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16. Intermittent pneumatic leg compressions acutely upregulate VEGF and MCP-1 expression in skeletal muscle

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Roseguini, Bruno T., Soylu, S. Mehmet, Whyte, Jeffrey J., Yang, H.T., Newcomer, Sean, and Laughlin, M. Harold

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Cardiovascular diseases -- Care and treatment, Cardiovascular diseases -- Genetic aspects, Cardiovascular diseases -- Research, Messenger RNA -- Physiological aspects, Messenger RNA -- Research, Muscles -- Physiological aspects, Muscles -- Research, Vascular endothelial growth factor -- Physiological aspects, Vascular endothelial growth factor -- Research, Biological sciences
Abstract

Application of intermittent pneumatic compressions (IPC) is an extensively used therapeutic strategy in vascular medicine, but the mechanisms by which this method works are unclear. We tested the hypothesis that acute application (150 min) of cyclic leg compressions in a rat model signals upregulation of angiogenic factors in skeletal muscle. To explore the impact of different pressures and frequency of compressions, we divided rats into four groups as follows: 120 mmHg (2 s inflation/2 s deflation), 200 mmHg (2 s/2 s), 120 mmHg (4 s/16 s), and control (no intervention). Blood flow and leg oxygenation (study 1) and the mRNA expression of angiogenic mediators in the rat tibialis anterior muscle (study 2) were assessed after a single session of IPC. In all three groups exposed to the intervention, a modest hyperemia (~37% above baseline) between compressions and a slight, nonsignificant increase in leg oxygen consumption (~30%) were observed during IPC. Compared with values in the control group, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1) mRNA increased significantly (P < 0.05) only in rats exposed to the higher frequency of compressions (2 s on/2 s off). Endothelial nitric oxide synthase, matrix metalloproteinase-2, and hypoxia-inducible factor-lot mRNA did not change significantly following the intervention. These findings show that IPC application augments the mRNA content of key angiogenic factors in skeletal muscle. Importantly, the magnitude of changes in mRNA expression appeared to be modulated by the frequency of compressions such that a higher frequency (15 cycles/min) evoked more robust changes in VEGF and MCP-1 compared with a lower frequency (3 cycles/min). angiogenesis; intermittent pneumatic compression; vascular endothelial growth factor; monocyte chemotactic protein-1 doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00006.2010.

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2010

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