Effects of in vitro amitriptyline, fluoxetine, tranylcypromine and venlafaxine on saphenous vein grafts

Abstract Objective: In this study, we aimed to examine the effects of amitriptyline, fluoxetine, tranylcypromine and venlafaxine on saphenous vein grafts in coronary artery bypass graft surgeries. Methods: 59 patients (40 males and 19 females; mean age 65.1 years, distribution: 45-84 years) who had coronary artery bypass graft surgery between February 2014 and May 2016 were included in the study. After the saphenous vein grafts with intact and denuded endothelium were precontracted with 3×10-6M phenylephrine, amitriptyline, fluoxetine and tranylcypromine were cumulatively added to isolated organ baths in the range of 10-11-3x10-5M, while venlafaxine was added in the range of 10-9-3×10-5M. Then, the antidepressant-induced relaxation responses were recorded isometrically. Results: While the relaxation response of amitriptyline at -6.42 (Log M) was 74.6%, the response at -6.32 (Log M) was 75.5%. While the relaxation response at -6.46 (Log M) of fluoxetine was 68.02%, the response at -6.02 (Log M) was 72.12%. While the relaxation response of tranylcypromine at -7.53 (Log M) was 61.13%, the response at -7.23 (Log M) was 65.53%. While the relaxation response of venlafaxine at -6.21 (Log M) was 29.98%, the response at -5.90 (Log M) was 32.96%. Conclusion: The maximum relaxation at minimum and maximum therapeutic concentrations was obtained with amitriptyline, fluoxetine and tranylcypromine, and the minimum relaxation was obtained with venlafaxine. The relaxation responses were independent of the endothelium.

Reactividad vascular in vitro y estudio morfométrico de venas safenas utilizadas como bypass coronario: técnica "no-touch" versus convencional / In vitro vascular reactivity and morphometric study of saphenous veins graft used as coronary bypass: "no-touch" versus conventional technique

Resumen Introducción: Prolongar la permeabilidad de los injertos utilizados en bypass coronario es un desafío constante. Objetivo: Comparar anatomofuncionalmente venas safenas humanas (VSH) extraídas con técnica convencional (TC) vs técnica "no-touch" (NT). Material y Método: Estudio experimental. Se diseccionó VSH con TC y NT en el pabellón de cirugía cardiaca del Hospital Regional de Antofagasta. Las muestras de VSH fueron seccionadas en anillos de 3 mm y conservados en cámaras de órganos aislados con solución Ringer-Krebs. Para evaluar la vasomotilidad se administró norepinefrina (10-6M), papaverina (10-4M), acetilcolina (10-6M) y nitroprusiato de sodio (10-5M). Un segmento de las muestras fue fijado en formalina al 10%, procesado con técnica histológica y analizado bajo microscopía óptica. Las muestras fueron teñidas con hematoxilina-eosina, Verhoeff y orceína. El análisis estadístico fue realizado mediante el software Prism Graphad. Resultados: Reactividad vascular: La vasoconstricción inducida por noradrenalina fue significativamente superior en anillos del grupo NT vs TC (p < 0,0001). La vasodilatación producida por papaverina y acetilcolina fue superior en el grupo NT (p < 0,004) y (p < 0,0003), respectivamente. Estudio morfométrico: El grupo NT presentó túnica muscular (0,755 vs 0,680 mm), adventicia (0,5600 vs 0,4663 mm) y pared total (1,344 vs 0,962 mm) más gruesa que el grupo TC. No hubo diferencias significativas respecto el número de vasa vasorum. Conclusión: El grupo NT responde significativamente mejor a estímulos vasoconstrictores y vasodilatadores. Los resultados se asocian con las diferencias morfométricas.

Introduction: Prolonging of the grafts permeability used in coronary bypass is a constant challenge. Objective: To compare anatomical and functional human saphenous veins (VSH) extracted "No touch" (NT) technique vs conventional technique (TC). Materials and Methods: Experimental study. VSH dissected with CT and NT in the Regional Hospital of Antofagasta cardiac surgery ward. VSH samples were sectioned into 3 mm rings and preserved in isolated organs chambers with Krebs-Ringer solution. To evaluate the vasomotor activity, norepinephrine (10-6M), papaverine (10-4M), acetylcholine (10-6M) and sodium nitroprusside (10-5M) was administered. A segment of samples was fixed in 10% formalin, processed and histological analyzed under light microscopy technique with hematoxylin-eosin, Verhoeff and orceína. Statistical analysis was performed using the Prism software Graphad. Results: Vascular Reactivity: norepinephrine-induced vasoconstriction was significantly higher in the group rings NT vs TC (p < 0.0001). Vasodilation was higher with papaverine and acetylcholine in the NT group (p < 0.004) and (p < 0.0003), respectively. Morphometric study: The NT group presented muscularis (0.755 vs 0.680 mm), adventitious (0.5600 vs 0.4663 mm), and total wall (1.344 vs 0.962 mm) thicker than the TC group. No significant differences in vasa vasorum number identified. Conclusion: The NT group vasoconstrictor and vasodilator responds significantly better. Results correlate with morphometric differences.

Effects of lidocaine on membrane stabilization in harvested vein graft storage

To investigate the effects of lidocaine on the morphology of saphenous veins [SVs] harvested during coronary artery bypass graft [CABG] surgery. This experimental study was conducted at the Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey, between May and September 2007. The SVs from 11 patients who underwent CABG surgery were divided into 3 segments. Each segment from the same location of the grafts was allocated into 3 groups as control group [group C], physiologic saline group [group PS], and lidocaine group [group L]. Nitric oxide synthase [NOS], nitric oxide [NO] pool, super oxide dismutase [SOD], and thiobarbituric acid reactive substances [TBARS] levels were measured in the samples from the groups. Histologic specimens were evaluated according to previously defined criteria, and scored accordingly. Histological examination of the grafts in groups L and C were similar, but histological scoring of grafts in group PS were statistically higher than group C [p=0.008]. Nitric oxide synthase activity and NO pool were higher in groups L and PS than in group C [p=0.010]. Super oxide dismutase activity was higher in group L than in group PS [p=0.008]. Super oxide dismutase activity was lower in group PS than in group C [p=0.047]. There was no significant difference between TBARS level in all groups. Our results indicate that primary damage might occur during surgery due to traumatic handling of the graft, and succeeding injuries could occur due to ischemia-reperfusion injury during the waiting period. Adding lidocaine to the preservation solution will protect later injury

Influencia del sistema nitridérgico en la respuesta contráctil a fenilefrina de anillos de vasos usados en revascularización coronaria / Modification of phenylephrine induced contraction of human vessel rings by L-arginine and L-arginine methyl ester

Background: Endothelial dysfunction is associated to a lower production of nitric oxide and a reduction of endothelium mediated vasodilation. Aim: To study the effects of pharmacological agents that modify nitric oxide synthetase (NOS) activity on tension changes induced by phenylephrine in rings of internal mammary and radial arteries and saphenous vein. Material and methods: Vessel rings of 7 to 10 mm length were obtained from 32 patients subjected to coronary vascular surgery Fourteen samples of radial artery, 12 samples of internal mammary artery and 15 samples of saphenous vein were obtained. A maximal contraction was induced with KC1 and dose response curves for phenylephrine (FE) in the absence or presence of L-arginine and L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME), were constructed. Results: The tension induced by FE in internal mammary artery and saphenous vein reached a maximum, near 90 percent of 80 mM KCl-induced contraction, but in the radial artery, it reached a maximum of 63 percent (p <0.05). In all vessels, the dose response curves were significantly shifted to the right by L-arginine and to the íeft by L-NAME. Conclusions: Pre-incubation of human rings with L-ARG or L-NAME, changed the response to FE induced contraction, which may be related to different degrees of endothelial nitric oxide production or NO sensitivity. The basal NO production in radial artery seems to be larger than the other vessels.

Aspectos estructurales y funcionales de la vena safena humana utilizada como puente aorto-coronario en la cirugia de revascularización miocárdica / Structural and functional aspects of the human saphenous vein used as aorto-coronary graft in myocardial revascularization

La vena safena humana (VSH) se utiliza como puente en la cirugía de revascularización coronaria y de otros lechos arteriales, especialmente de miembros inferiores. Dado que los puentes de VSH presentan un porcentaje considerable de obliteración, numerosos estudios han investigado los factores que promoverían la producción de la estenosis en los mismos. Este artículo describe resultados sobre las condiciones estructurales y funcionales que confluyen para producir la obstrucción de los puentes de VSH. Se analiza la reactividad de la VSH a agonistas fisiológicos, incluídos los factores contrayentes y relajantes derivados del endotelio, por su importancia en determinar el vasoespasmo y en modificar la expresión de factores de crecimiento tisular y/o promotores de procesos trombóticos y ateromatosos. Se describen mecanismos involucrados en la regulación del estado contráctil de los miocitos lisos, en particular la actividad de canales de K+ de la membrana

Vasorelaxant effects of the potassium channel opener SR 47063 on the isolated human saphenous vein and rat aorta

The vasorelaxant effects of SR 47063 (4-(2-cyanimino-1,2-dihydropyrid-1-yl)-2,2-dimethyl-6-nitrochromene), a new K+-channel opener structurally related to levcromakalim, were examined in isolated human saphenous vein (HSV) and rat aorta (RA). HSV or RA rings were precontracted with either KCl or noradrenaline and cumulative relaxant concentration-response curves were obtained for SR 47063 (0.1 nM to 1 µM) in the presence or absence of 3 µM glibenclamide. SR 47063 potently relaxed HSV and RA precontracted with 20 mM (but not 60 mM) KCl or 10 µM noradrenaline in a concentration-dependent manner, showing slightly greater activity in the aorta. The potency of the effect of SR 47063 on HSV and RA was 12- and 58-fold greater, respectively, than that reported for the structurally related K+-channel opener levcromakalim. The vasorelaxant action of SR 47063 in both blood vessels was strongly inhibited by 3 µM glibenclamide, consistent with a mechanism of action involving ATP-dependent K+-channels

Pharmacological screening of some quinoline derivatives in canine vascular smooth muscle

In order to develop drugs wich can discriminate vascular 5-HT1-like receptos, this study aalyzed the agonist/antagonist interactions of several quinoline derivatives in vascular tissues containing these receptors. 5/HT and several substituted quinolines were evaluated and compared in canine basilar artery rings and saphenous vein helical strips wich were mounted in organ baths for monitoring isometric tension changes. Based upon the molecular features of quipazine, the main assayed variations included some substitutions at the 4-position of piperazine and miscellaneous substitutions at the 2-position of the quinoline nucleus. The rsults, in terms of agonist-induced contraction and-or antagonism of 5-HT-induced contraction revealed that: a) 4-alylation of the piperazinyl mioety moderately increases the agonist efficacy; b) halogenation or methylation at 5-or 6-position of both 1-piperazinyl-and 4-methyl-1-piperazinyl quinolines completely abolishes agonist activity; c) introduction of larger substituents (i.e., alkyl, carbethoxy, acethoxyalkyl, aromatic and non/aromatic rings) at the 4-position of the piperazinyl moiety, notably decreases or even abolishes the agonist activity; d) replacement of the piperainyl group by an aminoethyl moiety impotantly increases potency (more than threefold) and efficacy (more than twofold). These findings represent leads which may aid the subsequent desing of vascular 5-HT1-like-selective agents

Alguns aspectos da funçäo endotelial em cirurgia cardíaca / Some aspects of the endothelial function in cardiac surgery

Este estudo mostra alguns aspectos da funçäo endotelial relacionados, diretamente, com a cirurgia cardíaca: 1) Após isquemia miocárdica global seguida de reperfusäo, o endotélio coronariano perde a habilidade de expressar vasodilataçäo endotélio-dependente mediada por receptores, ao passo que o relaxamento endotélio-dependente mediado pelo cálcio ionóforo A23187 e a fosfolipasec C, que näo dependem de estimulaçäo de receptores, encontra-se inalterada. O relaxamento produzido pelo fluoreto de sódio, o qual atua através de G-proteína(s), encontra-se comprometido. Estes experimentos indicam que o comprometimento da produçäo de EDRF/NO mediada por receptores após a lesäo de reperfusäo possa ser devido a uma disfunçäo de G-proteínas que liga os receptores da célula endotelial à via da sínese de EDRF/NO; 2) Quarenta e cinco minutos de parada cardioplégica de coraçöes de cäes, pela soluçäo St. Thomas näo comprometem a produçäo de EDRF/NO em artérias epicárdicas coronárias. Estudos farmacológicos in vitro semelhantes, testando-se os efeitos da soluçäo UW, suportaram o conceito de que ela näo lesa o endotélio coronariano, sendo segura para a preservaçäo cardíaca durantes transplantes cardíacos; 3) Em segmentos de artérias coronárias, renais, femorais, e em segmentos de artéria pulmonar, a protamina induziu vasodilataçäo endotélio-dependente, mediada pela estimulaçäo da liberaçäo de EDRF/NO. Nas circulaçöes coronariana e sistêmica, ao contrário do que se verificou nos experimentos envolvendo a circulaçäo pulmonar, este efeito foi independente da presença de heparina; 4) Em 83 por cento dos ensaios biológicos, o efluente da AMI esquerda induziu um relaxamento maior do anel coronariano bioensaiado do que o efluente da AMI direita, por liberaçäo basal de EDRF/NO. Este inibe a adesividade e a agregaçäo plaquetárias e a aterogêne, contribuindo para os resultados superiores obtidos quando se utiliza esta artéria para a revascularizaçäo do miocárdi. Quando expostos à hipoxia, as atividades vasodilatadoras da AMI e da veia safena foram maiores. Esta acentuaçäo da vasodilataçäo causada pela hipóxia foi inibida pelo tratamento com a indometacina, e, rapidamente, revertida, quando se restabeleceu a normóxia.