Role of angiotensin II and free radicals in blood pressure regulation in a rat model of renal hypertension.

نویسندگان

  • A D Dobrian
  • S D Schriver
  • R L Prewitt
چکیده

One-kidney, 1-clip rats (1K1C) or uninephrectomized controls were treated with either the superoxide dismutase mimetic tempol (0.5 mmol. kg(-1). d(-1)), angiotension type 1 receptor inhibitor losartan (50 mmol. L(-1). kg(-1). d(-1)), or both (n=6 per group) for 2 weeks. At the end of the study, systolic blood pressure (BP) decreased on average by 21% in tempol-treated and 29% in losartan-treated versus untreated 1K1C (217+/-4.4 mm Hg) and was normalized in the losartan plus tempol group. Mean BP also decreased from 159+/-3.7 mm Hg in 1K1C to 93+/-2.8 mm Hg in the losartan plus tempol group. Also, aortic wall area was reduced by 18% in losartan- or tempol-treated 1K1C and by 30% in losartan plus tempol rats compared with untreated 1K1C. Plasma renin activity was increased from 4.8+/-0.3 in untreated 1K1C to 15.9+/-0.9 ng. mL(-1). h(-1) in losartan-treated but not tempol-treated 1K1C. Superoxide generation by the isolated aortic rings assessed by lucigenin chemiluminescence was significantly decreased (by approximately 40%) in all losartan, tempol, and losartan plus tempol groups compared with untreated 1K1C. Nitrotyrosine ELISA in the kidney displayed a significant reduction, from 59+/-13 ng/mg of protein in 1K1C to 12.5+/-5 ng/mg of protein in the losartan plus tempol 1K1C. Western blotting for nNOS in kidney cortex and medulla showed a protein increase in both fractions of 1K1C versus controls and was normalized by losartan plus tempol treatment. Collectively, data show a synergistic effect of losartan and tempol on BP reduction in 1K1C rats. The mechanism may involve reduced superoxide production and nitrotyrosine formation in kidney and decreased kidney neuronal-type NO synthase expression in treated animals. This status in the oxidative balance seems to affect BP in the renal hypertensive rats.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Hypertension

دوره 38 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2001