Abstract
Many studies reported reduced antioxidant capacity in the vasculature under hypertensive conditions. However, little is known about the effects of antihypertensive treatments on the regulation of vascular antioxidant enzymes. Thus, we hypothesized that antihypertensive treatments prevent the reduction of antioxidant enzyme activity and expression in the small vessels of angiotensin II-induced hypertensive rats (ANG). We observed the small mesenteric arteries and small renal vessels of normotensive rats (NORM), ANG, and ANG treated with a triple antihypertensive therapy of reserpine, hydrochlorothiazide, and hydralazine (ANG + TTx). Systolic blood pressure was increased in ANG, which was attenuated by 2 weeks of triple therapy (127, 191, and 143 mmHg for NORM, ANG, and ANG + TTx, respectively; p < 0.05). Total superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity in the small mesenteric arteries of ANG was lower than that of NORM. The protein expression of SOD1 was lower in ANG than in NORM, whereas SOD2 and SOD3 expression was not different between the groups. Reduced SOD activity and SOD1 expression in ANG was not restored in ANG + TTx. Both SOD activity and SOD isoform expression in the small renal vessels of ANG were not different from those of NORM. Interestingly, SOD activity in the small renal vessels was reduced by TTx. Between groups, there was no difference in catalase activity or expression in both the small mesenteric arteries and small renal vessels. In conclusion, SOD activity in the small mesenteric arteries decreased by angiotensin II administration, but not by hypertension, which is caused by decreased SOD1 expression.
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Abbreviations
- ANG:
-
Angiotensin II-induced hypertensive rats
- BH2:
-
7,8-Dehydrobiopterin
- BH4:
-
Tetrahydrobiopterin
- NADPH oxidase:
-
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase
- NO:
-
Nitric oxide
- NORM:
-
Normotensive rats
- NOS3:
-
Nitric oxide synthase 3
- ROS:
-
Reactive oxygen species
- SHR:
-
Spontaneously hypertensive rats
- SOD:
-
Superoxide dismutase
- SS:
-
Dahl salt-sensitive rats
- TTx:
-
Antihypertensive triple therapy (reserpine, hydrochlorothiazide, and hydralazine).
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Kang, KT., Sullivan, J.C. & Pollock, J.S. Superoxide Dismutase Activity in Small Mesenteric Arteries Is Downregulated by Angiotensin II but Not by Hypertension. Toxicol Res. 34, 363–370 (2018). https://doi.org/10.5487/TR.2018.34.4.363
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