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":"59 6","pages":"369-380"},"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}
{"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":" ","pages":""},"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":"58 1","pages":"I - VI"},"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":" ","pages":""},"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":"58 Suppl 1 1","pages":"1-23"},"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":"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":" ","pages":""},"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":" ","pages":""},"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}
{"title":"Front & Back Matter","authors":"B. Fisslthaler, C. Garland, A. Heagerty","doi":"10.1159/000515792","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000515792","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17530,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Vascular Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2021-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43631581","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":"Endothelium-Specific GTP Cyclohydrolase I Overexpression Restores Endothelial Function in Aged Mice.","authors":"Lang Yan, Ji-Qian-Zhu Zhang, Xiao-Yu Dai, Jin-Feng Li, Fang-Yuan Gao, Xiao-Fang Zhang, Yi-Jun Tian, Wen-Jing Shi, Jiang-Bo Zhu, Ji-Kuai Chen","doi":"10.1159/000513464","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000513464","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study tested the hypothesis that endothelium-specific GTP cyclohydrolase I (GTPCH I) overexpression (Tg-GCH) restores age-associated endothelial dysfunction in vivo. Aortic GTPCH I expression and serum nitric oxide (NO) release were measured in young and aged mice. Aortic rings from young and aged wild-type (WT) mice and aged Tg-GCH mice were suspended for isometric tension recording. A hind limb ischemia model was used to measure blood flow recovery. Aged mice showed reduced GTPCH I expression in the aorta and decreased NO levels in serum. Compared with aged WT mice, Tg-GCH significantly elevated NO levels in serum in aged Tg-GCH mice, restored the impaired aortic relaxation in response to acetylcholine, and significantly elevated aortic constriction in response to L-NAME. Importantly, aged Tg-GCH mice displayed a significant increase in blood flow recovery compared with aged WT mice. GTPCH I reduction contributes to aging-associated endothelial dysfunction, which can be retarded by Tg-GCH.</p>","PeriodicalId":17530,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Vascular Research","volume":" ","pages":"1-5"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2021-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25345855","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}