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Brain kallikrein-kinin system abnormalities in spontaneously hypertensive rats. 1995

I M Khan, and D H Miller, and J Strickland, and H S Margolius, and P J Privitera
Department of Pharmacology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425, USA.

The objective of the present study was to determine whether the brain kallikrein-kinin system differs between spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and normotensive Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY) and if so, whether any detected differences occur before the development of hypertension in SHR. We measured cerebrospinal fluid levels of various components of the system in adult and young prehypertensive SHR and WKY. Cerebrospinal fluid kinin concentration and appearance rate were higher in SHR. Cerebrospinal fluid active kallikrein level and kininogenase activity were also higher in adult SHR. In addition, cerebrospinal fluid kinin concentration and appearance rate were higher in prehypertensive, 5- to 6-week-old SHR compared with age-matched WKY. However, no differences in cerebrospinal fluid kallikrein or kininogenase activity were observed between the two strains of young rats. Cerebrospinal fluid kinin concentration was higher in young versus adult rats of the same strain. In WKY, cerebrospinal fluid kallikrein also decreased with age although cerebrospinal fluid kallikrein concentration did not decrease in young and adult SHR. Together, these data suggest that there is a hyperactive kallikrein-kinin system in the brain of SHR that may contribute to the hypertensive state in this animal model.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D006973 Hypertension Persistently high systemic arterial BLOOD PRESSURE. Based on multiple readings (BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION), hypertension is currently defined as when SYSTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently greater than 140 mm Hg or when DIASTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently 90 mm Hg or more. Blood Pressure, High,Blood Pressures, High,High Blood Pressure,High Blood Pressures
D007610 Kallikreins Proteolytic enzymes from the serine endopeptidase family found in normal blood and urine. Specifically, Kallikreins are potent vasodilators and hypotensives and increase vascular permeability and affect smooth muscle. They act as infertility agents in men. Three forms are recognized, PLASMA KALLIKREIN (EC 3.4.21.34), TISSUE KALLIKREIN (EC 3.4.21.35), and PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN (EC 3.4.21.77). Kallikrein,Kininogenase,Callicrein,Dilminal,Kallidinogenase,Kalliginogenase,Kallikrein A,Kallikrein B',Kallikrein Light Chain,Kinin-Forming Enzyme,Padutin,alpha-Kallikrein,beta-Kallikrein,beta-Kallikrein B,Enzyme, Kinin-Forming,Kinin Forming Enzyme,Light Chain, Kallikrein,alpha Kallikrein,beta Kallikrein,beta Kallikrein B
D007705 Kinins A generic term used to describe a group of polypeptides with related chemical structures and pharmacological properties that are widely distributed in nature. These peptides are AUTACOIDS that act locally to produce pain, vasodilatation, increased vascular permeability, and the synthesis of prostaglandins. Thus, they comprise a subset of the large number of mediators that contribute to the inflammatory response. (From Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacologic Basis of Therapeutics, 8th ed, p588) Kinin
D008297 Male Males
D011863 Radioimmunoassay Classic quantitative assay for detection of antigen-antibody reactions using a radioactively labeled substance (radioligand) either directly or indirectly to measure the binding of the unlabeled substance to a specific antibody or other receptor system. Non-immunogenic substances (e.g., haptens) can be measured if coupled to larger carrier proteins (e.g., bovine gamma-globulin or human serum albumin) capable of inducing antibody formation. Radioimmunoassays
D011918 Rats, Inbred SHR A strain of Rattus norvegicus with elevated blood pressure used as a model for studying hypertension and stroke. Rats, Spontaneously Hypertensive,Rats, SHR,Inbred SHR Rat,Inbred SHR Rats,Rat, Inbred SHR,Rat, SHR,Rat, Spontaneously Hypertensive,SHR Rat,SHR Rat, Inbred,SHR Rats,SHR Rats, Inbred,Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat,Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats
D011921 Rats, Inbred WKY A strain of Rattus norvegicus used as a normotensive control for the spontaneous hypertensive rats (SHR). Rats, Wistar Kyoto,Wistar Kyoto Rat,Rats, WKY,Inbred WKY Rat,Inbred WKY Rats,Kyoto Rat, Wistar,Rat, Inbred WKY,Rat, WKY,Rat, Wistar Kyoto,WKY Rat,WKY Rat, Inbred,WKY Rats,WKY Rats, Inbred,Wistar Kyoto Rats
D001921 Brain The part of CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM that is contained within the skull (CRANIUM). Arising from the NEURAL TUBE, the embryonic brain is comprised of three major parts including PROSENCEPHALON (the forebrain); MESENCEPHALON (the midbrain); and RHOMBENCEPHALON (the hindbrain). The developed brain consists of CEREBRUM; CEREBELLUM; and other structures in the BRAIN STEM. Encephalon
D000375 Aging The gradual irreversible changes in structure and function of an organism that occur as a result of the passage of time. Senescence,Aging, Biological,Biological Aging
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia

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