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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-3-24
pubmed:abstractText
The aim of this study was to provide new insights into the role of angiotensin II and arterial pressure in the regulation of antioxidant enzyme activities in a renovascular model of cardiac hypertrophy. For this purpose, aortic coarcted rats were treated with losartan or minoxidil for 7 days. Angiotensin II induced cardiac hypertrophy and oxidative stress via Nox4, p22(phox) and p47(phox), which are components of the NAD(P)H oxidase. Antioxidant enzymes were regulated by arterial pressure and were not implicated in cardiac hypertrophy. Heme oxygenase-1, the rate-limiting enzyme in heme catabolism, behaved as a catalase and glutathione peroxidase, and is regulated by arterial pressure. In summary, the present report indicates that cardiac hypertrophy, induced by renovascular hypertension, depends on angiotensin II through reactive oxygen species and is not prevented by the action of antioxidant enzymes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0916-9636
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
31
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
325-34
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Angiotensin II regulates cardiac hypertrophy via oxidative stress but not antioxidant enzyme activities in experimental renovascular hypertension.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biological Chemistry, School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't