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      Effect of prolonged stimulation of the heme oxygenase/carbon monoxide system by hemin on blood pressure and penile erection of spontaneously hypertensive rats

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      Date
      2006-11-30
      Author
      Shamloul, Rany Mohamed
      Type
      Thesis
      Degree Level
      Doctoral
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      Abstract
      Essential hypertension (EH) is a risk factor for many cardiovascular disorders. Treatment of established EH, especially for prolonged control of this pathogenic process, represents a great challenge. Moreover, hypertension is considered an important risk factor for the development of many other diseases, e.g. erectile dysfunction. Hemin and other heme derivatives, e.g. heme-L-lysinate (HLL) and heme-L-arginate, have been used extensively to upregulate expression of heme oxygenase (HO) and production of endogenous carbon monoxide (CO). Short-term hemin administration for 4-5 days has been shown to markedly decrease high blood pressure (BP) in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR), but not in normotensive Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) or Sprague Dawley (SD) rats. This short-term therapy was effective in treating young, but not adult SHR. In the present study, hemin (15 mg/kg/day) was administered to 12-week old adult SHR through subcutaneously implanted osmotic minipumps for 3 consecutive weeks (the hemin protocol). Into the second week of the hemin protocol, BP of SHR was normalized from 203.2 ± 2.5 to 123.4 ±1.9 mmHg (n=20, p
      Degree
      Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
      Department
      Physiology
      Program
      Physiology
      Supervisor
      Wang, Rui
      Committee
      West, Nigel; Sulakhe, Prakash; Gopalakrishnan, Venkat; Fisher, Thomas E.; Desautels, Michel
      Copyright Date
      November 2006
      URI
      http://hdl.handle.net/10388/etd-11292006-143445
      Subject
      penile erection
      heme oxygenase
      hypertension
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