Levels of CGRP and ET-1 in plasma of pulmonary artery and thoracic aorta and in the extractives of lung and ventricular tissues of the chronic hypoxic rats |
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Authors: | DU Jun-ying TIAN Kai-feng GAO Dong-mei LIU Ying GOU Ling-yan FU Ya-hui TANG Chao-shu |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Pathology, The Bethunes Medical College of the P.L.A, Shijiazhuang 050081, China;
2. Center of Instrument, The Bethunes Medical College of the P.L.A, Shijiazhuang 050081, China;
3. Institute of Cardiovascular Research, The First Hospital of Beijing Medical University, Beijin1, 100034, China |
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Abstract: | AIM AND METHODS: To explore the effects calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) and endothelin-1(ET-1) on the mechanisms of hypoxic pulmonary hypertension (HPH), the contents of CGRP and ET-1 in plasma of pulmonary artery and thoracic aorta and in extractives of lung and ventricular tissues of the chronic hypoxic rats were determined by radioimmunoassay. The changes of their hemodynamic indices and right heart hypertrophy index were monitored simultaneously. RESULTS: The level of pulmonary artery plasma CGRP was significantly higher than that of thoracic aorta plasma, but just the reverse was ET-1 or the ratio of ET-1 and CGRP in control rats( P<0.01). Compared with controls, the level of pulmonary artery plasma CGRP was gradually reduced in all hypoxic rats, but ET-1 was enhanced after 7 and 14 days of hypoxia and was decreased after 21 days of hypoxia. With prolonging time exposed to hypoxia, the level of thoracic aorta plasma CGRP was markedly increased in hypoxic animals compared with controls ( P<0.05), the positive correlation significantly with increased pulmonary arterial pressure( r = -0.896, P =0.05), but the lower level of thoracic aorta plasma ET-1 showed or negative correlation with pulmonary arterial pressure. CONCLUSIONS: These data suggest that the unbalance of effects of CGRP and ET may plays an important role in regulating the resistance of pulmonary circulation and has close relation with the formation of HPH. |
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Keywords: | Calcitonin gene-related peptide Endothelin-1 Hypoxia Pulmonary hypertension |
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