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      Chronic Captopril Treatment Reverses the Enhanced Vascular Concentrations of 3-Methylhistidine in the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat

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          Morphometric studies conducted on the blood vessels of the spontaneously hypertensive rat have provided evidence that medial hypertrophy is a key characteristic of the vascular change which occurs in hypertension. In the present study, we determined whether 3-methylhistidine (3MH), a post-translationally modified amino acid which is found uniquely in the actin and myosin of muscle, could provide a biochemical marker of such change. Our results indicated that the concentrations of 3MH were selectively elevated in the blood vessels from the spontaneously hypertensive rat, when compared with concentrations in vascular tissues from the Wistar-Kyoto rat. The concentrations of 3MH in non-vascular tissues were similar in the two strains. Chronic captopril treatment prevented the development of hypertension in the spontaneously hypertensive rat and was associated with a reduction of the vascular concentrations of 3MH. We therefore conclude that blood vessel concentrations of 3MH are a useful biochemical index of the changes in vascular smooth muscle contractile protein which occur during the development of hypertension in the spontaneously hypertensive rat.

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          Journal
          JVR
          J Vasc Res
          10.1159/issn.1018-1172
          Journal of Vascular Research
          S. Karger AG
          1018-1172
          1423-0135
          1991
          1991
          23 September 2008
          : 28
          : 6
          : 413-419
          Affiliations
          aDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology, University of Adelaide, and bHypertension Research Unit, CSIRO Division of Human Nutrition, Adelaide, Australia
          Article
          158889 Blood Vessels 1991;28:413–419
          10.1159/000158889
          4c547938-4a10-4165-8444-b3bc7faf7656
          © 1991 S. Karger AG, Basel

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          History
          : 15 May 1990
          : 04 March 1991
          Page count
          Pages: 7
          Categories
          Research Paper

          General medicine,Neurology,Cardiovascular Medicine,Internal medicine,Nephrology
          Spontaneously hypertensive rat,3-Methylhistidine,Chronic captopril therapy

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