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Regression of cardiomyocyte hypertrophy in SHR following chronic inhibition of the Na(+)/H(+) exchanger.

OBJECTIVE: Experiments were performed to examine the effect of chronic inhibition of the Na(+)/H(+) exchanger isoform-1 (NHE-1) on cardiac hypertrophy of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). METHODS: SHR were orally treated during 1 month with two different doses (0.3 and 3.0 mg/kg/day) of the NHE-1 inhibitor, cariporide, or nifedipine (10.0 mg/kg/day). RESULTS: The two doses of cariporide did not differ in their effects after 1 month of treatment, since both induced a slight decrease in systolic blood pressure (SBP) of approximately 6 mmHg and regression of the heart weight to body weight ratio (mg/g) from 3.28+/-0.05 to 3.04+/-0.05 (0.3 mg) and 2.99+/-0.10 (3.0 mg, P<0.05). Nifedipine, given for the same period, produced similar reduction in the hypertrophy index (3.03+/-0.05), but with a much greater decrease in arterial pressure (35.6+/-7.4 mmHg). Chronic treatment with cariporide induced a complete regression of the augmented cross sectional area of left ventricular myocytes without significant changes in collagen content, serum procollagen 1 propeptide levels or myocardial distensibility. CONCLUSIONS: NHE inhibition represents a novel approach to induce regression of pathological hypertrophy of the heart. The finding can be rationalized mechanistically by previous in vitro studies suggesting a role of the NHE in the development of myocardial hypertrophy.[1]

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  1. Regression of cardiomyocyte hypertrophy in SHR following chronic inhibition of the Na(+)/H(+) exchanger. Camilión de Hurtado, M.C., Portiansky, E.L., Pérez, N.G., Rebolledo, O.R., Cingolani, H.E. Cardiovasc. Res. (2002) [Pubmed]
 
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