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High-dose, not low-dose insulin increases the vasoconstrictor effect of norepinephrine in spontaneously hypertensive rats: effects of antihypertensive treatment.

Abstract：

:The effect of insulin on the vasoconstriction induced by norepinephrine is presently controversial. Therefore, the aims of our study were: (1) to evaluate the effect of low- and high-dose insulin on the concentration-response curve to norepinephrine in small resistance arteries of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and Wistar Kyoto rats (WKY) before and after the development of hypertension, and (2) to evaluate the effects of antihypertensive treatment on vascular response to insulin and norepinephrine. Fifty-six rats were included in the study. Six SHR were treated with enalapril and 6 with candesartan cilexetil from the 4th to the 12th week of age, while 10 WKY and 14 SHR were kept untreated. Two additional groups of 10 untreated SHR and 10 WKY were killed at 4 weeks of age, in a prehypertensive phase. Mesenteric small arteries were dissected and mounted on a micromyograph. A dose-response curve to norepinephrine was performed at cumulative concentrations in the presence or absence of low- and high-dose insulin. We found that only high-dose insulin increased the vascular response to norepinephrine in 12-week-old SHR, but not in 4-week-old SHR or in age-matched WKY. The increased responsiveness to norepinephrine disappeared after preincubation of the vessels with a selective inhibitor of endothelin-1 type A receptors. After antihypertensive treatment with enalapril or candesartan cilexetil, the potentiation of the vasoconstrictor response to norepinephrine was abolished. In conclusion, insulin at high, nonphysiological doses seems to induce an increase in the reactivity to norepinephrine in mesenteric small arteries of SHR, possibly mediated by a local production of endothelin-1. Antihypertensive treatment with an ACE inhibitor or an angiotensin II receptor blocker may normalize this altered response. This mechanism may be relevant in the development of hypertension in SHR.

journal_name

J Vasc Res

journal_title

Journal of vascular research

authors

Rizzoni D,Porteri E,Piccoli A,Castellano M,Pasini G,Guelfi D,Muiesan ML,Rosei EA

doi

10.1159/000025679

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pub_date

1999-09-01 00:00:00

pages

393-403

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eissn

1018-1172

issn

1423-0135

pii

25679

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High-dose, not low-dose insulin increases the vasoconstrictor effect of norepinephrine in spontaneously hypertensive rats: effects of antihypertensive treatment.