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Hypertension produced by reductions in uterine perfusion in the pregnant rat: role of interleukin 6.Gadonski G, LaMarca BB, Sullivan E, Bennett W, Chandler D, Granger JP Department of Physiology and Obstetrics, Center for Excellence in Cardiovascular-Renal Research, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Miss. 39216-4505, USA. The purpose of this study was to determine the role of interleukin (IL) 6 in mediating the increase in arterial pressure (AP) in response to chronic reductions in uterine perfusion pressure (RUPP) in pregnant rats. AP was higher in RUPP rats (138+/-1 mm Hg) than in normal pregnant (NP) rats (104+/-1 mm Hg). Serum IL-6 levels in the RUPP rats were 104.5+/-28.6 pg/mL as compared with 36.6+/-7.4 pg/mL in NP rats. To determine the long-term effects of a 2- to 3-fold elevation in plasma IL-6 on renal function and AP in pregnant rats, we infused IL-6 for 5 days (2.5 ng/day) in NP rats starting at day 14 of gestation. Five days later, serum IL-6 levels were 55.5+/-6.5 pg/mL in the control NP rats and 157.0+/-36.1 pg/mL in the IL-6-treated NP rats. AP was higher in the IL-6-treated NP rats (115+/-3 mm Hg) as compared with NP controls (101+/-1 mm Hg) at day 19 of gestation. Renal plasma flow and GFR were lower in the IL-6-treated NP rats than in the NP group. IL-6 increased plasma renin activity but did not affect endothelin in IL-6-treated NP rats. In contrast to the NP rats, IL-6 had no effect on AP or renal hemodynamics in virgin rats. In summary, these data indicate that plasma IL-6 is elevated in response to chronic reductions in uterine perfusion in pregnant rats and that a comparable elevation in plasma IL-6 increases AP and reduces renal function in pregnant rats. Published 22 September 2006 in Hypertension, 48(4): 711-6.
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