207 results on '"N. Glorioso"'
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2. Antisense Inhibition of the Brain Kallikrein-Kinin System
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Paolo Madeddu, Lee Chao, Julie Chao, N. Glorioso, and Paolo Pinna Parpaglia
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Transcription, Genetic ,Kallikrein-Kinin System ,Bradykinin ,Blood Pressure ,Biology ,Rats, Inbred WKY ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Species Specificity ,Rats, Inbred SHR ,Internal medicine ,Sense (molecular biology) ,Internal Medicine ,medicine ,Animals ,Tissue Distribution ,Receptor ,Microinjection ,Injections, Intraventricular ,Kininogen ,Kininogens ,Receptors, Bradykinin ,Brain ,Kallikrein ,Oligonucleotides, Antisense ,Rats ,Blood pressure ,Endocrinology ,chemistry ,Hypothalamus ,Hypertension ,Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate ,circulatory and respiratory physiology - Abstract
We used antisense oligodeoxynucleotide (ODN) strategy, based on interference of information flow from gene to protein, to determine the role of kininogen and bradykinin B 2 receptor genes in the pathogenesis of genetic hypertension in rats. Mean blood pressure of 9-week-old spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) increased 4 hours after acute intracerebroventricular injection of synthetic 18-mer antisense ODNs targeting the translation initiation codon of kininogen mRNA (from 164±5 to 181±4 mm Hg, P 2 receptor mRNA (from 161±5 to 185±8 mm Hg, P 2 receptor mRNAs increased blood pressure of normotensive Wistar-Kyoto rats only slightly compared with SHR (from 116±3 to 124±1 and from 116±2 to 126±4 mm Hg, respectively; P 2 receptor mRNA. Microinjection of antisense ODN to B 2 receptor mRNA into the nucleus tractus solitarii increased mean blood pressure in SHR and prevented the vasodepressor effect induced by intranuclear microinjection of bradykinin. No significant change in mean blood pressure was induced in either strain by intravenous injection of antisense ODNs or by central injection of sense or scrambled ODNs. A strong fluorescent signal was detected at the level of the hippocampus, thalamus, hypothalamus periventricularis, midbrain, and cerebrum 1 hour after central injection of fluorescein isothiocyanate–conjugated antisense ODNs. Kininogen levels were significantly lower in the brain of rats given intracerebroventricular antisense kininogen ODN compared with controls. Our results indicate that the brain kallikrein-kinin system plays a role in the central regulation of blood pressure and suggest that this system may exert a protective action against further elevations of blood pressure levels in SHR.
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- 1996
3. Sexual Dimorphism of Cardiovascular Responses to Early Blockade of Bradykinin Receptors
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Cindy Wang, Caroline Chao, Paolo Pinna Parpaglia, Vittorio Domenico Anania, Paolo Madeddu, Julie Chao, and N. Glorioso
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Bradykinin ,Blood Pressure ,Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Subcutaneous injection ,Internal medicine ,Internal Medicine ,Animals ,Medicine ,Weaning ,Bradykinin receptor ,Bradykinin Receptor Antagonists ,Sex Characteristics ,Kidney ,business.industry ,Receptors, Bradykinin ,Body Weight ,Antagonist ,Rats ,Sexual dimorphism ,Blood pressure ,Endocrinology ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,chemistry ,Female ,Kallikreins ,business - Abstract
Abstract To assess whether the cardiovascular effects induced by early blockade of bradykinin B 2 -receptors with Hoe 140 ( d -Arg[Hyp 3 ,Thi 5 , d -Tic 7 ,Oic 8 ]-bradykinin) are influenced by sex, Wistar rats of both sexes received the antagonist (300 nmol/d per kilogram body wt) or vehicle from 2 days to 7 weeks of age by subcutaneous injection and then by intraperitoneal infusion. Compared with control rats, Hoe 140–treated female rats showed higher systolic blood pressure levels at 7 and 9 weeks of age (125±2 versus 111±2 mm Hg and 132±3 versus 116±2 mm Hg, respectively, P P P P P P
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- 1996
4. Urinary adrenomedullin is related to ET-1 and salt intake in patients with mild essential hypertension. Salt Sensitivity Group of Italian Society of Hypertension
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F. Cuzzola, F. Mallamaci, G. Tripepi, S. Parlongo, S. Cutrupi, A. Cataliotti, B. Stancanelli, L. Malatino, I. Bellanuova, C. Ferri, F. Filigheddu, N. Glorioso, C. Zoccali, GALLETTI, FERRUCCIO, STRAZZULLO, PASQUALE, F., Cuzzola, F., Mallamaci, G., Tripepi, S., Parlongo, S., Cutrupi, A., Cataliotti, B., Stancanelli, L., Malatino, I., Bellanuova, C., Ferri, Galletti, Ferruccio, F., Filigheddu, N., Glorioso, Strazzullo, Pasquale, and C., Zoccali
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Adrenomedullin, Adult, Aged, Albuminuria ,Adult ,Male ,Angiotensins ,Vasodilator Agents ,Dietary ,Radioimmunoassay ,Natriuresis ,blood, Sodium Chloride ,blood, Cross-Over Studies, Double-Blind Method, Endothelin-1 ,Adrenomedullin ,Double-Blind Method ,Renin ,Albuminuria ,Humans ,Sodium Chloride, Dietary ,Aged ,Cross-Over Studies ,urine, Angiotensin ,urine, Radioimmunoassay, Renin ,Endothelin-1 ,Middle Aged ,urine ,Hypertension ,Female ,urine, Female, Humans, Hypertension ,Peptides ,physiopathology/urine, Male, Middle Aged, Natriuresis, Peptide ,administration /&/ dosage, Vasodilator Agent - Abstract
Adrenomedullin (ADM) infusion increases salt excretion in the rat. However, there is no evidence that this substance is related to changes in salt intake in humans. In this study we sought whether the urinary excretion rate of this autacoid is related to salt intake and by the expected changes in arterial pressure in patients with mild essential hypertension. The influence of salt intake on the renal excretion of ADM was investigated in 55 hypertensive patients in a double blind, randomized and crossover study comparing a 2-week 50 mmol/day salt intake period with a 150 mmol/day salt intake period. Twenty-four-hour ADM and endothelin-1 (ET-1) excretion rate were measured by radioimmunoassay on preextracted urinary samples (intraassay confidence variable
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- 2001
5. Novel mutations of the CLCN5 gene including a complex allele and A 5' UTR mutation in Dent disease 1
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John A. Sayer, Caruso, S. Degortes, Monica Ceol, Giancarlo Barbano, Licia Peruzzi, Enrica Tosetto, Anita Ammenti, Federica Mezzabotta, Gianluca Vergine, Mario Giordano, Laura Soldati, Giacomo Colussi, N. Glorioso, Giuseppe Vezzoli, Franca Anglani, Angela D'Angelo, Tosetto, E, Ceol, M, Mezzabotta, F, Ammenti, A, Peruzzi, L, Caruso, Mr, Barbano, G, Vezzoli, G, Colussi, G, Vergine, G, Giordano, M, Glorioso, N, Degortes, S, Soldati, L, Sayer, J, D'Angelo, A, and Anglani, F
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Genetics ,Adult ,Five prime untranslated region ,Adolescent ,Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction ,Infant ,Dent Disease ,Genetic Diseases, X-Linked ,Sequence Analysis, DNA ,Biology ,Phenotype ,CLCN5 gene ,Chloride Channels ,Child, Preschool ,Mutation (genetic algorithm) ,Mutation ,Humans ,Kidney Diseases ,Allele ,5' Untranslated Regions ,Child ,Genetics (clinical) ,Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational - Published
- 2009
6. Pharmacogenomics of essential hypertension: are we going the right way?
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N. Glorioso, Fabiana Filigheddu, and Chiara Troffa
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Pharmacology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Genetic heterogeneity ,business.industry ,Small sample ,Hematology ,Essential hypertension ,medicine.disease ,Scientific evidence ,Cohort Studies ,Blood pressure ,Pharmacogenetics ,Pharmacogenomics ,Drug Design ,Hypertension ,Medicine ,Humans ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,Intensive care medicine ,Antihypertensive Agents ,Cohort study - Abstract
Identifying the genetic predictors of the therapeutic response to drugs is the role of pharmacogenomics. Although polymorphisms in several genes have been associated with the blood pressure response to diuretics, beta-blockers and ACE-inhibitors, the pharmacogenomics of essential hypertension is still attempting to find satisfactory scientific evidence to be translated into clinical practice. The main reasons for this apparent failure are: the small sample sizes of the cohorts of patients analyzed, the methodological variability, the complexity of the biological organization, the context-dependency and the genetic heterogeneity. This review will summarize the available data on antihypertensive drugs and the criteria used for study design and conduction, focusing on their strong points and limitations.
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- 2006
7. Renal endothelin-1 is linked to changes in urinary salt and volume in essential hypertension. Salt Sensitivity Group of the Italian Society of Hypertension
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L S, Malatino, I, Bellanuova, A, Cataliotti, F, Cuzzola, F, Mallamaci, G, Tripepi, S, Parlongo, S, Cutrupi, R A, Mangiafico, C, Ferri, F, Galletti, N, Glorioso, P, Strazzullo, and C, Zoccali
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Adult ,Male ,Cross-Over Studies ,Dose-Response Relationship, Drug ,Endothelin-1 ,Natriuresis ,Middle Aged ,Sodium Chloride ,Kidney ,Diet ,Diuresis ,Cohort Studies ,Double-Blind Method ,Hypertension ,Renin ,Humans ,Female ,Aldosterone - Abstract
We investigated the influence of salt intake on urinary and plasma endothelin-1 (ET-1) in 55 patients who entered a two-week double-blind, randomised, crossover study comparing a 50 mMol/day salt intake and 150 mMol/day. Twenty-four-hour ET-1 excretion and plasma ET-1 were measured by RIA on pre-extracted samples.In the whole cohort (n=55), changes in urinary ET-1 were related to salt excretion (r=0.28, P=0.04) and urinary volume (r=0.47, P=0.0001). In a multivariable model, changes in PRA, plasma aldosterone, blood pressure and heart rate did not add any predictive power to salt excretion with regard to urinary ET-1 variations. The relationship between urinary volume and urinary ET-1 was stronger than that of urinary sodium with ET-1 excretion because sodium was excluded from the multivariable model when urinary volume was introduced. Changes in urinary ET-1 were unrelated to mean blood pressure changes (P=0.66). Changes in plasma ET-1 were unaffected by changes in salt intake (P=0.58) but were strongly related to those in PRA (r= -0.45, P=0.01) and plasma aldosterone (r= -0.53, P=0.002).The renal excretion of ET-1 is influenced by changes in salt intake and appears largely independent of the blood pressure response to salt. Changes in urinary volume which accompany variations in salt excretion play an important role in this response. Since urinary ET-1 reflects its renal synthesis, our data support the notion that renal ET-1 plays a role in the regulation of sodium balance in patients with mild hypertension.
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- 2000
8. [Mineralocorticoids and hypertension]
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N, Glorioso and A, Soro
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Adult ,Hyperplasia ,Plants, Medicinal ,Adolescent ,Adrenal Gland Neoplasms ,Infant ,Syndrome ,Rats ,Child, Preschool ,Mineralocorticoids ,Rats, Inbred SHR ,Adrenal Glands ,Hyperaldosteronism ,Hypertension ,Glycyrrhiza ,Animals ,Humans ,Child ,Aldosterone ,Glucocorticoids - Published
- 1998
9. Regulation of bradykinin B2-receptor expression by oestrogen
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P, Madeddu, C, Emanueli, Q, Song, M V, Varoni, M P, Demontis, V, Anania, N, Glorioso, J, Chao, and N, Gorioso
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Sex Characteristics ,Receptor, Bradykinin B2 ,Ovariectomy ,Receptors, Bradykinin ,Blood Pressure ,Estrogens ,Bradykinin ,Rats ,Gene Expression Regulation ,Papers ,Animals ,Female ,Rats, Wistar ,Progesterone ,circulatory and respiratory physiology - Abstract
1. Tissue kallikrein is overexpressed in the kidney of female rats, this sexual dimorphism being associated with a greater effect of early blockade of bradykinin B2-receptors on female blood pressure phenotype. We evaluated the effect of ovariectomy and oestradiol benzoate (50 micrograms kg-1 every two days for two weeks) on the vasodepressor response to intra-arterial injection of bradykinin (150-900 ng kg-1) and on the expression of bradykinin B2-receptors. 2. Ovariectomy reduced the magnitude of the vasodepressor response to bradykinin and unmasked a secondary vasopressor effect. Oestrogen replacement restored the vasodepressor response to bradykinin in ovariectomized rats. 3. The vasodepressor responses to sodium nitroprusside (3-18 micrograms kg-1), acetylcholine (30-600 ng kg-1), desArg9-bradykinin (150-900 ng kg-1) or prostaglandin E2 (30-600 ng kg-1) were significantly reduced by ovariectomy. Oestrogen restored to normal the responses to desArg9-bradykinin, acetylcholine and prostaglandin E2, but not that to sodium nitroprusside. 4. B2-receptor mRNA levels were decreased by ovariectomy in the aorta and kidney and they were restored to normal levels by oestrogen. Neither ovariectomy nor oestradiol affected receptor expression in the heart and uterus. 5. These results indicate that oestrogen regulates B2-receptor gene expression and function. Since kinins exert a cardiovascular protective action, reduction in their vasodilator activity after menopause might contribute to the increased risk of pathological cardiovascular events. Conversely, the cardioprotective effects of oestrogen replacement might be, at least in part, mediated by activation of the kallikrein-kinin system.
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- 1997
10. Polimorfismi del sistema renina-angiotensina in una popolazione del Nord Sardegna: associazione fra angiotensinogeno ed ipertensione arteriosa essenziale ad insorgenza precoce
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N. Glorioso, C. Rozzo, C. Troffa, M. Pisano, R. Robledo, A. Soro, P. Madeddu, G. Sole, G. Patteri, E. Congeddu, M. Maioli, P.M. Melis, and M. Pirastu.
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- 1996
11. Mildly raised corticosterone excretion rates in patients with essential hypertension
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A, Soro, M C, Ingram, G, Tonolo, N, Glorioso, and R, Fraser
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Male ,Hypertension ,Humans ,Female ,Corticosterone - Abstract
In a large group of patients with untreated hypertension, excretion rates of tetrahydrocorticosterone (THB), allotetrahydrocorticosterone (alloTHB) and tetrahydro-11-dehydrocorticosterone (THA) were all significantly higher than in a group of matched normotensive controls. Using the sum of these metabolites as an index of corticosterone secretion rate suggests that this variable is also higher. The increase was small (all excretion rates remained within the normal range) and corticosterone has low glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid potency calling the clinical significance of this finding into question. However, it is possible that in combination with mildly deficient 11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activity such increases in corticosterone levels might affect blood pressure.
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- 1995
12. Chronic inhibition of bradykinin receptors alters cardiovascular function in rats with an excess of circulating vasoconstrictors
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P, Madeddu, P, Pinna-Parpaglia, M V, Varoni, M P, Demontis, M C, Fattaccio, V, Anania, and N, Glorioso
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Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena ,Time Factors ,Angiotensin II ,Animals ,Blood Pressure ,Kinins ,Rats, Wistar ,Bradykinin ,Corticosterone ,Aldosterone ,Bradykinin Receptor Antagonists ,Rats - Abstract
1. The contribution of endogenous kinins to the regulation of blood pressure of angiotensin-treated rats was evaluated using the new bradykinin B2-receptor antagonist Hoe 140 (D-Arg[Hyp3,Thi5,D-Tic7,Oic8]-bradykinin). 2. Chronic intraperitoneal infusion of 20 nmol/day angiotensin II did not alter systolic blood pressure or plasma angiotensin II levels. A significant increase in plasma aldosterone and corticosterone levels was observed after 4 weeks (from 89 +/- 20 to 140 +/- 22 and from 147 +/- 30 to 225 +/- 33 pg/ml, respectively; P0.05). 3. Combined administration of 20 nmol/day angiotensin II and 75 nmol Hoe 140 induced a significant increase in systolic blood pressure from 126 +/- 3 to 142 +/- 3 and 137 +/- 3 mmHg, at 1 and 4 weeks, respectively (P0.05). This effect was not accompanied by significant changes in plasma angiotensin II concentration. The angiotensin-induced increase in plasma levels of aldosterone and corticosterone was not altered by the antagonist Hoe 140. 4. These findings indicate that blockade of endogenous kinin receptors enhances the slow pressor effect induced by angiotensin II. Therefore, endogenous kinins may play a role in preventing the cardiovascular effects of an excess of vasoconstrictors.
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- 1994
13. Different sensitivity to hydrochlorothiazide and to potassium-canrenoate among essential hypertensive patients
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N, Glorioso, M G, Melis, P, Manunta, C, Troffa, G, Tonolo, A, Soro, P, Madeddu, A, Pazzola, F, Pala, and D, Cusi
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Male ,Hydrochlorothiazide ,Double-Blind Method ,Hypertension ,Drug Resistance ,Potassium ,Humans ,Blood Pressure ,Female ,Canrenoic Acid ,Middle Aged - Abstract
We compared the response of blood pressure (BP) to either K-Canrenoate (K-Can) or hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) in 26 mild-to-moderate essential hypertensives in a double-blind, cross-over design over 2 months each. The dose was 12.5 mg o.d. for HCTZ and 50 mg o.d. for K-Can: dosing was doubled after 1 month if seated diastolic BP wasor = 95 mmHg. Eight pts were "selective responder" to the lowest dose of HCTZ (HCTZ-R), and 6 to K-Can (K-Can-R). Seven pts had their high blood pressure controlled by the highest dose of both drugs and 4 were insensitive to both. One pt dropped out during HCTZ for low plasma K+, and 3 during K-Can (nausea and dizziness: 2 pts; plasma creatinine rise: 1 pt). All these side effects were reverted after drug withdrawal. HCTZ-R and K-Can-R differed for PRA (1.4 +/- 0.6 vs 0.8 +/- 0.4 Ang I ng/ml/h, p0.05) and Na-K-Cl cotransport (230 +/- 39 vs 372 +/- 24 mumolNa/L RBC/h, p0.01). Our data suggest the existence of a subgroup of essential hypertensives surprisingly insensitive to HCTZ, characterized by a "low" PRA and by a Na(+)-K(+)-Cl- cotransport higher than the HCTZ-R. Their selective response to K-Can suggest a peculiar pathogenetic mechanism underlying their high blood pressure.
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- 1993
14. ENDOGENOUS OUABAIN AND THE RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM: DISTINCT EFFECTS ON NA HANDLING AND BLOOD PRESSURE IN HUMAN HYPERTENSION: 2C.04
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P Manunta, J Hamlyn, M Simonini, F Filigheddu, E Messaggio, C Lanzani, M Bracale, G Argiolas, N Casamassima, E Brioni, N Glorioso, and G Bianchi
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Physiology ,Internal Medicine ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine - Published
- 2010
15. Kinin antagonist blunts the diuretic effect of furosemide in deoxycorticosterone-treated rats
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P, Madeddu, N, Glorioso, P, Pinna Parpaglia, M P, Demontis, M V, Varoni, M C, Fattaccio, G, Sabino, G, Pisanu, G, Patteri, and V, Anania
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Male ,Furosemide ,Reference Values ,Animals ,Natriuresis ,Blood Pressure ,Vascular Resistance ,Rats, Wistar ,Bradykinin ,Desoxycorticosterone ,Kidney ,Diuresis ,Rats - Abstract
Furosemide at a dose of 3 mg/kg body wt increased urinary volume (vehicle: 12.8 +/- 0.6; furosemide: 42.4 +/- 2.6 ml/8h, p0.01) and urinary sodium excretion (vehicle: 0.9 +/- 0.1; furosemide: 5.0 +/- 0.4 mM/8h, p0.01) in deoxycorticosterone-treated rats. These effects were associated to a decrease in mean blood pressure (from 122 +/- 4 to 113 +/- 3 mmHg, p0.01) and renal vascular resistances (from 15.6 +/- 0.6 to 14.3 +/- 0.7 RU, p0.05). The B2-receptor antagonist D-Arg[Hyp3,Thi5,D-Tic7,Oic8]-bradykinin significantly blunted the diuretic and natriuretic effect of furosemide and completely prevented the decrease in blood pressure and renal vascular resistances. The renal kallikrein-kinin system may modulate the diuretic and hemodynamic effects of furosemide in conditions of increased mineralcorticoid activity.
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- 1992
16. Regional hemodynamic effects of a kinin antagonist in awake normotensive rats
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P, Madeddu, V, Anania, P P, Parpaglia, M P, Demontis, M V, Varoni, M C, Fattaccio, and N, Glorioso
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Male ,Regional Blood Flow ,Receptors, Bradykinin ,Hemodynamics ,Animals ,Blood Pressure ,Splanchnic Circulation ,Rats, Wistar ,Bradykinin ,Rats ,Receptors, Neurotransmitter - Abstract
We evaluated the effects of the B2-receptor antagonist Ac-D-Arg[Hyp3,D-Phe7,Leu8]-bradykinin on mean blood pressure (MBP) and Doppler mesenteric blood flow (DMBF). The antagonist, at a dose able to completely block the hemodynamic effects of exogenous bradykinin, increased MBP by 3 +/- 1% and decreased DMBF by 12 +/- 3%. These responses persisted after pharmacological neuro-hormonal blockade. Our results suggest that the kallikrein-kinin system plays a role in the regulation of mesenteric blood flow in rats.
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- 1992
17. Efecto de los inhibidores de la HMG-CoA reductasa sobre la presión arterial en pacientes con hipertensión arterial esencial e hipercolesterolemia primaria
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N. Glorioso, Fabiana Filigheddu, A. Soro, Francesco Dettori, P. Pinna Parpaglia, and Chiara Troffa
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Internal Medicine ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine - Published
- 2000
18. Mo-W13:4 Frequency of carriers of autosomal recessive hypercholesterolemia (ARH) in the sardinian population: Preliminary results
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F. Quagliarini, I. Sirinian, Sebastiano Calandra, Stefano Bertolini, N. Glorioso, Marcello Arca, F. Campagna, and Anna Montali
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Genetics ,Sardinian population ,Autosomal Recessive Hypercholesterolemia ,Internal Medicine ,General Medicine ,Biology ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine - Published
- 2006
19. Endogegenous kinins protect against mineral-corticoid-induced hypertension in rats
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P. Pinna Parpaglia, Maria Piera Demontis, N. Glorioso, Paolo Madeddu, Vittorio Anania, M. C. Fattaccio, and Maria Vittoria Varoni
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Pharmacology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Endocrinology ,Mineral ,Chemistry ,Internal medicine ,medicine - Published
- 1992
20. Three Problematic Cases of Renal Mass Diagnosis
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E. Mastroberardino, C. Corbu, F. Urigo, and N. Glorioso
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medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Renal mass ,Medicine ,General Medicine ,Radiology ,business - Published
- 1978
21. Contents, Vol. 44, 1986
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G. Lagrue, R. Nakazawa, M.H. Park, P. Ena, Jing-nan Zhou, R. Matesanz, H. Kajiyama, Teruo Asamato, Takayuki Inoue, R. Shainkin-Kestenbaum, P. Stanziale, Linda Pead, Sohji Nagase, F.P. Schena, N. Glorioso, M. Ciccarelli, Carlo Feletti, A. Dvilansky, Hitoshi Yokoyama, L. Capotondo, Robert A.P. Koene, M. Bertoli, G. Pertosa, Andries J. Hoitsma, E. Hosaka, B. Flamion, Hirotoshi Morii, Paul G. G. Gerlag, Andrew R. Rosenberg, G. Romagnoli, V. Lorenzo, K. Hamaguchi, A. Rappelli, C. Germinario, L. Chieco-Bianchi, Jing-chuan Wu, Q. Maggiore, A.J. Adler, Dalla Gassa, I. Nathan, P. Mols, P. Cauchie, Henk E. Sluiter, L. Guisasola, D.G. Struijk, V.E. Andreucci, Isao Ishikawa, A. Muiño, Sergio Stefoni, J.L. Teruel, Jack F.M. Wetzels, D. Cerimele, Yoshitaka Koshino, Neville J. Howard, J.G. Altozano, R.T. Krediet, G. Decaux, Y. Nomura, U. Vertolli, J. Ortuño, Rosalind Maskell, Seiichiro Tarui, C. Chaimovitz, Mitsuharu Narita, J.M. López-Gomez, Han-wei Zhu, Yoshiki Matsushita, F. Valderrabano, A. Ebihara, Norio Kono, Takashi Inoue, Kazumasa Aoyagi, Ming-wei Zhang, F. Mallamaci, J. Rubin, H. Shishido, Mitsuo Takahashi, M. Balletta, E.W. Boeschoten, Jie-zhun Wu, Y. Winikoff, R.J. van Ketel, G.M. Berlyne, Chi-shou Hou, P. Madeddu, E. Sansoni, Hisamitsu Nakahashi, P. Dessì-Fulgheri, M. De Mia, L. Arisz, Y. Kawahara, C.L. Pirani, R. Robeva, K. Iwashita, F. Delwiche, M. Bernini, Hiroshi Kida, Tsutomu Tabata, A. Vangelista, Teruo Okamoto, Toshio Abe, Hisao Mabuchi, F. García Martin, Nobu Hattori, Kiichiro Kikunami, R. Robles, A. Torres, Harvey C. Gonick, T. Yokoyama, Vittorio Bonomini, V. D’Agati, U. Buoncristiani, Esther Lu, Herbert J. Kramer, J.M. Gonzalez-Posada, C. Zoccali, G. Venkat Raman, E. Gaggiotti, J. Laurent, Shizuo Tojo, A. Fujimura, N. Di Paolo, L. Orte, A. De Rossi, Phillip J. Emder, H.A. Lee, P. Rossi, and G.B. Appel
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Traditional medicine ,business.industry ,Medicine ,business - Published
- 1986
22. Clonidine-Displacing Substance is Present in Peripheral Tissues of the Rat
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N. Glorioso, C. Troffa, G. Tonolo, P. Manunta, P. Madeddu, M.G. Melis, A. Pazzola, F. Pala, M. Maioli, P. Mameli, S. Salardi, and G. Bianchi
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business.industry ,fungi ,Renin-Substrate ,Human cell ,Trypsin ,Angiotensin II ,In vitro ,Cell membrane ,Membrane ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Biochemistry ,Renin–angiotensin system ,Internal Medicine ,medicine ,business ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Activation of semipurified human kidney prorenin was found to occur in vitro in presence of a mixture of lipids that mimics the composition of the inner human cell membrane. The lipid-dependent activation was indeed only partial (38 +/- 4%) when compared to that obtained by trypsin in liquid phase (100 micrograms/mL) used as a control of maximal activation (100%) under our experimental conditions (semipurified human kidney prorenin in presence of semipurified human plasma renin substrate at a concentration of 1400 ng/mL, at pH 7.2). The phenomenon was time-dependent up to 60 min whereas the angiotensin I generated after 120 min was virtually the same as that generated after 60 min thus indicating a possible reversible activation of human prorenin. We speculate that prorenin may be reversibly activated by contact with the lipidic portion of the cell membrane either inside or outside the cells thus allowing a limited angiotensin II-generating cascade at a local site initiated by prorenin independently from the presence of active renin.
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- 1989
23. [Clinico-statistical considerations on 284 cases of myocardial infarct, hospitalized in coronary units]
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S, Campus, A, Rappelli, P, Russo, N, Glorioso, E, Uslenghi, G, Accatino, E, Bellone, G, Borello, G, Brocchi, P, Dessy, and A, Viara
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Adult ,Hospitalization ,Male ,Heart Block ,Italy ,Coronary Care Units ,Myocardial Infarction ,Shock, Cardiogenic ,Humans ,Female ,Middle Aged ,Aged - Published
- 1974
24. [Percutaneous transluminal dilatation in the therapy of nephrovascular hypertension]
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N, Glorioso, P, Dessì-Fulgheri, P, Madeddu, M, Palermo, F, Urigo, S, Rovasio, G B, Meloni, and A, Rappelli
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Adult ,Male ,Hypertension, Renovascular ,Humans ,Female ,Middle Aged ,Renal Artery Obstruction ,Angioplasty, Balloon ,Aged - Published
- 1983
25. The Effects Of Aprotinin, a Glandular Kallikrein Inhibitor, on Renin Release and Urinary Sodium Excretion in Mild Essential Hypertensives
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P. Madeddu, M. Oppes, A. Soro, P. Dessi’-Fulgheri, N. Glorioso, F. Manunta, S. Rubatti, and A. Rappelli
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- 1987
26. Plasma clearance and effects of alpha-hANP infused in patients with end-stage renal failure
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A. Pazzola, Jorge Polónia, A. Soro, M. A. Richards, M. McMillan, Piero Montorsi, G. Tonolo, and N. Glorioso
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Physiology ,Metabolic Clearance Rate ,Renal function ,Blood Pressure ,Plasma renin activity ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Atrial natriuretic peptide ,Heart Rate ,Reference Values ,Internal medicine ,Renin ,Medicine ,Humans ,Kidney ,Creatinine ,business.industry ,Albumin ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Endocrinology ,Blood pressure ,chemistry ,Renal blood flow ,Kidney Failure, Chronic ,business ,Atrial Natriuretic Factor - Abstract
The effects and clearance of synthetic atrial natriuretic peptide (alpha-hANP) were investigated in eight patients with end-stage renal failure and six normal volunteers. ANP or vehicle was infused for 1 h at 10 pmol.kg-1.min-1 in random order on two separate occasions. During ANP infusions in end-stage renal patients, microhematocrit rose by 9.8 +/- 2% (P less than 0.005, n = 8), from base-line values of 0.24 +/- 0.02. Serum protein and albumin rose consistently. In contrast, during placebo infusions, no significant changes were seen. Blood pressure, heart rate, plasma renin concentration, serum creatinine, and electrolytes did not change significantly during either study phase. In end-stage renal failure patients, metabolic clearance rate of infused ANP was 1.04 +/- 0.095 l/min and its plasma half-life was 4 min 34 s. In normal volunteers, metabolic clearance rate was 2.6 l/min and its plasma half-life 3 min 30 s. The data suggest that ANP promotes contraction of plasma volume via a mechanism independent of renal function and also indicate that the kidney is not the only organ involved in the ANP metabolism.
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- 1988
27. [Pre- and post-operative evaluation of the renin-angiotensin system in nephrovascular hypertension]
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N, Glorioso, P, Dessì-Fulgheri, P, Madeddu, G, Fois, L, Lenguini, G, Sanna, F, Urigo, P, Biglioli, S M, Giulini, and A, Rappelli
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Adult ,Male ,Postoperative Care ,Hypertension, Renal ,Angiography ,Urography ,Middle Aged ,Renal Artery Obstruction ,Renin-Angiotensin System ,Hypertension, Renovascular ,Preoperative Care ,Renin ,Humans ,Female - Published
- 1980
28. [Methodology of renal vein renin study: comparison between simultaneous and sequential sampling (author's transl)]
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N, Glorioso, P, Dessi Fulgheri, P, Madeddu, G, Fois, L, Lenguini, F G, Cocco, and A, Rappelli
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Adult ,Time Factors ,Renin ,Humans ,Middle Aged ,Renal Veins ,Catheterization - Abstract
Purpose of this study has been to compare the results obtained using two different procedures in blood sampling from the renal veins for measuring renal venous renin. The first is the classical procedure which employs three catheters for simultaneous sampling from both renal veins and from the inferior vena cava, or from an artery. The other one is a simplified procedure which employs a single catheter that allows blood to be collected in the following rapid sequential manner: right renal vein, inferior vena cava, left renal vein, inferior vena cava. We have studied 13 patients (8 with essential hypertension, 5 with unilateral renal artery stenosis). Two catheters were introduced through a femoral vein and inserted into both renal veins; a third catheter was inserted into the femoral artery; then the blood sampling was performed strictly simultaneously. Soon after, the blood sampling was repeated according to the above mentioned sequential single catheter procedure. PRA was measured by Angiotensin I radioimmunoassay, then the Renal Vein Ratios (RVRR) were calculated. Even though as average of less than 20 seconds elapsed between the blood sampling in a renal vein and that in inferior vena cava, our results demonstrate that the release of renin can vary so quickly that erroneous informations may be obtained unless a strictly simultaneous sampling of blood is performed. In conclusion, our study demonstrates that the only reliable renal vein renin sampling procedure must employ the simultaneous renal venous and arterial (or inferior vena cava) blood collection.
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- 1980
29. The effects of aprotinin, a glandular kallikrein inhibitor, on renin release and urinary sodium excretion in mild essential hypertensives
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P, Madeddu, M, Oppes, A, Soro, P, Dessi'-Fulgheri, N, Glorioso, F, Manunta, S, Rubatti, and A, Rappelli
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Adult ,Male ,Enzyme Precursors ,Aprotinin ,Hypertension ,Renin ,Sodium ,Humans ,Natriuresis ,Kallikreins ,Glomerular Filtration Rate - Abstract
The effects of aprotinin on renin release and renal function were evaluated in 24 male essential hypertensive patients, on unrestricted (N = 17) and on chronic low as well as on high Na intake. Aprotinin (1 x 10(6) KIU) or Saline (200 ml) were infused in all patients for 6 hrs. Blood samples were taken for plasma renin activity (PRA) and 6-hr urine collections were obtained for active and inactive kallikrein, Na+, K+, Cl-, Ca++ excretion measurements. In patients on unrestricted sodium diet aprotinin had no effect on BP, glomerular filtration rate, renal plasma flow, urinary sodium and potassium excretion. However an inverse relationship was found between pretreatment urinary sodium excretion and the percent reduction of the latter after aprotinin. A significant reduction in urinary sodium excretion was induced by aprotinin in patients on high sodium intake, whereas no change was observed in the same patients when on low sodium diet. Aprotinin reduced the urinary excretion of active kallikrein by 81% and the active to total kallikrein ratio from 24% to 6%, suggesting that it could interfere with the in-vivo activation of inactive kallikrein. Infusion of aprotinin induced a significant decline in active renin but did not modify inactive renin levels in patients on unrestricted sodium diet as well as in patients on low or high sodium intake. Our data suggest that the inhibition of kallikrein and/or other serine proteases by aprotinin can interfere with renal release of active renin and also support the hypothesis that the renal kallikrein system exerts a regulatory control on sodium excretion in salt replete hypertensives.
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- 1987
30. [Role of renin-angiotensin system in hypertension caused by bilateral polycystic kidney]
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A, Rappelli, N, Glorioso, P, Madeddu, P, Dessì Fulgheri, R, Tedde, E, Uslenghi, and S, Campus
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Adult ,Male ,Electrolytes ,Polycystic Kidney Diseases ,Hypertension, Renal ,Angiotensin II ,Creatinine ,Renin ,Humans ,Female ,Middle Aged - Published
- 1978
31. Blunted adrenocorticotrophic hormone release during captopril treatment
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P, Dessì-Fulgheri, S, Alagna, P, Madeddu, N, Glorioso, A, Masala, P P, Rovasio, C, Leoni, and A, Rappelli
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Adult ,Male ,Renin-Angiotensin System ,Captopril ,Adrenocorticotropic Hormone ,Hydrocortisone ,Depression, Chemical ,Hypertension ,Humans ,Middle Aged ,Hypoglycemia - Abstract
High tissue levels of angiotensin II have been reported in the median eminence suggesting a possible role in the regulation of adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) secretion. To verify this hypothesis in man, the pituitary-adrenal axis response to hypoglycaemia was studied before and during captopril treatment in eight male essential hypertensive patients (stage I WHO; aged 35-52 years). Plasma levels of ACTH, cortisol and glucose were measured before and 60, 90 and 120 min after an intravenous bolus of normal saline as placebo an, 3 days later, after an intravenous bolus of rapidly acting insulin (0.1 IU/kg body weight). Captopril treatment was then started and both placebo and hypoglycaemic tests were repeated 15 days thereafter. No changes in ACTH, cortisol or glucose plasma levels were observed after acute normal saline, either before or during captopril administration. On the contrary, hypoglycaemia induced a sharp increase of ACTH plasma before captopril (from 27.7 +/- 11 to 131.30 +/- 26 pg/ml, P less than 0.01, 60 min after insulin) but not during angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibition (from 28.9 +/- 9 to 42.9 +/- 11 pg/ml, NS, at min 60 of the study). Our present data, showing a blunted ACTH response to hypoglycaemia during ACE inhibition, suggest that circulating angiotensin II may participate in the regulation of the release of the ACTH, possibly by a stimulation of angiotensin II receptors localized in the brain but outside the blood-brain barrier.
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- 1985
32. [Correlation between the basic levels of plasma renin activity (PRA) and renin increases after postural and diuretic stimulation]
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A, Rappelli, N, Glorioso, R, Tedde, P, Dessì Fulgheri, P, Madeddu, S G, Uleri, and S, Campus
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Furosemide ,Physical Stimulation ,Hypertension ,Posture ,Renin ,Humans ,Stimulation, Chemical - Published
- 1978
33. [Effect of guanabenz alone and in association with a diuretic on blood pressure and on the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system in hypertensive patients]
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P, Madeddu, N, Glorioso, P, Dessì-Fulgheri, A, Rappelli, and E, Delle Gemme
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Adult ,Renin-Angiotensin System ,Guanabenz ,Heart Rate ,Hypertension ,Renin ,Chlorthalidone ,Humans ,Drug Therapy, Combination ,Middle Aged ,Aldosterone ,Guanidines ,Aged - Published
- 1984
34. [Erythrocyte cation transport in arterial hypertension: interrelation with the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system and the atrial natriuretic factor]
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P, Manunta, M G, Melis, A, Soro, A, Pazzola, C, Troffa, S, Motzo, F, Pala, P, Madeddu, G, Tonolo, and N, Glorioso
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Adult ,Male ,Renin-Angiotensin System ,Erythrocyte Membrane ,Hypertension ,Sodium ,Potassium ,Humans ,Female ,Middle Aged ,Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase ,Atrial Natriuretic Factor - Abstract
Red cell membrane Na(+)-K+ transport systems, renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) and atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) were studied in a group of 50 mild essential hypertensive patients (n = 25 for each group) age, sex and blood pressure matched. Na(+)-K+ ATPase and intracellular Na+ (Na+ i) were significantly different between the two groups (p less than 0.01). A slight difference was also seen for the Na(+)-K+ cotransport (p less than 0.05) as a likely consequence of the differences in the methodology of Na+ charge to study its efflux from the red cells in vitro. A negative correlation (r = -0.47, p less than 0.01) was observed between ANF and Na(+)-K+ cotransport suggesting an interrelationship of the two systems in the homeostasis in body fluid and electrolytes.
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- 1989
35. [Long-term therapeutic efficacy of captopril in the treatment of essential and secondary hypertension]
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N, Glorioso, P, Madeddu, P, Dessì Fulgheri, M, Oppes, G C, Tonolo, F, Bandiera, G, Manca, and A, Rappelli
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Adult ,Captopril ,Hypertension, Renovascular ,Time Factors ,Proline ,Hyperaldosteronism ,Hypertension ,Humans ,Middle Aged ,Aged - Published
- 1984
36. Activation of human prorenin by lipidic constituents of the cell membrane
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N, Glorioso, C, Troffa, G, Tonolo, P, Manunta, P, Madeddu, M G, Melis, A, Pazzola, F, Pala, M, Maioli, and P, Mameli
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Enzyme Activation ,Enzyme Precursors ,Time Factors ,Cell Membrane ,Renin ,Humans ,Angiotensin I ,Lipid Metabolism ,Lipids - Abstract
Activation of semipurified human kidney prorenin was found to occur in vitro in presence of a mixture of lipids that mimics the composition of the inner human cell membrane. The lipid-dependent activation was indeed only partial (38 +/- 4%) when compared to that obtained by trypsin in liquid phase (100 micrograms/mL) used as a control of maximal activation (100%) under our experimental conditions (semipurified human kidney prorenin in presence of semipurified human plasma renin substrate at a concentration of 1400 ng/mL, at pH 7.2). The phenomenon was time-dependent up to 60 min whereas the angiotensin I generated after 120 min was virtually the same as that generated after 60 min thus indicating a possible reversible activation of human prorenin. We speculate that prorenin may be reversibly activated by contact with the lipidic portion of the cell membrane either inside or outside the cells thus allowing a limited angiotensin II-generating cascade at a local site initiated by prorenin independently from the presence of active renin.
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- 1989
37. Persistence of unilateral secretion and contralateral renin suppression after successful percutaneous transluminal dilatation in a normotensive patient
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N, Glorioso, P, Dessi' Fulgheri, P, Madeddu, and A, Rappelli
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Adult ,Hypertension, Renovascular ,Renin ,Humans ,Blood Pressure ,Female ,Kidney ,Renal Artery Obstruction ,Angioplasty, Balloon - Abstract
We describe a case of a 26-year old woman with severe fibromuscular renal artery stenosis whose blood pressure was well controlled with atenolol but that remained normotensive also after discontinuation of the drug. In addition her renal vein renin pattern was typical of renovascular hypertension and an intrarenal activation of inactive renin was also present. This renin pattern remained unchanged soon after successful percutaneous transluminal dilatation whereas 15 days later both active and inactive forms of renin were found to be released by the previously stenotic kidney. This case casts doubts upon the relationships between renal artery stenosis, renin secretion and high blood pressure.
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- 1982
38. Plasma prorenin during early pregnancy: ovarian secretion under gonadotropin control?
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J E, Sealey, N, Glorioso, J, Itskovitz, C, Troffa, I, Cholst, and Z, Rosenwaks
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Adult ,Enzyme Precursors ,Pregnancy ,Ovary ,Renin ,Humans ,Female ,Chorionic Gonadotropin - Abstract
To explore the time-course and the source of the changes in plasma prorenin that occur in early pregnancy we studied a normal subject (subject 1), an in vitro fertilization (IVF) patient (subject 2) and an ovarian failure patient who received a donor egg (subject 3). Day 0 was the luteinizing hormone (LH) peak (subject 1), the day of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) administration (subject 2) or 3 days before embryo transfer (subject 3). In subjects 1 and 2 prorenin increased transiently (three- and ninefold respectively) on days 0-4, then returned towards baseline and began to increase again around day 12 to a maximum (six- and 26-fold baseline) around day 20. Active renin was consistently less than 10% of total renin. In the ovarian-failure patient only small fluctuations occurred in total renin yet her hCG was 137 mlU/ml on day 15, proving that she was pregnant. These results suggest that the prorenin rise that occurs at mid-menstrual cycle and following conception may be due to ovarian prorenin secretion in response to stimulation by gonadotropic hormones.
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- 1986
39. [Effect of guanabenz on arterial pressure and the renin-aldosterone system in hypertensive patients]
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A, Rappelli, N, Glorioso, R, Tedde, P, Madeddu, P, Dessì Fulgheri, and S, Campus
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Adult ,Guanabenz ,Hypertension, Renal ,Hypertension, Renovascular ,Heart Rate ,Hypertension ,Renin ,Humans ,Blood Pressure ,Middle Aged ,Aldosterone ,Guanidines ,Aged - Published
- 1978
40. [Possible activation of human prorenin by contact with the cell membrane]
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C, Troffa, G, Tonolo, P, Manunta, A, Pazzola, M G, Melis, F, Pala, A, Soro, P, Madeddu, and N, Glorioso
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Enzyme Precursors ,Cell Membrane ,Renin ,Humans ,Angiotensin I ,In Vitro Techniques ,Lipid Metabolism - Abstract
Semipurified human kidney prorenin was exposed in vitro to a mixture of lipids mimicking the composition of the inner leaflet of the cell membrane, in the presence of semipurified human angiotensinogen at a concentration of 1/4 Km. Prorenin was activated in a time-dependent manner over a period of 60 min. This lipid-dependent activation was completely reversed thereafter. Pre-incubation with anti-renin serum completely prevented this activated prorenin-dependent generation of angiotensin I. Our data suggest that human prorenin can be reversibly activated by contact with the cell membrane.
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- 1989
41. [Effect of sodium depletion on plasma renin activity in blood reflux from the renal veins in essential and nephrovascular hypertension]
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A, Rappelli, N, Glorioso, R, Tedde, P, Dessì Fulgheri, P, Madeddu, and S, Campus
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Hypertension, Renal ,Hypertension, Renovascular ,Furosemide ,Hypertension ,Renin ,Sodium ,Humans ,Vena Cava, Inferior ,Renal Veins - Published
- 1978
42. A scoring system improving both sensitivity and specificity of screening tests for renovascular disease
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N, Glorioso, P, Madeddu, P, Dessi-Fulgheri, F, Meloni, G, Fois, M, Palermo, and A, Rappelli
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Adult ,Male ,Hypertension, Renal ,Hypertension, Renovascular ,Renal Artery ,Angiography ,Humans ,Female ,Urography ,Middle Aged ,Renal Artery Obstruction - Published
- 1981
43. High prevalence of cardiovascular diseases and enhanced activity of the renin-angiotensin system in psoriatic patients
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P, Ena, P, Madeddu, N, Glorioso, D, Cerimele, and A, Rappelli
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Renin-Angiotensin System ,Risk ,Sympathetic Nervous System ,Cardiovascular Diseases ,Hypercholesterolemia ,Hypertension ,Renin ,Diabetes Mellitus ,Humans ,Psoriasis ,Coronary Disease ,Aldosterone - Abstract
We have observed a significant higher prevalence of essential hypertension, cardiovascular diseases and diabetes in a group of 100 psoriatic patients compared with sex and age matched hospitalized controls. Thirty-five psoriatic patients exhibited and enhanced plasma renin activity (PRA), while urinary aldosterone excretion was raised in 27% of the group. The autonomic responsiveness of psoriatic patients, studied by cold pressure test and tilting was normal; this finding supports the hypothesis that the enhanced activity of renin-angiotensin system is not due to an increased sympathetic function in these psoriatic patients. High values of cholesterol, triglycerides and depressed HDL-cholesterol concentrations were also observed. A complete clinical and laboratory examination is very useful in psoriasis in order to initiate an appropriate treatment of the risk factors whenever present.
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- 1985
44. Subject Index, Vol. 44, 1986
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J. Ortuño, Rosalind Maskell, M. De Mia, C.L. Pirani, Seiichiro Tarui, E. Gaggiotti, Kiichiro Kikunami, Carlo Feletti, A. Torres, J. Laurent, Harvey C. Gonick, T. Yokoyama, Y. Nomura, Mitsuo Takahashi, E. Sansoni, J.M. Gonzalez-Posada, Shizuo Tojo, A. Fujimura, V. Lorenzo, L. Guisasola, D.G. Struijk, Hisao Mabuchi, F. Mallamaci, Sergio Stefoni, N. Glorioso, M. Ciccarelli, G. Venkat Raman, U. Vertolli, F. Valderrabano, A. Dvilansky, Toshio Abe, P. Cauchie, Q. Maggiore, A.J. Adler, Dalla Gassa, Henk E. Sluiter, Takashi Inoue, I. Nathan, Jie-zhun Wu, L. Capotondo, Hiroshi Kida, R. Shainkin-Kestenbaum, G. Decaux, Andries J. Hoitsma, Hitoshi Yokoyama, A. Vangelista, P. Stanziale, Herbert J. Kramer, Linda Pead, V.E. Andreucci, J.M. López-Gomez, Teruo Asamato, P. Mols, C. Zoccali, Vittorio Bonomini, V. D’Agati, J. Rubin, R. Robles, G. Lagrue, M. Bertoli, Tsutomu Tabata, Teruo Okamoto, Yoshiki Matsushita, G. Pertosa, E. Hosaka, Y. Winikoff, G.M. Berlyne, M.H. Park, H. Kajiyama, R. Matesanz, F. García Martin, Robert A.P. Koene, U. Buoncristiani, Paul G. G. Gerlag, Andrew R. Rosenberg, Isao Ishikawa, G. Romagnoli, Jing-chuan Wu, J.L. Teruel, Jack F.M. Wetzels, F. Delwiche, Esther Lu, Han-wei Zhu, P. Madeddu, P. Dessì-Fulgheri, Neville J. Howard, J.G. Altozano, A. Ebihara, L. Arisz, Y. Kawahara, Mitsuharu Narita, A. Muiño, R. Nakazawa, Takayuki Inoue, Norio Kono, Kazumasa Aoyagi, P. Ena, Koshino Y, R. Robeva, F.P. Schena, K. Iwashita, H. Shishido, E.W. Boeschoten, Phillip J. Emder, H.A. Lee, P. Rossi, G.B. Appel, L. Orte, A. De Rossi, N. Di Paolo, C. Chaimovitz, B. Flamion, Hirotoshi Morii, M. Bernini, K. Hamaguchi, Nobu Hattori, Jing-nan Zhou, Sohji Nagase, M. Balletta, R.J. van Ketel, Chi-shou Hou, Hisamitsu Nakahashi, A. Rappelli, C. Germinario, L. Chieco-Bianchi, D. Cerimele, R.T. Krediet, and Ming-wei Zhang
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Index (economics) ,business.industry ,Statistics ,Medicine ,Subject (documents) ,business - Published
- 1986
45. Subject Index, Vol. 6, 1986
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R.-D. Hesch, Hermann Haller, Luigi Minetti, P. Madeddu, Andreas Hvarfner, Helmut Geiger, Leif Wide, Michael A. Kirschenbaum, Grazia Covi, Filippo Quarto di Palo, Marco Boscaro, Louis V. Avioli, Barbara Lucani, M.J. Atkinson, N. Glorioso, Lorenzo Malatino, Enrico Valvo, F.M. Pala, Carmelo Erio Fiore, Michael Thiede, Emilio Nardi, Vito M. Campese, Enrico Arosio, Peter Weidmann, Sverker Ljunghall, A. Elli, Giorgio Bazzato, Roberto Pedrinelli, Silvana Favaro, Luigi Corea, R. Ziegler, Franco Mantero, Agostino Fracasso, Carlo Gennari, Maurizio Giuseppe Abrignani, M.A. Spanu, Mihaela Lüdersdorf, Antonio Dal Canton, Armando Magagna, Giacomo Bruschi, Salvatore Cantaro, Alessandro Lechi, A. Rappelli, Hans Vetter, D. Scherling, Rosangela Genchi, Armin Distler, Lenz T, Maurizio Bentivoglio, D. D'Agostino, Bernward Garthoff, Uwe Heckmann, Paolo Verdecchia, Patrizia Veniero, Adele Nardecchia, Anna Filomena Perrone, K.-H. Graefe, R. Foti, Michele Stornello, Giacomo Tamburino, Flavio Scanferla, Gerhard Schmid, Werner Schmidt, August Heidland, Giulio Romano, Aurelio Rapado, Anshumali Chaudhari, Giuseppe Maschio, David A. McCarron, Alberto Vianello, E. Benazzi, G. Greco, Pablo Cosci, Luigi Scapellato, Salvatore Novo, Gerard A. Charbon, Ketty Savino, S. Rubattu, Thomas Philipp, Wolfgang Haecker, Udo Bahner, Mario Passeri, Heinz Losse, A.D. Perris, Antonio Salvetti, C. Mörlin, Paolo Bonino, S. Rocco, Antonia Fabris, Roberto Polignano, Maria E. Bruschi, Giovanni Bonadonna, Shaul G. Massry, Heinrich Ohnmeiss, Vittorio E. Andreucci, Hugo Kesteloot, Rosario Modica, E. Niutta, Giuseppe Bianchi, Ugo Coli, G. Herrmann, Gaetano Crepaldi, Maresa Altomonte, Paola Corradini, Anna Pirrelli, Concetta Fargetta, Alberico Borghetti, Ernesto Carafoli, Paolo Morachiello, Marco Nazzari, Maurizio Surian, Miklos Palkovits, Domenico Galati, Giuseppe Donia, Clara Lechi, B. Corradi, Giovanni Pavese, Massimo Sabbatini, Antonio Pinto, Silvano Landini, Kunitoshi Iseki, Palummeri E, Vittorio Nicita-Mauro, Ciro Esposito, J. Sommer, Peter Baumgart, Flavio Righetto, Arturo Borsatti, Fabio Malberti, Gianfranco Cervellin, P. Dessi-Fulgheri, F. Fallo, Stanislav Kazda, Claudio Bianchini, Giuseppe Vezzoli, Cynthia D. Morris, Giacomo Colussi, Marina Del Turco, Renato Nami, Angelo Cavatorta, Lorenzo A. Calò, Claudio Marone, Riccardo Pieri, Francesco Uccello, Georg Luckhaus, Angela D'Angelo, Walter Zidek, Giuseppe Opocher, Antonio Strano, and K.-D. Rämsch
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Gerontology ,Index (economics) ,Nephrology ,business.industry ,Medicine ,Subject (documents) ,business - Published
- 1986
46. Prediction and consistency of blood pressure salt-sensitivity as assessed by a rapid volume expansion and contraction protocol. Salt-Sensitivity Study Group of the Italian Society of Hypertension
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Strazzullo P, Ferruccio Galletti, Dessì-Fulgheri P, Ferri C, Glorioso N, Malatino L, Mantero F, Manunta P, Semplicini A, Ghiadoni L, Zoccali C, Strazzullo, Pasquale, Galletti, Ferruccio, P., Dessì Fulgheri, C., Ferri, N., Glorioso, L., Malatino, F., Mantero, P., Manunta, A., Semplicini, L., Ghiadoni, C., Zoccali, Strazzullo, P, Galletti, F, DESSI' FULGHERI, P, Ferri, C, Glorioso, N, Malatino, L, Mantero, F, Manunta, Paolo, Semplicini, A, Ghiadoni, L, and Zoccali, C.
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Adult ,Male ,physiopathology, Male, Middle Aged, Reproducibility of Results, Sodium Chloride ,Blood Volume ,Dietary ,Reproducibility of Results ,Blood Pressure ,Middle Aged ,drug effects, Female, Humans, Hypertension ,Adult, Blood Pressure ,Hypertension ,diagnostic use/pharmacology ,Humans ,Female ,drug effects, Blood Volume ,Sodium Chloride, Dietary - Abstract
This multicenter trial in essential hypertensive patients (n=94) is aimed i) to evaluate the distribution of blood pressure salt-sensitivity by a rapid volume expansion/contraction protocol over three days; ii) to investigate the within-patient reproducibility and to identify predictors of the response to the test; iii) to compare this response with the response to dietary NaCl restriction.The study design included: 1) screening for salt-sensitivity by the rapid test; 2) a controlled trial of dietary salt restriction; 3) repetition of the rapid test in a subgroup of patients.The mean BP response to the rapid test fitted a Gaussian curve. In multivariate regression analysis, controlling for the effect of potential confounders, the blood pressure increment during the intravenous saline infusion was the best independent predictor of the response to the test (r=0.713) with minor contributions by the 24-h urinary sodium excretion before the test and by baseline fasting serum insulin. These three variables together explained 61\% of the overall variability of the response. The Spearman rank correlation coefficient between the BP response to the rapid test and the response to the dietary protocol was 0.21, p=0.05. Upon repetition of the rapid test, the correlation coefficient between the responses observed on the two occasions was 0.60 (n=19, p
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47. Controlled study of the effect of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition versus calcium-entry blockade on insulin sensitivity in overweight hypertensive patients: Trandolapril Italian Study (TRIS)
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Galletti, F, Strazzullo, P, Capaldo, B, Carretta, R, Fabris, F, Ferrara, La, Glorioso, N, Semplicini, A, Mancini, M, Bo, Mario, Galletti, F., Strazzullo, P., Capaldo, B., Carretta, Renzo, Fabris, F., Ferrara, L. A., Glorioso, N., Semplicini, A., Mancini, M., Galletti, Ferruccio, Strazzullo, Pasquale, Capaldo, Brunella, R., Carretta, F., Fabri, Ferrara, LIBERATO ALDO, N., Glorioso, A., Semplicini, and Mancini, Mario
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Male ,Indoles ,Physiology ,Glucose uptake ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Adult, Aged, Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor ,Hemodynamics ,therapeutic use, Obesity ,Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors ,Blood Pressure ,blood supply, Glucose Tolerance Test, Glucose ,complications/metabolism, Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A ,complications/drug therapy/metabolism, Indole ,blood flow ,blood, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Forearm ,blood supply/metabolism, Nifedipine ,Glucose tolerance test ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,biology ,Skeletal ,Middle Aged ,drug effects, Calcium Channel Blocker ,Calcium Channel Blockers ,physiology, Italy, Male, Middle Aged, Muscle ,therapeutic use, Blood Flow Velocity, Blood Pressure ,Forearm ,Treatment Outcome ,Italy ,Female ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,Blood Flow Velocity ,blood/drug effects, Treatment Outcome ,medicine.drug ,Adult ,Trandolapril ,medicine.medical_specialty ,hypertension ,Nifedipine ,Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A ,ACE inhibition ,insulin sensitivity ,human ,Internal medicine ,Internal Medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,therapeutic use, Insulin Resistance ,Obesity ,Muscle, Skeletal ,metabolism, Humans, Hypertension ,Aged ,business.industry ,Insulin ,Angiotensin-converting enzyme ,Glucose Tolerance Test ,therapeutic use, Calcium ,Glucose ,Endocrinology ,ACE inhibitor ,biology.protein ,Calcium ,Insulin Resistance ,business ,Follow-Up Studies - Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of trandolapril, an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor, on blood pressure, forearm blood flow and insulin sensitivity in comparison with nifedipine gastrointestinal therapeutic system. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This is a multicentre, two-way parallel-group, open-label comparative study in 90 overweight hypertensive patients, who were randomly assigned to treatment for 8 weeks with either trandolapril or nifedipine. At baseline and after treatment, all patients underwent an oral glucose tolerance test, an evaluation of their metabolic profiles and a euglycaemic hyperinsulinaemic clamp test. In a subgroup of 18 patients, a forearm study was carried out. RESULTS: Blood pressure fell by the second week of treatment and remained significantly reduced compared with baseline in both treatment groups. Plasma triglyceride levels were also significantly reduced after trandolapril therapy, but no significant changes occurred in the other metabolic parameters during treatment with either drug. During the euglycaemic hyperinsulinaemic clamp, whole-body glucose use was similar in the two treatment groups at baseline, and a moderate but statistically significant increase in insulin sensitivity was observed after trandolapril treatment (trandolapril: 5.0 +/- 0.2 versus 4.5 +/- 0.2 mg/kg per min; nifedipine: 4.1 +/- 0.3 versus 4.2 +/- 0.3 mg/kg per min; P < 0.05, versus baseline and trandolapril versus nifedipine treatment). Skeletal muscle glucose uptake was significantly higher after trandolapril than after nifedipine therapy (5.0 +/- 0.7 and 3.0 +/- 0.4 mg/min, respectively; P < 0.01). As forearm blood flow was similar in the two treatment groups at baseline and was unchanged after 8 weeks of therapy, skeletal muscle glucose extraction was significantly greater in the ACE inhibitor treated-group than in the nifedipine comparative group (trandolapril: baseline 21 +/- 2, treatment 24 +/- 3 mg/dl; nifedipine: baseline 18 +/- 3, treatment 16 +/- 2 mg/dl; P < 0.05, trandolapril versus nifedipine treatment). CONCLUSIONS: During short-term treatment, ACE inhibition with trandolapril was able to moderately improve insulin sensitivity, in comparison with calcium blockade, and this effect appeared to be independent of the haemodynamic action of the drug.
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48. Dissecting the Polygenic Basis of Primary Hypertension: Identification of Key Pathway-Specific Components.
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Maj C, Salvi E, Citterio L, Borisov O, Simonini M, Glorioso V, Barlassina C, Glorioso N, Thijs L, Kuznetsova T, Cappuccio FP, Zhang ZY, Staessen JA, Cusi D, Lanzani C, and Manunta P
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Introduction and Objectives: Genome-wide association studies have identified a high number of genetic loci associated with hypertension suggesting the presence of an underlying polygenic architecture. In this study, we aimed to dissect the polygenic component of primary hypertension searching also for pathway-specific components., Methods: The polygenic risk score (PRS) models, based on the UK biobank genetic signals for hypertension status, were obtained on a target Italian case/control cohort including 561 cases and 731 hyper-normal controls from HYPERGENES, and were then applied to an independent validation cohort composed by multi-countries European-based samples including 1,284 cases and 960 hyper-normal controls., Results: The resulting genome-wide PRS was capable of stratifying the individuals for hypertension risk by comparing between individuals in the last PRS decile and the median decile: we observed an odds ratio (OR) of 3.62, CI = [2.01, 6.32] ( P = 9.01E-07) and 3.22, 95% CI = [2.06, 5.10] ( P = 6.47E-08) in the target and validation cohorts, respectively. The relatively high case/control ORs across PRS quantiles corroborates the presence of strong polygenic components which could be driven by an enrichment of risk alleles within the cases but also by potential enrichment of protective alleles in the old normotensive controls. Moreover, novel pathway-specific PRS revealed an enrichment of the polygenic signal attributable to specific biological pathways. Among those the most significantly associated with hypertension status was the calcium signaling pathway together with other mainly related such as the phosphatidylinositol/inositol phosphate pathways., Conclusions: The development of pathway-specific PRS could prioritize biological mechanisms, according to their contribution to the genetic susceptibility, whose regulations might be a potential pharmacological preventive target., Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest., (Copyright © 2022 Maj, Salvi, Citterio, Borisov, Simonini, Glorioso, Barlassina, Glorioso, Thijs, Kuznetsova, Cappuccio, Zhang, Staessen, Cusi, Lanzani and Manunta.)
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49. Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes and Antihypertensive Treatment: A Genome-Wide Interaction Meta-Analysis in the International Consortium for Antihypertensive Pharmacogenomics Studies.
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McDonough CW, Warren HR, Jack JR, Motsinger-Reif AA, Armstrong ND, Bis JC, House JS, Singh S, El Rouby NM, Gong Y, Mychaleckyj JC, Rotroff DM, Benavente OR, Caulfield MJ, Doria A, Pepine CJ, Psaty BM, Glorioso V, Glorioso N, Hiltunen TP, Kontula KK, Arnett DK, Buse JB, Irvin MR, Johnson JA, Munroe PB, Wagner MJ, and Cooper-DeHoff RM
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- Black or African American genetics, Aged, Blood Pressure drug effects, Blood Pressure genetics, Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions etiology, Female, Genome-Wide Association Study methods, Humans, Hypertension genetics, Male, Middle Aged, Pharmacogenomic Testing methods, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide genetics, Antihypertensive Agents therapeutic use, Cardiovascular Diseases chemically induced, Cardiovascular Diseases genetics, Cardiovascular System drug effects, Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions genetics, Hypertension drug therapy
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We sought to identify genome-wide variants influencing antihypertensive drug response and adverse cardiovascular outcomes, utilizing data from four randomized controlled trials in the International Consortium for Antihypertensive Pharmacogenomics Studies (ICAPS). Genome-wide antihypertensive drug-single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) interaction tests for four drug classes (β-blockers, n = 9,195; calcium channel blockers (CCBs), n = 10,511; thiazide/thiazide-like diuretics, n = 3,516; ACE-inhibitors/ARBs, n = 2,559) and cardiovascular outcomes (incident myocardial infarction, stroke, or death) were analyzed among patients with hypertension of European ancestry. Top SNPs from the meta-analyses were tested for replication of cardiovascular outcomes in an independent Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology (CHARGE) study (n = 21,267), blood pressure (BP) response in independent ICAPS studies (n = 1,552), and ethnic validation in African Americans from the Genetics of Hypertension Associated Treatment study (GenHAT; n = 5,115). One signal reached genome-wide significance in the β-blocker-SNP interaction analysis (rs139945292, Interaction P = 1.56 × 10
-8 ). rs139945292 was validated through BP response to β-blockers, with the T-allele associated with less BP reduction (systolic BP response P = 6 × 10-4 , Beta = 3.09, diastolic BP response P = 5 × 10-3 , Beta = 1.53). The T-allele was also associated with increased adverse cardiovascular risk within the β-blocker treated patients' subgroup (P = 2.35 × 10-4 , odds ratio = 1.57, 95% confidence interval = 1.23-1.99). The locus showed nominal replication in CHARGE, and consistent directional trends in β-blocker treated African Americans. rs139945292 is an expression quantitative trait locus for the 50 kb upstream gene NTM (neurotrimin). No SNPs attained genome-wide significance for any other drugs classes. Top SNPs were located near CALB1 (CCB), FLJ367777 (ACE-inhibitor), and CES5AP1 (thiazide). The NTM region is associated with increased risk for adverse cardiovascular outcomes and less BP reduction in β-blocker treated patients. Further investigation into this region is warranted., (© 2021 The Authors. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics © 2021 American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics.)- Published
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50. Antihypertensive treatment guided by genetics: PEARL-HT, the randomized proof-of-concept trial comparing rostafuroxin with losartan.
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Citterio L, Bianchi G, Scioli GA, Glorioso N, Bigazzi R, Cusi D, Staessen JA, Cavuto S, Ferrandi M, Lanzani C, Li X, Lau LF, Chiang CE, Wang TD, Wang KL, Ferrari P, and Manunta P
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- Adult, Asian People, Blood Pressure, Double-Blind Method, Female, Gene Expression Profiling, Genetic Testing, Humans, Italy, Male, Middle Aged, Ouabain metabolism, Pharmacogenetics, Taiwan, Treatment Outcome, White People, Androstanols therapeutic use, Antihypertensive Agents therapeutic use, Hypertension drug therapy, Hypertension genetics, Losartan therapeutic use
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We compared a standard antihypertensive losartan treatment with a pharmacogenomics-guided rostafuroxin treatment in never-treated Caucasian and Chinese patients with primary hypertension. Rostafuroxin is a digitoxigenin derivative that selectively disrupts the binding to the cSrc-SH2 domain of mutant α-adducin and of the ouabain-activated Na-K pump at 10
-11 M. Of 902 patients screened, 172 were enrolled in Italy and 107 in Taiwan. After stratification for country and genetic background, patients were randomized to rostafuroxin or losartan, being the difference in the fall in office systolic blood pressure (OSBP) after 2-month treatment the primary endpoint. Three pharmacogenomic profiles (P) were examined, considering: P1, adding to the gene variants included in the subsequent P2, the variants detected by post-hoc analysis of a previous trial; P2, variants of genes encoding enzymes for endogenous ouabain (EO) synthesis (LSS and HSD3B1), EO transport (MDR1/ABCB1), adducin (ADD1 and ADD3); P3, variants of the LSS gene only. In Caucasians, the group differences (rostafuroxin 50 μg minus losartan 50 mg in OSBP mmHg) were significant both in P2 adjusted for genetic heterogeneity (P2a) and P3 LSS rs2254524 AA [9.8 (0.6-19.0), P = 0.038 and 13.4 (25.4-2.5), P = 0.031, respectively]. In human H295R cells transfected with LSS A and LSS C variants, the EO production was greater in the former (P = 0.038); this difference was abolished by rostafuroxin at 10-11 M. Chinese patients had a similar drop in OSBP to Caucasians with losartan but no change in OSBP with rostafuroxin. These results show that genetics may guide drug treatment for primary hypertension in Caucasians.- Published
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