title: Vascular dysfunction in type 2 diabetic TallyHo mice: role for an increase in the contribution of PGH2/TxA2 receptor activation and cytochrome p450 products.
abstract: In this study, we tested the hypothesis that spontaneously diabetic TallyHo (TH) mice, a novel polygenic model for type 2 diabetes, will exhibit endothelial dysfunction associated with an increased contribution from endothelium-derived contractile factors (EDCF). The cellular mechanisms underlying the increased contribution of EDCF were explored in 16 and 30-week-old male TH and age-matched male C57BL/6J mice (n=4-9). Blood glucose and serum lipid profiles were markedly increased in the TH mice. Superoxide generation, assessed with a lucigenin chemiluminescence assay, was markedly increased in the aortae of TH mice. Endothelium-dependent vascular relaxations and contractions to acetylcholine (ACh), but not endothelium-independent relaxations to sodium nitroprusside, were impaired and vascular contractions to phenylephrine were significantly enhanced in aortae from TH mice. Nomega-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester markedly increased the ACh-induced contractions in TH mice, whereas SQ29548, a thromboxane receptor antagonist, and cytochrome P450 (CYP) inhibitors 17-octadecynoic acid and sulfaphenazole, the latter being specific for CYP2C6 and 2C9, decreased and (or) normalized the contractile response to ACh in TH mice. The present study indicates that enhanced contribution of prostaglandin H2/thromboxane A2 receptor and CYP, likely CYP2C6 and 2C9, play a critical role in the pathogenesis of increased EDCF in the aortae of type 2 diabetic TH mice.
authors.affiliation: Smooth Muscle Research Group, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, AB T2N 4N1, Canada.
authors.forename: Zhong Jian
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Yan-Fen
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Severson
authors.forename: Chris R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Triggle
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D019086:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic; D065607:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / Q000494:pharmacology; D006834:Hydrazines / Q000494:pharmacology; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D011189:Potassium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D044262:Prostaglandin H2 / Q000378:metabolism*; D044244:Receptors, Thromboxane A2, Prostaglandin H2 / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D013426:Sulfaphenazole / Q000494:pharmacology; D013481:Superoxides / Q000378:metabolism; D014661:Vasoconstriction / Q000187:drug effects; D014664:Vasodilation
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D019086:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic; D065607:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated; D006834:Hydrazines; D008055:Lipids; D044244:Receptors, Thromboxane A2, Prostaglandin H2; D013426:Sulfaphenazole; D013481:Superoxides; C047008:17-octadecynoic acid; D044262:Prostaglandin H2; D011189:Potassium Chloride; C045749:SQ 29548; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System