TY - JOUR
T1 - Chronic antagonism of the mineralocorticoid receptor ameliorates hypertension and end organ damage in a rodent model of salt-sensitive hypertension
AU - Zhou, Xiaoyan
AU - Crook, Martin F.
AU - Sharif-Rodriguez, Wanda
AU - Zhu, Yonghua
AU - Ruben, Zadok
AU - Pan, Yi
AU - Urosevic-Price, Olga
AU - Wang, Li
AU - Flattery, Amy M.
AU - Forrest, Gail
AU - Szeto, Daphne
AU - Zhao, Huawei
AU - Roy, Sophie
AU - Forrest, Michael J.
PY - 2011/12
Y1 - 2011/12
N2 - We investigated the effects of chronic mineralocorticoid receptor blockade with eplerenone on the development and progression of hypertension and end organ damage in Dahl salt-sensitive rats. Eplerenone significantly attenuated the progressive rise in systolic blood pressure (SBP) (204 ± 3 vs. 179±3 mmHg, p < 0.05), reduced proteinuria (605.5 ± 29.6 vs. 479.7 ± 26.1 mg/24h, p < 0.05), improved injury scores of glomeruli, tubules, renal interstitium, and vasculature in Dahl salt-sensitive rats fed a high-salt diet. These results demonstrate that mineralocorticoid receptor antagonism provides target organ protection and attenuates the development of elevated blood pressure (BP) in a model of salt-sensitive hypertension.
AB - We investigated the effects of chronic mineralocorticoid receptor blockade with eplerenone on the development and progression of hypertension and end organ damage in Dahl salt-sensitive rats. Eplerenone significantly attenuated the progressive rise in systolic blood pressure (SBP) (204 ± 3 vs. 179±3 mmHg, p < 0.05), reduced proteinuria (605.5 ± 29.6 vs. 479.7 ± 26.1 mg/24h, p < 0.05), improved injury scores of glomeruli, tubules, renal interstitium, and vasculature in Dahl salt-sensitive rats fed a high-salt diet. These results demonstrate that mineralocorticoid receptor antagonism provides target organ protection and attenuates the development of elevated blood pressure (BP) in a model of salt-sensitive hypertension.
KW - Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist
KW - dahl salt-sensitive rats
KW - end organ protection
KW - eplerenone
KW - hypertension
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=82455212598&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3109/10641963.2011.566956
DO - 10.3109/10641963.2011.566956
M3 - Article
C2 - 21950654
AN - SCOPUS:82455212598
SN - 1064-1963
VL - 33
SP - 538
EP - 547
JO - Clinical and Experimental Hypertension
JF - Clinical and Experimental Hypertension
IS - 8
ER -