Abstract
The experiment was to elucidate protective mechanism of taurine against stress-induced hypertension. Thirty two male Wistar rats were randomly divided into four groups. Normal control group and stress control group were intragastrically administered saline; β-alanine stress group were fed with β-alanine (200 mg/kg/day) and taurine stress group with taurine (200 mg/kg/day). The hypertensive model was established by giving rats stress for 3 weeks.
Results showed that significant expression levels of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) in the hypothalamus, pituitary and adrenal were observed in β-alanine stress group and stress control group (P < 0.05), but significant mRNA expression levels of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) in taurine stress group and normal control group (P < 0.05). All the groups showed no significant differences in HSP70 mRNA expression levels in hypothalamus (P > 0.05), while taurine stress group exhibited the highest HSP70 mRNA expression levels both in pituitary and in adrenal (P < 0.05). It was also found that β-alanine stress group and stress control group had significantly higher protein expression levels of ACE in hypothalamus, pituitary and adrenal (P < 0.05), but significantly lower protein expression of ACE2 compared to taurine stress group and control groups (P < 0.05). The results indicated that taurine regulated the hypothalamus pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) by inhibiting ACE gene and protein expressions and promoting ACE2 and HSP70 protein expressions, thereby contributing to the prevention of stress-induced hypertension.
§These authors have contributed equally to this work.
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Abbreviations
- ACE:
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Angiotensin converting enzyme
- ACE2:
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Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2
- HPA:
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Hypothalamus pituitary adrenal
- RAAS:
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The renin angiotensin aldosterone system
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The project was supported by the Provincial Science Foundation (No. 2013020058) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 30471263 and 31302051).
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Lv, Q. et al. (2017). Effects of Taurine on ACE, ACE2 and HSP70 Expression of Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis in Stress-Induced Hypertensive Rats. In: Lee, DH., Schaffer, S.W., Park, E., Kim, H.W. (eds) Taurine 10. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 975. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1079-2_69
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