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- Title
Aortic Calcification Produced by Vitamin D<sub>3</sub> plus Nicotine.
- Authors
Niederhoffer, Nathalie; Bobryshev, Yuri V.; Lartaud-Idjouadiene, Isabelle; Giummelly, Philippe; Atkinson, Jeffrey
- Abstract
Calcification of the elastic arteries of the young rat by treatment with vitamin D and nicotine (VDN) has been proposed as an animal model of arterial calcification associated with age and age-related vascular pathology in man. The calcium-binding protein, S-100, which is found in human atherosclerotic lesions was associated with medial calcification of the aorta in VDN rats, especially in cases of severe calcification. Calcification (total calcium content: 366 ± 87, n = 12 in VDN vs. 24 ± 2 μmol g-1 aortic dry weight in controls, n = 13) involved elastocalcinosis leading to elastolysis as revealed by a fall in the amount of desmosine and isodesmosine in the aortic wall (266 ± 17 and 254 ± 15 in VDN vs. 655 ± 56 and 588 ± 30 μg g-1 aortic dry weight in controls). The decrease in elastin was associated with an increase in the stiffness of the aortic wall (elastic modulus: 15.1 ± 1.8 in VDN vs. 6.7 ± 0.5 106 dyn cm-2in controls), an increase in end-systolic stress (central systolic aortic pressure: 152 ± 6 in VDN vs. 136 ± 2 mm Hg in controls) (at a normotensive mean pressure level) and left ventricular hypertrophy (heart weight/body weight 2.51 ± 0.10 in VDN vs. 2.24 ± 0.07 g kg-1 in controls). In conclusion, the mechanisms and consequences of aortic calcification in VDN show several similarities with calcification occurring in human athero- and arteriosclerosis. Copyright © 1997 S. Karger AG, Basel
- Publication
Journal of Vascular Research, 1997, Vol 34, Issue 5, p386
- ISSN
1018-1172
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000159247