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Drüeke T, Hennessen U, Nabarra B, Ben Nasr L, Lucas PA, Dang P, Thomasset M, Lacour B, Coudrier E, McCarron DA. Ultrastructural and functional abnormalities of intestinal and renal epithelium in the SHR. Kidney Int 1990; 37:1438-48. [PMID: 2362401 DOI: 10.1038/ki.1990.134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Intestinal calcium transport, renal tubular calcium reabsorption, and plasma 1.25 (OH)2 vitamin D3 (calcitriol) levels have all been reported to be diminished in the spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) compared with its genetic control the Wistar Kyoto rat (WKY). In the present study, absorptive duodenal and renal tubular epithelia of 12- to 14-week-old male SHR and WKY were examined by electron microscopy to determine whether such disturbances could be related to structural abnormalities. Patchy loss of microvilli in both duodenal and proximal tubular epithelia was observed in the SHR, whereas brush border membrane was entirely normal in the WKY. Irregular spaces were observed between the basal aspects of SHR intestinal epithelial cells and their basement membrane. In addition, the average height of duodenal and renal microvilli was reduced in the SHR. Two specific markers of the brush border membrane, alkaline phosphatase and villin, as well as the cytoplasmic vitamin-D dependent calcium-binding proteins, CaBP9K and CaBP28K were determined. Duodenal alkaline phosphatase activity was reduced in the SHR, compared with the WKY: 0.145 +/- 0.002 vs. 0.186 +/- 0.002 IE/min.microns 3 x 10(3) brush border, mean +/- SEM, N = 10 pairs, P less than 0.001. However, duodenal villin expression was not different from that of the WKY. Duodenal CaBP9K and renal CaBP28K content was diminished in the SHR: 21.0 +/- 0.80 vs. 29.9 +/- 2.19 micrograms/mg protein, N = 6 pairs, P less than 0.01 for duodenum, and 4.47 +/- 0.39 vs. 7.67 +/- 0.54 micrograms/mg protein, N = 6 pairs, P less than 0.001 for kidney. These data showing structural and functional abnormalities of intestinal and kidney cells in the SHR appear to reflect a disorder of transporting epithelia which may be either intrinsic or related to reduced circulating calcitriol.
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- T Drüeke
- INSERM Unité 90, Unité 25, Hôpital Necker, Paris, France
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Socorro L, Vallega G, Nunn A, Moore TJ, Canessa M. Vascular smooth muscle cells from the Milan hypertensive rat exhibit decreased functional angiotensin II receptors. Hypertension 1990; 15:591-9. [PMID: 2347621 DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.15.6.591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The present study was designed to study the functional properties of Angiotensin II (Ang II) binding sites in vascular smooth muscle cells in the Milan hypertensive rat (MHS), a model of low renin hypertension. Smooth muscle cells from MHS rats exhibited increased growth in culture in comparison with the Milan normotensive strain (MNS) as determined by population doubling times (24.5 +/- 2 and 34.8 +/- 2 hours, n = 4, respectively). Hormone receptor number, evaluated by binding assays using [125I]Ang II, showed no difference in either receptor number or affinity for both cell types. The functional responsiveness of Ang II receptors was evaluated by measuring the activation of phospholipase C, Na(+)-H+ exchange, and cytosolic Ca2+ levels. Phospholipase C activity was determined as tritium-labeled inositol trisphosphate and bisphosphate release before and after 15-second exposure to 10(-7) M Ang II. Ang II-stimulated phospholipase C activity in MNS (p less than 0.02) but not in MHS cells. Na(+)-H+ exchange was measured as the dimethylamiloride-sensitive 22Na+ influx into acid-loaded vascular smooth muscle cells with and without 10(-7) M Ang II. In MNS cells, Ang II significantly stimulated (p less than 0.001) antiporter activity but not in MHS cells, which showed a uniformly blunted response. MHS cells exhibited higher basal cytosolic Ca2+ levels than MNS cells, but Ca2+ rapidly increased in the presence of Ang II in MNS but not in MHS cells. Direct activation of phospholipase C by GTP-gamma-S in permeabilized cells indicated that both strains exhibited similar coupling levels by guanine-nucleotide binding proteins.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- L Socorro
- Endocrine-Hypertension Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115
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Craven PA, Studer RK, DeRubertis FR. Decreased cytosolic calcium and prostaglandin synthesis in prehypertensive rats. Hypertension 1990; 15:388-96. [PMID: 2108083 DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.15.4.388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The capacity of cultured renal medullary interstitial cells derived from Dahl salt-sensitive and salt-resistant rats to synthesize prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) was compared. Basal and arginine vasopressin (AVP)-induced PGE2 production by interstitial cells from salt-resistant rats was fourfold to fivefold higher than corresponding values of those from the salt-sensitive rats. Similarly, basal and AVP-responsive release of [3H]arachidonate were twofold higher by interstitial cells from salt-resistant compared with salt-sensitive rats. Differences in PGE2 production were abolished by the calcium inophore A23187 or the addition of exogenous arachidonate. The latter findings suggested a role for altered availability of endogenous arachidonate, possibly mediated by reduced calcium-responsive lipase activity. Basal and AVP-induced increases in cytosolic free calcium concentration, assessed by the aequorin method, were significantly lower in interstitial cells from salt-sensitive versus salt-resistant rats, further supporting a possible role for altered cellular calcium homeostasis. Studies of the potential contribution of various phospholipases and of triglyceride lipase to the release of arachidonate for PGE2 synthesis in interstitial cells implicated phospholipase A2 activity as a major pathway. When assessed in vitro in cell cytosolic fractions at identical calcium concentration, phospholipase A2 activity was lower in interstitial cells from salt-sensitive versus salt-resistant rats. Thus, both reduced cytosolic free calcium and phospholipase A2 activity of interstitial cells from salt-sensitive rats may contribute to the diminished capacity of these cells to liberate endogenous arachidonate for PGE2 synthesis.
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- P A Craven
- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Postnov YV. An approach to the explanation of cell membrane alteration in primary hypertension. Hypertension 1990; 15:332-7. [PMID: 1689273 DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.15.3.332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Y V Postnov
- Central Research Laboratory, Ministry of Public Health, Moscow, USSR
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Shibata R, Morita S, Nagai K, Miyata S, Iwasaki T. Effects of H-7 (protein kinase inhibitor) and phorbol ester on aortic strips from spontaneously hypertensive rats. Eur J Pharmacol 1990; 175:261-71. [PMID: 2108866 DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(90)90563-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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We investigated the vascular responsiveness to vasoactive agents and the inhibition by H-7 (1-(5-isoquinoline-sulfonyl)-2-methylpiperazine), which inhibits cyclic nucleotide-dependent protein kinases and protein kinase C(PKC) equally potently in helically cut strips of thoracic aortas from spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and normotensive Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY). The susceptibility of norepinephrine (NE)- and angiotensin II (Ang II)-induced contractions to H-7 was significantly higher in the aortas from SHR than in those from WKY. H-7 decreased the contractile responses to KCl to a similar extent in both strains without affecting the high K(+)-stimulated Ca2+ influx. H-7 produced a shift to the right of the dose-response curve for the PKC activator, 12-o-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) in the case of SHR aortas, while no such shift was noted in tissues from WKY. Functional alterations in the PKC branch of the Ca2+ messenger system in vascular smooth muscle may play an important role in SHR during the sustained contraction.
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- R Shibata
- 1st Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Japan
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Takaori K, Inariba H, Itoh S, Inoue T, Kanayama Y, Takeda T. Chronic antihypertensive drug treatment decreases protein kinase C activity in platelets from SHR. CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL HYPERTENSION. PART A, THEORY AND PRACTICE 1990; 12:1063-75. [PMID: 2245515 DOI: 10.3109/10641969009073518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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There is evidence that protein kinase C activity in platelets from adult SHR is significantly higher than this activity in age-matched WKY. In the present study, protein kinase C activity in the SHR was measured following antihypertensive drug treatment. Chronic administration of enalapril to SHR for 2 weeks decreased both systolic blood pressure and protein kinase C activity to the levels seen in the WKY. Similar results were obtained in case of chronic treatment of SHR with hydralazine or nifedipine. These results suggest that enhanced protein kinase C activity of SHR can be suppressed by lowering blood pressure by antihypertensive drugs.
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- K Takaori
- First Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka City University Medical School, Japan
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Smith JM, Jones AW. Calcium antagonists inhibit elevated potassium efflux from aorta of aldosterone-salt hypertensive rats. Hypertension 1990; 15:78-83. [PMID: 2295515 DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.15.1.78] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of calcium antagonists on basal tension and the elevated 42K efflux in aorta from aldosterone-salt hypertensive rats. Diltiazem decreased the basal tension (2.0 +/- 0.4 g) as well as the phasic contractile activity and returned the elevated 42K efflux (0.018 +/- 0.002/min) toward control values (0.010 +/- 0.001/min, p less than 0.001). The diltiazem median inhibitory concentration (IC50) for basal tension (0.04 +/- 0.02 microM), however, was sevenfold less than the IC50 for basal 42K efflux (0.22 +/- 0.08 microM, p less than 0.01). The basal 45Ca influx in aorta from aldosterone-salt hypertensive rats (120 +/- 4 microM/l cell H2O/min) was also decreased by diltiazem in a concentration-dependent manner, whereas the 45Ca influx in aorta from control-salt rats (135 +/- 3 microM/l cell H2O/min) was not altered. Similarly, the dihydropyridine nisoldipine eliminated the basal tension (2.7 +/- 0.5 g) and returned the elevated basal 42K efflux from the hypertensive aorta toward control levels (0.010 +/- 0.0003/min, p less than 0.001). The nisoldipine IC50 for basal tension (0.016 +/- 0.01 nM) was 160-fold less than the IC50 for basal 42K efflux (1.8 +/- 1.2 nm, p less than 0.001). Neither diltiazem nor nisoldipine nisoldipine altered the basal 42K efflux or contractile activity of aorta from control-salt rats. These results suggest that the basal tension and elevated 42K efflux in aorta from aldosterone-salt hypertensive rats are supported by the entry of extracellular calcium into the tissue through potential-operated calcium channels.
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- J M Smith
- Department of Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia
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Morgan KG, Papageorgiou P, Jiang MJ. Pathophysiologic role of calcium in the development of vascular smooth muscle tone. Am J Cardiol 1989; 64:35F-40F. [PMID: 2675588 DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(89)90744-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Recent information indicates that the intracellular ionized calcium concentration [Ca2+]i plays a regulatory role not only in determining the magnitude of vascular tone but also in regulating growth of vascular tissue. Studies on living vascular smooth muscle cells using the calcium indicator aequorin have revealed that the relation between [Ca2+]i and contraction of the vascular smooth muscle cell is complex. More than 1 intracellular kinase may be involved, leading to the coexistence of multiple excitation-contraction coupling pathways. However, it appears that all of these pathways may be calcium-dependent. It is not yet known whether the cause of human essential hypertension involves an elevated [Ca2+]i in the vascular smooth muscle cell. However, evidence is presented supporting the concept that a decreased [Ca2+]i in the hypertensive smooth muscle cell will lead to a decrease in vascular tone and total peripheral resistance, and possibly also antagonize the growth response of the vascular smooth muscle cell associated with the secondary effects of hypertension.
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- K G Morgan
- Charles A. Dana Research Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
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Ashida T, Kuramochi M, Omae T. Increased sodium-calcium exchange in arterial smooth muscle of spontaneously hypertensive rats. Hypertension 1989; 13:890-5. [PMID: 2737727 DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.13.6.890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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We compared sodium-calcium (Na-Ca) exchange in vascular smooth muscle between spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats. Aortic rings of 11 SHR and 11 WKY rats aged 11-12 weeks were superfused with physiological saline, and isometric tension was measured. Systolic blood pressure was higher in SHR (174 +/- 12 mm Hg) than in WKY rats (132 +/- 4 mm Hg): 1) In the presence of 10 microM phentolamine, 10 microM verapamil, and 5 mM caffeine, reduction of ionized extracellular sodium concentration [( Na+]o) from normal (139.2 mM) to 1.2 mM (replaced by N-methyl-D-glucamine) caused an external Ca2+-dependent increase in tonic tension (calcium entry by Na-Ca exchange). The rate of increase was higher in SHR (35.4 +/- 3.9 mg/min) than in WKY rats (17.9 +/- 1.3 mg/min) (p less than 0.01). 2) In the presence of phentolamine, verapamil, and caffeine, relaxation from low-Na+ contraction was promoted by external calcium removal. The rate of relaxation was directly related to [Na+]o. The rates of relaxation at normal (139.2 mM) [Na+]o were higher in SHR than in WKY rats (p less than 0.05). The rates of relaxation at 1.2 mM [Na+]o (calcium extrusion by adenosine triphosphate-driven calcium pump) were not different between SHR (11.6 +/- 2.8 mg/min) and WKY rats (8.9 +/- 2.5 mg/min). The increase in the rates of relaxation from 1.2 mM to normal (139.2 mM) [Na+]o (calcium extrusion by Na-Ca exchange) was greater in SHR (34.9 +/- 6.6 mg/min) than in WKY rats (17.1 +/- 4.5 mg/min) (p less than 0.05).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- T Ashida
- Department of Medicine, National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
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Rao RM, Young EW, McCarron DA. Disregulation of cell calcium and calcium-binding proteins in experimental hypertension. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1989; 255:505-14. [PMID: 2618874 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4684-5679-0_53] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- R M Rao
- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland
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Nakamura M, Nakamura A, Fine B, Aviv A. Blunted cGMP response to ANF in vascular smooth muscle cells of SHR. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1988; 255:C573-80. [PMID: 2847533 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1988.255.5.c573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Abnormalities in the coupling of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) receptors with the guanosine 5'-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP) system in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) may play a role in the pathophysiology of hypertension in the spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR). This concept was examined in cultured, aortic VSMCs (passages 6-10) from SHR, Wistar-Kyoto (WKY), and American Wistar (Wis) rats. Quiescent VSMCs of the SHR (serum deprived for 24 h) had higher ANF receptor density (Bmax) and lower affinity [i.e., increased equilibrium dissociation constant (Kd)] than cells from normotensive controls. Maximal binding (Bmax) (specific binding sites/cell) values for these cells were SHR 112,855 +/- 6,951, WKY 48,650 +/- 3,607, and Wis 36,122 +/- 2,607 (means +/- SE; P less than 0.001 for SHR vs. both WKY and Wis). The Kd values were (in nM) SHR 1.20 +/- 0.098, WKY 0.657 +/- 0.065, and Wis 0.37 +/- 0.037 (P less than 0.001 for SHR vs. both WKY and Wis). Despite their higher Bmax, VSMCs of the SHR showed a substantially lower maximal stimulation of cGMP accumulation in response to ANF: 987 +/- 29.3, 1,992 +/- 574.2, and 2,019 +/- 273.8 fmol.4 min-1.10(6) cells-1 for SHR, WKY, and Wis, respectively (P less than 0.01 for SHR vs. Wis and P less than 0.02 for SHR vs. WKY). Further experiments demonstrated that the poor response of SHR VSMCs to the ANF was not due to a population of receptors that did not couple to the particulate guanylate cyclase. Such findings demonstrate a dissociation of the cGMP response to ANF from the binding of the hormone to its receptors in VSMCs of the SHR compared with controls. This appears to represent a primary and innate defect in these cells that may contribute to the hypertensive process in the SHR.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Aorta, Thoracic
- Atrial Natriuretic Factor/pharmacology
- Cyclic GMP/metabolism
- In Vitro Techniques
- Male
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism
- Rats
- Rats, Inbred SHR
- Rats, Inbred Strains
- Rats, Inbred WKY
- Receptors, Atrial Natriuretic Factor
- Receptors, Cell Surface/metabolism
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- M Nakamura
- Hypertension Research Center, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark 07103
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Komuro I, Kurihara H, Sugiyama T, Yoshizumi M, Takaku F, Yazaki Y. Endothelin stimulates c-fos and c-myc expression and proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells. FEBS Lett 1988; 238:249-52. [PMID: 3139457 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(88)80489-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 593] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Recently, a potent vasoconstrictor peptide, endothelin (EDT), was isolated from vascular endothelial cells. We examined its effect on rat vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). EDT induced the elevation of intracellular calcium, which was dependent on extracellular calcium and inhibited by a calcium-channel antagonist in a competitive manner. EDT caused a rapid and transient increase in the c-fos and c-myc mRNA levels and stimulated the DNA synthesis of VSMCs in a dose-dependent manner. This effect of EDT on the proliferation of VSMCs might be related to the development of atherosclerosis.
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- I Komuro
- Third Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan
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Reid JL. Adrenoceptors and postreceptor mechanisms in hypertension. PHARMACOLOGY & TOXICOLOGY 1988; 63 Suppl 1:38-40. [PMID: 2849096 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0773.1988.tb02037.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- J L Reid
- Department of Materia Medica, University of Glasgow, Stobhill General Hospital, Scotland
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Remmal A, Koutouzov S, Girard A, Meyer P, Marche P. Defective phosphoinositide metabolism in primary hypertension. EXPERIENTIA 1988; 44:133-7. [PMID: 2831075 DOI: 10.1007/bf01952196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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An increase in free cytosolic calcium content has been reported in essential hypertension. Since within the membrane, the phosphoinositides participate in the control of cell calcium homeostasis, we investigated whether impaired phosphoinositide metabolism could account for the calcium handling abnormality observed in hypertensives. In erythrocyte membranes of hypertensives the activity of kinases involved in polyphosphoinositide formation appears to be impaired and could be related to the alteration in calcium handling binding capacity and ATP-dependent calcium transport. In platelets of hypertensives, the hyperactivity of phospholipase C (observed even in the absence of calcium in the external medium) is likely to be responsible for the hypersensitivity of cells to various agonists. These observations are consistent with the hypothesis that in cells from hypertensives, a membrane defect linked to phosphoinositide metabolism is involved in the overall calcium handling defect.
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- A Remmal
- INSERM U7, Department of Pharmacology, Hôpital Necker, Paris, France
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Orimo H, Watanabe M, Ouchi Y. Alpha-blocker, bunazosinhydrochloride decreases cytosolic Ca++ of cultured rat aortic smooth muscle cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1988; 150:1282-6. [PMID: 2893613 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(88)90768-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Effect of alpha-blocker, bunazosinhydrochloride on cytosolic Ca++ concentration of rat aortic smooth muscle cells (SMC) was studied. Marked and sustained decrease in cytosolic Ca++ concentration of SMC was observed following the addition of 10(-7) M bunazosinhydrochloride. Furthermore, 10(-7) M bunazosinhydrochloride completely blocked the phenylephrine induced increase in cytosolic Ca++ of rat aortic SMC. It is of interest that a decrease in cytosolic Ca++ of vascular SMC was caused by alpha-blocker.
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- H Orimo
- Department of Geriatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan
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Brodde OE. Die Rolle adrenerger alpha-und beta-Rezeptoren in der Pathogenese von Hypertonie und Herzerkrankungen. Internist (Berl) 1988. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-39609-4_62] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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OZAKI H, SATO K, SATOH T, KARAKI H. Simultaneous Recordings of Calcium Signals and Mechanical Activity Using Fluorescent Dye Fura 2 in Isolated Strips of Vascular Smooth Muscle. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1987. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-5198(19)43400-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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