title: Involvement of NADH/NADPH oxidase-derived superoxide in experimental vasospasm induced by periarterial blood in rat femoral artery.
abstract: To elucidate the mechanism(s) involved in periarterial blood-mediated vasospasm in the rat femoral artery, vascular production of superoxide and related expression of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) were assessed with subsequent perivascular mobilization of granulocytes and macrophages. Arterial vasospasm characterized by increased wall thickness and decreased lumen size was observed on the side exposed to blood at 7 to 12 days, and these vascular changes were significantly ameliorated by pretreatment with NADH/NADPH oxidase inhibitor, diphenyleneiodonium (200 microM, locally). Increased mobilization of granulocytes was paralleled with the expression of ICAM-1 in the vessels at 24 hours after periarterial application of blood to the femoral artery, and then both declined. Subsequently, infiltration of macrophage progressively increased at all layers throughout 7 to 12 days. In in vitro study, a large amount of superoxide that was inhibitable by diphenyleneiodonium (20 and 100 microM) was produced at 3 hours upon application of 10% autologous blood to the aortic segments. Furthermore, ICAM-1 expression by autologous blood was well correlated with generation of superoxide anion in the aortic segment (r=0.975, P<0.05). Taken together, it is suggested that NADH/NADPH oxidase-derived superoxide is implicated in periarterial blood-induced vasospasm via increased expression of ICAM-1 with subsequent mobilization of granulocyte/macrophage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Korea.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Hong
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000378:metabolism; D046508:Culture Techniques; D005263:Femoral Artery; D006098:Granulocytes / Q000276:immunology; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications*; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008264:Macrophages / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D019255:NADPH Oxidases / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013481:Superoxides / Q000378:metabolism*; D020301:Vasospasm, Intracranial / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D013481:Superoxides; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1; D019255:NADPH Oxidases