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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology
Inflammation and mechanical stretch promote aortic stiffening in hypertension through activation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase
Circulation Research, Volume 114, No. 4, Year 2014
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RATIONALE:: Aortic stiffening commonly occurs in hypertension and further elevates systolic pressure. Hypertension is also associated with vascular inflammation and increased mechanical stretch. The interplay between inflammation, mechanical stretch, and aortic stiffening in hypertension remains undefined. OBJECTIVE:: Our aim was to determine the role of inflammation and mechanical stretch in aortic stiffening. METHODS AND RESULTS:: Chronic angiotensin II infusion caused marked aortic adventitial collagen deposition, as quantified by Masson trichrome blue staining and biochemically by hydroxyproline content, in wild-type but not in recombination activating gene-1-deficient mice. Aortic compliance, defined by ex vivo measurements of stress-strain curves, was reduced by chronic angiotensin II infusion in wild-type mice (P<0.01) but not in recombination activating gene-1-deficient mice (P<0.05). Adoptive transfer of T-cells to recombination activating gene-1-deficient mice restored aortic collagen deposition and stiffness to values observed in wild-type mice. Mice lacking the T-cell-derived cytokine interleukin 17a were also protected against aortic stiffening. In additional studies, we found that blood pressure normalization by treatment with hydralazine and hydrochlorothiazide prevented angiotensin II-induced vascular T-cell infiltration, aortic stiffening, and collagen deposition. Finally, we found that mechanical stretch induces the expression of collagen 1α1, 3α1, and 5a1 in cultured aortic fibroblasts in a p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase-dependent fashion, and that inhibition of p38 prevented angiotensin II-induced aortic stiffening in vivo. Interleukin 17a also induced collagen 3a1 expression via the activation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase. CONCLUSIONS:: Our data define a pathway in which inflammation and mechanical stretch lead to vascular inflammation that promotes collagen deposition. The resultant increase in aortic stiffness likely further worsens systolic hypertension and its attendant end-organ damage. © 2014 American Heart Association, Inc.
Authors & Co-Authors
Wu, Jing
United States, Nashville
Vanderbilt University
Thabet, Salim R.
United States, Nashville
Vanderbilt University
Kirabo, Annet
United States, Nashville
Vanderbilt University
Trott, Daniel W.
United States, Nashville
Vanderbilt University
Saleh, Mohamed A.
United States, Nashville
Vanderbilt University
Egypt, Mansoura
Mansoura University
Xiao, Liang
United States, Nashville
Vanderbilt University
Madhur, Meena S.
United States, Nashville
Vanderbilt University
Chen, Wei
United States, Nashville
Vanderbilt University
Harrison, David G.
United States, Nashville
Vanderbilt University
Statistics
Citations: 196
Authors: 9
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.114.302157
e-ISSN:
15244571
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics
Noncommunicable Diseases