Vascular Actions of Angiotensin 1-7 in the Human Microcirculation: Novel Role for Telomerase.

Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol

From the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (M.J.D.), Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Center (M.J.D., N.S.Z., M.R., D.D.G., V.L.N., A.M.B.), Department of Pathology, Division of Pediatric Pathology (V.K.S., P.E.N.), Department of Plastic Surgery (J.B.H.), Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery (C.F.R.), and Department of Physiology (A.M.B.), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; and Department of Health and Medicine, Carroll University, Waukesha, WI (N.S.Z.).

Published: June 2016

AI Article Synopsis

  • The study investigated the effects of angiotensin 1-7 (ANG 1-7) on blood vessel function in human arterioles, particularly focusing on patients with coronary artery disease (CAD).
  • It was found that ANG 1-7 can restore the protective nitric oxide (NO) response in blood vessels from CAD patients, a function that depends on telomerase activity.
  • Overall, ANG 1-7 shows potential as a treatment to improve vascular function, highlighting its role in promoting vasodilation and combating the negative effects seen in CAD.

Article Abstract

Objective: This study examined vascular actions of angiotensin 1-7 (ANG 1-7) in human atrial and adipose arterioles.

Approach And Results: The endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor of flow-mediated dilation (FMD) switches from antiproliferative nitric oxide (NO) to proatherosclerotic hydrogen peroxide in arterioles from humans with coronary artery disease (CAD). Given the known vasoprotective properties of ANG 1-7, we tested the hypothesis that overnight ANG 1-7 treatment restores the NO component of FMD in arterioles from patients with CAD. Endothelial telomerase activity is essential for preserving the NO component of vasodilation in the human microcirculation; thus, we also tested whether telomerase activity was necessary for ANG 1-7-mediated vasoprotection by treating separate arterioles with ANG 1-7±the telomerase inhibitor 2-[[(2E)-3-(2-naphthalenyl)-1-oxo-2-butenyl1-yl]amino]benzoic acid. ANG 1-7 dilated arterioles from patients without CAD, whereas dilation was significantly reduced in arterioles from patients with CAD. In atrial arterioles from patients with CAD incubated with ANG 1-7 overnight, the NO synthase inhibitor NG-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester abolished FMD, whereas the hydrogen peroxide scavenger polyethylene glycol catalase had no effect. Conversely, in vessels incubated with ANG 1-7+2-[[(2E)-3-(2-naphthalenyl)-1-oxo-2-butenyl1-yl]amino]benzoic acid, NG-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester had no effect on FMD, but polyethylene glycol catalase abolished dilation. In cultured human coronary artery endothelial cells, ANG 1-7 significantly increased telomerase activity. These results indicate that ANG 1-7 dilates human microvessels, and dilation is abrogated in the presence of CAD. Furthermore, ANG 1-7 treatment is sufficient to restore the NO component of FMD in arterioles from patients with CAD in a telomerase-dependent manner.

Conclusions: ANG 1-7 exerts vasoprotection in the human microvasculature via modulation of telomerase activity.

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