Aortic stiffness and pulse pressure amplification in Wistar-Kyoto and spontaneously hypertensive rats |
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Authors: | Cosson Emmanuel Herisse Monique Laude Dominique Thomas Frédérique Valensi Paul Attali Jean-Raymond Safar Michel E Dabire Hubert |
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Institution: | INSERM Unité 660, ENVA-Batiment Ferrando, 7 Avenue du Général de Gaulle, Maisons-Alfort F-94704, France. |
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Abstract: | In humans, increased body weight and arterial stiffness are significantly associated, independently of blood pressure (BP) level. The finding was never investigated in rodents devoid of metabolic disorders as spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). Using simultaneous catheterization of proximal and distal aorta, we measured body weight, intra-arterial BP, heart rate and their variability (spectral analysis), aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV), and systolic and pulse pressure (PP) amplifications in unrestrained conscious Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats and SHR between 6 and 24 wk of age. Aortic proximal systolic and diastolic pressure, PP, and mean BP were significantly higher in SHR than in WKY rats and increased significantly with age (with the exception of PP). PP amplification increased with age but did not differ between strains. PWV was significantly associated with heart rate variability. PWV was significantly higher (via two-way variance analysis) in SHR than in WKY rats (strain effect) and increased markedly with age in both strains (age effect). Adjustment of PWV to mean BP attenuated markedly both the age and the strain effects. After adjustment for body weight, either alone or associated with mean BP, the age effect was not more significant, but the strain effect was markedly enhanced. In conscious unanesthetized SHR and WKY rats, aortic stiffness is consistently associated with body weight independent of age and mean BP. An intervention study should consider in the objectives systolic BP and PP amplifications measured in conscious animals, central control of body weight, and autonomic nervous system. |
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