Is there a role of proinflammatory cytokines on degenerin‐mediated cerebrovascular function in preeclampsia?. Issue 13 (13th July 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Nemeth, Zoltan; Granger, Joey P.; Ryan, Michael J.; Drummond, Heather A.
• Is Part Of: Physiological reports. Volume 10:Issue 13(2022)
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• Publication Date: 2022-07-13
• Subjects: autoregulation -- cerebral blood flow -- myogenic tone -- TNF‐α -- βENaC; Physiology -- Periodicals; 571
• DOI: 10.14814/phy2.15376
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2051-817X

Abstract

Abstract: Preeclampsia (PE) is associated with adverse cerebrovascular effects during and following parturition including stroke, small vessel disease, and vascular dementia. A potential contributing factor to the cerebrovascular dysfunction is the loss of cerebral blood flow (CBF) autoregulation. Autoregulation is the maintenance of CBF to meet local demands with changes in perfusion pressure. When perfusion pressure rises, vasoconstriction of cerebral arteries and arterioles maintains flow and prevents the transfer of higher systemic pressure to downstream microvasculature. In the face of concurrent hypertension, loss of autoregulatory control exposes small delicate microvessels to injury from elevated systemic blood pressure. While placental ischemia is considered the initiating event in the preeclamptic cascade, the factor(s) mediating cerebrovascular dysfunction are poorly understood. Elevated plasma proinflammatory cytokines, such as tumor necrosis factor α (TNF‐α) and interleukin‐17 (IL‐17), are potential mediators of autoregulatory loss. Impaired CBF responses to increases in systemic pressure are attributed to the impaired pressure‐induced (myogenic) constriction of small cerebral arteries and arterioles in PE. Myogenic vasoconstriction is initiated by pressure‐induced vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) stretch. Recent studies from our laboratory group indicate that proinflammatory cytokines impair the myogenic mechanism of CBF autoregulation via inhibition of vascular degenerin proteins, putative mediators of myogenic constriction in VSMCs. This brief review links studies showing the effect of proinflammatory cytokines on degenerin expression and CBF autoregulation to the pathological cerebral consequences of preeclampsia. Abstract : This brief review summarises studies showing the effect of proinflammatory cytokines on vascular degenerin expression and cerebral blood flow autoregulation to the pathological cerebral consequences of preeclampsia. We propose a mechanism by which cytokines may inhibit one autoregulatory mechanism, referred to as myogenic, or pressure induced, vasoconstriction, which is a common mechanism underlying the cerebrovascular disorders of preeclampsia.