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Insulin-induced endothelin release and vasoreactivity in hypertriglyceridemic and hypertensive rats

Insulin-induced endothelin release and vasoreactivity in hypertriglyceridemic and hypertensive rats Abstract Insulin-elicited endothelin release in hypertriglyceridemic, hypertensive, hyperinsulinemic (HTG) rats was shown. Weanling male Wistar rats were given 30% sucrose in their drinking water for 20–24 wk. In vitro contractions of aorta and femoral arteries were elicited with 40 mM KCl. Endothelin release induced with KCl plus 50 μU/ml insulin resulted in increases in contractile responses: 41 ± 5.9 and 57 ± 6% for control and 65.5 ± 6 and 95 ± 9% for HTG aortas and femoral arteries, respectively. The endothelin ET B -receptor blocker BQ-788 decreased responses to KCl + insulin by 39 ± 8 and 53 ± 5% in control and 48 ± 13 and 79 ± 3.5% in HTG aortas and femoral arteries, respectively. The ET A -receptor antagonist PD-151242 inhibited these responses by 12 ± 10 and 1 ± 9% in control and by 51.5 ± 9 and 58.5 ± 1% in HTG aortas and femoral arteries, respectively. These results suggest that endothelin may contribute to the hypertension in this model. endothelin antagonists smooth vascular muscle hypertension hypertriglyceridemia Footnotes Address for reprint requests and other correspondence: G. Baños, Dept. of Biochemistry, Instituto Nacional de Cardiologı́a “Ignacio Chávez,” Juan Badiano 1, Tlalpan, México, D.F. 14080 México (E-mail: florence@mail.internet.com.mx ). The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. The article must therefore be hereby marked “ advertisement ” in accordance with 18 U.S.C. §1734 solely to indicate this fact. Copyright © 1999 the American Physiological Society http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png AJP - Heart and Circulatory Physiology The American Physiological Society

Insulin-induced endothelin release and vasoreactivity in hypertriglyceridemic and hypertensive rats

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Abstract

Abstract Insulin-elicited endothelin release in hypertriglyceridemic, hypertensive, hyperinsulinemic (HTG) rats was shown. Weanling male Wistar rats were given 30% sucrose in their drinking water for 20–24 wk. In vitro contractions of aorta and femoral arteries were elicited with 40 mM KCl. Endothelin release induced with KCl plus 50 μU/ml insulin resulted in increases in contractile responses: 41 ± 5.9 and 57 ± 6% for control and 65.5 ± 6 and 95 ± 9% for HTG aortas and femoral arteries, respectively. The endothelin ET B -receptor blocker BQ-788 decreased responses to KCl + insulin by 39 ± 8 and 53 ± 5% in control and 48 ± 13 and 79 ± 3.5% in HTG aortas and femoral arteries, respectively. The ET A -receptor antagonist PD-151242 inhibited these responses by 12 ± 10 and 1 ± 9% in control and by 51.5 ± 9 and 58.5 ± 1% in HTG aortas and femoral arteries, respectively. These results suggest that endothelin may contribute to the hypertension in this model. endothelin antagonists smooth vascular muscle hypertension hypertriglyceridemia Footnotes Address for reprint requests and other correspondence: G. Baños, Dept. of Biochemistry, Instituto Nacional de Cardiologı́a “Ignacio Chávez,” Juan Badiano 1, Tlalpan, México, D.F. 14080 México (E-mail: florence@mail.internet.com.mx ). The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. The article must therefore be hereby marked “ advertisement ” in accordance with 18 U.S.C. §1734 solely to indicate this fact. Copyright © 1999 the American Physiological Society

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AJP - Heart and Circulatory PhysiologyThe American Physiological Society

Published: Jul 1, 1999

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