OBJECTIVE: High vascular arginase activity and subsequent reduction in vascular nitric oxide production were recently reported in animal models of hypertension. The present study investigated the effects of in-vivo arginase inhibition on blood pressure and vascular function in adult spontaneously hypertensive rats. METHODS: Ten-week-old spontaneously hypertensive rats and normotensive age-matched Wistar-Kyoto rats were treated with or without the selective arginase inhibitor N-hydroxy-nor-L-arginine for 3 weeks (10 or 40 mg/kg per day, intraperitoneally). Systolic blood pressure and cardiac rate were measured before and during treatment. Flow and pressure-dependent reactivity as well as remodeling of mesenteric arteries, acetylcholine-dependent vasodilation of aortic rings, cardiac hypertrophy, arginase activity and nitric oxide production were investigated in 13-week-old spontaneously hypertensive rats. RESULTS: In spontaneously hypertensive rats, N-hydroxy-nor-L-arginine treatment decreased arginase activity (30-40%), reduced blood pressure ( approximately 35 mmHg) and improved the reactivity of mesenteric vessels. However, vascular and cardiac remodeling was not different between treated and untreated spontaneously hypertensive rats. In Wistar-Kyoto rats, N-hydroxy-nor-L-arginine did not affect blood pressure. Finally, arginase inhibition was associated with increased nitric oxide production. Consistent with this, the response of aortic rings to acetylcholine was fully restored by N-hydroxy-nor-L-arginine, and the nitric oxide synthase inhibitor NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester significantly reduced the effect of N-hydroxy-nor-L-arginine on flow-dependent vasodilation. CONCLUSION: Pharmacological inhibition of arginase in adult spontaneously hypertensive rats decreases blood pressure and improves the reactivity of resistance vessels. These data represent in-vivo argument in favor of selective arginase inhibition as a new therapeutic strategy against hypertension.
OBJECTIVE: High vascular arginase activity and subsequent reduction in vascular nitric oxide production were recently reported in animal models of hypertension. The present study investigated the effects of in-vivo arginase inhibition on blood pressure and vascular function in adult spontaneously hypertensiverats. METHODS: Ten-week-old spontaneously hypertensiverats and normotensive age-matched Wistar-Kyoto rats were treated with or without the selective arginase inhibitor N-hydroxy-nor-L-arginine for 3 weeks (10 or 40 mg/kg per day, intraperitoneally). Systolic blood pressure and cardiac rate were measured before and during treatment. Flow and pressure-dependent reactivity as well as remodeling of mesenteric arteries, acetylcholine-dependent vasodilation of aortic rings, cardiac hypertrophy, arginase activity and nitric oxide production were investigated in 13-week-old spontaneously hypertensiverats. RESULTS: In spontaneously hypertensiverats, N-hydroxy-nor-L-arginine treatment decreased arginase activity (30-40%), reduced blood pressure ( approximately 35 mmHg) and improved the reactivity of mesenteric vessels. However, vascular and cardiac remodeling was not different between treated and untreated spontaneously hypertensiverats. In Wistar-Kyoto rats, N-hydroxy-nor-L-arginine did not affect blood pressure. Finally, arginase inhibition was associated with increased nitric oxide production. Consistent with this, the response of aortic rings to acetylcholine was fully restored by N-hydroxy-nor-L-arginine, and the nitric oxide synthase inhibitor NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester significantly reduced the effect of N-hydroxy-nor-L-arginine on flow-dependent vasodilation. CONCLUSION: Pharmacological inhibition of arginase in adult spontaneously hypertensiverats decreases blood pressure and improves the reactivity of resistance vessels. These data represent in-vivo argument in favor of selective arginase inhibition as a new therapeutic strategy against hypertension.
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