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Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition improves defective angiogenesis in the ischemic limb of spontaneously hypertensive rats.

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OBJECTIVES:Natural angiogenesis has been shown to be impaired in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). The purpose of this study was to determine whether pathological angiogenesis in the setting of tissue ischemia is also impaired in SHR, and to what extent it is modified by angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibition. METHODS:Ischemia was induced in the hindlimb of SHR by excision of the femoral artery, after which the animals were randomly assigned to receive low-dose perindopril (sub-antihypertensive, 0.2 mg/kg/day), high-dose perindopril (antihypertensive, 2.0 mg/kg/day), or vehicle for 3 weeks. Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY) with femoral artery excision served as a control group. RESULTS:Tissue ACE activity in SHR was significantly increased compared to WKY (49.4+/-6.2 vs. 34.0+/-14.2 IU/mg, P<0.01). Administration of perindopril significantly reduced ACE activity in SHR (low dose: 12.4+/-2.3; high dose: 11.0+/-2.1 IU/mg, P<0.005). Angiogenesis of the ischemic limb muscles was significantly impaired at 4 weeks in SHR versus WKY as indicated by the lower capillary density in the former (364.5+/-43.0 vs. 463.8+/-63.0/mm(2), P<0.05) as well as the reduced hindlimb perfusion assessed by laser Doppler imaging (0.86+/-0.08 vs. 1.03+/-0.09, P<0.05). Administration of perindopril significantly augmented both the capillary density (low dose: 494.3+/-69.8; high dose: 543.9+/-76.9/mm(2), P<0.005) and the limb perfusion (low dose: 1.06+/-0.15; high dose: 1.05+/-0.12, P<0.05) of the ischemic limb in SHR. CONCLUSIONS:These findings indicate that pathological angiogenesis in the setting of tissue ischemia is impaired in SHR compared with WKY, and that this impairment can be reversed by ACE inhibition. The angiogenic properties of an ACE inhibitor may benefit patients with essential hypertension presenting with lower limb vascular insufficiency.

journal_name

Cardiovasc Res

journal_title

Cardiovascular research

authors

Takeshita S,Tomiyama H,Yokoyama N,Kawamura Y,Furukawa T,Ishigai Y,Shibano T,Isshiki T,Sato T

doi

10.1016/s0008-6363(01)00372-8

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2001-11-01 00:00:00

pages

314-20

issue

eissn

0008-6363

issn

1755-3245

pii

S0008636301003728

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Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition improves defective angiogenesis in the ischemic limb of spontaneously hypertensive rats.