Obese Male Mice Exposed to Early Life Stress Display Sympathetic Activation and Hypertension Independent of Circulating Angiotensin II

BACKGROUND: We have previously reported that male mice exposed to maternal separation and early weaning (MSEW), a model of early life stress, show sympathetic activation and increased blood pressure in response to a chronic high-fat diet. The goal of this study was to investigate the contribution of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system to the mechanism by which MSEW increases blood pressure and vasomotor sympathetic tone in obese male mice.

METHODS AND RESULTS: Mice were exposed to MSEW during postnatal life. Undisturbed litters served as controls. At weaning, both control and MSEW offspring were placed on a low-fat diet or a high-fat diet for 20 weeks. Angiotensin peptides in serum were similar in control and MSEW mice regardless of the diet. However, a high-fat diet induced a similar increase in angiotensinogen levels in serum, renal cortex, liver, and fat in both control and MSEW mice. No evidence of renin-angiotensin system activation was found in adipose tissue and renal cortex. After chronic treatment with enalapril (2.5 mg/kg per day, drinking water, 7 days), an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor that does not cross the blood-brain barrier, induced a similar reduction in blood pressure in both groups, while the vasomotor sympathetic tone remained increased in obese MSEW mice. In addition, acute boluses of angiotensin II (1, 10, 50 μg/kg s.c.) exerted a similar pressor response in MSEW and control mice before and after enalapril treatment.

CONCLUSIONS: Overall, elevated blood pressure and vasomotor sympathetic tone remained exacerbated in MSEW mice compared with controls after the peripheral inhibition of angiotensin-converting enzyme, suggesting a mechanism independent of angiotensin II.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Journal of the American Heart Association - 13(2024), 1 vom: 02. Jan., Seite e029511

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Dalmasso, Carolina [VerfasserIn]
Ahmed, Nermin S [VerfasserIn]
Ghuneim, Sundus [VerfasserIn]
Cincinelli, Cole [VerfasserIn]
Leachman, Jaqueline R [VerfasserIn]
Giani, Jorge F [VerfasserIn]
Cassis, Lisa [VerfasserIn]
Loria, Analia S [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

11128-99-7
69PN84IO1A
Adipose tissue
Angiotensin II
Enalapril
Hypertension
Journal Article
Maternal separation
Obesity
Renin–angiotensin system

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Date Completed 04.01.2024

Date Revised 16.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1161/JAHA.123.029511

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM366471619