Abstract
Female Dahl salt-sensitive (DS) rats fed a low-salt diet develop hypertension at 6 months of age. Ovariectomy at 2 months of age accelerates the development of hypertension, and estrogen replacement delays it. Although acute pressure overload induces structural changes in the left ventricle (LV) further effects of gradual hypertension on LV remodeling have not been examined in the DS rat model. The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that aging and estrogen loss in hypertensive DS rats are accompanied by changes in LV remodeling. Four groups of DS rats were examined: young intact, middle-aged (MA) intact, MA ovariectomized (MA-OVX), and MA-OVX with 17beta-eestradiol (E(2)) supplementation (MA-OVX+E(2)). Myocardial matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs),tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs),and extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins were assessed by immunoblotting. Each of the 4 groups comprised 6 animals. Mean (SEM) LV mass was significantly greater in the MA-intact and the MA-OVX groups (1257 [31] mg and 1199 [25] mg, respectively; both, P < 0.05) compared with the young-intact group (697 [6] mg). LV mass in the MA-OVX+E(2) group was significantly lower compared with the MA-intact and MA-OVX groups (both, P < 0.0...Continue Reading
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