Acute and chronic hypertension causes cerebral vasculopathy, increasing the risk of ischemia and stroke. Our study aimed to compare the effects of arterial pressure reduction on the pial microvascular responses induced by hypoperfusion and reperfusion in spontaneously hypertensive Wistar rats, desamethasone-induced hypertensive Wistar rats and age-matched normotensive Wistar rats fed for 3 months with a normal diet or normal diet supplemented with L-arginine or Taurisolo® or L-arginine plus Taurisolo®. At the end of treatments, the rats were submitted to bilateral occlusion of common carotid arteries for 30 min and reperfusion. The microvascular parameters investigated in vivo through a cranial window were: arteriolar diameter changes, permeability increase, leukocyte adhesion to venular walls and percentage of capillaries perfused. Hypoperfusion–reperfusion caused in all rats marked microvascular changes. L-arginine treatment was effective in reducing arterial blood pressure causing vasodilation but did not significantly reduce the damage induced by hypoperfusion–reperfusion. Taurisolo® treatment was less effective in reducing blood pressure but prevented microvascular damage from hypoperfusion–reperfusion. L-arginine plus Taurisolo® maintained blood pressure levels within the physiological range and protected the pial microcirculation from hypoperfusion–reperfusion-induced microvascular injuries. Therefore, the blood pressure reduction is not the only fundamental aspect to protect the cerebral circulation from hypoperfusion–reperfusion damage.

L-Arginine and Taurisolo® Effects on Brain Hypoperfusion–Reperfusion Damage in Hypertensive Rats / Lapi, Dominga; Tenore, GIAN CARLO; Federighi, Giuseppe; Chiurazzi, Martina; Nunziato, Santo; Lonardo, Maria S.; Stornaiuolo, Mariano; Colantuoni, Antonio; Novellino, Ettore; Scuri, Rossana. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES. - ISSN 1422-0067. - 25:19(2024). [10.3390/ijms251910868]

L-Arginine and Taurisolo® Effects on Brain Hypoperfusion–Reperfusion Damage in Hypertensive Rats

Dominga Lapi;Gian Carlo Tenore;Martina Chiurazzi;Maria S. Lonardo;Mariano Stornaiuolo;Antonio Colantuoni;Ettore Novellino;
2024

Abstract

Acute and chronic hypertension causes cerebral vasculopathy, increasing the risk of ischemia and stroke. Our study aimed to compare the effects of arterial pressure reduction on the pial microvascular responses induced by hypoperfusion and reperfusion in spontaneously hypertensive Wistar rats, desamethasone-induced hypertensive Wistar rats and age-matched normotensive Wistar rats fed for 3 months with a normal diet or normal diet supplemented with L-arginine or Taurisolo® or L-arginine plus Taurisolo®. At the end of treatments, the rats were submitted to bilateral occlusion of common carotid arteries for 30 min and reperfusion. The microvascular parameters investigated in vivo through a cranial window were: arteriolar diameter changes, permeability increase, leukocyte adhesion to venular walls and percentage of capillaries perfused. Hypoperfusion–reperfusion caused in all rats marked microvascular changes. L-arginine treatment was effective in reducing arterial blood pressure causing vasodilation but did not significantly reduce the damage induced by hypoperfusion–reperfusion. Taurisolo® treatment was less effective in reducing blood pressure but prevented microvascular damage from hypoperfusion–reperfusion. L-arginine plus Taurisolo® maintained blood pressure levels within the physiological range and protected the pial microcirculation from hypoperfusion–reperfusion-induced microvascular injuries. Therefore, the blood pressure reduction is not the only fundamental aspect to protect the cerebral circulation from hypoperfusion–reperfusion damage.
2024
L-Arginine and Taurisolo® Effects on Brain Hypoperfusion–Reperfusion Damage in Hypertensive Rats / Lapi, Dominga; Tenore, GIAN CARLO; Federighi, Giuseppe; Chiurazzi, Martina; Nunziato, Santo; Lonardo, Maria S.; Stornaiuolo, Mariano; Colantuoni, Antonio; Novellino, Ettore; Scuri, Rossana. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES. - ISSN 1422-0067. - 25:19(2024). [10.3390/ijms251910868]
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