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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-3-21
pubmed:abstractText
There is experimental evidence indicating that chronic moderate ethanol consumption delays the age-dependent increase in blood pressure. Since the brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) is a potent hypotensive hormone, the effect of chronic ethanol treatment on the heart BNP system was investigated, using spontaneously hypertensive (SHR) and Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats. Chronic moderate ethanol consumption resulted in significantly lower circulating BNP levels for both SHR (206.9 +/- 18.5 vs. 306.9 +/- 28.1 pg/ml, n = 12, P < or = 0.05) and WKY rats (131.3 +/- 20.7 vs. 220.6 +/- 25.0 pg/ml, n = 12, P < or = 0.05). Left and right atrial BNP content and concentration in WKY rats and left atrial BNP content and concentration in SHR rats were augmented by the ethanol treatment, but not atrial BNP mRNA. In ventricular tissue, alcohol had no effect on total BNP content of either SHR or WKY rats, but it induced a significant elevation in ventricular BNP concentration (microgram/mg protein) and BNP mRNA in SHR, but not WKY rats. Thus, chronic ethanol treatment resulted in specific alterations in the activity of the heart BNP system.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0014-2999
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
28
pubmed:volume
316
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
49-58
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8982650-Age Factors, pubmed-meshheading:8982650-Alcohol Drinking, pubmed-meshheading:8982650-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8982650-Blood Pressure, pubmed-meshheading:8982650-Body Weight, pubmed-meshheading:8982650-Ethanol, pubmed-meshheading:8982650-Heart, pubmed-meshheading:8982650-Heart Rate, pubmed-meshheading:8982650-Male, pubmed-meshheading:8982650-Myocardium, pubmed-meshheading:8982650-Natriuretic Peptide, Brain, pubmed-meshheading:8982650-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8982650-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:8982650-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:8982650-Radioimmunoassay, pubmed-meshheading:8982650-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:8982650-Rats, Inbred SHR, pubmed-meshheading:8982650-Rats, Inbred WKY, pubmed-meshheading:8982650-Transcription, Genetic
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Effect of chronic moderate ethanol consumption on heart brain natriuretic peptide.
pubmed:affiliation
Douglas Hospital Research Centre, McGill University, Québec, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't