Age-Related Alterations in Reactivity of Cerebral Arterioles: Role of Oxidative Stress
| Autor: | William G. Mayhan, Denise M. Arrick, Hong Sun, Glenda M. Sharpe |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Aging medicine.medical_specialty Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III Physiology Vasodilator Agents Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II Vasodilation medicine.disease_cause Nitric oxide Superoxide dismutase Nitroglycerin chemistry.chemical_compound Superoxides Enos Physiology (medical) Internal medicine medicine Animals Molecular Biology biology Chemistry Superoxide Brain NADPH Oxidases biology.organism_classification Acetylcholine Rats Inbred F344 Rats Adenosine Diphosphate Arterioles Oxidative Stress Adenosine diphosphate Endocrinology Biochemistry Cerebrovascular Circulation Apocynin cardiovascular system biology.protein Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine Oxidative stress |
| Zdroj: | Microcirculation. 15:225-236 |
| ISSN: | 1549-8719 1073-9688 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/10739680701641421 |
| Popis: | Our goal was to identify the role of oxidative stress via activation of NAD(P)H oxidase in cerebrovascular dysfunction in aged rats.We examined the reactivity of cerebral arterioles in adult and aged Fisher-344 rats to endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS)-dependent (acetylcholine and adenosine diphosphate [ADP]) and-independent (nitroglycerin) agonists before and during application of tempol, apocynin, and diphenyleneiodonium chloride (DPI). We used Western blot to examine subunits of NAD(P)H oxidase, eNOS, and superoxide dismutase (SOD-1) in cerebral microvessels and parietal cortex. Finally, we measured superoxide production by cortex tissue in adult and aged rats.Acetylcholine-and ADP-induced, but not nitroglycerin-induced, dilatation of cerebral arterioles was impaired in aged compared to adult rats. While tempol, apocynin, and DPI did not alter responses in adults, they alleviated impaired eNOS-dependent vasodilatation in aged rats, without influencing responses to nitroglycerin. eNOS and p67phox proteins were increased in cerebral microvessels from aged compared to adult rats. Further, p67phox and gp91phox proteins were increased, but SOD-1 protein was decreased, in cortex tissue of aged rats. Basal and agonist-induced production of superoxide was elevated in aged rats.Aging impairs eNOS-dependent reactivity of cerebral arterioles via an increase in superoxide produced by activation of NAD(P)H oxidase. |
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