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Activation of the Cardiac Renin–Angiotensin System in High Oxygen-Exposed Newborn Rats

Angiotensin Receptor Blockade Prevents the Developmental Programming of Cardiac Dysfunction

Mariane Bertagnolli, Anne Dios, Sarah Béland-Bonenfant, Gabrielle Gascon, Megan Sutherland, Marie-Amélie Lukaszewski, Anik Cloutier, Pierre Paradis, Ernesto L. Schiffrin, Anne Monique Nuyt
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https://doi.org/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.115.06745
Hypertension. 2016;HYPERTENSIONAHA.115.06745
Originally published February 8, 2016
Mariane Bertagnolli
From the Department of Pediatrics, Sainte-Justine University Hospital Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (M.B., A.D., S.B.-B., G.G., M.S., M.-A.L., A.C., A.M.N.); and Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (P.P., E.L.S.).
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Anne Dios
From the Department of Pediatrics, Sainte-Justine University Hospital Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (M.B., A.D., S.B.-B., G.G., M.S., M.-A.L., A.C., A.M.N.); and Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (P.P., E.L.S.).
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Sarah Béland-Bonenfant
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Gabrielle Gascon
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Megan Sutherland
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Marie-Amélie Lukaszewski
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Anik Cloutier
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Newborn rats exposed to high oxygen (O2), mimicking preterm birth-related neonatal stress, develop later in life cardiac hypertrophy, dysfunction, fibrosis, and activation of the renin–angiotensin system. Cardiac renin–angiotensin system activation in O2-exposed adult rats is characterized by an imbalance in angiotensin (Ang) receptors type 1/2 (AT1/2), with prevailing AT1 expression. To study the role of renin–angiotensin system in the developmental programming of cardiac dysfunction, we assessed Ang receptor expression during neonatal high O2 exposure and whether AT1 receptor blockade prevents cardiac alterations in early adulthood. Sprague–Dawley newborn rats were kept with their mother in 80% O2 or room air (control) from days 3 to 10 (P3–P10) of life. Losartan or water was administered by gavage from P8 to P10 (n=9/group). Rats were studied at P3 (before O2 exposure), P5, P10 (end of O2), and P28. Losartan treatment had no impact on growth or kidney development. AT1 and Ang type 2 receptors were upregulated in the left ventricle by high O2 exposure (P5 and P10), which was prevented by Losartan treatment at P10. Losartan prevented the cardiac AT1/2 imbalance at P28. Losartan decreased cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis and improved left ventricle fraction of shortening in P28 O2-exposed rats, which was associated with decreased oxidation of calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II, inhibition of the transforming growth factor-β/SMAD3 pathway, and upregulation of cardiac angiotensin-converting enzyme 2. In conclusion, short-term Ang II blockade during neonatal high O2 prevents the development of cardiac alterations later in life in rats. These findings highlight the key role of neonatal renin–angiotensin system activation in the developmental programming of cardiac dysfunction induced by deleterious neonatal conditions.

  • angiotensin receptors
  • animal model of human disease
  • cardiac remodeling
  • heart development
  • neonatal oxygen stress
  • Received November 13, 2015.
  • Revision received November 25, 2015.
  • Accepted January 7, 2016.
  • © 2016 American Heart Association, Inc.
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