Abstract | BACKGROUND: METHODS: We compared an obese spontaneously hypertensive rat model (SHR-ob) with lean spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR-lean) and normotensive controls (Ctr). LV-function was investigated by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and invasive LV-pressure measurements. LV-interstitial fibrosis was quantified and protein levels of phospholamban (PLB), Serca2a and glucose transporters (GLUT1 and GLUT4) were determined by immunohistochemistry. RESULTS: Systolic blood pressure was similar in SHR-lean and SHR-ob (252 ± 7 vs. 242 ± 7 mmHg, p = 0.398) but was higher when compared to Ctr (155 ± 2 mmHg, p < 0.01 for both). Compared to SHR-lean and Ctr, SHR-ob showed impaired glucose tolerance and increased body-weight. In SHR-ob, LV-ejection fraction was impaired vs. Ctr (46.2 ± 1.1 vs. 59.6 ± 1.9%, p = 0.007). LV-enddiastolic pressure was more increased in SHR-ob than in SHR-lean (21.5 ± 4.1 vs. 5.9 ± 0.81 mmHg, p = 0.0002) when compared to Ctr (4.3 ± 1.1 mmHg, p < 0.0001 for both), respectively. Increased LV- fibrosis together with increased myocyte diameters and ANF gene expression in SHR-ob were associated with increased GLUT1-protein levels in SHR-ob suggestive for an upregulation of the GLUT1/ ANF-axis. Serca2a-protein levels were decreased in SHR-lean but not altered in SHR-ob compared to Ctr. PLB-phosphorylation was not altered. CONCLUSION: In addition to hypertension alone, metabolic syndrome and obesity adds to the myocardial phenotype by aggravating diastolic dysfunction and a progression towards systolic dysfunction. SHR-ob may be a useful model to develop new interventional and pharmacological treatment strategies for hypertensive heart disease and metabolic disorders.
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Authors | Dominik Linz, Mathias Hohl, Felix Mahfoud, Jan-Christian Reil, Wolfgang Linz, Thomas Hübschle, Hans-Paul Juretschke, Claudia Neumann-Häflin, Hartmut Rütten, Michael Böhm |
Journal | Journal of translational medicine
(J Transl Med)
Vol. 10
Pg. 187
(Sep 10 2012)
ISSN: 1479-5876 [Electronic] England |
PMID | 22963383
(Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Animals
- Blood Pressure
- Calcium
(metabolism)
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Hemodynamics
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Male
- Obesity
(complications, physiopathology)
- Rats
- Rats, Inbred SHR
- Ventricular Dysfunction, Left
(complications, genetics, physiopathology)
- Ventricular Remodeling
(genetics)
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