Journal
KIDNEY & BLOOD PRESSURE RESEARCH
Volume 38, Issue 1, Pages 121-131Publisher
KARGER
DOI: 10.1159/000355758
Keywords
ADAMTS-7; Angiotensin II; Renal injury; Early stage; Inflammatory; Elderly
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81170287, 30770865]
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Background/Aims: We investigated the recently described family of proteinases, a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs (ADAMTs), and matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) as inflammatory mediators in inflammatory kidney damage by studying ADAMTS-1, -4, and -7 and MMP-9 expression in elderly mouse kidneys after angiotensin II (Ang II) administration. Methods: Ang II (2.5 mu g/kg/min) or norepinephrine (8.3 mu g/kg/min) was subcutaneously infused in old mice. Renal injury was assessed by hematoxylin-eosin staining, 24-h albuminuria, and immunohistochemistry to evaluate inflammatory cell markers. The mRNA and protein expression of ADAMTS-1, -4, and -7 and MMP-9 were determined using real-time PCR, Western blot, and immunohistochemistry 3 days after Ang II or norepinephrine administration. Results: Elderly mice in the Ang II group developed hypertension and pathological kidney damage. The mRNA and protein levels of ADAMTS-7 in the Ang II group were 3.3 +/- 1.1 (P = 0.019) and 1.6 +/- 0.1 (P = 0.047) vs. 1.0 +/- 0.1 and 1.0 +/- 0.1 in the control group on day 3. In contrast, treatment with the hypertensive agent norepinephrine did not lead to obvious renal damage or an increase in renal ADAMTS-7 expression. Conclusions: Renal ADAMTS-7 expression was induced by Ang II in elderly mice. The overexpression of ADATMTS-7 might contribute to early inflammatory kidney damage associated with aging. Copyright (c) 2014 S. Karger AG, Basel
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