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Kuneš J, Zicha J. Research on Experimental Hypertension in Prague (1966-2009). Physiol Res 2024; 73:S49-S66. [PMID: 39016152 PMCID: PMC11412355 DOI: 10.33549/physiolres.935425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/04/2024] Open
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The study of ontogenetic aspects of water and electrolyte metabolism performed in the Institute of Physiology (Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences) led to the research on the increased susceptibility of immature rats to salt-dependent forms of hypertension since 1966. Hemodynamic studies in developing rats paved the way to the evaluation of hemodynamic mechanisms during the development of genetic hypertension in SHR. A particular attention was focused on altered renal function and kidney damage in both salt and genetic hypertension with a special respect to renin-angiotensin system. Renal damage associated with hypertension progression was in the center of interest of several research groups in Prague. The alterations in ion transport, cell calcium handling and membrane structure as well as their relationship to abnormal lipid metabolism were studied in a close cooperation with laboratories in Munich, Glasgow, Montreal and Paris. The role of NO and oxidative stress in various forms of hypertension was a subject of a joint research with our Slovak colleagues focused mainly on NO-deficient hypertension elicited by chronic L-NAME administration. Finally, we adopted a method enabling us to evaluate the balance of vasoconstrictor and vasodilator mechanisms in BP maintenance. Using this method we demonstrated sympathetic hyperactivity and relative NO deficiency in rats with either salt-dependent or genetic hypertension. At the end of the first decennium of this century we were ready to modify our traditional approach towards modern trends in the research of experimental hypertension. Keywords: Salt-dependent hypertension o Genetic hypertension o Body fluids o Hemodynamics o Ion transport o Cell membrane structure and function o Renal function o Renin-angiotensin systems.
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- J Kuneš
- Laboratory of Experimental Hypertension, Institute of Physiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.
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Jíchová Š, Doleželová Š, Kopkan L, Kompanowska-Jezierska E, Sadowski J, Červenka L. Fenofibrate Attenuates Malignant Hypertension by Suppression of the Renin-angiotensin System: A Study in Cyp1a1-Ren-2 Transgenic Rats. Am J Med Sci 2016; 352:618-630. [DOI: 10.1016/j.amjms.2016.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2016] [Revised: 08/17/2016] [Accepted: 09/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Zhang B, Lai G, Liu X, Zhao Y. Alteration of epoxyeicosatrienoic acids in the liver and kidney of cytochrome P450 4F2 transgenic mice. Mol Med Rep 2016; 14:5739-5745. [PMID: 27878278 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2016.5962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2015] [Accepted: 09/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Arachidonic acid (AA) can be metabolized into 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (20-HETE) by ω-hydroxylases, and epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) by epoxygenases. The effects of EETs in cardiovascular physiology are vasodilatory, anti-inflammatory and anti‑apoptotic, which are opposite to the function to 20‑HETE. However, EETs are not stable in vivo, and are rapidly degraded to the biologically less active metabolites, dihydroxyeicosatrienoic acids, via soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH). Western blotting, reverse transcription‑quantitative polymerase chain reaction and liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry were performed in order to determine target RNA and protein expression levels. In the present study, it was demonstrated that the disturbed renal 20‑HETE/EET ratio in the hypertensive cytochrome P450 4F2 transgenic mice was caused by the activation of sEH and the repression of epoxygenase activity. In addition, 20‑HETE showed an opposite regulatory effect on the endogenous epoxygenases in the liver and kidney. Given that 20‑HETE and EETs have opposite effects in multiple disease, the regulation of their formation and degradation may yield therapeutic benefits.
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- Bijun Zhang
- Department of Clinical Genetics, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110004, P.R. China
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110004, P.R. China
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110004, P.R. China
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110004, P.R. China
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El-Sherbeni AA, Aboutabl ME, Zordoky BNM, Anwar-Mohamed A, El-Kadi AOS. Determination of the dominant arachidonic acid cytochrome p450 monooxygenases in rat heart, lung, kidney, and liver: protein expression and metabolite kinetics. AAPS JOURNAL 2012; 15:112-22. [PMID: 23139020 DOI: 10.1208/s12248-012-9425-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2012] [Accepted: 10/20/2012] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Cytochrome P450 (P450)-derived arachidonic acid (AA) metabolites serve pivotal physiological roles. Therefore, it is important to determine the dominant P450 AA monooxygenases in different organs. We investigated the P450 AA monooxygenases protein expression as well as regioselectivity, immunoinhibition, and kinetic profile of AA epoxygenation and hydroxylation in rat heart, lung, kidney, and liver. Thereafter, the predominant P450 epoxygenases and P450 hydroxylases in these organs were characterized. Microsomes from heart, lung, kidney, and liver were incubated with AA. The protein expression of CYP2B1/2, CYP2C11, CYP2C23, CYP2J3, CYP4A1/2/3, and CYP4Fs in the heart, lung, kidney, and liver were determined by Western blot analysis. The levels of AA metabolites were determined by liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization mass spectroscopy. This was followed by determination of regioselectivity, immunoinhibition effect, and the kinetic profile of AA metabolism. AA was metabolized to epoxyeicosatrienoic acids and 19- and 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid in the heart, lung, kidney, and liver but with varying metabolic activities and regioselectivity. Anti-P450 antibodies were found to differentially inhibit AA epoxygenation and hydroxylation in these organs. Our data suggest that the predominant epoxygenases are CYP2C11, CYP2B1, CYP2C23, and CYP2C11/CYP2C23 for the heart, lung, kidney, and liver, respectively. On the other hand, CYP4A1 is the major ω-hydroxylase in the heart and kidney; whereas CYP4A2 and/or CYP4F1/4 are probably the major hydroxlases in the lung and liver. These results provide important insights into the activities of P450 epoxygenases and P450 hydroxylases-mediated AA metabolism in different organs and their associated P450 protein levels.
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- Ahmed A El-Sherbeni
- Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2E1
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Kopkan L, Husková Z, Sporková A, Varcabová Š, Honetschlägerová Z, Hwang SH, Tsai HJ, Hammock BD, Imig JD, Kramer HJ, Bürgelová M, Vojtíšková A, Kujal P, Vernerová Z, Červenka L. Soluble epoxide hydrolase inhibition exhibits antihypertensive actions independently of nitric oxide in mice with renovascular hypertension. Kidney Blood Press Res 2012; 35:595-607. [PMID: 22948718 PMCID: PMC3604982 DOI: 10.1159/000339883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2011] [Accepted: 06/01/2012] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE The present study was performed to examine whether the blood pressure (BP)-lowering effects of soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) inhibition in two-kidney, one-clip (2K1C) Goldblatt hypertension are nitric oxide (NO) dependent. METHODS Mice lacking the endothelial NO synthase (eNOS) gene (eNOS-/-) and their wild-type controls (eNOS+/+) underwent clipping of one renal artery. BP was monitored by radiotelemetry and the treatment with the sEH inhibitor cis-4-[4-(3-adamantan-1-yl-ureido)cyclohex-yloxy]-benzoic acid (c-AUCB) was initiated on day 25 after clipping and lasted for 14 days. Renal concentrations of epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) and their inactive metabolite dihydroxyeicosatrienoic acids (DHETs) were measured in the nonclipped kidney. Renal NO synthase (NOS) activity was determined by measuring the rate of formation of L-[(14)C]citruline from L-[(14)C]arginine. RESULTS Treatment with the sEH inhibitor elicited similar BP decreases that were associated with increases in daily sodium excretion in 2K1C eNOS+/+ as well as 2K1C eNOS-/- mice. In addition, treatment with the sEH inhibitor increased the ratio of EETs/DHETs in the nonclipped kidney of 2K1C eNOS+/+ as well as 2K1C eNOS-/- mice. Treatment with the sEH inhibitor did not alter renal NOS activity in any of the experimental groups. CONCLUSIONS Collectively, our present data suggest that the BP-lowering effects of chronic sEH inhibition in 2K1C mice are mainly associated with normalization of the reduced availability of biologically active EETs in the nonclipped kidney and their direct natriuretic actions.
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- Libor Kopkan
- Center for Experimental Medicine, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Center for Experimental Medicine, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Center for Experimental Medicine, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Center for Experimental Medicine, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Center for Experimental Medicine, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Entomology and UCD Cancer Center, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616-8584, USA
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- Department of Entomology and UCD Cancer Center, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616-8584, USA
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- Department of Entomology and UCD Cancer Center, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616-8584, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, USA
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- Section of Nephrology, Medical Policlinic, Department of Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Center for Experimental Medicine, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Center for Experimental Medicine, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Center for Experimental Medicine, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
- Department of Pathology, 3 Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Center for Experimental Medicine, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
- Department of Pathology, 3 Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Center for Experimental Medicine, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
- Department of Physiology, 2 Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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Inhibition of soluble epoxide hydrolase by cis-4-[4-(3-adamantan-1-ylureido)cyclohexyl-oxy]benzoic acid exhibits antihypertensive and cardioprotective actions in transgenic rats with angiotensin II-dependent hypertension. Clin Sci (Lond) 2012; 122:513-25. [PMID: 22324471 DOI: 10.1042/cs20110622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The present study was undertaken to evaluate the effects of chronic treatment with c-AUCB {cis-4-[4-(3-adamantan-1-ylureido)cyclohexyl-oxy]benzoic acid}, a novel inhibitor of sEH (soluble epoxide hydrolase), which is responsible for the conversion of biologically active EETs (epoxyeicosatrienoic acids) into biologically inactive DHETEs (dihydroxyeicosatrienoic acids), on BP (blood pressure) and myocardial infarct size in male heterozygous TGR (Ren-2 renin transgenic rats) with established hypertension. Normotensive HanSD (Hannover Sprague-Dawley) rats served as controls. Myocardial ischaemia was induced by coronary artery occlusion. Systolic BP was measured in conscious animals by tail plethysmography. c-AUCB was administrated in drinking water. Renal and myocardial concentrations of EETs and DHETEs served as markers of internal production of epoxygenase metabolites. Chronic treatment with c-AUCB, which resulted in significant increases in the availability of biologically active epoxygenase metabolites in TGR (assessed as the ratio of EETs to DHETEs), was accompanied by a significant reduction in BP and a significantly reduced infarct size in TGR as compared with untreated TGR. The cardioprotective action of c-AUCB treatment was completely prevented by acute administration of a selective EETs antagonist [14,15-epoxyeicosa-5(Z)-enoic acid], supporting the notion that the improved cardiac ischaemic tolerance conferred by sEH inhibition is mediated by EETs actions at the cellular level. These findings indicate that chronic inhibition of sEH exhibits antihypertensive and cardioprotective actions in this transgenic model of angiotensin II-dependent hypertension.
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Sporková A, Kopkan L, Varcabová S, Husková Z, Hwang SH, Hammock BD, Imig JD, Kramer HJ, Cervenka L. Role of cytochrome P-450 metabolites in the regulation of renal function and blood pressure in 2-kidney 1-clip hypertensive rats. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2011; 300:R1468-75. [PMID: 21411763 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00215.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Alterations in renal function contribute to Goldblatt two-kidney, one-clip (2K1C) hypertension. A previous study indicated that bioavailability of cytochrome P-450 metabolites epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) is decreased while that of 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acids (20-HETE) is increased in this model. We utilized the inhibitor of soluble epoxide hydrolase cis-4-[4-(3-adamantan-1-yl-ureido)-cyclohexyloxy]-benzoic acid (c-AUCB) and HET-0016, the inhibitor of 20-HETE production, to study the role of EETs and 20-HETE in the regulation of renal function. Chronic c-AUCB treatment significantly decreased systolic blood pressure (SBP) (133 ± 1 vs. 163 ± 3 mmHg) and increased sodium excretion (1.23 ± 0.10 vs. 0.59 ± 0.03 mmol/day) in 2K1C rats. HET-0016 did not affect SBP and sodium excretion. In acute experiments, renal blood flow (RBF) was decreased in 2K1C rats (5.0 ± 0.2 vs. 6.9 ± 0.2 ml·min(-1)·g(-1)). c-AUCB normalized RBF in 2K1C rats (6.5 ± 0.6 ml·min(-1)·g(-1)). HET-0016 also increased RBF in 2K1C rats (5.8 ± 0.2 ml·min(-1)·g(-1)). Although RBF and glomerular filtration rate (GFR) remained stable in normotensive rats during renal arterial pressure (RAP) reductions, both were significantly reduced at 100 mmHg RAP in 2K1C rats. c-AUCB did not improve autoregulation but increased RBF at all RAPs and shifted the pressure-natriuresis curve to the left. HET-0016-treated 2K1C rats exhibited impaired autoregulation of RBF and GFR. Our data indicate that c-AUCB displays antihypertensive properties in 2K1C hypertension that are mediated by an improvement of RBF and pressure natriuresis. While HET-0016 enhanced RBF, its anti-natriuretic effect likely prevented it from producing a blood pressure-lowering effect in the 2K1C model.
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- Alexandra Sporková
- Department of Experimental Medicine, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic.
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Intrarenal cytochrome P-450 metabolites of arachidonic acid in the regulation of the nonclipped kidney function in two-kidney, one-clip Goldblatt hypertensive rats. J Hypertens 2010; 28:582-93. [PMID: 19940786 DOI: 10.1097/hjh.0b013e328334dfd4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The contribution of epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) and 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (20-HETE) as cytochrome P-450 metabolites of arachidonic acid in the regulation of the nonclipped kidney function in two-kidney, one-clip (2K1C) Goldblatt hypertensive rats was investigated during the phases of initial and stable hypertension, that is, 7 or 27 days after clipping, respectively. METHODS Male Hannover Sprague-Dawley rats had the right renal artery clipped or underwent sham operation. Urinary excretion of EETs, their inactive metabolites dihydroxyeicosatrienoic acids and of 20-HETE was measured. Intrarenal cytochrome P-450 protein expression and the activities of epoxygenase, omega-hydroxylase and soluble epoxide hydrolase were also determined. The responses of renal hemodynamics and electrolyte excretion of the nonclipped kidney to left renal artery infusions of inhibitors of EETs or 20-HETE formation (MS-PPOH and DDMS, respectively) were measured. RESULTS In 2K1C rats, urinary excretion of EETs was significantly lower and that of 20-HETE was higher than that in sham-operated animals only on day 27 after clipping. Intrarenal inhibition of EETs significantly decreased renal hemodynamics and sodium excretion in sham-operated but not in 2K1C rats. Intrarenal inhibition of 20-HETE decreased sodium excretion in sham-operated rats but elicited increases in renal hemodynamics and sodium excretion in 2K1C rats. CONCLUSION Our results indicate that the nonclipped kidney of Goldblatt 2K1C rats in the phase of sustained hypertension exhibits decreased intrarenal EETs and elevated 20-HETE levels as compared with the kidney of sham-operated animals. This suggests that altered production and action of cytochrome P-450-derived metabolites during this stable phase contributes to the mechanism of Goldblatt 2K1C hypertension.
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Kaspera R, Totah RA. Epoxyeicosatrienoic acids: formation, metabolism and potential role in tissue physiology and pathophysiology. Expert Opin Drug Metab Toxicol 2010; 5:757-71. [PMID: 19505190 DOI: 10.1517/17425250902932923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND CYP enzymes from the CYP2C and CYP2J subfamilies metabolize arachidonic acid in a regiospecific and stereoselective manner to eight epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs). Various EETs have been detected in the liver, as well as in many extrahepatic tissues, and have been implicated in numerous physiological functions from cell signaling to vasodilation and angiogenesis. OBJECTIVE This report reviews the sites of expression and activity of arachidonic acid epoxygenase CYP isoforms, as well as the physiological role and metabolism of EETs in various extrahepatic tissues. Possible functions of EETs in tissue pathophysiology and implications as potential drug targets are also discussed. METHODS The most recent primary research literature on EET forming enzymes and the new physiological functions of EETs in various tissues were reviewed. RESULTS/CONCLUSIONS Epoxyeicosatrienoic acids are important in maintaining the homeostasis and in responding to stress in various extra hepatic tissues. It is not clear whether these effects are owing to EETs acting on a universal receptor or through a mechanism involving a second messenger. A better understanding of the regulation of EET levels and their mechanism of action on various receptors will accelerate research aiming at developing therapeutic agents that target EET formation or metabolism pathways.
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- Rüdiger Kaspera
- University of Washington, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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Combined inhibition of 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid formation and of epoxyeicosatrienoic acids degradation attenuates hypertension and hypertension-induced end-organ damage in Ren-2 transgenic rats. Clin Sci (Lond) 2010; 118:617-32. [PMID: 20050826 DOI: 10.1042/cs20090459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Recent studies have shown that the renal CYP450 (cytochrome P450) metabolites of AA (arachidonic acid), the vasoconstrictor 20-HETE (20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid) and the vasodilator EETs (epoxyeicosatrienoic acids), play an important role in the pathophysiology of AngII (angiotensin II)-dependent forms of hypertension and the associated target organ damage. The present studies were performed in Ren-2 renin transgenic rats (TGR) to evaluate the effects of chronic selective inhibition of 20-HETE formation or elevation of the level of EETs, alone or in combination, on the course of hypertension and hypertension-associated end-organ damage. Both young (30 days of age) prehypertensive TGR and adult (190 days of age) TGR with established hypertension were examined. Normotensive HanSD (Hannover Sprague-Dawley) rats served as controls. The rats were treated with N-methylsulfonyl-12,12-dibromododec-11-enamide to inhibit 20-HETE formation and/or with N-cyclohexyl-N-dodecyl urea to inhibit soluble epoxide hydrolase and prevent degradation of EETs. Inhibition in TGR of 20-HETE formation combined with enhanced bioavailability of EETs attenuated the development of hypertension, cardiac hypertrophy, proteinuria, glomerular hypertrophy and sclerosis as well as renal tubulointerstitial injury. This was also associated with attenuation of the responsiveness of the systemic and renal vascular beds to AngII without modifying their responses to noradrenaline (norepinephrine). Our findings suggest that altered production and/or action of 20-HETE and EETs plays a permissive role in the development of hypertension and hypertension-associated end-organ damage in this model of AngII-dependent hypertension. This information provides a basis for a search for new therapeutic approaches for the treatment of hypertension.
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