Y Hamada, E Niisato, T Otori, T A Chikugo, Y Ohta, T Suzuki, K Okamoto
{"title":"Ocular fundus changes in malignant or precocious stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats after administration of antihypertensive drugs.","authors":"Y Hamada, E Niisato, T Otori, T A Chikugo, Y Ohta, T Suzuki, K Okamoto","doi":"10.1111/j.1440-1681.1995.tb02851.x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1681.1995.tb02851.x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>1. Malignant or precocious stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (M-SHRSP) showed hypertensive ocular fundus changes with severe hypertension, but various anti-hypertensive drugs given over a proper period improved funduscopic findings. 2. We treated a M-SHRSP with SQ29,852 (an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor, ACEI) or manidipine (a calcium antagonist) and observed hypertensive vascular changes in the fundus. 3. The M-SHRSP treated with anti-hypertensive drugs lived longer and the hypertensive fundic changes improved in both groups. But there were some differences of histochemical staining reaction on the endothelial cell-surface and mucopolysaccharides accumulations between the treated group of ACEI and the group treated with the calcium antagonist. 4. In the treated group with calcium antagonist, the anionic ion functions of the endothelial cell-surface were impaired and organic retinal or choroidal damages appeared to have deteriorated.</p>","PeriodicalId":75710,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology. Supplement","volume":"22 1","pages":"S132-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1440-1681.1995.tb02851.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20026280","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K Yamashita, Y Kataoka, Y S Yamashita, A Himeno, K Tsutsumi, M Niwa, K Taniyama
{"title":"Glial endothelin/nitric oxide system participates in hippocampus CA1 neuronal death of SHRSP following transient forebrain ischaemia.","authors":"K Yamashita, Y Kataoka, Y S Yamashita, A Himeno, K Tsutsumi, M Niwa, K Taniyama","doi":"10.1111/j.1440-1681.1995.tb02915.x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1681.1995.tb02915.x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>1. When delayed neuronal death occurred in the hippocampus CA1 pyramidal cell layer of stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRSP) at 4 and 7 days after a 10 min bilateral carotid occlusion and reperfusion, intense endothelin-1 (ET-1)- and ET-3-like immunoreactivities became evident in astrocytes in the damaged hippocampus CA1 subfields. 2. We also observed that microglia equipped with an ETB receptor aggregated within the CA1 pyramidal cell layer with neuronal death. 3. There was a dramatic increase in nitric oxide synthase (NOS) activity in astrocytes and microglia in the damaged hippocampus CA1 subfields. 4. Thus, the possibility that microglia with the ETB receptor are activated to produce NO, a neurotoxic factor, by astrocytic ET-1 and ET-3 produced in response to transient forebrain ischaemia would have to be considered.</p>","PeriodicalId":75710,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology. Supplement","volume":"22 1","pages":"S277-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1440-1681.1995.tb02915.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20026287","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M Kondo, M Terada, T Fujiwara, N Arita, A Yano, R Tabei
{"title":"Noradrenergic hyperinnervation in the heart of stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats.","authors":"M Kondo, M Terada, T Fujiwara, N Arita, A Yano, R Tabei","doi":"10.1111/j.1440-1681.1995.tb02977.x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1681.1995.tb02977.x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>1. Noradrenergic (NA) nerve fibre distribution was investigated in the epicardium and myocardium of the heart in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRSP) and was compared to that in normotensive Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats. Fluorescent NA nerve fibres in the left and right epicardium of both strains aged 10, 30, 60, 90 and 180 days, and in the myocardium of left and right ventricles and the ventricular septum of both strains aged 30, 90 and 180 days were examined by the glyoxylic acid method. The distribution densities of NA nerve fibres were measured by quantitative image analysis. 2. The distribution pattern of NA nerve fibres in the epicardium of both strains showed a constant meshwork pattern throughout the entire examination period. 3. In the myocardium, NA nerve fibres were distributed irregularly between myocytes of both strains in all ages examined. 4. The densities of NA nerve fibres in the epicardium of SHRSP were significantly higher (P < 0.01 and 0.05; Student's t-test, 6 d.f.) than those of WKY at all ages examined except left epicardium at 90 days of age. 5. The densities in the right myocardium in 30 and 90 day old SHRSP were significantly higher (P < 0.05; Student's t-test, 6 d.f.) than those of WKY. 6. NA hyperinnervation in the epicardium and the myocardium of SHRSP may be assumed to be caused by the hyperfunction of the stellate ganglia which innervate the heart and may give rise to hypertrophy of the heart in SHRSP by a trophic effect of NA nerve fibre.</p>","PeriodicalId":75710,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology. Supplement","volume":"22 1","pages":"S75-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1440-1681.1995.tb02977.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20026293","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Development of hypertension in spontaneously hypertensive rats: role of milk electrolytes.","authors":"R McCarty, H Tong","doi":"10.1111/j.1440-1681.1995.tb02888.x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1681.1995.tb02888.x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>1. Milk samples were collected from lactating spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) normotensive females at 8, 14 or 18 days postpartum. 2. Milk samples were later analysed for content of calcium (Ca++), sodium (Na+), potassium (K+), chloride (Cl-) and total protein. 3. Milk samples from SHR females had significantly higher concentrations of Na+ (at 8 and 14 days) and Cl- and significantly lower concentrations of Ca++, K+ (at 8 and 14 days) and total protein compared to milk samples from WKY females. 4. Preweanling dietary content of several electrolytes implicated in the development of hypertension differed dramatically between SHR and WKY strains. This altered diet early in life may serve as an environmental trigger for progressive age-related increases in arterial pressure in SHR.</p>","PeriodicalId":75710,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology. Supplement","volume":"22 1","pages":"S215-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1440-1681.1995.tb02888.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20026503","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparative study on free radical injury in the endothelium of SHR and WKY aorta.","authors":"H Ito, M Torii, T Suzuki","doi":"10.1111/j.1440-1681.1995.tb02862.x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1681.1995.tb02862.x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>1. Using 13 week old SHR and WKY rats, aortic endothelial injury was examined after tert-butylhydroperoxide (t-BOOH) perfusion. 2. ESR analysis revealed a hydroxyl radical adducts in the perfusate after t-BOOH perfusion. 3. After t-BOOH perfusion, endothelial changes such as cauliflower-like blebs and crater-like holes were frequently observed in the SHR aorta, but rarely seen in the WKY aorta. 4. X-ray spectra revealed the cerium perhydroxide deposition on the surface of endothelial cells of the SHR aorta. 5. These findings indicate that free radical injury is much more intense in the endothelial cells of SHR than in those in WKY.</p>","PeriodicalId":75710,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology. Supplement","volume":"22 1","pages":"S157-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1440-1681.1995.tb02862.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20026703","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Inflammatory cytokines and rat vascular tone.","authors":"F Ohkawa, U Ikeda, T Kanbe, K Kawasaki, K Shimada","doi":"10.1111/j.1440-1681.1995.tb02867.x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1681.1995.tb02867.x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>1. Experiments were performed to examine the effect of inflammatory cytokines, interleukin-2 (IL-2), IL-6 and IL-8, on the contractility of rat aorta. 2. Pretreatment of the endothelium-denuded aortic ring with IL-6 for 3 h caused a significant inhibition of its contraction (58.9 +/- 7.8%, n = 9, P < 0.01) when induced by 10(-6) mol/L phenylephrine. 3. On the other hand, IL-2 and IL-8 failed to show significant effects on the contractility of the aorta. 4. This inhibitory effect of IL-6 on phenylephrine-induced contraction showed dose-dependency, and completely disappeared in the presence of 10(-5) mol/L indomethacin. 5. In cultured rat vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC), the release of 6-keto-prostaglandin F1alpha into the extracellular medium was significantly increased by exposure to IL-6, but not by exposure to IL-2 or IL-8. 6. IL-2, IL-6 and IL-8 showed no effects on the release of nitrite, a stable metabolite of nitric oxide (NO), from VSMC. 7. These results indicate that IL-6, not IL-2 or IL-8, is a potent inhibitor of the alpha-adrenergic-stimulated contraction of vascular smooth muscle and its action is mediated by the increased synthesis of prostacyclin rather than NO.</p>","PeriodicalId":75710,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology. Supplement","volume":"22 1","pages":"S169-71"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1440-1681.1995.tb02867.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20026708","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparative haemodynamic studies of endothelin-1, -2 and -3 on conscious SHRSP and WKY.","authors":"H Higashino, K Simeonova, I Lambev, A Suzuki","doi":"10.1111/j.1440-1681.1995.tb02880.x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1681.1995.tb02880.x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>1. Depressor and pressor effects of endothelin-1, -2 and -3 in relation to hypertension were investigated in conscious WKY and SHRSP. 2. Changes of systolic arterial pressure to both depressor and pressor responses caused by three doses of endothelin-1, -2 or -3 (0.1, 0.3 and 1 nmol/kg) occurred to a similar extent between WKY and SHRSP. These data showed that endothelins may not exert an important role on the pathogenesis of hypertension. 3. Endothelin-1 decreased the cardiac index more in SHRSP than in WKY, indicating the dominance of ETA receptors in SHRSP compared with WKY. 4. ET-1 was the most potent vasodepressor and vasodilator of three endothelin peptides in rats. 5. During the pressor responses to endothelin-1 and -3, cardiac arrhythmia was observed with high frequency in the animals of both groups, indicating the arrhythmogenic effect of ET.</p>","PeriodicalId":75710,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology. Supplement","volume":"22 1","pages":"S199-201"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1440-1681.1995.tb02880.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20027118","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M Nito, H Sato, T Hara, A Karasawa, K Yamada, Y Ohta
{"title":"Suppressive effects of benidipine on the development of hypertension and renal lesions in salt-loaded stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats.","authors":"M Nito, H Sato, T Hara, A Karasawa, K Yamada, Y Ohta","doi":"10.1111/j.1440-1681.1995.tb02944.x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1681.1995.tb02944.x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>1. The effects of benidipine hydrochloride (benidipine), a long-acting dihydropyridine calcium antagonist, on the development of hypertension and renal lesions were examined in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRSP). 2. SHRSP were fed with 8% NaCl diet for 3 weeks from 13 weeks of age, and benidipine (1 or 3 mg/kg per day) was orally administered during the same period. 3. The high salt diet accelerated an increase in urinary excretions of total protein and albumin, and caused marked arteriole, glomerular and tubular lesions in the kidney. 4. Benidipine significantly inhibited these changes, and also suppressed the elevation of blood pressure in salt-loaded SHRSP. 5. These results reveal that benidipine has protective effects against the development of hypertension and the progression of renal lesions induced by the high salt diet in SHRSP.</p>","PeriodicalId":75710,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology. Supplement","volume":"22 1","pages":"S337-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1440-1681.1995.tb02944.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20027126","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors on fructose induced hypertension and hyperinsulinaemia in rats.","authors":"Y Erlich, T Rosenthal","doi":"10.1111/j.1440-1681.1995.tb02949.x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1681.1995.tb02949.x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>1. The effect of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI) enalapril, lisinopril and ramipril was studied on fructose-induced hypertensive and hyperinsulinaemic rats. 2. 60 Sprague-Dawley rats were fed a fructose-enriched diet for 5 weeks, which produced hyperinsulinaemia, hypertriglyceridaemia and hypertension. Beginning with week 3 of the diet, lisinopril (10 and 20 mg per kg per day), ramipril (5 and 10 mg/kg per day) and enalapril (20 mg/kg per day) were given daily in drinking water for 2 weeks to 10 rats in each drug group. Ten rats fed only the fructose-enriched diet served as control. 3. Systolic blood pressure was measured weekly by the indirect tail-cuff method. Plasma insulin level was determined using RIA. 4. Data indicate that ACEI improve insulin resistance induced by high-fructose intake in rats; that despite their equal hypotensive effect, ACEI differ in their ability to improve insulin resistance; and that improvement of insulin resistance by ACEI is dose-dependent.</p>","PeriodicalId":75710,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology. Supplement","volume":"22 1","pages":"S347-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1440-1681.1995.tb02949.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20027131","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Baroreceptors in the carotid sinus contribute to arterial baroreceptor reflexes in normotensive rats.","authors":"H Ohta, W T Talman","doi":"10.1111/j.1440-1681.1995.tb02971.x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1681.1995.tb02971.x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>1. Baroreceptor reflex influences on renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) were estimated with non-linear regression analysis (sigmoidal curve fitting) before and after transection of carotid sinus nerves (CSN) and aortic depressor nerves (ADN) in rats. 2. Transection of ADN reduced the gain of the reflex to 42% of basal levels with increases in arterial pressure (MAP) and RSNA. Subsequent transection of CSN eliminated the remaining sigmoidal correlation between MAP and RSNA without further changes in resting MAP and RSNA. 3. By comparison, the transection of CSN reduced the gain of the reflex to 53% of basal levels without affecting other variables. Additional transection of both ADN eliminated the remaining sigmoidal correlation between MAP and RSNA with further increases in resting MAP and RSNA. 4. These results indicate that carotid sinus baroreceptors exist in rats. They contribute to baroreceptor-mediated reflex changes in RSNA as do aortic baroreceptors, although the working range of MAP may increase with transection of the latter.</p>","PeriodicalId":75710,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology. Supplement","volume":"22 1","pages":"S62-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1440-1681.1995.tb02971.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20027652","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}