Abstract
To observe the effects of pre-electroacupuncture at "Taichong"(LR3), "Neiguan"(PC6) and "Waiguan"(TE5) on blood pressure and cardiac function of high-salt-induced hypertension rats, so as to explore the possible mechanism of pre-electroacupuncture in improving hypertension. Twenty-four SD rats were randomly divided into control group, high-salt group and pre-electroacupuncture group, with 8 rats in each group. The hypertension model was established by feeding high-salt diet for 7 weeks. In the pre-electroacupuncture group, rats received electroacupuncture intervention at bilate-ral LR3, PC6 and TE5 (2 Hz/15 Hz, 2 mA) for 30 min, once a day, from the first day of modeling, for a total of 7 weeks. The blood pressure of rats was monitored by caudal artery noninvasive blood pressure measurement technique before and at the 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th week of modeling. At the 8th week of the experiment, left ventricular catheterization was performed and biological signal acquisition system was used to detect left ventricular hemodynamics indexes and analyze left ventricular function, the car-diac mass ratio was measured to evaluate the degree of myocardial hypertrophy. The mRNA expressions of atrial natriuretic peptide(ANP), myosin heavy chain 7(MYH7), α-smooth muscle actin(α-SMA), interleukin(IL)-1β, and IL-6 of myocardial tissues were detected by quantitative real-time PCR. Sirius red staining was used to observe the degree of myocardial fibrosis. Compared with the control group, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, mean arterial pressure, left ventricular end-diastolic pressure (LVEDP), cardiac mass ratio,and the mRNA expressions of ANP, MYH7, α-SMA, IL-1β, and IL-6, and sirius red staining area of myocardium were all significantly increased(P<0.01,P<0.05),maximal rate of rise and descent of left ventricular pressure(LVP±dP/dtmax) were decreased (P<0.05,P<0.01) in the high-salt group. Compared with the high-salt group, rats in the pre-electroacupuncture group had lower systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, mean arterial pressure, LVEDP,cardiac mass ratio,higher LVP±dP/dtmax,down-regulated mRNA expressions of ANP, MYH7, α-SMA, IL-1β, IL-6, and smaller area of sirius red staining(P<0.05, P<0.01). Pre-electroacupuncture tends to lower blood pressure, improve cardiac function and reduce myocardial fibrosis in high-salt-induced hypertension rats, which may be associated with inhibiting inflammatory response.
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