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Does in utero exposure to maternal hypertension increase the blood pressure response to surgical induction of hypertension in rat pups?
Does in utero exposure to maternal hypertension increase the blood pressure response to surgical induction of hypertension in rat pups?
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In utero exposure to maternal hypertension predisposes rat pups to an exaggerated hypertensive response following surgical induction of hypertension, suggesting nongenetic transmission of hypertension predisposition.
We determined that a predisposition to hypertension could be transmitted by a nongenetic, renal hypertensive (HT) mother to her pups. The pups of one-kidney: one clip Goldblatt (1K:1C) hypertensive female rats and of sham operated normotensive female rats were subjected to the 1K:1C procedure at 28 days of age and tail cuff blood pressures (BP) were determined. After surgical induction of hypertension, HT male pups of HT dams had a significantly greater (p less than .05) BP by 14 days after surgery (194 +/- 8 mm Hg) than did HT male pups of normotensive (NT) dams (169 +/- 6 mm Hg). A similar trend (p less than .08) was observed for the HT female pups of HT dams (185 +/- 7 mm Hg) compared to HT females from NT dams (163 +/- 4 mm Hg). Thus, in utero exposure of pups to a chronic HT state alters the response of the pups to the surgical induction of hypertension. Furthermore, the results suggest that transfer of a predisposition to hypertension from mother to offspring occurred during the pregnancy/lactation period.
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