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Cardiovascular hypertrophy in one-kidney, one-clip renal hypertension is resistant to heparin.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  15126919     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVE: Heparin inhibits vascular hypertrophy in angiotensin-induced hypertension, in addition to its well-known role in inhibiting injury-induced vascular smooth muscle proliferation. We tested whether hypertension and vascular hypertrophy could be reduced by heparin independently from the renin-angiotensin system. METHODS: Rats were made hypertensive with a one-kidney, one-clip (1K1C) procedure and received heparin from osmotic minipumps (0.3 mg/h per kg i.v.) or saline vehicle for 2 weeks. Blood pressure was measured by the tail-cuff method and vessel cross-sectional area was measured by morphometry in the aorta and mesenteric arteries. Proliferation was assessed with bromodeoxyuridine labelling. RESULTS: Blood pressure elevation and cardiovascular hypertrophy were evident in 1K1C rats. The media of mesenteric arteries was increased by 25%, and the media : lumen ratio by 35%, in hypertensive rats. DNA synthesis by smooth muscle cells in the mesenteric arteries was increased sevenfold in renal hypertension. Heparin treatment did not influence either the increase in blood pressure, the cardiovascular hypertrophy response or hypertension-mediated proliferation of arterial smooth muscle cells. CONCLUSIONS: These data suggest that the vascular hypertrophy mechanisms operating in 1K1C renal hypertension are not inhibited by heparin and thus are different from those in angiotensin-mediated hypertension. Identifying such mechanisms in the future will be important for devising appropriate intervention strategies in angiotensin-independent forms of vascular hypertrophy.
Authors:
Rodney J Dilley; Bishoy Rizkalla; John F Bertram
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of hypertension     Volume:  22     ISSN:  0263-6352     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Hypertens.     Publication Date:  2004 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2004-05-05     Completed Date:  2004-12-06     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8306882     Medline TA:  J Hypertens     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  767-74     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Morphology Laboratory, Baker Heart Research Institute, Prahran, Australia. rod.dilley@baker.edu.au
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Angiotensin II / pharmacology
Animals
Aorta, Thoracic / cytology,  metabolism
Blood Pressure
Body Weight / drug effects
Cell Division
DNA / biosynthesis
Heparin / therapeutic use*
Hypertension, Renal / metabolism*
Hypertrophy
Male
Mesenteric Arteries / cytology,  metabolism
Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / metabolism
Organ Size / drug effects
Rats
Rats, Inbred WKY
Time Factors
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
11128-99-7/Angiotensin II; 9005-49-6/Heparin; 9007-49-2/DNA

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