Abstract
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.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 538-547 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Clinical and Experimental Hypertension |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 2011 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist
- dahl salt-sensitive rats
- end organ protection
- eplerenone
- hypertension
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Internal Medicine
- Physiology
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