Olmesartan medoxomil reverses left ventricle hypertrophy and reduces inflammatory cytokine IL-6 in the renovascular hypertensive rats
Z.-C. Li, H.-Y. Yu, X.-X. Wang, M. Zhang, J.-P. Wang The Municipal Hospital of Yantai City Government, China. jianpingwangng@hotmail.com
AIM: To investigate the effects of Olmesartan Medoxomil (OM) on left ventricle hypertrophy (LVH) and inflammatory cytokines IL-6 and IL-10 levels in renovascular hypertensive rats.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Qualified 30 male Wistar rats were randomly divided into three groups: sham-operation group (SO, n=10), model control group (MC, n=10), and Olmesartan Medoxomil group (OM, n=10). Renovascular hypertension was induced by ligating the abdominal aorta and 10 mg/kg OM was administered daily to the OM group by gastric perfusion for 7 weeks. The ratio of left ventricle mass to body weight (LVM/BW) was calculated as the index of cardiac hypertrophy, and the inflammatory cytokines IL-6 and IL-10 in serum and cardiac tissue were measured by ELISA assays.
RESULTS: The LVM/BW ratios in the MC group were about 50% higher than that in the SO group (p < 0.001). The OM group showed much reduced LVM/BW ratios compared with the MC group (p < 0.001) and were similar to that in the SO group (p > 0.05), indicating a complete reversal of the left ventricular hypertrophy caused by aorta ligation. The IL-6 and IL-10 levels in both the serum and cardiac tissue increased following aorta ligation (MC vs. SO, p < 0.001). While OM treatment significantly reduced IL-6 levels in the aorta-ligated rats (OM vs. MC, p < 0.001), IL-10 levels were not affected (OM vs. MC, p > 0.05).
CONCLUSIONS: OM completely reversed left ventricle hypertrophy and reduced IL-6 levels in renovascular hypertensive rats. Its effect on IL-10 levels in this animal model was not statistically significant.
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Z.-C. Li, H.-Y. Yu, X.-X. Wang, M. Zhang, J.-P. Wang
Olmesartan medoxomil reverses left ventricle hypertrophy and reduces inflammatory cytokine IL-6 in the renovascular hypertensive rats
Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci
Year: 2013
Vol. 17 - N. 24
Pages: 3318-3322