The protective effect of cilostazol on isolated rabbit femoral arteries under conditions of ischemia and reperfusion: the role of the nitric oxide pathway

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OBJECTIVES:

The clinical significance of ischemia/reperfusion of the lower extremities demands further investigation to enable the development of more effective therapeutic alternatives. This study investigated the changes in the vascular reactivity of the rabbit femoral artery and nitric oxide metabolites under partial ischemia/reperfusion conditions following cilostazol administration.

METHODS:

Ischemia was induced using infrarenal aortic clamping. The animals were randomly divided into seven groups: Control 90 minutes, Ischemia/Reperfusion 90/60 minutes, Control 120 minutes, Ischemia/Reperfusion 120/90 minutes, Cilostazol, Cilostazol before Ischemia/Reperfusion 120/90 minutes, and Ischemia 120 minutes/Cilostazol/Reperfusion 90 minutes. Dose-response curves for sodium nitroprusside, acetylcholine, and the calcium ionophore A23187 were obtained in isolated femoral arteries. The levels of nitrites and nitrates in the plasma and skeletal muscle were determined using chemiluminescence.

RESULTS:

Acetylcholine- and A23187-induced relaxation was reduced in the Ischemia/Reperfusion 120/90 group, and treatment with cilostazol partially prevented this ischemia/reperfusion-induced endothelium impairment. Only cilostazol treatment increased plasma levels of nitrites and nitrates. An elevation in the levels of nitrites and nitrates was observed in muscle tissues in the Ischemia/Reperfusion 120/90, Cilostazol/Ischemia/Reperfusion, and Ischemia/Cilostazol/Reperfusion groups.

CONCLUSION:

Hind limb ischemia/reperfusion yielded an impaired endothelium-dependent relaxation of the femoral artery. Furthermore, cilostazol administration prior to ischemia exerted a protective effect on endothelium-dependent vascular reactivity under ischemia/reperfusion conditions.

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Inhibition of inducible nitric oxide synthase reduces renal ischemia/reperfusion injury.

Prabal Chatterjee, Nimesh S A Patel, Espen O Kvale … (2002)

Nitric oxide (NO), produced via inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), is implicated in the pathophysiology of renal ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of the iNOS inhibitors L-N6-(1-iminoethyl)lysine (L-NIL) and aminoethyl-isothiourea (AE-ITU) on (a) renal dysfunction and injury mediated by bilateral I/R of rat kidneys in vivo and (b) cytokine-stimulated NO production by primary cultures of rat proximal tubule (PT) cells. Male Wistar rats subjected to bilateral renal ischemia (45 min) followed by reperfusion (6 h). Rats were administered either L-NIL (3 mg/kg IV bolus 15 min prior to I/R followed by 1 mg/kg/h throughout I/R) or AE-ITU (1 mg/kg IV bolus 15 min prior to I/R followed by 1 mg/kg/h throughout I/R). Serum and urinary biochemical indicators of renal dysfunction and injury were measured; serum creatinine (SCr, glomerular dysfunction), fractional excretion of Na+ (FENa, tubular dysfunction), serum aspartate aminotransferase (sAST, I/R injury) and urinary N-acetyl-beta-d-glucosaminidase (uNAG, tubular injury). Additionally, renal sections were used for histological grading of renal injury and for immunological evidence of nitrotyrosine formation. Nitrate/nitrate levels in plasma were measured using the Griess assay and used as an indicator of NO production. Primary cultures of rat PT cells were incubated with interferon-gamma(IFN-gamma, 100 IU/mL) and lipopolysaccharide (LPS, 10 microg/mL) for 24 h, either in the absence or presence of increasing concentrations of L-NIL or AE-ITU (0.001 to 1 mmol/L) after which nitrite/nitrate levels were measured using the Griess assay. L-NIL and AE-ITU significantly reduced the I/R-mediated increases in SCr, FENa, sAST and uNAG, indicating attenuation of I/R-mediated renal dysfunction and injury. Specifically, L-NIL and AE-ITU reduced the I/R-mediated glomerular and tubular dysfunction and biochemical and histological evidence of tubular injury. Both L-NIL and AE-ITU attenuated the plasma levels of nitrate (indicating reduced NO production) and the immunohistochemical evidence of the formation of nitrotyrosine. In vitro, L-NIL and AE-ITU both significantly reduced cytokine-stimulated NO production by primary cultures of rat PT cells in a dose-dependent manner. These results suggest that L-NIL and AE-ITU reduce the renal dysfunction and injury associated with I/R of the kidney, via inhibition of iNOS activity and subsequent reduction of NO (and peroxynitrite) generation. We propose that selective and specific inhibitors of iNOS activity may be useful against the NO-mediated renal dysfunction and injury associated with I/R of the kidney.

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The role of nitric oxide and cell adhesion molecules on the microcirculation in ischaemia-reperfusion.

David J. Lefer, A M Lefer (1996)

The microcirculation undergoes a profound degree of endothelial dysfunction within minutes (i.e., 2.5 to 5 min) following reperfusion of ischaemic vasculature. This has been documented in the coronary and mesenteric microcirculation. The endothelial dysfunction is characterized by a loss in basal and agonist-mediated nitric oxide (NO) produced by the vascular endothelium. The loss of NO results in upregulation of cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) particularly P-selectin 10-20 min following reperfusion. Thus, CAM upregulation renders the endothelium sticky, and a marked degree of leukocyte adherence (particularly neutrophils) occurs 20 min following reperfusion. This enhanced involvement of neutrophils leads to neutrophil infiltration into the underlying tissue (e.g., myocardium) within 2-3 h of reperfusion. The infiltration of neutrophils leads to reperfusion injury (i.e., necrosis) which is significant at 3 h but becomes profound at 4.5 h following reperfusion. Cardiac necrosis can be significantly attenuated by treatment with NO, an organic NO donor, L-arginine, or specific blockers of CAMs given just prior to reperfusion. This approach is a promising one for a variety of types of reperfusion injury.

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Activation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase by cilostazol via a cAMP/protein kinase A- and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt-dependent mechanism.

Ayako Hashimoto, Goro Miyakoda, Yoshimi Hirose … (2006)

We investigated the effect of cilostazol on nitric oxide (NO) production in human aortic endothelial cells (HAEC). Cilostazol increased NO production in a concentration-dependent manner, and NO production was also increased by other cyclic-AMP (cAMP)-elevating agents (forskolin, cilostamide, and rolipram). Cilostazol increased intracellular cAMP level, and that effect was enhanced in the presence of forskolin. In Western blot analysis, cilostazol increased phosphorylation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) at Ser(1177) and of Akt at Ser(473) and dephosphorylation of eNOS at Thr(495). Cilostazol's regulation of eNOS phosphorylation was reversed by protein kinase A inhibitor peptide (PKAI) and by LY294002, a phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitor. Moreover, the cilostazol-induced increase in NO production was inhibited by PKAI, LY294002, and N(G)-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester hydrochloride (l-NAME), a NOS inhibitor. In an in vitro model of angiogenesis, cilostazol-enhanced endothelial tube formation, an effect that was completely attenuated by inhibitors of PKA, PI3K, and NOS. These results suggest that cilostazol induces NO production by eNOS activation via a cAMP/PKA- and PI3K/Akt-dependent mechanism and that this effect is involved in capillary-like tube formation in HAEC.

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Journal ID (nlm-ta): Clinics (Sao Paulo)

Title: Clinics

Publisher: Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo

ISSN (Print): 1807-5932

ISSN (Electronic): 1980-5322

Publication date (Print): February 2012

Volume: 67

Issue: 2

Pages: 171-178

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Laboratory of Endothelial Function, Department of Surgery and Anatomy, Ribeirão Preto Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto/SP, Brazil.

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Santos MRGA and Capellini VK contributed to the execution of the experiments and statistics. Celotto AC contributed to the execution of the experiments and to the article writing. Evora PRB and Piccinato CE contributed to the article writing. Joviliano EE was responsible for the project design and article writing.

E-mail: eejov@ 123456fmrp.usp.br Tel.: 55 16 3602-2593 / 3602-2406

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Publisher ID: cln_67p171

DOI: 10.6061/clinics/2012(02)13

PMC ID: 3275114

PubMed ID: 22358243

SO-VID: 4549f1a2-f080-4cff-a058-50e721eb3717

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Date revision received : 2 December 2011

Date accepted : 14 December 2011

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