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Effects of Bradykinin on Aortic Endothelial Function in ApoE-Knockout Mice With Chronic Chlamydia Pneumoniae Infection.
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- Liuba, Petru (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Pediatrik, Lund,Sektion V,Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Lund,Medicinska fakulteten,Paediatrics (Lund),Section V,Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund,Faculty of Medicine
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Karnani, Päivi (author)
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- Pesonen, Erkki (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Pediatrik, Lund,Sektion V,Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Lund,Medicinska fakulteten,Paediatrics (Lund),Section V,Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund,Faculty of Medicine
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Paakkari, Ilari (author)
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- Persson, Kenneth (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Klinisk mikrobiologi, Malmö,Forskargrupper vid Lunds universitet,Clinical Microbiology, Malmö,Lund University Research Groups
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- Forslid, Anders (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Universitetsveterinären,Medicinska fakulteten,University Veterinary,Faculty of Medicine
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- Japanese Circulation Society, 2007
- 2007
- English.
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In: Circulation Journal. - : Japanese Circulation Society. - 1346-9843 .- 1347-4820. ; 71:9, s. 1480-1484
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Abstract
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- Background Impaired muscarinic receptor-mediated vasodilation is an important feature of early atherosclerosis. Earlier studies on apolipoprotein E-knockout mice (apoE-KO) mice suggested adverse effects of Chlamydia pneumoniae infection on the endothelial vasomotor responses of aortas to the muscarinic agonist methacholine. Using additional aorta samples the present study investigated the responses to bradykinin. Methods and Results ApoE-KO mice were repeatedly inoculated with either Chlamydia pneumoniae (C. pneumoniae) or saline. At 2, 6, and 10 weeks after the first inoculation, precontracted aorta rings from both groups were exposed to bradykinin in the absence and presence of L-NAME and diclofenac. In noninfected animals, the vasomotor responses to bradykinin were similar at all timepoints (p > 0.5). Compared with noninfected animals, the responses in infected animals tended to increase through the study period (p < 0.05 at 10 weeks). Although diclofenac and L-NAME had no effect in noninfected mice, they inhibited the responses to bradykinin in infected mice at 6 and, more markedly, 10 weeks (p < 0.05 for both). Conclusion Bradykinin stimulation of aorta endothelium from C. pneumoniae-infected apoE-KO animals appears to activate compensatory kinin receptor-related mechanisms that could involve nitric oxide and vasorelaxing prostanoids. Although the precise molecular mechanisms require further investigation, one could speculate that strategies increasing bradykinin availability might reverse the arterial dysfunction during chronic infectious disease.
Subject headings
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Pediatrik (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Pediatrics (hsv//eng)
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Medicinska och farmaceutiska grundvetenskaper -- Mikrobiologi inom det medicinska området (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Basic Medicine -- Microbiology in the medical area (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- infection
- relaxation
- bradykinin
- endothelium
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