1. Ca2+ oscillation in vascular smooth muscle cells control myogenic spontaneous vasomotion and counteract post-ischemic no-reflow.
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Li, Jinze, Zhang, Yiyi, Zhang, Dongdong, Wang, Wentao, Xie, Huiqi, Ruan, Jiayu, Jin, Yuxiao, Li, Tingbo, Li, Xuzhao, Zhao, Bingrui, Zhang, Xiaoxuan, Lin, Jiayi, Shi, Hongjun, and Jia, Jie-Min
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VASCULAR smooth muscle , *MYOBLASTS , *MUSCLE cells , *OSCILLATIONS , *ISCHEMIC stroke , *CEREBRAL circulation , *HOMEOSTASIS - Abstract
Ischemic stroke produces the highest adult disability. Despite successful recanalization, no-reflow, or the futile restoration of the cerebral perfusion after ischemia, is a major cause of brain lesion expansion. However, the vascular mechanism underlying this hypoperfusion is largely unknown, and no approach is available to actively promote optimal reperfusion to treat no-reflow. Here, by combining two-photon laser scanning microscopy (2PLSM) and a mouse middle cerebral arteriolar occlusion (MCAO) model, we find myogenic vasomotion deficits correlated with post-ischemic cerebral circulation interruptions and no-reflow. Transient occlusion-induced transient loss of mitochondrial membrane potential (ΔΨm) permanently impairs mitochondria-endoplasmic reticulum (ER) contacts and abolish Ca2+ oscillation in smooth muscle cells (SMCs), the driving force of myogenic spontaneous vasomotion. Furthermore, tethering mitochondria and ER by specific overexpression of ME-Linker in SMCs restores cytosolic Ca2+ homeostasis, remotivates myogenic spontaneous vasomotion, achieves optimal reperfusion, and ameliorates neurological injury. Collectively, the maintaining of arteriolar myogenic vasomotion and mitochondria-ER contacts in SMCs, are of critical importance in preventing post-ischemic no-reflow. The no-reflow phenomenon after stroke is attributed to damaged spontaneous vasomotion of cerebral arterioles, which can be alleviated by maintaining mitochondria-ER contact-dependent Ca2+ oscillation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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