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A Modified Two Kidney One Clip Mouse Model of Renin Regulation in Renal Artery Stenosis
Published on: October 26, 2020
Nicousamide normalizes renovascular hypertension in two-kidney one-clip hypertensive rats
Sen Zhang1, Hongyan Li1, Yan Li1
1State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, P.R. China.
Abstract:
Nicousamide, a coumarin-aspirin compound, was proven to have a renal protective effect on diabetic and hypertensive nephropathy. The present study aimed to investigate the anti-hypertensive effect of nicousamide and its action mechanisms. The two-kidney one-clip (2K1C) hypertensive animal model was introduced in this study. Subsequent to treatment with nicousamide for three weeks, systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) were measured, and the plasma concentration of angiotensin II (Ang II), nitric oxide (NO), endothelin-1 (ET-1), nitric oxide synthase (NOS) and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) was examined. Results showed that nicousamide markedly decreased SBP as well as DBP on renovascular hypertensive rats (P<0.05). Nicousamide also reduced the Ang II and ET-1 concentration (P<0.05) in the plasma of hypertensive rats while increasing the plasma NO level (P<0.05). Nicousamide treatment did not show a marked effect on the NOS and CGRP concentrations in animal plasma (P>0.05).
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