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Title: The role of vascular protein and renin in chronic two-kidney, one clip Goldblatt hypertension

Journal Article · · Clin. Exp. Hypertens.; (United States)

Chronic hypertension was induced in rats by application of a clip for 17 or 20 weeks to the unilateral renal artery and leaving the contrarenal vessel intact. Some of the rats received antihypertensive treatment with phenoxybenzamine (POB). /sup 3/H-proline was injected into all rats in the 17th experimental week to observe the in vivo incorporation rates of /sup 3/H-proline into vascular non-collagenous protein and vascular collagen. Plasma renin activity (PRA) of decapitated rats was assayed in the terminal stage of the experiment. Significant differences were noted between 2K-1C hypertensive rats and sham-operated normotensive rats, the former rats having significantly higher incorporation rates of /sup 3/H-proline into non-collagenous protein and collagen of testicular or mesenteric artery. These results indicate that increased synthesis of vascular non-collagenous protein as well as collagen, especially of small arteries, plays a major role for the pathogenesis of chronic hypertension in 2K-1C rats, and renin does not contribute to elevation of the blood pressure in the maintenance phase of this type of experimental hypertension.

Research Organization:
Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Toyama, Japan
OSTI ID:
6816285
Journal Information:
Clin. Exp. Hypertens.; (United States), Vol. 4:3
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English