{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Chehaitly A"],"funding":["foundation for Medical research","Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale"],"pagination":["1078"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9219969"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["11(6)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Flow (shear stress)-mediated dilation (FMD) of resistance arteries is a rapid endothelial response involved in tissue perfusion. FMD is reduced early in cardiovascular diseases, generating a major risk factor for atherosclerosis. As alteration of mitochondrial fusion reduces endothelial cells' (ECs) sprouting and angiogenesis, we investigated its role in ECs responses to flow. Opa1 silencing reduced ECs (HUVECs) migration and flow-mediated elongation. In isolated perfused resistance arteries, FMD was reduced in <i>Opa1</i><sup>+/-</sup> mice, a model of the human disease due to Opa1 haplo-insufficiency, and in mice with an EC specific Opa1 knock-out (EC-Opa1). Reducing mitochondrial oxidative stress restored FMD in EC-Opa1 mice. In isolated perfused kidneys from EC-Opa1 mice, flow induced "],"journal":["Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)"],"pubmed_title":["Altered Mitochondrial Opa1-Related Fusion in Mouse Promotes Endothelial Cell Dysfunction and Atherosclerosis."],"pmcid":["PMC9219969"],"funding_grant_id":["FRM - DPC20171138957","DPC20171138957"],"pubmed_authors":["Guihot AL","Aurriere J","Tetaud C","Joubaud F","Vessieres E","Henrion D","Legouriellec B","Grimaud L","Zorzano A","Rivron J","Procaccio V","Chehaitly A","Loufrani L","Proux C","Reynier P","Lenaers G"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Altered Mitochondrial Opa1-Related Fusion in Mouse Promotes Endothelial Cell Dysfunction and Atherosclerosis.","description":"Flow (shear stress)-mediated dilation (FMD) of resistance arteries is a rapid endothelial response involved in tissue perfusion. FMD is reduced early in cardiovascular diseases, generating a major risk factor for atherosclerosis. As alteration of mitochondrial fusion reduces endothelial cells' (ECs) sprouting and angiogenesis, we investigated its role in ECs responses to flow. Opa1 silencing reduced ECs (HUVECs) migration and flow-mediated elongation. In isolated perfused resistance arteries, FMD was reduced in <i>Opa1</i><sup>+/-</sup> mice, a model of the human disease due to Opa1 haplo-insufficiency, and in mice with an EC specific Opa1 knock-out (EC-Opa1). Reducing mitochondrial oxidative stress restored FMD in EC-Opa1 mice. In isolated perfused kidneys from EC-Opa1 mice, flow induced ","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 May","modification":"2026-05-06T03:09:24.048Z","creation":"2025-04-22T03:05:32.968Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9219969","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35739974"],"doi":["10.3390/antiox11061078"]}}