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KMID : 0608520070130020149
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Korean Journal of Oriental Medicine
2007 Volume.13 No. 2 p.149 ~ p.155
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Electroacupuncture Delays Development of Hypertension through Increase of NO Level in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats
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Hwang Hye-suk
Kim Yoo-Sung
Lee ji-Eun
Han Kyung-Ju
Choi Sun-Mi
Koo Sung-Tae
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Abstract
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Objective : Using a spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) model of essential hypertension, this study investigated whether electroacupuncture (EA) could reduce early stage hypertension by examining whether EA increased nitric oxide (NO) levels in plasma. which compensates [or elevated blood pressure (BP).
Methods : EA was applied to the acupoint, Baekhoe (GV20), and to a non acupoint in the tail at 10 Hz and an intensity of 1 mA for 10 minutes on the first and fourth day of the week for three weeks under isoflurance anesthesia. In conscious SHR and normotensive Wi star Kyoto (WKY) rats, blood pressure was determined the day after EA treatment by the tail cuff method using an automatic BP monitoring system. We also measured NO concentration of blood serum in SHR and WKY.
Results : Systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) were lower after 3 weeks of GV20 treatment than in non EA treated or non acupoint treated SHR rats. The NO level of plasma was significantly lower in hypertensive SHR than in normotensive WKY. EA prevented the augmentation of blood pressure, and also increased NO concentrations from 7.91±0.42 μM to 11.50±0.93 μM in SHR serum.
Conclusions : We suggest that acupuncture may be an early intervention to delay the development of hypertension and enhance NO/NOS activity.
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KEYWORD
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Hypertension, Spontaneously hypertensive rat, mesenteric artery, Electro acupuncture
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