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Genetic isolation of a blood pressure quantitative trait locus on chromosome 2 in the spontaneously hypertensive rat.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  11403354     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVES: Total genome scans of genetically segregating populations derived from the spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) and other rat models of hypertension have suggested the presence of quantitative trait loci (QTL) regulating blood pressure and cardiac mass on multiple chromosomes, including chromosome 2. The objective of the current study was to directly test for the presence of a blood pressure QTL on rat chromosome 2. DESIGN: A new congenic strain was derived by replacing a segment of chromosome 2 in the SHR between D2Rat171 and D2Arb24 with the corresponding chromosome segment from the normotensive Brown Norway rat. Arterial pressures were directly monitored in conscious rats by radiotelemetry. RESULTS: We found that the SHR congenic strain (SHR-2) carrying a segment of chromosome 2 from the Brown Norway rat had significantly lower systolic and diastolic blood pressures than the SHR progenitor strain. The attenuation of hypertension in the SHR-2 congenic strain versus the SHR progenitor strain was accompanied by significant amelioration of cardiac hypertrophy. CONCLUSIONS: These findings demonstrate that gene(s) with major effects on blood pressure exist in the differential segment of chromosome 2 trapped within the new SHR.BN congenic strain.
Authors:
M Pravenec; V Zídek; A Musilová; J Vorlícek; V Kren; E St Lezin; T W Kurtz
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of hypertension     Volume:  19     ISSN:  0263-6352     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Hypertens.     Publication Date:  2001 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2001-06-13     Completed Date:  2001-12-04     Revised Date:  2007-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8306882     Medline TA:  J Hypertens     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1061-4     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Institute of Physiology and Center for Integrated Genomics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic. pravenec@biomed.cas.cz
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Animals, Congenic
Blood Pressure / genetics*
Chromosome Mapping
Chromosomes / genetics
Genotype
Hemodynamics
Hypertension / genetics*,  pathology,  physiopathology
Male
Myocardium / pathology
Quantitative Trait, Heritable*
Rats
Rats, Inbred BN
Rats, Inbred SHR / genetics*
Rats, Inbred WKY
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
HL56028/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS

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