MORIMOTO Satoshi
   Department   School of Medicine(Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital), School of Medicine
   Position   Associate Professor
Article types Original article
Language English
Peer review Peer reviewed
Title Chronic angiotensin blockade with candesartan cilexetil in DOCA/salt hypertensive rats reduces cardiac hypertrophy and coronary resistance without affecting blood pressure.
Journal Formal name:Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension
Abbreviation:Hypertens Res
ISSN code:09169636/09169636
Domestic / ForeginForegin
Volume, Issue, Page 20(4),pp.263-7
Author and coauthor Fujita H, Takeda K, Miki S, Morimoto S, Kawa T, Uchida A, Itoh H, Nakata T, Sasaki S, Nakagawa M
Publication date 1997/12
Summary To determine whether angiotensin II participates in the pathogenesis of cardiac hypertrophy and impairs coronary circulation in DOCA/salt hypertension, DOCA hypertensive rats were treated with candesartan cilexetil for 8 wk. DOCA/salt hypertension was induced in Wistar rats by removing the right kidney and subcutaneously injecting deoxycorticosterone acetate once a week. Control rats were given subcutaneous injections of saline and maintained on a normal diet. After 4 wk of observation, the angiotensin II receptor antagonist candesartan cilexetil was administered by oral gavage for 8 wk to 14 rats. Systolic blood pressure was measured weekly with the tail-cuff method. After 12 wk, the rats were killed and prepared. The isolated hearts were perfused by a Langendorff apparatus at constant flow. Perfusion pressure was measured by a small-volume transducer, and perfusion flow was recorded by a drop counter. Development of hypertension was not prevented by candesartan cilexetil treatment, but development of cardiac hypertrophy was inhibited. Minimum coronary vascular resistance (MCVR) obtained upon infusing adenosine into the isolated hearts was significantly higher in DOCA/salt hypertensive rats than in sham-operated controls. The elevated MCVR in DOCA/salt hypertensive rats was decreased by the administration of candesartan cilexetil for 8 wk. Thus, candesartan cilexetil regressed cardiac hypertrophy and improved coronary vascular resistance without affecting high blood pressure. These findings suggest that angiotensin II plays an important role in the pathogenesis of cardiac hypertrophy in DOCA/salt hypertension and that cardiac hypertrophy increases coronary vascular resistance.
DOI 10.1291/hypres.20.263
PMID 9453261