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Developmental programming: influence of sex steroids and mechanisms

发育规划：性类固醇的影响和机制

基本信息

批准号：
8751210
负责人：
CHANDRASEKHAR YALLAMPALLI
金额：
$ 35.39万
依托单位：
BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2010
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2010-12-01 至 2016-11-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8751210
关键词：
Address Adult Affect Angiotensins Antiandrogen Therapy Blood Pressure Blood Vessels Cardiovascular Physiology Cell physiology Chymosin Data Development Disease Endocrine Endothelial Cells Environment Environmental Risk Factor Epidemiology Estradiol Exposure to Female Fetal Development Flutamide Functional disorder Gender Goals Gonadal Steroid Hormones Growth Health Hormones Human Hypertension Mesenteric Arteries Modeling Muscle function Obesity Orchiectomy Organism Ovariectomy Perinatal Exposure Plasma Population Predisposition Prevention strategy Proteins Regulation Regulatory Pathway Renin-Angiotensin System Reporting Risk Role Severities Sexual Development Smooth Muscle Smooth Muscle Myocytes Steroid Receptors Steroids System Testosterone Variant Vascular Endothelium Vascular Smooth Muscle age related critical period endothelial dysfunction fetal programming hypertension treatment in utero insight male offspring pressure prevent programs sex steroid hormone steroid hormone receptor

项目摘要

PROJECT SUMMARY Adverse intrauterine environment during the critical period of fetal development predisposes organisms to increased risk for developing hypertension. We and others using a low-protein (LP) model of fetal programming demonstrated that hypertension in offspring is gender related, with a greater effect in males than females, and endocrine changes may underlie the development of hypertension. The central hypothesis is that sex steroid hormones, testosterone (T) and estradiol (E2), via interaction with a variety of regulatory path- ways, regulate the development and progression of maternal LP-induced hypertension in the offspring. Effects include changes in vascular steroid receptors, endothelial and smooth muscle (VSM) function, and vascular rennin angiotensin system (RAS). Three specific aims are proposed. Specific Aim 1: Investigate the influence of sex steroids on maternal LP-induced developmental origins of hypertension in male and female offspring. Specific Aim 1a. Is the onset and severity of hypertension related to changes in sex steroids? We hypothesize that endocrine dysfunction will precede the development of hypertension with a more pronounced effect in males than females. Specific Aim 1b. Are alterations in blood pressure (BP) in the offspring specific to changes in the levels of sex steroids? We hypothesize that OVX in females exacerbates, while OCX in males dampens, the onset and severity of hypertension, and these changes are reversed by respective steroid replacement and flutamide. Growth rate, adiposity, and changes in MAP and plasma T and E2 will be assessed. Specific Aim 2: Characterization of endothelial and VSM cell functions and their regulation by sex steroids in hypertensive offspring. We hypothesize that endocrine dysfunction will alter expression of steroid receptors, endothelial, and VSM functions in LP offspring, and these effects are hormone specific. Specific Aim 2a. Are alterations in BP in the offspring specific to changes in the levels of sex steroid receptors? Specific Aim 2b. Is endothelial cell function altered and related to changes in T and E2 levels in hypertensive offspring? Specific Aim 2c. Is VSM cell function altered and related to changes in T and E2 levels in hypertensive offspring? Specific Aim 2d. Are alterations in the function of endothelium and VSM specific to changes in T and E2 levels in hypertensive offspring? Specific Aim 3: Characterization of vascular RAS function and regulation by sex steroids in hypertensive offspring. We hypothesize that alteration in T and E2 levels will alter expression and activity of RAS components, and thus BP, in LP offspring. Specific Aim 3a. Is the function and expression of RAS components altered with age and related to changes in T and E2 levels in the hypertensive offspring? Specific Aim 3b. Are the expression and activity of RAS components in hyper- tensive offspring specific to changes in T and E2 using gonadectomy in LP offspring? The study will assess if these changes are reversed with respective hormones and flutamide. Collectively, these studies will yield important insights that could aid in developing sex-specific strategies for preventing and treating hypertension.

项目总结