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BackgroundThe mechanisms underlying the known interaction of two complex polygenic traits, hypertension and hyperlipidemia, resulting in exacerbation of coronary artery disease have not been elucidated. Identification of critical pathways underlying said exacerbation could identify mechanism-based targets for intervention and prevention.Materials and MethodsTo investigate hypertension-atherosclerosis interaction, we studied the inbred transgenic atherosclerosis-polygenic hypertension Dahl salt-sensitive (S) rat model (Tg53), which over-expresses human cholesteryl ester transfer protein (hCETP) in the liver, and exhibits coronary artery disease and decreased survival compared with control non-transgenic Dahl S rats. Using serial-section histopathological and immunohistochemical analyses, we analyzed the coronary artery disease phenotype of Tg53 rats at end-stage marked by cardio-respiratory compromise as the experimental equivalent of acute coronary syndromes, and determined the effects of reduction of blood pressure through low salt diet (0.008% NaCl) on the coronary artery disease phenotype and survival.ResultsEnd-stage Tg53 rats exhibit coronary artery lesions in the proximal right coronary artery system which exhibit “culprit plaque” features such as plaque inflammation, matrix degradation, apoptosis, neovascularization, thrombosis and hemorrhage recapitulating said features and heterogeneity of human coronary “culprit plaques”. Comparative analysis of 6 month vs end-stage lesions reveals distinct lesion development profiles of proximal coronary lesions which quickly progress from eccentric non-occlusive foam-cell rich lesions at 6 months to occlusive “culprit plaques”, compared with more distal coronary lesions which exhibit occlusive thick-cap atheroma that remain relatively unchanged from 6 months to end stage. Reduction of hypertension through a low-salt (0.008% NaCl) diet increased survival (P < 0.0001) of Tg53 rats and significantly attenuated the coronary artery disease phenotype detected at 10 months of age marked by diminished apoptosis, neovascularization, matrix degradation compared with end-stage lesions detected at <8 months of age.ConclusionsEnd stage coronary lesions in the Tg53 rats recapitulate many, albeit not all, features of “culprit plaques” in humans supporting proposed paradigms of plaque vulnerability implicating lesion macrophage enrichment, apoptosis, matrix degradation and pathological neovascularization. Comparative time course analysis of coronary lesions reveals that plaques which develop into end-stage “culprit plaques” are distinct from “stable plaques” by location and early lesion morphology, suggesting distinct lesion development and progression pathways. The significant effects of low-salt diet-induced decrease in hypertension on right coronary disease phenotype provides compelling evidence that polygenic hypertension accelerates coronary plaque progression and complication independent of cardiac hypertrophy, and more importantly provides paradigmatic support for public health policy.

Hypertension Exacerbates Coronary Artery Disease in Transgenic Hyperlipidemic Dahl Salt-sensitive Hypertensive Rats