title: 11 beta-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activity in mesenteric arteries of spontaneously hypertensive rats.
abstract: 1. 11 beta-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (11-HSD) activity in mesenteric arteries of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats was determined and expressed as the percentage conversion of [3H]-corticosterone to [3H]-11-dehydrocorticosterone. 2. 11-HSD activity was significantly decreased in mesenteric arteries of both 4 and 9 week old SHR (8.4 +/- 0.8%, 5.0 +/- 1.5%, respectively) compared with WKY rats (12.4 +/- 0.6%, 15.8 +/- 0.7%, respectively; P < 0.05). 3. Total RNA from rat vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) and endothelial cells (EC) were prepared with selective precipitation in 3 mol/L LiCl/6 mol/L urea. The expression of 11-HSD mRNA was confirmed in the rat VSMC but its mRNA expression was not detected in EC, using northern blot analysis. 4. The results in this study indicate that 11-HSD in the vascular wall may play a role in the pathogenesis of hypertension in SHR.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takeda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoneda
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Miyamori
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gathiram
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Takeda
mesh_terms: D042842:11-beta-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases; D000450:Aldosterone / Q000097:blood; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D001835:Body Weight; D003345:Corticosterone / Q000097:blood; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D006339:Heart Rate; D006913:Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases / Q000378:metabolism*; D006973:Hypertension / Q000201:enzymology*; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries / Q000201:enzymology*; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR; D011921:Rats, Inbred WKY
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D000450:Aldosterone; D006913:Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases; D042842:11-beta-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases; D003345:Corticosterone