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Ischemia of the myocardium is generally accepted to be characterized by swelling of myocytes resulting in cardiac dysfunction. However, data are limited concerning the molecular mechanisms of fast water fluxes across cell membranes in ischemic hearts. Since aquaporin-4 (AQP4) is a water channel with an enormous water flux capacity, we investigated in this study whether this water channel protein might play a role in myocyte swelling following myocardial infarction. For this purpose, we studied the expression of AQP4 mRNA at different time points of ischemia in a murine model of myocardial infarction. We observed a significant correlation between the upregulation of AQP4 mRNA and the size of the infarction. In situ hybridization experiments showed comparably higher expression levels of AQP4 mRNA in ischemic myocytes, and anti-AQP4 immunoreactivity was found to be stronger in the sarcolemma of ischemic myocytes. Our findings imply a role of AQP4 in the formation of myocardial edema and this might be important for future prevention and treatment strategies of this distressing situation in order to minimize cardiac dysfunction and mortality in a variety of cardiac diseases in which cell swelling is prevalent. 2007 S. Karger AG, Basel

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HIF-1–dependent repression of equilibrative nucleoside transporter (ENT) in hypoxia

Holger Eltzschig, Parween Abdulla, Edgar Hoffman … (2005)

Extracellular adenosine (Ado) has been implicated as central signaling molecule during conditions of limited oxygen availability (hypoxia), regulating physiologic outcomes as diverse as vascular leak, leukocyte activation, and accumulation. Presently, the molecular mechanisms that elevate extracellular Ado during hypoxia are unclear. In the present study, we pursued the hypothesis that diminished uptake of Ado effectively enhances extracellular Ado signaling. Initial studies indicated that the half-life of Ado was increased by as much as fivefold after exposure of endothelia to hypoxia. Examination of expressional levels of the equilibrative nucleoside transporter (ENT)1 and ENT2 revealed a transcriptionally dependent decrease in mRNA, protein, and function in endothelia and epithelia. Examination of the ENT1 promoter identified a hypoxia inducible factor 1 (HIF-1)–dependent repression of ENT1 during hypoxia. Using in vitro and in vivo models of Ado signaling, we revealed that decreased Ado uptake promotes vascular barrier and dampens neutrophil tissue accumulation during hypoxia. Moreover, epithelial Hif1 α mutant animals displayed increased epithelial ENT1 expression. Together, these results identify transcriptional repression of ENT as an innate mechanism to elevate extracellular Ado during hypoxia.

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Time course of aquaporin expression after transient focal cerebral ischemia in mice.

Marlise de Castro Ribeiro, Luca Regli, Julien Bogousslavsky … (2006)

Cerebral edema contributes to morbidity and mortality in stroke. Aquaporins (AQPs)-1, -4, and -9 have been identified as the three main water channels in the brain. To clarify their role in water movement, we have compared their expression patterns with brain swelling after transient focal brain ischemia. There were two peaks of maximal hemispheric swelling at 1 hr and at 48 hr after ischemia, coinciding with two peaks of AQP4 expression. At 1 hr after occlusion, AQP4 expression was significantly increased on astrocyte endfeet in the core and in the border of the lesion. At 48 hr, AQP4 expression was increased in astrocytes in the border of the lesion over the whole cell. AQP9 showed a significant induction at 24 hr that increased gradually with time, without correlation with the swelling. The expression of AQP1 remained unchanged. These results suggest that AQP4, but not AQP1 or AQP9, may play an important role in water movement associated with the pathophysiology of edema after transient cerebral ischemia in the mouse. Copyright 2006 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

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Systematic evaluation of a novel model for cardiac ischemic preconditioning in mice.

Holger Eltzschig, H Osswald, David Köhler … (2006)

Cardioprotection by ischemic preconditioning (IP) remains an area of intense investigation. To further elucidate its molecular basis, the use of transgenic mice seems critical. Due to technical difficulty associated with performing cardiac IP in mice, we developed an in situ model for cardiac IP using a hanging-weight system for coronary artery occlusion. This technique has the major advantage of eliminating the necessity of intermittently occluding the coronary artery with a knotted suture. To systematically evaluate this model, we first demonstrated correlation of ischemia times (10-60 min) with infarct sizes [3.5 +/- 1.3 to 42 +/- 5.2% area at risk (AAR), Evan's blue/triphenyltetrazolium chloride staining]. IP (4 x 5 min) and cold ischemia (27 degrees C) reduced infarct size by 69 +/- 6.7% and 84 +/- 4.2%, respectively (n = 6, P < 0.01). In contrast, lower numbers of IP cycles did not alter infarct size. However, infarct sizes were distinctively different in mice from different genetic backgrounds. In addition to infarct staining, we tested cardiac troponin I (cTnI) as marker of myocardial infarction in this model. In fact, plasma levels of cTnI were significantly lower in IP-treated mice and closely correlated with infarct sizes (R(2) = 0.8). To demonstrate transcriptional consequences of cardiac IP, we isolated total RNA from the AAR and showed repression of the equilibrative nucleoside transporters 1-4 by IP in this model. Taken together, this study demonstrates highly reproducible infarct sizes and cardiac protection by IP, thus minimizing the variability associated with knot-based coronary occlusion models. Further studies on cardiac IP using transgenic mice may consider this technique.

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PubMed ID:: 17284903

DOI:: 10.1159/000099060

ScienceOpen disciplines: Chemistry

Keywords: Animals,Aquaporin 4,biosynthesis,physiology,Disease Models, Animal,Edema,physiopathology,Heart,Ischemia,Mice,Myocardial Infarction,Myocardium,ultrastructure,Myocytes, Cardiac,ultrasonography,Up-Regulation

Upregulation of the water channel aquaporin-4 as a potential cause of postischemic cell swelling in a murine model of myocardial infarction.

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HIF-1–dependent repression of equilibrative nucleoside transporter (ENT) in hypoxia

Time course of aquaporin expression after transient focal cerebral ischemia in mice.

Systematic evaluation of a novel model for cardiac ischemic preconditioning in mice.

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