Immobilization stress inhibits intimal fibromuscular proliferation in the process of arterial remodeling in rats

Hypertension Research : Official Journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension
Kunimitsu IwaiShigeto Morimoto

Abstract

We investigated role of beta-endorphin (END), which is released by immobilization stress, on intimal fibromuscular proliferation in a rat model of arterial remodeling after intimal injury. The endothelium of the abdominal aorta of Wistar-Kyoto rats was denuded, and the rats were subjected to immobilization stress (6 h/d), which raised the serum concentration of END, and intraperitoneal administration of either END (20 ng/kg/d) or naltrexone (NAL: 4 mg/kg/d). The proliferative activity (PA) of medial smooth muscle cells (SMCs) and the intima/media area ratio (R) were determined at 3 and 14 d after denudation, respectively. PA and R were significantly reduced by immobilization (PA: 64.8%, R: 34.6%), and NAL treatment completely reversed the decreases in PA and R. On the other hand, END reduced both PA and R (PA: 21.7% and R: 24.9%), and NAL also reversed the decreases in PA and R. END (20 pg/mL) inhibited both the proliferation (79% at 96 h) and migration (26%) of SMCs cultured with 5% fetal bovine serum in vitro, and NAL (100 microg/mL) reversed the inhibition of both activities. Our results suggest that immobilization stress stimulates the release of endogenous END, which then prevents both proliferation and migration of medial...Continue Reading

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