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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM
Volume 293, Issue 1, Pages E355-E363Publisher
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00632.2006
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reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase; malondialdehyde; Akt
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [P01 HL-51952, R01 HL-073101-01A1] Funding Source: Medline
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Angiotensin II (ANG II) contributes to cardiac remodeling, hypertrophy, and left ventricular dysfunction. ANG II stimulation of the ANG type 1 receptor (AT(1)R) generates reactive oxygen species via NADPH oxidase, which facilitates this hypertrophy and remodeling. This investigation sought to determine whether cardiac oxidative stress and cellular remodeling could be attenuated by in vivo AT(1)R blockade (AT(1)B) (valsartan) or superoxide dismutase/catalase mimetic (tempol) treatment in a rodent model of chronically elevated tissue levels of ANG II, the transgenic (mRen2) 27 rat (Ren2). Ren2 rats overexpress the mouse reffin transgene with resultant hypertension, insulin resistance, proteinuria, and cardiovascular damage. Young (6-7 wk old) male Ren2 and age-matched Sprague-Dawley rats were treated with valsartan (30 mg/kg), tempol (1 mmol/1), or placebo for 3 wk. Heart tissue NADPH oxidase (NOX) activity and inummohistochemical analysis of subunits NOX2, Racl, and p22(phox) heart tissue malondialdehyde, and insulin-stimulated protein kinase B (Akt) activation were measured. Structural changes were assessed with cine MRI, transmission electron microscopy, and light microscopy. Increases in septal wall thickness and altered systolic function (cine MRI) were associated with perivascular fibrosis and increased mitochondria in Ren2 on light and transmission electron microscopy (P < 0.05). AT(1)B, but not tempol, reduced blood pressure (P < 0.05); significant improvements were seen with both ATIB and tempol on NOX activity, subunit expression, malondialdehyde, and insulin-mediated activation/phosphorylation of Akt (each P < 0.05). Collectively, these data suggest cardiac oxidative stress-induced structural and functional changes are driven, in part, by ATIR-mediated increases in NADPH oxidase activity.
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