Inhibition of angiotensin Ⅱ and blockade of endothelin receptors reduce arterial calcification in rats  

作　　者：Juxiang LI~1 Shengying WU~1 Chunshui PAN~2 Yongfen QI~2 Bin GENG~1 Xiuhna LIU~~(1,2) Chaoshu TANG~1 1 Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology,Peking University Health Science Center,Beijing 100083,China 2 Insitiute of Cardiovascular Research,Peking University First Hospital,Beijing 100034,China 

出　　处：《Journal of Geriatric Cardiology》2004年第2期108-113,共6页老年心脏病学杂志（英文版）

摘　　要：Objective To examine whether the two vascular paracrine/autocrine factors,angiotensin Ⅱ(Ang Ⅱ)and endothelin,participate in the pathogenesis of arterial calcification.Methods Nicotine and vitamin D_3 treated rats were studied.Vascular calcification was confirmed by using Von Kossa staining,measurement of calcium content, ^(45)Ca^(2+)uptake assay and alkaline phosphatase(ALP)activity.The plasma and vascular Ang Ⅱ and endothelin levels were measured by using radioimmunoassay.Angiotensinngen and endothehn mRNA levels were determined by RT- PCR.Results The arterial calcium content,^(45)Ca^(2+)uptake and ALP activity were increased in calcification groups compared with control(P<0.01).Administration of the angiotensin receptor antagonist losartan,the endothelin receptor antagonist bosentan,and the angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor captopril reduced significantly the arterial calcium content,^(45)Ca^(2+)uptake and ALP activity.In addition,the plasma and aortic Ang Ⅱ and endothelin contents,and vascular angiotensinngen and endothelin mRNA expression were significantly up-regulated(P<0.05). Conclusions These findings suggest that functional renin-angiotensin system and endothelin pathway are involved in vascular calcification,and that activation of these systems could potentiate pathogenesis of arterial calcification.(J Geriatr Cardiol 2004;1(2):108-113.)

关 键 词：AORTA angiotensin Ⅱ ENDOTHELIN-1 CALCIFICATION 

分 类 号：R543[医药卫生—心血管疾病]