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Effects of cilnidipine on nitric oxide and endothelin-1 expression and extracellular signal-regulated kinase in hypertensive rats.

Authors: Kobayashi, N  Mori, Y  Mita, S  Nakano, S  Kobayashi, T  Tsubokou, Y  Matsuoka, H 
Citation: Kobayashi N, etal., Eur J Pharmacol. 2001 Jun 22;422(1-3):149-57.
RGD ID: 8662299
Pubmed: PMID:11430925   (View Abstract at PubMed)

We evaluated the effects of cilnidipine, a long-acting Ca(2+) channel antagonist, on endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS), preproendothelin-1 and endothelin ETA receptor expression in the left ventricle, and evaluated the relations between these effects and coronary microvascular remodeling and extracellular signal-regulated kinases belonging to one subfamily of mitogen-activated protein kinases in deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA)-salt hypertensive rats. Cilnidipine (DOCA-cilnidipine, 1 mg/kg/day, subdepressor dose) or vehicle (DOCA-vehicle) was given after induction of DOCA-salt hypertension for 5 weeks. The eNOS mRNA and protein expression in the left ventricle was significantly lower in DOCA-vehicle than in control rats and significantly higher in DOCA-cilnidipine than in DOCA-vehicle rats. Preproendothelin-1 and endothelin ETA receptor expression levels and phospho-p42/p44 extracellular signal-regulated kinase activities were significantly increased in DOCA-vehicle compared with control rats and significantly suppressed in DOCA-cilnidipine compared with DOCA-vehicle rats. DOCA-vehicle rats showed a significant increase in the wall-to-lumen ratio, perivascular fibrosis and myocardial fibrosis, with all these parameters being significantly improved by cilnidipine. These results led us to conclude that phospho-p42/p44 extracellular signal-regulated kinase activities may contribute to the coronary microvascular remodeling of DOCA rats and that protective effects of cilnidipine on cardiovascular remodeling may be at least in part mediated by an increased eNOS expression and a decreased endothelin-1 and endothelin ETA receptor expression in the left ventricle.

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TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
Cardiac Fibrosis treatmentISOEdn1 (Rattus norvegicus)8662299; 8662299 RGD 
Cardiac Fibrosis treatmentIDA 8662299 RGD 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Edn1  (endothelin 1)

Genes (Mus musculus)
Edn1  (endothelin 1)

Genes (Homo sapiens)
EDN1  (endothelin 1)


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