Abstract
Background:
Across ethnicities, offspring of hypertensive parents (OH) have higher risk of
hypertension than offspring of normotensive parents (ON). Sympathetic
hyperactivity and reduced nitric oxide availability have been reported in
normotensive OH; but the role of vasodilator cyclooxygenase (COX) products is
unclear.
Methods: In 12
OH and 12 ON men (19–24 years old), each group comprising six white Europeans
and six South Asians with resting ABP less than 129/89 mmHg, reactive
hyperaemia and responses evoked by iontophoresis pulses of acetylcholine (ACh)
were recorded in forearm skin by laser Doppler fluximetry before and after COX
inhibition.
Results: Peak
reactive hyperaemia was larger in ON than OH (71.0 ± 7.8 vs. 43.4 ± 8.3
perfusion units (perf.units); P < 0.05). It was attenuated by COX inhibition
in ON (24.8 ± 5.2 perf.units, P < 0.01), not OH (54.2 ± 7.5 perf.units).
Similarly, increases in perfusion evoked by ACh were greater in ON than OH
(169.1 ± 20.4 vs. 142.1 ± 19.9 perf.units; P < 0.05) and attenuated by COX
inhibition in ON (94.5 ± 13.7; P < 0.05), not OH (132.6 ± 16.1 perf.units).
Considering ethnicities, ACh-evoked dilation, though not reactive hyperaemia
was greater in Europeans than Asians (176.8 ± 21.7 vs. 130.4 ± 15.0; P <
0.01; 61.0 ± 8.7 vs. 51.7 ± 9.2 perf.units). However, within both Europeans and
Asians, COX inhibition attenuated reactive hyperaemia and ACh-induced
dilatation in ON only.
Conclusion: Reactive hyperaemia and ACh-evoked dilatation in cutaneous circulation are blunted in young, normotensive OH relative to ON men irrespective of white European, or South Asian ethnicity and are attributable to impaired contribution of COX vasodilator products in OH. These features may provide early markers of endothelial dysfunction that contribute to hypertensive risk in OH men.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2140-2147 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Journal of Hypertension |
Volume | 36 |
Issue number | 11 |
Early online date | 24 May 2018 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Nov 2018 |
Keywords
- acetylcholine-evoked dilatation
- cutaneous vasodilatation
- cycloxygenase inhibition
- offspring of hypertensive parents
- prostaglandins
- reactive hyperaemia
- South Asian
- white European