1992 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Endothelium-derived vasoactive peptide and cerebral vasospasm
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03670091
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
General pharmacology
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| Research Institution | University of Tsukuba |
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Principal Investigator |
SAITO Akira Inst. Basic Med. Sci., Univ. of Tsukuba, Assistant Professor, 基礎医学系, 講師 (40137708)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
GOTO K Inst. Basic Med. Sci., Univ. of Tsukuba, Professor, 基礎医学系, 教授 (30012660)
SHIGENO T Saitama Med. College, Associate Professor, 総合医療センター, 助教授 (20170863)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1991 – 1992
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| Keywords | Endothelin / Cerebral vasospasm / Cerebral artery / Immunohistochemistry / Cerebrospinal fluid / Vascular endothelium |
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| Research Abstract |
Cerebral vasospasm develops following subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). The mechanism of the severe vasoconstriction is still not known. Recently, endothelin was isolated from the culture medium of vascular endothelial cells and found to be a potent vasoconstrictor peptide. We examined a possible contribution of endothelin in the pathogenesis of cerebral vasospasm. In isolated cerebral arteries of dogs, both endothelin-1 and endothelin-2 elicited sustained contractions. The contraction induced by endothelin was not reversed by repeated washings, indicating the irreversible nature of the endothelin action. Endothelin-3 and big endothelin were weak vasoconstrictors. Thus, ET-Atype endothelin receptors are dominant in cerebral arteries. Next, we determined the endothelin contents in plasma and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) by a sandwich enzymatic immunoassay. Endothelin content in CSF of patients with SAH increased at 7th and 14th day of hemorrhage. The time course of the change of endothelin content was further examined in dogs with experimental SAH. In the CSF of normal dogs, endothelin was undetectable. However, 2 and 4 days following SAH, the endothelin levels increased significantly. Immunohistochemical studies revealed the presence of few endothelin-positive endothelial cells in the basilar artery of control dogs. Two and 4 days after the hemorrhage, many endothelin-positive cells appeared. These indicate that the production of endothelin increased in cerebral arteries following SAH. Treatment of the dogs with actinomycin D, which inhibits the production of mRNA for endothelin, prevented the generation of cerebral vasospasm after SAH. These results suggest that endothelin plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of cerebral vasospasm.
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[Publications] Saito, A., Shiba, R., Yanagisawa, M., Masaki, T., Kimura, S., Yamada, K., Mima, T., Shigeno, T. and Goto, K.: Endothelins: "Vasoconstrictor effects and localization in canine cerebral arteries." Br. J. Pharmacol.103. 1129-1135 (1991)
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[Publications] Shigeno, T., Mima, T., Yanagisawa, M., Saito, A., Goto, K., Yamashita, K., Takenouchi, T., Matsuura, N., Yamasaki, Y., Yamada, K., Masaki, T. and Takakura, K.:"Prevention of cerebral vasospasm by actinomycin D." J. Neurosurg.74. 940-943 (1991)
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[Publications] Satoh, S-I., Suzuki, Y., Harada, T., Ikegaki, I., Asano, T., Shibuya, M., Sugita, K. and Saito, A.:"The role of platelets in the development of cerebral vasospasm." Brain Res. Bull.27. 663-668 (1991)
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[Publications] Shiba, R., Sakurai, T., Yamada, G., Morimoto, H., Saito, A., Masaki, T. and Goto, K.: "Cloning and expression of rat preproendothelin-3 cDNA." Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm.186. 588-594 (1992)
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