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Ahmed N, Kassis A, Malone J, Yang J, Zamzami E, Lin AH, Gordon SM, Gong M, Bardo M, Dalmasso C, Loria AS. Prenatal Morphine Exposure Increases Cardiovascular Disease Risk and Programs Neurogenic Hypertension in the Adult Offspring. Hypertension 2023; 80:1283-1296. [PMID: 37042247 PMCID: PMC10274123 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.122.20262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2022] [Accepted: 03/20/2023] [Indexed: 04/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND The opioid overdose and opioid use disorder epidemics are concomitant with increased metabolic and CVD risk. Although opioid use disorder causes adverse pregnancy outcomes, the offspring's cardiovascular health is understudied. We hypothesized that offspring exposed to in utero morphine exposure (IUME) would show increased CVD risk factors and endogenous opioid system dysregulation. METHODS Sprague Dawley dams were treated with saline (vehicle, n=10) or escalating doses of morphine (5-20 mg/kg per day, SC, n=10) during gestation. Cardiovascular and metabolic parameters were assessed in adult offspring. RESULTS Litter size and pups' birth weight were not different in response to IUME. Female and male IUME offspring showed reduced body length at birth (P<0.05) and body weight from weeks 1 to 3 of life (P<0.05), followed by a catch-up growth effect. By week 16, female and male IUME rats showed reduced tibia length (P<0.05) and fat mass. IUME increases the mean arterial pressure and the depressor response to mecamylamine (5 mg/kg per day, IP) induced by IUME were abolished by a chronic treatment with an alpha-adrenergic receptor blocker (prazosin; 1 mg/kg per day, IP). Although circulating levels of angiotensin peptides were similar between groups, IUME exacerbated maximal ex vivo Ang (angiotensin) II-induced vasoconstriction (P<0.05) and induced endothelial dysfunction in a sex-specific manner (P<0.05). Proenkephalin, an endogenous opioid peptide that lowers blood pressure and sympathetic-mediated vasoconstriction, showed reduced mRNA expression in the heart, aorta, and kidneys from morphine versus vehicle group (P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS Among the effects of IUME, neurogenic hypertension, vascular dysfunction, and metabolic dysfunction could be associated with the dysregulation of the endogenous opioid system.
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- Nermin Ahmed
- Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536
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- Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536
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- Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536
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- Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536
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- Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536
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- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536
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- SAHA Cardiovascular Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536
- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536
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- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536
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- Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536
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- Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536
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- Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536
- SAHA Cardiovascular Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536
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Prenatal Hypoxia Affects Foetal Cardiovascular Regulatory Mechanisms in a Sex- and Circadian-Dependent Manner: A Review. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23052885. [PMID: 35270026 PMCID: PMC8910900 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23052885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2022] [Revised: 02/28/2022] [Accepted: 03/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Prenatal hypoxia during the prenatal period can interfere with the developmental trajectory and lead to developing hypertension in adulthood. Prenatal hypoxia is often associated with intrauterine growth restriction that interferes with metabolism and can lead to multilevel changes. Therefore, we analysed the effects of prenatal hypoxia predominantly not associated with intrauterine growth restriction using publications up to September 2021. We focused on: (1) The response of cardiovascular regulatory mechanisms, such as the chemoreflex, adenosine, nitric oxide, and angiotensin II on prenatal hypoxia. (2) The role of the placenta in causing and attenuating the effects of hypoxia. (3) Environmental conditions and the mother's health contribution to the development of prenatal hypoxia. (4) The sex-dependent effects of prenatal hypoxia on cardiovascular regulatory mechanisms and the connection between hypoxia-inducible factors and circadian variability. We identified that the possible relationship between the effects of prenatal hypoxia on the cardiovascular regulatory mechanism may vary depending on circadian variability and phase of the days. In summary, even short-term prenatal hypoxia significantly affects cardiovascular regulatory mechanisms and programs hypertension in adulthood, while prenatal programming effects are not only dependent on the critical period, and sensitivity can change within circadian oscillations.
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Developmental programming of cardiovascular function: a translational perspective. Clin Sci (Lond) 2021; 134:3023-3046. [PMID: 33231619 DOI: 10.1042/cs20191210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2020] [Revised: 11/07/2020] [Accepted: 11/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The developmental origins of health and disease (DOHaD) is a concept linking pre- and early postnatal exposures to environmental influences with long-term health outcomes and susceptibility to disease. It has provided a new perspective on the etiology and evolution of chronic disease risk, and as such is a classic example of a paradigm shift. What first emerged as the 'fetal origins of disease', the evolution of the DOHaD conceptual framework is a storied one in which preclinical studies played an important role. With its potential clinical applications of DOHaD, there is increasing desire to leverage this growing body of preclinical work to improve health outcomes in populations all over the world. In this review, we provide a perspective on the values and limitations of preclinical research, and the challenges that impede its translation. The review focuses largely on the developmental programming of cardiovascular function and begins with a brief discussion on the emergence of the 'Barker hypothesis', and its subsequent evolution into the more-encompassing DOHaD framework. We then discuss some fundamental pathophysiological processes by which developmental programming may occur, and attempt to define these as 'instigator' and 'effector' mechanisms, according to their role in early adversity. We conclude with a brief discussion of some notable challenges that hinder the translation of this preclinical work.
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Buawangpong N, Teekachunhatean S, Koonrungsesomboon N. Adverse pregnancy outcomes associated with first-trimester exposure to angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin II receptor blockers: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Pharmacol Res Perspect 2020; 8:e00644. [PMID: 32815286 PMCID: PMC7438312 DOI: 10.1002/prp2.644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2020] [Revised: 07/21/2020] [Accepted: 07/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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This study aimed to determine the effects of prenatal exposure to angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) or angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs), particularly when exposure is limited to the first trimester of pregnancy, on adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes. A systematic search was performed on four databases, that is, PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library, to identify relevant articles published up to December 31, 2019. Included studies were limited to original investigations assessing the association between prenatal exposure to ACEIs/ARBs and adverse pregnancy outcomes. Odds ratios were used as a summary effect measure. Pooled-effect estimates of each outcome were calculated by the random-effects meta-analysis. The main outcomes included overall and specific congenital malformations, low birth weight, miscarriage, elective termination of pregnancy, stillbirth, and preterm delivery. Of 19 included articles involving a total of 4 163 753 pregnant women, 13 studies reported an increased risk of, at least, one adverse pregnancy outcome in pregnant women who were exposed to ACEIs/ARBs. Meta-analysis revealed a significant association between overall congenital malformations and first trimester-only exposure to ACEIs/ARBs (OR = 1.94, 95% CI = 1.71-2.21, P < .0001). Cardiovascular malformations, miscarriage, and stillbirth also provided a significant relation with ACEI/ARB exposure. In conclusion, prenatal exposure to ACEIs/ARBs in the first trimester of pregnancy was found to be associated with an increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes. Women of reproductive age should be aware of the potential teratogenic risks of these drugs if they become pregnant.
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- Nida Buawangpong
- Department of Family MedicineFaculty of MedicineChiang Mai UniversityChiang MaiThailand
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- Department of PharmacologyFaculty of MedicineChiang Mai UniversityChiang MaiThailand
- Musculoskeletal Science and Translational Research CenterChiang Mai UniversityChiang MaiThailand
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Khodaei F, Ahsan A, Chamanifard M, Zamiri MJ, Ommati MM. Updated information on new coronavirus disease 2019 occurrence, drugs, and prediction of a potential receptor. J Biochem Mol Toxicol 2020; 34:e22594. [PMID: 32770858 PMCID: PMC7435514 DOI: 10.1002/jbt.22594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2020] [Revised: 06/23/2020] [Accepted: 07/23/2020] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The new coronavirus (COVID‐19) was first reported in Wuhan in China, on 31 December 2019. COVID‐19 is a new virus from the family of coronaviruses that can cause symptoms ranging from a simple cold to pneumonia. The virus is thought to bind to the angiotensin‐converting enzyme 2, as a well‐known mechanism to enter the cell. It then transfers its DNA to the host in which the virus replicates the DNA. The viral infection leads to severe lack of oxygen, lung oxidative stress because of reactive oxygen species generation, and overactivation of the immune system by activating immune mediators. The purpose of this review is to elaborate on the more precise mechanism(s) to manage the treatment of the disease. Regarding the mechanisms of the virus action, the suggested pharmacological and nutritional regimens have been described.
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- Forouzan Khodaei
- Department of Bioinformatics, College of Life Sciences, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, China.,Department of Toxicology, Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.,Shanxi Key Laboratory of Ecological Animal Science and Environmental Veterinary Medicine, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, China
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- Shanxi Key Laboratory of Ecological Animal Science and Environmental Veterinary Medicine, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, China
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- Department of Medical Radiation and Nuclear Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
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- Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
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- Department of Bioinformatics, College of Life Sciences, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, China
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Hendricks AS, Lawson MJ, Figueroa JP, Chappell MC, Diz DI, Shaltout HA. Central ANG-(1-7) infusion improves blood pressure regulation in antenatal betamethasone-exposed sheep and reveals sex-dependent effects on oxidative stress. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2019; 316:H1458-H1467. [PMID: 30951367 PMCID: PMC6620683 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00497.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2018] [Revised: 03/12/2019] [Accepted: 03/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Fetal exposure to betamethasone (BMX) as a consequence of glucocorticoid administration to women threatening premature delivery may lead to long-term deleterious effects on the cardiovascular system and dysregulation of blood pressure in exposed adults. Indeed, adult offspring of BMX sheep exhibit increased mean arterial pressure (MAP) and attenuated baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) that are associated with lower medullary and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) angiotensin-(1-7) [(ANG-(1-7)] content. Thus we determined the effects of ANG-(1-7) supplementation in the CSF on MAP, BRS, blood pressure (BPV) and heart rate variability (HRV) in conscious animals. The peptide or artificial CSF (aCSF) was infused continuously into the lateral ventricle (intracerebroventricular) of 4-mo-old male and female BMX sheep for 2 wk. Analysis of data from males and females combined revealed that intracerebroventricular ANG-(1-7) significantly lowered MAP and heart rate and improved BRS as compared with baseline; intracerebroventricular aCSF did not change these indexes. Similar patterns were observed for altered hemodynamics and autonomic function produced by intracerebroventricular ANG-(1-7) in both sexes. Oxidative stress and MAP kinase (MAPK) activation were lower in tissues from the dorsomedial medulla (DMM) of ANG-(1-7)-treated males but were unchanged in the treated females, when assessed at the end of the treatment period. We conclude that in the face of ANG-(1-7) deficiency in CSF and medullary tissue in BMX sheep intracerebroventricular supplementation of ANG-(1-7) lowers MAP and restores the impaired autonomic function to a similar degree in both males and females; however, the attenuation of MAPK and oxidative stress within the DMM was evident only in males. NEW & NOTEWORTHY We demonstrate that intracerebroventricular angiotensin-(1-7) [(ANG-(1-7)] treatment for 2 wk in antenatal betamethasone-exposed sheep provides beneficial effects on blood pressure and autonomic function. The physiological improvements are accompanied by an attenuation of oxidative stress in males but not females. The finding that ANG-(1-7) supplementation lowers blood pressure and restores the impaired autonomic function in a model of fetal programming previously shown to exhibit a deficiency in cerebrospinal fluid and brain tissue illustrates the potential for new therapeutic strategies for reducing cardiovascular dysfunction arising from prenatal events.
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- Alexa S Hendricks
- Department of Surgery, Hypertension, and Vascular Research and the Cardiovascular Sciences Center, Wake Forest University School of Medicine , Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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- Department of Surgery, Hypertension, and Vascular Research and the Cardiovascular Sciences Center, Wake Forest University School of Medicine , Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wake Forest School of Medicine , Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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- Department of Surgery, Hypertension, and Vascular Research and the Cardiovascular Sciences Center, Wake Forest University School of Medicine , Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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- Department of Surgery, Hypertension, and Vascular Research and the Cardiovascular Sciences Center, Wake Forest University School of Medicine , Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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- Department of Surgery, Hypertension, and Vascular Research and the Cardiovascular Sciences Center, Wake Forest University School of Medicine , Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wake Forest School of Medicine , Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, Alexandria University , Alexandria , Egypt
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Bualeong T, Wyss JM, Roysommuti S. Inhibition of Renin-Angiotensin System from Conception to Young Mature Life Induces Salt-Sensitive Hypertension via Angiotensin II-Induced Sympathetic Overactivity in Adult Male Rats. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2019; 1155:45-59. [PMID: 31468385 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-8023-5_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Previous studies indicate that perinatal compromise of taurine causes cardiovascular disorders in adults via the influence of taurine on renin-angiotensin system (RAS). This study tested whether perinatal inhibition of the RAS would itself alter the adult cardiovascular system in a similar way. Female Sprague-Dawley rats were fed normal rat chow and given water alone (Control) or water containing captopril (400 mg/l) from conception until weaning. Then, the male offspring drank water or water containing captopril until 5 weeks of age followed by normal rat chow and water alone until 7 weeks of age. Thereafter, they drank water alone (Control, Captopril) or 1% NaCl solution (Control+1%, Captopril+1%). At 9 weeks of age, all animals were implanted with femoral arterial and venous catheters. Forty-eight hours later, blood chemistry, glucose tolerance, and hemodynamic parameters were determined in freely moving conscious rats. Then, the same experiments were repeated 2 days after captopril treatment. Body weights, kidney and heart to body weight ratios, fasting and non-fasting blood sugar, glucose tolerance, and heart rates were not significantly different among groups. Further, plasma sodium, mean arterial pressure, and sympathetic activity significantly increased whereas baroreflex sensitivity decreased in Captopril+1% compared to other groups. These changes were normalized by acute captopril treatment and the arterial pressure differences also by acute ganglionic and central adrenergic blockade. The present study suggests that inhibition of the RAS in the early life induces RAS overactivity, leading to salt-sensitive hypertension via sympathetic nervous system overactivity and depressed baroreflex sensitivity in adult male rats.
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- Tippaporn Bualeong
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medical Science, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand
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- Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand.
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Sex-dependent expression of brain medullary MAP and PI3 kinases in adult sheep with antenatal betamethasone exposure. Clin Sci (Lond) 2018; 132:1953-1962. [PMID: 30026259 DOI: 10.1042/cs20180417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2018] [Revised: 07/04/2018] [Accepted: 07/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Antenatal betamethasone (BM) therapy for women in jeopardy of premature delivery accelerates the lung development in preterm infants and reduces infant mortality rates, but may induce early programming events with chronic cardiovascular consequences. In a sheep model of fetal programming, in utero BM-exposed (BMX) offspring as adults exhibit elevated mean arterial pressure (MAP), decreased baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) for the control of heart rate and insulin resistance accompanied by dysregulation of the brain renin-angiotensin (Ang) system (RAS). However, the status of signaling mechanisms in the brain dorsomedial medulla (DMM) of the BMX sheep that comprise both the mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) and phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) cellular pathways is unknown. Given the importance of these signaling pathways in the actions of Ang peptides as well as baroreflex function and autonomic integration, we applied both a kinase signaling array and associated individual immunoblots of the dorsomedial brain medulla from adult female and male sheep with antenatal BMX. MAPK and PI3K pathways were altered significantly in the BMX sheep in a sex-dependent manner. A protein array for kinases (PathScan® Intracellular Signaling Array Kit, Cell Signaling) and subsequent verification by immunoblot revealed that within the DMM, female BMX sheep exhibit lower expression of proteins in the PI3K pathway, while male BMX sheep show greater expression of p-MAPK pathway proteins extracellular signal regulated kinase (ERK) 1/2. We conclude that maladaptive changes in these two kinase pathways in the DMM may contribute to the chronic dysregulation of blood pressure in this model of fetal programming.
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Kaur C, Rathnasamy G, Ling EA. Biology of Microglia in the Developing Brain. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 2017; 76:736-753. [PMID: 28859332 DOI: 10.1093/jnen/nlx056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Microglia exist in different morphological forms in the developing brain. They show a small cell body with scanty cytoplasm with many branching processes in the grey matter of the developing brain. However, in the white matter such as the corpus callosum where the unmyelinated axons are loosely organized, they appear in an amoeboid form having a round cell body endowed with copious cytoplasm rich in organelles. The amoeboid cells eventually transform into ramified microglia in the second postnatal week when the tissue becomes more compact with the onset of myelination. Microglia serve as immunocompetent macrophages that act as neuropathology sensors to detect and respond swiftly to subtle changes in the brain tissues in pathological conditions. Microglial functions are broadly considered as protective in the normal brain development as they phagocytose dead cells and sculpt neuronal connections by pruning excess axons and synapses. They also secrete a number of trophic factors such as insulin-like growth factor-1 and transforming growth factor-β among many others that are involved in neuronal and oligodendrocyte survival. On the other hand, microglial cells when activated produce a plethora of molecules such as proinflammatory cytokines, chemokines, reactive oxygen species, and nitric oxide that are implicated in the pathogenesis of many pathological conditions such as epilepsy, cerebral palsy, autism, and perinatal hypoxic-ischemic brain injury. Although many studies have investigated the origin and functions of the microglia in the developing brain, in-depth in vivo studies along with analysis of their transcriptome and epigenetic changes need to be undertaken to elucidate their full potential be it protective or neurotoxic. This would lead to a better understanding of their roles in the healthy and diseased developing brain and advancement of therapeutic strategies to target microglia-mediated neurotoxicity.
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- Charanjit Kaur
- Department of Anatomy, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore; and Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
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- Department of Anatomy, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore; and Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
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- Department of Anatomy, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore; and Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
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Depression remains a debilitating condition with an uncertain aetiology. Recently, attention has been given to the renin-angiotensin system. In the central nervous system, angiotensin II may be important in multiple pathways related to neurodevelopment and regulation of the stress response. Studies of drugs targeting the renin-angiotensin system have yielded promising results. Here, we review the potential beneficial effects of angiotensin blockers in depression and their mechanisms of action. Drugs blocking the angiotensin system have efficacy in several animal models of depression. While no randomised clinical trials were found, case reports and observational studies showed that angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers had positive effects on depression, whereas other antihypertensive agents did not. Drugs targeting the renin-angiotensin system act on inflammatory pathways implicated in depression. Both preclinical and clinical data suggest that these drugs possess antidepressant properties. In light of these results, angiotensin system-blocking agents offer new horizons in mood disorder treatment.
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Wu L, Shi A, Zhu D, Bo L, Zhong Y, Wang J, Xu Z, Mao C. High sucrose intake during gestation increases angiotensin II type 1 receptor-mediated vascular contractility associated with epigenetic alterations in aged offspring rats. Peptides 2016; 86:133-144. [PMID: 27818235 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2016.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2016] [Revised: 10/10/2016] [Accepted: 11/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Accruing evidence have confirmed that the fetal programming in response to adverse environmental in utero factors plays essential roles in the pathogenesis of hypertension in later life. High sugar intake has been accepted worldwide in everyday life diet and becomes the critical public health issue. Our previous studies indicated that intake of high sucrose (HS) during pregnancy could change the vascular reactivity and dipsogenic behavior closely associated with abnormal renin-angiotensin system (RAS), to increase the risk of hypertension in adult offspring. In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that maternal HS intake in pregnancy may further deteriorate the Ang II-induced cardiovascular responses in the aged offspring. HS intake was provided to pregnant rats throughout the gestation. Blood pressure (BP) in conscious state and vascular contractility in vitro were measured in 22-month-old aged offspring rats. In addition, mRNA and protein expressions and epigenetic changes of Ang II type 1 receptor (AT1R) gene in blood vessels were determined with the methods of real-time RT-PCR, Western blotting, and Chromatin Immunoprecipitation Assay (CHIP). Results showed that, in the aged offspring, maternal HS intake during gestation would cause the elevation of basal BP which could be diminished by losartan. Although the circulatory Ang II was not changed, levels of local Ang II were significantly increased in blood vessels. In addition, prenatal HS exposure would significantly enhance the AT1R-mediated vasoconstrictions in both aorta and mesenteric arteries of the aged offspring. Moreover, in the aged offspring of prenatal HS exposure, mRNA and protein expressions of AT1R gene in both large and small blood vessels were significantly increased, which should be closely associated with the changes of epigenetic mechanisms such as histone modifications. Collectively, we proposed that maternal HS intake during gestation would cause abnormal BP responses mediated via the enhancement of vascular RAS, together with the increased expression of AT1R gene related to the its epigenetic changes, which would actually lead to the overt phenotype of hypertension in the aged offspring.
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MESH Headings
- Angiotensin II/pharmacology
- Angiotensin II/physiology
- Animals
- Aorta/drug effects
- Aorta/physiopathology
- Epigenesis, Genetic/drug effects
- Female
- Fetal Development
- Histones/metabolism
- Mesenteric Arteries/drug effects
- Mesenteric Arteries/physiopathology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/physiopathology
- Pregnancy
- Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects/chemically induced
- Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects/genetics
- Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects/metabolism
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- Protein Binding
- Protein Processing, Post-Translational
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 1/physiology
- Sucrose/toxicity
- TATA-Box Binding Protein/metabolism
- Transcriptome
- Vasoconstriction
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- Lei Wu
- Institute for Fetology and Reproductive Medicine Center, First Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China; Suzhou Industrial Park Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Suzhou, China
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- Institute for Fetology and Reproductive Medicine Center, First Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China; Zhangjiagang Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Suzhou, China
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- Institute for Fetology and Reproductive Medicine Center, First Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China
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- Institute for Fetology and Reproductive Medicine Center, First Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China
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- Institute for Fetology and Reproductive Medicine Center, First Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China
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- Institute for Fetology and Reproductive Medicine Center, First Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China
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- Institute for Fetology and Reproductive Medicine Center, First Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China
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- Institute for Fetology and Reproductive Medicine Center, First Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China.
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Rytter D, Bech BH, Halldorsson TI, Henriksen TB, Grandström C, Cohen A, Olsen SF. Maternal Vitamin D Status at Week 30 of Gestation and Offspring Cardio-Metabolic Health at 20 Years: A Prospective Cohort Study over Two Decades. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0164758. [PMID: 27764169 PMCID: PMC5072548 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0164758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2016] [Accepted: 10/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background/Objectives Vitamin D deficiency is common among pregnant women and since the fetus relies exclusively on maternal supply, deficiency could potentially interfere with fetal development. Vitamin D blood concentrations during pregnancy have been associated with offspring cardio-metabolic health in a few previous studies but the evidence is still inconsistent and only one previous study has followed the offspring into adulthood. The aim of the present study was to investigate the association between maternal serum concentration of vitamin D (25(OH)D) in week 30 of gestation and offspring cardio-metabolic risk factors at 20 years. Subjects/Methods A follow up study of a Danish birth cohort from 1988–89 (n = 965) was conducted. A blood sample was drawn from the women in week 30 of gestation. In 2008–2009, 95% of the original mother and child dyads could be identified in the central registration registry and were alive and living in Denmark. The offspring were followed up with self-reported anthropometrics (N = 629, 69%) and a clinical examination (N = 410, 45%). Multiple linear regression was used to estimate the association between maternal 25(OH)D and offspring cardio-metabolic risk factors adjusting for potential confounders. Results No overall association was observed between maternal 25(OH)D in week 30 of gestation and offspring cardio-metabolic risk factors. However, the analyses did suggest a possible inverse association with blood pressure in females. Conclusions No clear association between maternal 25(OH)D concentration in week 30 of gestation and cardio-metabolic risk factors in the 20 year old offspring was found.
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- Dorte Rytter
- Department of Public Health, Section for Epidemiology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Public Health, Section for Epidemiology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- The Unit for Nutrition Research, Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
- Centre for Fetal Programming, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Clinical Mass Spectrometry Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Immunology and Genetics, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Offspring’s hydromineral adaptive responses to maternal undernutrition during lactation. J Dev Orig Health Dis 2015; 6:520-9. [DOI: 10.1017/s204017441500135x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Early development, throughout gestation and lactation, represents a period of extreme vulnerability during which susceptibility to later metabolic and cardiovascular injuries increases. Maternal diet is a major determinant of the foetal and newborn developmental environment; maternal undernutrition may result in adaptive responses leading to structural and molecular alterations in various organs and tissues, such as the brain and kidney. New nephron anlages appear in the renal cortex up to postnatal day 4 and the last anlages to be formed develop into functional nephrons by postnatal day 10 in rodents. We used a model of undernutrition in rat dams that were food-restricted during the first half of the lactation period in order to study the long-term effects of maternal diet on renal development, behaviour and neural hydromineral control mechanisms. The study showed that after 40% food restriction in maternal dietary intake, the dipsogenic responses for both water and salt intake were not altered; Fos expression in brain areas investigated involved in hydromineral homeostasis control was always higher in the offspring in response to isoproterenol. This was accompanied by normal plasma osmolality changes and typical renal histology. These results suggest that the mechanisms for the control of hydromineral balance were unaffected in the offspring of these 40% food-restricted mothers. Undernutrition of the pups may not be as drastic as suggested by dams’ restriction.
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Vinturache AE, Smith FG. Angiotensin type 1 and type 2 receptors during ontogeny: cardiovascular and renal effects. Vascul Pharmacol 2014; 63:145-54. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vph.2014.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2014] [Revised: 10/23/2014] [Accepted: 11/02/2014] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Godoy GAF, Korevaar TIM, Peeters RP, Hofman A, de Rijke YB, Bongers-Schokking JJ, Tiemeier H, Jaddoe VWV, Gaillard R. Maternal thyroid hormones during pregnancy, childhood adiposity and cardiovascular risk factors: the Generation R Study. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2014; 81:117-25. [PMID: 24386874 DOI: 10.1111/cen.12399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2013] [Revised: 10/23/2013] [Accepted: 12/27/2013] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Variation in maternal thyroid function during early pregnancy may permanently affect childhood growth and cardiovascular development. We examined the associations of early pregnancy maternal TSH and free T4 (FT4) levels with childhood growth, body composition and cardiovascular characteristics. METHODS We performed a population-based prospective cohort study among 5646 mothers and their children. Maternal thyroid parameters were assessed in early pregnancy (median: 13·2 weeks; 95% range: 9·7-17·6 weeks). Childhood growth was repeatedly measured from birth to 6 years. At the age of 6 years, childhood body mass index (BMI), total body and abdominal fat distribution, blood pressure and left ventricular mass were measured. RESULTS Maternal thyroid parameters were not consistently associated with childhood length and weight growth characteristics. Lower maternal TSH levels were associated with lower childhood BMI, total fat mass, abdominal subcutaneous fat mass area and diastolic blood pressure (P-values <0·05), but not with preperitoneal abdominal fat mass area, systolic blood pressure or left ventricular mass. Higher maternal FT4 levels were associated with lower childhood BMI, abdominal subcutaneous and preperitoneal fat mass area (P for trends <0·05), but not with other cardiovascular characteristics. Clinically maternal hypothyroid or hyperthyroid statuses were not associated with childhood growth, body fat or cardiovascular outcomes. CONCLUSIONS Maternal thyroid function during early pregnancy may influence childhood body composition and cardiovascular development. Further studies are needed to replicate these findings and to examine the influence of maternal thyroid hormone levels during pregnancy on long-term growth and cardiovascular development in the offspring.
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- Guilherme A F Godoy
- The Generation R Study Group, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Paediatrics, Erasmus Medical Center-Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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Darby M, Martin JN, LaMarca B. A complicated role for the renin-angiotensin system during pregnancy: highlighting the importance of drug discovery. Expert Opin Drug Saf 2013; 12:857-64. [PMID: 23915333 DOI: 10.1517/14740338.2013.823945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Blood pressure management is recommended to avoid maternal cerebrovascular or cardiovascular compromise during pregnancy. Current antihypertensive treatment during pregnancy with positive safety profiles includes labetalol, hydralazine, methyldopa and nifedipine. AREAS COVERED Many earlier animal and human studies indicate that angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) or angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) are associated with fetopathy; therefore, these drugs are contraindicated during pregnancy, especially if these medications were taken during the second and third trimesters. The role of the RAS is quite complex, with fetal development heavily dependent on its appropriate expression and function. New findings indicate that the placental unit expresses its own RAS in order to regulate angiogenesis. Multiple studies have shown that women with abnormal uterine doppler sonography produce an agonistic autoantibody to the angiotensin I receptor, implicating a role for RAS function and regulation in abnormal pregnancies. Importantly, interruption of a normal RAS compromises fetal development. EXPERT OPINION Traditional medications that inhibit components of RAS for long-term hypertension control are not appropriate for use before or during pregnancy. Further study and drug discovery are needed to find alternative pathways for treatment of hypertensive disorders when pregnancy is present or a possibility.
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- Marie Darby
- University of Mississippi Medical Center, Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology , 2500 North State Street, Jackson MS 39216 , USA +1 601 984 5358 ;
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Mao C, Liu R, Bo L, Chen N, Li S, Xia S, Chen J, Li D, Zhang L, Xu Z. High-salt diets during pregnancy affected fetal and offspring renal renin-angiotensin system. J Endocrinol 2013; 218:61-73. [PMID: 23620529 PMCID: PMC4406098 DOI: 10.1530/joe-13-0139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Intrauterine environments are related to fetal renal development and postnatal health. Influence of salty diets during pregnancy on renal functions and renin-angiotensin system (RAS) was determined in the ovine fetuses and offspring. Pregnant ewes were fed high-salt diet (HSD) or normal-salt diet (NSD) for 2 months during middle-to-late gestation. Fetal renal functions, plasma hormones, and mRNA and protein expressions of the key elements of renal RAS were measured in the fetuses and offspring. Fetal renal excretion of sodium was increased while urine volume decreased in the HSD group. Fetal blood urea nitrogen was increased, while kidney weight:body weight ratio decreased in the HSD group. The altered ratio was also observed in the offspring aged 15 and 90 days. Maternal and fetal plasma antidiuretic hormone was elevated without changes in plasma renin activity and Ang I levels, while plasma Ang II was decreased. The key elements of local renal RAS, including angiotensinogen, angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE), ACE2, AT1, and AT2 receptor expression in both mRNA and protein, except renin, were altered following maternal high salt intake. The results suggest that high intake of salt during pregnancy affected fetal renal development associated with an altered expression of the renal key elements of RAS, some alterations of fetal origins remained after birth as possible risks in developing renal or cardiovascular diseases.
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- Caiping Mao
- Institute for Fetology and Reproductive Medicine Center, First Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, People's Republic of China.
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Goodale BC, Tilton SC, Corvi MM, Wilson GR, Janszen DB, Anderson KA, Waters KM, Tanguay RL. Structurally distinct polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons induce differential transcriptional responses in developing zebrafish. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2013; 272:656-70. [PMID: 23656968 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2013.04.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2013] [Revised: 04/25/2013] [Accepted: 04/27/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are ubiquitous in the environment as components of fossil fuels and by-products of combustion. These multi-ring chemicals differentially activate the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) in a structurally dependent manner, and induce toxicity via both AHR-dependent and -independent mechanisms. PAH exposure is known to induce developmental malformations in zebrafish embryos, and recent studies have shown cardiac toxicity induced by compounds with low AHR affinity. Unraveling the potentially diverse molecular mechanisms of PAH toxicity is essential for understanding the hazard posed by complex PAH mixtures present in the environment. We analyzed transcriptional responses to PAH exposure in zebrafish embryos exposed to benz(a)anthracene (BAA), dibenzothiophene (DBT) and pyrene (PYR) at concentrations that induced developmental malformations by 120 h post-fertilization (hpf). Whole genome microarray analysis of mRNA expression at 24 and 48 hpf identified genes that were differentially regulated over time and in response to the three PAH structures. PAH body burdens were analyzed at both time points using GC-MS, and demonstrated differences in PAH uptake into the embryos. This was important for discerning dose-related differences from those that represented unique molecular mechanisms. While BAA misregulated the least number of transcripts, it caused strong induction of cyp1a and other genes known to be downstream of the AHR, which were not induced by the other two PAHs. Analysis of functional roles of misregulated genes and their predicted regulatory transcription factors also distinguished the BAA response from regulatory networks disrupted by DBT and PYR exposure. These results indicate that systems approaches can be used to classify the toxicity of PAHs based on the networks perturbed following exposure, and may provide a path for unraveling the toxicity of complex PAH mixtures.
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- Britton C Goodale
- Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, The Environmental Health Sciences Center, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
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Intake of high sucrose during pregnancy altered large-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channels and vessel tone in offspring’s mesenteric arteries. Hypertens Res 2012; 36:158-65. [DOI: 10.1038/hr.2012.146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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de Lima MC, Scabora JE, Lopes A, Mesquita FF, Torres D, Boer PA, Gontijo JAR. Early changes of hypothalamic angiotensin II receptors expression in gestational protein-restricted offspring: effect on water intake, blood pressure and renal sodium handling. J Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone Syst 2012; 14:271-82. [DOI: 10.1177/1470320312456328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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- Marcelo Cardoso de Lima
- Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
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- Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
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- Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
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- Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
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- Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
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- Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
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- Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
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Sathishkumar K, Balakrishnan M, Chinnathambi V, Gao H, Yallampalli C. Temporal alterations in vascular angiotensin receptors and vasomotor responses in offspring of protein-restricted rat dams. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2012; 206:507.e1-10. [PMID: 22537420 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2012.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2011] [Revised: 03/21/2012] [Accepted: 04/03/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Examine temporal alterations in vascular angiotensin II receptors (AT(1)R and AT(2)R) and determine vascular response to angiotensin II in growth-restricted offspring. STUDY DESIGN Offspring of pregnant rats fed low-protein (6%) and control (20%) diet were compared. RESULTS Prenatal protein restriction reprogrammed AT(1a)R messenger RNA expression in male rats' mesenteric arteries to cause 1.7- and 2.3-fold increases at 3 and 6 months of age associated with arterial pressure increases of 10 and 33 mm Hg, respectively; however, in female rats, increased AT(1a)R expression (2-fold) and arterial pressure (15 mm Hg) occurred only at 6 months. Prenatal protein restriction did not affect AT(2)R expression. Losartan abolished hypertension, suggesting that AT(1a)R plays a primary role in arterial pressure elevation. Vasoconstriction to angiotensin II was exaggerated in all protein-restricted offspring, with greater potency and efficacy in male rats. CONCLUSION Prenatal protein restriction increased vascular AT(1)R expression and vasoconstriction to angiotensin II, possibly contributing to programmed hypertension.
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Fetal stress and programming of hypoxic/ischemic-sensitive phenotype in the neonatal brain: mechanisms and possible interventions. Prog Neurobiol 2012; 98:145-65. [PMID: 22627492 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2012.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2012] [Revised: 05/10/2012] [Accepted: 05/11/2012] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Growing evidence of epidemiological, clinical and experimental studies has clearly shown a close link between adverse in utero environment and the increased risk of neurological, psychological and psychiatric disorders in later life. Fetal stresses, such as hypoxia, malnutrition, and fetal exposure to nicotine, alcohol, cocaine and glucocorticoids may directly or indirectly act at cellular and molecular levels to alter the brain development and result in programming of heightened brain vulnerability to hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and the development of neurological diseases in the postnatal life. The underlying mechanisms are not well understood. However, glucocorticoids may play a crucial role in epigenetic programming of neurological disorders of fetal origins. This review summarizes the recent studies about the effects of fetal stress on the abnormal brain development, focusing on the cellular, molecular and epigenetic mechanisms and highlighting the central effects of glucocorticoids on programming of hypoxic-ischemic-sensitive phenotype in the neonatal brain, which may enhance the understanding of brain pathophysiology resulting from fetal stress and help explore potential targets of timely diagnosis, prevention and intervention in neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and other brain disorders.
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Gao J, Chao J, Parbhu KJK, Yu L, Xiao L, Gao F, Gao L. Ontogeny of angiotensin type 2 and type 1 receptor expression in mice. J Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone Syst 2012; 13:341-52. [PMID: 22526820 DOI: 10.1177/1470320312443720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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In the current experiment, we determined angiotensin type 2 receptor (AT2R) and angiotensin type 1 receptor (AT1R) protein expression by western blot analysis in developing normal mice. The results indicate that: (1) in all detected brain regions and in the spinal cord, adult mice exhibited significantly higher AT2R expression and lower AT1R expression in total protein extracts compared to fetuses and neonates; (2) other major organs, including heart, lung, liver and kidney, exhibited the same expression pattern as the brain and spinal cord; (3) reciprocal changes in AT2R and AT1R expression were found in the total protein extracts from the brainstems of mice from one-day prenatal to six weeks of age, and there was a negative correlation between AT2R and AT1R protein expression; (4) in both membrane and cytosolic fractions from the brainstem, adult mice exhibited higher AT2R and lower AT1R expression than did fetuses and neonates; and (5) in the brainstem, there were no significant differences in AT2R and AT1R messenger RNA (mRNA) levels among fetal, neonatal and adult mice. The above results reconfirmed our previous finding in rats that adult animals have higher AT2R and lower AT1R expression compared to fetuses and neonates. These data imply an involvement of AT1R in fetal development and of AT2R in adult function.
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- Juan Gao
- Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, USA
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Arce ME, Sánchez SI, Aguilera FL, Seguin LR, Seltzer AM, Ciuffo GM. Purkinje cells express Angiotensin II AT(2) receptors at different developmental stages. Neuropeptides 2011; 45:69-76. [PMID: 21146214 DOI: 10.1016/j.npep.2010.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2010] [Revised: 11/09/2010] [Accepted: 11/15/2010] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Angiotensin II (Ang II) binds and activates two major receptors subtypes, namely AT(1) and AT(2). In the fetus, AT(2) receptors predominate in all tissues and decline shortly after birth, being restricted to a few organs including brain. Interpretation of the function of Ang II in the cerebellum requires a thorough understanding of the localization of Ang II receptors. The aim of the present paper is to evaluate the localization of Ang II AT(2) receptors in the Purkinje cell (PC) layer during development. By binding autoradiography, a clear complementary pattern of AT(1) and AT(2) binding labeled by [(125)I] Ang II was observed in young rats within the cerebellar cortex. This pattern was present at the stages P8 and P15, but not at P30 and P60, where AT(2) binding appears low and superimposed with AT(1) binding. We demonstrate that AT(2) antibodies recognized postmitotic Purkinje cells, labeling the somata of these cells at all the stages studied, from P8 to P60, suggesting that PCs express these receptors from early stages of development until adulthood. In P8 and P15 animals, we observed a clear correspondence between immunolabeling and the well-defined layer observed by binding autoradiography. Confocal analysis allowed us to discard the co-localization of AT(2) receptors with glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), a glial marker. Double immunolabeling allowed us to demonstrate the co-localization of Ang II AT(2) receptors with zebrin II, a specific PC marker. Since PCs are the sole output signal from the cerebellar cortex and considering the role of cerebellum in movement control, the specific receptor localization suggests a potential role for Ang II AT(2) receptors in the cerebellar function.
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- María E Arce
- IMIBIO-SL CONICET, Facultad de Química, Bioquímica y Farmacia, Universidad Nacional de San Luis, Ejército de los Andes 950, San Luis, Argentina
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Prenatal water deprivation alters brain angiotensin system and dipsogenic changes in the offspring. Brain Res 2011; 1382:128-36. [PMID: 21255559 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2011.01.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2010] [Revised: 01/10/2011] [Accepted: 01/10/2011] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Central renin-angiotensin system (RAS) plays an important role in regulating body fluid balance. The present study determined the effect of maternal dehydration on brain expression levels of angiotensinogen, angiotensin II receptor subtypes, and dipsogenic responses in offspring. METHODS Pregnant rats were deprived of water during late gestation. Expressions of brain angiotensinogen, angiotensin II receptors, and dipsogenic responses were determined. RESULTS Maternal water deprivation significantly decreased fetal body and brain weight, and body and tail length. Fetal plasma sodium, osmolality, and hematocrit were increased. Both AT(1)R and AT(2)R protein abundance was significantly increased in the fetal brain, associating with increased mRNA levels of AT(1a)R and AT(2)R. Additionally, angiotensinogen mRNA was increased. In adult offspring, prenatal dehydration resulted in significant increases in AT(1)R protein and AT(1a)R mRNA, as well as angiotensinogen mRNA in the forebrain in both males and females. In contrast, AT(2)R mRNA and protein were increased only in males. Prenatal dehydration resulted in a significant increase in intracerebroventricular angiotensin II-induced water intake in male, but not female, offspring. CONCLUSION The results provided new information that antenatal water deprivation induces a reprogramming of brain RAS and Ang II receptor expression patterns and alters the central Ang II-mediated dipsogenic response in offspring in a sex-dependent manner.
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Wu L, Mao C, Liu Y, Shi A, Xu F, Zhang L, Xu Z. Altered dipsogenic responses and expression of angiotensin receptors in the offspring exposed to prenatal high sucrose. Peptides 2011; 32:104-11. [PMID: 20965221 PMCID: PMC3010528 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2010.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2010] [Revised: 10/11/2010] [Accepted: 10/11/2010] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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The present study determined water and salt intake as well as expression of AT(1) and AT(2) receptors in the brain and kidney in the adult offspring rats prenatally exposed to high sucrose. Following the exposure during pregnancy, water intake and salt intake at baseline levels were not changed in the adult offspring. However, after 24h water deprivation, consumption of water and salt was significantly increased compared to that of the control. Plasma sodium and osmolality levels remained the same between the offspring in the control and the exposed groups, while hematocrit was higher in the offspring exposed to prenatal high sucrose immediately following water deprivation. Density of renal AT(1) receptor protein was the same between the control and the exposed group, while AT(2) receptor protein in the kidney was significantly increased in the offspring exposed to prenatal high sucrose in association of thicker basal membrane of glomerular. In the forebrain, both AT(1) and AT(2) receptor levels were significantly increased in the offspring with history of prenatal high sucrose. In addition, water deprivation induced more c-fos expression in the central dipsogenic areas, including the paraventricular and supraoptic nuclei in the offspring exposed to prenatal high sucrose. The results suggested that prenatal high intake of sucrose may affect development of pathways in regulation of dipsogenic behavior in face of dehydration, which was associated with altered expression of AT(1) or/and AT(2) receptors in the kidney and brain.
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- Lei Wu
- Institute for Fetal Origin Diseases, First Hospital of Soochow University & Prenatal Biology Center of Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Institute for Fetal Origin Diseases, First Hospital of Soochow University & Prenatal Biology Center of Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Jinshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200540, China
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- Institute for Fetal Origin Diseases, First Hospital of Soochow University & Prenatal Biology Center of Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Institute for Fetal Origin Diseases, First Hospital of Soochow University & Prenatal Biology Center of Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Center for Prenatal Biology, Loma Linda University, CA 92350, USA
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- Institute for Fetal Origin Diseases, First Hospital of Soochow University & Prenatal Biology Center of Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
- Center for Prenatal Biology, Loma Linda University, CA 92350, USA
- Correspondence: Zhice Xu, Director, Institute for Fetal Origin Diseases, First Hospital of Soochow University, Telephone: 86-512-61859998, Fax: 86-512-61850103,
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Yu L, Zheng M, Wang W, Rozanski GJ, Zucker IH, Gao L. Developmental changes in AT1 and AT2 receptor-protein expression in rats. J Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone Syst 2010; 11:214-21. [PMID: 20807798 DOI: 10.1177/1470320310379065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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It has long been known that angiotensin type-1 receptors (AT1R) play a critical role in sympathetic regulation, cardiovascular activity, and hormone secretion under physiological and pathological states. On the other hand, the functional significance of angiotensin type-2 receptors (AT2R) is poorly understood. In a recent study we demonstrated that, in rats with chronic heart failure, AT1R protein expression was increased but AT2R expression was decreased in the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM). This imbalance of angiotensin receptors contributed to sympatho-excitation in the heart failure state. In the current experiment, we measured AT1R and AT2R protein expressions in the brainstem, kidney and liver from male foetuses (3 days before birth), male neonates (3 days after birth), male and female adults (8 weeks) and male aged (28 months) rats by Western blot analysis. In the brainstem, we found that the foetuses and neonates exhibited a significantly lower AT2R protein expression compared with adult rats (foetus 0.08 ± 0.01, neonate 0.12 ± 0.01, male adult 0.25 ± 0.01, female adult 0.22 ± 0.02; n = 4 per group, p < 0.001 foetus and neonate compared with male or female adults). In contrast, the foetuses and neonates expressed significantly higher AT1R protein than that of the adults (foetus 0.64 ± 0.09, neonate 0.56 ± 0.01, male adult 0.13 ± 0.02, female adult 0.08 ± 0.02; n = 4 each group, p < 0.001 foetus and neonate compared with male and female adults). In the liver, the AT2R protein was also higher in foetus and neonate, than in adult rats. Interestingly, the foetal liver expressed higher AT1R protein compared with that of the neonate. In the kidney, AT2R expression was significantly increased with age (foetus 0.08 ± 0.01, neonate 0.19 ± 0.02, male adult 0.49 ± 0.04, female adult 0.90 ± 0.10; n = 4 per group, p < 0.01-0.001). AT1R expression, on the other hand, was higher in the foetuses than that in both neonate and male adults. This study provides data contrary to existing dogma that AT2R expression is higher in foetal life and low in adults, suggesting an involvement of a potentially important functional role for AT2R in adult animals and AT1R in foetal development and/or physiology.
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- Li Yu
- Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5850, USA
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Yang W, Mao C, Xia F, Zheng J, Wang A, Zhu L, He R, Xu Z. Changed salt appetite and central angiotensin II-induced cellular activation in rat offspring following hypoxia during fetal stages. Peptides 2010; 31:1177-83. [PMID: 20307607 PMCID: PMC3581437 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2010.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2010] [Revised: 03/09/2010] [Accepted: 03/09/2010] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Hypoxia in pregnancy may induce fetal growth restriction and cause functional abnormalities during development. The present study determined the long-term influence of hypoxia in fetal life on dipsogenic behavior linked to central angiotensin (Ang) network in the offspring rats. Fetal blood pO(2) and body weight were decreased by hypoxia during pregnancy, followed by a postnatal "catch-up" growth. Subcutaneous hypertonic saline or intracerebroventricular Ang II significantly increased salt intake in the offspring prenatally exposed to hypoxia, while water intake was the same between the two groups. Ang II-induced c-fos expression was detected in the paraventricular nuclei, median preoptic nuclei, supraoptic nuclei, and subfornical organ in the brain, in association with reduced forebrain AT(2) receptor protein abundance in the offspring prenatally exposed to hypoxia. Levels of central AT(1) receptor protein were not changed between the two groups. Hypoxia during pregnancy could be linked to developmental problems related to behavioral dysfunctions in body fluid regulations in later life, in association with the change in central angiotensin II-mediated neural activation and expression of the Ang II receptor in the brain.
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Affiliation(s)
- Weili Yang
- First Hospital of Soochow University & Perinatal Biology Center, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- First Hospital of Soochow University & Perinatal Biology Center, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- First Hospital of Soochow University & Perinatal Biology Center, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- First Hospital of Soochow University & Perinatal Biology Center, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- First Hospital of Soochow University & Perinatal Biology Center, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- First Hospital of Soochow University & Perinatal Biology Center, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- First Hospital of Soochow University & Perinatal Biology Center, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- First Hospital of Soochow University & Perinatal Biology Center, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
- Center for Perinatal Biology, Loma Linda University, CA 92350, USA
- Corresponding author at: First Hospital of Soochow University & Perinatal Biology Center, Soochow University, Suzhou, China. Tel.: +86 512 65880125; fax: +86 512 65880103. (Z. Xu)
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Mao C, Hou J, Ge J, Hu Y, Ding Y, Zhou Y, Zhang H, Xu Z, Zhang L. Changes of renal AT1/AT2 receptors and structures in ovine fetuses following exposure to long-term hypoxia. Am J Nephrol 2009; 31:141-50. [PMID: 19923800 DOI: 10.1159/000259901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2009] [Accepted: 09/22/2009] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND/AIMS The present study tested the hypothesis that chronic hypoxia adversely affects renal development in the ovine fetus. METHODS Kidneys were collected from near-term fetuses of pregnant ewes maintained at sea level or high altitude (3,801 m, PaO(2): approx. 60 mm Hg) for 110 days (n = 6 for each group). RESULTS Long-term high altitude hypoxia reduced the fetal kidney/body weight ratio. Histological analysis showed a significant enlargement in the Bowman's space and swelling of tubule epithelial cells in the kidney of the hypoxic fetus. The histological alterations were limited to the cortical, but not medullary, zone. These alterations were associated with an increase in serum creatinine and a decrease in the BUN-to-creatinine ratio in hypoxic fetuses. Angiotensin II receptors (AT(1)R and AT(2)R) were detected in the glomerular and tubular regions of the kidney. Chronic hypoxia caused a significant increase in AT(1)R and a decrease in AT(2)R protein and mRNA abundance, resulting in a large increase in the AT(1)R/AT(2)R ratio in the fetal kidney. CONCLUSION The results demonstrate an adverse effect of chronic hypoxia on renal AT(1)R and AT(2)R expression and functions in the fetus, suggesting a possible role of fetal hypoxia in the programming of renal diseases in fetal origins.
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- Caiping Mao
- Perinatal Biology Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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