AT2R agonist NP‐6A4 mitigates aortic stiffness and proteolytic activity in mouse model of aneurysm
Open Access
- 18 May 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
- Vol. 24 (13), 7393-7404
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jcmm.15342
Abstract
Clinical and experimental studies show that angiotensin II (AngII) promotes vascular pathology via activation of AngII type 1 receptors (AT1Rs). We recently reported that NP-6A4, a selective peptide agonist for AngII type 2 receptor (AT2R), exerts protective effects on human vascular cells subjected to serum starvation or doxorubicin exposure. In this study, we investigated whether NP-6A4-induced AT2R activation could mitigate AngII-induced abdominal aortic aneurism (AAA) using AngII-treated Apoe(-/-) mice. Male Apoe(-/-) mice were infused with AngII (1 mu g/kg/min) by implanting osmotic pumps subcutaneously for 28 days. A subset of mice was pre-treated subcutaneously with NP-6A4 (2.5 mg/kg/day) or vehicle for 14 days prior to AngII, and treatments were continued for 28 days. NP-6A4 significantly reduced aortic stiffness of the abdominal aorta induced by AngII as determined by ultrasound functional analyses and histochemical analyses. NP-6A4 also increased nitric oxide bioavailability in aortic tissues and suppressed AngII-induced increases in monocyte chemotactic protein-1, osteopontin and proteolytic activity of the aorta. However, NP-6A4 did not affect maximal intraluminal aortic diameter or AAA incidences significantly. These data suggest that the effects of AT2R agonist on vascular pathologies are selective, affecting the aortic stiffness and proteolytic activity without affecting the size of AAA.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (1R01HL118376, 1R01HL138988, R01HL124155)
- University of Missouri
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