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Chronic, low-dose TMAO treatment reduces diastolic dysfunction and heart fibrosis in hypertensive rats

Overview of attention for article published in American Journal of Physiology: Heart & Circulatory Physiology, September 2018
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Title
Chronic, low-dose TMAO treatment reduces diastolic dysfunction and heart fibrosis in hypertensive rats
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American Journal of Physiology: Heart & Circulatory Physiology, September 2018
DOI 10.1152/ajpheart.00536.2018
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Tomasz Huc, Adrian Drapala, Marta Gawrys, Marek Konop, Klaudia Bielinska, Ewelina Zaorska, Emilia Samborowska, Aleksandra Wyczalkowska-Tomasik, Leszek Pączek, Michal Dadlez, Marcin Ufnal

Abstract

Several studies suggest negative effects of trimethylamine oxide (TMAO) on the circulatory system. However, a number of studies showed protective functions of TMAO, a piezolyte and osmolyte, in animals exposed to high hydrostatic and/or osmotic stress. We evaluated the effects of TMAO treatment on the development of hypertension and its complications in male, Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats maintained on water (SHR-WATER) and SHR drinking TMAO water solution from weaning (SHR-TMAO). Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY) were used as normotensive controls to discriminate between age-dependent and hypertension-dependent changes. Telemetry measurements of blood pressure (BP) were performed in rats between 7th and 16th week of life. Anaesthetized rats underwent echocardiographic, electrocardiographic and direct left ventricular end-diastolic pressure (LVEDP) measurements. HE and van Gieson staining for histopathological evaluation were performed. Plasma TMAO measured by chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry was significantly higher in SHR-WATER than in WKY (≈20%). TMAO treatment increased plasma TMAO by 4-5-fold, and did not affect the development of hypertension in SHR. 16-week-old SHR-WATER and SHR-TMAO (12-week-TMAO-treatment) showed similar BP, angiopathy and cardiac hypertrophy. However, SHR-TMAO had lower plasma NT-proBNP, LVEDP, and cardiac fibrosis. In contrast to age-matched WKY, 60-week-old SHR showed hypertensive angiopathy and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. In comparison to SHR-WATER, SHR-TMAO (56-week-TMAO-treatment) showed significantly lower plasma NT-proBNP and vasopressin, significantly lower LVEDP and cardiac fibrosis. In conclusion, 4-5-fold increase in plasma TMAO does not exert negative effects on the circulatory system. In contrast, increased dietary TMAO seems to reduce diastolic dysfunction in pressure-overloaded heart in rats.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 14 19%
Student > Bachelor 12 16%
Researcher 11 15%
Student > Master 7 10%
Student > Postgraduate 5 7%
Other 10 14%
Unknown 14 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 20 27%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 13 18%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 9 12%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 4 5%
Nursing and Health Professions 3 4%
Other 7 10%
Unknown 17 23%
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