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Non-invasive Assessment of Microvascular and Endothelial Function
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固有のエンドセリン-1への血管収縮は,本質的な高血圧の患者の周周回循環で増加します
S Taddei1, A Virdis, L Ghiadoni
1Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Circulation
|October 20, 1999
まとめ
エンドオセリン-1 (ET-1) は,本質的な高血圧に作用する. TAK-044でET-1受容体を遮断すると,高血圧患者の血管拡張が増加し,酸化窒素 (NO) の放出が減少した.
科学分野:
- 心血管生理学 心血管の生理学
- 薬理学 薬理学とは
背景:
- エンドセリン (ET) - 1は,本質的な高血圧などの心血管疾患に関与しています.
- 高血圧における血管調節におけるET-1の役割については,さらなる解明が必要である.
研究 の 目的:
- 主要高血圧における血管トーン制御におけるET-1の役割を評価する.
- 高血圧患者と健康な対照群の間で,ET(A) /ET(B) 受容体アンタゴニスト (TAK-044) に対する前腕血管応答を評価する.
主な方法:
- ストレインゲージ静脈プレチスモグラフィーは前腕の血流の変化を測定するために使用されました.
- TAK-044,ナトリウムニトロプロシド,N (((G)) モノメチル-L-アルギニン (L-NMMA),ノレピネフリンを脳内注入して投与した.
- プラズマET-1濃度は,放射性免疫測定法を使用して測定されました.
主要な成果:
- TAK-044は,高血圧患者において,正常血圧患者と比較して,著しく大きな血管拡張を誘導した (P<0.01).
- L-NMMAへの反応として血管収縮は高血圧患者において有意に減少した (P<0.01).
- ナトリウムニトロプロシドとノレピネフリンに対する血管反応,およびプラズマET-1レベルは,グループ間で類似していました.
結論:
- エッセンシャル高血圧患者の前腕血管は,ET-1受容体阻害に対する血管拡張が強化されています.
- この増加した反応は,高血圧におけるトニック酸化窒素 (NO) の放出量の減少と関連しています.
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