Hypertension in spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) is associated with renal redox stress, and we hypothesized that nephropathy arises in SHR-A3 from altered capacity to mitigate redox stress compared with nephropathy-resistant SHR lines. We measured renal expression of redox genes in distinct lines of the spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR-A3, SHR-B2, SHR-C) and the normotensive Wistar-Kyoto...

زمینه و هدف: فعالیت ورزشی مکمل‌یاری ویتامین D نقش مهمی در سلامت قلبی- عروقی دارند. با این حال، آثار ترکیب دو راهبرد مولکولی آن‌ها سازگاری‌های قلبی کمتر شناخته شده است. ازاین‌رو تحقیق حاضر هدف تعیین تأثیر تمرین هوازی بر نشانگرهای فشار اکسایشی پروتئین سیرتوئین 1 (SIRT-1) بافت میوکارد موش‌های صحرایی نر میانسال انجام گرفت.مواد روش‌ها: 32 سر موش دامنة سنی 12–14 ماه وزنی 350–400 گرم پس از طی هفته آشن...

Studies comparing relative organ weight (per gram of body weight) in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and their normotensive controls, Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY), have shown that the heart and kidney of SHR are enlarged at birth. In addition, higher DNA concentrations in these organs provide evidence of cardiac and renal cellular hyperplasia in newborn SHR. The rate of DNA synthesis was estim...

Background Whether preoperative biopsy affects postoperative recurrence and metastasis of lung cancer patients is still controversial. Methods In order to clarify the disputes mentioned above, we collected relevant literatures conduct a meta-analysis. Furthermore, validate results meta-analysis, retrospectively analysed 575 with stage I adenocarcinoma who underwent surgical resection in our cen...

Allelic expression in genes has become recognized as a heritable trait by which phenotypes are generated. We have examined gene expression in the rat kidney using genome-wide microarray technology (Affymetrix). Gene expression was determined across 4 rat strains, 3 hypertensive spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) substrains (SHR-A3, SHR-B2, and SHR-C), and a normotensive strain (Wistar-Kyoto [...

Although the role of sodium in hypertension has been documented extensively, its effect on large arteries has not been well documented. We examined the effect of high-sodium (8%) diet and the diuretic indapamide (IND) on systemic hemodynamics and aortic wall structure and composition in collagen, elastin, and hyaluronan. Four groups of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) were studied after 8 ...

-The aging spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) is a model in which the transition from chronic stable left ventricular hypertrophy to overt heart failure can be observed. Although the mechanisms for impaired function in hypertrophied and failing cardiac muscle from the SHR have been studied, none accounts fully for the myocardial contractile abnormalities. The cardiac cytoskeleton has been imp...

PURPOSE To evaluate the effect of exercise (swimming) on pregnancy in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). METHODS Thirty three pregnant female SHR were distributed into three groups (n=11 animals/group): SHR Control=non-exercised (sedentary); SHR Ex0 = exercised from day zero to day 20 of pregnancy; and SHR Ex7 = exercised from day 7 to 20 of pregnancy. Body weight and systolic blood press...

The heme acquisition machinery in Group A Streptococcus (GAS) consists of the surface proteins Shr and Shp and ATP-binding cassette transporter HtsABC. Shp cannot directly acquire heme from methemoglobin (metHb) but directly transfers its heme to HtsA. It has not been previously determined whether Shr directly relays heme from metHb to Shp. Thus, the complete pathway for heme acquisition from m...

BACKGROUND Physical exercise is a strategy to control hypertension and attenuate pressure overload-induced cardiac remodeling. The influence of exercise on cardiac remodeling during uncontrolled hypertension is not established. We evaluated the effects of a long-term low intensity aerobic exercise protocol on heart failure (HF) development and cardiac remodeling in aging spontaneously hypertens...