RELATIONSHIP OF AORTIC-WALL AND BARORECEPTOR PROPERTIES DURING DEVELOPMENT IN NORMOTENSIVE AND SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RATS
RELATIONSHIP OF AORTIC-WALL AND BARORECEPTOR PROPERTIES DURING DEVELOPMENT IN NORMOTENSIVE AND SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RATS
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DOI:
10.1161/01.res.43.5.728
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发表时间:
1978-01-01
影响因子:
20.1
通讯作者:
BROWN, AM
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作者:
ANDRESEN, MC;KRAUHS, JM;BROWN, AM
The relationship between aortic baroreceptor function and aortic wall properties in normotensive (NTR) and spontaneously hypertensive (SHR) rats 10-20 wk old was studied. Baroreceptor discharge, static pressure-volume and pressure-radius relationships were measured in excised aortic segments. Histological studies of wall thickness and receptor numbers were made. Circumferential wall stress and strain and the incremental elastic modulus (EINC) were calculated. EINC in NTR at 100 mm Hg were similar to values reported for in vivo human, dog and rat aortas. At 10 wk, SHR had significantly elevated blood pressure, but SHR and NTR aortas had similar relationships among pressures, volume, strain and EINC. Differences subsequently arose and, at 20 wk, NTR aortas had larger volumes and strains and smaller EINC at equivalent pressures; SHR aortas were unchanged. The reduced distensibility of SHR relative to NTR aortas, rather than being due to retrogressive changes from normal, appeared to result from a failure to pass through a phase of increased distensibility. At 10 wk, SHR baroreceptors showed resetting in pressure-response and strain-response curves, and early hypertensive baroreceptor resetting was probably due to primary changes in the receptors. At 20 wk, the order of the strain-response curves for NTR and SHR baroreceptors was reversed due to reduction in strain sensitivity of NTR baroreceptors. Resetting of NTR baroreceptors during development may have important implications as a mechanism of blood pressure control in development.