| Title: |
Pharmacological neutropenia prevents endothelial dysfunction but not smooth muscle functions impairment induced by middle cerebral artery occlusion. |
| Authors: |
Pétrault, Olivier, Ouk, Thavarak, Gautier, Sophie, Laprais, Maud, Gelé, Patrick, Bastide, Michèle, Bordet, Régis |
| Source: |
British Journal of Pharmacology; Apr2005, Vol. 144 Issue 8, p1051-1058, 8p |
| Subject Terms: |
NEUTROPENIA, PHARMACOLOGY, CEREBRAL infarction, OXIDATIVE stress, REPERFUSION injury, SMOOTH muscle |
| Abstract: |
The polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN) activation and mobilization observed in acute cerebral infarction contribute to the brain tissue damage, but PMN could also be involved in postischemic functional injury of ischemied blood vessel.This study was undertaken to investigate whether pharmacological neutropenia could modify the postischemic endothelial dysfunction in comparison to smooth muscle whose impairment is likely more related to reperfusion and oxidative stress.A cerebral ischemia-reperfusion by endoluminal occlusion of right middle cerebral artery (MCA) was performed 4 days after intravenous administration of vinblastine or 12?h after RP-3 anti-rat neutrophils monoclonal antibody (mAb RP-3) injection into the peritoneal cavity, on male Wistar rats with 1-h ischemia then followed by 24-h reperfusion period. Brain infarct volume was measured by histomorphometric analysis and vascular endothelial and smooth muscle reactivity of MCA was analysed using Halpern myograph.Neutropenia induced a neuroprotective effect as demonstrated by a significant decrease of brain infarct size. In parallel to neuroprotection, neutropenia prevented postischemic impairment of endothelium-dependent relaxing response to acetylcholine. In contrast, smooth muscle functional alterations were not prevented by neutropenia. Ischemia-reperfusion-induced myogenic tone impairment remained unchanged in vinblastine and mAb RP-3-treated rats. Postischemic Kir2.x-dependent relaxation impairment was not prevented in neutropenic conditions. The fully relaxation of smooth muscle response to sodium nitroprusside was similar in all groups.Our results evidenced the dissociate prevention of pharmacologically induced neutropenia on postischemic vascular endothelial and smooth muscle impairment. The selective endothelial protection by neutropenia is parallel to a neuroprotective effect suggesting a possible relationship between the two phenomena.British Journal of Pharmacology (2005) 144, 1051-1058. doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0706124 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
Complementary Index |
