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Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, Shreveport, Louisiana 71130
Previous studies
utilizing monoclonal antibodies directed against specific
leukocyte-endothelial cell adhesion proteins have suggested that
neutrophils mediate endothelial cell injury in a number of vascular
beds after ischemia-reperfusion (I/R). In the present study, we
investigated superior mesenteric artery (SMA) vascular reactivity to
acetylcholine (ACh) and sodium nitroprusside (SNP) after occlusion and
reperfusion in wild-type (C57BL/6) mice and in gene-targeted mice that
are deficient in either CD11/CD18, intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1), or P-selectin. All mice were 4 wk of age, and the SMA was
occluded for 45 min and then reperfused for 45 min. Segments of SMA
were isolated and suspended in organ chambers and contracted with
phenylephrine (10
5 M), and
the maximal vasorelaxation to ACh
(10
6 M) and SNP
(10
6 M) was measured. SMA
from sham-operated C57BL/6 mice relaxed 83.5 ± 3.3% to ACh and
91.7 ± 3.4% to SNP. In contrast, segments of SMA from
C57BL/6 mice subjected to I/R demonstrated a marked impairment in
vasorelaxation to ACh (51.3 ± 4.7%,
P < 0.01 vs. sham) without any
impairment in the vasoreactivity to SNP (86.1 ± 5.5%). In
CD11/CD18-deficient mice, SMA reactivity to ACh (84.7 ± 2.3%) and
SNP (91.2 ± 2.8%) was unaffected by I/R. Similarly, SMA rings from
ICAM-1-deficient mice exhibited normal vasorelaxation to ACh and SNP
with maximal vasorelaxation of 83.1 ± 2.9 and 87.4 ± 3.0%,
respectively. We also observed profound preservation of endothelium-dependent vasorelaxation after I/R in P-selectin-deficient mice. These findings indicate that leukocyte-endothelial cell adhesion
molecule deficiency is associated with the preservation of
endothelium-dependent vascular responses after I/R.
P-selectin; intercellular adhesion molecule 1; CD11/CD18; neutrophils
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