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ArticlePloS one2015

Cerebrospinal fluid from patients with subarachnoid haemorrhage and vasospasm enhances endothelin contraction in rat cerebral arteries.

Barbara Assenzio, Erica L Martin, Edgaras Stankevicius, Federica Civiletti, Marco Fontanella, Riccardo Boccaletti, Maurizio Berardino, AnnaTeresa Mazzeo, Alessandro Ducati, Ulf Simonsen and 1 more

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Article in PloS one, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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11 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Barbara AssenzioDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Azienda Ospedaliera Città della salute e della scienza di Torino, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
Erica L MartinDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Azienda Ospedaliera Città della salute e della scienza di Torino, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
Edgaras StankeviciusInstitute of Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Federica CivilettiDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Azienda Ospedaliera Città della salute e della scienza di Torino, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
Marco FontanellaDivision of Neurosurgery, Department of Neuroscience, Azienda Ospedaliera Città della salute e della scienza di Torino, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
Riccardo BoccalettiDivision of Neurosurgery, Department of Neuroscience, Azienda Ospedaliera Città della salute e della scienza di Torino, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
Maurizio BerardinoDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Azienda Ospedaliera Città della salute e della scienza di Torino, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
AnnaTeresa MazzeoDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Azienda Ospedaliera Città della salute e della scienza di Torino, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
Alessandro DucatiDivision of Neurosurgery, Department of Neuroscience, Azienda Ospedaliera Città della salute e della scienza di Torino, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
Ulf SimonsenDepartment of Biomedicine, Pulmonary and Cardiovascular Pharmacology, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark.
Luciana MasciaDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Azienda Ospedaliera Città della salute e della scienza di Torino, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
University of Turin · ITAarhus University · DKAzienda Ospedaliera Citta' della Salute e della Scienza di Torino · ITLithuanian University of Health Sciences · LT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionPrevious studies have suggested that cerebrospinal fluid from patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) leads to pronounced vasoconstriction in isolated arteries. We hypothesized that only cerebrospinal fluid from SAH patients with vasospasm would produce an enhanced contractile response to endothelin-1 in rat cerebral arteries, involving both endothelin ETA and ETB receptors.

methodsIntact rat basilar arteries were incubated for 24 hours with cerebrospinal fluid from 1) SAH patients with vasospasm, 2) SAH patients without vasospasm, and 3) control patients. Arterial segments with and without endothelium were mounted in myographs and concentration-response curves for endothelin-1 were constructed in the absence and presence of selective and combined ETA and ETB receptor antagonists. Endothelin concentrations in culture medium and receptor expression were measured.

resultsCompared to the other groups, the following was observed in arteries exposed to cerebrospinal fluid from patients with vasospasm: 1) larger contractions at lower endothelin concentrations (p<0.05); 2) the increased endothelin contraction was absent in arteries without endothelium; 3) higher levels of endothelin secretion in the culture medium (p<0.05); 4) there was expression of ETA receptors and new expression of ETB receptors was apparent; 5) reduction in the enhanced response to endothelin after ETB blockade in the low range and after ETA blockade in the high range of endothelin concentrations; 6) after combined ETA and ETB blockade a complete inhibition of endothelin contraction was observed.

conclusionsOur experimental findings showed that in intact rat basilar arteries exposed to cerebrospinal fluid from patients with vasospasm endothelin contraction was enhanced in an endothelium-dependent manner and was blocked by combined ETA and ETB receptor antagonism. Therefore we suggest that combined blockade of both receptors may play a role in counteracting vasospasm in patients with SAH.

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AgedAnimalsCerebral ArteriesCerebrospinal FluidEndothelin-1Endothelin Receptor AntagonistsEndothelinsEndothelium, VascularFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRatsReceptors, EndothelinSubarachnoid HemorrhageVasoconstrictionEndothelin-1Endothelin Receptor AntagonistsEndothelinsReceptors, Endothelin

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