Abstract-Epidemiological studies suggest an association between maternal nutrition and offspring cardiovascular disease.We previously demonstrated endothelial dysfunction and abnormal aortic fatty acid composition in adult female offspring of rats fed animal lard during pregnancy. We have now further investigated this model. Female Sprague-Dawley rats were fed a control breeding diet (5.3% fat) or a diet rich in lard (25.7% fat) 10 days before and throughout pregnancy and lactation. Male and female offspring were implanted with radiotelemeters for recording of blood pressure, heart rate, and activity at 80, 180, and 360 days of age. Reactivity to acetylcholine and to nitric oxide were assessed in isolated small mesenteric arteries from 80-and 180-day-old littermates. Systolic blood pressure (awake phase) was raised in female offspring (180
Hypertension is a heritable and major contributor to the global burden of disease. The sum of rare and common genetic variants robustly identified so far explain only 1%–2% of the population variation in BP and hypertension. This suggests the existence of more undiscovered common variants. We conducted a genome-wide association study in 1,621 hypertensive cases and 1,699 controls and follow-up validation analyses in 19,845 cases and 16,541 controls using an extreme case-control design. We identified a locus on chromosome 16 in the 5′ region of Uromodulin (UMOD; rs13333226, combined P value of 3.6×10−11). The minor G allele is associated with a lower risk of hypertension (OR [95%CI]: 0.87 [0.84–0.91]), reduced urinary uromodulin excretion, better renal function; and each copy of the G allele is associated with a 7.7% reduction in risk of CVD events after adjusting for age, sex, BMI, and smoking status (H.R. = 0.923, 95% CI 0.860–0.991; p = 0.027). In a subset of 13,446 individuals with estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) measurements, we show that rs13333226 is independently associated with hypertension (unadjusted for eGFR: 0.89 [0.83–0.96], p = 0.004; after eGFR adjustment: 0.89 [0.83–0.96], p = 0.003). In clinical functional studies, we also consistently show the minor G allele is associated with lower urinary uromodulin excretion. The exclusive expression of uromodulin in the thick portion of the ascending limb of Henle suggests a putative role of this variant in hypertension through an effect on sodium homeostasis. The newly discovered UMOD locus for hypertension has the potential to give new insights into the role of uromodulin in BP regulation and to identify novel drugable targets for reducing cardiovascular risk.
Abstract-Mitochondria are a major site of reactive oxygen species production, which may contribute to the development of cardiovascular disease. Protecting mitochondria from oxidative damage should be an effective therapeutic strategy; however, conventional antioxidants are ineffective, because they cannot penetrate the mitochondria. This study investigated the role of mitochondrial oxidative stress during development of hypertension in the stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rat, using the mitochondria-targeted antioxidant, MitoQ 10 . Eight-week-old male strokeprone spontaneously hypertensive rats were treated with MitoQ 10 (500 mol/L; nϭ16), control compound decyltriphenylphosphonium (decylTPP; 500 mol/L; nϭ8), or vehicle (nϭ9) in drinking water for 8 weeks. Ϫ goes on to produce a range of damaging ROS that lead to nonspecific modification of mitochondrial proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids, thereby altering mitochondrial function. 3-5 Mitochondrial DNA is particularly susceptible to modification by ROS, and this damage can rapidly lead to functional changes in the cell, because it encodes 13 essential polypeptide components of the mitochondrial respiratory chain. 4 Extensive evidence suggests that mitochondrial DNA damage occurs in cardiovascular disease in humans, animal models, and cellular models. 3,[7][8][9] Mitochondria are normally protected from oxidative damage by a multilayer network of mitochondrial antioxidant systems. 10,11 These include the mitochondrial matrix enzyme manganese superoxide dismutase, which converts the O 2 Ϫ anion to hydrogen peroxide, glutathione peroxidase, and peroxiredoxins 3 and 5, which readily convert hydrogen peroxide to water 7,10 and ultimately prevent forms of mitochondrial oxidative damage, eg, lipid peroxidation. Modification of these antioxidant enzymes resulting from the knockout of manganese superoxide dismutase or glutathione peroxidase genes can significantly affect mitochondrial activity and ROS production and has been linked to hypertension and salt sensitivity in mice. [12][13][14][15] The precise contribution of mitochondria to the total ROS production in the vessel wall or other cardiovascular tissues
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