Vascular brain-derived neurotrophic factor pathway in rats with adjuvant-induced arthritis: Effect of anti-rheumatic drugs

Atherosclerosis
M PedardC Marie

Abstract

In rheumatoid arthritis, the control of both disease activity and standard cardiovascular (CV) risk factors is expected to attenuate the increased CV risk. Evidence that brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) plays a role in vascular biology led us to investigate the vascular BDNF pathway in arthritis rats as well as the interaction between endothelial nitric oxide (NO) and BDNF production. The aortic BDNF pathway was studied in rats with adjuvant-induced arthritis, (AIA) using Western blot and immunohistochemical analysis. Control of arthritis score was achieved by administration (for 3 weeks) of an equipotent dosage of etanercept, prednisolone, methotrexate, celecoxib or diclofenac. Aortas were exposed to an NO donor or an NO synthase inhibitor and vasoreactivity experiments were performed using LM22A-4 as a TrkB agonist. Vascular BDNF and full length tropomyosin-related kinase B receptor (TrkB-FL) were higher in AIA than in control rats. These changes coincided with decreased endothelial immunoreactivity in BDNF and pTrkBtyr816 and were disconnected from arthritis score. Among anti-rheumatic drugs, only prednisolone and methotrexate prevented AIA-induced vascular BDNF loss. The effect of AIA on aortic BDNF levels was rever...Continue Reading

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Feb 8, 2019·Journal of Tissue Engineering·Chanyong JungMinju Song
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