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Li P, Peng Y, Ma Q, Li Z, Zhang X. Study on the Formation of Antihypertensive Twin Drugs by Caffeic Acid and Ferulic Acid with Telmisartan. Drug Des Devel Ther 2020; 14:977-992. [PMID: 32184567 PMCID: PMC7062412 DOI: 10.2147/dddt.s225705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2019] [Accepted: 02/10/2020] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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PURPOSE This study aimed to synthesize twin drugs from cinnamic acid compounds, caffeic acid (CFA) and ferulic acid (FLA), which can antagonize endothelin-1 (ET-1) with telmisartan through ester bonds. Moreover, the antihypertensive effect of telmisartan and its influence on blood pressure variability (BPV) were enhanced, and the bioavailability of caffeic acid and ferulic acid was improved. METHODS Six twin drugs, which were the target compounds, were synthesized. Hypertensive rats (SHR) and conscious sinoaortic-denervated (SAD) rats were spontaneously used as models for pharmacodynamic research to study the antihypertensive efficacy of these twin drugs. Wistar rats were employed as pharmacokinetic research models to investigate the pharmacokinetics of the target compounds via intragastric administration. Cellular pharmacodynamic research was also conducted on the antagonistic action on Ang II-AT1, ETA and ETB receptor. RESULTS Compound 1a was determined as the best antihypertensive twin drug and thus was further studied for its effect on BPV. Compared with that of telmisartan, the antihypertensive effect of compound 1a was improved (p<0.05), and the BPV was reduced (p<0.05). The bioavailability of caffeic acid and ferulic acid after hydrolysis from twin drugs could be increased to varying degrees, and the differences of the main pharmacokinetic parameters among the different forms of caffeic acid and ferulic acid were statistically significant (p<0.05 or p<0.01). Compound 1a had the best antagonistic effect on the Ang II-AT1 receptor. However, the IC50 of Lps-2 was still two orders of magnitude higher than that of the positive drug telmisartan. Hence, the twin drugs worked by metabolizing and regenerating telmisartan and caffeic acid or ferulic acid in the body. CONCLUSION The synthesized twin drugs improved telmisartan's antihypertensive effects, significantly decreased BPV in SAD rats and increased the bioavailability of caffeic acid and ferulic acid. This study serves as a basis for the development of new angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) in the future and a reference for the development of new drugs to antagonize ET-1.
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- Pengshou Li
- Department of Food Science and Engineering, School of Food and Drug, Luoyang Normal University, Luoyang471934, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Food Science and Engineering, School of Food and Drug, Luoyang Normal University, Luoyang471934, People’s Republic of China
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- Cancer Institute, Fudan University Cancer Hospital and Cancer Metabolism Laboratory, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai200032, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Food Science and Engineering, School of Food and Drug, Luoyang Normal University, Luoyang471934, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy, School of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing100102, People’s Republic of China
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Chang H, Gu HX, Gong M, Han JJ, Wang Y, Xia ZL, Zhao XM. Characteristic enhancement of blood pressure V-shaped waves in sinoaortic-denervated rats in a conscious and quiet state. Physiol Res 2016; 65:571-580. [PMID: 26988153 DOI: 10.33549/physiolres.933062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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A hemodynamic feature of chronic sinoaortic-denervated (SAD) rats is the increase in blood pressure variability (BPV) without significant changes in the average level of blood pressure (BP). The current study was designed to investigate the changes in BP V-shaped waves (V waves) in SAD rats. Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were divided into 2 groups: SAD rats and sham-operated rats (n=13). Hemodynamics measurements were obtained in conscious, freely moving rats, four weeks after sinoaortic denervation or sham operation. V wave indices were evaluated in rats in both conscious and quiet states. Additionally, normal and high BPV was simulated by the production of V waves with different amplitudes. The results showed that the V wave amplitude was dramatically increased, with a significantly prolonged duration and reduced frequency in SAD rats. V wave BPV in SAD rats was significantly increased, though BP remained unchanged. The twenty-four hour BPV in all rats was positively correlated with amplitude, duration time and V wave BPV and negatively correlated with frequency. The systolic BP spectral powers in the low frequency range (0.38-0.45 Hz) were significantly reduced in the V waves of SAD rats. Moreover, there was a remarkable increase in mean BPV and a normal mean BP after simulating high BPV in SAD rats. These results suggest that enhancement of V waves might be a waveform character of BP in SAD rats in both the conscious and quiet states. These types of V waves appear to be related to a depression of sympathetic regulation of BP induced by sinoaortic denervation.
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- Huan Chang
- Key Laboratory of Atherosclerosis in Universities of Shandong (Taishan Medical University), Taian, China.
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Irigoyen MC, De Angelis K, Dos Santos F, Dartora DR, Rodrigues B, Consolim-Colombo FM. Hypertension, Blood Pressure Variability, and Target Organ Lesion. Curr Hypertens Rep 2016; 18:31. [PMID: 27002717 DOI: 10.1007/s11906-016-0642-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Hypertensive patients have a higher risk of developing health complications, particularly cardiovascular (CV) events, than individuals with normal blood pressure (BP). Severity of complications depends on the magnitude of BP elevation and other CV risk factors associated with the target organ damage. Therefore, BP control and management of organ damage may contribute to reduce this risk. BP variability (BPV) has been considered a physiological marker of autonomic nervous system control and may be implicated in increased CV risk in hypertension. This review will present some evidence relating BPV and target organ damage in hypertension in clinical and experimental settings.
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- Maria-Cláudia Irigoyen
- Hypertension Unit, Heart Institute (InCor), School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Av. Dr. Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar, 44, 05403-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Translational Physiology, Universidade Nove de Julho (UNINOVE), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Hypertension Unit, Heart Institute (InCor), School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Av. Dr. Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar, 44, 05403-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul/ Fundação Universitária de Cardiologia (IC/FUC), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Faculty of Physical Education, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Hypertension Unit, Heart Institute (InCor), School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Av. Dr. Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar, 44, 05403-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.,Laboratory of Translational Physiology, Universidade Nove de Julho (UNINOVE), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Chen AF. Blood pressure variability reduction and organ protection in hypertension treatment. Hypertens Res 2008; 31:587-8. [PMID: 18633167 DOI: 10.1291/hypres.31.587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Fosinopril prevents the pulmonary arterial remodeling in sinoaortic-denervated rats by regulating phosphodiesterase. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 2008; 51:24-31. [PMID: 18209565 DOI: 10.1097/fjc.0b013e318159e097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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AIM To study the effects of fosinopril on sinoaortic denervation (SAD)-induced pulmonary vascular remodeling and on phosphodiesterases (PDE) 1 in rats. METHODS SAD was performed in male Sprague-Dawley rats at the age of 10 weeks. The experiment included sham-operated (Sham), SAD, and fosinopril-treated SAD groups. Fosinopril (15 mg/kg/d) was given in rat chow. After 16 weeks of treatment, the pulmonary arteries were taken for investigations, including pharmacological study, measurement of cGMP, light microscopy, immunohistochemistry, Western blotting, and quantitative real-time RT-PCR. RESULTS Compared with Sham rats, blood pressure variability (BPV) was significantly increased in the SAD group. However, the mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP) was not significant change among 3 groups. After SAD, maximal contraction of pulmonary artery rings to phenylephrine was markedly decreased; the most prominent morphological change in the lung included thickening vascular walls, increasing number of smooth muscle cells, and greater wall-to-lumen ratio; the tissue concentrations of cGMP was reduced significantly; PDE1A or PDE1C expression was upregulated significantly, and endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) expression was downregulated significantly. Fosinopril treatment prevented these changes induced by SAD. CONCLUSION Pulmonary artery remodeling (structural and functional abnormalities) was induced by SAD. Fosinopril, an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, mainly via potentiating eNOS pathway and inhibiting AngII formation, effectively prevented increased blood pressure variability and vascular remodeling of the pulmonary artery after SAD by regulating the activity levels or expression of eNOS, cGMP, and PDE1s.
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Zhang XF, Yang RF, Wang J, Zhao L, Li L, Shen FM, Su DF. Arterial baroreflex function does not influence telomere length in kidney of rats. Acta Pharmacol Sin 2006; 27:1409-16. [PMID: 17049115 DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7254.2006.00422.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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AIM To investigate the relationship between arterial baroreflex (ABR) function and telomere length in kidney of rats. METHODS Stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR-SP) and sinoaortic denervated rats (SAD) were used as models with depressed arterial baroreflex. In the first experiments, SHR-SP rats were examined at the age of 24 weeks for both sexes and 40 weeks for female rats. In the second experiments, SAD rats were studied 4 and 35 weeks after SAD operation. Blood pressure was continuously recorded for 4 h in a conscious state. After the determination of baroreflex sensitivity (BRS), the terminal restriction fragment (TRF) of rat kidney was analyzed using Southern blot. RESULTS The TRF length was found shorter in: a) male SHR-SP compared with age-matched female SHR-SP; b) female SHR-SP 40 weeks of age compared with 24 weeks of age; c) in rats 35 weeks after operation compared with rats 4 weeks post operation in both sham-operated and SAD rats. CONCLUSION In SHR-SP, the TRF length did not correlate with BRS. In addition, SAD did not affect TRF length at either 4 or 35 weeks post-surgery. It may be concluded that baroreflex function does not influence the terminal restriction fragment (TRF) length in rats.
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- Xiao-fei Zhang
- Department of Pharmacology, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Blood pressure variability, a quantitative index for the spontaneous variation in blood pressure, has been proposed as a risk factor for end-organ damage and to determine the efficacy of hypertension treatment. RECENT FINDINGS Animal studies indicate that blood pressure variability is as important as blood pressure level in determining end-organ damage, and that high blood pressure variability is associated with end-organ damage, including myocardial lesions, aortic hypertrophy, vascular remodeling and renal damage. Although the organ damage induced by high blood pressure variability was similar to that induced by hypertension, comparative studies in sinoaortic-denervated and spontaneously hypertensive rats revealed that aortic hypertrophy is a sensitive index of high blood pressure variability, and left ventricular hypertrophy is a sensitive index of high blood pressure level. The possible mechanisms for high blood pressure variability-induced end-organ damage include: direct endothelial lesions, renin-angiotensin system activation, inflammation initiation and cardiomyocyte apoptosis augmentation. Blood pressure variability reduction contributes importantly to the organ-protective effect of some antihypertensive drugs. SUMMARY Although animal studies suggest some advantages in blood pressure variability measurements, clinical trials are necessary before the widespread use of blood pressure variability as a predictor of hypertensive organ damage and a new strategy for the treatment of hypertension.
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- Ding-Feng Su
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China.
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Wang J, Shen FM, Zhang XF, Wang MW, Su DF. Functional Arterial Baroreflex Attenuates the Effects of Antihypertensive Drugs in Conscious Rats. J Pharmacol Sci 2006; 100:271-7. [PMID: 16565577 DOI: 10.1254/jphs.fp0050789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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The present work was designed to observe the influences of arterial baroreflex (ABR) function on cardiovascular effects produced by four routinely used antihypertensive drugs in conscious rats. A low ABR model was obtained by the performance of sinoaortic denervation (SAD). The doses of the four drugs were as follows: nifedipine (1.5, 3.0 mg/kg), captopril (50, 100 mg/kg), atenolol (10, 20 mg/kg), and hydrochlorothiazide (20, 40 mg/kg). They were administered via an intra-gastric catheter. Compared with sham-operated rats, SAD significantly increased blood pressure variability about 2 times without modification of blood pressure level. The decrease in blood pressure level induced by the four tested drugs was larger in SAD rats than in sham-operated rats, which decreased to about 10 mmHg. Pulse interval was not changed by the treatment of captopril, but prolonged by atenolol in both sham-operated and SAD rats. In sham-operated groups, treatment of both nifedipine and hydrochlorothiazide decreased pulse interval. Whereas in sinoaortic denervated ones, this tachycardia was prevented. Among the four tested drugs, it was found that only nifedipine and atenolol significantly decreased blood pressure variability in SAD rats. It can be concluded that arterial baroreflex function was able to attenuate the hypotensive effects produced by antihypertensive drugs in conscious rats.
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- Jin Wang
- Department of Pharmacology, Second Military Medical University, China
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Su DF, Miao CY. Reduction of blood pressure variability: a new strategy for the treatment of hypertension. Trends Pharmacol Sci 2005; 26:388-90. [PMID: 15990175 DOI: 10.1016/j.tips.2005.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2004] [Revised: 05/23/2005] [Accepted: 06/15/2005] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The main aims of the treatment of hypertension are to prevent end-organ damage (EOD) and to avoid consequent lethal complications associated with hypertension. Blood pressure level is a well-known determinant of EOD. However, recent studies suggest that blood pressure variability (BPV) is as important as blood pressure level in determining EOD. The reduction of BPV is an important contributory factor of the organ protection provided by some antihypertensive drugs. Thus, reduction of BPV might represent a new strategy for the treatment of hypertension.
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- Ding-Feng Su
- Department of Pharmacology, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China.
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Kim JK, Sala-Mercado JA, Rodriguez J, Scislo TJ, O'Leary DS. Arterial baroreflex alters strength and mechanisms of muscle metaboreflex during dynamic exercise. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2004; 288:H1374-80. [PMID: 15539416 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01040.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Previous studies showed that the arterial baroreflex opposes the pressor response mediated by muscle metaboreflex activation during mild dynamic exercise. However, no studies have investigated the mechanisms contributing to metaboreflex-mediated pressor responses during dynamic exercise after arterial baroreceptor denervation. Therefore, we investigated the contribution of cardiac output (CO) and peripheral vasoconstriction in mediating the pressor response to graded reductions in hindlimb perfusion in conscious, chronically instrumented dogs before and after sinoaortic denervation (SAD) during mild and moderate exercise. In control experiments, the metaboreflex pressor responses were mediated via increases in CO. After SAD, the metaboreflex pressor responses were significantly greater and significantly smaller increases in CO occurred. During control experiments, nonischemic vascular conductance (NIVC) did not change with muscle metaboreflex activation, whereas after SAD NIVC significantly decreased with metaboreflex activation; thus SAD shifted the mechanisms of the muscle metaboreflex from mainly increases in CO to combined cardiac and peripheral vasoconstrictor responses. We conclude that the major mechanism by which the arterial baroreflex buffers the muscle metaboreflex is inhibition of metaboreflex-mediated peripheral vasoconstriction.
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- Jong-Kyung Kim
- Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA
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Nishimura M, Hashimoto T, Kobayashi H, Fukuda T, Okino K, Yamamoto N, Nakamura N, Yoshikawa T, Takahashi H, Ono T. Association between cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy and left ventricular hypertrophy in diabetic haemodialysis patients. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2004; 19:2532-8. [PMID: 15252162 DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfh361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Patients with diabetic nephropathy are likely to have neurological complications including cardiovascular autonomic dysfunction, which is related to increased risk of mortality. We investigated whether cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy is associated with left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) in diabetic haemodialysis patients. METHODS Holter electrocardiography was carried out for 24 h with time and frequency domain analyses of heart rate variability in 154 diabetic (age 62+/-11 years) and 63 non-diabetic haemodialysis patients (62+/-10 years). The left ventricular mass index (LVMI) was determined by echocardiography. We used the percentage of differences exceeding 50 ms between adjacent normal RR intervals (pNN50) in time domain analysis and the power in the high-frequency range (HF: 0.15-0.40 Hz) in frequency domain analysis as indicators of parasympathetic activity. RESULTS The mean LVMI was greater in diabetic than in non-diabetic patients (168+/-63 vs 144+/-54 g/m(2), P<0.01). LVMI inversely correlated with pNN50 (r = -0.270, P = 0.0007, n = 154) and HF (r = -0.277, P = 0.0005, n = 154) in diabetic patients, but not in non-diabetic patients. By multiple logistic analysis, LVH was strongly associated with pNN50 (odds ratio 0.088; 0, <2%; 1, >/=2%) and HF (odds ratio 0.058; 0, <500 ms(2); 1, >/=500 ms(2)) in diabetic patients. CONCLUSIONS Impaired parasympathetic activity, which indicates cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy, was associated with the presence of LVH in diabetic haemodialysis patients. The co-existence of cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy and LVH may be one of the key factors for the high incidence of cardiovascular events in diabetic haemodialysis patients.
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- Masato Nishimura
- Cardiovascular Division, Toujinkai Hospital, 16 Negoro, Momoyama-cho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto 612-8024, Japan.
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