title: Mechanisms of spontaneous baroreflex impairment in lyon hypertensive rats.
abstract: This experiment aimed at 1) comparing the spontaneous baroreflex sensitivity (SBRS) in Lyon genetically hypertensive (LH), normotensive (LN), and low blood pressure (LL) rats and 2) assessing some aspects of the mechanisms of its impairment in LH rats. Baroreflex was studied in control animals after an early chronic converting enzyme inhibition with perindopril and after a 4-wk infusion of ANG II in perindopril-treated rats. The SBRS was determined with a previously validated method, using statistical dependence between blood pressure (BP) and heart rate values recorded in freely moving animals. LH rats exhibited high BP, cardiac hypertrophy, and decreased SBRS (LH, 1.3 +/- 0.2; LN, 2.5 +/- 0.4; LL, 2.2 +/- 0.4 beats . min-1 . mmHg-1). Perindopril prevented the development of hypertension and cardiac hypertrophy and normalized SBRS. BP rose in LH and LL rats after ANG II infusion, but only LH rats, which developed a cardiac hypertrophy, had an impaired SBRS (LH, 1.1 +/- 0.2; LN, 2.5 +/- 0.2; LL, 2.8 +/- 0.3 beats . min-1 . mmHg-1). This impairment was partially reversed by an acute ANG II blockade with losartan. These results demonstrate that high BP does not account for the decreased SBRS in LH rats. SBRS impairment could result either from cardiac hypertrophy or from the direct effect of ANG II on the baroreflex loop.
authors.affiliation: Département de Physiologie et Pharmacologie Clinique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Propre de Recherche de l'Enseignement Supérieur Associée 5014, Faculté de Pharmacie, 69008 Lyon, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lantelme
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cerutti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lo
authors.forename: C Z
authors.initials: CZ
authors.lastname: Paultre
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ducher
mesh_terms: D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D017704:Baroreflex / Q000502:physiology*; D001794:Blood Pressure; D006339:Heart Rate; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007211:Indoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D019808:Losartan / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D020913:Perindopril; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D007211:Indoles; D000804:Angiotensin II; D019808:Losartan; D020913:Perindopril