Changes of serum levels of ICAM-1, IGF-1 and IL-8 in normal offspring with a family history of essential hypertension

BackgroundEssentialhypertension(EH)hasbecomethemostcommonchronicnon-infectiousepidemicandisoneofthemostcommonriskfactorsforthedamagetoheart,brain,kidneyandotherorgans.TheserumlevelsofICAM-1,IGF-1andIL-8playimportantrolesinthepathogenesisofEH.MethodsInthemedicalcheck-upcenteroftheAffiliatedHospitalofQingdaoUniversityMedicalCollege,sixtynormaloffspringwithafamilyhistoryofEHwererandomlyrecruitedintotwogroups:30offspringwithafatherormothersufferingfromEHassingle-parentgroup,and30offspringwithbothparentssufferingfromEHasdouble-parentgroup,andanother30normaloffspringwhoseparentsdidnotsufferfromEHascontrolgroup.TheserumlevelsofICAM-1,IGF-1andIL-8weredeterminedbyenzyme-linkedimmunosorbentassay(ELISA).ResultTheserumlevelsofICAM-1,IGF-1andIL-8weresignificantlyhigherinbothsingle-parentgroupanddouble-parentgroupthaninthecontrolgroup(P<0.05),andtheserumlevelsofICAM-1,IGF-1andIL-8werehigherinthedouble-parentgroupthaninthesingle-parentgroup(P<0.05).TheserumlevelsofICAM-1,IGF-1andIL-8werepositivelycorrelatedwiththeseverityofbloodpressureelevation(r=0.375,r=0.465,r=0.326,P<0.05,P<0.01,P<0.05respectively).ConclusionsDuetotheinfluenceofheredity,theseruminflammatoryfactorcontentsinnormaloffspringwithEHfamilyhistorymayincreasebeforebloodpressurerise.DetectionofseruminflammatoryfactorsinhealthyoffspringwithafamilyhistoryofEHcouldpredictoccurrenceofhypertension,andprovideamorereliablebasisfortheprimarypreventionofhypertension.