Increases in plasma trans-EETs and blood pressure reduction in spontaneously hypertensive rats
Increases in plasma trans-EETs and blood pressure reduction in spontaneously hypertensive rats
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DOI:
10.1152/ajpheart.01267.2010
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发表时间:
2011-06-01
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4.8
通讯作者:
Carroll, Mairead A.
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作者:
Jiang, Houli;Quilley, John;Carroll, Mairead A.
Jiang H, Quilley J, Doumad AB, Zhu AG, Falck JR, Hammock BD, Stier CT, Jr, Carroll MA. Increases in plasma trans-EETs and blood pressure reduction in spontaneously hypertensive rats. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 300: H1990-H1996, 2011. First published March 11, 2011; doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.01267.2010.-Epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) are vasodilator, natriuretic, and antiinflammatory lipid mediators. Both cis- and trans-EETs are stored in phospholipids and in red blood cells (RBCs) in the circulation; the maximal velocity (V(max)) of trans-EET hydrolysis by soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) is threefold that of cis-EETs. Because RBCs of the spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) exhibit increased sEH activity, a deficiency of trans-EETs in the SHR was hypothesized to increase blood pressure (BP). This prediction was fulfilled, since sEH inhibition with cis-4-[4-(3-adamantan-1-ylureido) cyclohexyloxy] benzoic acid (AUCB; 2 mg.kg(-1).day(-1) for 7 days) in the SHR reduced mean BP from 176 +/- 8 to 153 +/- 5 mmHg (P < 0.05), whereas BP in the control Wistar-Kyoto rat (WKY) was unaffected. Plasma levels of EETs in the SHR were lower than in the age-matched control WKY (16.4 +/- 1.6 vs. 26.1 +/- 1.8 ng/ml; P < 0.05). The decrease in BP in the SHR treated with AUCB was associated with an increase in plasma EETs, which was mostly accounted for by increasing trans-EET from 4.1 +/- 0.2 to 7.9 +/- 1.5 ng/ml (P < 0.05). Consistent with the effect of increased plasma trans-EETs and reduced BP in the SHR, the 14,15-trans-EET was more potent (ED(50) 10(-10) M; maximum dilation 59 +/- 15 mu m) than the cis-isomer (ED(50) 10(-9) M; maximum dilation 30 +/- 11 mu m) in relaxing rat preconstricted arcuate arteries. The 11,12-EET cis- and trans-isomers were equipotent dilators as were the 8,9-EET isomers. In summary, inhibition of sEH resulted in a twofold increase in plasma trans-EETs and reduced mean BP in the SHR. The greater vasodilator potency of trans-vs. cis-EETs may contribute to the antihypertensive effects of sEH inhibitors.