Quentin Pellenc, Sandy El Bitar, Arthur Darmon, Sébastien Dupont, Jean-Baptiste Michel, Guillaume Jondeau
{"title":"Smooth Muscle Cell Relaxation Worsens Aortic Dilatation and Clinical Presentation in a BAPN/Angiotensin II-Induced Aortic Dissection Model in Rats.","authors":"Quentin Pellenc, Sandy El Bitar, Arthur Darmon, Sébastien Dupont, Jean-Baptiste Michel, Guillaume Jondeau","doi":"10.1159/000526417","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000526417","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Beta-aminopropionitrile (BAPN) administration is a chemically induced model for preclinical aortic pathologies research. Angiotensin II (AngII) has been widely used to promotes aortic dissections in mice. Here, we provide insight on a modified aortic dissection model in rats. The effect of smooth muscle cell (SMC) relaxation with vasodilators is studied in this model.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Forty Sprague-Dawley rats were divided in 4 groups: control, isosorbide dinitrate (ISDN, 30 mg/kg/day) in the drinking water, BAPN (0.02%) in the food, BAPN + ISDN (same doses). Thoracic and abdominal aortic diameters were evaluated through transthoracic ultrasound echography. After 6 weeks, all rats were infused with AngII (1 mg/kg/day) subcutaneously. Survival and type of aortic events were numbered. Histological and histochemical analyses of aorta were performed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Initial telesystolic ascending aorta diameters were equal in all groups and became significantly larger in the BAPN + ISDN group compared to the BAPN group (control: 3.37 ± 0.17 mm, ISDN: 3.49 ± 0.16 mm, BAPN: 3.53 ± 0.13 mm, BAPN + ISDN: 3.61 ± 0.16 mm, analysis of variance p < 0.0001). BAPN followed by AngII infusion showed a significant lower survival rate (p = 0.029) and produced a large panel of aortic events. Association of ISDN and BAPN significantly reduces survival (p = 0.001) and provides more aortic events compared to BAPN alone (p = 0.031). In both BAPN-treated groups, orcein staining revealed split and dissected elastic fibers in the media, alcian blue staining showed mucoid degeneration of the aortic wall, and Perls-diaminobenzidine staining revealed an accumulation of Fe2+.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>SMC relaxation with ISDN increases aortic dilatation, worsens aortic prognosis, and reproduces human histological findings in a low-dose BAPN/AngII-induced aortic dissection model in rats.</p>","PeriodicalId":17530,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Vascular Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10450086","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Charlotte Daniere, Guillaume Louart, Benjamin Louart, Marylène Bacle, Florian Bazalgette, Antonia Perez Martin, Laurent Muller, Jean-Yves Lefrant, Claire Roger
{"title":"Effects of Fluid Therapy on Mesenteric Microcirculation Using New Probe-Based Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy (Cellvizio®) in a Porcine Model of Endotoxic Shock.","authors":"Charlotte Daniere, Guillaume Louart, Benjamin Louart, Marylène Bacle, Florian Bazalgette, Antonia Perez Martin, Laurent Muller, Jean-Yves Lefrant, Claire Roger","doi":"10.1159/000519693","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000519693","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Microcirculatory alterations have been observed at the early phase of sepsis, although macrocirculation seems preserved. The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of crystalloid fluid therapy on mesenteric microcirculation, assessed by using the confocal laser endomicroscope Cellvizio®, in an endotoxic porcine model.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>It is a prospective endotoxic shock (lipopolysaccharide infusion) experimental trial. Piglets were divided into 3 groups: 6 in the sham group (no LPS injection, no fluid), 9 in the control group (LPS infusion, no fluid), and 6 in the crystalloids group (LPS infusion and fluid resuscitation with crystalloids). Fluid resuscitation consisted in a fluid bolus of 20 mL/kg 0.9% saline over 30 min followed by a 10 mL/kg/h fluid rate over 4 h. Mesenteric microcirculation was assessed using a confocal laser endomicroscope (Cellvizio®). Blood flow within capillaries was visually assessed according to the point of care microcirculation (POEM) score.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>At baseline, the 3 groups were similar regarding hemodynamic, biological, and microcirculatory parameters. At T360, the POEM score significantly decreased in the control and crystalloids groups, whereas it remained unchanged in the sham group (respectively, 1.62 ± 1.06, 1.2 ± 0.45, and 5.0 ± 0, p = 0.011). There was no significant difference in cardiac output at T360 between the sham and crystalloids groups (3.1 ± 0.8 vs. 2.3 ± 0.6, p = 0.132) or between the control and crystalloids groups (2.0 ± 0.6 vs. 2.3 ± 0.6, p = 0.90).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>There was no significant improvement of microcirculatory alterations after crystalloids resuscitation despite improvement in macrocirculatory parameters in early experimental sepsis.</p>","PeriodicalId":17530,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Vascular Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39614430","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Garth R Lester, Francesca S Abiusi, Michael E Bodner, Peter M Mittermaier, Anita T Cote
{"title":"The Impact of Fitness Status on Vascular and Baroreceptor Function in Healthy Women and Men.","authors":"Garth R Lester, Francesca S Abiusi, Michael E Bodner, Peter M Mittermaier, Anita T Cote","doi":"10.1159/000518985","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000518985","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Chronic endurance exercise training elicits desirable physiological adaptations in the cardiovascular system. The volume of exercise training required to generate healthy adaptations is unclear. This study assessed the effects of differing exercise training levels on arterial stiffness, compliance, and autonomic function.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Eighty healthy adults (38.5 ± 9.7 years; 44% female) defined as endurance-trained (ET, n = 29), normally active (NA, n = 27), or inactive (IN, n = 24) participated. Cardiovascular markers, including hemodynamics, large arterial compliance and small arterial compliance (LAC and SAC), carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (PWV), and spontaneous baroreceptor sensitivity (BRS) were assessed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>ET showed significantly greater LAC values (21.4 ± 6.5) than NA (16.9 ± 2.5; p = 0.002) and IN (14.7 ± 3.2 mL × mm Hg × 10; p = 0.028). Values for SAC and BRS were significantly higher in ET than IN (p < 0.001 and p = 0.028, respectively), but not NA. Compared to IN, PWV values for ET and NA were significantly lower (p < 0.003). After adjusting for covariates (age, sex, and SBP), significant associations with cardiovascular fitness status were noted for all markers but BRS.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Endurance exercise increases LAC likely due to high-volume training; however, lower volumes of physical activity may be sufficient to positively benefit vascular health overall.</p>","PeriodicalId":17530,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Vascular Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39454755","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Front & Back Matter","authors":"B. Fisslthaler, A. Heagerty","doi":"10.1159/000521106","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000521106","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17530,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Vascular Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47305670","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Contents, Vol. 58, 2021","authors":"B. Fisslthaler, A. Heagerty","doi":"10.1159/000520689","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000520689","url":null,"abstract":"s Online Meeting of the European Society for Microcirculation (ESM) May 27, 2021 Guest Editors: Christian Aalkjær (Aarhus); Cor de Wit (Lübeck); Jo De Mey (Maastricht); Ylva Hellsten (Aarhus); Ulf Simonsen (Aarhus); Henning Morawietz (Dresden); Nicola J. Brown (Sheffield) (available online only)","PeriodicalId":17530,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Vascular Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41717391","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Front & Back Matter","authors":"B. Fisslthaler, A. Heagerty","doi":"10.1159/000519612","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000519612","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17530,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Vascular Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45250678","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Online Meeting of the European Society for Microcirculation (ESM).","authors":"","doi":"10.1159/000518026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000518026","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17530,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Vascular Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2021-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44994342","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Prelims.","authors":"","doi":"10.1159/000517973","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000517973","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17530,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Vascular Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2021-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41816733","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Front & Back Matter","authors":"B. Fisslthaler, C. Garland, A. Heagerty","doi":"10.1159/000518287","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000518287","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17530,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Vascular Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48007252","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Front & Back Matter","authors":"B. Fisslthaler, C. Garland, A. Heagerty","doi":"10.1159/000517036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000517036","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17530,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Vascular Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2021-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44445741","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}