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ArticleJournal of the American Heart Association2017

Angiotensin II Receptor-Neprilysin Inhibitor Sacubitril/Valsartan Improves Endothelial Dysfunction in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats.

Takunori Seki, Kenichi Goto, Yasuo Kansui, Toshio Ohtsubo, Kiyoshi Matsumura, Takanari Kitazono

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Article in Journal of the American Heart Association, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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24 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Takunori SekiDepartment of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Kenichi GotoDepartment of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan kengotou@intmed2.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp.
Yasuo KansuiDepartment of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Toshio OhtsuboDepartment of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Kiyoshi MatsumuraDepartment of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Takanari KitazonoDepartment of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Kyushu University · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWe have previously demonstrated that antihypertensive treatment with renin-angiotensin system inhibitors restores the impaired endothelium-dependent hyperpolarization (EDH)-mediated responses in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs). Herein, we investigated whether the angiotensin II receptor-neprilysin inhibitor sacubitril/valsartan (LCZ696) would improve reduced EDH-mediated responses and whether LCZ696 would exert additional effects on endothelium-dependent and endothelium-independent vasorelaxation compared with an angiotensin II type 1 receptor blocker alone during hypertension. METHODS AND

resultsSHRs were treated for 3 months with either LCZ696 or valsartan, from the age of 8 to 11 months. Age-matched, untreated SHRs and Wistar-Kyoto rats served as controls. Membrane potentials and contractile responses were recorded from the isolated superior mesenteric arteries. Acetylcholine-induced, EDH-mediated responses were impaired in untreated SHRs compared with Wistar-Kyoto rats. EDH-mediated responses were similarly improved in the LCZ696- and valsartan-treated SHRs. No difference was observed in acetylcholine-induced, nitric oxide-mediated relaxations among the 4 groups. Endothelium-independent relaxations in response to a nitric oxide donor, sodium nitroprusside, and those to levcromakalim, an ATP-sensitive K

conclusionsLCZ696 appears to be as effective as valsartan in improving the impaired EDH-mediated responses during hypertension. LCZ696 and valsartan exert similar beneficial effects on endothelium-independent relaxation via enhanced sensitivity of the ATP-sensitive K

Indexed as

AminobutyratesAngiotensin II Type 1 Receptor BlockersAnimalsAntihypertensive AgentsBiphenyl CompoundsBlood PressureDisease Models, AnimalDose-Response Relationship, DrugDrug CombinationsEndothelium, VascularHypertensionKATP ChannelsMaleMembrane PotentialsMesenteric Artery, SuperiorNeprilysinAminobutyratesAngiotensin II Type 1 Receptor BlockersAntihypertensive AgentsBiphenyl CompoundsDrug CombinationsKATP ChannelsNeprilysinProtease Inhibitorssacubitril and valsartan sodium hydrate drug combinationTetrazolesValsartanVasodilator Agentsendothelial‐derived relaxant factorendothelial functionhypertensionrenin angiotensin system

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PMID29042424
PMCPMC5721864
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