Abstract Essential hypertension is a common disease caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors. Cadmium (Cd), an important environmental pollutant, is able to induce hypertension in humans. In rats, intracerebroventricular (icv) Cd administration causes a sustained increase in arterial blood pressure. The kallikrein-kinin system appears an important regulator of cardiovascular function and rats with low renal excretion of kallikrein differ from normal-kallikrein Wistar rats in their pressor response to icv Cd. To clarify these differences in pressor response, we evaluated the protective effect of a calcium antagonist following the administration of 10 microg Cd icv. Pre-treatment with increasing doses of verapamil (100, 150200 microg) in normal-kallikrein rats produced a blocking of the hypertensive effects of Cd, even at the lower doses. In low-kallikrein rats we observed a dose-dependent inhibition of hypertensive effects at 100 and 150 microg, while at 200 microg there was, paradoxically, an increase in pressor values. Our results suggest that a genetically-determined defect in urinary kallikrein excretion leads to different modulation of brain calcium channels antagonists in the hypertensive response to icv Cd. This different sensitivity of low-kallikrein rats suggests that the hypertensive effect of icv Cd is, at least in part, the result of blocking the calcium channels, but is also sensitive to a new hemodynamic equilibrium, such as that present in low kallikrein rats, and probably intervenes as a modulator at the central level in other as yet not well identified systems, also linked to the hypotensive pathways, which may be activated in certain conditions.
Low urinary kallikrein rats: different sensitivity of verapamil on hypertensive response to central acute cadmium administration / Varoni, Maria Vittoria; Palomba, D.; Satta, M.; Anania, Vittorio Domenico. - In: VETERINARY AND HUMAN TOXICOLOGY. - ISSN 0145-6296. - 45(4):(2003), pp. 202-206.
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Titolo: | Low urinary kallikrein rats: different sensitivity of verapamil on hypertensive response to central acute cadmium administration | |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2003 | |
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Citazione: | Low urinary kallikrein rats: different sensitivity of verapamil on hypertensive response to central acute cadmium administration / Varoni, Maria Vittoria; Palomba, D.; Satta, M.; Anania, Vittorio Domenico. - In: VETERINARY AND HUMAN TOXICOLOGY. - ISSN 0145-6296. - 45(4):(2003), pp. 202-206. | |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11388/87337 | |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 1.1 Articolo in rivista |