PMID- 36855263 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230302 LR - 20230302 IS - 1525-6006 (Electronic) IS - 1064-1963 (Linking) VI - 45 IP - 1 DP - 2023 Dec 31 TI - Paeonol improves renal and vascular angiotensin II type 1 receptor function via inhibiting oxidative stress in spontaneously hypertensive rats. PG - 2182884 LID - 10.1080/10641963.2023.2182884 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Oxidative stress has been shown to play a critical role in the pathogenesis of hypertension. Paeonol, a major phenolic component extracted from Moutan Cortex, exerts a beneficial effect in preventing cardiovascular disease via reducing oxidative stress. The present study investigated the protective mechanism of paeonol against high blood pressure in spontaneous hypertension rats (SHRs). METHODS: Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats and SHRs received vehicle or peaonol in the drinking water for 5 weeks. Blood pressure was measured by tail-cuff plethysmography and oxidative stress in kidney and vascular tissue was examined by enzyme-linked immunosorbed assay. The functions of angiotensin II type 1 receptors (AT(1)R) in the kidney and mesenteric artery were measured by natriuresis and vasoconstrictor response, respectively. RESULTS: Compared with vehicle-treated WKY rats, vehicle-treated SHRs exhibited higher blood pressure, increased oxidative stress, accompanied by exaggerated diuretic and natriuretic responses to candesartan (AT(1) receptor antagonist) and vasoconstrictor responses to angiotensin II (Ang II). Moreover, SHRs had higher ACE and AT(1)R in the kidney and mesenteric artery, and higher Ang II and lower renin levels. Interestingly, paeonol treatment reduced the candesartan-induced increase in diuresis and natriuresis and vasoconstrictor responses to Ang II, and lowered blood pressure in SHRs, accompanied by reducing AT(1)R protein expression in the kidney and mesenteric artery of SHR, and Ang II levels in plasma and increasing renin levels in renal cortex. In addition, these changes were associated with reducing oxidative stress. CONCLUSIONS: The present study suggests that paeonol improves renal and vascular AT(1)R functions by inhibition of oxidative stress, thus lowering blood pressure in SHRs. FAU - Wu, Tingchun AU - Wu T AD - Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China. AD - Department of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guiyang, China. FAU - Zheng, Yuhua AU - Zheng Y AD - Department of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guiyang, China. FAU - Huang, Qianqian AU - Huang Q AD - Department of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guiyang, China. FAU - Tian, Shui AU - Tian S AD - Department of Cardiology, Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital, Guiyang, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - England TA - Clin Exp Hypertens JT - Clinical and experimental hypertension (New York, N.Y. : 1993) JID - 9305929 RN - S8Q36MD2XX (candesartan) RN - 3R834EPI82 (paeonol) RN - EC 3.4.23.15 (Renin) RN - 0 (Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 1) RN - 11128-99-7 (Angiotensin II) RN - 0 (Vasoconstrictor Agents) SB - IM MH - Rats MH - Animals MH - Rats, Inbred WKY MH - Rats, Inbred SHR MH - *Renin MH - Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 1 MH - Angiotensin II MH - Kidney MH - *Hypertension/drug therapy MH - Oxidative Stress MH - Vasoconstrictor Agents OTO - NOTNLM OT - Paeonol OT - angiotensin II type 1 receptor OT - hypertension OT - kidney OT - mesenteric artery OT - oxidative stress EDAT- 2023/03/02 06:00 MHDA- 2023/03/03 06:00 CRDT- 2023/03/01 01:01 PHST- 2023/03/01 01:01 [entrez] PHST- 2023/03/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/03/03 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1080/10641963.2023.2182884 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Clin Exp Hypertens. 2023 Dec 31;45(1):2182884. doi: 10.1080/10641963.2023.2182884.