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2351431

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6 Pt 2
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-7-13
pubmed:abstractText
Commonly used methods for assessing reductions in microvascular density (rarefaction) in hypertension detect only perfused microvessels. In the present study, samples of cremaster and spinotrapezius muscles were taken from rats with chronic (4-week) reduced renal mass hypertension and normotensive sham-operated control rats, as well as from 12-week-old spontaneously hypertensive rats and their normotensive Wistar-Kyoto control strain. Mean arterial pressure was 149 +/- 8 mm Hg in the rats with reduced renal mass hypertension, 114 +/- 7 mm Hg in sham-operated rats, 177 +/- 9 mm Hg in spontaneously hypertensive rats, and 95 +/- 4 mm Hg in Wistar-Kyoto rats. Muscle samples were incubated with rhodamine-labeled Griffonia simplicifolia I lectin, which identifies both perfused and nonperfused microvessels. Microvascular density was assessed by counting intersections with a 20-microns grid. Microvessel density was significantly reduced in cremaster muscles of both spontaneously hypertensive and reduced renal mass hypertensive rats, and in the spinotrapezius muscle of spontaneously hypertensive rats, compared with their respective normotensive controls. Further studies in the reduced renal mass rats on low salt diets indicated that lectin binding was also decreased as salt intake was increased, independent of blood pressure. This change was not due to an alteration in lectin-binding affinity. These studies indicate that lectin binding can be a useful tool for assessing microvessel density that does not depend on the perfusion state of the vessels and that rarefaction due to hypertension is not evenly distributed in all vascular beds. These results also provide evidence that dietary salt intake alone can influence microvessel density, as measured by the lectin technique.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0194-911X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
779-83
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Microvessel changes in hypertension measured by Griffonia simplicifolia I lectin.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't