Macrophage Superoxide Anion Production in Essential Hypertension: Associations With Biological and Psychological Cardiovascular Risk Factors.

Hackl, Claudia; von Känel, Roland; Thomas, Livia; Hauser, Mark; Kuebler, Ulrike; Widmer, Hans Rudolf; Wirtz, Petra H (2016). Macrophage Superoxide Anion Production in Essential Hypertension: Associations With Biological and Psychological Cardiovascular Risk Factors. Psychosomatic medicine, 78(6), pp. 750-757. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000324

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OBJECTIVE

Essential hypertension is an important risk factor for coronary artery disease and its underlying process atherosclerosis, but involved mechanisms are not fully understood. Both macrophages and superoxide anions have been proposed to play a major role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. In the present study, we investigated whether macrophages of individuals with hypertension show higher nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase-derived superoxide anion production compared with normotensive individuals. Furthermore, we examined associations between macrophage superoxide anion production and the psychological factors depression and chronic stress independent from hypertension status.

METHODS

We studied 30 hypertensive (mean [standard deviation] = 48.7 [2.4] years) and 30 age-matched normotensive men (mean [standard deviation] = 48.6 [2.4] years). We assessed macrophage superoxide anion production using the WST-1 assay. The assay is based on the chemical reduction of the cell-impermeative tetrazolium salt WST-1 by superoxide anions that are produced by activated human ex vivo isolated monocyte-derived macrophages. We further evaluated whether chronic stress or depressive symptom severity was associated with macrophage superoxide anion production. All analyses were adjusted for potential confounders.

RESULTS

Individuals with hypertension showed higher superoxide anion production compared with normotensive individuals (F(1,58) = 11.56, p = .001). Complementary analyses using mean arterial blood pressure as a continuous measure revealed that higher mean arterial pressure correlated significantly with higher WST-1 reduction (ß = .38, p = .003, ΔR = .145). These results remained significant when controlling for potential confounding influences. Chronic stress was related to higher WST-1 reduction scores, but this association was not statistically significant (ß = .24, p = .067, ΔR = .053); depression levels were not significantly associated with WST-1 reduction scores (p = .24).

CONCLUSIONS

Our results indicate higher macrophage superoxide anion production in individuals with hypertension compared with normotensive individuals. This may suggest a mechanism underlying cardiovascular risk with hypertension.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology > Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > BioMedical Research (DBMR)
07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Head Organs and Neurology (DKNS) > Clinic of Neurosurgery
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > BioMedical Research (DBMR) > DCR Unit Sahli Building > Forschungsgruppe Neurologie
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > BioMedical Research (DBMR) > Forschungsbereich Mu50 > Forschungsgruppe Neurochirurgie

UniBE Contributor:

Hackl, Claudia, von Känel, Roland, Hauser, Mark, Widmer, Hans Rudolf

Subjects:

100 Philosophy > 150 Psychology
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

0033-3174

Publisher:

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Language:

English

Submitter:

Nicole Söll

Date Deposited:

08 Mar 2017 15:08

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:01

Publisher DOI:

10.1097/PSY.0000000000000324

PubMed ID:

27187852

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.92422

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/92422

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