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- Title
Arterial wall hypertrophy is ameliorated by α2-adrenergic receptor antagonist or aliskiren in kidneys of angiotensinogen-knockout mice.
- Authors
Nakamori, Haruka; Yoshida, Shin-ichiro; Ishiguro, Hiroaki; Suzuki, Shota; Yasuzaki, Hiroaki; Hashimoto, Tatsuo; Ishigami, Tomoaki; Hirawa, Nobuhito; Toya, Yoshiyuki; Umemura, Satoshi; Tamura, Kouichi
- Abstract
Background: Arterial hypertrophy and interstitial fibrosis are important characteristics in kidneys of angiotensinogen-knockout (Atg−/−) mice. In these mice, which exhibit polyuria and hypotension, sympathetic nerve signaling is estimated to be compensatorily hyperactive. Furthermore, transforming growth factor (TGF)-β1 is overexpressed in mice kidneys. To determine whether sympathetic nerve signaling and TGF-β1 exacerbate arterial hypertrophy and interstitial fibrosis, intervention studies of such signaling are required.Methods: We performed renal denervation and administered the α2-adrenergic receptor (AR) antagonist, atipamezole, to Atg−/− mice. A renin inhibitor, aliskiren, which was preliminarily confirmed to reduce TGF-β1 gene expression in kidneys of the mice, was additionally administered to assess the effect on the arterial hypertrophy and interstitial fibrosis.Results: Norepinephrine content in kidneys of Atg−/− mice was three times higher than in kidneys of wild-type mice. Interventions by renal denervation and atipamezole resulted in amelioration of the histological findings. Overexpression of TGF-β1 gene in kidneys of Atg−/− mice was altered in a manner linked to the histological findings. Surprisingly, aliskiren reduced α2-AR gene expression, interstitial fibrosis, and arterial hypertrophy in kidneys of Atg−/− mice, which lack renin substrate.Conclusions: Alpha2-AR signaling is one of the causes of persistent renal arterial hypertrophy in Atg−/− mice. Aliskiren also angiotensinogen-independently reduces the extent of renal arterial hypertrophy, partly thorough downregulation of α2-ARs. Although renal arterial hypertrophy in Atg−/− mice appears to be of multifactorial origin, TGF-β1 may play a key role in the persistence of such hypertrophy.
- Subjects
HYPERTROPHY; ADRENERGIC receptors; ALISKIREN; ANGIOTENSINOGEN; LABORATORY mice
- Publication
Clinical & Experimental Nephrology, 2018, Vol 22, Issue 4, p773
- ISSN
1342-1751
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10157-017-1520-8