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- Title
Mesangial cell abnormalities in spontaneously hypertensive rats before the onset of hypertension.
- Authors
Lopes de Faria, JosÉ B.; Zoukhri, Driss; Lorenzi, Mara
- Abstract
To identify kidney biosynthetic abnormalities that may precede the onset of hypertension, we studied the expression of fibronectin (FN) and collagen IV (Coll IV) in young SHR (4 weeks of age) whose systolic blood pressure was normal and similar to that of age-matched control WKY rats. In isolated glomeruli the level of FN protein assessed by immunoblotting tended to be lower in the SHR than in the WKY rats. By Northern analysis the FN/actin mRNA ratio was significantly lower in glomeruli from SHR (0.56 ± 0.47) than in glomeruli from WKY rats (2.0 ± 0.8). These abnormalities were maintained <em>in vitro</em> since the expression of FN was significantly lower in SHR than in WKY cultured mesangial cells (FN/actin mRNA ratio = 0.84 ± 0.46 vs. 1.9 ± 0.7, <em>P</em> = 0.029). No differences in Coll IV mRNA or protein levels were observed in SHR glomeruli and mesangial cells when compared with WKY rats. The levels of aortic FN and Coll IV mRNAs were not different in SHR and WKY rats. In addition, mesangial cells from SHR showed a significantly higher growth rate than those from WKY. The biosynthetic and proliferative abnormalities observed in the SHR mesangial cells appear to reflect genetic characteristics, and could provide novel insights into cellular mechanisms linking the genetics of hypertension with predisposition to glomerular pathology.
- Subjects
HYPERTENSION; MESSENGER RNA; ENDOCRINE diseases; EXTRACELLULAR matrix proteins; BLOOD pressure; PREVENTIVE medicine
- Publication
Kidney International, 1997, Vol 52, Issue 2, p387
- ISSN
0085-2538
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/ki.1997.345