The relationship of pro-inflammatory markers to vascular endothelial function after acute stroke

Purpose/Aim: Data from chronic stroke studies have reported reduced blood flow and vascular endothelial function in the stroke-affected limb. It is unclear whether these differences are present early after stroke. First, we investigated whether vascular endothelial function in the stroke-affected limb would be different from healthy adults. Second, we examined whether between-limb differences in vascular endothelial function existed in the stroke-affected arm compared to the non-affected arm. Last, we tested whether reduced vascular endothelial function was related to pro-inflammatory markers that are present early after stroke.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Vascular endothelial function was assessed by flow-mediated dilation (FMD) in the brachial artery within 72 h post-stroke. All participants withheld medications from midnight until after the procedure. Ultrasound scans and blood draws for pro-inflammatory markers occurred on the same day between 7:30 am and 9:00 am.

RESULTS: People with acute stroke had significantly lower FMD (4.2% ± 4.6%) than control participants (8.5% ± 5.2%, p = 0.037). Stroke participants had between-limb differences in FMD (4.2% ± 4.6% stroke-affected vs. 5.3% ± 4.4% non-affected, p = 0.02), whereas, the control participants did not. Of the pro-inflammatory markers, only vascular cell adhesion molecule-1(VCAM-1) had a significant relationship to FMD (stroke-affected limb, r = -0.62, p = 0.03; non-affected limb, r = -0.75, p = 0.005), but not tumor necrosis factor alpha nor interleukin-6.

CONCLUSIONS: Vascular endothelial function is reduced starting in the early stage of stroke recovery. People with higher levels of VCAM-1 had a lower FMD response.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:127

Enthalten in:

The International journal of neuroscience - 127(2017), 6 vom: 17. Juni, Seite 486-492

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Billinger, Sandra A [VerfasserIn]
Sisante, Jason-Flor V [VerfasserIn]
Mattlage, Anna E [VerfasserIn]
Alqahtani, Abdulfattah S [VerfasserIn]
Abraham, Michael G [VerfasserIn]
Rymer, Marilyn M [VerfasserIn]
Camarata, Paul J [VerfasserIn]

Links:

Volltext

Themen:

Acute stroke
Cytokinins
Flow-mediated dilation
Inflammatory markers
Journal Article
Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1
Vascular endothelial function

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 28.03.2017

Date Revised 13.11.2018

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/00207454.2016.1198344

funding:

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM261102435