Time-Dependent Differences in the Influence of Perivascular Adipose Tissue on Vasomotor Functions in Metabolic Syndrome
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Abstract
Background: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) facilitates the development of cardiovascular disease due to atherosclerosis, which is accelerated by defects of the vascular endothelium. Vascular dysfunction in response to nitric oxide (NO) occurs in the mesenteric arteries of an animal model of MetS, SHRSP.Z- Lepr fa /IzmDmcr (SHRSP.ZF) rats. Vascular responses to vasodilators are affected by perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT) that surrounds the outsides of arteries. In this study, we assessed the role of PVAT in vascular dysfunction observed in SHRSP.ZF. Methods: To determine the effects of PVAT on vasodilators in SHRSP.ZF and control Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats, we used organ bath bioassay techniques to assay acetylcholine and nitroprusside-induced relaxations of isolated mesenteric arterial ring preparations with PVAT intact or removed. Results: A PVAT-mediated enhancement of relaxations induced by acetylcholine and nitroprusside occurred in SHRSP.ZF at 20 weeks of age, but not at 10 and 30 weeks, and did not occur in WKY. Furthermore, the enhancing effects of PVAT from SHRSP.ZF at 20 weeks could not be substituted by replacement with PVAT from either WKY or 30-week-old SHRSP.ZF, was inhibited by NO synthase inhibitor, and abolished by removal of the arteries' endothelium. Cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) accumulation elicited by nitroprusside was higher in SHRSP.ZF arteries with PVAT than arteries without PVAT at 20 weeks, but the enhancement of cGMP accumulation did not occur at 30 weeks. Conclusions: PVAT may regulate arterial tone by releasing diffusible vasorelaxing factor(s), which, through endothelium-derived NO production, compensates for impaired vasodilations at early stages of MetS.
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Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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