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Increased myogenic tone precedes structural changes in mild experimental uraemia in the absence of hypertension in rats.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Savage, Tessa McMahon, Aisling Clare Mullen, Anne Maria Nott, C. A. Dodd, Susan M. Tribe, Rachel M. Yaqoob, Muhammad Magdi |
| Copyright Year | 1998 |
| Abstract | 1. Mechanical forces associated with blood flow play important roles in the acute control of vascular tone, the regulation of arterial structure and remodelling and the localization of atherosclerotic plaque. Uraemia is a proatherogenic process and is expected to be associated with impaired vascular reactivity.2. To study this, 12 male Wistar rats were rendered uraemic by five-sixths nephrectomy and 12 control rats were sham operated simultaneously. After 8 weeks a tail-cuff systolic blood pressure was recorded, blood samples were taken and the animals killed. Isolated femoral arteries were dissected and mounted on a pressure myograph and myogenic tone was assessed over a range of intravascular pressures from 40 to 160 mmHg. Histologically the arteries were comparatively examined for gross morphology, calcification and deposition of collagen.3.Biochemically the serum urea and creatinine were greater in the uraemic compared with the control rats (urea: 23.5+/-6 mmol/l and 6.8+/-01 mmol/l respectively, P not significant; creatinine: 130.7+/-13 mmol/l and 70.3+/-5 mmol/l respectively, P<0.01) but systolic blood pressure was the same in both groups (control, 97+/-1 mmHg; uraemic, 98+/-2 mmHg), compatible with mild uraemia.4. Myogenic tone was significantly greater in uraemic vessels (7.3+/-1.8% versus 2.3+/-0. 4% in control, P=0.01). The actual vessel lumen diameter was also smaller in pressurized uraemic vessels compared with control vessels (471+/-30 microm versus 604+/-33 microm, P<0.01) after equilibration in physiological salt solution. However, when incubated in calcium-free physiological salt solution, the passive internal diameter was similar in uraemic vessels (538+/-25 microm compared with 595+/-31 microm in control). Histologically, there were no differences between the two groups.5. We conclude that some aspects of vascular reactivity are altered in mild experimental uraemia as shown by a reduced internal lumen diameter and increased myogenic tone. Furthermore, these changes are apparent in the absence of hypertension and precede structural changes. |
| Starting Page | 1 |
| Ending Page | 4 |
| Page Count | 4 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.clinsci.org/content/ppclinsci/95/6/681.full.pdf |
| PubMed reference number | 9831692v1 |
| Volume Number | 95 |
| Issue Number | 6 |
| Journal | Clinical science |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Arteries Blood Pressure Blood Vessel Blood specimen Calcinosis Calcium Creatinine Diameter (qualifier value) Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation Hypertensive disease Inner Diameter Millimole per Liter Nephrectomy Plaque, Atherosclerotic Senile Plaques Small Structure of femoral artery Structure of lumen of body system Urea Uremia incubated torr |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
