L V d'Uscio1, L A Smith, Z S Katusic. 1. Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The effects of Western-type fat diet on endothelium-dependent relaxations and vascular structure in carotid arteries from a mouse model of human atherosclerosis are not known. Our objective was to characterize the mechanisms underlying endothelial dysfunction in apoE-deficient mice. METHODS: C57BL/6J and apoE-deficient mice were fed for 26 weeks with a lipid-rich Western-type diet. Changes in the intraluminal diameter of pressurized common carotid arteries (ID 450 micrometer) were measured in vitro with a video dimension analyzer. Endothelial NO synthase protein content was evaluated by Western blotting. Intracellular cGMP and cAMP levels were determined by radioimmunoassay. RESULTS: No morphological changes were observed in the carotid arteries of apoE-deficient mice. However, endothelium-dependent relaxations to acetylcholine (10(-9) to 10(-5) mol/L) were impaired (maximal relaxation 52+/-7% versus 83+/-5% for control mice, P<0.05). Treatment of arteries with NO synthase inhibitor N(omega)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester inhibited relaxations to acetylcholine to the same extent in apoE-deficient mice as in control mice. Preincubation of carotid arteries with cell-permeable superoxide dismutase mimetic Mn(III) tetra(4-benzoic acid)porphyrin chloride almost normalized NO-mediated relaxations to acetylcholine (75+/-5%, P<0.05). Endothelium-dependent relaxations to calcium ionophore and endothelium-independent relaxations to NO donor diethylammonium(Z)-1-(N,N-diethylamino)diazen-1-ium-1,2-diolate were unchanged in apoE-deficient mice. In addition, no changes in endothelial NO synthase protein expression and cGMP/cAMP levels were found in carotid arteries of apoE-deficient mice. CONCLUSIONS: In carotid arteries of apoE-deficient mice, hypercholesterolemia causes impairment of receptor-mediated activation of eNOS. Increased superoxide anion production in endothelial cells appears to be coupled to activation of cholinergic receptors and is responsible for hypercholesterolemia-induced endothelial dysfunction. The apoE-deficient mouse carotid artery is a valuable new experimental model of endothelial dysfunction.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The effects of Western-type fat diet on endothelium-dependent relaxations and vascular structure in carotid arteries from a mouse model of humanatherosclerosis are not known. Our objective was to characterize the mechanisms underlying endothelial dysfunction in apoE-deficient mice. METHODS: C57BL/6J and apoE-deficient mice were fed for 26 weeks with a lipid-rich Western-type diet. Changes in the intraluminal diameter of pressurized common carotid arteries (ID 450 micrometer) were measured in vitro with a video dimension analyzer. Endothelial NO synthase protein content was evaluated by Western blotting. Intracellular cGMP and cAMP levels were determined by radioimmunoassay. RESULTS: No morphological changes were observed in the carotid arteries of apoE-deficient mice. However, endothelium-dependent relaxations to acetylcholine (10(-9) to 10(-5) mol/L) were impaired (maximal relaxation 52+/-7% versus 83+/-5% for control mice, P<0.05). Treatment of arteries with NO synthase inhibitor N(omega)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester inhibited relaxations to acetylcholine to the same extent in apoE-deficient mice as in control mice. Preincubation of carotid arteries with cell-permeable superoxide dismutase mimetic Mn(III) tetra(4-benzoic acid)porphyrin chloride almost normalized NO-mediated relaxations to acetylcholine (75+/-5%, P<0.05). Endothelium-dependent relaxations to calcium ionophore and endothelium-independent relaxations to NO donordiethylammonium(Z)-1-(N,N-diethylamino)diazen-1-ium-1,2-diolate were unchanged in apoE-deficient mice. In addition, no changes in endothelial NO synthase protein expression and cGMP/cAMP levels were found in carotid arteries of apoE-deficient mice. CONCLUSIONS: In carotid arteries of apoE-deficient mice, hypercholesterolemia causes impairment of receptor-mediated activation of eNOS. Increased superoxide anion production in endothelial cells appears to be coupled to activation of cholinergic receptors and is responsible for hypercholesterolemia-induced endothelial dysfunction. The apoE-deficient mouse carotid artery is a valuable new experimental model of endothelial dysfunction.
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