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(Hypertension. 1995;25:1245-1251.)
© 1995 American Heart Association, Inc.

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Analysis of the Role of Angiotensinogen in Spontaneous Hypertension

David Lodwick; Michael A. Kaiser; Janet Harris; Frederic Cumin; Madeleine Vincent; Nilesh J. Samani

From the Department of Medicine, University of Leicester (UK), Leicester Royal Infirmary (D.L., M.A.K., J.H., N.J.S.); Cardiovascular Department, CIBA-Geigy Ltd, Basle, Switzerland (F.C.); and URA Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) 1483, Faculté de Pharmacie and Laboratoire de Physiologie, Université Claude Bernard (Lyon I), Lyon, France (M.V.).

Abstract Allelic variants at the human angiotensinogen locus have recently been reported to increase susceptibility to the development of essential hypertension. In this study we analyzed the role played by angiotensinogen in the elevated blood pressure of the spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR). The SHR angiotensinogen locus (on chromosome 19) cosegregated with a significant (P=.003) and specific increase in pulse pressure in F₂ rats derived from a cross of the SHR with the normotensive Wistar-Kyoto rat (WKY), accounting for 20% of the genetic (10% of total) variance in this phenotype. To identify potential mechanisms underlying the effect of the locus, we further examined angiotensinogen structure and expression in the two strains. Sequence analysis of the respective coding regions revealed no differences in the primary structure of angiotensinogen between the strains. Likewise, plasma angiotensinogen level did not differ in adult rats of the two strains. However, gene expression studies showed tissue-specific, age-related differences in angiotensinogen mRNA levels between SHR and WKY, particularly in the aorta. The findings suggest that pulse pressure, which significantly influences cardiovascular risk, has independent genetic determinants. They further suggest that the effect of the angiotensinogen locus on this phenotype in the SHR may be mediated through a tissue-specific abnormality of angiotensinogen gene expression.

Key Words: renin-angiotensin system • hypertension, spontaneous • genetics • rats, inbred SHR

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