School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia.
School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD 4222, Australia.
Int J Mol Sci. 2024 Jan 30;25(3):1694. doi: 10.3390/ijms25031694.
There is evidence to suggest that hormonal migraine is associated with altered cerebrovascular function. We aimed to investigate whether the expression of genes related to endothelial function in venous blood (1) might influence cerebrovascular function, (2) differs between hormonal migraineur and non-migraineur women, and (3) changes following resveratrol supplementation. This study utilised data obtained from 87 women (59 hormonal migraineurs and 28 controls) where RNA from venous blood was used to quantify gene expression and transcranial Doppler ultrasound was used to evaluate cerebrovascular function. Spearman's correlation analyses were performed between gene expression, cerebrovascular function, and migraine-related disability. We compared the expression of genes associated with endothelial function between migraineurs and non-migraineurs, and between resveratrol and placebo. The expression of several genes related to endothelial function was associated with alterations in cerebrovascular function. Notably, the expression of was associated with increased neurovascular coupling capacity ( = 0.013), and both ( = 0.035) and ( = 0.014) expression were associated with increased cerebral blood flow velocity in the overall study population. Additionally, expression correlated with decreased pulsatility index (a measure of cerebral arterial stiffness) ( = 0.009) and headache impact test-6 scores ( = 0.007) in the migraineurs. No significant differences in gene expression were observed between migraineurs and controls, or between placebo and resveratrol treatments in migraineurs. Thus, altering the expression of genes related to endothelial function may improve cerebrovascular function and decrease migraine-related disability.
有证据表明,激素性偏头痛与脑血管功能改变有关。我们旨在研究静脉血中与内皮功能相关的基因表达(1)是否会影响脑血管功能,(2)是否在激素性偏头痛患者和非偏头痛患者之间存在差异,以及(3)在白藜芦醇补充后是否发生变化。本研究利用了 87 名女性(59 名激素性偏头痛患者和 28 名对照组)的数据,其中静脉血 RNA 用于定量基因表达,经颅多普勒超声用于评估脑血管功能。对基因表达、脑血管功能和偏头痛相关残疾之间进行 Spearman 相关性分析。我们比较了偏头痛患者和非偏头痛患者之间以及白藜芦醇和安慰剂之间与内皮功能相关的基因表达。几种与内皮功能相关的基因表达与脑血管功能的改变相关。值得注意的是,的表达与神经血管耦合能力的增加有关( = 0.013),而和的表达均与研究人群中脑血流速度的增加有关( = 0.035 和 = 0.014)。此外,的表达与偏头痛患者搏动指数(衡量脑动脉僵硬度的指标)的降低相关( = 0.009)和头痛影响测试-6 评分( = 0.007)相关。在偏头痛患者中,未观察到基因表达在偏头痛患者和对照组之间或安慰剂和白藜芦醇治疗之间存在显著差异。因此,改变与内皮功能相关的基因表达可能改善脑血管功能并降低偏头痛相关残疾。