Male gender and not the severity of hypertension is associated with end-organ damage in aged stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats
Male gender and not the severity of hypertension is associated with end-organ damage in aged stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats
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DOI:
10.1016/j.amjhyper.2004.12.014
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发表时间:
2005-06-01
影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
Stier, CT
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作者:
Masineni, SN;Chander, PN;Stier, CT
Background: It is well-known that gender affects the progression of kidney failure. Male patients exhibit faster development of age-dependent renal disease than do women. In the present study, we examined arterial blood pressure (BP), proteinuria, and end-organ damage in male and female retired breeders from our colony of stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRSP).Methods: Male (n = 7) and female (n = 11) SHRSP littermates maintained on Purina Laboratory Chow 5008 and water were studied starting at 53 weeks of age. Systolic BP was measured by tail-cuff plethysmography and 24-h urinary protein excretion was quantified while animals were housed in metabolic cages. Blood was obtained by retro-orbital bleeding. Mean arterial pressure (MAP) was then monitored by radiotelemetry. Organs were preserved for histopathologic assessment.Results: Tail-cuff systolic BP did not differ between the sexes. Male SHRSP exhibited greater proteinuria (128 +/- 7 mg/d) than females (21 +/- 5 mg/d, P