Enhanced relaxation to the rho-kinase inhibitor Y-27632 in mesenteric arteries from mineralocorticoid hypertensive rats |
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Authors: | Weber D S Webb R C |
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Institution: | Department of Physiology, Medical College of Georgia, 120 Fifteenth Street, Augusta, GA 30912-3000, USA. dweber@psych.mcg.edu |
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Abstract: | Increased vasoconstriction is characteristic of hypertension. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that changes in vascular responses during mineralocorticoid hypertension may be due to increased activation of the Rho/Rho-kinase pathway. To test this, relaxation responses to the Rho-kinase inhibitor Y-27632 were determined by measuring isometric force in deendothelialized mesenteric arteries from mineralocorticoid-hypertensive rats and sham-operated controls. Following agonist-induced contraction by serotonin (5-HT, 5-hydroxytryptamine), arteries from hypertensive rats demonstrated a greater relaxation to the Rho-kinase inhibitor Y-27632 (65 +/- 5% vs. 28 +/- 10%). Treatment with an EC50 concentration of Y-27632 following a KCl-induced contraction caused minimal relaxation of arteries in both groups of animals. These findings suggest that augmented Rho-kinase activity in the vasculature of mineralocorticoid hypertensive rats may contribute to the enhanced vascular reactivity of agonist-mediated stimuli characteristic of this model of hypertension. |
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