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ArticlePharmacological research2018

Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonism reverses diabetes-related coronary vasodilator dysfunction: A unique vascular transcriptomic signature.

Scott M Brown, Alex I Meuth, J Wade Davis, R Scott Rector, Shawn B Bender

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Article in Pharmacological research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Scott M BrownResearch Service, Harry S Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital, Columbia, MO, USA; Biomedical Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA.
Alex I MeuthResearch Service, Harry S Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital, Columbia, MO, USA; Biomedical Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA.
J Wade DavisMU Informatics Institute, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA; Health Management and Informatics, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA; Statistics, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA.
R Scott RectorResearch Service, Harry S Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital, Columbia, MO, USA; Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA; Medicine-Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Missouri, School of Medicine, Columbia, MO, USA.
Shawn B BenderResearch Service, Harry S Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital, Columbia, MO, USA; Biomedical Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA; Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA. Electronic address: benders@missouri.edu.
University of Missouri · USHarry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital · USUniversity of Missouri Health System · US

Funding

Mineralocorticoid receptor-dependent coronary vascular dysfunction in obesityR01HL136386 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA · PI BENDER, SHAWN BRADY · 2018 to 2022
$2.8M
Hepatic eNOS in the regulation of NASHI01BX003271 · VA · HARRY S. TRUMAN MEMORIAL VA HOSPITAL · PI RANDY SCOTT RECTOR · 2017 to 2026
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Mineralocorticoid Receptor-Mediated Vascular Insulin ResistanceIK2BX002030 · VA · HARRY S. TRUMAN MEMORIAL VA HOSPITAL · PI BENDER, SHAWN BRADY · 2013 to 2017
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BLRD VA I01 BX003271BLRD VA IK2 BX002030NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL136386
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coronary microvascular dysfunction predicts and may be a proximate cause of cardiac dysfunction and mortality in diabetes; however, few effective treatments exist for these conditions. We recently demonstrated that mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) antagonism reversed cardiovascular dysfunction in early-stage obesity/insulin resistance. The mechanisms underlying this benefit of MR antagonism and its relevance in the setting of long-term obesity complications like diabetes; however, remain unclear. Thus, the present study evaluated the impact of MR antagonism on diabetes-related coronary dysfunction and defines the MR-dependent vascular transcriptome in the Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty (OLETF) rat recapitulating later stages of human diabetes. OLETF rats were treated with spironolactone (Sp) and compared to untreated OLETF and lean Long-Evans Tokushima Otsuka rats. Sp treatment attenuated diabetes-associated adipose and cardiac inflammation/fibrosis and improved coronary endothelium-dependent vasodilation but did not alter enhanced coronary vasoconstriction, blood pressure, or metabolic parameters in OLETF rats. Further mechanistic studies using RNA deep sequencing of OLETF rat aortas revealed 157 differentially expressed genes following Sp including upregulation of genes involved in the molecular regulation of nitric oxide bioavailability (Hsp90ab1, Ahsa1, Ahsa2) as well as novel changes in α

Indexed as

TranscriptomeAnimalsArteriolesCoronary Artery DiseaseCoronary VesselsDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Diabetic AngiopathiesDisease Models, AnimalGene Expression ProfilingGene Regulatory NetworksHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingMaleMineralocorticoid Receptor AntagonistsRats, Inbred OLETFSignal TransductionSpironolactoneMineralocorticoid Receptor AntagonistsSpironolactoneAcetylcholine (CID: 187)Bay-K 8644 (CID: 2303)CardiacEndothelin-1 (CID: 16212950)FibrosisInflammationInsulin (CID: 118984375)LETOSodium nitroprusside (CID: 11963622)Spironolactone (CID: 5833)U-46619 (CID: 5311493)

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PMID29870805
PMCPMC6203694
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