Stress-Induced Sensitization of Angiotensin II Hypertension Is Reversed by Blockade of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme or Tumor Necrosis Factor-α.
Stress-Induced Sensitization of Angiotensin II Hypertension Is Reversed by Blockade of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme or Tumor Necrosis Factor-α.
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压力诱导的血管紧张素 II 高血压敏化可通过阻断血管紧张素转换酶或肿瘤坏死因子-α 来逆转。
DOI:
10.1093/ajh/hpz075
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发表时间:
2019
影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
Johnson,AlanKim
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作者:
Xue,Baojian;Yu,Yang;Wei,Shun-Guang;Beltz,TerryG;Guo,Fang;Felder,RobertB;Johnson,AlanKim
BACKGROUNDPost-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is characterized by a disordered stress response and associated with increased cardiovascular disease risk. The present study investigated whether angiotensin (Ang) II-elicited hypertensive response is sensitized in a model of PTSD and whether inhibition of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) or tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α prior to PTSD blocks this sensitization of Ang II hypertension.METHODSThe resident–intruder paradigm was used to model PTSD. Each intruder rat (male Sprague-Dawley) was given normal drinking water or was pretreated with either an ACE inhibitor (captopril) or a TNF-α inhibitor (pentoxifylline) in the drinking water for 2 weeks. Subsequently, they were exposed to a different resident (male Long-Evans) for 2 hours on 3 days with each session separated by 1 day and then received a subcutaneous infusion of Ang II for 2 weeks.RESULTSThe stressed rats had a significantly enhanced hypertensive response to the Ang II infusion (stressed Δ40.2 ± 3.9 mm Hg vs. unstressed Δ20.5 ± 4.5 mm Hg) and an upregulation of mRNA or protein expression of renin–angiotensin system (RAS) and proinflammatory cytokine (PIC) components and of a microglial marker in the lamina terminalis and hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus when compared with unstressed control rats. Both the sensitized hypertensive response and enhanced gene and protein expression were blocked by pretreatment with either ACE (Δ21.3 ± 3.9 mm Hg) or TNF-α inhibitor (Δ21.4 ± 2.6 mm Hg).CONCLUSIONSThe results indicate that upregulation of the brain RAS and PICs produced by severe stress contributes to traumatic-induced sensitization of hypertensive response to Ang II, and disorders such as PTSD may predispose individuals to development of hypertension.