In renovascular hypertensive rats, AICAR reduced norepinephrine levels.
In plain wordsIn rats with renovascular hypertension, AICAR reduced norepinephrine levels.
- Peptide
- AICAR (acadesine)
- Outcome
- DecreaseNorepinephrine level
- Study
ratn: not reported in source
Two-kidney, one-clip renovascular hypertension- Outcome group
- Receptor activity and mechanism · Cardiovascular
- Studied dose
- 60 μg/day · Bilateral hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus microinjection · 4 weeksAs given in this study (rat).
Source sentences
Four weeks of bilateral PVN injection of AMPK activator AICAR, attenuated the NE level and SBP, increased the expression of p-AMPK and p-AMPK/AMPK, lessened the NF-κB p65 activity, decreased the expression of p-ERK1/2, p-ERK1/2/ERK1/2 and AT1-R in the PVN of 2K1C rats.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
To examine this hypothesis, we employed a renovascular hypertensive animal model developed via two-kidney, one-clip (2K1C) and sham-operated (SHAM).
Artificial cerebrospinal fluid (aCSF), used as vehicle, or 5-amino-1-β-D-ribofuranosyl-imidazole-4-carboxamide (AICAR, an AMPK activator, 60 μg/day) was microinjected bilaterally in the PVN of these rats for 4 weeks.