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2. Opioids Cause Sex-Specific Vascular Changes via Cofilin-Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase Signaling: Female Mice Present Higher Risk of Developing Morphine-Induced Vascular Dysfunction than Male Mice
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Emily Waigi, Jonnelle M Edwards, Nicole R. Bearss, Jeremy C Tomcho, Camilla F. Wenceslau, Soyoung Cheon, Bina Joe, and Cameron G McCarthy
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Stress fiber ,Physiology ,Kinase ,business.industry ,Male mice ,Cofilin ,medicine.disease ,Endocrinology ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Morphine ,Arterial stiffness ,Extracellular ,Risk factor ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Recent studies have shown that chronic use of prescription or illicit opioids leads to an increased risk of cardiovascular events and pulmonary arterial hypertension. Indices of vascular age and arterial stiffness are also shown to be increased in opioid-dependent patients, with the effects being more marked in women. There are currently no studies investigating sex-specific vascular dysfunction in opioid use, and the mechanisms leading to opioid-induced vascular damage remain unknown. We hypothesized that exposure to exogenous opioids causes sex-specific vascular remodeling that will be more pronounced in female. Acknowledging the emerging roles of cofilins and extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERKs) in mediating actin dynamics, we investigated the effects of morphine on these molecules. Twenty-four hour exposure to morphine increased inactivated cofilin and activated ERKs in resistance arteries from female mice, which may promote stress fiber over-assembly. We also performed continuous intraluminal infusion of morphine in pressurized resistance arteries from male and female mice using culture pressure myographs. We observed that morphine reduced the vascular diameter in resistance arteries from female, but not male mice. These results have significant implications for the previously unexplored role of exogenous opioids as a modifiable cardiovascular risk factor, especially in women.
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- 2021
3. Microbiota Introduced to Germ-Free Rats Restores Vascular Contractility and Blood Pressure
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Xi Cheng, Cameron G. McCarthy, Saroj Chakraborty, Tao Yang, Matam Vijay-Kumar, Jiyoun Yeo, Camilla F Wenceslau, Jonnelle M Edwards, Nicole R. Bearss, Piu Saha, Bina Joe, Rachel M. Golonka, Beng San Yeoh, Blair Mell, and Janara Furtado
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Male ,0301 basic medicine ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Hemodynamics ,Blood Pressure ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,Gut flora ,Article ,Polymerization ,Rats, Sprague-Dawley ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Cell Movement ,Internal medicine ,Internal Medicine ,medicine ,Animals ,Germ-Free Life ,Actin ,Cell Proliferation ,biology ,Microbiota ,Cofilin ,biology.organism_classification ,Gastrointestinal Microbiome ,Mesenteric Arteries ,Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms ,Actin Cytoskeleton ,030104 developmental biology ,Endocrinology ,Blood pressure ,Phosphorylation ,Hypotension ,medicine.symptom ,Vasoconstriction ,Homeostasis - Abstract
Commensal gut microbiota are strongly correlated with host hemodynamic homeostasis, but only broadly associated with cardiovascular health. This includes a general correspondence of quantitative and qualitative shifts in intestinal microbial communities found in hypertensive rat models and human patients. However, the mechanisms by which gut microbes contribute to the function of organs important for blood pressure control remain unanswered. To examine the direct effects of microbiota on blood pressure, we conventionalized germ-free (GF) rats with specific pathogen free rats for a short-term period of 10 days, which served as a model system to observe the dynamic responses when reconstituting the holobiome. The absence of microbiota in GF rats resulted with relative hypotension compared to their conventionalized counterparts, suggesting an obligatory role of microbiota in blood pressure homeostasis. Hypotension observed in GF rats was accompanied by a marked reduction in vascular contractility. Both blood pressure and vascular contractility were restored by the introduction of microbiota to GF rats, indicating that microbiota could be impacting blood pressure through a vascular-dependent mechanism. This is further supported by the decrease in actin polymerization in arteries from GF rats. Improved vascular contractility in conventionalized GF rats, as indicated through stabilized actin filaments, was associated with an increase in cofilin phosphorylation. These data indicate that the vascular system senses the presence (or lack of) microbiota to maintain vascular tone via actin polymerization. Taken together, these results constitute a fundamental discovery of the essential nature of microbiota in blood pressure regulation.
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- 2020
4. SARS-CoV-2, ACE2 expression, and systemic organ invasion
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Lauren G. Koch, Rachel Royfman, Jonnelle M Edwards, Kathryn Smedlund, Ahmed A. Abokor, Emily W. Waigi, Usman M. Ashraf, Ritu Chakravarti, Ana Maria Trindade Grégio Hardy, and Syed Abdul-Moiz Hasan
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Physiology ,Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) ,ACE2 ,Disease ,Review ,Biology ,medicine.disease_cause ,Renin-Angiotensin System ,RAAS ,Genetics ,medicine ,Humans ,Respiratory system ,Pandemics ,Tissue homeostasis ,Coronavirus ,Kidney ,SARS-CoV-2 ,complex disease ,COVID-19 ,Virus Internalization ,medicine.disease ,Pneumonia ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Immunology ,Host-Pathogen Interactions ,Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus ,Bronchitis ,Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 ,hormones, hormone substitutes, and hormone antagonists ,Protein Binding - Abstract
A novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19, has created a global pandemic in 2020, posing an enormous challenge to healthcare systems and affected communities. COVID-19 is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-coronavirus-2 (CoV-2) that manifests as bronchitis, pneumonia, or a severe respiratory illness. SARS-CoV-2 infects human cells via binding a “spike” protein on its surface to angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) within the host. ACE2 is crucial for maintaining tissue homeostasis and negatively regulates the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) in humans. The RAAS is paramount for normal function in multiple organ systems including the lungs, heart, kidney, and vasculature. Given that SARS-CoV-2 internalizes via ACE2, the resultant disruption in ACE2 expression can lead to altered tissue function and exacerbate chronic diseases. The widespread distribution and expression of ACE2 across multiple organs is critical to our understanding of the varied clinical outcomes of COVID-19. This perspective review based on the current literature was prompted to show how disruption of ACE2 by SARS-CoV-2 can affect different organ systems.
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- 2020
5. Abstract MP54: Pro-resolving Lipid Mediators Ameliorate Endothelium Dysfunction In Arteries From Hypertensive Rats
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Camilla F Wenceslau, Jonnelle M Edwards, Nicole R. Bearss, Cameron G. McCarthy, Bina Joe, and Emily W. Waigi
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medicine.anatomical_structure ,Endothelium ,business.industry ,Internal Medicine ,medicine ,Lipid signaling ,Pharmacology ,business - Abstract
Resolution of inflammation is an active phenomenon to switch off the inflammatory processes andfacilitate the return to homeostasis. Increasing the levels of pro-resolving lipid mediators topromote the resolution of inflammation is emerging as a novel therapeutic approach. Arachidonicacid (AA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) are substrates to produce the pro-resolving lipidmediators lipoxin A4 (LXA4) and resolvin D1 (RvD1), respectively. However, it is unknown if thesemediators can ameliorate dysfunction in arteries from hypertensive animals. Therefore, wehypothesized that pro-resolving lipid mediators decrease acetylcholine-induced contractions inarteries from spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). Mesenteric resistance arteries from maleSHR and Wistar Kyoto (WKY) (14-weeks old, n=6-8) were used for vascular function via wiremyograph. MRA were incubated with either RvD1 or LXA4 (10 nM, 1 hour) or vehicle prior toconcentration response curves to acetylcholine or phenylephrine (1 nM - 3 μM). We alsoperformed lipidomic analysis on plasma from WKY and SHR. As expected, low concentrations (≤100 nM) of acetylcholine induced relaxation in arteries from both groups, however highconcentrations (≥ 1 μM) of acetylcholine induced contraction in arteries from SHR, but not in WKY[Relaxation to acetylcholine [Area Under the curve (AUC)]: WKY: 396.6 ± 17.7 vs. SHR-control:296.0 ± 26.7*, t-test *vs. WKY, p=0.03). Treatment with the mediators did not change relaxationin arteries from WKY (AUC: Vehicle: 396.6 ±17.7 vs. RvD1: 402.8 ± 18.0; LXA4: 399.0 ± 18.4,p>0.05). However, incubation with RvD1 or LXA4 reduced acetylcholine induced-contraction inarteries from SHR (AUC: Vehicle: 296.0 ± 26.7 vs. RvD1: 372.5 ± 18.5*; LXA4: 376.8 ± 23.6*, t-test *vs. vehicle, p
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- 2021
6. Abstract MP59: Soluble Protein Oligomers Induce Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress In Mesenteric Resistance Arteries From Male And Female Mice
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Camilla F Wenceslau, Jonnelle M Edwards, Cameron G. McCarthy, Nicole R. Bearss, Thaddaeus R. Castaneda, Emily W. Waigi, and David R. Giovannucci
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Peripheral veins ,Amyloid β ,Vascular disease ,Chemistry ,Mechanism (biology) ,Endoplasmic reticulum ,Internal Medicine ,medicine ,medicine.disease ,Amyloid angiopathy ,Cell biology - Abstract
Amyloid β proteins, including toxic soluble oligomers (SPOs) are not only found in the brain duringAlzheimer’s, but also in the peripheral vascular system. The precise mechanism linking increasedcirculating levels of SPOs and vascular dysfunction remains unknown. We hypothesized that SPOslead to endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, further release of SPOs and vascular injury. Mesentericresistance arteries (MRAs) from 14 weeks old, male and female C57BL/6 mice were used forvascular function. Agonists were acetylcholine and phenylephrine (1nM-10mM). In acuteconditions, SPOs (0.1μM) caused pathologically exacerbated endothelium-dependent vasodilationcompared to vehicle (F12 media) [Male: EC50: SPOs: -7.0 ± 0.1 (n=4), vs. Vehicle -6.6 ± 0.1 (n=7)p=0.03; Female: EC50: SPOs: -7.3 ± 0.06 (n=5) vs. Vehicle -6.7 ± 0.1 (n=6), p=0.001]. Thisphenotype was similar to the positive control tunicamycin (5mg/ml) [Male: EC50: Tunicamycin: -7.3(n=4), vs. Vehicle -6.6 (n=7) p=0.2; Female: EC50: Tunicamycin: -7.7 (n=4) vs. Vehicle -6.8 (n=5)p=0.04]. To determine whether SPO’s cause ER stress, arteries were treated with ER stressinhibitor 4-Phenylbutyric acid (2mM). The ER stress inhibitor prevented the exacerbatedvasodilation induced by SPOs showing SPOs trigger ER stress in acute conditions independent ofsex. To determine whether SPOs are a consequence of ER stress, arteries were incubated withtunicamycin in the presence of the SPO inhibitor K01-162 (10mM). Interestingly, K01-162 did notprevent the tunicamycin-induced exacerbated vasodilation in arteries from male mice. However,this response was decreased in arteries from female mice showing that inducing ER stress leadsto the release of SPOs, escalating a feed-forward mechanism of further SPO release. There wereno changes in vascular contraction with tunicamycin or SPOs irrespective of sex. ER stress wasconfirmed with anti-KDEL antibody staining, specific for ER resident chaperones Grp78/94 andvisualized with multiphoton fluorescent confocal microscopy. These results demonstrate that SPO’sexacerbate endothelium-dependent vasodilation acutely and may contribute to brain and peripheralvascular edema and loss of autoregulation observed during cardiovascular and Alzheimer’sdisease.
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- 2021
7. Pro‐Resolving Lipid Mediators Reduce Acetylcholine‐Induced Contractions in Resistance Arteries from Hypertensive Rats
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Camilla F Wenceslau, Jonnelle M Edwards, Cameron G. McCarthy, Bina Joe, and Emily W. Waigi
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Chemistry ,Genetics ,medicine ,Lipid signaling ,Pharmacology ,Molecular Biology ,Biochemistry ,Acetylcholine ,Biotechnology ,medicine.drug - Published
- 2021
8. Soluble Protein Oligomers induce Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Acute Conditions in Mesenteric Resistance Arteries from Male and Female Mice
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Cameron G. McCarthy, Camilla F Wenceslau, Jonnelle M Edwards, Nicole R. Bearss, Emily W. Waigi, and Thaddaeus R. Castaneda
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Stress (mechanics) ,0303 health sciences ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Chemistry ,Endoplasmic reticulum ,Genetics ,Molecular Biology ,Biochemistry ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,030304 developmental biology ,Biotechnology ,Cell biology - Published
- 2021
9. Opioids Cause Vascular Dysfunction in a Sex‐Specific Manner
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Nicole R. Bearss, Bina Joe, Soyoung Cheon, Cameron G. McCarthy, Emily W. Waigi, Camilla F Wenceslau, Jonnelle M Edwards, and Jeremy C Tomcho
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business.industry ,Genetics ,Medicine ,Bioinformatics ,business ,Molecular Biology ,Biochemistry ,Sex specific ,Biotechnology - Published
- 2021
10. Intrinsic Exercise Capacity Induces Divergent Vascular Plasticity via Arachidonic Acid-Mediated Inflammatory Pathways in Female Rats
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Nicole R. Bearss, Bina Joe, Cameron G. McCarthy, Emily W. Waigi, Lauren B. Koch, Camilla F Wenceslau, Jonnelle M Edwards, and Vaishnavi Aradhyula
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0301 basic medicine ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Physiology ,Inflammation ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,Fat pad ,Article ,Running ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Internal medicine ,Medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,Obesity ,Aerobic capacity ,Pharmacology ,Arachidonic Acid ,Exercise Tolerance ,biology ,business.industry ,Vascular disease ,medicine.disease ,Rats ,030104 developmental biology ,Endocrinology ,Adipose Tissue ,biology.protein ,Molecular Medicine ,Female ,Cyclooxygenase ,medicine.symptom ,Metabolic syndrome ,business ,Vasoconstriction ,Homeostasis - Abstract
Metabolic syndrome prevalence has increased among US adults, particularly among non-hispanic white and black women. Sedentary behavior often leads to chronic inflammation, a triggering factor of metabolic syndrome. Given that intrinsic exercise capacity is genetically inherited, we questioned if low-grade chronic inflammation would be present in a female rat model of low intrinsic exercise capacity-induced metabolic syndrome, while beneficial increase of resolution of inflammation would be present in a female rat model of high intrinsic exercise capacity. In the vascular system, two primary markers for inflammation and resolution of inflammation are cyclooxygenase (COX) and lipoxygenase (LOX), respectively. Our study focused on the novel hypothesis that untrained, inherited exercise capacity induces divergent vascular plasticity via changes in the delicate balance between COX and LOX inflammatory mediators. We used divergent rat strains with low (LCR) and high (HCR) aerobic running capacity. By using animals with contrasting intrinsic exercise capacities, it is possible to determine the exact triggers that lead to inherited vascular plasticity in female rats. We observed that female LCR displayed increased periovarian fat pad and body weight, which is congruent with their obesity-presenting phenotype. Furthermore, LCR presented with vascular hypocontractility and increased COX and LOX-derived pro-inflammatory factors. On the other hand, HCR presented with a "shutdown" of COX-induced vasoconstriction and enhanced resolution of inflammation to maintain vascular tone and homeostasis. In conclusion, LCR display low-grade chronic inflammation via increased COX activity. These results provide mechanistic clues as to why lower intrinsic aerobic capacity correlates with a predisposition to risk of vascular disease. Conversely, being born with higher intrinsic aerobic capacity is a significant factor for improved vascular physiology in female rats.
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- 2021
11. FPR-1 (Formyl Peptide Receptor-1) Activation Promotes Spontaneous, Premature Hypertension in Dahl Salt-Sensitive Rats
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Emily W. Waigi, Shaunak Roy, Nicole R. Bearss, Matam Vijay-Kumar, Sarah Galla, Piu Saha, Camilla F Wenceslau, Jonnelle M Edwards, Bina Joe, Jeremy C Tomcho, Blair Mell, Xi Cheng, and Cameron G. McCarthy
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0301 basic medicine ,Dahl Salt-Sensitive Rats ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Blood Pressure ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,Mitochondrion ,Vascular Remodeling ,Bacterial Physiological Phenomena ,Formyl peptide receptor 1 ,Article ,Vascular remodelling in the embryo ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Internal medicine ,Internal Medicine ,medicine ,Animals ,Sodium Chloride, Dietary ,Rats, Inbred Dahl ,Cell Death ,Chemistry ,Receptors, Formyl Peptide ,Gastrointestinal Microbiome ,Mitochondria ,Rats ,030104 developmental biology ,Endocrinology ,Hypertension - Abstract
Cell death has long been a characteristic phenotype of organ damage in hypertension, and recently, leaky gut has been revealed as a novel hypertensive phenotype. However, despite the increase in bacterial and damaged mitochondrial products in the circulation of hypertensive patients and animals, the mechanistic contribution of these two phenomena to hypertension pathophysiology is unknown. Mitochondria and bacteria both start protein translation with an N-formyl methionine residue and thus are the only sources of NFPs (N-formyl peptides), which activate the FPR-1 (formyl peptide receptor-1). We hypothesized that the synergistic action of bacterial and mitochondrial NFPs would cause the spontaneous elevation of blood pressure and vascular remodeling in male Dahl salt-sensitive rats via FPR-1. We observed that mitochondria-derived peptides originating from cell death in the kidneys are responsible for FPR-1–induced vascular hypercontractility and remodeling and premature elevation of BP in Dahl salt-sensitive rats fed a low-salt diet. However, a high-salt diet leads to gut barrier disruption and, subsequently, a synergistic action of mitochondria, and bacteria-derived leaky gut NFPs lead to a severe and established hypertension. Administration of an FPR-1 antagonist lowered blood pressure in Dahl salt-sensitive rats on a low-salt diet but amoxicillin administration did not. These results reveal for the first time that cell death can be a cause of hypertensive pathophysiology, whereas leaky gut is a consequence.
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- 2021
12. Abstract P100: Opioids Cause Sex-Specific Vascular Remodeling Via Cofilin-ERK Signaling: Female Mice Present Higher Risk Of Developing Morphine-Induced Vascular Dysfunction Than Male Mice
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Bina Joe, Soyoung Cheon, Camilla F Wenceslau, Jonnelle M Edwards, Jeremy C Tomcho, Cameron G. McCarthy, and Nicole R. Bearss
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medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Erk signaling ,Male mice ,Cofilin ,Sex specific ,Increased risk ,Endocrinology ,Internal medicine ,Internal Medicine ,medicine ,Morphine ,business ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Recent studies have shown that chronic use of prescription opioids leads to increased risk of cardiovascular events and pulmonary arterial hypertension. Indices of vascular age and arterial stiffness are increased in opioid dependent patients and the effects are more marked in women. We hypothesized that chronic exposure to exogenous opioids causes sex-specific vascular remodeling via suppression of actin depolymerization. Using culture pressure myographs, we performed continuous intraluminal infusion of morphine (10μM for 24 hours) in pressurized mesenteric resistance arteries (MRA, fifth order) from male and female mice (C57BL/6NTac, 10 weeks old; n=4). Intraluminal pressure curve showed that morphine reduced lumen diameter by 23% (without morphine: 185 ± 10μm vs. morphine: 143 ± 14μm*) in MRA from female mice, whereas little to no change was observed in MRA from male mice (Fig. 1). Cofilin is a key molecule in preventing stress fiber overassembly and is inactivated by extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERK). Here, we observed that after 24-hour exposure, morphine (10μM) phosphorylated and inactivated cofilin 1.6 fold [AU: control: 0.59 ± 0.14 vs. morphine: 0.95 ± 0.10*, *p
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- 2020
13. Abstract 22: Formyl Peptide Receptor-1 Activation Is Crucial For The Cause Of Spontaneous Hypertension In Dahl Salt Sensitive Rats
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Matam Vijay-Kumar, Camilla F Wenceslau, Jonnelle M Edwards, Piu Saha, Bina Joe, Xi Cheng, Sarah Galla, Blair Mell, Nicole R. Bearss, and Cam McCarthy
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Dahl Salt-Sensitive Rats ,Biochemistry ,biology ,Chemistry ,Internal Medicine ,Microbiome ,Mitochondrion ,biology.organism_classification ,Bacteria ,Formyl peptide receptor 1 - Abstract
Mitochondria evolved from bacteria and use N-formylated peptides (NFPs) to synthetize protein. Bacterial and mitochondrial NFPs activate formyl peptide receptor 1 (FPR-1) and lead to vascular injury. We previously observed that Dahl Salt Sensitive rats (S) fed a low-salt (LS, 0.3% NaCl) diet presented spontaneous hypertension, vascular dysfunction, and overexpression of FPR-1 in arteries when compared to Dahl Salt Resistant (R) rats. High salt (HS, 2% NaCl) diet worsened these phenotypes in S rats. Interestingly, HS diet induced leaky gut and amoxicillin (AMO) treatment decreased BP in S-HS. Due to the dual sources of NFPs (microbiota and host mitochondria), we hypothesized that cell death-derived mitochondria and/or leaky gut-derived bacterial NFPs lead to FPR-1 activation, vascular injury and elevated BP in S rats independent of HS diet. For this, we used flow cytometry to measure cell necrosis and early and late apoptosis in kidney, bone marrow-derived macrophages and mesenteric resistance arteries (MRA) from male S and R rats (8-week old) on a LS diet. Zonulin, a biomarker for leaky gut, was measured in plasma. In another group, rats were treated with FPR-1 antagonist [Cyclosporin H (CsH), 0.3 mg/kg/day, osmotic mini-pump, 14 days], vehicle (VEH) or received water with AMO (5 mg/kg/day) for 21 days to deplete bacteria. BP was measured by telemetry and vascular function and structure were assessed in MRA. S rats presented increased kidney cell necrosis (R: 3.8±0.3 vs. S: 5.3±0.5* %). CsH decreased spontaneous elevation of BP [Diastolic: R+VEH: 77±2.7 vs. R+CsH: 81±1.2 vs. S+VEH: 126±3.0* vs. S+CsH:115±2.7 # ] and vascular hypercontractility [KCl (120mM): R+VEH: 9.4±1 vs. R+CsH: 10.2±0.4; S+VEH: 15.5±0.9* vs. S+CsH:11.7±0.8 # mN; Phenylephrine (10μM): R+VEH: 9.3±1 vs. R+CsH: 9.7±1; S+VEH: 14.5±1*vs. S+CsH: 11.4±0.6 # mN) in S-LS rats. AMO did not change vascular contraction or BP. Leaky gut was not observed in Dahl S-LS diet. In conclusion, FPR-1 can serve as a causative agent for the spontaneous elevation of BP and kidney-derived mitochondria, but not gut-derived microbiota, are the main source for NFPs.
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- 2020
14. Intrinsic Exercise Capacity and Mitochondrial DNA Lead to Opposing Vascular-Associated Risks
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Xi Cheng, Nicole R. Bearss, Youjie Zhang, Zachary J Schreckenberger, Shaunak Roy, Lauren G. Koch, Camilla F Wenceslau, Jonnelle M Edwards, Jeremy C Tomcho, Matam Vijay-Kumar, Cameron G. McCarthy, Bina Joe, Eric E. Morgan, and Adam C Spegele
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0301 basic medicine ,Male ,Mitochondrial DNA ,Nuclear gene ,Offspring ,Hemodynamics ,Adipose tissue ,Disease ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,Mitochondrion ,Biology ,Bioinformatics ,DNA, Mitochondrial ,Running ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Humans ,Animals ,Exercise Tolerance ,Exercise capacity ,Rats ,030104 developmental biology ,Adipose Tissue ,Perspective ,AcademicSubjects/SCI00960 ,Female ,human activities - Abstract
Exercise capacity is a strong predictor of all-cause morbidity and mortality in humans. However, the associated hemodynamic traits that link this valuable indicator to its subsequent disease risks are numerable. Additionally, exercise capacity has a substantial heritable component and genome-wide screening indicates a vast amount of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) markers are significantly associated with traits of physical performance. A long-term selection experiment in rats confirms a divide for cardiovascular risks between low- and high-capacity runners (LCR and HCR, respectively), equipping us with a preclinical animal model to uncover new mechanisms. Here, we evaluated the LCR and HCR rat model system for differences in vascular function at the arterial resistance level. Consistent with the known divide between health and disease, we observed that LCR rats present with resistance artery and perivascular adipose tissue dysfunction compared to HCR rats that mimic qualities important for health, including improved vascular relaxation. Uniquely, we show by generating conplastic strains, which LCR males with mtDNA of female HCR (LCR-mtHCR/Tol) present with improved vascular function. Conversely, HCR-mtLCR/Tol rats displayed indices for cardiac dysfunction. The outcome of this study suggests that the interplay between the nuclear genome and the maternally inherited mitochondrial genome with high intrinsic exercise capacity is a significant factor for improved vascular physiology, and animal models developed on an interaction between nuclear and mtDNA are valuable new tools for probing vascular risk factors in the offspring.
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- 2020
15. The Obligatory Role of the Acetylcholine-Induced Endothelium-Dependent Contraction in Hypertension: Can Arachidonic Acid Resolve this Inflammation?
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Camilla F Wenceslau, Jonnelle M Edwards, and Cameron G. McCarthy
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Vascular smooth muscle ,Endothelium ,Inflammation ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,Article ,Nitric oxide ,03 medical and health sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,0302 clinical medicine ,Drug Discovery ,Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor ,medicine ,Humans ,Endothelial dysfunction ,030304 developmental biology ,Pharmacology ,0303 health sciences ,Arachidonic Acid ,medicine.disease ,Acetylcholine ,Cell biology ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,chemistry ,Hypertension ,Arachidonic acid ,Endothelium, Vascular ,medicine.symptom ,medicine.drug - Abstract
The endothelium produces many substances that can regulate vascular tone. Acetylcholine is a widely used pharmacological tool to assess endothelial function. In general, acetylcholine binds to G-protein coupled muscarinic receptors that mediate a transient elevation in intracellular, free calcium. This intracellular rise in calcium is responsible for triggering several cellular responses, including the synthesis of nitric oxide, endothelium- derived hyperpolarizing factor, and eicosanoids derived from arachidonic acid. Endothelial arachidonic acid metabolism is also an important signaling pathway for mediating inflammation. Therefore, in conditions with sustained and excessive inflammation such as hypertension, arachidonic acid serves as a substrate for the synthesis of several vasoconstrictive metabolites, predominantly via the cyclooxygenase and lipoxygenase enzymes. Cyclooxygenase and lipoxygenase products can then activate G-protein coupled receptors expressed on vascular smooth muscle cells to causes contractile responses. As a result, acetylcholine-induced contraction due to arachidonic acid is a commonly observed feature of endothelial dysfunction and vascular inflammation in hypertension. In this review, we will critically analyze the literature supporting this concept, as well as address the potential underlying mechanisms, including the possibility that arachidonic acid signaling is diverted away from the synthesis of pro-resolving metabolites in conditions such as hypertension.
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- 2020
16. Abstract P1120: Opioids Induce Proliferation in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells Leading to an Increase in Myogenic Tone in Resistance Arteries
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Cameron G. McCarthy, Camilla F Wenceslau, Jonnelle M Edwards, Jeremy C Tomcho, Bina Joe, and Nicole R. Bearss
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Vascular smooth muscle ,Smooth muscle ,Opioid ,business.industry ,Internal Medicine ,Vascular biology ,medicine ,Pharmacology ,business ,medicine.drug ,Myogenic tone - Abstract
The United States of America is currently undergoing an opioid crisis. According to the 2018 CDC Annual Surveillance Report of Drug Related Risks and Outcomes there were 78,840 hospitalizations and an estimated 140,077 emergency room visits for opioid related poisonings in 2015 alone. It has been shown that opioid exposure increases vascular age relative to chronological age. Further, long-term abuse of opioids leads to changes in regional cerebral blood flow. However, there is a lack of understanding about acute and chronic opioid abuse and how it affects microvasculature structure and function; specifically on myogenic tone, a fundamental mechanism to maintain blood flow to important tissues including the brain, kidneys, and more. We hypothesize that opioids cause an increase in proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) leading to an increase in myogenic tone in mesenteric resistance arteries. To test this hypothesis, aortic vascular smooth muscle cells were cultured and treated with the endogenous opioid (ENO) beta-endorphin or the exogenous opioid (EXO) morphine. ENO treatment increased cellular proliferation with chronic exposure (greater than 72 hours). We measured a maximum proliferation at 120 hours and performed 2 way ANOVA with Bonferroni posttests [confluence (%): DMSO vehicle 20.4 ± 4.8, 1 nM 34.9 ± 7.4*, and 1 μM 29.9 ± 7.0; * p
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- 2019
17. Abstract 125: Low-Grade Chronic Infection Induces Vascular Dysfunction and Remodeling in Salt Sensitive Hypertension
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Cameron G. McCarthy, Blair Mell, Sarah Galla, Xi Cheng, Nicole R. Bearss, Camilla F Wenceslau, Jonnelle M Edwards, Jeremy C Tomcho, Bina Joe, and Shaunak Roy
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Chronic infection ,Multiple factors ,Immune system ,business.industry ,Salt sensitivity ,Immunology ,Internal Medicine ,Medicine ,business - Abstract
According to the new AHA guidelines, over half of Americans have hypertension. Multiple factors contribute to hypertension including genetics, diet, stress, and infection. N-formyl peptides (NFPs) are a potent chemoattractant that bind formyl peptide receptors (FPR), an innate immune receptor. Interestingly, the only source of NFPs are bacteria and mitochondria, which evolved from bacteria. We have observed that FPR is expressed in arteries and its activation with bacterial (fMLPs) or mitochondrial (FMIT) NFPs induces vascular remodeling via actin polymerization. Given that increased gut permeability is present in hypertension, we questioned if bacterial NFPs derived from a leaky gut also play a role in hypertension. We hypothesized that bacterial NFPs activate FPR leading to vascular dysfunction and remodeling. We used male (6 weeks) Dahl Resistant (DR) and Sensitive (DS) rats on a low (0.3 %) or high salt (2 %) diet for 9 weeks. After 6 weeks some animals on high salt received water + antibiotic [neomycin (NEO), 0.5 g/L or amoxicillin (AMO), 50 mg/kg/day) for 3 weeks to decrease bacterial levels. Statistics: t-test *p2 ): DS 45,624 ± 1370 vs. DS + NEO 28,700 ± 8370* and DS + AMO 23,276 ± 9775*]. We concluded that low-grade chronic infection plays a role in vascular dysfunction and remodeling observed in hypertension.
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- 2019
18. Resistance Arteries from Low‐Capacity Running Rats Exhibit Diminished Acetylcholine‐Induced Relaxation in Comparison to High‐Capacity Running Rats: Effects of Native and Allografted Perivascular Adipose Tissue on Vascular Function
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Lauren G. Koch, Camilla F Wenceslau, Jonnelle M Edwards, Matam Vijay-Kumar, Shaunak Roy, and Cameron G. McCarthy
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Chemistry ,Genetics ,medicine ,Biophysics ,Relaxation (physics) ,Adipose tissue ,High capacity ,Vascular function ,Molecular Biology ,Biochemistry ,Acetylcholine ,Biotechnology ,medicine.drug - Published
- 2019
19. Activation of Formyl Peptide Receptor Precedes the Onset of Hypertension in Dahl Salt Sensitive Rats: Effects of Microbiota and Salt
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Nicole R. Bearss, Shaunak Roy, Camilla F Wenceslau, Jonnelle M Edwards, Sarah Galla, Bina Joe, and Cameron G. McCarthy
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Dahl Salt-Sensitive Rats ,chemistry.chemical_classification ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Endocrinology ,Formyl peptide receptor ,Chemistry ,Internal medicine ,Genetics ,medicine ,Salt (chemistry) ,Molecular Biology ,Biochemistry ,Biotechnology - Published
- 2019
20. Female Rats Artificially Selected for Low and High Intrinsic Aerobic Capacity Swap Inflammatory Cascade in Resistance Arteries: Mechanisms of Cyclooxygenase‐Derived Prostanoids
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Cameron G. McCarthy, Camilla F Wenceslau, Jonnelle M Edwards, Nicole R. Bearss, Bina Joe, Lauren G. Koch, and Vaishnavi Aradhyula
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biology ,Chemistry ,Genetics ,biology.protein ,Inflammatory cascade ,Cyclooxygenase ,Molecular Biology ,Biochemistry ,Aerobic capacity ,Biotechnology ,Cell biology - Published
- 2020
21. Commensal microbiota are essential for vascular contractility mediated by actin polymerization
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Cameron G. McCarthy, Blair Mell, Nicole R. Bearss, Matam Vijay-Kumar, Janara Furtado, Camilla F Wenceslau, Jonnelle M Edwards, and Bina Joe
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Vascular contractility ,Polymerization ,Chemistry ,Genetics ,Molecular Biology ,Biochemistry ,Actin ,Biotechnology ,Cell biology - Published
- 2020
22. Formyl Peptide Receptor‐1 Activation is Crucial for Spontaneous and Salt‐Induced Hypertension in Dahl Salt Sensitive Rats: Mitochondria vs. Microbiota
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Sarah Galla, Nicole R. Bearss, Xi Cheng, Cameron G. McCarthy, Blair Mell, Bina Joe, Camilla F Wenceslau, and Jonnelle M Edwards
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chemistry.chemical_classification ,Dahl Salt-Sensitive Rats ,chemistry ,Biochemistry ,Genetics ,Salt (chemistry) ,Mitochondrion ,Molecular Biology ,Formyl peptide receptor 1 ,Biotechnology - Published
- 2020
23. Microbiota are critical for vascular physiology: Germ-free status weakens contractility and induces sex-specific vascular remodeling in mice
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Camilla F Wenceslau, Shaunak Roy, Jonnelle M Edwards, Jeremy C Tomcho, Cameron G. McCarthy, Nicole R. Bearss, Matam Vijay-Kumar, Zachary J Schreckenberger, Saroj Chakraborty, Piu Saha, and Bina Joe
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Male ,0301 basic medicine ,Contraction (grammar) ,Neutrophils ,Physiology ,Vascular Remodeling ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,Biology ,Article ,Contractility ,03 medical and health sciences ,Sex Factors ,Vascular Stiffness ,0302 clinical medicine ,Elastic Modulus ,medicine ,Animals ,Germ-Free Life ,Pharmacology ,chemistry.chemical_classification ,Vascular contractility ,Reactive oxygen species ,Bacteria ,Host Microbial Interactions ,Blood flow ,Gastrointestinal Microbiome ,Mesenteric Arteries ,Mice, Inbred C57BL ,Holobiont ,030104 developmental biology ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,chemistry ,Vasoconstriction ,Molecular Medicine ,Female ,Vascular Resistance ,Bone marrow ,Reactive Oxygen Species ,Homeostasis - Abstract
Commensal microbiota within a holobiont contribute to the overall health of the host via mutualistic symbiosis. Disturbances in such symbiosis is prominently correlated with a variety of diseases affecting the modern society of humans including cardiovascular diseases, which are the number one contributors to human mortality. Given that a hallmark of all cardiovascular diseases is changes in vascular function, we hypothesized that depleting microbiota from a holobiont would induce vascular dysfunction. To test this hypothesis, young mice of both sexes raised in germ-free conditions were examined vascular contractility and structure. Here we observed that male and female germ-free mice presented a decrease in contraction of resistance arteries. These changes were more pronounced in germ-free males than in germ-free females mice. Furthermore, there was a distinct change in vascular remodeling between males and females germ-free mice. Resistance arteries from male germ-free mice demonstrated increased vascular stiffness, as shown by the leftward shift in the stress-strain curve and inward hypotrophic remodeling, a characteristic of chronic reduction in blood flow. On the other hand, resistance arteries from germ-free female mice were similar in the stress-strain curves to that of conventionally raised mice, but were distinctly different and showed outward hypertrophic remodeling, a characteristic seen in aging. Interestingly, we observed that reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation from bone marrow derived neutrophils is blunted in female germ-free mice, but it is exacerbated in male germ-free mice. In conclusion, these observations indicate that commensal microbiota of a holobiont are central to maintain proper vascular function and structure homeostasis, especially in males.
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- 2020
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