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ArticleAmerican journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology2016

Dahl SS rats demonstrate enhanced aortic perivascular adipose tissue-mediated buffering of vasoconstriction through activation of NOS in the endothelium.

Frank T Spradley, Dao H Ho, Jennifer S Pollock

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Article in American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Liver circadian clock disruption alters perivascular adipose tissue gene expression and aortic function in mice.American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Frank T SpradleyMedical College of Georgia, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia.
Dao H HoCardio-Renal Physiology and Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; and.
Jennifer S PollockCardio-Renal Physiology and Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; and Medical College of Georgia, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia pollockj@uab.edu.
University of Alabama at Birmingham · USAugusta University · US

Funding

Vascular and renal responses to stressP01HL069999 · NHLBI · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA (MCG) · PI GEORGE, VARGHESE · 2002 to 2018
$31.1M
Nitric Oxide Synthase Isoforms in the KidneyR01HL060653 · NHLBI · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA (MCG) · PI POLLOCK, JENNIFER S · 1999 to 2010
$2.5M
PRE-DOCTORAL TRAINING IN CARDIOVASCULAR BIOLOGYT32HL076146 · NHLBI · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA (MCG) · PI POLLOCK, DAVID M · 2004 to 2013
$1.2M
Mechanisms of Early Life Stress-Induced Endothelial DysfunctionF32HL116145 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI HO, DAO · 2012 to 2013
$113k
NHLBI NIH HHS NIH 1F32HL-116145NHLBI NIH HHS NIH 2T32HL-076146NHLBI NIH HHS NIH R01 HL-60653NHLBI NIH HHS P01HL-69999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT) mediates buffering of vasoconstriction through activation of endothelium-derived factors. We hypothesized that the PVAT of Dahl salt-sensitive (Dahl SS) rats has reduced ability to buffer vasoconstriction. Vascular reactivity experiments were performed on aortic rings with PVAT intact (+PVAT) or removed (-PVAT), and endothelium intact (+ENDO) or removed (-ENDO) from Dahl SS rats and control SS.13(BN) rats (Dahl SS rats that have had chromosome 13 completely replaced with that of the Brown Norway rat, rendering this strain insensitive to high-salt or high-fat diet-induced hypertension). Endothelial dysfunction, assessed by ACh-mediated vasorelaxation, was confirmed in aortic rings of Dahl SS rats. The +PVAT+ENDO aortic rings had indistinguishable phenylephrine-induced vasoconstriction between genotypes. In both strains, removal of PVAT significantly enhanced vasoconstriction. Dahl SS rat -PVAT+ENDO aortic rings displayed exaggerated vasoconstriction to phenylephrine vs. SS.13(BN) rats, indicating that PVAT-mediated buffering of vasoconstriction was greater in Dahl SS rats. Removal of both the ENDO and PVAT restored vasoconstriction in both strains. The nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitor, N(ω)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME), produced a similar effect as that seen with -ENDO. These data indicate that the function of the PVAT to activate endothelium-derived NOS is enhanced in Dahl SS compared with SS.13(BN) rats and, most likely, occurs through a pathway that is distinct from ACh-mediated activation of NOS. PVAT weight and total PVAT leptin levels were greater in Dahl SS rats. Leptin induced a significantly decreased vasoconstriction in -PVAT+ENDO aortic rings from Dahl SS rats, but not SS.13(BN) rats. In contrast to our initial hypothesis, PVAT in Dahl SS rats buffers vasoconstriction by activating endothelial NOS via mechanisms that may include the involvement of leptin. Thus, the PVAT serves a vasoprotective role in Dahl SS rats on normal-salt diet.

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VasoconstrictionAdipose TissueAdiposityAnimalsAorta, ThoracicDisease Models, AnimalDose-Response Relationship, DrugEndothelium, VascularEnzyme ActivationEnzyme InhibitorsHypertensionMaleNitric OxideNitric Oxide Synthase Type IIIRats, Inbred DahlSignal TransductionEnzyme InhibitorsNitric OxideNitric Oxide Synthase Type IIINos3 protein, ratSodium Chloride, DietaryVasoconstrictor Agentsaortaendotheliumnitric oxide synthaseperivascular adipose tissuephenylephrinesalt-senstive

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PMID26608658
PMCPMC4796750
OpenAlexW2222198181

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