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      Abnormal Biochemistry of Subcellular Membranes Isolated from Nonvascular Smooth Muscles of Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats

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          Microsomal fractions enriched in plasma membranes and endoplasmic reticulum were isolated from stomach fundus and vas deferens from age-matched Okamoto spontaneously hypertensive (SHR) rats and corresponding Kyoto-Wistar normotensive rats (KWR). Alterations of several enzyme activities and Ca<sup>2+</sup> accumulation of the isolated microsomal fraction from these nonvascular smooth muscles provide direct evidence of abnormal smooth muscle membrane biochemistry in SHR. Decreased Ca<sup>2+</sup> accumulation in the presence of but not in the absence of adenosine triphosphate by the microsomal fractions of both fundus and vas deferens from SHR is consistent with previous findings using plasma membranes from vascular smooth muscles from SHR and cannot be explained in terms of adaptation induced by elevation of blood pressure in SHR. Defective Ca<sup>2+</sup> handling now observed in both vascular and nonvascular smooth muscles from hypertensive animals not only provides a cellular basis for the altered reactivity and contractility of smooth muscles observed in SHR, but also supports the hypothesis that spontaneous hypertension is associated with a generalized widespread alteration in smooth muscle membrane fraction.

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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
          1982
          1982
          19 September 2008
          : 19
          : 6
          : 273-283
          Affiliations
          Department of Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont., Canada
          Article
          158394 Blood Vessels 1982;19:273–283
          10.1159/000158394
          5077a934-e542-4a7a-ae59-348f12488c65
          © 1982 S. Karger AG, Basel

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          History
          : 11 September 1981
          : 10 December 1981
          Page count
          Pages: 11
          Categories
          Research Paper

          General medicine,Neurology,Cardiovascular Medicine,Internal medicine,Nephrology
          Vas deferens,Gastric fundus,Smooth muscle membranes,Spontaneous hypertension,Calcium accumulation

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