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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-4-11
pubmed:abstractText
Although adhesion of monocytes to endothelial cells is considered as one of the initial factors leading in the long term to the development of atherosclerosis, the effects of hypertension on monocyte-endothelial cell interactions are still largely unknown. Thus we evaluated whether hypertension affects adhesion of monocytes on rat carotid endothelium, and whether this adhesion may be modified by long-term treatment with L-arginine, the physiologic precursor of nitric oxide (NO). Hypertension was induced in Dahl rats using a sodium-rich diet (8%), in the absence or the presence of L-arginine (1.25 g/L in drinking water). After 1 month, the carotid arteries were isolated, opened longitudinally, and incubated in the presence of 2 x 10(6) monocytes previously rendered fluorescent by incubation with tetramethyl rhodamine isothiocyanate (TRITC), and adherent cells were counted under fluorescence microscopy. In parallel, the production of NO was evaluated in vitro in isolated aorta and isolated hearts. Hypertension markedly increased adhesion of monocytes on carotid endothelium, and this was reduced by L-arginine. Hypertension also reduced an index of NO release at the level of the aorta and the coronary circulation. This impaired release of NO was partially prevented by L-arginine. Thus hypertension was associated with an increased adhesion of monocytes, which is probably due at least in part to a decreased production of NO. The increased adhesion was partly reduced by L-arginine, possibly secondary to an increased production of NO. Such an increased adhesion of monocytes may contribute the increased cardiovascular risk in hypertension.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0160-2446
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
35
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
468-73
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10710134-Analysis of Variance, pubmed-meshheading:10710134-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10710134-Arginine, pubmed-meshheading:10710134-Carotid Arteries, pubmed-meshheading:10710134-Cell Adhesion, pubmed-meshheading:10710134-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:10710134-Drug Interactions, pubmed-meshheading:10710134-Endothelium, Vascular, pubmed-meshheading:10710134-Free Radical Scavengers, pubmed-meshheading:10710134-Hemodynamics, pubmed-meshheading:10710134-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10710134-Hypertension, pubmed-meshheading:10710134-Monocytes, pubmed-meshheading:10710134-Nitric Oxide, pubmed-meshheading:10710134-Phenylephrine, pubmed-meshheading:10710134-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:10710134-Rats, Inbred Dahl, pubmed-meshheading:10710134-Serotonin, pubmed-meshheading:10710134-Sodium Chloride, Dietary, pubmed-meshheading:10710134-Vasoconstrictor Agents
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Increased endothelium--monocyte interactions in salt-sensitive hypertension: effect of L-arginine.
pubmed:affiliation
INSERM E9920, Department of Pharmacology (IFRMP 23), Rouen, University Medical School and Rouen University Hospital, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't