PMID: 2124454Jul 1, 1990Paper

Membrane abnormalities and cellular hyperreactivity in different models of hypertension

Archives des maladies du coeur et des vaisseaux
P MarcheS Koutouzov

Abstract

In various models of hypertension of genetic origin, a hypersensitivity of phospholipase C has been demonstrated to participate in the hyperreactivity of platelets toward a variety of vasoactive agents. Since this abnormality could not be observed in the absence of cell stimulation, it could not account for the increase in free Ca2+ which has been reported in resting platelets in primary hypertension. Likewise, in hypertensive subjects, platelets behave hyperactive when stimulated by ADP, although the stimulus has been demonstrated to be a poor activator of phospholipase C. In order to gain insight into the membrane alteration that could account for the cellular hyperactivity which characterizes hypertensive subjects, we investigated, in resting platelets, the kinetics of radioactive labeling of major membrane phospholipids. Isolated platelets were prepared from SHR (4w and 17w of age), SHR-SP, Dahl salt-resistant and salt-sensitive rats fed either a low or a high salt diet, DOCA-salt hypertensive rats and from the appropriate normotensive controls. Irrespective of the radioactive precursor used (32P-orthophosphate, 3H-glycerol, 3H-choline), the labeling of phosphatidylcholine (PC) was markedly (up to 20 fold) enhanced in SHR (...Continue Reading

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