PMID- 27103017 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170510 LR - 20181113 IS - 1524-4628 (Electronic) IS - 0039-2499 (Print) IS - 0039-2499 (Linking) VI - 47 IP - 6 DP - 2016 Jun TI - Pial Collateral Reactivity During Hypertension and Aging: Understanding the Function of Collaterals for Stroke Therapy. PG - 1618-25 LID - 10.1161/STROKEAHA.116.013392 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: We investigated vasoactive properties of leptomeningeal arterioles (LMAs) under normotensive conditions and during hypertension and aging that are known to have poor collateral flow and little salvageable tissue. METHODS: LMAs, identified as distal anastomotic arterioles connecting middle and anterior cerebral arteries, were studied isolated and pressurized from young (18 weeks) or aged (48 weeks) normotensive Wistar Kyoto (WKY18, n=14; WKY48, n=6) rats and spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR18, n=16; SHR48, n=6). Myogenic tone and vasoactive responses to pressure as well as endothelial function and ion channel activity were measured. RESULTS: LMAs from WKY18 had little myogenic tone at 40 mm Hg (8+/-3%) that increased in aged WKY48 (30+/-6%). However, LMAs from both WKY groups dilated to increased pressure and demonstrated little myogenic reactivity, a response that would be conducive to collateral flow. In contrast, LMAs from both SHR18 and SHR48 displayed considerable myogenic tone (56+/-8% and 43+/-7%; P<0.01 versus WKY) and constricted to increased pressure. LMAs from both WKY and SHR groups had similar basal endothelial nitric oxide and IK channel activity that opposed tone. However, dilation to sodium nitroprusside, diltiazem and 15 mmol/L KCl was impaired in LMAs from SHR18. CONCLUSIONS: This study shows for the first time that LMAs from young and aged SHR are vasoconstricted and have impaired vasodilatory responses that may contribute to greater perfusion deficit and little penumbral tissue. These results also suggest that therapeutic opening of pial collaterals is possible during middle cerebral artery occlusion to create penumbral tissue and prevent infarct expansion. CI - (c) 2016 The Authors. FAU - Chan, Siu-Lung AU - Chan SL AD - From the Departments of Neurological Sciences (S.-L.C., J.G.S., N.B., M.J.C.), Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences (M.J.C.), and Pharmacology (M.J.C.), University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington. FAU - Sweet, Julie G AU - Sweet JG AD - From the Departments of Neurological Sciences (S.-L.C., J.G.S., N.B., M.J.C.), Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences (M.J.C.), and Pharmacology (M.J.C.), University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington. FAU - Bishop, Nicole AU - Bishop N AD - From the Departments of Neurological Sciences (S.-L.C., J.G.S., N.B., M.J.C.), Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences (M.J.C.), and Pharmacology (M.J.C.), University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington. FAU - Cipolla, Marilyn J AU - Cipolla MJ AD - From the Departments of Neurological Sciences (S.-L.C., J.G.S., N.B., M.J.C.), Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences (M.J.C.), and Pharmacology (M.J.C.), University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington. marilyn.cipolla@uvm.edu. LA - eng GR - P01 HL095488/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 NS093289/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20160421 PL - United States TA - Stroke JT - Stroke JID - 0235266 SB - IM MH - Aging/*physiology MH - Animals MH - Blood Vessels/*physiopathology MH - Cerebrovascular Circulation/*physiology MH - Collateral Circulation/*physiology MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Hypertension/*physiopathology MH - Male MH - Pia Mater/*blood supply MH - Rats MH - Rats, Inbred SHR MH - Rats, Inbred WKY MH - Stroke/therapy MH - Vasodilation/*physiology PMC - PMC4878286 MID - NIHMS772975 OTO - NOTNLM OT - cerebrovascular circulation OT - hypertension OT - ion channel OT - nitric oxide OT - nitroprusside OT - potassium channels OT - stroke EDAT- 2016/04/23 06:00 MHDA- 2017/05/11 06:00 PMCR- 2016/05/24 CRDT- 2016/04/23 06:00 PHST- 2016/03/07 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/03/22 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/04/23 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/04/23 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/05/11 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/05/24 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - STROKEAHA.116.013392 [pii] AID - 10.1161/STROKEAHA.116.013392 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Stroke. 2016 Jun;47(6):1618-25. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.116.013392. Epub 2016 Apr 21.