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However, the cellular signaling mechanisms involved in these communications remain to be fully understood. Previous lesion studies of either the SFO, or the downstream median preoptic nucleus (MnPO) have shown a diminution of the hypertensive effects of chronic AngII, without providing a clear explanation as to the intracellular signaling pathway(s) involved. Additional studies have reported that over-expressing copper\/zinc superoxide dismutase (CuZnSOD), an intracellular superoxide (O2\u00b7\u2212) scavenging enzyme, in the SFO attenuates chronic AngII-induced hypertension. Herein, we tested the hypothesis that overproduction of O2\u00b7\u2212 in the MnPO is an underlying mechanism in the long-term hypertensive effects  of chronic AngII. Adenoviral vectors encoding human CuZnSOD (AdCuZnSOD) or control vector (AdEmpty) were injected directly into the MnPO of rats implanted with aortic telemetric transmitters for recording of arterial pressure. After a 3 day control period of saline infusion, rats were intravenously infused with AngII (10 ng\/kg\/min) for ten days.  Rats over-expressing CuZnSOD (n = 7) in the MnPO had a blood pressure increase of only 6 \u00b1 2 mmHg after ten days of AngII infusion while blood pressure increased 21 \u00b1 4 mmHg in AdEmpty-infected rats (n = 9). These results support the hypothesis that production of O2\u00b7\u2212 in the MnPO contributes to the development of chronic AngII-dependent hypertension.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijms151222203","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,12,2]],"date-time":"2014-12-02T10:57:54Z","timestamp":1417517874000},"page":"22203-22213","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":11,"title":["Over-Expression of Copper\/Zinc Superoxide Dismutase  in the Median Preoptic Nucleus Attenuates Chronic  Angiotensin II-Induced Hypertension in the Rat"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"John","family":"Collister","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine,  University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mitch","family":"Bellrichard","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine,  University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Donna","family":"Drebes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine,  University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"David","family":"Nahey","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine,  University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jun","family":"Tian","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Matthew","family":"Zimmerman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2014,12,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"96","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1440-1681.1997.tb01790.x","article-title":"Actions of angiotensin in the subfornical organ and area postrema: Implications for long term control of autonomic output","volume":"24","author":"Ferguson","year":"1997","journal-title":"Clin. 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