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Barry EF, O'Neill J, Abdulla MH, Johns EJ. The renal excretory responses to acute renal interstitial angiotensin (1-7) infusion in anaesthetised spontaneously hypertensive rats. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2021; 48:1674-1684. [PMID: 34375480 DOI: 10.1111/1440-1681.13570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2021] [Revised: 08/03/2021] [Accepted: 08/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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This study investigated the impact of intrarenal angiotensin 1-7 (Ang [1-7]) infusion on renal excretory function in a rat model of hypertension. Eleven-week-old spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs, n = 7) and Han Wistar controls (NCR, n = 7) were anaesthetised with sodium pentobarbital (60 mg/kg i.p.) and prepared for the measurement of mean arterial pressure (MAP) and left renal function during renal interstitial infusion of Ang (1-7) (50 ng/min). The kidneys were harvested, the renal cortex and medulla separated, prepared for measurement of Ang II and Ang (1-7) and Western blot determination of AT1 and Mas receptor protein expression. MAP, glomerular filtration rate (GFR), urine flow (UF) and absolute sodium excretion (UNaV) were 109 ± 16 mmHg, 4.4 ± 1.0 mL/min/kg, 102 ± 16 µL/min/kg and 16 ± 3 µmol/min/kg, respectively in the NCR and 172 ± 24 mmHg, 3.4 ± 0.7 mL/min/kg, 58 ± 30 μL/min/kg and 8.6 ± 4.8 μmol/min/kg respectively in the SHR. Ang (1-7) increased UF (31%), UNa V (50%) and fractional sodium excretion (FENa+ ) (22%) in the NCR group (all p < 0.05) but had no effect on GFR in either group. The magnitudes of the Ang (1-7)-induced increases in UF and UNa V were significantly blunted in the SHR group (model × drug p < 0.05). The renal cortical AT1: Mas receptor expression ratio was significantly higher in the SHR group (p < 0.05) but renal Ang II and Ang (1-7) levels were not statistically different between groups. The Ang (1-7)-induced increases in sodium and water excretion were impaired in the SHR group in the context of an unstimulated RAS. The decrease in responsiveness of the SHR kidney to Ang (1-7) appears to be associated with higher levels of AT1 receptor expression in the renal cortex.
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- Elaine F Barry
- Department of Physiology, University College Cork, Cork, Republic of Ireland
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Mercy University Hospital, Cork, Republic of Ireland
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- Department of Physiology, University College Cork, Cork, Republic of Ireland
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- Department of Physiology, University College Cork, Cork, Republic of Ireland
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Salazar J, Rojas-Quintero J, Cano C, Pérez JL, Ramírez P, Carrasquero R, Torres W, Espinoza C, Chacín-González M, Bermúdez V. Neprilysin: A Potential Therapeutic Target of Arterial Hypertension? Curr Cardiol Rev 2020; 16:25-35. [PMID: 31241018 PMCID: PMC7062041 DOI: 10.2174/1573403x15666190625160352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2019] [Revised: 06/13/2019] [Accepted: 06/13/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Arterial hypertension is the most prevalent chronic disease in the adult population of developed countries and it constitutes a significant risk factor in the development of cardiovascular disease, contributing to the emergence of many comorbidities, among which heart failure excels, a clinical syndrome that nowadays represents a major health problem with uncountable hospitalizations and the indolent course of which progressively worsens until quality of life decreases and lastly death occurs prematurely. In the light of this growing menace, each day more efforts are invested in the field of cardiovascular pharmacology, searching for new therapeutic options that allow us to modulate the physiological systems that appear among these pathologies. Therefore, in the later years, the study of natriuretic peptides has become so relevant, which mediate beneficial effects at the cardiovascular level such as diuresis, natriuresis, and decreasing cardiac remodeling; their metabolism is mediated by neprilysin, a metalloproteinase, widely expressed in the human and capable of catalyzing many substrates. The modulation of these functions has been studied by decades, giving room to Sacubitril, the first neprilysin inhibitor, which in conjunction with an angiotensin receptor blocker has provided a high efficacy and tolerability among patients with heart failure, for whom it has already been approved and recommended. Nonetheless, in the matter of arterial hypertension, significant findings have arisen that demonstrate the potential role that it will play among the pharmacological alternatives in the upcoming years.
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- Juan Salazar
- Endocrine and Metabolic Disease Research Center, School of Medicine, University of Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela
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- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Department, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, United States
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- Endocrine and Metabolic Disease Research Center, School of Medicine, University of Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela
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- Endocrine and Metabolic Disease Research Center, School of Medicine, University of Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela
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- Endocrine and Metabolic Disease Research Center, School of Medicine, University of Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela
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- Endocrine and Metabolic Disease Research Center, School of Medicine, University of Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela
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- Endocrine and Metabolic Disease Research Center, School of Medicine, University of Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela
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- Universidad Simon Bolívar, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Barranquilla, Colombia
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Tsuruda T, Kato J, Kuwasako K, Kitamura K. Adrenomedullin: Continuing to explore cardioprotection. Peptides 2019; 111:47-54. [PMID: 29577955 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2018.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2018] [Revised: 03/15/2018] [Accepted: 03/19/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Adrenomedullin (AM), a peptide isolated from an extract of human pheochromocytoma, comprises 52 amino acids with an intramolecular disulfide bond and amidation at the carboxy-terminus. AM is present in various tissues and organs in rodents and humans, including the heart. The peptide concentration increases with cardiac hypertrophy, acute myocardial infarction, and overt heart failure in the plasma and the myocardium. The principal function of AM in the cardiovascular system is the regulation of the vascular tone by vasodilation and natriuresis via cyclic adenosine monophosphate-dependent or -independent mechanism. In addition, AM may possess unique properties that inhibit aldosterone secretion, oxidative stress, apoptosis, and stimulation of angiogenesis, resulting in the protection of the structure and function of the heart. The AM receptor comprises a complex between calcitonin receptor-like receptor (CLR) and receptor activity-modifying protein (RAMP) 2 or 3, and the AM-CLR/RAMP2 system is essential for heart development during embryogenesis. Small-scale clinical trials have proven the efficacy and safety of recombinant AM peptide therapy for heart failure. Gene delivery and a modified AM peptide that prolongs the half-life of the native peptide could be an innovative method to improve the efficacy and benefit of AM in clinical settings. In this review, we focus on the pathophysiological roles of AM and its receptor system in the heart and describe the advances in AM and proAM-derived peptides as diagnostic biomarkers as well as the therapeutic application of AM and modified AM for cardioprotection.
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- Toshihiro Tsuruda
- Department of Internal Medicine, Circulatory and Body Fluid Regulation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, 5200 Kihara, Kiyotake, Miyazaki 889-1692, Japan.
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- Frontier Science Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Japan
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- Frontier Science Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Circulatory and Body Fluid Regulation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, 5200 Kihara, Kiyotake, Miyazaki 889-1692, Japan
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Effect of Valsartan on Cerebellar Adrenomedullin System Dysregulation During Hypertension. THE CEREBELLUM 2017; 16:132-141. [PMID: 27108271 DOI: 10.1007/s12311-016-0780-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Adrenomedullin (AM) and its receptors components, calcitonin-receptor-like receptor (CRLR), and receptor activity-modifying protein (RAMP1, RAMP2, and RAMP3) are expressed in cerebellum. Cerebellar AM, AM binding sites and receptor components are altered during hypertension, suggesting a role for cerebellar AM in blood pressure regulation. Thus, we assessed the effect of valsartan, on AM and its receptor components expression in the cerebellar vermis of Wistar Kyoto (WKY) and spontaneously hypertensive (SHR) rats. Additionally, we evaluated AM action on superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) activity, and thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) production in cerebellar vermis. Animals were treated with valsartan or vehicle for 11 days. Rats were sacrificed by decapitation; cerebellar vermis was dissected; and AM, CRLR, RAMP1, RAMP2, and RAMP3 expression was quantified by Western blot analysis. CAT, SOD, and GPx activity was determined spectrophotometrically and blood pressure by non-invasive plethysmography. We demonstrate that AM and RAMP2 expression was lower in cerebellum of SHR rats, while CRLR, RAMP1, and RAMP3 expression was higher than those of WKY rats. AM reduced cerebellar CAT, SOD, GPx activities, and TBARS production in WKY rats, but not in SHR rats. Valsartan reduced blood pressure and reversed the altered expression of AM and its receptors components, as well the loss of AM capacity to reduce antioxidant enzyme activity and TBARS production in SHR rats. These findings demonstrate that valsartan is able to reverse the dysregulation of cerebellar adrenomedullinergic system; and they suggest that altered AM system in the cerebellum could represent the primary abnormality leading to hypertension.
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Sun D, Haddad R, Kraniak JM, Horne SD, Tainsky MA. RAS/MEK-independent gene expression reveals BMP2-related malignant phenotypes in the Nf1-deficient MPNST. Mol Cancer Res 2013; 11:616-27. [PMID: 23423222 DOI: 10.1158/1541-7786.mcr-12-0593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) is a type of soft tissue sarcoma that occurs in carriers of germline mutations in Nf1 gene as well as sporadically. Neurofibromin, encoded by the Nf1 gene, functions as a GTPase-activating protein (GAP) whose mutation leads to activation of wt-RAS and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling in neurofibromatosis type I (NF1) patients' tumors. However, therapeutic targeting of RAS and MAPK have had limited success in this disease. In this study, we modulated NRAS, mitogen-activated protein/extracellular signal-regulated kinase (MEK)1/2, and neurofibromin levels in MPNST cells and determined gene expression changes to evaluate the regulation of signaling pathways in MPNST cells. Gene expression changes due to neurofibromin modulation but independent of NRAS and MEK1/2 regulation in MPNST cells indicated bone morphogenetic protein 2 (Bmp2) signaling as a key pathway. The BMP2-SMAD1/5/8 pathway was activated in NF1-associated MPNST cells and inhibition of BMP2 signaling by LDN-193189 or short hairpin RNA (shRNA) to BMP2 decreased the motility and invasion of NF1-associated MPNST cells. The pathway-specific gene changes provide a greater understanding of the complex role of neurofibromin in MPNST pathology and novel targets for drug discovery.
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- Daochun Sun
- Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA
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Intermedin is upregulated and has protective roles in a mouse ischemia/reperfusion model. Hypertens Res 2009; 32:861-8. [DOI: 10.1038/hr.2009.120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Jessup JA, Trask AJ, Chappell MC, Nagata S, Kato J, Kitamura K, Ferrario CM. Localization of the novel angiotensin peptide, angiotensin-(1-12), in heart and kidney of hypertensive and normotensive rats. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2008; 294:H2614-8. [PMID: 18408132 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.91521.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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A low expression of angiotensinogen in the heart has been construed as indicating a circulating uptake mechanism to explain the local effects of angiotensin II on tissues. The recent identification of angiotensin-(1-12) in an array of rat organs suggests this propeptide may be an alternate substrate for local angiotensin production. To test this hypothesis, tissues from 11-wk-old spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats (n = 14) were stained with purified antibodies directed to the COOH terminus of angiotensin-(1-12). Robust angiotensin-(1-12) staining was predominantly found in ventricular myocytes with less staining found in the medial layer of intracoronary arteries and vascular endothelium. In addition, angiotensin-(1-12) immunoreactivity was present in the proximal, distal, and collecting renal tubules within the deep cortical and outer medullary zones in both strains. Preadsorption of the antibody with angiotensin-(1-12) abolished staining in both tissues. Corresponding tissue measurements by radioimmunoassay showed 47% higher levels of angiotensin-(1-12) in the heart of SHR compared with WKY rats (P < 0.05). In contrast, renal angiotensin-(1-12) levels were 16.5% lower in SHR compared with the WKY rats (P < 0.05). This study shows for first time the localization of angiotensin-(1-12) in both cardiac myocytes and renal tubular components of WKY and SHR. In addition, we show that increased cardiac angiotensin-(1-12) concentrations in SHR is associated with a small, but statistically significant, reduction in renal angiotensin-(1-12) levels.
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- Jewell A Jessup
- Hypertension and Vascular Research Center, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA.
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Bell D, Zhao Y, McCoy FP, Devine A, McDermott BJ. Expression of the Counter-Regulatory Peptide Intermedin is Augmented in the Presence of Oxidative Stress in Hypertrophied Cardiomyocytes. Cell Physiol Biochem 2008; 21:409-20. [DOI: 10.1159/000129633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/26/2008] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Rabkin SW, Klassen SS. Omapatrilat enhances adrenomedullin's reduction of cardiomyocyte cell death. Eur J Pharmacol 2007; 562:174-82. [PMID: 17343842 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2007.01.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2006] [Revised: 01/12/2007] [Accepted: 01/17/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The objective of this study was to determine whether adrenomedullin, a vasodilator peptide, modulates the process of cell death in cardiomyocytes and whether its effect would be enhanced by the endopeptidase inhibitor omapatrilat, which reduces adrenomedullin degradation. Further, we sought to determine whether the effect of adrenomedullin involved an action to preserve mitochondrial transmembrane potential (DeltaPsi(m)). Cardiomyocytes in culture were treated with agents that interrupted the mitochondrial electron transport chain, inhibiting glycolysis and oxidative phosphorylation. Cell death was evaluated by the MTT (3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide) assay and DeltaPsi(m) was assessed by fluorescent microscopy. Cytochrome c loss from mitochondria and appearance in cytosol was determined by Western blotting. Potassium cyanide (KCN) plus deoxyglucose or antimycin A, for 24 h, produced significant (p<0.01) concentration-dependent reductions in cell viability or increases in cell death. Adrenomedullin reduced cell death produced in this manner and the effect of adrenomedullin was enhanced by treatment with omapatrilat. In contrast, there was no additional reduction in cell death by lisinopril treatment. Omapatrilat plus adrenomedullin reduced the KCN plus deoxyglucose-induced increase in cytosolic cytochrome c. A likely mechanism centers on the ability of adrenomedullin plus omapatrilat to prevent the decline in mitochondrial DeltaPsi(m) produced by KCN plus deoxyglucose treatment. In summary, adrenomedullin plus omapatrilat limited the decline in mitochondrial DeltaPsi(m) that accompanies interruption of mitochondrial metabolism and limited the extent of cell death in cardiomyocytes treated with KCN plus deoxyglucose or antimycin. Adrenomedullin plus the endopeptidase inhibitor omapatrilat may be a useful strategy to protect cardiomyocytes from cell death, in conditions associated with impairment of mitochondrial function.
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- Simon W Rabkin
- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
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Ishimitsu T, Ono H, Minami J, Matsuoka H. Pathophysiologic and therapeutic implications of adrenomedullin in cardiovascular disorders. Pharmacol Ther 2006; 111:909-27. [PMID: 16616959 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2006.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2006] [Accepted: 02/20/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Adrenomedullin (AM) is a vasodilator peptide that originally isolated from pheochromocytoma tissue. However, the mRNA is expressed in the normal adrenal gland, heart, kidney and blood vessels. The human AM gene is located in the short arm of chromosome 11 and is composed of 4 exons. There are 2 single nucleotide polymorphisms in introns 1 and 3, and the 3'-end of the AM gene is flanked by a microsatellite marker of cytosine-adenine repeats that is associated with an increased risk of developing hypertension and diabetic nephropathy. AM gene expression is promoted by various stimuli, including inflammation, hypoxia, oxidative stress, mechanical stress and activation of the renin-angiotensin and sympathetic nervous systems. The AM gene promoter region possessed binding site for several transcription factors, including nuclear factor for interleukin-6 expression (NF-IL6) and activator protein 2 (AP-2). Further, plasma AM levels are increased in patients with various cardiovascular diseases, including hypertension, heart failure and renal failure. These findings suggest that AM plays a role in the development of or response to cardiovascular disease. Indeed, experimental and clinical studies have demonstrated that systemic infusion of AM may have a therapeutic effect on myocardial infarction, heart failure and renal failure. Further, vasopeptidase inhibitors which augment the bioactivity of endogenous AM may benefit patients with hypertension and arteriosclerosis. Finally, the angiogenic and cytoprotective properties of AM may have utility in revascularization and infarcted myocardium and ischemic limbs. Because of the potential clinical benefits of AM, indications for use and optimal dosing strategies should be established.
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- Toshihiko Ishimitsu
- Department of Hypertension and Cardiorenal Medicine, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Mibu, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan.
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Ishimura K, Nishikimi T, Akimoto K, Ono H, Kangawa K, Matsuoka H. Renoprotective effect of long-term combined treatment with adrenomedullin and omapatrilat in hypertensive rats. J Hypertens 2006; 23:2287-96. [PMID: 16269971 DOI: 10.1097/01.hjh.0000188731.75592.eb] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Previous studies demonstrated that adrenomedullin (AM) is metabolized by neutral endopeptidases and that the renal effect of AM is augmented by the inhibition of neutral endopeptidases. We have recently shown that the long-term administration of AM has renoprotective effects. OBJECT This study assessed the chronic renoprotective effects of AM combined with a vasopeptidase inhibitor in hypertensive rats and attempted to elucidate the mechanism involved. METHODS We studied the following four groups: control Dahl salt-resistant (DR) rats, untreated Dahl salt-sensitive (DS) rats, omapatrilat (35 mg/kg per day)-treated DS rats; and human AM (500 ng/h) plus omapatrilat-treated DS rats. After 7 weeks' treatment, blood pressure, renal function, neurohumoral factors, gene expression levels, and histological findings were examined. RESULTS DS rats were characterized by increased blood pressure, decreased renal function, abnormal histological findings, and increased gene expression of collagen I and III, transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta), and NADPH oxidase subunits (p40phox, p47phox, and gp91phox) in the renal cortex compared with DR rats. Compared with DS rats, omapatrilat significantly decreased systolic blood pressure (-26 mmHg), improved renal function, histological findings, and messenger RNA expression levels of collagen I, collagen III, and TGF-beta. Combined treatment with omapatrilat and AM further improved renal function, histological findings, and mRNA expression levels of collagen I, collagen III, and TGF-beta, without a further reduction in blood pressure. Only combined treatment decreased mRNA levels of p40phox, p47phox, and gp91phox. There were no differences in plasma AM or atrial natriuretic peptide levels among three DS groups. CONCLUSION Our results suggest that combined treatment with omapatrilat and AM provides additional renoprotective effects independent of blood pressure-lowering activity partly via inhibition of gene expressions of oxidative stress and extracellular matrix.
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- Kimihiko Ishimura
- Department of Hypertension and Cardiorenal Medicine, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan
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The kidney contains blood pressure-lowering substances, such as prostaglandin E2 or prostaglandin A2, and blood pressure-raising substances such as thromboxane A2. Most of the postulated substances, however, have not yet been isolated in a pure state and are of unknown structure. In the present study, we separated a chloroform extract from the medulla of pig kidneys using various chromatography procedures. Each fraction was tested in spontaneously hypertensive Wistar rats. One of these fractions caused a powerful blood pressure increase of 30.1 +/- 7.1 mmHg systolic and 34.7 +/- 6 mmHg diastolic (N=7; p=0.0003), reaching its maximum 55 +/- 27 s after completion of the injection and lasting for 201 +/- 59 s. A long-lasting contractile response in porcine and bovine coronary artery rings was observed. In the mouse aortic rings, the contractile response accounted for 0.38 +/- 0.13 g, ie., 31.9 +/- 10.9% of the maximum potassium response (N=11; p=0.003). Because this activity could not be attributed to any known vasoactive substance, it was considered to arise from a novel underlying active substance in the kidney medulla, which we named medullopressin.
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- Bernhard Glodny
- Department of Radiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria.
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Jiang W, Cai DY, Pan CS, Qi YF, Jiang HF, Geng B, Tang CS. Changes in production and metabolism of brain natriuretic peptide in rats with myocardial necrosis. Eur J Pharmacol 2005; 507:153-62. [PMID: 15659305 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2004.11.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2004] [Revised: 10/28/2004] [Accepted: 11/12/2004] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In this study, we employed rat model of acute myocardial necrosis induced by isoproterenol (ISO) to study the possible roles of corin, the protease uniquely distributing in myocardium to convert pro-brain natriuretic peptide (proBNP) to BNP, and neutral endopeptidase (NEP), the major enzyme to degrade BNP, in changing the levels of BNP. In rats with isoproterenol alone, the myocardium necrosis occurred and the cardiac function was inhibited; the BNP contents in plasma and myocardium were upregulated, so did the myocardial corin mRNA level; the NEP activity in plasma and myocardium were downregulated. Omapatrilat (OMA) treatment relieved myocardial lesions and improved cardiac function. In the plasma and myocardium, omapatrilat treatment increased BNP contents, reduced NEP activity; in myocardium, mRNA level of proBNP and corin decreased, but NEP mRNA expression increased. Our study confirmed that omapatrilat treated myocardial necrosis effectively and suggested that increased BNP in rats with myocardial necrosis could depend on increased production and conversion as well as decreased degradation.
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- Wei Jiang
- Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, No. 8, Xi Shiku street, Beijing 100034, PR China
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