for treatment of cardiac disease, the complexities of the biologic actions of NO in the vasculature and heart are such that development of therapies is still largely in the preliminary stages.
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- Leopoldo Raij
- Department of Medicine, Renal Division, and the Vascular Biology Institute, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, FL 33125-1624, USA.
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Tranquilli AL, Giannubilo SR, Tedeschi E, Bezzeccheri V, Suzuki H, Menegazzi M. Placental expression of nitric oxide synthase during HELLP syndrome: the correlation with maternal-fetal Doppler velocimetry. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 2005; 84:849-53. [PMID: 16097974 DOI: 10.1111/j.0001-6349.2005.00756.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND To correlate Doppler waveform of the uterine and umbilical vessels to placental nitric oxide synthase (NOS) expression in pregnant women with HELLP (hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelets count) syndrome. METHODS mRNA expression of inducible NOS (iNOS) and endothelial NOS (eNOS) was assessed, after cesarean section, in placental samples from 10 women affected by HELLP syndrome and 10 controls. Pulsatility indices on Doppler waveform analysis from uterine and umbilical arteries were measured. RESULTS iNOS expression was significantly lower in placenta from women with HELLP syndrome than controls. When comparing the results with Doppler flow measurements, we found a negative correlation between umbilical pulsatility index and eNOS expression (r = -0.91) and a positive correlation with iNOS expression (r = 0.86). CONCLUSIONS The reduced iNOS expression in women with HELLP syndrome may indicate the extreme placental dysfunction that is unable to compensate for the endothelial derangement and related hypertension in spite of trying to improve fetoplacental perfusion and the delivery of nutrients to the fetus.
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- Andrea L Tranquilli
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Polytechnic University of Marche, Salesi Hospital via Corridoni 11, 60123 Ancona, Italy.
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Nanobashvili J, Neumayer C, Fuegl A, Punz A, Blumer R, Mittlböck M, Prager M, Polterauer P, Dobrucki LW, Huk I, Malinski T. Combined L-arginine and antioxidative vitamin treatment mollifies ischemia-reperfusion injury of skeletal muscle. J Vasc Surg 2004; 39:868-77. [PMID: 15071457 DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2003.10.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Enhanced production of superoxide in L-arginine-depleted environments and concomitant reduction of nitric oxide (NO) concentration are involved in ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury. Treatment with L-arginine or antioxidative vitamins alone and in combination was used to mollify I/R injury in skeletal muscle. Untreated rabbits were compared with those treated with L-arginine/antioxidative vitamin cocktail Omnibionta only, or a combination of L-arginine/ antioxidative vitamins during hind limb I/R (2.5 hours/2 hours). NO was continuously measured in vivo. Plasma malondialdehyde (MDA) served as the measure of oxygen free radical formation. Interstitial edema formation, microvessel diameter alterations, microvessel plugging, and blood flow changes were used as indicators of I/R injury. The MDA level in untreated animals 2 hours after reperfusion was significantly higher than in control animals (0.81 micromol/L +/- 0.14 micromol/L vs 0.57 micromol/L +/- 0.11 micromol/L; P<.05), indicating enhanced production of oxygen free radicals. This sequela paralleled the decreasing concentration of NO, which dropped below the detection limit (1 nmol/L) after reperfusion. Microvascular changes during I/R injury were expressed as a 40% decrease in microvessel diameter and adhesion of neutrophils in 20% of microvessels, which led to a consequent 60% reduction in blood flow, demonstrating "no reflow" (reperfusion failure after restoration of blood flow). The increase in the fraction of muscle interfiber area by 85% indicated prominent edema formation. Treatment with antioxidative vitamins alone had a minimally positive effect on edema formation and microvascular plugging, possibly by suppression of oxygen free radical production, as expressed by the reduction in plasma MDA levels. However, this therapy failed to preserve basal NO production and to protect from microvascular constriction and no reflow. Treatment with L-arginine alone had a stronger protective effect, maintaining basal NO production, further reduction of neutrophil plugging, abolition of microvascular constriction, and no reflow. The combination of antioxidative vitamins and L-arginine was the best treatment against I/R injury, expressed not only by the protection of microvessel constriction, but also by abolition of microvascular plugging, increase in NO production (68 nmol/L +/- 5 nmol/L) over the basal level (52 nmol/L +/- 7 nmol/L), and higher blood flow, as compared with treatment with L-arginine or antioxidative vitamins alone.
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- Joseph Nanobashvili
- Department of Vascuar Surgery, Ludwig Blotzmann Research Institute for Vascular Medicine, University of Vienna, Austria.
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Ishikawa T, Yoshida N, Higashihara H, Inoue M, Uchiyama K, Takagi T, Handa O, Kokura S, Naito Y, Okanoue T, Yoshikawa T. Different effects of constitutive nitric oxide synthase and heme oxygenase on pulmonary or liver metastasis of colon cancer in mice. Clin Exp Metastasis 2003; 20:445-50. [PMID: 14524534 DOI: 10.1023/a:1025448403124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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It has recently been reported that not only endogenous nitric oxide (NO) but also carbon monoxide (CO) produced by heme oxygenase (HO) have many physiological functions. The objective of the present study was to determine whether endogenous NO or CO is involved in the experimental pulmonary or liver metastasis of colon cancer in mice. Intravenous or intrasplenic injection of colon 26 cells from a mouse colon adenocarcinoma cell line resulted in multiple pulmonary or liver metastases. NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME), a competitive inhibitor of NO synthase (NOS), or zinc deuteroporphyrin 2, 4-bis glycol (ZnDPBG), a competitive inhibitor of HO, was administered to the mice only on the day of tumor inoculation. We assessed the number of tumor cells 24 h later and the outcome of metastases of the target organ. In the pulmonary metastasis model, L-NAME increased both the number of tumor cells 24 h later and outcome of metastases 18 days later, but did not have a significant effect on liver metastasis. On the other hand, metastasis to the liver, but not that to the lung, increased following administration of ZnDPBG. These results suggest that the activities of NOS and HO could influence experimental metastasis in an organ-specific manner.
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- Takeshi Ishikawa
- Inflammation and Immunology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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The circulating blood normally contains no more than 1-2% of the body's population of leucocytes. The numbers and phenotypes of circulating leucocyte subsets can change dramatically during and immediately following exercise. The surface expression of adhesion molecules makes an important contribution to such responses by changing patterns of cell trafficking. Alterations in the surface expression of adhesion molecules could reflect a shedding of molecules, selective apoptosis or differential trafficking of cells with a particular phenotype, effects from mechanical deformation of the cytoplasm, active biochemical processes involving cytokines, catecholamines, glucocorticoids or other hormones, or changes in the induction of adhesion molecules. The expression of adhesion molecules changes with maturation and activation of leucocytes. Typically, mature cells express lower densities of L-selectin (CD62L), the homing receptor for secondary lymphoid organs, and higher densities of LFA-1 (CD11a), the molecule associated with trafficking to non-lymphoid reservoir sites. The neutrophils and natural killer cells that are mobilised during exercise also express high levels of Mac-1 (CD11b), a marker associated with cellular activation. Possibly, exercise demarginates older cells that are awaiting destruction in the spleen. Plasma concentrations of catecholamines rise dramatically with exercise, and there is growing evidence that catecholamines, acting through a cyclic adenosine monophosphate second messenger system, play an important role in modifying the surface expression of adhesion molecules. Analogous changes can be induced by other forms of stress that release catecholamines or by catecholamine infusion, and responses are blocked by beta(2)-blocking agents. Catecholamines also modify adherence and expression of adhesion molecules in vitro. Cell trafficking is modified by genetic deficiencies in the expression of adhesion molecules, but leucocyte responses to exercise and catecholamines are generally unaffected by splenectomy. A number of clinical conditions including atherogenesis and metaplasia are marked by an altered expression of adhesion molecules. The effects of exercise on these molecules could thus have important health implications.
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- Roy J Shephard
- Faculty of Physical Education and Health, and Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Hatsuoka S, Sakamoto T, Stock UA, Nagashima M, Mayer JE. Effect of L-arginine or nitroglycerine during deep hypothermic circulatory arrest in neonatal lambs. Ann Thorac Surg 2003; 75:197-203; discussion 203. [PMID: 12537216 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(02)04335-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND The role of nitric oxide (NO) in ischemia-reperfusion injury remains controversial. This study evaluated the effects of L-arginine (NO precursor) or nitroglycerine (NO donor) on cardiac and lung function after deep hypothermic circulatory arrest in neonatal lambs. METHOD Three groups of anesthetized lambs underwent cardiopulmonary bypass, deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (120 minutes at 18 degrees C), and rewarming (40 minutes). During reperfusion, L-arginine (5 mg/kg per minute), nitroglycerine (2 microg/kg per minute), or saline (control group) was infused for 100 minutes. All animals were separated from cardiopulmonary bypass and observed for 3 additional hours. Preload recruitable stroke work, cardiac index, pulmonary vascular resistance, alveolar-arterial oxygen difference, and lung compliance plasma nitrate/nitrite levels (NO metabolites) were measured before and after cardiopulmonary bypass. Malondialdehyde in heart tissue and lung tissue was measured 3 hours after cardiopulmonary bypass. RESULTS Recovery of preload recruitable stroke work and cardiac index were significantly higher in the L-arginine and nitroglycerine groups than in the control group (p < 0.05). Pulmonary vascular resistance was significantly lower in the L-arginine and nitroglycerine groups than in the control group (p < 0.05). Levels of NO metabolites and issue malondialdehyde did not differ among groups. CONCLUSIONS L-arginine and nitroglycerine improved recovery of left ventricular function and reduced pulmonary vascular resistance after deep hypothermic circulatory arrest. The mechanism of beneficial action could involve increased NO levels, but we did not find higher levels of NO metabolites compared with controls. Tissue malondialdehyde levels were not affected by L-arginine or nitroglycerine. These results show that, at these dosage levels, provision of substrate for NO production or provision of an NO donor were beneficial to the recovery of myocardial and pulmonary vascular function.
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- Shinichi Hatsuoka
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Scalia R, Stalker TJ. Microcirculation as a target for the anti-inflammatory properties of statins. Microcirculation 2002; 9:431-42. [PMID: 12483541 DOI: 10.1038/sj.mn.7800168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2002] [Accepted: 08/26/2002] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Statins are inhibitors of the 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase, a ubiquitous enzyme critical for the biosynthesis of cholesterol. Because of their cholesterol-lowering properties, statins are extensively used in medical practice, and large clinical trials have shown that statins effectively reduce cardiovascular related morbidity and mortality. In the past 5 years, an important, new concept suggesting that the cardioprotective effects of statins are not necessarily related to cholesterol-lowering actions has emerged. Indeed, in vivo findings have clearly shown that statins exert anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory effects and that they modulate vascular remodeling under normocholesterolemic conditions. These pleiotropic properties of statins affect important molecules in vascular biology and help preserve endothelial function in acute and chronic inflammatory states of the cardiovascular system, including coronary and cerebral artery diseases, diabetes, and atherosclerosis. Emerging evidence indicates that the microcirculation is a crucial target for the pleiotropic actions of statins because of its important role in regulating blood flow, leukocyte-endothelium interactions, and vascular remodeling. Accordingly, this review focuses on the role that the microcirculation plays in the vascular protective action of statins.
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- Rosario Scalia
- Department of Physiology, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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Schwingshackl A, Moqbel R, Duszyk M. Nitric oxide activates ATP‐dependent K
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- Medicine, Pulmonary Research Group, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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We have shown in previous work that extracts of grape seeds (GSE) and skins, grape juice, and many red wines exhibit endothelium-dependent relaxing (EDR) activity in vitro. This EDR activity involves endothelial nitric oxide (NO) release and subsequent increase in cyclic GMP levels in the vascular smooth muscle cells. The NO/cyclic GMP pathway is known to be involved in many cardiovascular-protective roles. The current study focuses on the isolation and identification of EDR-active compounds (procyanidins) from GSE. Crushed Concord grape seeds were extracted with methanol and the extract was separated into seven fractions (A-G) on a Toyopearl TSK-HW-40 column. EDR-active fractions (D-G) were further separated into 25 individual compound peaks by HPLC, 16 of which were EDR active (threshold for relaxation ranged between less than 0.5 microg/mL and greater than 4 microg/mL). Procyanidin identification was accomplished by electrospray-ion trap mass spectrometry (ES-ITMS), MS/MS, and by tannase treatment and acid thiolysis, followed by HPLC and ES-ITMS of the products. Activity of isolated procyanidins tended to increase with degree of polymerization, epicatechin content, and with galloylation. These EDR-active compounds (many of which also possess antioxidant activity), individually or in the form of wines, juices, or nutritional supplements, may be useful in preventing or treating cardiovascular diseases.
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- David F Fitzpatrick
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33612-4799, USA.
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Takagi M, Haraguchi T, Kawai H, Shiwaku K, Inoue T, Sawa Y, Matsuda H, Yoshida T. Enhanced adhesion of endothelial cells onto a polypropylene hollow-fiber membrane by plasma discharge treatment and high inoculum cell density. J Artif Organs 2001. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02479897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Aliev G, Smith MA, Turmaine M, Neal ML, Zimina TV, Friedland RP, Perry G, LaManna JC, Burnstock G. Atherosclerotic lesions are associated with increased immunoreactivity for inducible nitric oxide synthase and endothelin-1 in thoracic aortic intimal cells of hyperlipidemic Watanabe rabbits. Exp Mol Pathol 2001; 71:40-54. [PMID: 11502096 DOI: 10.1006/exmp.2001.2380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The development and progression of atherosclerotic lesions in Watanabe heritable hyperlipidemic rabbits is associated with increases in inducible nitric oxide synthase (NOS2) and endothelin-1 (ET-1) immunoreactivity. In contrast, there is a reduction of immunoreactivity for neuronal NOS (NOS1) in aortic endothelial cells, but no change in endothelial NOS (NOS3) immunoreactivity. However, subendothelial macrophages and smooth muscle showed a different pattern of immunoreactivity of NADPH-diaphorase (NADPH-d), NOS2, ET-1, and NOS1. The lipid-rich macrophages in the intima were positively labeled for NADPH-d, NOS1, NOS2, NOS3, and ET-1. Smooth muscle cells in the subendothelium and the medial layers of the vascular wall were also positive for these markers. These results are consistent with the reduction of endothelium-dependent vasorelaxation that is known to occur during the development and progression of atherosclerosis in familial hypercholesterolemia. The data suggest a key role for vasoactive substances in the development of atherosclerosis.
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MESH Headings
- Aging/physiology
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn
- Aorta, Thoracic/growth & development
- Aorta, Thoracic/pathology
- Aorta, Thoracic/physiology
- Arteriosclerosis/genetics
- Arteriosclerosis/pathology
- Arteriosclerosis/physiopathology
- Cytoplasm/metabolism
- Cytoplasm/ultrastructure
- Dihydrolipoamide Dehydrogenase/metabolism
- Endoplasmic Reticulum/metabolism
- Endoplasmic Reticulum/ultrastructure
- Endothelin-1/analysis
- Endothelin-1/physiology
- Hyperlipidemias/genetics
- Hyperlipidemias/pathology
- Hyperlipidemias/physiopathology
- Macrophages/physiology
- Male
- Microscopy, Immunoelectron
- Mitochondria, Muscle/metabolism
- Mitochondria, Muscle/ultrastructure
- Muscle Development
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/growth & development
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/pathology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/physiology
- Nitric Oxide Synthase/analysis
- Nitric Oxide Synthase/metabolism
- Nitric Oxide Synthase Type I
- Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II
- Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III
- Rabbits
- Tunica Intima/growth & development
- Tunica Intima/pathology
- Tunica Intima/physiology
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- G Aliev
- Laboratory of Electron Microscopy, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106-4938, USA
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Shaamash AH, Elsonosy ED, Zakhari MM, Radwan SH, El-Dien HM. Placental nitric oxide synthase (NOS) activity and nitric oxide (NO) production in normal pregnancy, pre-eclampsia and eclampsia. Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2001; 72:127-33. [PMID: 11166745 DOI: 10.1016/s0020-7292(00)00314-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To measure nitric oxide synthase (NOS) activity and total nitrites levels (as an index of nitric oxide 'NO' production) in placental villous homogenate of normal, pre-eclamptic and eclamptic pregnant women. DESIGN Two groups were studied cross-sectionally: late pregnant women with pre-eclampsia and eclampsia (n=31) and normal pregnant women (all late) as controls (n=32). Two tissue blocks of whole placenta, each 1 x 1 x 1 cm, were collected at delivery and assayed for NOS activity and total nitrite levels. SETTING Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Assiut University Hospitals, Egypt. METHODS Placental tissues were homogenized and villous homogenates were assayed for NO production by Griess reaction which measures the combined oxidation products for NO (nitrites and nitrates) after reduction with nitrate reductase. NOS activity was determined by measuring NO synthesis by tissue extracts spectrophotometrically using the oxidation of oxyhemoglobin to methemoglobin by NO. RESULTS Placental villous homogenates of pregnancies complicated by pre-eclampsia and eclampsia had significantly higher NOS activity and total nitrites levels compared with those of normal pregnancy [for NOS (P<0.0001) and for total nitrites (P<0.001)]. CONCLUSIONS (1) Placental NOS activity and NO production are significantly increased in pre-eclampsia and eclampsia than those of normal pregnancy; this increase was directly related to the severity of this disorder. (2) Such increase possibly represents a physiologic adaptive response to overcome the increased placental vascular resistance and to minimize platelet and leukocyte adhesion to the surface of placental villi or within the intervillous spaces.
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- A H Shaamash
- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
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Kennedy S, Wadsworth RM, McPhaden AR, Wainwright CL. A rapid, quantitative method for measuring leukocyte adhesion to normal and balloon-injured arteries in vitro. J Immunol Methods 2000; 244:153-62. [PMID: 11033028 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-1759(00)00266-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Many of the currently available techniques for quantifying leukocyte adhesion require monolayers of cells and are therefore unsuitable for use in ex vivo arterial tissue. Here we describe a rapid method to measure adhesion of leukocytes to intact artery strips and to determine the effect of artery injury on adhesiveness of leukocytes with and without activation. Leukocytes were isolated from rabbit blood, labelled with 51Cr, and added to the luminal face of the left and right subclavian arteries derived from the same animal. In some experiments the endothelium was removed before addition of leukocytes and in another series of experiments the artery was injured by inflating a balloon catheter within the lumen in vitro before leukocyte addition. After washing, the adhesion of labelled leukocytes was quantified by gamma counting. To determine localization of the leukocytes, some arteries were fixed in situ and examined microscopically, with confirmation of leukocyte identification by enzyme cytochemistry. The adhesion of leukocytes increased progressively during 60 min and was inhibited by reducing the temperature to 4 degrees C. Adhesion was increased by the nitric oxide synthase inhibitor L-NAME. Stretching the artery wall in vitro using a balloon catheter increased leukocyte adhesion within 1 h after injury. In contrast, this did not occur following simple arterial denudation. Histological examination of stained en face preparations and transverse sections of the subclavian arteries revealed loosely adherent granulocytic leukocytes on the endothelial surface. This technique is straightforward and allows accurate and rapid measurement of autologous leukocyte adhesion to normal and pathologically altered arteries ex vivo.
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- S Kennedy
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Strathclyde, 27 Taylor Street, G4 0NR, Scotland, Glasgow, UK
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Ohata T, Sawa Y, Kadoba K, Kagisaki K, Suzuki K, Matsuda H. Role of nitric oxide in a temperature dependent regulation of systemic vascular resistance in cardiopulmonary bypass. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000; 18:342-7. [PMID: 10973545 DOI: 10.1016/s1010-7940(00)00455-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Nitric oxide is the most potent vasodilator among inflammation-mediated vasoactive substances. Tepid cardiopulmonary bypass has been known to maintain low vascular resistance and nitric oxide may also be involved. There has been no previous clinical study elucidating a role of nitric oxide in a temperature dependent regulation of systemic vascular resistance in cardiopulmonary bypass. METHODS Thirty-one patients who underwent valvular surgery were randomly divided into two comparable groups; consisting of the hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass (28 degrees C:14 patients) and the tepid cardiopulmonary bypass group (34 degrees C:17 patients). The serum levels of nitric oxide (NO(2)(-)+NO(3)(-)), prostaglandin E(2), bradykinin, 6-keto PGF1alpha, thromboxane B(2), endothelin-1, systemic vascular resistance index were measured before, 0, 12 and 24 h after cardiopulmonary bypass. RESULTS The pattern of change in systemic vascular resistance index and nitric oxide during and after cardiopulmonary bypass were significantly different between the two groups (P=0.0008, P=0.02). The tepid group showed significantly lower levels of systemic vascular resistance index after cardiopulmonary bypass than the hypothermic group (0 h: 2278+/-735 vs. 4387+/-1289, 12 h: 1827+/-817 vs. 2817+/-1146 and 24 h: 1690+/-548 vs. 2761+/-641 dyne s cm(-5) m(2), P=0.0001, P=0.03, P=0. 0006). The nitric oxide levels were significantly higher at 0, 12 and 24 h after cardiopulmonary bypass in the tepid group than those in the hypothermic group (84.7+/-33.3 vs. 46.3+/-18.1, 69.8+/-31.1 vs. 40.1+/-17.5 and 80.1+/-38.5 vs. 39.1+/-15.6 micromol/l, P=0.008, P=0.03, P=0.01). The prostaglandin E(2) levels in the tepid group was significantly higher just after cardiopulmonary bypass than that in the hypothermic group (37.3+/-20.0 vs. 15.8+/-8.6 pg/ml, P=0.02). The bradykinin level in the hypothermic group was significantly higher just after cardiopulmonary bypass than that in the tepid group (2.40+/-0.32 vs. 1.85+/-0.21 log(10) (pg/ml), P=0.005). Only nitric oxide showed a significant negative correlation with the systemic vascular resistance index both during and after cardiopulmonary bypass (r=-0.60, P<0.0001) as compared with prostaglandin E(2) and bradykinin. CONCLUSIONS These findings demonstrated that serum nitric oxide levels in tepid cardiopulmonary bypass were significantly higher than those in hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass. Nitric oxide correlated with systemic vascular resistance. Thus, nitric oxide may play a pivotal role in a temperature dependent regulation of systemic vascular resistance in cardiopulmonary bypass.
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- T Ohata
- First Department of Surgery, Osaka University Medical School, 2-2 Yamada-oka, Suita, 565-0871, Osaka, Japan.
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Kucharewicz I, Chabielska E, Pawlak D, Matys T, Rólkowski R, Buczko W. The antithrombotic effect of angiotensin-(1-7) closely resembles that of losartan. J Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone Syst 2000; 1:268-72. [PMID: 11881036 DOI: 10.3317/jraas.2000.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Angiotensin-(1-7) [Ang-(1-7)] is the bioactive peptide which may be responsible for some of the pharmacological effects of losartan. Our previous study has demonstrated the antithrombotic action of losartan in a model of experimental thrombosis. In the present study, we compared the antithrombotic action of losartan and Ang-(1-7). Acute (10 mg/kg, p.o.) and chronic (10 mg/kg, p.o., three weeks) losartan administration to spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) induced a decrease in thrombus weight (1.6 +/- 0.6 mg and 1.2 +/- 0.3 mg respectively vs. control 2.9 +/- 0.8 mg; p<0.05, p<0.05). A similar reduction was observed in two-kidney, one-clip hypertensive rats (2K-IC)receiving acute losartan administration (1.39 +/- 0.29 mg vs. 3.25 +/- 0.62 mg; p<0.01). Infusion of Ang-(1-7) to2K-lC rats also reduced the thrombus weight(1.01 +/- 0.34 mg, 1.23 +/- 0.38 mg and 2.17 +/- 0.36 mg for 1, 10, 100 pmol/kg/min, respectively vs. 3.58 +/- 0.6 mg control; p<0.01, p<0.01, p<0.05). Losartan produced a decrease in systolic blood pressure (BP) in SHR as well as in 2K-1C rats, while Ang-(1-7) infusion had no effect on BP. Acute losartan dosing to 2K-1C rats decreased platelet adhesion to fibrillar collagen(24.9 +/- 1.0% vs. control 31.5 +/- 1.1%, p<0.001). The incubation of platelet samples with Ang-(1-7) (10-6 and 10 5 M) also reduced adhesion to fibrillar collagen(38.4 +/- 0.1% and 33.8 +/- 0.8% respectively vs. control 40.0 +/- 0.6%; p<0.05, p<0.001). There were no apparent changes in prothrombin time, activated partial thromboplastin time and euglobulin clot lysis time in losartan and Ang-(1-7)-treated groups. We conclude that, like losartan, Ang-(1-7) is able to act as an antithrombotic agent.
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- I Kucharewicz
- Department of Pharmacodynamics, Medical Academy, Mickiewicza Str.2C, 15-230, Poland.
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BACKGROUND The inflammatory response and higher temperature of lung tissue during cardiopulmonary bypass can result in lung injury. This study was to evaluate the protective effect of pulmonary perfusion with hypothermic antiinflammatory solution on lung function after cardiopulmonary bypass. METHODS Twelve adult mongrel dogs were randomly divided into two groups. The procedure was carried out through a midline sternotomy, cardiopulmonary bypass was established using cannulas placed in the ascending aorta, superior vena cava, and right atrium near the entrance of the inferior vena cava. After the ascending aorta was clamped and cardioplegic solution infused, the right lung was perfused through a cannula placed in the right pulmonary artery with 4 degrees C lactated Ringer's solution in the control group (n = 6) and with 4 degrees C protective solution in the antiinflammation group (n = 6). Antiinflammatory solution consisted of anisodamine, L-arginine, aprotinin, glucose-insulin-potassium, and phosphate buffer. Plasma malondialdehyde, white blood cell counts, and lung function were measured at different time point before and after cardiopulmonary bypass; lung biopsies were also taken. RESULTS Peak airway pressure increased dramatically in the control group after cardiopulmonary bypass when compared with the antiinflammation group at four different time points (24 +/- 1, 25 +/- 2, 26 +/- 2, 27 +/- 2 cm H2O versus 17 +/- 2, 18 +/- 1, 17 +/- 1, 18 +/- 1 cm H2O; all p < 0.01). Pulmonary vascular resistance increased significantly in the control group than in the antiinflammation group at 5 and 60 minutes after cardiopulmonary bypass (1,282 +/- 62 dynes x s x cm(-5) versus 845 +/- 86 dynes x s x cm(-5) and 1,269 +/- 124 dynes x s x cm(-5) versus 852 +/- 149 dynes x s x cm(-5), p < 0.05). Right pulmonary venous oxygen tension (PvO2) in the antiinflammation group was higher than in the control group at 60 minutes after cardiopulmonary bypass (628 +/- 33.3 mm Hg versus 393 +/- 85.9 mm Hg, p < 0.05). The ratio of white blood cells in the right atrial and the right pulmonary venous blood was lower in the antiinflammation group than in the control group at 5 minutes after the clamp was removed (p < 0.05). Malondialdehyde were lower in the antiinflammation group at 5 and 90 minutes after the clamp was removed (p < 0.01 and p < 0.05, respectively). Histologic examination revealed that the left lung from both groups had marked intraalveolar edema and abundant intraalveolar neutrophils, whereas the right lung in the control group showed moderate injury and the antiinflammation group had normal pulmonary parenchyma. CONCLUSIONS Pulmonary artery perfusion using hypothermic protective solution can reduce lung injury after cardiopulmonary bypass.
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- Y Liu
- Department of Surgery, FuWai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing.
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- B L Lopez
- Department of Surgery, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.
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We examined the effect of NO on collagen-induced whole blood aggregation and platelet activation in whole blood by using impedance aggregometry and flow cytometry. For the extracellular generation of NO, we chose sodium nitroprusside dihydrate (SNP), and as intracellular generators of NO, L-arginine and isosorbide dinitrate (ISDN). The latter two significantly inhibited whole blood aggregation, whereas SNP had no such effect. The inhibitory effect of ISDN was diminished by addition of methylene blue (MB) or 2-(4-carboxyphenyl)-4,4,5,5-tetramethylimidazoline-l-oxyl 3-oxide (carboxyl-PTIO), and the inhibitory effect of L-arginine was diminished by addition of N(G)-monomethyl-L-arginine monoacetate (L-NMMA). Although the addition of ISDN increased the cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) level in whole blood and in the suspension of platelets and white blood cells (PLTs + WBCs), no increase was found in platelet-rich plasma (PRP). The P-selectin expression on the platelet surface in whole blood was reduced by ISDN and L-arginine. These findings suggest that the intracellular generation of NO inhibits whole blood aggregation, and this mechanism may play an important role in its antithrombotic effect in whole blood.
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- H Yoshimoto
- Second Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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Pycnogenol (P) is purported to exhibit effects that could be beneficial in terms of prevention of chronic age-related diseases such as atherosclerosis. The most studied of these effects is its antioxidant/free radical-scavenging activity. In this study, we investigated the possibility that this supplement might produce vascular effects by stimulation of nitric oxide (NO) production by vascular endothelial cells. In the in vitro experiments, P (1-10 microg/ml) relaxed epinephrine (E)-, norepinephrine (NE)-, and phenylephrine (PE)-contracted intact rat aortic ring preparations in a concentration-dependent manner. However, when the endothelial lining of the aortic ring was removed, P had no effect, indicating an endothelium-dependent relaxing (EDR) effect. This EDR response was caused by enhanced NO levels, because the NO synthase (NOS) inhibitor N-methyl-L-arginine (NMA) reversed (or prevented) the relaxation, and this response, in turn, was reversed by addition of L-arginine, the normal substrate for NOS. Pycnogenol-induced EDR persisted after exposure of intact rings to high levels of superoxide dismutase (SOD), suggesting that the mechanism of EDR did not involve scavenging of superoxide anion. In addition to causing relaxation, preincubation of aortic rings with P (1-10 microg/ml) inhibited subsequent E- and NE-induced contractions in a concentration-dependent manner. Fractionation of P by Sephadex LH-20 chromatography resulted in three fractions, one of which (fraction 3, oligomeric procyanidins) exhibited potent EDR activity. These results indicate that P, in addition to its antioxidant activity, stimulates constitutive endothelial NOS (eNOS) activity to increase NO levels, which could counteract the vasoconstrictor effects of E and NE. Furthermore, additional protective effects could result from the well-established properties of NO to decrease platelet aggregation and adhesion, as well as to inhibit low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol oxidation, all of which could protect against atherogenesis and thrombus formation.
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- D F Fitzpatrick
- Department of Pharmacology, University of South Florida, Tampa 33612, USA
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Nitric oxide (NO) synthase induction in vascular smooth muscle cells may play a role in local vascular injury associated with atherosclerosis or postangioplasty restenosis by inhibiting smooth muscle cell proliferation and contraction, as well as by preventing leukocyte and platelet adhesion. The expression of inducible NO synthase is increased in balloon-injured arteries of experimental animals or in human atherosclerotic lesions. Replacement therapy with NO donors or NO synthase gene transfer may improve the clinical course of atherosclerosis or restenosis.
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- U Ikeda
- Department of Cardiology, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi, Japan
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Carrier M, Pellerin M, Pagé PL, Searle NR, Martineau R, Caron C, Solymoss BC, Pelletier LC. Can L-arginine improve myocardial protection during cardioplegic arrest? Results of a phase I pilot study. Ann Thorac Surg 1998; 66:108-12. [PMID: 9692448 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(98)00321-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND L-arginine appears to improve myocardial protection during cardioplegic arrest in animal models. METHODS To study the clinical effect and safety of L-arginine in humans, a phase I pilot study was performed with 50 patients who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting. We randomly assigned half to a treatment group, which received 1 g of L-arginine administered during the first 30 minutes of cardioplegic arrest induced by either warm or cold blood cardioplegia, and half to a control group, which did not receive L-arginine supplementation. RESULTS Age, sex, and preoperative clinical status were similar in both groups. Seventeen patients of each group were administered intermittent warm antegrade blood cardioplegia, whereas the solution needed to be cooled to obtain complete standstill of the remaining eight hearts in each group. An internal thoracic artery graft to the left anterior descending coronary artery was performed in all patients. There was no death and no myocardial infarction in the treatment group, but there were one death and two infarctions in the control group. The amount of serial release of troponin I during the first 72 hours after the operation was similar between the L-arginine group and the control group (p > 0.05). Peak serum troponin levels averaged 4.9 +/- 1.0 microg/L in the arginine group and 3.9 +/- 1.0 microg/L in the control group (p > 0.05). A multivariate analysis of variance showed no effect of L-arginine (p > 0.05) but a significant effect of the temperature of the cardioplegic solution on the release of troponin I (p < 0.05). Serum troponin I levels averaged 2.2 +/- 0.4 microg/L, 4.5 +/- 0.4 microg/L, and 6.9 +/- 0.4 microg/L in the patients with cold cardioplegia and 1.4 +/- 0.3 microg/L, 2.4 +/- 0.3 microg/L, and 3.3 +/- 0.3 microg/L in the patients with warm cardioplegia 1, 2, and 6 hours, respectively, postoperatively. CONCLUSIONS The administration of 1 g of L-arginine during the first 30 minutes of blood cardioplegic arrest did not result in a decrease in the postoperative release of cardiac enzyme; however, cold cardioplegic arrest significantly increased the release of cardiac troponin I postoperatively. There was no significant side effect related to the addition of L-arginine to the cardioplegic solution.
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- M Carrier
- Department of Surgery, Montreal Heart Institute, Quebec, Canada.
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Endogenously produced oxides of nitrogen appear to play important roles in tissue and organ homeostasis. Endogenous production of nitric oxide, which can be altered in response to various stimuli, can modulate vascular tone, oxyradical cascades, cell adhesion, and other aspects of inflammation. Because exogenously administered (inhaled) nitric oxide can mediate pulmonary vasodilatation and improve pulmonary function in some patients with lung injury, treatment of lung allograft recipients with inhaled nitric oxide may ameliorate ischemia-reperfusion injury, thereby improving perioperative pulmonary function and diminishing ventilatory support requirements. This review examines the biology of nitric oxide and present data that support its potential therapeutic effects for lung transplant recipients.
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- K C Meyer
- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison 53792-3240, USA
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Chaux A, Ruan XM, Fishbein MC, Ouyang Y, Kaul S, Pass JA, Matloff JM. Perivascular delivery of a nitric oxide donor inhibits neointimal hyperplasia in vein grafts implanted in the arterial circulation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998; 115:604-12; discussion 612-4. [PMID: 9535448 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5223(98)70325-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Nitric oxide has been reported to reduce intimal hyperplasia as a response to arterial injury. This study was designed to assess the possible effect of perivascular application of a nitric oxide donor on neointimal proliferation occurring in veins exposed to the dynamics of the arterial circulation in a hypercholesterolemic rabbit model. METHODS Autologous jugular vein grafts were implanted in the carotid circulation of 20 hypercholesterolemic rabbits. A mixture of a biodegradable polymer and the nitric oxide donor, spermine/nitric oxide, which releases nitric oxide with a half-life of 39 minutes, was applied periadventitially at the time of implantation. Controls were veins bathed in saline solution, polymer alone, and polymer plus the carrier vehicle spermine without nitric oxide. Animals (n = 5 in each group) were put to death on day 28 for morphometric analysis, cell count, and immunohistochemical staining. RESULTS Treatment with perivascular nitric oxide donor significantly decreased wall thickness (126 +/- 24 microm vs 208 +/- 45 microm, p = 0.0017) and area (124 +/- 22 microm2/microm vs 211 +/- 37 microm2/microm, p = 0.005). With the carrier vehicle spermine alone, there was a trend toward reduced intimal thickness, but the change was not statistically significant. In the grafts treated with nitric oxide donor, expression of insulin-like growth factor, fibroblast growth factor, thrombospondins, fibronectin, and tenascin was reduced. CONCLUSION The periadventitial delivery of nitric oxide donor produces a reduction of neointimal hyperplasia in veins implanted in the arterial circulation. The mechanism of action is not entirely clear, but the reduction cannot be explained on the basis of decreased cell proliferation alone. Other possibilities are modulation of protein synthesis of vascular smooth muscle cells and production of extracellular matrix components.
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- A Chaux
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, Calif, USA
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1. Trilinolein is a triacylglycerol with linoleic acid as the only type of fatty acid in all three esterified positions of glycerol. It was recently reported to have a myocardial protective effect in coronary ligated rats. We now study its effect on the adhesion of human neutrophils to cultured bovine endothelial cells. 2. Pretreatment of an endothelial monolayer with trilinolein at concentrations ranging from 10(-10) to 10(-6) mol/L significantly inhibited neutrophil adhesion to endothelial cells. Trilinolein was less potent than sodium nitroprusside in inhibiting neutrophil adhesion. 3. The inhibitory effect of trilinolein was antagonized by methylene blue and N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester. The inhibitory effect of trilinolein was not mediated through linoleic acid because linoleic acid did not inhibit neutrophil adhesion. 4. Pretreatment of neutrophils with trilinolein did not reduce neutrophil adhesion. However, in neutrophils activated with N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine, trilinolein inhibited the neutrophil adhesion to endothelial cells. 5. We conclude that trilinolein inhibits neutrophil adhesion to the endothelial monolayer by stimulating the nitric oxide and cyclic GMP pathways in endothelial cells. It may also inhibit neutrophil adhesion by scavenging free radicals. The inhibitory effect of trilinolein on neutrophil adhesion may play a role in its myocardial protective activity.
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- C Y Hong
- Institute of Traditional Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
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Provost P, Borgeat P, Merhi Y. Platelets, neutrophils, and vasoconstriction after arterial injury by angioplasty in pigs: effects of MK-886, a leukotriene biosynthesis inhibitor. Br J Pharmacol 1998; 123:251-8. [PMID: 9489613 PMCID: PMC1565165 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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1 Leukotrienes constitute a class of potent bioactive mediators known to play a pivotal role in inflammation. Since their biosynthesis has been shown to be enhanced by platelet-neutrophil interactions, leukotrienes may be involved in these interactions and the arterial response to injury. Therefore, we investigated the effects of the selective leukotriene biosynthesis inhibitor 3-[1-(4-chlorobenzyl)-3-t-butyl-thio-5-isopropylindol-2-yl]-2,2- dimethylpropanoic acid (MK-886) on the acute thrombotic and vasomotor responses after arterial injury by angioplasty. 2 Carotid arterial injury was produced by balloon dilatation in control (molecusol vehicle; n=10) and treated (MK-886, 10 mg kg(-1), i.v.; n=9) pigs. The acute thrombotic reaction following deep arterial wall injury was quantified with 51Cr labelled platelets and 111In labelled neutrophils, and the vasomotor response was determined angiographically. 3 Platelet deposition at the site of deep arterial wall injury averaged 56.4+/-11.0x10(6) platelets cm(-2) in the control group, and was significantly reduced to 18.2+/-3.8x10(6) platelets cm(-2) (P<0.005) by treatment with MK-886. Neutrophil deposition was also decreased by MK-886, from 242.8+/-36.8 to 120.9+/-20.3x10(3) neutrophils cm(-2) (P<0.01). MK-886-treated animals had a significant decrease in the postangioplasty vasoconstrictive response at the site of endothelial injury distally, from 37.5+/-3.1% in the control group to 13.5+/-2.5% (P<0.001). 4 The effects of MK-886 were associated with a profound inhibition of ex vivo leukotriene B4 (LTB4) synthesis in blood stimulated by the calcium ionophore A23187 and a significant reduction of neutrophil aggregation in whole blood (P<0.01), whereas neutrophil superoxide anion production, serum thromboxane B2 and platelet aggregation in whole blood were not influenced. 5 The relevant effects of MK-886 are primarily related to inhibition of neutrophil function and suggest an important modulatory role for leukotrienes in the pathophysiological response associated with platelet and neutrophil interactions following arterial injury in vivo.
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- P Provost
- Laboratory of Experimental Pathology, Montreal Heart Institute and the University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Kaul S, Naqvi TZ, Fishbein MC, Cercek B, Badimon JJ, Hutsell TC, Thomas S, Molloy M, Shah PK. Local Delivery of an Ultra-short-acting Nitric Oxide-releasing Compound, DMHD/NO, Is Highly Effective in Inhibiting Acute Platelet-Thrombus Formation on Injured Arterial Strips. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol Ther 1997; 2:181-194. [PMID: 10684457 DOI: 10.1177/107424849700200305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND: Nitric oxide (NO) plays an important role in modulating platelet-vessel wall interaction following vascular injury. We exampled the effects of local infusion of an ultra-short-acting NO-releasing compound: NO adduct of N, N'-dimethylhexanediamine (DMHD/NO), sodium nitroprusside, intravenous nitroglycerin, and aspirin on acute platelet-thrombus formation under conditions of high-shear blood flow in a rabbit extracorporeal perfusion model. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Strips of porcine aortic media were perfused in a Badimon chamber with arterial blood from 20 New Zealand White rabbits for 10 minutes at a shear rate of 1700 s(-1). Thrombus formation was quantified by morphometric analysis of thrombus area. Effects on collagen-induced platelet aggregation, blood pressure, bleeding time, and activated clotting time were also examined. RESULTS: DMHD/NO inhibited thrombus area and platelet aggregation in a dose-dependent manner with a 90% reduction in thrombus area (0.018 +/- 0.039 vs 0.215 +/- 0.085 mm(2)/mm control, P <.001) and a 50% reduction in platelet aggregation (4.8 +/- 4.4 vs 9.9 +/- 4.1 Omicron control, P =.04) at the highest dose of 1.0 nM/kg and 100 µM/L, respectively, without any effects on blood pressure, bleeding time, or activated clotting time. In contrast, equimolar concentrations of sodium nitroprusside and intravenous nitroglycerin had significantly reduced effects on thrombus area compared to DMHD/NO and were associated with significant reductions in blood pressure and prolongation of bleeding time. Aspirin had no effect on thrombus area at 1 µM/kg but reduced thrombus area and prolonged bleeding time at 2 and 5 µM/kg. CONCLUSIONS: Local delivery of DMHD/NO produced a 90% inhibition of experimental acute platelet-thrombosis under high-shear flow conditions without producing adverse systemic hemodynamic or hemostatic effects. Thus, inhibition of thrombus formation by local delivery of a rapidly acting NO donor may be an effective strategy for prevention of arterial injury-induced thrombosis.
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- Vascular Physiology and Thrombosis Laboratory of the Atherosclerosis Research Center, Mount Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Merhi Y, Provost P, Guidoin R, Latour JG. Importance of platelets in neutrophil adhesion and vasoconstriction after deep carotid arterial injury by angioplasty in pigs. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 1997; 17:1185-91. [PMID: 9194772 DOI: 10.1161/01.atv.17.6.1185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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In previous studies we have shown that platelets can support neutrophil adhesion to the injured vessel wall in vitro and that neutrophils contribute to vascular tone regulation after arterial injury in vivo. In this study, we investigated the implication of platelets in neutrophil adhesion and the vasomotor response to arterial injury in vivo. 111In-labeled neutrophil adhesion and angiographic vasoconstriction were quantified after deep carotid arterial injury by balloon angioplasty in normal (n = 8), thrombocytopenic (n = 7), and aspirin-treated (2 mg/kg IV, n = 7) pigs. Thrombocytopenia was produced by a polyclonal antiplatelet serum that depleted circulating platelet count by 84% without influencing neutrophil count. In the control animals, neutrophil adhesion (x 10(4)/cm2) at the site of deep arterial injury averaged 26.8 +/- 4.0 and decreased significantly to 11.5 +/- 2.3 and 11.2 +/- 2.4 in the thrombocytopenic and aspirin groups, respectively. The degree of vasconstriction was also reduced significantly, from 55.5 +/- 3.8% in the control group to 31.4 +/- 6.2% after platelet depletion and to 23.6 +/- 4.5% in the aspirin-treated group. Neutrophil adhesion to intact noninjured adjacent arterial segments was low in all groups and was not affected by the antiplatelet serum or by aspirin. In in vitro superfusion flow chambers, neutrophil adhesion to damaged arterial segments increased in the presence of platelets in a concentration-dependent manner and was not influenced by the antiplatelet serum. This study demonstrates that platelets can modulate neutrophil adhesion to the deeply injured arterial wall and that both elements may influence the degree of postangioplasty vasoconstriction in vivo.
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- Y Merhi
- Laboratory of Experimental Pathology, Montreal Heart Institute, Quebec, Canada
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Burchardt ER, Müller-Peddinghaus R. Antiedematous effects of combination therapies with the leukotriene synthesis inhibitor BAY X 1005 in the archidonic acid-induced mouse ear inflammation test. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 1997; 56:301-6. [PMID: 9150376 DOI: 10.1016/s0952-3278(97)90574-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The leukotriene synthesis inhibitor (LSI) BAY X 1005 was tested in the arachidonic acid (AA)-induced mouse ear inflammation test (AA-MEIT) alone and in combination with other representative anti-inflammatory compounds for antiedematous effects. When BAY X 1005 was used as a monotherapy, the ED50 (half-maximal effect) was observed at 5.1 mg/kg per os (p.o.) and at 0.8 microg for topical application. The maximal inhibition of edema formation was estimated to be 63% for p.o. application and 54% for topical application. Furthermore, experiments were carried out in which the animals were conditioned with a combination of the H1/5-HT receptor antagonists pyrilamine and methysergide in addition to treatment with BAY X 1005. This conditioning treatment alone, without BAY X 1005, resulted in a 45 +/- 13% reduction in edema formation. ED50 substance effects were observed at 5.3 mg/kg p.o. and at 0.02 microg per ear for topical application. The maximal inhibition of edema formation in the conditioned groups was 82% for the oral administration of BAY X 1005 and 72% for the topical application. To further characterize the antiinflammatory properties of BAY X 1005 in the conditioned and unconditioned AA-MEIT, BAY X 1005 was tested in combination with the nitric oxide (NO) synthase inhibitor L-NAME, with the cyclooxygenase inhibitor indomethacin, and in combination with both compounds. BAY X 1005 consistently exerted anti-inflammatory effects in the AA-MEIT. The effects of a combination of different inhibitors of inflammatory mediators were not simply additive in this model, as was demonstrated in the case of the combination of L-NAME and indomethacin where a smaller inhibition than with either substance alone was observed. In the conditioned model, a combination of BAY X 1005 with L-NAME or indomethacin, or with both compounds together was less effective than the monotherapy with BAY X 1005. Taken together, these data suggest that cyclooxygenase products and NO have little effect on edema formation in the conditioned and unconditioned AA-MEIT model and that their interaction with leukotrienes is of minor quantitative importance. Our results underline the complexity of the AA-MEIT model and provide a rationale for H1/5-HT-conditioning animals to compensate for peculiarities in the mouse-specific mediator spectrum and to recognize the importance of the leukotriene-specific inflammatory response.
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- Bayer AG, Pharma Research Center, Institute for Cardiovascular and Arteriosclerosis Research, Wuppertal, Germany
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BACKGROUND: This study was designed to examine the role of P-selectin expression in leukocyte adhesion to endothelium caused by inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis. METHODS AND RESULTS: Rat aortic rings were treated with the nitric oxide synthesis inhibitor N(omicron)-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester (l-NAME) for 2 hours. Parallel sets of aortic rings were pretreated with the nitric oxide precursor l-arginine or posttreated with a specific monoclonal antibody against P-selectin. Some rings were used for determination of vasoreactivity in response to norepinephrine and acetylcholine, while other rings were incubated with autologous unlabeled leukocytes or Biotin-FITC labeled leukocytes for 30 minutes. Leukocyte adhesion to vascular endothelium was determined by scanning electron microscopy. l-NAME enhanced the contractile response in response to norepinephrine, suppressed the relaxant response to acetyleholine, promoted leukocyte adherence to the endothelium and resulted in P-selectin expression on the aortic endothelium. Pretreatment of aortic rings with l-arginine reversed the l-NAME-mediated changes in vasoreactivity in response to norepinephrine and acetyleholine and attenuated the l-NAME-enhanced leukocyte adhesion to endothelial intima. P-selectin treatment, on the other hand, had no effect on l-NAME-mediated changes. Intraperitoneal administration of l-NAME resulted in a significant decrease in plasma nitrite level, a small, but significant, increase in lung and spleen myeloperoxidase activity, and a significant increase in leukocyte deposition in lung and spleen. The l-NAME-mediated increase in myeloperoxidase activity and leukocyte deposition in the spleen, but not in the lungs, was abolished by treatment of rats with the P-selectin antagonist CY1503 administered 30 minutes prior to l-NAME. CONCLUSIONS: These observations indicate that a reduction in nitric oxide synthesis enhances leukocyte adhesion to aortic endothelium and in visceral tissues. While P-selectin expression is evident in some of the experimental models of leukocyte adhesion to endothelium under conditions of nitric oxide inhibition, the role of P-selectin expression remains unclear.
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- Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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Nitric oxide (NO) is associated with atherogenic process by inhibiting the proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells, adhesion of monocyte/macrophages, aggregation and adhesion of platelets and oxidation of LDL, but it is not clear whether NO affects cellular cholesterol metabolism or not. We investigated cholesterol metabolism in murine macrophages (J774A.1) by regulating NO production. Incubation with S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine (SNAP), an NO donor, had no influence on cellular cholesterol accumulation induced by LDL or acetylated LDL (acetyl-LDL). Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulated NO production in a dose-dependent manner in the presence of LDL or acetyl-LDL but did not change LDL-induced cellular cholesterol accumulation. In the presence of acetyl-LDL, LPS stimulated NO production but significantly inhibited cholesteryl ester accumulation in a dose-dependent manner (37.7% decrease by 100 micrograms/ml of LPS), but LPS simulation did not change free cholesterol content. NG-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA), inhibitor of NO synthase, suppressed NO production and addition of L-arginine restored NO production, but these regulations did not alter LPS-induced esterified cholesterol reduction. These results suggest that NO generation in atherosclerotic lesions does not influence cholesterol metabolism in macrophages.
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- H Shimizu
- First Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University, School of Medicine, Japan
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Provost P, Merhi Y. Endogenous nitric oxide release modulates mural platelet thrombosis and neutrophil-endothelium interactions under low and high shear conditions. Thromb Res 1997; 85:315-26. [PMID: 9062955 DOI: 10.1016/s0049-3848(97)00017-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Nitric oxide (NO) plays an important role in the maintenance of a constant vasodilator tone in the vasculature and confers anti-adhesive properties to the normal functioning endothelium. Whether endogenous NO release influences platelet thrombus formation and neutrophil-endothelium interactions under arterial blood flow conditions was investigated in ex vivo bioassay experiments using superfusion flow chambers. Surfaces of intact or deeply injured porcine arterial segments were exposed to flowing porcine arterial blood under shear conditions typical to patent (424 sec-1) and stenosed (3397 sec-1) arteries, at baseline and after administration of the specific inhibitor of NO synthesis N omega-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME, 3 mg/kg + 3 mg/kg/h; i.v.). L-NAME induced a rapid and significant rise in arterial blood pressure, with a moderate reduction in heart rate. 51Cr platelet deposition on the exposed arterial media, which averaged 15.9 +/- 2.9 x 10(6)/cm2 at a shear rate of 424 sec-1, was increased by L-NAME, to 20.4 +/- 2.8 x 10(6)/cm2 (p < 0.05). At 3397 sec-1 of shear rate, platelet deposition was higher (71.4 +/- 11.9 x 10(6)/cm2) (p < 0.001), and was enhanced by 34%, to 95.8 +/- 12.5 x 10(6)/cm2 (p < 0.05), after L-NAME treatment. 111In neutrophil adhesion to the vascular endothelium was also increased by L-NAME by 83%, from 10.6 +/- 2.5 to 19.4 +/- 5.7 x 10(3)/cm2 (p < 0.05) at 424 sec-1, and by 110%, from 14.1 +/- 4.3 to 29.7 +/- 10.0 x 10(3)/cm2 (p < 0.05) at 3397 sec-1 of shear rate. These results suggest that endogenous NO may be an important modulator of thrombotic and inflammatory processes in patent as well as in stenosed arteries.
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- P Provost
- Laboratory of Experimental Pathology, Montreal Heart Institute, Quebec, Canada
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Mulder HJGH, Schalij MJ. Endothelial (dys)Function, Lipid Reduction and Balloon Angioplasty. Vasc Med 1997. [DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-0037-0_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Berton G, Yan SR, Fumagalli L, Lowell CA. Neutrophil activation by adhesion: mechanisms and pathophysiological implications. Int J Clin Lab Res 1996; 26:160-77. [PMID: 8905448 DOI: 10.1007/bf02592978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Neutrophil adhesion plays an essential role in the formation of an inflammatory exudate. Moreover, adhesion activates selective neutrophil functions and regulates the cell response to additional stimuli. In this review we summarize the information available on adhesion molecules involved in neutrophil adhesion to endothelial cells and extracellular matrix proteins and the experimental approaches which have been developed to block neutrophil adhesion and neutrophil mediated tissue damage. We also address the mechanisms of activation of selective neutrophil functions by adhesion molecules and, in particular the mechanisms of signal transduction by neutrophil integrins. On the basis of recent results obtained in our and other laboratories we propose a model hypothesizing mechanisms of signaling by neutrophil integrins involved in regulation of selective functions.
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- G Berton
- Institute of General Pathology, University of Verona, Italy
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Adhesion of circulating tumor cells to microvascular endothelium plays an important role in tumor metastasis to distant organs. The purpose of this study was to determine whether nitric oxide (NO) would attenuate tumor cell adhesion (TCA) to naive or lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-treated postcapillary venules. A melanoma cell line, RPMI 1846, was shown to be much more adhesive to postcapillary venules isolated from rat mesentery than to corresponding precapillary arterioles. Although venules exposed to LPS for 4 h demonstrated an increased adhesivity for the melanoma cells, TCA to LPS-treated arterioles was not altered. Isolated venules exposed to DETA/NO (1 mM), an NO donor, for 30 min prior to tumor cell perfusion prevented the increment in adhesion induced by LPS and attenuated TCA to naive postcapillary venules. While L-arginine (100 microM), an NO precursor, failed to decrease TCA to naive postcapillary venules, this treatment abolished LPS-stimulated TCA to postcapillary venules. The effect of L-arginine was reversed by administration of N(omega)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME, 100 microM), an NO synthase (NOS) inhibitor. These observations indicate that both exogenous and endogenous NO modulate TCA to postcapillary venules. To assess the role of NO-induced activation of cGMP in the reduction in TCA produced by DETA/NO, two additional series of experiments were conducted. In the first series, LY-83583 (10 microM), a guanylyl cyclase inhibitor, was shown to completely reverse the effect of DETA/NO on TCA to both naive and LPS-activated postcapillary venules. On the other hand, administration of 8-bromoguanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (8-B-cGMP) (1 mM), a cell permeant cGMP analog, mimicked the effect of DETA/NO and reduced TCA to LPS-stimulated postcapillary venules. These data suggest that (a) tumor cells are more likely to adhere to postcapillary venules than to corresponding precapillary arterioles, (b) LPS enhances TCA to postcapillary venules, (c) both exogenously applied (DETA/NO) and endogenously generated (L-arginine) NO attenuate the enhanced adhesion induced by LPS, but only DETA/NO reduced TCA to naive postcapillary venules, and (d) the NO-induced reduction in TCA to LPS-activated postcapillary venules occurs by a cGMP-dependent mechanism.
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- L Kong
- Department of Physiology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, School of Medicine in Shreveport 77130-3932, USA
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BACKGROUND The release of nitric oxide is decreased after myocardial ischemia and reperfusion. Whereas the precursor L-arginine can stimulate the release of nitric oxide, its effect on metabolic recovery after myocardial ischemia is unknown. METHODS To study the effect of L-arginine on metabolic recovery after myocardial ischemia, cardioplegia infusion, and reperfusion, 33 dogs were placed on cardiopulmonary bypass and subjected to a sequence of 30 minutes of normothermic global ischemia, 30 minutes of warm blood cardioplegic arrest, and 30 minutes of reperfusion. A pH probe was inserted in the anterior wall of the left ventricle, and tissue pH was measured throughout the experiment. Coronary blood flow in the left anterior descending coronary artery and the circumflex coronary artery was measured. Blood samples from the coronary sinus were taken to measure blood pH and levels of lactate, creatine kinase, and troponin T. RESULTS In the control group of 9 dogs, tissue pH averaged 6.4 +/- 0.1, 6.5 +/- 0.1, and 6.8 +/- 0.1 after the end of global ischemia, cardioplegia, and reperfusion, respectively. Tissue pH averaged 6.4 +/- 0.1, 6.6 +/- 0.1, and 6.9 +/- 0.1, respectively, in the experimental group of 9 animals with 2 mmol/L of L-arginine added to the cardioplegic solution. Tissue pH averaged 6.2 +/- 0.1, 6.7 +/- 0.1, 7.1 +/- 0.1, respectively, in the third group of 9 animals that received an additional infusion of L-arginine (10 mg.kg-1.min-1) during reperfusion. Tissue pH recovered faster in groups with L-arginine (p = 0.00001). A hyperemic response of coronary blood flow was shown at reperfusion in animals in the control group only. In 6 dogs, L-NAME (N-nitroarginine methyl ester), an inhibitor of nitric oxide synthesis, was injected and resulted in a slower pH recovery on reperfusion compared with that of animals that received L-arginine. CONCLUSIONS The addition of L-arginine to the cardioplegic solution and the systemic circulation during reperfusion resulted in a significant increase in coronary blood flow during cardioplegia infusion and in a faster recovery of myocardial tissue pH, possibly by increasing coronary blood flow through the release of nitric oxide.
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- M Carrier
- Department of Surgery, Montreal Heart Institute, Quebec, Canada
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Dembinski A, Warzecha Z, Konturek PJ, Ceranowicz P, Konturek SJ. Influence of capsaicin-sensitive afferent neurons and nitric oxide (NO) on cerulein-induced pancreatitis in rats. Int J Pancreatol 1996; 19:179-89. [PMID: 8807363 DOI: 10.1007/bf02787366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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CONCLUSION Stimulation of afferent neurons by capsaicin exerts protective activity against cerulein-induced pancreatitis. This action is dependent on endogenous release of nitric oxide (NO). Deactivation of afferent neurons by high doses of capsaicin contributes to the severity of pancreatitis. This action involves mainly decreased pancreatic blood flow (PBF). Afferent nerves and NO cooperate in the maintenance of the integrity of pancreatic tissue. BACKGROUND Stimulation of capsaicin-sensitive afferent fibers protects gastric mucosa against damage and causes changes in mucosal blood flow. The aim of the present study was to determine the role of stimulation or ablation of capsaicin-sensitive neurons and NO in the course of cerulein-induced pancreatitis in the rat. METHODS Low and high doses of capsaicin were administered to animals with pancreatitis and to those without pancreatitis. The effect of several parameters was assessed. NO activity was blocked by NG-nitro-L-arginine. RESULTS We found that a low dose of capsaicin administered intragastrically caused an increase in PBF. A neurotoxic dose of capsaicin caused a decrease in PBF, RNA content, and DNA synthesis. Pancreatitis led to a significant decrease in PBF and DNA synthesis, but an increase in pancreatic weight, protein content, plasma amylase concentration, and neutrophil adherence. Stimulatory doses of capsaicin attenuated the pancreatic tissue damage of pancreatitis, and alteration of PBF, DNA synthesis, and neutrophil adherence. Capsaicin-induced ablation of afferent neurons caused an increase in all indicators of pancreatic damage. Blocking NO enhanced pancreatic damage, and this was reversed by addition of L-arginine.
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- A Dembinski
- Institute of Physiology, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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Ghabour MS, Eis AL, Brockman DE, Pollock JS, Myatt L. Immunohistochemical characterization of placental nitric oxide synthase expression in preeclampsia. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1995; 173:687-94. [PMID: 7573227 DOI: 10.1016/0002-9378(95)90324-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Our purpose was to compare the expression of endothelial nitric oxide synthase in the placenta and umbilical cord of preeclamptic placenta with that of the normotensive placenta. STUDY DESIGN We compared placental endothelial nitric oxide synthase expression in preeclamptic (n = 3) with that in normal (n = 3) pregnancies. Frozen sections of umbilical cords, chorionic plate vessels, and terminal villi were immunostained with a monoclonal endothelial nitric oxide synthase antibody (H32). RESULTS No difference in endothelial nitric oxide synthase immunostaining in the endothelium of the umbilical cord artery and vein, chorionic plate vessels, and stem villous vessels was found between preeclamptic and normotensive pregnancies. In contrast, in the preeclamptic placentas endothelial nitric oxide synthase immunostaining was seen in the small terminal villous vessels with underlying smooth muscle layer. In the syncytiotrophoblast endothelial nitric oxide synthase immunostaining appeared primarily apical in location and diffuse in distribution in the preeclamptic placentas but primarily basal and punctate in the normotensive placentas. CONCLUSIONS Differences in endothelial nitric oxide synthase expression in terminal villous vessels and in syncytiotrophoblast may be a result of vascular alterations or damage that take place in the placenta in preeclampsia. These differences may alter the regulation of blood flow in the fetal and maternal placental vasculatures in preeclampsia.
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Affiliation(s)
- M S Ghabour
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, OH 45267-0526, USA
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