title: Comparative antihypertensive and renoprotective effects of telmisartan and lisinopril after long-term treatment in hypertensive diabetic rats.
abstract: This study compared the cardiovascular and renal effects of long-term telmisartan (3 and 10 mg/kg/day)and lisinopril (10 mg/kg/day) in an animal model combining hypertension and diabetes mellitus. It was a parallel-group study of diabetic, spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR), treated with control or active treatment for eight months. A non-diabetic SHR control group was run in parallel. Diabetes was induced by streptozotocin (45 mg/kg i.v.) in SHRs aged 9-10 weeks. Animals were treated with telmisartan (3 or 10mg/kg/day), lisinopril (10 mg/kg/day) or vehicle. Plasma glucose levels, blood pressure (BP), and urinary protein and albumin excretion were measured monthly. Telmisartan treatment significantly reduced BP of diabetic SHRs in a dose-dependent manner (p<0.05, low-dose, n= 18; p<0.01, high-dose, n=15). The BP reduction in the lisinopril group was similar to that in the telmisartan 10 mg/kg/day group. Compared with non-diabetic SHRs, untreated diabetic SHRs developed severe proteinuria and albuminuria over the experimental period (p<0.01). In diabetic SHRs, proteinuria and albuminuria were dose-dependently and significantly attenuated by treatment with telmisartan (p<0.01 with the higher dose) and lisinopril (p<0.01). Compared with the untreated diabetic SHRs, cardiac hypertrophy was significantly reduced after treatment with both doses of telmisartan and with lisinopril. Telmisartan, 10 mg/kg/day, but not lisinopril, significantly attenuated the diabetes-induced increase in glomerular volume. In conclusion, telmisartan, 10 mg/kg/day, is at least as beneficial as lisinopril, 10 mg/kg/day, in lowering BP, reducing cardiac hypertrophy and attenuating renal excretion of protein and albumin in this model.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharma Research, Boehringer Ingelheim, Pharma KG, Biberach, Germany. wolfgang.wienen@bc.boehringer-ingelheim.com
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wienen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Richard
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Champeroux
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Audeval-Gerard
mesh_terms: D000419:Albuminuria / Q000209:etiology / Q000652:urine; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000818:Animals; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001562:Benzimidazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001565:Benzoates / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000209:etiology; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy*; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects*; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D017706:Lisinopril / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size / Q000187:drug effects; D011507:Proteinuria / Q000209:etiology / Q000652:urine; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR; D012016:Reference Values; D000077333:Telmisartan
chemical_list: D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D001562:Benzimidazoles; D001565:Benzoates; D017706:Lisinopril; D000077333:Telmisartan