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Impaired l-arginine-nitric oxide pathway contributes to the pathogenesis of resistant hypertension. Clin Sci (Lond) 2020; 133:2061-2067. [PMID: 31654065 DOI: 10.1042/cs20190851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2019] [Revised: 08/22/2019] [Accepted: 09/16/2019] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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The precise mechanisms underlying resistant hypertension remain elusive. Reduced nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability is frequently documented in chronic kidney disease, obesity, diabetes and advanced age, all of which are risk factors for resistant hypertension. Sympathetic overactivity and chronic activation of the renin-angiotensin system are salient features of resistant hypertension. Interestingly, recent data indicate that renal sympathetic overactivity can reduce the expression of neuronal nitric oxide synthase in the paraventricular nucleus. Reduced NO levels in the paraventricular nucleus can increase sympathetic outflow and this can create a vicious cycle contributing to resistant hypertension. Angiotensin II can reduce l-arginine transport and hence NO production. Reduced NO levels may reduce the formation of angiotensin 1-7 dampening the cardio-protective effects of the renin-angiotensin system contributing to resistant hypertension. In addition, interleukin-6 (IL-6) is demonstrated to be independently associated with resistant hypertension, and IL-6 can reduce NO synthesis. Despite this, NO levels have not been quantified in resistant hypertension. Findings from a small proof of concept study indicate that NO donors can reduce blood pressure in patients with resistant hypertension but more studies are required to validate these preliminary findings. In the present paper, we put forward the hypothesis that reduced NO bioavailability contributes substantially to the development of resistant hypertension.
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Ramchandra R, Xing DT, Matear M, Lambert G, Allen AM, May CN. Neurohumoral interactions contributing to renal vasoconstriction and decreased renal blood flow in heart failure. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2019; 317:R386-R396. [DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00026.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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In heart failure (HF), increases in renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA), renal norepinephrine spillover, and renin release cause renal vasoconstriction, which may contribute to the cardiorenal syndrome. To increase our understanding of the mechanisms causing renal vasoconstriction in HF, we investigated the interactions between the increased activity of the renal nerves and the renal release of norepinephrine and renin in an ovine pacing-induced model of HF compared with healthy sheep. In addition, we determined the level of renal angiotensin type-1 receptors and the renal vascular responsiveness to stimulation of the renal nerves and α1-adrenoceptors. In conscious sheep with mild HF (ejection fraction 35%–40%), renal blood flow (276 ± 13 to 185 ± 18 mL/min) and renal vascular conductance (3.8 ± 0.2 to 3.1 ± 0.2 mL·min−1·mmHg−1) were decreased compared with healthy sheep. There were increases in the burst frequency of RSNA (27%), renal norepinephrine spillover (377%), and plasma renin activity (141%), whereas the density of renal medullary angiotensin type-1 receptors decreased. In anesthetized sheep with HF, the renal vasoconstrictor responses to electrical stimulation of the renal nerves or to phenylephrine were attenuated. Irbesartan improved the responses to nerve stimulation, but not to phenylephrine, in HF and reduced the responses in normal sheep. In summary, in HF, the increases in renal norepinephrine spillover and plasma renin activity are augmented compared with the increase in RSNA. The vasoconstrictor effect of the increased renal norepinephrine and angiotensin II is offset by reduced levels of renal angiotensin type-1 receptors and reduced renal vasoconstrictor responsiveness to α1-adrenoceptor stimulation.
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- Rohit Ramchandra
- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
- Department of Physiology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
- Department of Physiology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Iverson Health Innovation Research Institute and Faculty of Health, Arts and Design, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Physiology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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Cortical and Medullary Tissue Perfusion and Oxygenation in Experimental Septic Acute Kidney Injury. Crit Care Med 2015; 43:e431-9. [PMID: 26181218 DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000001198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To determine whether there is a decrease in renal cortical or medullary perfusion and oxygenation in a conscious large animal model of hyperdynamic septic shock with acute kidney injury. DESIGN Interventional animal study. SETTING University-affiliated research institute. SUBJECTS Eight merino ewes. INTERVENTIONS Sheep were surgically instrumented with pulmonary and renal artery flow probes in the renal cortex and medulla, combination fiber-optic probes comprising a fluorescence optode to measure tissue PO2, and a laser-Doppler probe to assess tissue perfusion. Sepsis was induced by infusion of live Escherichia coli for 24 hours followed by 24-hour recovery. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS In unanesthetized normal sheep, resting levels of cortical and medullary tissue PO2 were 29.5 ± 4.4 and 29.1 ± 4.3 mm Hg, respectively. During infusion of E. coli, hyperdynamic sepsis developed with hypotension, tachycardia, increased cardiac output, increased renal blood flow, oliguria, decreased creatinine clearance, and increased serum creatinine. Renal oxygen delivery increased while renal oxygen consumption was unchanged. During sepsis, cortical tissue PO2 increased from 29.4 ± 4.3 to 36.3 ± 3.5 mm Hg (p < 0.001), whereas medullary oxygenation decreased from 29.6 ± 4.7 to 13.1 ± 2.7 mm Hg (p < 0.001). Cortical perfusion was not significantly changed, but medullary perfusion decreased (671 BPU [500-900 BPU] to 480 BPU [349-661 BPU]; geometric mean [95% CI]; p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS In a large animal model of hyperdynamic sepsis, renal hyperemia was associated with preserved cortical oxygenation and perfusion, but decreased medullary oxygenation and perfusion. Medullary hypoxia due to intrarenal blood flow redistribution may be one of the factors causing acute kidney injury in sepsis.
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Rajapakse NW, Karim F, Evans RG, Kaye DM, Head GA. Augmented Endothelial-Specific L-Arginine Transport Blunts the Contribution of the Sympathetic Nervous System to Obesity Induced Hypertension in Mice. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0131424. [PMID: 26186712 PMCID: PMC4505872 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0131424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2015] [Accepted: 06/02/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Augmenting endothelial specific transport of the nitric oxide precursor L-arginine via cationic amino acid transporter-1 (CAT1) can prevent obesity related hypertension. We tested the hypotheses that CAT1 overexpression prevents obesity-induced hypertension by buffering the influence of the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) on the maintenance of arterial pressure and by buffering pressor responses to stress. Wild type (WT; n=13) and CAT1 overexpressing mice (CAT+; n=13) were fed a normal or a high fat diet for 20 weeks. Mice fed a high fat diet were returned to the control diet before experiments commenced. Baseline mean arterial pressure (MAP) and effects of restraint-, shaker- and almond feeding-stress and ganglionic blockade (pentolinium; 5 mg/kg; i.p.) on MAP were determined in conscious mice. Fat feeding increased body weight to a similar extent in WT and CAT+ but MAP was greater only in WT compared to appropriate controls (by 29%). The depressor response to pentolinium was 65% greater in obese WT than lean WT (P < 0.001), but was similar in obese and lean CAT+ (P = 0.65). In lean WT and CAT+, pressor responses to shaker and feeding stress, but not restraint stress, were less in the latter genotype compared to the former (P ≤ 0.001). Pressor responses to shaker and feeding stress were less in obese WT than lean WT (P ≤ 0.001), but similar in obese and lean CAT+. The increase in MAP in response to restraint stress was less in obese WT (22 ± 2%), but greater in obese CAT+ (37 ± 2%), when compared to respective lean WT (31 ± 3%) and lean CAT+ controls (27 ± 2%; P ≤ 0.02). We conclude that CAT1 overexpression prevents obesity-induced hypertension by reducing the influence of the SNS on the maintenance of arterial pressure but not by buffering pressor responses to stress.
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- Niwanthi W Rajapakse
- Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Physiology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Physiology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia
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- Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia
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Rajapakse NW, Nanayakkara S, Kaye DM. Pathogenesis and treatment of the cardiorenal syndrome: Implications of L-arginine-nitric oxide pathway impairment. Pharmacol Ther 2015; 154:1-12. [PMID: 25989232 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2015.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2015] [Accepted: 05/07/2015] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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A highly complex interplay exists between the heart and kidney in the setting of both normal and abnormal physiology. In the context of heart failure, a pathophysiological condition termed the cardiorenal syndrome (CRS) exists whereby dysfunction in the heart or kidney can accelerate pathology in the other organ. The mechanisms that underpin CRS are complex, and include neuro-hormonal activation, oxidative stress and endothelial dysfunction. The endothelium plays a central role in the regulation of both cardiac and renal function, and as such impairments in endothelial function can lead to dysfunction of both these organs. In particular, reduced bioavailability of nitric oxide (NO) is a key pathophysiologic component of endothelial dysfunction. The synthesis of NO by the endothelium is critically dependent on the plasmalemmal transport of its substrate, L-arginine, via the cationic amino acid transporter-1 (CAT1). Impaired L-arginine-NO pathway activity has been demonstrated individually in heart and renal failure. Recent findings suggest abnormalities of the L-arginine-NO pathway also play a role in the pathogenesis of CRS and thus this pathway may represent a potential new target for the treatment of heart and renal failure.
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- Niwanthi W Rajapakse
- Heart Failure Research Group, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Physiology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
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- Heart Failure Research Group, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne Australia; Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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Assessment of glomerular filtration rate based on alterations of serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor in type 2 diabetic subjects treated with amlodipine/benazepril or valsartan/hydrochlorothiazide. DISEASE MARKERS 2015; 2015:780743. [PMID: 25918454 PMCID: PMC4397057 DOI: 10.1155/2015/780743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2014] [Revised: 03/17/2015] [Accepted: 03/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is associated with sympathetic activation. However, the effects of BDNF on diabetic nephropathy are unknown. The aim of this study was to assess the estimated glomerular filtration rates (eGFRs) and changes in serum BDNF levels in type 2 diabetic subjects treated with antihypertensive medications. METHODS In this randomized, double-blind clinical trial, type 2 diabetic subjects with hypertension were assigned to either the benazepril/amlodipine or valsartan/hydrochlorothiazide treatment groups for a 16-week period. The post hoc analyses were based on increased or decreased serum BDNF levels. RESULTS Of the 153 enrolled subjects, the changes in eGFR were significantly and inversely correlated with those in BDNF in the 76 subjects treated with valsartan/hydrochlorothiazide (r = -0.264, P = 0.021) but not in the 77 subjects treated with benazepril/amlodipine (r = -0.025, P = 0.862). The 45 subjects with increased BDNF following valsartan/hydrochlorothiazide treatment exhibited a significantly reduced eGFR (-8.8 ± 14.9 mL/min/1.73 m(2); P < 0.001). Multivariate regression analysis revealed that increased serum BDNF represents an independent factor for reduced eGFR (95% confidence interval between -0.887 and -0.076, P = 0.020). CONCLUSIONS Increased serum BDNF is associated with reduced eGFR in type 2 diabetic subjects treated with valsartan/hydrochlorothiazide but not with amlodipine/benazepril.
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Eppel GA, Head GA, Denton KM, Evans RG. Effects of tempol and candesartan on neural control of the kidney. Auton Neurosci 2012; 168:48-57. [PMID: 22336580 DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2012.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2011] [Revised: 01/21/2012] [Accepted: 01/22/2012] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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We compared the effects of tempol (300 μmol kg(-1) plus 300 μmol kg(-1) h(-1), n=14) and candesartan (10 μg kg(-1) plus 10 μg kg(-1) h(-1), n=14) on renal haemodynamics, excretory function, and responses to electrical stimulation of the renal nerves (RNS) in lean and obese rabbits under pentobarbitone anaesthesia. Depressor responses to tempol (-16 ± 2 mmHg) and candesartan (-12 ± 1 mmHg) were similar. Candesartan, but not tempol, significantly increased basal renal blood flow (RBF; +36 ± 7%). Tempol, but not candesartan, significantly reduced glomerular filtration rate (GFR; -30 ± 10%) and sodium excretion (U(Na)V; -44 ± 14%). RNS induced frequency-dependent reductions in RBF (-20 ± 3% at 1 Hz), GFR (-28 ± 6% at 1 Hz) and U(Na)V (-55 ± 6% at 1 Hz). Candesartan blunted these responses. Tempol did not significantly alter RBF and GFR responses to RNS but blunted the U(Na)V response. Responses to RNS, and the effects of tempol and candesartan, were similar in lean compared with obese rabbits. Unlike candesartan, tempol did not induce renal vasodilatation, maintain GFR and U(Na)V during reductions in arterial pressure, or blunt neurally-mediated vasoconstriction. In conclusion, unlike the AT(1)-receptor antagonist candesartan, tempol does not blunt the effects of RNS on renal haemodynamic function. Furthermore, under the current experimental conditions superoxide appears to make little contribution to the actions of endogenous angiotensin II on baseline renal haemodynamics or excretory function, or their responses to RNS.
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- Gabriela A Eppel
- Department of Physiology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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Xu TB, Eppel GA, Head GA, Evans RG. Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptors and Systemic Hemodynamic and Renal Responses to Stress and Altered Blood Volume in Conscious Rabbits. Front Physiol 2011; 2:40. [PMID: 21811470 PMCID: PMC3141355 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2011.00040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2011] [Accepted: 07/10/2011] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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We examined how systemic blockade of type 1 angiotensin (AT(1)-) receptors affects reflex control of the circulation and the kidney. In conscious rabbits, the effects of candesartan on responses of systemic and renal hemodynamics and renal excretory function to acute hypoxia, mild hemorrhage, and plasma volume expansion were tested. Candesartan reduced resting mean arterial pressure (MAP, -8 ± 2%) without significantly altering cardiac output (CO), increased renal blood flow (RBF, +38 ± 9%) and reduced renal vascular resistance (RVR, -32 ± 6%). Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) was not significantly altered but sodium excretion (U(Na+)V) increased fourfold. After vehicle treatment, hypoxia (10% inspired O(2) for 30 min) did not significantly alter MAP or CO, but reduced heart rate (HR, -17 ± 6%), increased RVR (+33 ± 16%) and reduced GFR (-46 ± 16%) and U(Na+)V (-41 ± 17%). Candesartan did not significantly alter these responses. After vehicle treatment, plasma volume expansion increased CO (+35 ± 7%), reduced total peripheral resistance (TPR, -26 ± 5%), increased RBF (+62 ± 23%) and reduced RVR (-32 ± 9%), but did not significantly alter MAP or HR. It also increased U(Na+)V (803 ± 184%) yet reduced GFR (-47 ± 9%). Candesartan did not significantly alter these responses. After vehicle treatment, mild hemorrhage did not significantly alter MAP but increased HR (+16 ± 3%), reduced CO (-16 ± 4%) and RBF (-18 ± 6%), increased TPR (+18 ± 4%) and tended to increase RVR (+18 ± 9%, P = 0.1), but had little effect on GFR or U(Na+)V. But after candesartan treatment MAP fell during hemorrhage (-19 ± 1%), while neither TPR nor RVR increased, and GFR (-64 ± 18%) and U(Na+)V (-83 ± 10%) fell. AT(1)-receptor activation supports MAP and GFR during hypovolemia. But AT(1)-receptors appear to play little role in the renal vasoconstriction, hypofiltration, and antinatriuresis accompanying hypoxia, or the systemic and renal vasodilatation and natriuresis accompanying plasma volume expansion.
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- Tony B Xu
- Department of Physiology, Monash University Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Evans RG, Head GA, Eppel GA, Burke SL, Rajapakse NW. Angiotensin II and neurohumoral control of the renal medullary circulation. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2010; 37:e58-69. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2009.05233.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Michaels S, Eppel GA, Burke SL, Head GA, Armitage J, Carroll JF, Malpas SC, Evans RG. Altered responsiveness of the kidney to activation of the renal nerves in fat-fed rabbits. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2009; 296:R1889-96. [PMID: 19321699 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.90931.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We tested whether mild adiposity alters responsiveness of the kidney to activation of the renal sympathetic nerves. After rabbits were fed a high-fat or control diet for 9 wk, responses to reflex activation of renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) with hypoxia and electrical stimulation of the renal nerves (RNS) were examined under pentobarbital anesthesia. Fat pad mass and body weight were, respectively, 74% and 6% greater in fat-fed rabbits than controls. RNS produced frequency-dependent reductions in renal blood flow, cortical and medullary perfusion, glomerular filtration rate, urine flow, and sodium excretion and increased renal plasma renin activity (PRA) overflow. Responses of sodium excretion and medullary perfusion were significantly enhanced by fat feeding. For example, 1 Hz RNS reduced sodium excretion by 79 +/- 4% in fat-fed rabbits and 46 +/- 13% in controls. RNS (2 Hz) reduced medullary perfusion by 38 +/- 11% in fat-fed rabbits and 9 +/- 4% in controls. Hypoxia doubled RSNA, increased renal PRA overflow and medullary perfusion, and reduced urine flow and sodium excretion, without significantly altering mean arterial pressure (MAP) or cortical perfusion. These effects were indistinguishable in fat-fed and control rabbits. Neither MAP nor PRA were significantly greater in conscious fat-fed than control rabbits. These observations suggest that mild excess adiposity can augment the antinatriuretic response to renal nerve activation by RNS, possibly through altered neural control of medullary perfusion. Thus, sodium retention in obesity might be driven not only by increased RSNA, but also by increased responsiveness of the kidney to RSNA.
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- Sylvia Michaels
- Department of Physiology, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria 3800, Australia
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Navar LG, Arendshorst WJ, Pallone TL, Inscho EW, Imig JD, Bell PD. The Renal Microcirculation. Compr Physiol 2008. [DOI: 10.1002/cphy.cp020413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Jones ES, Vinh A, McCarthy CA, Gaspari TA, Widdop RE. AT2 receptors: functional relevance in cardiovascular disease. Pharmacol Ther 2008; 120:292-316. [PMID: 18804122 PMCID: PMC7112668 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2008.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 196] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2008] [Accepted: 08/07/2008] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The renin angiotensin system (RAS) is intricately involved in normal cardiovascular homeostasis. Excessive stimulation by the octapeptide angiotensin II contributes to a range of cardiovascular pathologies and diseases via angiotensin type 1 receptor (AT1R) activation. On the other hand, tElsevier Inc.he angiotensin type 2 receptor (AT2R) is thought to counter-regulate AT1R function. In this review, we describe the enhanced expression and function of AT2R in various cardiovascular disease settings. In addition, we illustrate that the RAS consists of a family of angiotensin peptides that exert cardiovascular effects that are often distinct from those of Ang II. During cardiovascular disease, there is likely to be an increased functional importance of AT2R, stimulated by Ang II, or even shorter angiotensin peptide fragments, to limit AT1R-mediated overactivity and cardiovascular pathologies.
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- Emma S Jones
- Department of Pharmacology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
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Navar LG, Arendshorst WJ, Pallone TL, Inscho EW, Imig JD, Bell PD. The Renal Microcirculation. Microcirculation 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-374530-9.00015-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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Fitzgerald SM, Bashari H, Cox JA, Parkington HC, Evans RG. Contributions of endothelium-derived relaxing factors to control of hindlimb blood flow in the mouse in vivo. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2007; 293:H1072-82. [PMID: 17468338 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00072.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We determined the contributions of various endothelium-derived relaxing factors to control of basal vascular tone and endothelium-dependent vasodilation in the mouse hindlimb in vivo. Under anesthesia, catheters were placed in a carotid artery, jugular vein, and femoral artery (for local hindlimb circulation injections). Hindlimb blood flow (HBF) was measured by transit-time ultrasound flowmetry. N(omega)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME, 50 mg/kg plus 10 mg x kg(-1) x h(-1)), to block nitric oxide (NO) production, altered basal hemodynamics, increasing mean arterial pressure (30 +/- 3%) and reducing HBF (-30 +/- 12%). Basal hemodynamics were not significantly altered by indomethacin (10 mg x kg(-1) x h(-1)), charybdotoxin (ChTx, 3 x 10(-8) mol/l), apamin (2.5 x 10(-7) mol/l), or ChTx plus apamin (to block endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor; EDHF). Hyperemic responses to local injection of acetylcholine (2.4 microg/kg) were reproducible in vehicle-treated mice and were not significantly attenuated by L-NAME alone, indomethacin alone, L-NAME plus indomethacin with or without co-infusion of diethlyamine NONOate to restore resting NO levels, ChTx alone, or apamin alone. Hyperemic responses evoked by acetylcholine were reduced by 29 +/- 11% after combined treatment with apamin plus charybdotoxin, and the remainder was virtually abolished by additional treatment with L-NAME but not indomethacin. None of the treatments altered the hyperemic response to sodium nitroprusside (5 microg/kg). We conclude that endothelium-dependent vasodilation in the mouse hindlimb in vivo is mediated by both NO and EDHF. EDHF can fully compensate for the loss of NO, but this cannot be explained by tonic inhibition of EDHF by NO. Control of basal vasodilator tone in the mouse hindlimb is dominated by NO.
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- Sharyn M Fitzgerald
- Department of Physiology, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria 3800, Australia
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Burke SL, Head GA, Lambert GW, Evans RG. Renal Sympathetic Neuroeffector Function in Renovascular and Angiotensin II–Dependent Hypertension in Rabbits. Hypertension 2007; 49:932-8. [PMID: 17309940 DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.0000260251.11364.1f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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We tested the hypotheses that the gains of specific renal sympathetic neuroeffector mechanisms are altered in secondary hypertension and that the nature of these alterations depends on the precise experimental setting of the kidney. Rabbits were sham operated, or made comparably hypertensive (mean arterial pressure increased 17% to 24%) by clipping the left or right renal artery or by chronic infusion of angiotensin II (20 to 50 ng kg
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Current World Literature. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens 2007; 16:52-7. [PMID: 17143072 DOI: 10.1097/mnh.0b013e32801271d6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Rajapakse NW, Eppel GA, Widdop RE, Evans RG. ANG II type 2 receptors and neural control of intrarenal blood flow. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2006; 291:R1669-76. [PMID: 16857892 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00183.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We tested the hypothesis that activation of angiotensin type 2 (AT(2)) receptors, by both exogenous and endogenous ANG II, modulates neurally mediated vasoconstriction in the renal cortical and medullary circulations. Under control conditions in pentobarbital-anesthetized rabbits, electrical stimulation of the renal nerves (RNS; 0.5-8 Hz) reduced renal blood flow (RBF; -88 +/- 3% at 8 Hz) and cortical perfusion (CBF; -92 +/- 2% at 8 Hz) more than medullary perfusion (MBF; -67 +/- 6% at 8 Hz). Renal arterial infusion of ANG II, at a dose titrated to reduce RBF by approximately 40-50% (5-50 ng.kg(-1).min(-1)) blunted responses of MBF to RNS, without significantly affecting responses of RBF or CBF. Subsequent administration of PD123319 (1 mg/kg plus 1 mg.kg(-1).h(-1)) during continued renal arterial infusion of ANG II did not significantly affect responses of RBF or CBF to RNS but enhanced responses of MBF, so that they were similar to those observed under control conditions. In contrast, administration of PD123319 alone blunted responses of CBF and MBF to RNS. Subsequent renal arterial infusion of ANG II in PD123319-pretreated rabbits restored CBF responses to RNS back to control levels. In contrast, ANG II infusion in PD123319-pretreated rabbits did not alter MBF responses to RNS. These data indicate that exogenous ANG II can blunt neurally mediated vasoconstriction in the medullary circulation through activation of AT(2) receptors. However, AT(2)-receptor activation by endogenous ANG II appears to enhance neurally mediated vasoconstriction in both the cortical and medullary circulations.
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Affiliation(s)
- Niwanthi W Rajapakse
- Department of Physiology, Monash University, Melbourne 3800, Victoria, Australia
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Abstract
PURPOSE OF REVIEW Nitric oxide is a potent, endogenous vasodilator that regulates systemic blood pressure and renal function, among other functions. The bioactivity of nitric oxide is reduced by superoxide, a major reactive oxygen species. Overproduction of superoxide and other related reactive oxygen species resulting in oxidative stress reduces the biological effects of nitric oxide. Though both of these highly reactive species have distinct roles in other pathways, their interaction is emerging as a major regulatory factor in normal and pathological renal function. The purpose of this review is to highlight the recent studies on oxidative stress and nitric oxide in the kidney, focusing on their interaction in normal and pathological conditions. RECENT FINDINGS Studies have focused on pro-oxidant pathways and nitric oxide defense systems in normal and pathological conditions. The oxidant potential of uncoupled nitric oxide synthases is gaining interest as a pro-oxidant system. Both animal and clinical studies have attempted to identify strategies to intervene at various stages of the oxidant-nitric oxide pathways to improve function during renal failure. SUMMARY Several new approaches and provocative findings have emerged over the last year. A regulatory role for nitric oxide in the control of the renal microcirculation and as a participant in tubule function is further described. New information of the cause and possible prevention of acute and chronic renal failure has also been produced in the last year. These advances demonstrate the value of research in the normal and pathological roles of oxidative stress and nitric oxide in the kidney.
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Affiliation(s)
- Magali Araujo
- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Georgetown University, 4000 Reservoir Road, Washington, DC 20057, USA
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