Blood pressure variability, baroreflex sensitivity and organ damage in spontaneously hypertensive rats treated with various antihypertensive drugs

2006 ◽  
Vol 543 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 77-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
He-Hui Xie ◽  
Fu-Ming Shen ◽  
Xiao-Fei Zhang ◽  
Yuan-Ying Jiang ◽  
Ding-Feng Su
2005 ◽  
Vol 108 (6) ◽  
pp. 547-552 ◽  
Author(s):  
He-Hui XIE ◽  
Fu-Ming SHEN ◽  
Yong-Bing CAO ◽  
Hui-Lin LI ◽  
Ding-Feng SU

The present study was designed to investigate the effects of low-dose ketanserin on BPV (blood pressure variability), BRS (baroreflex sensitivity) and organ damage in SHR (spontaneously hypertensive rats). Ketanserin was mixed in rat chow at an estimated dose of 0.1 mg·kg−1 of body weight·day−1. SHR were treated for 4 months. BP (blood pressure) was then recorded continuously for 24 h in a conscious state. After determination of BRS, rats were killed for organ damage evaluation. It was found that long-term treatment with low-dose ketanserin did not lower BP levels, but significantly decreased BPV, enhanced BRS and reduced organ damage in SHR. Multiple regression analysis showed that the decrease in left ventricular hypertrophy was most closely correlated (or associated) with the increase in BRS, whereas the decrease in aortic hypertrophy was most closely associated with the decrease in diastolic BPV and the amelioration in renal lesion, with the increase in BRS and the decrease in diastolic BPV. In conclusion, low-dose ketanserin produces organ protection independently of its BP-lowering action in SHR, and this organ protection was importantly attributable to the enhancement of BRS and decrease in BPV.


2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo Li ◽  
Zheng-Biao Yang ◽  
Shan-Shan Lei ◽  
Jie Su ◽  
Min-Xia Pang ◽  
...  

Blood pressure variability (BPV) is associated with the development and progression of severe target organ damage (TOD). This study aims to evaluate the protective effect of paeoniflorin enriched extract from Radix Paeoniae Alba (PG) on BPV and TOD in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). All SHR were orally treated with distilled water, metoprolol (MP, 20 mg/kg), and PG (PG-H, 90 mg/kg or PG-L, 30 mg/kg) for a single time or daily for 7 weeks. The 24-hour dynamic blood pressure was monitored and then calculated BPV including long- and short-term systolic blood pressure variability (SBPV), diastolic blood pressure variability (DBPV), mean blood pressure variability (MBPV), and heart rate variability (HRV) as well as the 24-hour-SBP, 24-hour-DBP, and 24-hour-MBP. The protective effects of PG on TOD were observed by histopathologic and biochemical detection. The results indicated that long- and short-term SBPV, DBPV, MBPV, and HRV as well as 24-hour-SBP, 24-hour-DBP, and 24-hour-MBP showed no significant changes after single-dose administration of PG and significantly decreased after administration with PG for 7 weeks. PG could also markedly improve the damage of aorta, heart, kidney, and brain. This study suggested that PG could notably reduce BPV, stabilize blood pressure, and mitigate TOD in SHR.


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