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Gut microbiota dependent trimethylamine N-oxide aggravates angiotensin II-induced hypertension. Redox Biol 2021; 46:102115. [PMID: 34474396 PMCID: PMC8408632 DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2021.102115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2021] [Revised: 08/20/2021] [Accepted: 08/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Gut microbiota produce Trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) by metabolizing dietary phosphatidylcholine, choline, l-carnitine and betaine. TMAO is implicated in the pathogenesis of chronic kidney disease (CKD), diabetes, obesity and atherosclerosis. We test, whether TMAO augments angiotensin II (Ang II)-induced vasoconstriction and hence promotes Ang II-induced hypertension. Plasma TMAO levels were indeed elevated in hypertensive patients, thus the potential pathways by which TMAO mediates these effects were explored. Ang II (400 ng/kg−1min−1) was chronically infused for 14 days via osmotic minipumps in C57Bl/6 mice. TMAO (1%) or antibiotics were given via drinking water. Vasoconstriction of renal afferent arterioles and mesenteric arteries were assessed by microperfusion and wire myograph, respectively. In Ang II-induced hypertensive mice, TMAO elevated systolic blood pressure and caused vasoconstriction, which was alleviated by antibiotics. TMAO enhanced the Ang II-induced acute pressor responses (12.2 ± 1.9 versus 20.6 ± 1.4 mmHg; P < 0.05) and vasoconstriction (32.3 ± 2.6 versus 55.9 ± 7.0%, P < 0.001). Ang II-induced intracellular Ca2+ release in afferent arterioles (147 ± 7 versus 234 ± 26%; P < 0.001) and mouse vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC, 123 ± 3 versus 157 ± 9%; P < 0.001) increased by TMAO treatment. Preincubation of VSMC with TMAO activated the PERK/ROS/CaMKII/PLCβ3 pathway. Pharmacological inhibition of PERK, ROS, CaMKII and PLCβ3 impaired the effect of TMAO on Ca2+ release. Thus, TMAO facilitates Ang II-induced vasoconstriction, thereby promoting Ang II-induced hypertension, which involves the PERK/ROS/CaMKII/PLCβ3 axis. Orally administered TMAO aggravates Ang II-induced hypertension. Antibiotics alleviate Ang II-induced hypertension by reducing TMAO generation. High concentrations of TMAO constrict afferent arterioles and mesenteric arteries and increase blood pressure. Low concentrations of TMAO enhance Ang II-induced vasoconstriction and acute pressor response via activating PERK/ROS/CaMKII/PLCβ3/Ca2+ pathway.
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Hu W, Jiang S, Liao Y, Li J, Dong F, Guo J, Wang X, Fei L, Cui Y, Ren X, Xu N, Zhao L, Chen L, Zheng Y, Li L, Patzak A, Persson PB, Zheng Z, Lai EY. High phosphate impairs arterial endothelial function through AMPK-related pathways in mouse resistance arteries. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2021; 231:e13595. [PMID: 33835704 DOI: 10.1111/apha.13595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2020] [Revised: 11/10/2020] [Accepted: 12/04/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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AIMS In patients with renal disease, high serum phosphate shows a relationship with cardiovascular risk. We speculate that high phosphate (HP) impairs arterial vasodilation via the endothelium and explore potential underlying mechanisms. METHODS Isolated vessel relaxation, endothelial function, glomerular filtration rate (GFR), oxidative stress status and protein expression were assessed in HP diet mice. Mitochondrial function and protein expression were assessed in HP-treated human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). RESULTS High phosphate (1.3%) diet for 12 weeks impaired endothelium-dependent relaxation in mesenteric arteries, kidney interlobar arteries and afferent arterioles; reduced GFR and the blood pressure responses to acute administration of acetylcholine. The PPARα/LKB1/AMPK/eNOS pathway was attenuated in the endothelium of mesenteric arteries from HP diet mice. The observed vasodilatory impairment of mesenteric arteries was ameliorated by PPARα agonist WY-14643. The phosphate transporter PiT-1 knockdown prevented HP-mediated suppression of eNOS activity by impeding phosphorus influx in HUVECs. Endothelium cytoplasmic and mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (ROS) were increased in HP diet mice. Moreover HP decreased the expression of mitochondrial-related antioxidant genes. Finally, mitochondrial membrane potential and PGC-1α expression were reduced by HP treatment in HUVECs, which was partly restored by AMPKα agonist. CONCLUSIONS HP impairs endothelial function by reducing NO bioavailability via decreasing eNOS activity and increasing mitochondrial ROS, in which the AMPK-related signalling pathways may play a key role.
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- Weipeng Hu
- Department of Physiology School of Basic Medical Sciences Zhejiang University School of Medicine Hangzhou China
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- Department of Physiology School of Basic Medical Sciences Zhejiang University School of Medicine Hangzhou China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Nanfang HospitalSouthern Medical University Guangzhou China
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- Department of Nephrology Center of Kidney The Seventh Affiliate HospitalSun Yat‐sen University Shenzhen China
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- Department of Physiology School of Basic Medical Sciences Zhejiang University School of Medicine Hangzhou China
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- Department of Physiology School of Basic Medical Sciences Zhejiang University School of Medicine Hangzhou China
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- Department of Nephrology Center of Kidney The Seventh Affiliate HospitalSun Yat‐sen University Shenzhen China
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- Department of Nephrology Center of Kidney The Seventh Affiliate HospitalSun Yat‐sen University Shenzhen China
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- Department of Physiology School of Basic Medical Sciences Zhejiang University School of Medicine Hangzhou China
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- Department of Physiology School of Basic Medical Sciences Zhejiang University School of Medicine Hangzhou China
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- Department of Physiology School of Basic Medical Sciences Zhejiang University School of Medicine Hangzhou China
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- Department of Physiology School of Basic Medical Sciences Zhejiang University School of Medicine Hangzhou China
- Department of Physiology School of Basic Medical Sciences Guangzhou Medical University Guangzhou China
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- Department of Nephrology Peking Union Medical College HospitalChinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College Beijing China
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- Department of Nephrology Ningxia people’s hospital Yinchuan China
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension Georgetown University Washington DC USA
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- Institute of Vegetative Physiology Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität BerlinHumboldt‐Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health Berlin Germany
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- Institute of Vegetative Physiology Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität BerlinHumboldt‐Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health Berlin Germany
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- Department of Nephrology Center of Kidney The Seventh Affiliate HospitalSun Yat‐sen University Shenzhen China
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- Department of Physiology School of Basic Medical Sciences Zhejiang University School of Medicine Hangzhou China
- Department of Nephrology Center of Kidney The Seventh Affiliate HospitalSun Yat‐sen University Shenzhen China
- Department of Physiology School of Basic Medical Sciences Guangzhou Medical University Guangzhou China
- Institute of Vegetative Physiology Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität BerlinHumboldt‐Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health Berlin Germany
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Zhao L, Cao X, Li L, Wang Q, Zhou S, Xu N, Jiang S, Chen L, Schmidt MO, Wei Q, Zhao J, Labes R, Patzak A, Wilcox CS, Fu X, Wellstein A, Lai EY. Acute Kidney Injury Sensitizes the Brain Vasculature to Ang II (Angiotensin II) Constriction via FGFBP1 (Fibroblast Growth Factor Binding Protein 1). Hypertension 2020; 76:1924-1934. [PMID: 33040621 PMCID: PMC9112323 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.120.15582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2020] [Accepted: 09/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Acute kidney injury (AKI) causes multiple organ dysfunction. Here, we identify a possible mechanism that can drive brain vessel injury after AKI. We induced 30-minute bilateral renal ischemia-reperfusion injury in C57Bl/6 mice and isolated brain microvessels and macrovessels 24 hours or 1 week later to test their responses to vasoconstrictors and found that after AKI brain vessels were sensitized to Ang II (angiotensin II). Upregulation of FGF2 (fibroblast growth factor 2) and FGFBP1 (FGF binding protein 1) expression in both serum and kidney tissue after AKI suggested a potential contribution to the vascular sensitization. Administration of FGF2 and FGFBP1 proteins to isolated healthy brain vessels mimicked the sensitization to Ang II after AKI. Brain vessels in Fgfbp1-/- AKI mice failed to induce Ang II sensitization. Complementary to this, systemic treatment with the clinically used FGF receptor kinase inhibitor BGJ398 (Infigratinib) reversed the AKI-induced brain vascular sensitization to Ang II. All these findings lead to the conclusion that FGFBP1 is especially necessary for AKI-mediated brain vascular sensitization to Ang II and inhibitors of FGFR pathway may be beneficial in preventing AKI-induced brain vessel injury.
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- Liang Zhao
- Department of Physiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 511436, China
- Department of Physiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310003, China
- Institute of Vegetative Physiology, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin 10117, Germany
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- Department of Physiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310003, China
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20007, USA
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- Department of Physiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310003, China
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- Department of Physiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310003, China
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- Department of Physiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310003, China
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- Department of Physiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310003, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20007, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, China
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- Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Institute of Neuroscience, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Institute of Vegetative Physiology, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin 10117, Germany
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- Institute of Vegetative Physiology, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin 10117, Germany
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20007, USA
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, the Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 511518, China
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- Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20007, USA
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- Department of Physiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 511436, China
- Department of Physiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310003, China
- Institute of Vegetative Physiology, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin 10117, Germany
- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20007, USA
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Li L, Lai EY, Cao X, Welch WJ, Wilcox CS. Endothelial prostaglandin D 2 opposes angiotensin II contractions in mouse isolated perfused intracerebral microarterioles. J Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone Syst 2020; 21:1470320320966177. [PMID: 33094663 PMCID: PMC7585895 DOI: 10.1177/1470320320966177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Hypothesis: A lack of contraction of cerebral microarterioles to Ang II (“resilience”) depends on cyclooxygenase (COX) and lipocalin type prostaglandin D sythase L-PGDS producing PGD2 that activates prostaglandin D type 1 receptors (DP1Rs) and nitric oxide synthase (NOS). Materials & Methods: Contractions were assessed in isolated, perfused vessels and NO by fluorescence microscopy. Results: The mRNAs of penetrating intraparenchymal cerebral microarterioles versus renal afferent arterioles were >3000-fold greater for L-PGDS and DP1R and 5-fold for NOS III and COX 2. Larger cerebral arteries contracted with Ang II. However, cerebral microarterioles were entirely unresponsive but contracted with endothelin 1 and perfusion pressure. Ang II contractions were evoked in cerebral microarterioles from COX1 –/– mice or after blockade of COX2, L-PGDS or NOS and in deendothelialized vessels but effects of deendothelialization were lost during COX blockade. NO generation with Ang II depended on COX and also was increased by DP1R activation. Conclusion: The resilience of cerebral arterioles to Ang II contractions is specific for intraparenchymal microarterioles and depends on endothelial COX1 and two products that are metabolized by L-PGDS to generate PGD2 that signals via DP1Rs and NO.
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- L Li
- Hypertension Center and Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA.,Kidney Disease Center, the First Affiliated Hospital and Department of Physiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Hypertension Center and Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA.,Kidney Disease Center, the First Affiliated Hospital and Department of Physiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Kidney Disease Center, the First Affiliated Hospital and Department of Physiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Hypertension Center and Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA
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- Hypertension Center and Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA
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Xu N, Jiang S, Persson PB, Persson EAG, Lai EY, Patzak A. Reactive oxygen species in renal vascular function. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2020; 229:e13477. [PMID: 32311827 DOI: 10.1111/apha.13477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2020] [Revised: 03/22/2020] [Accepted: 04/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are produced by the aerobic metabolism. The imbalance between production of ROS and antioxidant defence in any cell compartment is associated with cell damage and may play an important role in the pathogenesis of renal disease. NADPH oxidase (NOX) family is the major ROS source in the vasculature and modulates renal perfusion. Upregulation of Ang II and adenosine activates NOX via AT1R and A1R in renal microvessels, leading to superoxide production. Oxidative stress in the kidney prompts renal vascular remodelling and increases preglomerular resistance. These are key elements in hypertension, acute and chronic kidney injury, as well as diabetic nephropathy. Renal afferent arterioles (Af), the primary resistance vessel in the kidney, fine tune renal hemodynamics and impact on blood pressure. Vice versa, ROS increase hypertension and diabetes, resulting in upregulation of Af vasoconstriction, enhancement of myogenic responses and change of tubuloglomerular feedback (TGF), which further promotes hypertension and diabetic nephropathy. In the following, we highlight oxidative stress in the function and dysfunction of renal hemodynamics. The renal microcirculatory alterations brought about by ROS importantly contribute to the pathophysiology of kidney injury, hypertension and diabetes.
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- Nan Xu
- Department of Physiology Zhejiang University School of Medicine Hangzhou China
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- Department of Physiology Zhejiang University School of Medicine Hangzhou China
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- Charité ‐ Universitätsmedizin Berlin Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin Humboldt‐Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health Institute of Vegetative Physiology Berlin Germany
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- Department of Physiology Zhejiang University School of Medicine Hangzhou China
- Charité ‐ Universitätsmedizin Berlin Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin Humboldt‐Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health Institute of Vegetative Physiology Berlin Germany
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- Charité ‐ Universitätsmedizin Berlin Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin Humboldt‐Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health Institute of Vegetative Physiology Berlin Germany
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Adenosine and the Cardiovascular System: The Good and the Bad. J Clin Med 2020; 9:jcm9051366. [PMID: 32384746 PMCID: PMC7290927 DOI: 10.3390/jcm9051366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2020] [Revised: 04/27/2020] [Accepted: 04/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Adenosine is a nucleoside that impacts the cardiovascular system via the activation of its membrane receptors, named A1R, A2AR, A2BR and A3R. Adenosine is released during hypoxia, ischemia, beta-adrenergic stimulation or inflammation and impacts heart rhythm and produces strong vasodilation in the systemic, coronary or pulmonary vascular system. This review summarizes the main role of adenosine on the cardiovascular system in several diseases and conditions. Adenosine release participates directly in the pathophysiology of atrial fibrillation and neurohumoral syncope. Adenosine has a key role in the adaptive response in pulmonary hypertension and heart failure, with the most relevant effects being slowing of heart rhythm, coronary vasodilation and decreasing blood pressure. In other conditions, such as altitude or apnea-induced hypoxia, obstructive sleep apnea, or systemic hypertension, the adenosinergic system activation appears in a context of an adaptive response. Due to its short half-life, adenosine allows very rapid adaptation of the cardiovascular system. Finally, the effects of adenosine on the cardiovascular system are sometimes beneficial and other times harmful. Future research should aim to develop modulating agents of adenosine receptors to slow down or conversely amplify the adenosinergic response according to the occurrence of different pathologic conditions.
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Zhang S, Huang Q, Wang Q, Wang Q, Cao X, Zhao L, Xu N, Zhuge Z, Mao J, Fu X, Liu R, Wilcox CS, Patzak A, Li L, Lai EY. Enhanced Renal Afferent Arteriolar Reactive Oxygen Species and Contractility to Endothelin-1 Are Associated with Canonical Wnt Signaling in Diabetic Mice. Kidney Blood Press Res 2018; 43:860-871. [PMID: 29870994 PMCID: PMC6050514 DOI: 10.1159/000490334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2017] [Accepted: 05/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Canonical Wnt signaling is involved in oxidative stress, vasculopathy and diabetes mellitus but its role in diabetic renal microvascular dysfunction is unclear. We tested the hypothesis that enhanced canonical Wnt signaling in renal afferent arterioles from diabetic mice increases reactive oxygen species (ROS) and contractions to endothelin-1 (ET-1). METHODS Streptozotocin-induced diabetes or control C57Bl/6 mice received vehicle or sulindac (40 mg·kg-1·day-1) to block Wnt signaling for 4 weeks. ET-1 contractions were measured by changes of afferent arteriolar diameter. Arteriolar H2O2, O2 -, protein expression and enzymatic activity were assessed using sensitive fluorescence probes, immunoblotting and colorimetric assay separately. RESULTS Compared to control, diabetic mouse afferent arteriole had increased O2- (+ 84%) and H2O2 (+ 91%) and enhanced responses to ET-1 at 10-8 mol·l-1 (-72±4% of versus -43±4%, P< 0.05) accompanied by reduced protein expressions and activities for catalase and superoxide dismutase 2 (SOD2). Arteriolar O2 - was increased further by ET-1 and contractions to ET-1 reduced by PEG-SOD in both groups whereas H2O2 unchanged by ET-1 and contractions were reduced by PEG-catalase selectively in diabetic mice. The Wnt signaling protein β-catenin was upregulated (3.3-fold decrease in p-β-catenin/β-catenin) while the glycogen synthase kinase-3β (GSK-3β) was downregulated (2.6-fold increase in p-GSK-3β/ GSK-3β) in preglomerular vessels of diabetic mice. Sulindac normalized the Wnt signaling proteins, arteriolar O2 -, H2O2 and ET-1 contractions while doubling microvascular catalase and SOD2 expression in diabetic mice. CONCLUSION Increased ROS, notably H2O2 contributes to enhanced afferent arteriolar responses to ET-1 in diabetes, which is closely associated with Wnt signaling. Antioxidant pharmacological strategies targeting Wnt signaling may improve vascular function in diabetic nephropathy.
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- Suping Zhang
- Department of Physiology, and the Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Physiology, and the Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
- Department of Physiology, Quanzhou Medical College, Quanzhou, China
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- Department of Physiology, and the Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Physiology, and the Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Physiology, and the Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Physiology, and the Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
- Department of Physiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Physiology, and the Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Physiology, and the Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Physiology, and the Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Physiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, and Hypertension Center, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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- Institute of Vegetative Physiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, and Hypertension Center, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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- Department of Physiology, and the Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China,
- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, and Hypertension Center, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, USA,
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Zhang G, Wang Q, Wang W, Yu M, Zhang S, Xu N, Zhou S, Cao X, Fu X, Ma Z, Liu R, Mao J, Lai EY. Tempol Protects Against Acute Renal Injury by Regulating PI3K/Akt/mTOR and GSK3β Signaling Cascades and Afferent Arteriolar Activity. Kidney Blood Press Res 2018; 43:904-913. [PMID: 29870982 PMCID: PMC6065105 DOI: 10.1159/000490338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2018] [Accepted: 05/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Free radical scavenger tempol is a protective antioxidant against ischemic injury. Tubular epithelial apoptosis is one of the main changes in the renal ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. Meanwhile some proteins related with apoptosis and inflammation are also involved in renal I/R injury. We tested the hypothesis that tempol protects against renal I/R injury by activating protein kinase B/mammalian target of rapamycin (PKB, Akt/mTOR) and glycogen synthase kinase 3β (GSK3β) pathways as well as the coordinating apoptosis and inflammation related proteins. METHODS The right renal pedicle of C57Bl/6 mouse was clamped for 30 minutes and the left kidney was removed in the study. The renal injury was assessed with serum parameters by an automatic chemistry analyzer. Renal expressions of Akt/mTOR and GSK3β pathways were measured by western blot in I/R mice treated with saline or tempol (50mg/kg) and compared with sham-operated mice. RESULTS The levels of blood urea nitrogen (BUN), creatinine and superoxide anion (O2.-) increased, and superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) decreased significantly after renal I/R injury. However, tempol treatment prevented the changes. Besides, I/R injury reduced renal expression of p-Akt, p-GSK3β, p-mTOR, Bcl2 and increased NF-κB, p-JNK and p53 in kidney, tempol significantly normalized these changes. In addition, renal I/R injury reduced the response of afferent arteriole to Angiotensin II (Ang II), while tempol treatment improved the activity of afferent arteriole. CONCLUSION Tempol attenuates renal I/R injury. The protective mechanisms seem to relate with activation of PI3K/Akt/mTOR and GSK3β pathways, inhibition of cellular damage markers and inflammation factors, as well as improvement of afferent arteriolar activity.
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- Gensheng Zhang
- Department of Physiology, and the Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Physiology, and the Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Pathology, Women's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Pathology, Women's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Physiology, and the Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Physiology, and the Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Physiology, and the Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Physiology, and the Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Physiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Department of Physiology, and the Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Physiology, and the Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China,
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Liu ZZ, Mathia S, Pahlitzsch T, Wennysia IC, Persson PB, Lai EY, Högner A, Xu MZ, Schubert R, Rosenberger C, Patzak A. Myoglobin facilitates angiotensin II-induced constriction of renal afferent arterioles. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2017; 312:F908-F916. [DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00394.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2016] [Revised: 12/22/2016] [Accepted: 12/30/2016] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Vasoconstriction plays an important role in the development of acute kidney injury in rhabdomyolysis. We hypothesized that myoglobin enhances the angiotensin II (ANG II) response in afferent arterioles by increasing superoxide and reducing nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability. Afferent arterioles of C57Bl6 mice were isolated perfused, and vasoreactivity was analyzed using video microscopy. NO bioavailability, superoxide concentration in the vessel wall, and changes in cytosolic calcium were measured using fluorescence techniques. Myoglobin treatment (10−5 M) did not change the basal arteriolar diameter during a 20-min period compared with control conditions. NG-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester (l-NAME, 10−4 M) and l-NAME + myoglobin reduced diameters to 94.7 and 97.9% of the initial diameter, respectively. Myoglobin or l-NAME enhanced the ANG II-induced constriction of arterioles compared with control (36.6 and 34.2%, respectively, vs. 65.9%). Norepinephrine responses were not influenced by myoglobin. Combined application of myoglobin and l-NAME further facilitated the ANG II response (7.0%). Myoglobin or l-NAME decreased the NO-related fluorescence in arterioles similarly. Myoglobin enhanced the superoxide-related fluorescence, and tempol prevented this enhancement. Tempol also partly prevented the myoglobin effect on the ANG II response. Myoglobin increased the fura 2 fluorescence ratio (cytosolic calcium) during ANG II application (10−12 to 10−6 M). The results suggest that the enhanced afferent arteriolar reactivity to ANG II is mainly due to a myoglobin-induced increase in superoxide and associated reduction in the NO bioavailability. Signaling pathways for the augmented ANG II response include enhanced cytosolic calcium transients. In conclusion, myoglobin may contribute to the afferent arteriolar vasoconstriction in this rhabdomyolysis model.
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- Z. Z. Liu
- Institute of Vegetative Physiology, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Nephrology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physiology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China; and
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- Institute of Vegetative Physiology, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Vegetative Physiology, Berlin, Germany
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- Medical Faculty Mannheim, Research Division Cardiovascular Physiology, Centre for Biomedicine and Medical Technology Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Nephrology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Vegetative Physiology, Berlin, Germany
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Oyarzún C, Garrido W, Alarcón S, Yáñez A, Sobrevia L, Quezada C, San Martín R. Adenosine contribution to normal renal physiology and chronic kidney disease. Mol Aspects Med 2017; 55:75-89. [PMID: 28109856 DOI: 10.1016/j.mam.2017.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2016] [Revised: 01/11/2017] [Accepted: 01/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Adenosine is a nucleoside that is particularly interesting to many scientific and clinical communities as it has important physiological and pathophysiological roles in the kidney. The distribution of adenosine receptors has only recently been elucidated; therefore it is likely that more biological roles of this nucleoside will be unveiled in the near future. Since the discovery of the involvement of adenosine in renal vasoconstriction and regulation of local renin production, further evidence has shown that adenosine signaling is also involved in the tubuloglomerular feedback mechanism, sodium reabsorption and the adaptive response to acute insults, such as ischemia. However, the most interesting finding was the increased adenosine levels in chronic kidney diseases such as diabetic nephropathy and also in non-diabetic animal models of renal fibrosis. When adenosine is chronically increased its signaling via the adenosine receptors may change, switching to a state that induces renal damage and produces phenotypic changes in resident cells. This review discusses the physiological and pathophysiological roles of adenosine and pays special attention to the mechanisms associated with switching homeostatic nucleoside levels to increased adenosine production in kidneys affected by CKD.
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- Carlos Oyarzún
- Institute of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Science Faculty, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Science Faculty, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Science Faculty, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Science Faculty, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
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- Cellular and Molecular Physiology Laboratory (CMPL), Division of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago 8330024, Chile; Department of Physiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidad de Sevilla, Seville E-41012, Spain; University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR), Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland, Herston QLD 4029, Queensland, Australia
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Science Faculty, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Science Faculty, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile.
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Huang Q, Wang Q, Zhang S, Jiang S, Zhao L, Yu L, Hultström M, Patzak A, Li L, Wilcox CS, Lai EY. Increased hydrogen peroxide impairs angiotensin II contractions of afferent arterioles in mice after renal ischaemia-reperfusion injury. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2016; 218:136-45. [PMID: 27362287 DOI: 10.1111/apha.12745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2015] [Revised: 02/15/2016] [Accepted: 06/28/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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AIM Renal ischaemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) increases angiotensin II (Ang II) and reactive oxygen species (ROS) that are potent modulators of vascular function. However, the roles of individual ROS and their interaction with Ang II are not clear. Here we tested the hypothesis that IRI modulates renal afferent arteriolar responses to Ang II via increasing superoxide (O2-) or hydrogen peroxide (H2 O2 ). METHODS Renal afferent arterioles were isolated and perfused from C57BL/6 mice 24 h after IRI or sham surgery. Responses to Ang II or noradrenaline were assessed by measuring arteriolar diameter. Production of H2 O2 and O2- was assessed in afferent arterioles and renal cortex. Activity of SOD and catalase, and mRNA expressions of Ang II receptors were assessed in pre-glomerular arterioles and renal cortex. RESULTS Afferent arterioles from mice after IRI had a reduced maximal contraction to Ang II (-27±2 vs. -42±1%, P < 0.001), but retained a normal contraction to noradrenaline. Arterioles after IRI had a 38% increase in H2 O2 (P < 0.001) and a 45% decrease in catalase activity (P < 0.01). Contractions were reduced in normal arterioles after incubation with H2 O2 (-22±2 vs. -42±1%, P < 0.05) similar to the effects of IRI. However, the impaired contractions were normalized by incubation with PEG catalase despite a reduced AT1 R expression. CONCLUSIONS Renal IRI in mice selectively impairs afferent arteriolar responses to Ang II because of H2 O2 accumulation that is caused by a reduced catalase activity. This could serve to buffer the effect of Ang II after IRI and may be a protective mechanism.
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- Q. Huang
- Department of Physiology; Zhejiang University School of Medicine; Hangzhou China
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- Department of Physiology; Zhejiang University School of Medicine; Hangzhou China
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- Department of Physiology; Zhejiang University School of Medicine; Hangzhou China
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- Department of Physiology; Zhejiang University School of Medicine; Hangzhou China
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- Department of Physiology; Zhejiang University School of Medicine; Hangzhou China
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- College of Life Sciences; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou China
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- Integrative Physiology; Department of Medical Cell Biology; Uppsala University; Uppsala Sweden
- Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine; Department of Surgical Sciences; Uppsala University; Uppsala Sweden
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- Institute of Vegetative Physiology; Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin; Berlin Germany
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- Department of Medicine; Division of Nephrology and Hypertension; Hypertension, Kidney and Vascular Research Center; Georgetown University; Washington DC USA
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- Department of Medicine; Division of Nephrology and Hypertension; Hypertension, Kidney and Vascular Research Center; Georgetown University; Washington DC USA
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- Department of Physiology; Zhejiang University School of Medicine; Hangzhou China
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Li L, Lai EY, Wellstein A, Welch WJ, Wilcox CS. Differential effects of superoxide and hydrogen peroxide on myogenic signaling, membrane potential, and contractions of mouse renal afferent arterioles. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2016; 310:F1197-205. [PMID: 27053691 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00575.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2015] [Accepted: 04/03/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Myogenic contraction is the principal component of renal autoregulation that protects the kidney from hypertensive barotrauma. Contractions are initiated by a rise in perfusion pressure that signals a reduction in membrane potential (Em) of vascular smooth muscle cells to activate voltage-operated Ca(2+) channels. Since ROS have variable effects on myogenic tone, we investigated the hypothesis that superoxide (O2 (·-)) and H2O2 differentially impact myogenic contractions. The myogenic contractions of mouse isolated and perfused single afferent arterioles were assessed from changes in luminal diameter with increasing perfusion pressure (40-80 mmHg). O2 (·-), H2O2, and Em were assessed by fluorescence microscopy during incubation with paraquat to increase O2 (·-) or with H2O2 Paraquat enhanced O2 (·-) generation and myogenic contractions (-42 ± 4% vs. -19 ± 4%, P < 0.005) that were blocked by SOD but not by catalase and signaled via PKC. In contrast, H2O2 inhibited the effects of paraquat and reduced myogenic contractions (-10 ± 1% vs. -19 ± 2%, P < 0.005) and signaled via PKG. O2 (·-) activated Ca(2+)-activated Cl(-) channels that reduced Em, whereas H2O2 activated Ca(2+)-activated and voltage-gated K(+) channels that increased Em Blockade of voltage-operated Ca(2+) channels prevented the enhanced myogenic contractions with paraquat without preventing the reduction in Em Myogenic contractions were independent of the endothelium and largely independent of nitric oxide. We conclude that O2 (·-) and H2O2 activate different signaling pathways in vascular smooth muscle cells linked to discreet membrane channels with opposite effects on Em and voltage-operated Ca(2+) channels and therefore have opposite effects on myogenic contractions.
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- Lingli Li
- Hypertension, Kidney and Vascular Research Center and Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia
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- Department of Physiology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China; and
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- Lombadi Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia
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- Hypertension, Kidney and Vascular Research Center and Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia
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- Hypertension, Kidney and Vascular Research Center and Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia;
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Kaufmann J, Martinka P, Moede O, Sendeski M, Steege A, Fähling M, Hultström M, Gaestel M, Moraes-Silva IC, Nikitina T, Liu ZZ, Zavaritskaya O, Patzak A. Noradrenaline enhances angiotensin II responses via p38 MAPK activation after hypoxia/re-oxygenation in renal interlobar arteries. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2015; 213:920-32. [PMID: 25594617 DOI: 10.1111/apha.12457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2014] [Revised: 03/14/2014] [Accepted: 01/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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AIM Hypoxia and sympathetic activation are main factors in the pathogenesis of acute kidney injury (AKI). We tested the hypothesis that noradrenaline (NE) in combination with hypoxia aggravates the vasoreactivity of renal arteries after hypoxia/re-oxygenation (H/R). We tested the role of adrenergic receptors and p38 MAPK using an in vitro H/R protocol. METHODS Mouse interlobar arteries (ILA) and afferent arterioles (AA) were investigated under isometric and isotonic conditions respectively. The in vitro protocol consisted of 60-min hypoxia and control condition, respectively, 10-min re-oxygenation followed by concentration-response curves for Ang II or endothelin. RESULTS Hypoxia reduced the response to Ang II. Hypoxia and NE (10(-9) mol L(-1) ) together increased it in ILA and AA. In ILA, NE alone influenced neither Ang II responses under control conditions nor endothelin responses after hypoxia. Prazosin or yohimbine treatment did not significantly influence the NE+hypoxia effect. The combination of prazosin and yohimbine or propranolol alone inhibited the effect of NE+hypoxia. BRL37344 (β3 receptor agonist) mimicked the NE effect. In contrast, the incubation with β3 receptor blocker did not influence the mentioned effect. Phosphorylation of p38 MAPK and MLC(20) was increased after H/R with NE and Ang II treatment. The selective p38 MAPK inhibitor SB202190 blocked the NE+hypoxia effect on the Ang II response. CONCLUSION The results suggest an interaction of NE and hypoxia in enhancing vasoreactivity, which may be important for the pathogenesis of AKI. The effect of NE+hypoxia in ILA is mediated by several adrenergic receptors and requires the p38 MAPK activation.
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- J. Kaufmann
- Institute of Vegetative Physiology; Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin; Berlin Germany
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- Institute of Vegetative Physiology; Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin; Berlin Germany
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- Institute of Vegetative Physiology; Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin; Berlin Germany
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- Institute of Vegetative Physiology; Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin; Berlin Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II; University Medical Center Regensburg; Regensburg Germany
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- Institute of Vegetative Physiology; Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin; Berlin Germany
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- Institute of Medical Cell Biology; Uppsala University; Uppsala Sweden
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- Institute of Biochemistry; Hannover Medical School; Hannover Germany
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- Heart Institute; University of São Paulo; School of Medicine; São Paulo Brazil
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- Institute of Vegetative Physiology; Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin; Berlin Germany
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- Institute of Vegetative Physiology; Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin; Berlin Germany
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- Institute of Vegetative Physiology; Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin; Berlin Germany
- Cardiovascular Physiology; Centre for Biomedicine and Medical Technology Mannheim; Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg; Mannheim Germany
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- Institute of Vegetative Physiology; Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin; Berlin Germany
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Gao X, Peleli M, Zollbrecht C, Patzak A, Persson AEG, Carlström M. Adenosine A1 receptor-dependent and independent pathways in modulating renal vascular responses to angiotensin II. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2015; 213:268-76. [PMID: 25251152 DOI: 10.1111/apha.12399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2014] [Revised: 08/09/2014] [Accepted: 09/17/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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AIM Renal afferent arterioles are the effector site for autoregulation of glomerular perfusion and filtration. There is synergistic interaction between angiotensin II (ANG II) and adenosine (Ado) in regulating arteriolar contraction; however, the mechanisms are not clear. In this context, this study investigated the contribution of A1 receptor-dependent and independent signalling mechanisms. METHODS Isolated perfused afferent arterioles from transgenic mice (A1 (+/+) and A1 (-/-) ) were used for vascular reactivity studies. Cultured vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) were used for phosphorylation studies of signalling proteins that induce arteriolar contraction. RESULTS Maximal arteriolar contraction to ANG II was attenuated in A1 (-/-) (22%) compared with A1 (+/+) (40%). Simultaneous incubation with low-dose ado (10(-8) mol L(-1) ) enhanced ANG II-induced contraction in A1 (+/+) (58%), but also in A1 (-/-) (42%). An ado transporter inhibitor (NBTI) abolished this synergistic effect in A1 (-/-) , but not in wild-type mice. Incubation with Ado + ANG II increased p38 phosphorylation in aortic VSMC from both genotypes, but treatment with NBTI only blocked phosphorylation in A1 (-/-) . Combination of ANG II + Ado also increased MLC phosphorylation in A1 (+/+) but not significantly in A1 (-/-) , and NBTI had no effects. In agreement, Ado + ANG II-induced phosphorylation of p38 and MLC in rat pre-glomerular VSMC was not affected by NBTI. However, during pharmacological inhibition of the A1 receptor simultaneous treatment with NBTI reduced phosphorylation of both p38 and MLC to control levels. CONCLUSION Interaction between ANG II and Ado in VSMC normally involves A1 receptor signalling, but this can be compensated by receptor independent actions that phosphorylate p38 MAPK and MLC.
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- Department of Medical Cell Biology; Uppsala University; Uppsala Sweden
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- Department of Physiology & Pharmacology; Karolinska Institutet; Stockholm Sweden
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- Department of Physiology & Pharmacology; Karolinska Institutet; Stockholm Sweden
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- Institute of Vegetative Physiology; Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin; Berlin Germany
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- Department of Medical Cell Biology; Uppsala University; Uppsala Sweden
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- Department of Physiology & Pharmacology; Karolinska Institutet; Stockholm Sweden
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Jönsson S, Agic MB, Narfström F, Melville JM, Hultström M. Renal neurohormonal regulation in heart failure decompensation. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2014; 307:R493-7. [PMID: 24920735 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00178.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Decompensation in heart failure occurs when the heart fails to balance venous return with cardiac output, leading to fluid congestion and contributing to mortality. Decompensated heart failure can cause acute kidney injury (AKI), which further increases mortality. Heart failure activates signaling systems that are deleterious to kidneys such as renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA), renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, and vasopressin secretion. All three reduce renal blood flow (RBF) and increase tubular sodium reabsorption, which may increase renal oxygen consumption causing AKI through renal tissue hypoxia. Vasopressin contributes to venous congestion through aquaporin-mediated water retention. Additional water retention may be mediated through vasopressin-induced medullary urea transport and hyaluronan but needs further study. In addition, there are several systems that could protect the kidneys and reduce fluid retention such as natriuretic peptides, prostaglandins, and nitric oxide. However, the effect of natriuretic peptides and nitric oxide are blunted in decompensation, partly due to oxidative stress. This review considers how neurohormonal signaling in heart failure drives fluid retention by the kidneys and thus exacerbates decompensation. It further identifies areas where there is limited data, such as signaling systems 20-HETE, purines, endothelin, the role of renal water retention mechanisms for congestion, and renal hypoxia in AKI during heart failure.
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- Sofia Jönsson
- Unit for Integrative Physiology, Department of Medical Cellbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; and
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- Unit for Integrative Physiology, Department of Medical Cellbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; and
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- Unit for Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Unit for Integrative Physiology, Department of Medical Cellbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; and
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- Unit for Integrative Physiology, Department of Medical Cellbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; and Unit for Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Renal afferent arterioles (AFF) regulate glomerular capillary pressure through two main mechanisms: the myogenic response (MYO) and tubuloglomerular feedback (TGF). Because Rho-kinase and nitric oxide synthase (NOS) are established factors that modulate vascular tone, we examined the role of these factors in pressure-induced AFF tone in Wistar-Kyoto rats and in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) using an intravital CCD camera. Elevated renal perfusion pressure elicited marked AFF constriction that was partially inhibited by gadolinium, furosemide and fasudil, which inhibit MYO, TGF and Rho-kinase, respectively; however, this AFF constriction was completely blocked by combined treatment with fasudil+gadolinium or fasudil+furosemide. S-methyl-L-thiocitrulline (SMTC) partially reversed the fasudil-induced inhibition of TGF-mediated, but not that of MYO-mediated, AFF constriction. In SHR, the pressure-induced AFF response was enhanced, and MYO- and TGF-induced constriction were exaggerated. In the presence of gadolinium, SMTC partially mitigated the fasudil-induced inhibition of TGF-mediated AFF constriction. Immunoblot analyses demonstrated that both Rho-kinase activity and neuronal NOS were augmented in SHR kidneys. In conclusion, Rho-kinase contributes to MYO- and TGF-mediated AFF responses, and these responses are enhanced in SHR. Furthermore, neuronal NOS-induced nitric oxide modulates the TGF mechanism. This mechanism constitutes a target for Rho-kinase in TGF-mediated AFF constriction.
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Fähling M, Mathia S, Paliege A, Koesters R, Mrowka R, Peters H, Persson PB, Neumayer HH, Bachmann S, Rosenberger C. Tubular von Hippel-Lindau knockout protects against rhabdomyolysis-induced AKI. J Am Soc Nephrol 2013; 24:1806-19. [PMID: 23970125 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2013030281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Renal hypoxia occurs in AKI of various etiologies, but adaptation to hypoxia, mediated by hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF), is incomplete in these conditions. Preconditional HIF activation protects against renal ischemia-reperfusion injury, yet the mechanisms involved are largely unknown, and HIF-mediated renoprotection has not been examined in other causes of AKI. Here, we show that selective activation of HIF in renal tubules, through Pax8-rtTA-based inducible knockout of von Hippel-Lindau protein (VHL-KO), protects from rhabdomyolysis-induced AKI. In this model, HIF activation correlated inversely with tubular injury. Specifically, VHL deletion attenuated the increased levels of serum creatinine/urea, caspase-3 protein, and tubular necrosis induced by rhabdomyolysis in wild-type mice. Moreover, HIF activation in nephron segments at risk for injury occurred only in VHL-KO animals. At day 1 after rhabdomyolysis, when tubular injury may be reversible, the HIF-mediated renoprotection in VHL-KO mice was associated with activated glycolysis, cellular glucose uptake and utilization, autophagy, vasodilation, and proton removal, as demonstrated by quantitative PCR, pathway enrichment analysis, and immunohistochemistry. In conclusion, a HIF-mediated shift toward improved energy supply may protect against acute tubular injury in various forms of AKI.
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Patinha D, Fasching A, Pinho D, Albino-Teixeira A, Morato M, Palm F. Angiotensin II contributes to glomerular hyperfiltration in diabetic rats independently of adenosine type I receptors. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2013; 304:F614-22. [PMID: 23283998 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00285.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Increased angiotensin II (ANG II) or adenosine can potentiate each other in the regulation of renal hemodynamics and tubular function. Diabetes is characterized by hyperfiltration, yet the roles of ANG II and adenosine receptors for controlling baseline renal blood flow (RBF) or tubular Na(+) handling in diabetes is presently unknown. Accordingly, the changes in their functions were investigated in control and 2-wk streptozotocin-diabetic rats after intrarenal infusion of the ANG II AT1 receptor antagonist candesartan, the adenosine A1 receptor antagonist 8-cyclopentyl-1,3-dipropylxanthine (DPCPX), or their combination. Compared with controls, the baseline blood pressure, RBF, and renal vascular resistance (RVR) were similar in diabetics, whereas the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and filtration fraction (FF) were increased. Candesartan, DPCPX, or the combination increased RBF and decreased RVR similarly in all groups. In controls, the GFR was increased by DPCPX, but in diabetics, it was decreased by candesartan. The FF was decreased by candesartan and DPCPX, independently. DPCPX caused the most pronounced increase in fractional Na(+) excretion in both controls and diabetics, whereas candesartan or the combination only affected fractional Li(+) excretion in diabetics. These results suggest that RBF, via a unifying mechanism, and tubular function are under strict tonic control of both ANG II and adenosine in both control and diabetic kidneys. Furthermore, increased vascular AT1 receptor activity is a contribution to diabetes-induced hyperfiltration independent of any effect of adenosine A1 receptors.
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- Daniela Patinha
- Uppsala Univ., Dept. of Medical Cell Biology, Biomedical Center, Box 571, 751 23 Uppsala, Sweden
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Li L, Lai EY, Huang Y, Eisner C, Mizel D, Wilcox CS, Schnermann J. Renal afferent arteriolar and tubuloglomerular feedback reactivity in mice with conditional deletions of adenosine 1 receptors. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2012; 303:F1166-75. [PMID: 22896040 PMCID: PMC3469676 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00222.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2012] [Accepted: 08/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Adenosine 1 receptors (A1AR) have been shown in previous experiments to play a major role in the tubuloglomerular feedback (TGF) constrictor response of afferent arterioles (AA) to increased loop of Henle flow. Overexpression studies have pointed to a critical role of vascular A1AR, but it has remained unclear whether selective deletion of A1AR from smooth muscle cells is sufficient to abolish TGF responsiveness. To address this question, we have determined TGF response magnitude in mice in which vascular A1AR deletion was achieved using the loxP recombination approach with cre recombinase being controlled by a smooth muscle actin promoter (SmCre/A1ARff). Effective vascular deletion of A1AR was affirmed by absence of vasoconstrictor responses to adenosine or cyclohexyl adenosine (CHA) in microperfused AA. Elevation of loop of Henle flow from 0 to 30 nl/min caused a 22.1 ± 3.1% reduction of stop flow pressure in control mice and of 7.2 ± 1.5% in SmCre/A1ARff mice (P < 0.001). Maintenance of residual TGF activity despite absence of A1AR-mediated responses in AA suggests participation of extravascular A1AR in TGF. Support for this notion comes from the observation that deletion of A1ARff by nestin-driven cre causes an identical TGF response reduction (7.3 ± 2.4% in NestinCre/A1ARff vs. 20.3 ± 2.7% in controls), whereas AA responsiveness was reduced but not abolished. A1AR on AA smooth muscle cells are primarily responsible for TGF activation, but A1AR on extravascular cells, perhaps mesangial cells, appear to contribute to the TGF response.
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- Lingli Li
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive-MSC 1370, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Schmerbach K, Patzak A. The renin-angiotensin system--a functional 'jack-of-all-trades'. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2012; 205:453-5. [PMID: 22741524 DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2012.02449.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- K. Schmerbach
- Institute of Vegetative Physiology; Charité-Universitaetsmedizin Berlin; Berlin; Germany
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- Institute of Vegetative Physiology; Charité-Universitaetsmedizin Berlin; Berlin; Germany
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Lai EY, Wang Y, Persson AEG, Manning RD, Liu R. Pressure induces intracellular calcium changes in juxtaglomerular cells in perfused afferent arterioles. Hypertens Res 2011; 34:942-8. [PMID: 21633358 DOI: 10.1038/hr.2011.65] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Calcium (Ca(2+)) has an important role in nearly all types of cellular secretion, with a particularly novel role in the juxtaglomerular (JG) cells in the kidney. In JG cells, Ca(2+) inhibits renin secretion, which is a major regulator of blood pressure and renal hemodynamics. However, whether alterations in afferent arteriolar (Af-Art) pressure change intracellular Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) in JG cells and whether [Ca(2+)](i) comes from extracellular or intracellular sources remains unknown. We hypothesize that increases in perfusion pressure in the Af-Art result in elevations in [Ca(2+)](i) in JG cells. We isolated and perfused Af-Art of C57BL6 mice and measured changes in [Ca(2+)](i) in JG cells in response to perfusion pressure changes. The JG cells' [Ca(2+)](i) was 93.3±2.2 nM at 60 mm Hg perfusion pressure and increased to 111.3±13.4, 119.6±7.3, 130.3±2.9 and 140.8±12.1 nM at 80, 100, 120 and 140 mm Hg, respectively. At 120 mm Hg, increases in [Ca(2+)](i) were reduced in mice receiving the following treatments: (1) the mechanosensitive cation channel blocker, gadolinium (94.6±7.5 nM); (2) L-type calcium channel blocker, nifedipine (105.8±7.5 nM); and (3) calcium-free solution plus ethylene glycol tetraacetic acid (96.0±5.8 nM). Meanwhile, the phospholipase C inhibitor, inositol triphosphate receptor inhibitor, T-type calcium channel blocker, N-type calcium channel blocker and Ca(2+)-ATPase inhibitor did not influence changes in [Ca(2+)](i) in JG cells. In summary, JG cell [Ca(2+)](i) rise as perfusion pressure increases; furthermore, the calcium comes from extracellular sources, specifically mechanosensitive cation channels and L-type calcium channels.
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- En Yin Lai
- Department of Medical Cell Biology, Division of Integrative Physiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Dahl TD, Hultström M, Iversen BM, Helle F. Adenosine sensitization after angiotensin II stimulation in afferent arterioles from normal rats does not occur during two-kidney, one-clip hypertension. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2011; 201:289-94. [PMID: 20698832 DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2010.02177.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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AIMS G protein-coupled receptors such as the AT(1a) R are frequently subject to desensitization, extensively studied in cell culture but to small extent in hypertensive models. Recently, angiotensin II (ANG II)-induced desensitization was shown to last 10 min in isolated afferent arterioles (AAs), suggesting impact on ANG II vasoactivity. In the present study, we explored ANG II desensitization and effects of adenosine (Ado) in AAs from two-kidney, one-clip (2K1C) hypertensive rats. Our main hypothesis was that Ado affects ANG II contractility differently in 2K1C, because of persistently elevated levels of ANG II. METHODS Afferent arterioles were isolated with the agarose-infusion/enzyme-treatment technique from normotensive and 2K1C hypertensive rats, and stimulated with ANG II (10(-7) M) at baseline and re-stimulated after 20 or 40 min, with or without Ado (2.5 × 10(-5) M) in the vessel bath. RESULTS Afferent arterioles from normotensive rats re-stimulated with ANG II after 20 min displayed a blunted contraction (Δ12.8 ± 4.3%, P < 0.05), which disappeared when AAs were stimulated after 40 min (Δ2.7 ± 2.3%, NS), indicating that desensitization lasted for 30 ± 10 min. Ado augmented ANG II contractions after 20 min, but not after 40 min, suggesting that only de-sensitized vessels were affected. Similar experiments in AAs from the clipped and non-clipped kidneys revealed no desensitization when re-stimulated with ANG II after 20 and 40 min, and contractions were unaffected by Ado. CONCLUSIONS Reduced duration of desensitization in AAs from 2K1C may cause vessels to be sensitized longer and increase vasoconstriction. The present study demonstrates that Ado does not augment ANG II-induced contractions in AAs from 2K1C as in normotensive rats, possibly because of a reduced period of desensitization.
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- T D Dahl
- Renal Research Group, Institute of Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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Xu MH, Gong YS, Su MS, Dai ZY, Dai SS, Bao SZ, Li N, Zheng RY, He JC, Chen JF, Wang XT. Absence of the adenosine A2A receptor confers pulmonary arterial hypertension and increased pulmonary vascular remodeling in mice. J Vasc Res 2010; 48:171-83. [PMID: 20938208 DOI: 10.1159/000316935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2009] [Accepted: 05/24/2010] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is characterized by sustained elevation of pulmonary vascular resistance resulting from endothelial and smooth muscle cell dysfunction and collagen deposition in pulmonary vascular walls. In this study, we investigated the role of the adenosine A(2A) receptor (A(2A)R) in the development of PAH by determining the effect of genetic inactivation of A(2A)Rs on pulmonary vascular remodeling in mice. METHODS AND RESULTS We characterized hemodynamic, histological and ultrastructural changes in pulmonary vascular remodeling in A(2A)R knockout (KO) mice compared with their wild-type (WT) littermates after exposure to normoxia and hypoxic conditions. After exposure to normoxia, compared to WT mice, A(2A)R KO mice displayed: (1) increased right ventricular systolic pressures and an elevated ratio of the right ventricle over left ventricle plus septum (Fulton index), (2) increased wall area and thickness as well as enhanced smooth muscle actin immunoreactivity in pulmonary resistance vessels, (3) increased proliferating cell nuclear antigen-positive cells in pulmonary resistance vessels and (4) increased smooth muscle cells hypertrophy and collagen deposition in the adventitia of pulmonary arteriole walls as revealed by electron microscope. By contrast, histological analysis revealed no features of hypertensive nephropathy in A(2A)R KO mice and there was no significant difference in systemic blood pressure, and left ventricular masses among the 3 genotypes. Furthermore, following chronic exposure to hypoxia, A(2A)R KO mice exhibited exacerbated elevation in right ventricular systolic pressure, hypertrophy of pulmonary resistance vessels and increased cell proliferation in pulmonary resistance vessels, compared to WT littermates. Thus, genetic inactivation of A(2A)Rs selectively produced PAH and associated increased smooth muscle proliferation and collagen deposition. CONCLUSIONS Extracellular adenosine acting at A(2A)Rs represents an important regulatory mechanism to control the development of PAH and pulmonary vascular remodeling.
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- M H Xu
- The Experimental Neurobiology Research Institute, Wenzhou Medical College, Zhejiang, PR China
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Schildroth J, Rettig-Zimmermann J, Kalk P, Steege A, Fähling M, Sendeski M, Paliege A, Lai EY, Bachmann S, Persson PB, Hocher B, Patzak A. Endothelin type A and B receptors in the control of afferent and efferent arterioles in mice. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2010; 26:779-89. [PMID: 20813769 DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfq534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Endothelin 1 contributes to renal blood flow control and pathogenesis of kidney diseases. The differential effects, however, of endothelin 1 (ET-1) on afferent (AA) and efferent arterioles (EA) remain to be established. METHODS We investigated endothelin type A and B receptor (ETA-R, ETB-R) functions in the control of AA and EA. Arterioles of ETB-R deficient, rescued mice [ETB(-/-)] and wild types [ETB(+/+)] were microperfused. RESULTS ET-1 constricted AA stronger than EA in ETB(-/-) and ETB(+/+) mice. Results in AA: ET-1 induced similar constrictions in ETB(-/-) and ETB(+/+) mice. BQ-123 (ETA-R antagonist) inhibited this response in both groups. ALA-ET-1 and IRL1620 (ETB-R agonists) had no effect on arteriolar diameter. L-NAME did neither affect basal diameters nor ET-1 responses. Results in EA: ET-1 constricted EA stronger in ETB(+/+) compared to ETB(-/-). BQ-123 inhibited the constriction completely only in ETB(-/-). ALA-ET-1 and IRL1620 constricted only arterioles of ETB(+/+) mice. L-NAME decreased basal diameter in ETB(+/+), but not in ETB(-/-) mice and increased the ET-1 response similarly in both groups. The L-NAME actions indicate a contribution of ETB-R in basal nitric oxide (NO) release in EA and suggest dilatory action of ETA-R in EA. CONCLUSIONS ETA-R mediates vasoconstriction in AA and contributes to vasoconstriction in EA in this mouse model. ETB-R has no effect in AA but mediates basal NO release and constriction in EA. The stronger effect of ET-1 on AA supports observations of decreased glomerular filtration rate to ET-1 and indicates a potential contribution of ET-1 to the pathogenesis of kidney diseases.
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- Janice Schildroth
- Institute of Vegetative Physiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Wang W, Pang L, Palade P. Angiotensin II upregulates Ca(V)1.2 protein expression in cultured arteries via endothelial H(2)O(2) production. J Vasc Res 2010; 48:67-78. [PMID: 20639649 DOI: 10.1159/000318776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2009] [Accepted: 03/15/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND We previously reported that angiotensin II caused an endothelial-dependent increase in L-type voltage-dependent Ca(2+) channel (Ca(V)1.2) in cultured arteries, but the signaling pathways are not clear. METHODS Endothelial damage was generated by brief intra-arterial perfusion with 0.3% CHAPS. Ca(V)1.2 expression, function and H(2)O(2) were measured by Western blot, tension recording and Amplex Red H(2)O(2) assay kit, respectively. RESULTS Angiotensin II dose-dependently upregulated Ca(V)1.2 expression in endothelium-intact arteries. The angiotensin II upregulation of Ca(V)1.2 expression in endothelium-intact arteries was blocked by NAD(P)H oxidase inhibitor diphenyleneiodonium (DPI), apocynin, a more specific NAD(P)H oxidase inhibitor gp91ds-tat and also by catalase. H(2)O(2) similarly upregulated Ca(V)1.2 expression in endothelium-intact and endothelium-damaged arteries, and the latter effect was also blocked by DPI and apocynin. Angiotensin II increased H(2)O(2) production by endothelium-intact but not by endothelium-damaged arteries, and this effect was blocked by apocynin, catalase and gp91ds-tat. The upregulation of Ca(V)1.2 by angiotensin II and H(2)O(2) is accompanied by an increased tension response to KCl and the Ca(2+) channel activator FPL 64176, and this effect was also attenuated by gp91ds-tat. CONCLUSION These results suggest that angiotensin II stimulates endothelial NAD(P)H oxidase-produced H(2)O(2,) which may additionally act through vascular smooth muscle NAD(P)H oxidase, to upregulate vascular Ca(V)1.2 protein.
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- Wenze Wang
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Ark 72205, USA. wwang @ uams.edu
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Lai EY, Onozato ML, Solis G, Aslam S, Welch WJ, Wilcox CS. Myogenic responses of mouse isolated perfused renal afferent arterioles: effects of salt intake and reduced renal mass. Hypertension 2010; 55:983-9. [PMID: 20194294 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.109.149120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Because defects in renal autoregulation may contribute to renal barotrauma in chronic kidney disease, we tested the hypothesis that the myogenic response is diminished by reduced renal mass. Kidneys from 5/6 nephrectomized mice had only a minor increase in the glomerular sclerosis index. The telemetric mean arterial pressure (108+/-10 mm Hg) was unaffected after 3 months of high-salt intake (6% salt in chow) or reduced renal mass. Afferent arterioles from 5/6 nephrectomized mice and sham-operated controls were perfused ex vivo during step changes in pressure from 40 to 134 mm Hg. Afferent arterioles developed a constriction and a linear increase in active wall tension above a perfusion pressure of 36+/-6 mm Hg, without a plateau. The slope of active wall tension versus perfusion pressure defined the myogenic response, which was similar in sham mice fed normal or high-salt diets for 3 months (2.90+/-0.22 versus 3.22+/-0.40 dynes x cm(-1)/mm Hg; P value not significant). The myogenic response was unaffected after 3 days of reduced renal mass on either salt diet (3.39+/-0.61 versus 4.04+/-0.47 dynes x cm(-1)/mm Hg) but was reduced (P<0.05) in afferent arterioles from reduced renal mass groups fed normal and high salt at 3 months (2.10+/-0.28 and 1.35+/-0.21 dynes x cm(-1)/mm Hg). In conclusion, mouse renal afferent arterioles develop a linear increase in myogenic tone around the range of ambient perfusion pressures. This myogenic response is impaired substantially in the mouse model of prolonged reduced renal mass, especially during high salt intake.
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- En Yin Lai
- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20007, USA
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Lai et al. provide important new information regarding the interaction between the sympathetic and renin-angiotensin systems in the regulation of glomerular afferent arteriolar contractility. Their study demonstrates a calcium-independent enhanced contractile response to angiotensin II following norepinephrine administration. The interplay between the norepinephrine- and angiotensin II-stimulated pathways could potentially be important in physiological as well as pathophysiological situations with increased sympathetic nervous system activity, such as hypertension.
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Lai EY, Fähling M, Ma Z, Källskog Ö, Persson PB, Patzak A, Persson AEG, Hultström M. Norepinephrine increases calcium sensitivity of mouse afferent arteriole, thereby enhancing angiotensin II–mediated vasoconstriction. Kidney Int 2009; 76:953-9. [DOI: 10.1038/ki.2009.261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Lai EY, Patzak A, Persson AEG, Carlström M. Angiotensin II enhances the afferent arteriolar response to adenosine through increases in cytosolic calcium. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2009; 196:435-45. [PMID: 19141138 DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2009.01956.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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AIMS Angiotensin II (Ang II) is a strong renal vasoconstrictor and modulates the tubuloglomerular feedback (TGF). We hypothesized that Ang II at low concentrations enhances the vasoconstrictor effect of adenosine (Ado), the mediator of TGF. METHODS Afferent arterioles of mice were isolated and perfused, and both isotonic contractions and cytosolic calcium transients were measured. RESULTS Bolus application of Ang II (10(-12) and 10(-10) M) induced negligible vasoconstrictions, while Ang II at 10(-8) m reduced diameters by 35%. Ang II at 10(-12), 10(-10) and 10(-8) m clearly enhanced the arteriolar response to cumulative applications of Ado (10(-11) to 10(-4) M). Ado application increased the cytosolic calcium concentrations in the vascular smooth muscle, which were higher at 10(-5) M than at 10(-8) M. Ang II (10(-11) to 10(-6) M) also induced concentration-dependent calcium transients, which were attenuated by AT(1) receptor inhibition. Simultaneously applied Ang II (10(-10) M) additively enhanced the calcium transients induced by 10(-8) and 10(-5) M Ado. The transients were partly inhibited by AT(1) or A(1) receptor antagonists, but not significantly by A(2) receptor antagonists. CONCLUSION A low dose of Ang II enhances Ado-induced constrictions, partly via AT(1) receptor-mediated calcium increase. Ado increases intracellular calcium by acting on A(1) but not A(2) receptors. The potentiating effect of Ang II on Ado-induced arteriolar vasoconstrictions may involve calcium sensitization of the contractile machinery, as Ang II only additively increased cytosolic calcium concentrations, while its effect on the arteriolar constriction was more than additive. The potentiating effect of Ang II might contribute to the resetting of TGF.
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- E Y Lai
- Division of Physiology, Department of Medical Cell Biology, Uppsala University, S-75123 Uppsala, Sweden
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Fähling M. Cellular oxygen sensing, signalling and how to survive translational arrest in hypoxia. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2009; 195:205-30. [PMID: 18764866 DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2008.01894.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Hypoxia is a consequence of inadequate oxygen availability. At the cellular level, lowered oxygen concentration activates signal cascades including numerous receptors, ion channels, second messengers, as well as several protein kinases and phosphatases. This, in turn, activates trans-factors like transcription factors, RNA-binding proteins and miRNAs, mediating an alteration in gene expression control. Each cell type has its unique constellation of oxygen sensors, couplers and effectors that determine the activation and predominance of several independent hypoxia-sensitive pathways. Hence, altered gene expression patterns in hypoxia result from a complex regulatory network with multiple divergences and convergences. Although hundreds of genes are activated by transcriptional control in hypoxia, metabolic rate depression, as a consequence of reduced ATP level, causes inhibition of mRNA translation. In a multi-phase response to hypoxia, global protein synthesis is suppressed, mainly by phosphorylation of eIF2-alpha by PERK and inhibition of mTOR, causing suppression of 5'-cap-dependent mRNA translation. Growing evidence suggests that mRNAs undergo sorting at stress granules, which determines the fate of mRNA as to whether being translated, stored, or degraded. Data indicate that translation is suppressed only at 'free' polysomes, but is active at subsets of membrane-bound ribosomes. The recruitment of specific mRNAs into subcellular compartments seems to be crucial for local mRNA translation in prolonged hypoxia. Furthermore, ribosomes themselves may play a significant role in targeting mRNAs for translation. This review summarizes the multiple facets of the cellular adaptation to hypoxia observed in mammals.
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- M Fähling
- Institut für Vegetative Physiologie, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
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Activation of A(2) adenosine receptors dilates cortical efferent arterioles in mouse. Kidney Int 2009; 75:793-9. [PMID: 19165174 DOI: 10.1038/ki.2008.684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Adenosine can induce vasodilatation and vasoconstriction of the renal afferent arteriole of the mouse. We determined here its direct effect on efferent arterioles of mouse kidneys. Using isolated-perfused cortical efferent arterioles, we measured changes in luminal diameter in response to adenosine. Extraluminal application of adenosine and cyclohexyladenosine had no effect on the luminal diameter. When the vessels were constricted by the thromboxane mimetic U46619, application of adenosine and 5'-N-ethylcarboxamido-adenosine dilated the efferent arterioles in a dose-dependent manner. We also found that the adenosine-induced vasodilatation was inhibited by the A(2)-specific receptor blocker 3,7-dimethyl-1-propargylxanthine. In the presence of this inhibitor, adenosine failed to alter the basal vessel diameter of quiescent efferent arterioles. Using primer-specific polymerase chain reaction we found that the adenosine A(1), A(2a), A(2b), and A(3) receptors were expressed in microdissected mouse efferent arterioles. We conclude that adenosine dilates the efferent arteriole using the A(2) receptor subtype at concentrations compatible with activation of the A(2b) receptor.
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Interaction of intrarenal adenosine and angiotensin II in kidney vascular resistance. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens 2009; 18:63-7. [DOI: 10.1097/mnh.0b013e32831cf5d3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The autacoid, adenosine, is present in the normoxic kidney and generated in the cytosol as well as at extracellular sites. The rate of adenosine formation is enhanced when the rate of ATP hydrolysis prevails over the rate of ATP synthesis during increased tubular transport work or during oxygen deficiency. Extracellular adenosine acts on adenosine receptor subtypes (A(1), A(2A), A(2B), and A(3)) in the cell membranes to affect vascular and tubular functions. Adenosine lowers glomerular filtration rate by constricting afferent arterioles, especially in superficial nephrons, and thus lowers the salt load and transport work of the kidney consistent with the concept of metabolic control of organ function. In contrast, it leads to vasodilation in the deep cortex and the semihypoxic medulla, and exerts differential effects on NaCl transport along the tubular and collecting duct system. These vascular and tubular effects point to a prominent role of adenosine and its receptors in the intrarenal metabolic regulation of kidney function, and, together with its role in inflammatory processes, form the basis for potential therapeutic approaches in radiocontrast media-induced acute renal failure, ischemia reperfusion injury, and in patients with cardiorenal failure.
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- Volker Vallon
- Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego and VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA 92161, USA.
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Martinka P, Lai EY, Fähling M, Jankowski V, Jankowski J, Schubert R, Gaestel M, Persson AEG, Persson PB, Patzak A. Adenosine increases calcium sensitivity via receptor-independent activation of the p38/MK2 pathway in mesenteric arteries. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2008; 193:37-46. [PMID: 18005245 DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2007.01800.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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AIM Adenosine (Ado) restores desensitized angiotensin II-induced contractions in the renal arterioles via an intracellular, receptor-independent mechanisms including the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK). In the present study we test the hypothesis that MAPK-activated protein kinase 2 (MK2) mediates the Ado effect downstream from p38 MAPK resulting in an increased phosphorylation of the regulatory unit of the myosin light chain (MLC(20)). METHODS AND RESULTS Contraction experiments were performed in rings of mesenteric arteries under isometric conditions in C57BL6 and MK2 knock out mice (MK2-/-). Ado pretreatment (10(-5) mol L(-1)) strongly increased Ang II sensitivity, calcium sensitivity and the phosphorylation of MLC(20). Treatment with Ado (3 x 10(-6) or 10(-5) mol L(-1) in between successive Ang II applications) enhanced the desensitized Ang II responses (second to fifth application). Ca(2+) transients were not effected by Ado. Further, blockade of type 1 and type 2 Ado receptors during treatment did not influence the effect. Type 3 receptor activation by inosine instead of Ado had no effect. Conversely, inhibition of nitrobenzylthioinosine-sensitive Ado transporters prevented the effects of Ado. Inhibition of p38 MAPK as well as use of MK2-/- mice prevented contractile Ado effects on the mesenteric arteries and the phosphorylation of MLC(20). CONCLUSION The study shows that Ado activates the p38 MAPK/MK2 pathway in vascular smooth muscle via an intracellular action, which results in an increased MLC(20) phosphorylation in concert with increased calcium sensitivity of the contractile apparatus. This mechanism can significantly contribute to the regulation of vascular tone, e.g. under post-ischaemic conditions.
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MESH Headings
- Adenosine/pharmacology
- Angiotensin II/pharmacology
- Animals
- Calcium/metabolism
- Calcium/pharmacology
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Drug Synergism
- MAP Kinase Signaling System/drug effects
- Male
- Mesenteric Artery, Superior/drug effects
- Mesenteric Artery, Superior/metabolism
- Mesenteric Artery, Superior/physiology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Muscle Contraction/drug effects
- Muscle Contraction/physiology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/physiology
- Myosin Light Chains/metabolism
- Phosphorylation/drug effects
- Receptors, Purinergic P1/physiology
- Tissue Culture Techniques
- Vasoconstriction/drug effects
- Vasoconstrictor Agents/pharmacology
- p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/physiology
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- P Martinka
- Institut für Vegetative Physiologie, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
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Carlström M, Lai EY, Steege A, Sendeski M, Ma Z, Zabihi S, Eriksson UJ, Patzak A, Persson AEG. Nitric Oxide Deficiency and Increased Adenosine Response of Afferent Arterioles in Hydronephrotic Mice With Hypertension. Hypertension 2008; 51:1386-92. [DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.108.111070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Afferent arterioles were used to investigate the role of adenosine, angiotensin II, NO, and reactive oxygen species in the pathogenesis of increased tubuloglomerular feedback response in hydronephrosis. Hydronephrosis was induced in wild-type mice, superoxide dismutase-1 overexpressed mice (superoxide-dismutase-1 transgenic), and deficient mice (superoxide dismutase-1 knockout). Isotonic contractions in isolated perfused arterioles and mRNA expression of NO synthase isoforms, adenosine, and angiotensin II receptors were measured. In wild-type mice,
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-NAME increased angiotensin II responses of all of the groups but less in hydronephrotic kidneys. The mRNA expression of endothelial NO synthase and inducible NO synthase was upregulated in the hydronephrotic arterioles. No differences were found for adenosine or angiotensin II receptors. In superoxide dismutase-1 transgenic mice, strong but similar
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- Mattias Carlström
- From the Department of Medical Cell Biology (M.C., E.Y.L., Z.M., S.Z., U.J.E., A.P., A.E.G.P.), Division of Integrative Physiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; Institute of Vegetative Physiology (A.S., M.S., A.P.), University Hospital Charité, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany; and the Division of Nephrology (Z.M.), Department of Internal Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China
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- From the Department of Medical Cell Biology (M.C., E.Y.L., Z.M., S.Z., U.J.E., A.P., A.E.G.P.), Division of Integrative Physiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; Institute of Vegetative Physiology (A.S., M.S., A.P.), University Hospital Charité, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany; and the Division of Nephrology (Z.M.), Department of Internal Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China
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- From the Department of Medical Cell Biology (M.C., E.Y.L., Z.M., S.Z., U.J.E., A.P., A.E.G.P.), Division of Integrative Physiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; Institute of Vegetative Physiology (A.S., M.S., A.P.), University Hospital Charité, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany; and the Division of Nephrology (Z.M.), Department of Internal Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China
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- From the Department of Medical Cell Biology (M.C., E.Y.L., Z.M., S.Z., U.J.E., A.P., A.E.G.P.), Division of Integrative Physiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; Institute of Vegetative Physiology (A.S., M.S., A.P.), University Hospital Charité, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany; and the Division of Nephrology (Z.M.), Department of Internal Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China
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- From the Department of Medical Cell Biology (M.C., E.Y.L., Z.M., S.Z., U.J.E., A.P., A.E.G.P.), Division of Integrative Physiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; Institute of Vegetative Physiology (A.S., M.S., A.P.), University Hospital Charité, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany; and the Division of Nephrology (Z.M.), Department of Internal Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China
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- From the Department of Medical Cell Biology (M.C., E.Y.L., Z.M., S.Z., U.J.E., A.P., A.E.G.P.), Division of Integrative Physiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; Institute of Vegetative Physiology (A.S., M.S., A.P.), University Hospital Charité, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany; and the Division of Nephrology (Z.M.), Department of Internal Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China
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- From the Department of Medical Cell Biology (M.C., E.Y.L., Z.M., S.Z., U.J.E., A.P., A.E.G.P.), Division of Integrative Physiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; Institute of Vegetative Physiology (A.S., M.S., A.P.), University Hospital Charité, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany; and the Division of Nephrology (Z.M.), Department of Internal Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China
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- From the Department of Medical Cell Biology (M.C., E.Y.L., Z.M., S.Z., U.J.E., A.P., A.E.G.P.), Division of Integrative Physiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; Institute of Vegetative Physiology (A.S., M.S., A.P.), University Hospital Charité, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany; and the Division of Nephrology (Z.M.), Department of Internal Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China
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- From the Department of Medical Cell Biology (M.C., E.Y.L., Z.M., S.Z., U.J.E., A.P., A.E.G.P.), Division of Integrative Physiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; Institute of Vegetative Physiology (A.S., M.S., A.P.), University Hospital Charité, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany; and the Division of Nephrology (Z.M.), Department of Internal Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China
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Schnermann J, Briggs JP. Tubuloglomerular feedback: mechanistic insights from gene-manipulated mice. Kidney Int 2008; 74:418-26. [PMID: 18418352 DOI: 10.1038/ki.2008.145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Tubuloglomerular feedback (TGF) describes a causal and direct relationship between tubular NaCl concentration at the end of the ascending limb of the loop of Henle and afferent arteriolar tone. The use of genetically altered mice has led to an expansion of our understanding of the mechanisms underlying the functional coupling of epithelial, mesangial, and vascular cells in TGF. Studies in mice with deletions of the A or B isoform of NKCC2 (Na,K,2Cl cotransporter) and of ROMK indicate that NaCl uptake is required for response initiation. A role for transcellular salt transport is suggested by the inhibitory effect of ouabain in mutant mice with an ouabain-sensitive alpha1 Na,K-ATPase. No effect on TGF was observed in NHE2- and H/K-ATPase-deficient mice. TGF responses are abolished in A1 adenosine receptor-deficient mice, and studies in mice with null mutations in NTPDase1 or ecto-5'-nucleotidase indicate that adenosine involved in TGF is mainly derived from dephosphorylation of released ATP. Angiotensin II is a required cofactor for the elicitation of TGF responses, as AT1 receptor or angiotensin-converting enzyme deficiencies reduce TGF responses, mostly by reducing adenosine effectiveness. Overall, the evidence from these studies in genetically altered mice indicates that transcellular NaCl transport induces the generation of adenosine that, in conjunction with angiotensin II, elicits afferent arteriolar constriction.
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- Jurgen Schnermann
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
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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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Min KJ, Kim JH, Jou I, Joe EH. Adenosine induces hemeoxygenase-1 expression in microglia through the activation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase and nuclear factor E2-related factor 2. Glia 2008; 56:1028-37. [DOI: 10.1002/glia.20676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Nordquist L, Lai EY, Sjöquist M, Patzak A, Persson AEG. Proinsulin C-peptide constricts glomerular afferent arterioles in diabetic mice. A potential renoprotective mechanism. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2007; 294:R836-41. [PMID: 18077505 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00811.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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OBJECTIVE an increased glomerular filtration rate (GFR) has been postulated as a potential mechanism involved in the progression of diabetic nephropathy. Studies suggest that C-peptide exerts a renoprotective effect on diabetes. The peptide decreases hyperfiltration in patients with type 1 diabetes, as well as in diabetic animal models. In this study, we investigated whether C-peptide causes a change in arteriolar diameter. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS C57-Bl mice were made diabetic by means of a single intravenous injection of alloxan 2 wk prior to the experiment. Age-matched normoglycemic mice served as controls. Afferent arterioles, intact with the glomeruli, were dissected and microperfused. The effect of luminal application of C-peptide, compared with scrambled C-peptide or vehicle, was investigated. The effect of the Rho-kinase inhibitor Y-27632 was also investigated. RESULTS C-peptide constricted afferent arterioles in diabetic mice by -27% compared with the control value. Normoglycemic arterioles administered C-peptide displayed a delayed and minute response (-4%). Scrambled C-peptide or vehicle administration, whether administered to hyperglycemic or normoglycemic mice, did not induce any effect. Addition of Y-27632 abolished the effect of C-peptide. CONCLUSION C-peptide induces constriction of afferent arterioles in diabetic mice. This can reduce enhanced GFR and may be one of the mechanisms in the renoprotective action of C-peptide in diabetes.
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- Lina Nordquist
- Department of Medical Cell Biology, Division of Physiology, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden
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Patzak A, Lai EY, Fähling M, Sendeski M, Martinka P, Persson PB, Persson AEG. Adenosine enhances long term the contractile response to angiotensin II in afferent arterioles. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2007; 293:R2232-42. [PMID: 17898122 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00357.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Adenosine (Ado) enhances ANG II-induced constrictions of afferent arterioles (Af) by receptor-dependent and -independent pathways. Here, we test the hypothesis that transient Ado treatment has a sustained effect on Af contractility, resulting in increased ANG II responses after longer absence of Ado. Treatment with Ado (cumulative from 10−11to 10−4mol/l) and consecutive washout for 10 or 30 min increased constrictions on ANG II in isolated, perfused Af. Cytosolic calcium transients on ANG II were not enhanced in Ado-treated vessels. Selective or global inhibition of A1- and A2-adenosine receptors did not inhibit the Ado effect. Nitrobenzylthioinosine (an Ado transport inhibitor) clearly reduced the Ado-mediated responses. Selective inhibition of p38 MAPK with SB-203580 also prevented the Ado effect. Inosine treatment did not influence arteriolar reactivity to ANG II. Contractile responses of Af on norepinephrine and endothelin-1 were not influenced by Ado. Phosphorylation of the p38 MAPK and of the regulatory unit of 20-kDa myosin light chain was enhanced after Ado treatment and ANG II in Af. However, phosphorylation of p38 MAPK induced by norepinephrine or endothelin-1 was reduced in vessels treated with Ado, whereas 20-kDa myosin light chain was unchanged. The results suggest an intracellular, long-lasting mechanism including p38 MAPK activation responsible for the increase of ANG II-induced contractions by Ado. The effect is not calcium dependent and specific for ANG II. The prolonged enhancement of the ANG II sensitivity of Af may be important for tubuloglomerular feedback.
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- Andreas Patzak
- Institute of Vegetative Physiology, University Hospital Charité, Humboldt-University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
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Hultström M, Lai EY, Ma Z, Källskog O, Patzak A, Persson AEG. Adenosine triphosphate increases the reactivity of the afferent arteriole to low concentrations of norepinephrine. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2007; 293:R2225-31. [PMID: 17928513 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00287.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and norepinephrine (NE) interact in the control of blood flow in the kidney. A combined effect of NE and ATP has not been previously investigated at the level of the afferent arteriole (Af). We studied the effects of ATP on the contractile response of the Af to NE. Vascular reactivity to ATP, NE, and their combination was investigated in isolated perfused Af from mice. The roles of alpha-adrenoceptors and P2-ATP-receptors were investigated by use of specific agonists and antagonists. Cytosolic calcium was measured using the fluorescent calcium dye fura-2. ATP in concentrations from 10(-12) to 10(-4) mol/l induced transient contractions. NE constricted the Af in a dose-dependent manner and induced significant contractions at > 10(-7) mol/l. Treatment with ATP (10(-8) and 10(-6) mol/l) increased the NE response. Diameters were reduced by 20% already at 10(-11) mol/l NE during ATP treatment of 10(-6) mol/l. ATP increased the calcium response to NE significantly at 10(-8) and 10(-7)mol/l NE. The P2-type ATP receptor blocker pyridoxal-phosphate-6-azophenyl-2',4'-disulfonic acid (PPADS) (10(-5) mol/l) abolished the sensitization of the NE response by ATP. The alpha(1)-blocker prazosin (10(-7) mol/l) inhibited the ATP effect, as did the alpha 2-blocker yohimbine (10(-7) mol/l). Neither the phenylephrine- nor clonidine-induced concentration response curves was affected by ATP in the bath solution. Costimulation with ATP enhances the response of the Af to NE. This effect is mediated by increased cytosolic calcium. The enhancing effect involves P2-type ATP receptors and both alpha (1)- and alpha 2-adrenoceptors.
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- Michael Hultström
- Department of Medical Cell Biology, Division of Physiology, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden.
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Hansen PB, Friis UG, Uhrenholt TR, Briggs J, Schnermann J. Intracellular signalling pathways in the vasoconstrictor response of mouse afferent arterioles to adenosine. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2007; 191:89-97. [PMID: 17565566 DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2007.01724.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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AIMS Adenosine causes vasoconstriction of afferent arterioles of the mouse kidney through activation of adenosine A(1) receptors and Gi-mediated stimulation of phospholipase C. In the present study, we further explored the signalling pathways by which adenosine causes arteriolar vasoconstriction. METHODS AND RESULTS Adenosine (10(-7) M) significantly increased the intracellular calcium concentration in mouse isolated afferent arterioles measured by fura-2 fluorescence. Pre-treatment with thapsigargin (2 microM) blocked the vasoconstrictor action of adenosine (10(-7) M) indicating that release of calcium from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR), stimulated presumably by IP(3), is involved in the adenosine contraction mechanism of the afferent arteriole. In agreement with this notion is the observation that 2 aminoethoxydiphenyl borate (100 microM) blocked the adenosine-induced constriction whereas the protein kinase C inhibitor calphostin C had no effect. The calcium-activated chloride channel inhibitor IAA-94 (30 microM) inhibited the adenosine-mediated constriction. Patch clamp experiments showed that adenosine treatment induced a depolarizing current in preglomerular smooth muscle cells which was abolished by IAA-94. Furthermore, the vasoconstriction caused by adenosine was significantly inhibited by 5 microM nifedipine (control 8.3 +/- 0.2 microM, ado 3.6 +/- 0.6 microM, ado + nifedipine 6.8 +/- 0.2 microM) suggesting involvement of voltage-dependent calcium channels. CONCLUSION We conclude that adenosine mediates vasoconstriction of afferent arterioles through an increase in intracellular calcium concentration resulting from release of calcium from the SR followed by activation of Ca(2+)-activated chloride channels leading to depolarization and influx of calcium through voltage-dependent calcium channels.
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- P B Hansen
- National Institute of Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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