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Recio Visedo, María Paz

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María Paz
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Recio Visedo
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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Farmacia
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Fisiología
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Fisiología
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    Project number: 292
    Implementación del aprendizaje basado en problemas (ABP) en la enseñanza práctica de la fisiología del sistema digestivo
    (2019) López-Oliva Muñoz, María Elvira; Sánchez Pina, Ana Alejandra; Hernández Rodríguez, Medardo Vicente; Prieto Ocejo, Dolores; García Sacristán, Albino; Contreras Jiménez, Cristina; Martínez Gómez, Ana Cristina; Agis Torres, Angel; Climent Florez, Belén; Rivera de los Arcos, Luis; Recio Visedo, María Paz; Benedito Castellote, Sara; Muñoz Picos, Mercedes; Raposo González, Rafaela
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    Role of Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide in Inhibitory Neurotransmission to the Pig Bladder Neck
    (2011) Martínez-Sáenz, Ana ; Recio Visedo, María Paz; Orensanz, Luis M. ; Leite Fernandes, Vitor Samuel; Martínez Sainz, María Del Pilar; Bustamante, Salvador ; Carballido, Joaquín ; García-Sacristán, Albino ; Prieto Ocejo, Dolores; Hernández Rodríguez, Medardo Vicente
    Purpose: We studied the role of calcitonin gene-related peptide in nonadrenergic, noncholinergic neurotransmission to the pig bladder neck. Materials and Methods: We used immunohistochemical techniques to determine the distribution of calcitonin gene-related peptide immunoreactive fibers as well as organ baths for isometric force recording. We investigated relaxation due to endogenously released or exogenously applied calcitonin gene-related peptide in urothelium denuded phenylephrine precontracted strips treated with guanethidine, atropine and NG-nitro-L-arginine to block noradrenergic neurotransmission, muscarinic receptors and nitric oxide synthase, respectively. Results: Rich calcitonin gene-related peptide immunoreactive innervation was found penetrating through the adventitia and distributed in the suburothelial and muscle layers. Numerous, variable size, varicose calcitonin gene-related peptide immunopositive terminals were seen close below the urothelium. In the muscle layer calcitonin gene-related peptide immunopositive nerves usually appeared as varicose terminals running along muscle fibers. Electrical field stimulation (2 to 16 Hz) and exogenous calcitonin gene-related peptide (0.1 nM to 0.3 μM) evoked frequency and concentration dependent relaxation, respectively. Nerve responses were potentiated by capsaicin, decreased by calcitonin gene-related peptide (8–37) and abolished by tetrodotoxin, capsaicin sensitive primary afferent blockers, calcitonin gene-related peptide receptors and neuronal voltage gated Na+ channels. Calcitonin gene-related peptide-induced relaxation was potentiated by the neuronal voltage gated Ca2+ channels blocker ω-conotoxin-GVIA and decreased by calcitonin gene-related peptide (8–37). Calcitonin gene-related peptide relaxation was not modified by blockade of endopeptidases, nitric oxide synthase, guanylyl cyclase and cyclooxygenase. Conclusions: Results suggest that calcitonin gene-related peptide is involved in the nonadrenergic, noncholinergic inhibitory neurotransmission of the pig bladder neck, producing relaxation through neuronal and muscle calcitonin gene-related peptide receptors. Nitric oxide/cyclic guanosine monophosphate and cyclooxygenase pathways do not seem to be involved in such responses.
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    Mechanisms involved in the nitric oxide-induced vasorelaxation in porcine prostatic small arteries
    (Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol, 2011) Fernandes, Vítor S.; Martínez Sáenz, Ana; Recio Visedo, María Paz; Fernandes Ribeiro, Ana Sofía; Ana Sánchez; Martínez Sainz, María Del Pilar; Martínez Gómez, Ana Cristina; García Sacristán, Albino; Orensanz Muñoz, Luis Miguel; Prieto Ocejo, Dolores; Hernández Rodríguez, Medardo Vicente
    Benign prostatic hypertrophy has been known to be related with glandular ischemia processes, and nitric oxide (NO) is a potent vasodilator agent. Therefore, the current study investigates the mechanisms underlying the NO-induced vasorelaxation in pig prostatic small arteries. In microvascular myographs, relaxation to electrical field stimulation (EFS), or to exogenous (S)-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine (SNAP) and acetylcholine (ACh), was observed on noradrenaline-precontracted prostatic small arterial rings under non-adrenergic and non-cholinergic (NANC) conditions. EFS (1-16 Hz) and exogenous SNAP (0.1-30 μM) evoked frequency- and concentration-dependent relaxation, respectively. Tetrodotoxin, a neuronal voltage-gated Na(+) channel blocker, abolished the EFS-evoked relaxation. ACh (1 nM-10 μM) induced concentration-dependent relaxation, which was reduced by the NO synthase inhibitor N(G)-nitro-L: -arginine (L: -NOARG). L: -NOARG also reduced the EFS-elicited relaxation but failed to modify the response to SNAP. 1H-[1,2,4]-oxadiazolo[4,3-a]quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ) and iberiotoxin (IbTX), blockers of soluble guanylyl cyclase and large conductance Ca(2+)-activated K(+) (BK(Ca)) channels, respectively, reduced EFS-, SNAP-, and ACh-induced relaxation. The combination of ODQ with IbTX did not produce further inhibition of the responses to either SNAP or ACh, compared with ODQ alone. Blockade of cyclooxygenases and intermediate and small conductance Ca(2+)-activated, ATP-dependent, and voltage-gated K(+) channels did not change the EFS and SNAP responses. In conclusion, our results suggest that NO and non-NO non-prostanoid factor(s) derived from NANC nerves are involved in the vasodilatation of pig prostatic small arteries. NO produces relaxation through soluble guanylyl cyclase activation-dependent BK(Ca) channel opening and through guanylyl cyclase-independent mechanisms. The vasodilatation elicited by NO could be useful to prevent prostatic ischemia.
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    Neuronal and non-neuronal bradykinin receptors are involved in the contraction and/or relaxation to the pig bladder neck smooth muscle
    (Neurourology and urodynamics, 2013) Ribeiro, Ana Sofía Fernandes; Leite Fernandes, Vitor Samuel; Martínez Sainz, María Del Pilar; Martínez-Sáenz, Ana; Pazos Rodríguez, María Ruth; Orensanz Muñoz, Luis Miguel; Recio Visedo, María Paz; Bustamante Alarma, Salvador; Carballido Rodríguez, Joaquín; García Sacristán, Albino; Prieto Ocejo, Dolores; Hernández Rodríguez, Medardo Vicente
    Aims: The current study investigates the role played by bradykinin (BK) receptors in the contractility to the pig bladder neck smooth muscle. Methods: Bladder neck strips were mounted in myographs for isometric force recordings and BK receptors expression was also determined by immunohistochemistry. Results: B2 receptor expression was observed in the muscular layer and urothelium whereas B1 expression was consistent detected in urothelium. A strong B2 immunoreactivity was also observed within nerve fibers among smooth muscle bundles. On urothelium-denuded preparations basal tone, BK induced concentration-dependent contractions which were reduced in urothelium-intact samples, by extracellular Ca(2+) removal and by blockade of B2 receptors and voltage-gated Ca(2+) (VOC) and non-VOC channels, and increased by cyclooxygenase (COX) inhibition. On phenylephrine-precontracted denuded strips, under non-adrenergic non-cholinergic (NANC) conditions, electrical field stimulation-elicited frequency-dependent relaxations which were reduced by B2 receptor blockade. In urothelium-intact samples, the B1 receptor agonist kallidin promoted concentration-dependent relaxations which were reduced by blockade of B1 receptors, COX, COX-1 and large-conductance Ca(2+) -activated K(+) (BKCa ) channels and abolished in urothelium-denuded samples and in K(+) -enriched physiological saline solution-precontracted strips. Conclusions: These results suggest that BK produces contraction of pig bladder neck via smooth muscle B2 receptors coupled to extracellular Ca(2+) entry via VOC and non-VOC channels with a minor role for intracellular Ca(2+) mobilization. Facilitatory neuronal B2 receptors modulating NANC inhibitory neurotransmission and urothelial B1 receptors producing relaxation via the COX-1 pathway and BKCa channel opening are also demonstrated.
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    Project number: 407
    Autoevaluación, Coevaluación y el uso de las TIC como enfoque innovador en las prácticas de Fisiopatología y su efecto en el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje del alumno
    (2023) Leite Fernandes, Vitor Samuel; Agis Torres, Ángel; Benedito Castellote, Sara; Climent Flórez, Belén; Contreras Jiménez, Cristina; García Sacristán, Albino; Gómez del Val, Alfonso; Hernández Rodríguez, Medardo Vicente; Hernández Martín, Marina; López-Oliva Muñoz, María Elvira; Merino Martín, José Joaquín; Montenegro Álvarez De Tejera, María Pilar; Muñoz Picos, Mercedes; Navarro Dorado, Jorge; Pascual Gómez, Natalia Fernanda; Perales Calvo, Manuel; Prieto Ocejo, Dolores; Puente Maya, Francisco Jesus; Raposo González, Rafaela; Recio Visedo, María Paz; Rivera De Los Arcos, Luis; Sánchez Pina, Ana Alejandra
    En las últimas décadas, la educación universitaria ha evolucionado hacia un enfoque constructivista en consonancia con las recomendaciones del Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior (EEES). En este paradigma, los estudiantes asumen un papel activo en el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje, mientras los profesores actúan como facilitadores. Las metodologías constructivistas fomentan el desarrollo tanto individual como grupal de competencias específicas y genéricas, al tiempo que permiten la inclusión de agentes de evaluación formativa para estimular la crítica y la autocrítica del alumno en su desempeño. En este contexto, surge la necesidad de aplicar el constructivismo a la evaluación, involucrando al estudiante en su propio proceso de evaluación. La autoevaluación y la coevaluación emergen como alternativas concretas para lograrlo. La autoevaluación implica que el estudiante analice y valore de manera sistemática su trabajo durante el proceso de aprendizaje para mejorar resultados y fomentar la autocrítica. Por otro lado, la coevaluación es una evaluación entre compañeros que permite valorar la implicación y actitud de los miembros del grupo, estimulando el aprendizaje colectivo. Las Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación (TIC) juegan un papel importante en la educación y en la evaluación de los alumnos, diferenciándose de las prácticas tradicionales. La implementación de TIC no solo desarrolla habilidades en el proceso enseñanza-aprendizaje, sino también favorece la autoevaluación y la coevaluación. Con base en este enfoque, se presenta un proyecto de innovación docente en la asignatura de Fisiopatología para estudiantes de Farmacia. Los alumnos crearán videos sobre temas específicos de la práctica y se evaluarán a sí mismos y a sus compañeros utilizando la herramienta App Plickers. Sin embargo, aún no existe una metodología claramente definida para la implementación de estrategias constructivistas y uso de TIC en Fisiopatología, destacando la importancia y relevancia de este proyecto.
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    Endogenous Hydrogen Sulfide has a Powerful Role in Inhibitory Neurotransmission to the Pig Bladder Neck
    (Journal of Urology, 2013) Leite Fernandes, Vitor Samuel; Ribeiro, Ana S.F.; Martínez, María Pilar; Orensanz, Luis M.; Barahona Gomáriz, María Victoria; Martínez-Sáenz, Ana; Recio Visedo, María Paz; Benedito Castellote, Sara; Bustamante, Salvador; Carballido, Joaquín; García Sacristán, Albino; Prieto Ocejo, Dolores; Hernández Rodríguez, Medardo Vicente
    Purpose: We investigated the possible involvement of H2S in nitric oxide independent inhibitory neurotransmission to the pig bladder neck. Materials and methods: We used immunohistochemistry to determine the expression of the H2S synthesis enzymes cystathionine γ-lyase and cystathionine β-synthase. We also used electrical field stimulation and myographs for isometric force recordings to study relaxation in response to endogenously released or exogenously applied H2S in urothelium denuded, phenylephrine precontracted bladder neck strips under noradrenergic, noncholinergic, nonnitrergic conditions. Results: Cystathionine γ-lyase and cystathionine β-synthase expression was observed in nerve fibers in the smooth muscle layer. Cystathionine γ-lyase and cystathionine β-synthase immunoreactive fibers were also identified around the small arteries supplying the bladder neck. Electrical field stimulation (2 to 16 Hz) evoked frequency dependent relaxation, which was decreased by DL-propargylglycine and abolished by tetrodotoxin (blockers of cystathionine γ-lyase and neuronal voltage gated Na(+) channels, respectively). The cystathionine β-synthase inhibitor O-(carboxymethyl)hydroxylamine did not change nerve mediated responses. The H2S donor GYY4137 (0.1 nM to 10 μM) induced potent, concentration dependent relaxation, which was not modified by neuronal voltage gated Na(+) channels, or cystathionine γ-lyase or cystathionine β-synthase blockade. Conclusions: Results suggest that endogenous H2S synthesized by cystathionine γ-lyase and released from intramural nerves acts as a powerful signaling molecule in nitric oxide independent inhibitory transmission to the pig bladder neck.
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    Project number: 257
    Aprendizaje basado en problemas (ABP) mediante simulación en la enseñanza práctica de la Fisiopatología del sistema nervioso
    (2017) Martinez Gómez, Ana Cristina; Climent Florez, Belén; Recio Visedo, María Paz; Benedito Castellote, Sara; Agis Torres, Ángel; López-Oliva Muñoz, María Elvira; Muñoz Picos, Mercedes; García Sacristán, Albino; Rivera de los Arcos, Luis; Prieto Ocejo, Dolores; Hernández Rodríguez, Medardo Vicente; Sánchez Pina, Ana Alejandra
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    Project number: 159
    Impacto de la implementación del aprendizaje basado en problemas en combinación con las prácticas de laboratorio clínico y virtual de Fisiopatología para el desarrollo de competencias profesionales
    (2020) López-Oliva Muñoz, María Elvira; García Sacristán, Albino; Rivera de los Arcos, Luis; Prieto Ocejo, Dolores; Benedito Castellote, Sara; Hernández Rodríguez, Medardo Vicente; Recio Visedo, María Paz; Climent Flórez, Belén; Agis Torres, Ángel; Raposo González, Rafaela; Contreras Jimenez, Cristina; Sánchez Pina, Ana Alejandra; Hernándes Martín, Marina; Rodríguez Prado, Claudia; Muñoz Picos, Mercedes; Perales Calvo, Manuel; Puente Maya, Francisco Jesús; Bragado Aguado, María del Carmen
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    In vitro inhibition of phosphodiesterase type 4 enhances rat corpus cavernosum nerve-mediated relaxation induced by gasotransmitters
    (Life Sciences, 2022) Leite Fernandes, Vitor Samuel; López-Oliva Muñoz, María Elvira; Martínez Sainz, María Del Pilar; Agis Torres, Ángel; Recio Visedo, María Paz; Navarro Dorado, Jorge; Barahona Gomáriz, María Victoria; Benedito Castellote, Sara; Prieto Ocejo, Dolores; Climent Flórez, Belén; Hernández Rodríguez, Medardo Vicente
    Aims: Nitric oxide (NO) and hydrogen sulfide (H2S) are involved in nerve-mediated corpus cavernosum (CC) relaxation. Expression of phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) and type 4 (PDE4), cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP)- and cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP)-specific, respectively, has been described and PDE5- and PDE4-inhibitors induce cavernous smooth muscle relaxation. Whereas the NO/cGMP signaling pathway is well established in penile erection, the cAMP-mediated mechanism is not fully elucidated. The aim of this study is to investigate the localization and the functional significance of PDE4 in rat CC tone regulation. Main methods: We performed immunohistochemistry for the detection of the PDE4A isoenzyme. Isometric tension recordings for roflumilast and tadalafil, PDE4 and PDE5 inhibitors, respectively, electrical field stimulation (EFS) and β-adrenoceptor agonist isoproterenol and endogenous H2S production measurement. Key findings: A marked PDE4A expression was detected mainly localized in the nerve cells of the cavernous smooth muscle. Furthermore, roflumilast and tadalafil exhibited strong corpus cavernous relaxations. Endoge-nous H2S production was decreased by NO and H2S synthase inhibitors and increased by roflumilast. Isopro-terenol- and EFS-induced relaxations were increased by roflumilast. Significance: These results indicate that PDE4A is mainly expressed within the nerves cells of the rat CC, where roflumilast induces a potent corpus cavernous relaxation per se and potentiates the response induced by β-adrenoceptor activation. The fact that roflumilast enhances H2S production, as well as EFS-elicited responses suggests that PDE4 inhibitors modulate, in a positive feedback fashion, nerve-mediated relaxation induced by gasotransmitters, thus indicating a key role for neuronal PDE4 in penile erection.
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    Hydrogen Sulfide Plays a Key Role in the Inhibitory Neurotransmission to the Pig Intravesical Ureter
    (Plos One, 2014) Fernandes, Vítor S.; Fernandes Ribeiro, Ana Sofía; Martínez Sainz, María Del Pilar; López-Oliva Muñoz, María Elvira; Barahona Gomáriz, María Victoria; Orensanz Muñoz, Luis Miguel; Martínez Sáenz, Ana; Recio Visedo, María Paz; Benedito Castellote, Sara; Bustamante, Salvador; García Sacristán, Albino; Prieto Ocejo, Dolores; Hernández Rodríguez, Medardo Vicente; Agustin Guerrero-Hernandez
    According to previous observations nitric oxide (NO), as well as an unknown nature mediator are involved in the inhibitory neurotransmission to the intravesical ureter. This study investigates the hydrogen sulfide (H2S) role in the neurogenic relaxation of the pig intravesical ureter. We have performed western blot and immunohistochemistry to study the expression of the H2S synthesis enzymes cystathionine γ-lyase (CSE) and cystathionine β-synthase (CBS), measurement of enzymatic production of H2S and myographic studies for isometric force recording. Immunohistochemical assays showed a high CSE expression in the intravesical ureter muscular layer, as well as a strong CSE-immunoreactivity within nerve fibres distributed along smooth muscle bundles. CBS expression, however, was not consistently observed. On ureteral strips precontracted with thromboxane A2 analogue U46619, electrical field stimulation (EFS) and the H2S donor P-(4-methoxyphenyl)-P-4-morpholinylphosphinodithioic acid (GYY4137) evoked frequency- and concentration-dependent relaxations. CSE inhibition with DL-propargylglycine (PPG) reduced EFS-elicited responses and a combined blockade of both CSE and NO synthase (NOS) with, respectively, PPG and NG-nitro-L-arginine (L-NOARG), greatly reduced such relaxations. Endogenous H2S production rate was reduced by PPG, rescued by addition of GYY4137 and was not changed by L-NOARG. EFS and GYY4137 relaxations were also reduced by capsaicin-sensitive primary afferents (CSPA) desensitization with capsaicin and blockade of ATP-dependent K+ (KATP) channels, transient receptor potential A1 (TRPA1), transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1), vasoactive intestinal peptide/pituitary adenylyl cyclase-activating polypeptide (VIP/PACAP) and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) receptors with glibenclamide, HC030031, AMG9810, PACAP6-38 and CGRP8-37, respectively. These results suggest that H2S, synthesized by CSE, is involved in the inhibitory neurotransmission to the pig intravesical ureter, through an NO-independent pathway, producing smooth muscle relaxation via KATP channel activation. H2S also promotes the release of inhibitory neuropeptides, as PACAP 38 and/or CGRP from CSPA through TRPA1, TRPV1 and related ion channel activation.