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ArticleBiology of reproduction2015

Enhanced mesenteric arterial responsiveness to angiotensin II is androgen receptor-dependent in prenatally protein-restricted adult female rat offspring.

Kunju Sathishkumar, Meena P Balakrishnan, Chandrasekhar Yallampalli

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Article in Biology of reproduction, 2015. 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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8 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kunju SathishkumarDepartment of Obstetrics & Gynecology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas.
Meena P BalakrishnanDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
Chandrasekhar YallampalliDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas cyallamp@bcm.edu.
Baylor College of Medicine · USThe University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · US

Funding

SEX STEROID HORMONES AND CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDER01HL058144 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BR GALVESTON · PI CHAUHAN, MADHU LATA S., YALLAMPALLI, CHANDRASEKHAR · 1998 to 2022
$6.9M
Sex-specific fetal programming of adult vascular dysfunction and hypertensionR01HL119869 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI KUMAR, SATHISH · 2013 to 2017
$1.9M
Developmental programming: influence of sex steroids and mechanismsR01HL102866 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · PI YALLAMPALLI, CHANDRASEKHAR · 2011 to 2014
$1.5M
NHLBI NIH HHS HL102866NHLBI NIH HHS HL119869NHLBI NIH HHS HL58144NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL058144NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL102866NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL119869
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gestational protein restriction results in intrauterine growth restriction and hypertension in adult female growth-restricted rats. Enhanced vascular responsiveness to angiotensin II is observed, and blockade of the renin-angiotensin system abolishes hypertension in adult growth-restricted rats, suggesting that the renin-angiotensin system contributes to intrauterine growth restriction-induced hypertension. Moreover, growth-restricted adult rats have higher plasma testosterone levels, and antiandrogen treatment abolishes hypertension, indicating an important role for testosterone. We hypothesized that androgens may play a pivotal role in the enhanced responsiveness to Ang II and hypertension. Female offspring of pregnant rats fed 20% protein (control) or 6% protein diet (protein restricted), at 6 mo of age, were studied. Plasma testosterone and mean arterial pressure in protein-restricted offspring were significantly higher compared to controls. Flutamide treatment (10 mg/kg/day subcutaneously for 10 days) reduced mean arterial pressure in protein-restricted offspring but was without significant effect in controls. Vascular Agtr1/Agtr2 ratio was significantly higher in protein-restricted offspring, an effect that was reversed by flutamide. Flutamide treatment did not have any effect on Agtr1/Agtr2 ratio in controls. Enhanced contractile response to angiotensin II in mesenteric arteries was observed in protein-restricted offspring compared with control. Flutamide treatment reversed the enhanced contractile response to angiotensin II in protein-restricted offspring without significant effect in controls. Vascular reactivity to phenylephrine was similar between the control and protein-restricted offspring with and without flutamide treatment, suggesting that enhanced contractile response and flutamide's reversal effect is specific to angiotensin II. These results suggest that prenatally protein-restricted rats exhibit an enhanced responsiveness to angiotensin II that is testosterone-dependent.

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Androgen AntagonistsAngiotensin IIAnimalsFemaleFlutamideMesenteric ArteriesPregnancyPrenatal Exposure Delayed EffectsProtein DeficiencyRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyReceptors, AndrogenAndrogen AntagonistsAngiotensin IIFlutamideReceptors, AndrogenAgtr1angiotensin IIblood pressureflutamidemesenteric arteriespregnancyprotein restrictiontestosteronevascular function

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PMID25550341
PMCPMC4342791
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