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ArticleTranslational research : the journal of laboratory and clinical medicine2014

Cerebrovasculoprotective effects of azilsartan medoxomil in diabetes.

Mohammed Abdelsaid, Maha Coucha, Adviye Ergul

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Article in Translational research : the journal of laboratory and clinical medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mohammed AbdelsaidCharlie Norwood Veterans Administration Medical Center, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA; Department of Physiology, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA.
Maha CouchaDepartment of Physiology, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA.
Adviye ErgulCharlie Norwood Veterans Administration Medical Center, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA; Department of Physiology, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA. Electronic address: aergul@gru.edu.
Augusta University · USCharlie Norwood VA Medical Center · US

Funding

Vascular Injury and Recovery in Diabetic Ischemic StrokeR01NS083559 · NINDS · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI ERGUL, ADVIYE · 2014 to 2018
$1.9M
Vascular Protection &Endothelin B Receptors in DiabetesR01DK074385 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA (UGA) · PI ERGUL, ADVIYE · 2005 to 2009
$1.1M
BLRD VA I01 BX000347NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK074385NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS083559NINDS NIH HHS R01NS083559
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We have shown that Goto-Kakizaki (GK) rats, a lean model of type 2 diabetes, develop significant cerebrovascular remodeling by the age of 18 weeks, which is characterized by increased media thickness and matrix deposition. Although early glycemic control prevents diabetes-mediated remodeling of the cerebrovasculature, whether the remodeling can be reversed is unknown. Given that angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockers reverse pathologic vascular remodeling and function independent of changes in blood pressure in other vascular beds, we hypothesized that azilsartan medoxomil, a new angiotensin II type 1 receptor blocker, is vasculoprotective by preventing and reversing cerebrovascular remodeling in diabetes. Control Wistar and diabetic GK rats (n = 6-8 per group) were treated with vehicle (water) or azilsartan medoxomil (3 mg/kg/d) from the age of 14 to 18 or 18 to 22 weeks before or after vascular remodeling is established, respectively. Blood glucose and blood pressure were monitored and middle cerebral artery structure and function were evaluated using pressurized arteriography. Blood glucose was higher in GK rats compared with Wistar rats. Azilsartan treatment lowered blood glucose in diabetic animals with no effect on blood pressure. Diabetic animals exhibited lower myogenic tone, increased wall thickness, and cross-sectional area compared with control group animals, which were corrected by azilsartan treatment when started at the onset of diabetes or later after vascular remodeling is established. Azilsartan medoxomil offers preventive and therapeutic vasculoprotection in diabetes-induced cerebrovascular remodeling and myogenic dysfunction and this is independent of blood pressure.

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Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor BlockersAnimalsBenzimidazolesBlood PressureCerebrumDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2MaleOxadiazolesRatsRats, Inbred StrainsTime FactorsVascular RemodelingAngiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockersazilsartan medoxomilBenzimidazolesOxadiazoles

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