PMID- 30374313 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20201001 IS - 1664-042X (Print) IS - 1664-042X (Electronic) IS - 1664-042X (Linking) VI - 9 DP - 2018 TI - Coronary Microvascular Remodeling in Type 2 Diabetes: Synonymous With Early Aging? PG - 1463 LID - 10.3389/fphys.2018.01463 [doi] LID - 1463 AB - Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is suggested to cause an "early vascular aging" phenomenon that is associated with vascular dysfunction, remodeling, and adverse alterations in vascular stiffness. Given that both T2DM and aging are prominent risk factors for cardiovascular disease, the aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that coronary resistance microvessel (CRM) remodeling and impairments in flow occur in the compound setting of T2DM and aging. Normal heterozygous Db/db controls and homozygous db/db mice were aged to 16 (young) or 36 (aged) weeks for all experiments and passive pressure myography and echocardiography were used to assess vascular mechanics, and structure. CRM wall thickness was significantly increased at each pressure in aged control mice compared to young control mice (9.4 +/- 0.6 vs. 6.8 +/- 0.2 mum, respectively, p < 0.001); however, there were no significant differences in CRM wall thickness of aged db/db mice vs. young db/db mice. Aged control mice had a higher medial CSA compared to young control mice (3847 +/- 303 vs. 2715 +/- 170 mum(2), p < 0.01); however, there were no significant differences in medial CSA of aged db/db mice vs. young db/db mice. Elastic modulus was lower in aged control CRMs vs. young control CRMs (3.5x10(6)+/- 0.7 x 10(6) vs. 8.7 x 10(6)+/- 0.6 x 10(6), p < 0.0001). Elastic modulus remained the same in young db/db mice vs. aged db/db mice. These data show that the diabetic CRMs undergo adverse remodeling at an early age, similar to normal aged CRMs, that persists toward senescence, and it further suggests that diabetic CRMs are subject to an early aging phenomenon. FAU - McCallinhart, Patricia E AU - McCallinhart PE AD - Center for Cardiovascular Research, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, United States. AD - The Heart Center, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, United States. FAU - Sunyecz, Ian L AU - Sunyecz IL AD - Center for Cardiovascular Research, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, United States. AD - The Heart Center, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, United States. FAU - Trask, Aaron J AU - Trask AJ AD - Center for Cardiovascular Research, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, United States. AD - The Heart Center, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, United States. AD - Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, United States. LA - eng GR - R00 HL116769/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - S10 OD023438/OD/NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article DEP - 20181015 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Physiol JT - Frontiers in physiology JID - 101549006 PMC - PMC6196247 OTO - NOTNLM OT - aging OT - coronary remodeling OT - microcirculation OT - type 2 diabetes OT - vascular remodeling OT - vascular stiffness EDAT- 2018/10/31 06:00 MHDA- 2018/10/31 06:01 PMCR- 2018/10/15 CRDT- 2018/10/31 06:00 PHST- 2018/05/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/09/27 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/10/31 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/10/31 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/10/31 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2018/10/15 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fphys.2018.01463 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Physiol. 2018 Oct 15;9:1463. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01463. eCollection 2018.