ニートレアントレランスにおけるレニン-アニオテンシンシステムの因果的な役割の証拠
1Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Veterans Administration Hospital, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Circulation
|June 22, 1999
まとめ
ニトログリセリン (NTG) 治療に対する耐性は,血管のスーパーオキシド生成の増加と関連しており,これはアンジオテンシンIIとエンドセリン-1経路によって引き起こされる. これらの経路を遮断すると,耐性を防止し,NTGの有効性を回復します.
科学分野:
- 心血管薬理学について
- 血管生物学 血管生物学
- ニートレランスメカニズム
背景:
- ニトログリセリン (NTG) 治療は,血管内エンドセリン-1 (ET-1) とスーパーオキシド (O2.-) の産生を増加させ,潜在的にアンジオテンシンII経由で増加させます.
- レニン-アニオテンシン系は,NTG治療の初期に活性化されます.
- 仮説:アニオテンシンIIまたはET-1は,NTG療法中に血管のO2−生産を増加させる.
研究 の 目的:
- 窒素耐性の発達におけるアンジオテンシンIIとET-1の役割を調査する.
- 血管のO2−生産とレニン-アニオテンシン系に対するNTG療法の影響を決定する.
- NTG耐性を予防するAT1およびET-1受容体阻害の有効性を評価する.
主な方法:
- ニュージーランドの白うさぎは,NTGパッチを3日間使用した.
- 評価されたプラズマレニン活性,AT1受容体発現,血管のACE活性,NTGの血管拡張性.
- ルシゲニン強化化学発光を用いた血管のO2−生成を測定した.
- 投与されたAT1受容体アンタゴニストロサタンとET-1受容体ブロッカーボセンタン.
主要な成果:
- NTG治療は,血のレニン活性と血管のO2-産生を増加させ,鈍化したNTGのリラックス (耐性) に繋がった.
- 耐性は,AT1受容体mRNAとACE活性の増加と関連していました.
- ロサルタンは用量依存でO2の産生を正常化し,NTGの耐性やクロス耐性を防ぐ.
- ボセンタンは同様の効果を示したが,より顕著ではなかった.
結論:
- アンジオテンシンIIは,窒素耐性の発達において重要な病理生理学的役割を果たします.
- エンドオセリン-1は,アンジオテンシンIIよりも少ない程度ですが,窒素耐性を高めるのに寄与します.
- AT1およびET-1受容体阻害は,NTG治療中に耐性およびO2−生成に好ましい影響を及ぼします.
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