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Schnermann J, Briggs JP. Tubular control of renin synthesis and secretion. Pflugers Arch 2012; 465:39-51. [PMID: 22665048 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-012-1115-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2012] [Revised: 05/04/2012] [Accepted: 05/07/2012] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The intratubular composition of fluid at the tubulovascular contact site of the juxtaglomerular apparatus serves as regulatory input for secretion and synthesis of renin. Experimental evidence, mostly from in vitro perfused preparations, indicates an inverse relation between luminal NaCl concentration and renin secretion. The cellular transduction mechanism is initiated by concentration-dependent NaCl uptake through the Na-K-2Cl cotransporter (NKCC2) with activation of NKCC2 causing inhibition and deactivation of NKCC2 causing stimulation of renin release. Changes in NKCC2 activity are coupled to alterations in the generation of paracrine factors that interact with granular cells. Among these factors, generation of PGE2 in a COX-2-dependent fashion appears to play a dominant role in the stimulatory arm of tubular control of renin release. [NaCl] is a determinant of local PG release over an appropriate concentration range, and blockade of COX-2 activity interferes with the NaCl dependency of renin secretion. The complex array of local paracrine controls also includes nNOS-mediated synthesis of nitric oxide, with NO playing the role of a modifier of the intracellular signaling pathway. A role of adenosine may be particularly important when [NaCl] is increased, and at least some of the available evidence is consistent with an important suppressive effect of adenosine at higher salt concentrations.
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- Jurgen Schnermann
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Building 10, Rm 4D50, NIDDK, NIH, 10 Center Drive MSC 1370, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Lu M, Liu YH, Ho CY, Tiong CX, Bian JS. Hydrogen sulfide regulates cAMP homeostasis and renin degranulation in As4.1 and rat renin-rich kidney cells. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2011; 302:C59-66. [PMID: 21940660 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00341.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The present study aims to investigate the regulatory effect of hydrogen sulfide (H(2)S) on cAMP homeostasis and renin degranulation in As4.1 and rat renin-rich kidney cells. It was found in the present study that NaHS at 0.1-10 μM significantly decreased cAMP production in As4.1 cells treated with isoproterenol (a β-adrenoceptor agonist), forskolin (an adenylyl cyclase activator), or 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine (IBMX, a phosphodiesterase inhibitor). NaHS at 10 μM suppressed adenylate cyclase activity but stimulated phosphodiesterase activity. We continued to study whether H(2)S may mediate cAMP-dependent renin degranulaion in As4.1 cells. It was found that NaHS at 0.1-10 μM significantly increased intracellular renin protein level. Moreover, NaHS reversed the declined renin content within As4.1 cells and normalized the upregulated renin activity in the culture medium of As4.1 cells treated with the above three stimuli. RT-PCR showed that cystathionine-γ-lyase is the main enzyme to produce endogenous H(2)S in As4.1 cells. Overexpression of cystathionine-γ-lyase increased endogenous H(2)S production and suppressed isoproterenol-induced renin release, suggesting that endogenous H(2)S may also inhibit renin release from As4.1 cells. We also tested whether H(2)S has a similar effect in renin-rich kidney cells. It was found that isoproterenol elevated intracellular cAMP level and extracellular renin activity but decreased renin protein level in the renin-rich kidney cells. Pretreatment with NaHS abolished these effects. In conclusion, H(2)S regulates cAMP homeostasis via inhibition of adenylate cyclase and stimulation of phosphodiesterase. Our findings suggest that H(2)S plays a critical role in regulation of renin degranulation in As4.1 and rat renin-rich kidney cells.
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- Ming Lu
- Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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Lu M, Liu YH, Goh HS, Wang JJX, Yong QC, Wang R, Bian JS. Hydrogen sulfide inhibits plasma renin activity. J Am Soc Nephrol 2010; 21:993-1002. [PMID: 20360313 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2009090949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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The development of renovascular hypertension depends on the release of renin from the juxtaglomerular (JG) cells, a process regulated by intracellular cAMP. Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) downregulates cAMP production in some cell types by inhibiting adenylyl cyclase, suggesting the possibility that it may modulate renin release. Here, we investigated the effect of H2S on plasma renin activity and BP in rat models of renovascular hypertension. In the two-kidney-one-clip (2K1C) model of renovascular hypertension, the H2S donor NaHS prevented and treated hypertension. Compared with vehicle, NaHS significantly attenuated the elevation in plasma renin activity and angiotensin II levels but did not affect plasma angiotensin-converting enzyme activity. Furthermore, NaHS inhibited the upregulation of renin mRNA and protein levels in the clipped kidneys of 2K1C rats. In primary cultures of renin-rich kidney cells, NaHS markedly suppressed forskolin-stimulated renin activity in the medium and the intracellular increase in cAMP. In contrast, NaHS did not affect BP or plasma renin activity in normal or one-kidney-one-clip (1K1C) rats, both of which had normal plasma renin activity. In conclusion, these results demonstrate that H2S may inhibit renin activity by decreasing the synthesis and release of renin, suggesting its potential therapeutic value for renovascular hypertension.
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- Ming Lu
- Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117456
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Castrop H, Höcherl K, Kurtz A, Schweda F, Todorov V, Wagner C. Physiology of Kidney Renin. Physiol Rev 2010; 90:607-73. [PMID: 20393195 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00011.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 189] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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The protease renin is the key enzyme of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone cascade, which is relevant under both physiological and pathophysiological settings. The kidney is the only organ capable of releasing enzymatically active renin. Although the characteristic juxtaglomerular position is the best known site of renin generation, renin-producing cells in the kidney can vary in number and localization. (Pro)renin gene transcription in these cells is controlled by a number of transcription factors, among which CREB is the best characterized. Pro-renin is stored in vesicles, activated to renin, and then released upon demand. The release of renin is under the control of the cAMP (stimulatory) and Ca2+(inhibitory) signaling pathways. Meanwhile, a great number of intrarenally generated or systemically acting factors have been identified that control the renin secretion directly at the level of renin-producing cells, by activating either of the signaling pathways mentioned above. The broad spectrum of biological actions of (pro)renin is mediated by receptors for (pro)renin, angiotensin II and angiotensin-( 1 – 7 ).
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- Hayo Castrop
- Institute of Physiology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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Casellas D. Methods for imaging Renin-synthesizing, -storing, and -secreting cells. Int J Hypertens 2009; 2010:298747. [PMID: 20948562 PMCID: PMC2949082 DOI: 10.4061/2010/298747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2009] [Revised: 07/07/2009] [Accepted: 09/08/2009] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Renin-producing cells have been the object of intense research efforts for the past fifty years within the field of hypertension. Two decades ago, research focused on the concept and characterization of the intrarenal renin-angiotensin system. Early morphological studies led to the concept of the juxtaglomerular apparatus, a minute organ that links tubulovascular structures and function at the single nephron level. The kidney, thus, appears as a highly "topological organ" in which anatomy and function are intimately linked. This point is reflected by a concurrent and constant development of functional and structural approaches. After summarizing our current knowledge about renin cells and their distribution along the renal vascular tree, particularly along glomerular afferent arterioles, we reviewed a variety of imaging techniques that permit a fine characterization of renin synthesis, storage, and release at the single-arteriolar, -cell, or -granule level. Powerful tools such as multiphoton microscopy and transgenesis bear the promises of future developments of the field.
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- Daniel Casellas
- Groupe Rein et Hypertension (EA3127), Institut Universitaire de Recherche Clinique, 641 Avenue du Doyen Giraud, 34093 Montpellier Cédex 5, France
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Laske-Ernst J, Stehle A, Vallon V, Quast U, Russ U. Effect of adenosine on membrane potential and Ca2+ in juxtaglomerular cells. Comparison with angiotensin II. Kidney Blood Press Res 2008; 31:94-103. [PMID: 18322364 DOI: 10.1159/000119712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2007] [Accepted: 01/08/2008] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Renin is mainly secreted from the juxtaglomerular cells (JGC) in the kidney situated in the afferent arteriole close to the vessel pole. Angiotensin II (ANG II) and adenosine inhibit renin secretion and synergistically constrict the afferent arteriole. ANG II depolarises JGC and increases the cytoplasmic free Ca2+ concentration [Ca2+]i. The responses of JGC to adenosine are less known. METHODS Effects of adenosine on membrane potential and [Ca2+]i were studied in afferent arterioles from NaCl-depleted rats and mice. RESULT Stimulation of A1 adenosine receptors (A1AR) by adenosine (10 microM) or cyclohexyladenosine (1 microM) increased the spiking frequency of JGC, slightly depolarised the cells and, in < or =50% of the cases, increased [Ca2+]i. These effects were much smaller than those of ANG II (3 nM). Simultaneous application of cyclohexyladenosine and ANG II gave only additive effects on [Ca2+]i; in addition, responses to ANG II in JGC from A1AR knockout mice were similar to those from control mice. CONCLUSION The small changes in membrane potential and [Ca2+]i in response to A1AR stimulation as compared to those of ANG II may suggest that these 2 tissue hormones use different signal transduction mechanisms to affect JGC function, including the inhibition of renin release.
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- Julia Laske-Ernst
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical Faculty, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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In this review we outline the unique effects of the autacoid adenosine in the kidney. Adenosine is present in the cytosol of renal cells and in the extracellular space of normoxic kidneys. Extracellular adenosine can derive from cellular adenosine release or extracellular breakdown of ATP, AMP, or cAMP. It is generated at enhanced rates when tubular NaCl reabsorption and thus transport work increase or when hypoxia is induced. Extracellular adenosine acts on adenosine receptor subtypes in the cell membranes to affect vascular and tubular functions. Adenosine lowers glomerular filtration rate (GFR) by constricting afferent arterioles, especially in superficial nephrons, and acts as a mediator of the tubuloglomerular feedback, i.e., a mechanism that coordinates GFR and tubular transport. In contrast, it leads to vasodilation in deep cortex and medulla. Moreover, adenosine tonically inhibits the renal release of renin and stimulates NaCl transport in the cortical proximal tubule but inhibits it in medullary segments including the medullary thick ascending limb. These differential effects of adenosine are subsequently analyzed in a more integrative way in the context of intrarenal metabolic regulation of kidney function, and potential pathophysiological consequences are outlined.
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- Volker Vallon
- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, USA
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Leichtle A, Rauch U, Albinus M, Benöhr P, Kalbacher H, Mack AF, Veh RW, Quast U, Russ U. Electrophysiological and molecular characterization of the inward rectifier in juxtaglomerular cells from rat kidney. J Physiol 2004; 560:365-76. [PMID: 15284349 PMCID: PMC1665251 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2004.070359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Renin, the key element of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, is mainly produced by and stored in the juxtaglomerular cells in the kidney. These cells are situated in the media of the afferent arteriole close to the vessel pole and can transform into smooth muscle cells and vice versa. In this study, the electrophysiological properties and the molecular identity of the K+ channels responsible for the resting membrane potential (approximately -60 mV) of the juxtaglomerular cells were examined. In order to increase the number of juxtaglomerular cells, afferent arterioles from NaCl-depleted rats were used, and > 90% of the afferent arterioles were renin positive at the distal end of the arteriole. Whole-cell and cell-attached single-channel patch-clamp experiments showed that juxtaglomerular cells are endowed with a strongly inwardly rectifying K+ channel (Kir). The channel was highly sensitive to inhibition by Ba2+ (inhibition constant 37 microM at 0 mV), but relatively insensitive to Cs+ and, with 142 mM K+ in the pipette, had a single-channel conductance of 31.5 pS. Immunocytochemical studies showed the presence of Kir2.1 but no signal for Kir2.2 in the media of the afferent arteriole. In PCR analyses using isolated juxtaglomerular cells, the mRNA for Kir2.1 and Kir2.2 was detected. Collectively, the results show that Kir2.1 is the dominant component of the channel. The current carried by these channels plays a decisive role in setting the membrane potential of juxtaglomerular cells.
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- Anke Leichtle
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical Faculty, University of Tübingen, Wilhelmstrasse 56, D-72074 Tübingen, Germany
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Many cell types in the kidney express adenosine receptors, and adenosine has multiple effects on renal function. Although adenosine is produced within the kidney by several biochemical reactions, recent studies support a novel mechanism for renal adenosine production, the extracellular cAMP-adenosine pathway. This extracellular cAMP-adenosine pathway is initiated by efflux of cAMP from cells following activation of adenylyl cyclase. Extracellular cAMP is then converted to adenosine by the serial actions of ecto-phosphodiesterase and ecto-5'-nucleotidase. When extracellular cAMP is converted to adenosine near the biophase of cAMP production and efflux, this local extracellular cAMP-adenosine pathway permits tight coupling of the site of adenosine production to the site of adenosine receptors. cAMP in renal compartments may also be formed by tissues/organs remote from the kidney. For example, stimulation of hepatic adenylyl cyclase by the pancreatic hormone glucagon increases circulating cAMP, which is filtered at the glomerulus and concentrated in the tubular lumen as water is extracted from the ultrafiltrate. Conversion of hepatic-derived cAMP to adenosine in the kidney completes a pancreatohepatorenal cAMP-adenosine pathway that may serve as an endocrine link between the pancreas, liver, and kidney.
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- Edwin K Jackson
- Center for Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA. edj+@pitt.edu
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Schweda F, Wagner C, Krämer BK, Schnermann J, Kurtz A. Preserved macula densa-dependent renin secretion in A1 adenosine receptor knockout mice. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2003; 284:F770-7. [PMID: 12475747 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00280.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Recent studies demonstrated that the influence of the macula densa on glomerular filtration is abolished in adenosine A(1) receptor (A(1)AR) knockout mice. Inasmuch as the macula densa not only regulates glomerular filtration but also controls the activity of the renin system, the present study aimed to determine the role of the A(1)AR in macula densa control of renin synthesis and secretion. Although a high-salt diet over 1 wk suppressed renin mRNA expression and renal renin content to similar degrees in A(1)AR(+/+), A(1)AR(+/-), and A(1)AR(-/-) mice, stimulation of Ren-1 mRNA expression and renal renin content by salt restriction was markedly enhanced in A(1)AR(-/-) compared with wild-type mice. Pharmacological blockade of macula densa salt transport with loop diuretics stimulated renin expression in vivo (treatment with furosemide at 1.2 mg/day for 6 days) and renin secretion in isolated perfused mouse kidneys (treatment with 100 microM bumetanide) in all three genotypes to the same extent. Taken together, our data are consistent with the concept of a tonic inhibitory role of the A(1)AR in the renin system, whereas they indicate that the A(1)AR is not indispensable in macula densa control of the renin system.
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- Frank Schweda
- Institut für Physiologie and Klinik und Poliklinik für Innere Medizin, Universität Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany.
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Jackson EK, Dubey RK. Role of the extracellular cAMP-adenosine pathway in renal physiology. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2001; 281:F597-612. [PMID: 11553506 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.2001.281.4.f597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Adenosine exerts physiologically significant receptor-mediated effects on renal function. For example, adenosine participates in the regulation of preglomerular and postglomerular vascular resistances, glomerular filtration rate, renin release, epithelial transport, intrarenal inflammation, and growth of mesangial and vascular smooth muscle cells. It is important, therefore, to understand the mechanisms that generate extracellular adenosine within the kidney. In addition to three "classic" pathways of adenosine biosynthesis, contemporary studies are revealing a novel mechanism for renal adenosine production termed the "extracellular cAMP-adenosine pathway." The extracellular cAMP-adenosine pathway is defined as the egress of cAMP from cells during activation of adenylyl cyclase, followed by the extracellular conversion of cAMP to adenosine by the serial actions of ecto-phosphodiesterase and ecto-5'-nucleotidase. This mechanism of extracellular adenosine production may provide hormonal control of adenosine levels in the cell-surface biophase in which adenosine receptors reside. Tight coupling of the site of adenosine production to the site of adenosine receptors would permit a low-capacity mechanism of adenosine biosynthesis to have a large impact on adenosine receptor activation. The purposes of this review are to summarize the physiological roles of adenosine in the kidney; to describe the classic pathways of renal adenosine biosynthesis; to review the evidence for the existence of the extracellular cAMP-adenosine pathway; and to describe possible physiological roles of the extracellular cAMP-adenosine pathway, with particular emphasis on the kidney.
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- E K Jackson
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3550 Terrace St., Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. edj+@pitt.edu
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