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NEPHRON EXPERIMENTAL NEPHROLOGY
卷 95, 期 3, 页码 E119-E128出版社
KARGER
DOI: 10.1159/000074328
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angiotensin II; nitric oxide; glomerulus; mesangial cell; angiotensin-converting enzyme; type I angiotensin II receptor
Chronic inhibition of nitric oxide synthase promotes renin-dependent hypertension and renal injury. The present study examines how renal angiotensin II receptors are expressed in this model. N-G-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) was given orally to rats for 1 month and was associated or not with captopril during the 4 last days of the administration. I-125-[Sar(1),Ile(8)]-Ang II binding, AT(1) mRNA and cytosolic calcium were studied in isolated glomeruli from L-NAME and control rats and in cultured mesangial cells from normal rats. Renal injury was marked in rats receiving L-NAME. Type I angiotensin II (AT(1)) receptor number and mRNA expression were decreased (p < 0.05) in glomeruli isolated from L-NAME-treated rats compared with controls, unless they received captopril in combination. The low level of AT(1) receptor expression was associated with an attenuated rise of cytosolic calcium in response to angiotensin II. Angiotensin-converting enzyme activity in glomeruli and angiotensin II concentration in renal cortex were increased (p < 0.05) in rats receiving L-NAME alone, whereas aminopeptidase A activity was not modified. To better discriminate between the direct and indirect effects of nitric oxide deficiency, rat mesangial cells were exposed or not for 24 h to S-nitroso-N-acetyl penicillamine, a nitric oxide donor. Angiotensin II binding, AT(1) mRNA expression and calcium response to angiotensin II were decreased in presence of the nitric oxide donor (p < 0.01). These results suggest that the decrease of AT(1) receptor expression after 1 month of L-NAME treatment does not depend on a direct effect of nitric oxide deficiency but results from the high local angiotensin II concentration due to the stimulated angiotensin-converting enzyme activity. They also show that the renin-angiotensin dependence of this model of hypertension does not result from the overexpression of AT(1) receptors. Copyright (C) 2003 S. Karger AG, Basel.
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