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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2-3
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-8-13
pubmed:abstractText
We examined the effect of adrenomedullin on the cardiovascular system of an animal model for preeclampsia. An inhibitor of nitric oxide synthase, N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME), was infused subcutaneously into rats at a constant rate from day 14 of pregnancy to make an animal model for preeclampsia. Adrenomedullin was continuously infused intravenously at a dose of 3 or 10 pmol/h from day 17 of pregnancy. The basal systolic blood pressure was significantly higher in the L-NAME treated rats than in the control rats. The adrenomedullin administration at day 19 of pregnancy showed a significant decrease in the blood pressure in the L-NAME treated rats than in vehicle rats during infusion. The blood pressure of normal pregnant rats did not significantly decrease by adrenomedullin infusion. The adrenomedullin decreased pup mortality of the L-NAME treated rats. Adrenomedullin attenuated the L-NAME induced hypertension and pup mortality. On the other hand, adrenomedullin administration in both pregnant rats in early gestation (5-11 days of pregnancy) and in non-pregnant rats did not show any significant effect on L-NAME-induced hypertension. The adrenomedullin mRNA level was predominantly expressed at high levels in the ovary, uterus and placenta, but at low levels in other tissues in pregnant rats in late gestation. The adrenomedullin mRNA level of the L-NAME treated rats in placenta decreased more than in the normal pregnant rats in late gestation (P < 0.05). These findings suggest that the adrenomedullin might play an important role in the regulation of the cardiovascular system of the mother and fetoplacental unit in rats.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0014-2999
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
29
pubmed:volume
371
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
159-67
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10357253-Adrenomedullin, pubmed-meshheading:10357253-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10357253-Antihypertensive Agents, pubmed-meshheading:10357253-Blood Pressure, pubmed-meshheading:10357253-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:10357253-Body Weight, pubmed-meshheading:10357253-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:10357253-Enzyme Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:10357253-Female, pubmed-meshheading:10357253-Fetus, pubmed-meshheading:10357253-Hypertension, pubmed-meshheading:10357253-Infusions, Intravenous, pubmed-meshheading:10357253-NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester, pubmed-meshheading:10357253-Peptides, pubmed-meshheading:10357253-Pre-Eclampsia, pubmed-meshheading:10357253-Pregnancy, pubmed-meshheading:10357253-Pregnancy, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:10357253-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:10357253-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:10357253-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:10357253-Time Factors
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Adrenomedullin attenuates the hypertension in hypertensive pregnant rats induced by N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't