TY - JOUR
T1 - Role of tissue renin in the regulation of aldosterone biosynthesis in the adrenal cortex of nephrectomized rats
AU - Volpe, Massimo
AU - Gigante, Bruna
AU - Enea, Iolanda
AU - Porcellini, Antonio
AU - Russo, Rosaria
AU - Lee, Min A.
AU - Magri, Paola
AU - Condorelli, Gerolama
AU - Savoia, Carmine
AU - Lindpaintner, Klaus
AU - Rubattu, Speranza
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - The aim of the study was to investigate whether the adrenal renin- angiotensin system plays an independent role in the regulation of mineralocorticoid biosynthesis in the adrenal gland and to explore the mechanisms of this action. Twelve-week-old male Sprague-Dawley rats were studied: 22 rats were maintained on a regular diet; 27 and 22 rats received a low salt diet with and without treatment, respectively, with the angiotensin II (Ang II) AT1-subtype receptor antagonist losartan (10 mg/kg per day). A fraction of each group of rats underwent bilateral nephrectomy (n=12, 15, and 10, respectively) and was killed 48 hours later. In an additional group of 24 (12 intact and 12 nephrectomized) rats, the effects of the Ang II AT2- subtype receptor antagonist PD123319 were investigated. In intact rats, plasma renin activity (PRA) and adrenal renin activity and expression were progressively raised by salt restriction and losartan, whereas aldosterone synthase mRNA and plasma aldosterone (PA) levels were increased by salt restriction and reduced by losartan. Forty-eight hours after nephrectomy, PRA fell to undetectable levels; in contrast, adrenal renin expression, assessed by semiquantitative reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (using GAPDH as a standard for gene expression), showed an 18-fold increase and was further increased after salt restriction and losartan (all P2-receptor antagonism did not significantly affect PRA, adrenal renin, and aldosterone biosynthesis and production in either intact or nephrectomized salt-restricted rats. These results demonstrate that the adrenal renin-angiotensin system plays an independent role in the regulation of mineralocorticoid biosynthesis in vivo. This action is mediated primarily via the Ang II AT1-subtype receptors.
AB - The aim of the study was to investigate whether the adrenal renin- angiotensin system plays an independent role in the regulation of mineralocorticoid biosynthesis in the adrenal gland and to explore the mechanisms of this action. Twelve-week-old male Sprague-Dawley rats were studied: 22 rats were maintained on a regular diet; 27 and 22 rats received a low salt diet with and without treatment, respectively, with the angiotensin II (Ang II) AT1-subtype receptor antagonist losartan (10 mg/kg per day). A fraction of each group of rats underwent bilateral nephrectomy (n=12, 15, and 10, respectively) and was killed 48 hours later. In an additional group of 24 (12 intact and 12 nephrectomized) rats, the effects of the Ang II AT2- subtype receptor antagonist PD123319 were investigated. In intact rats, plasma renin activity (PRA) and adrenal renin activity and expression were progressively raised by salt restriction and losartan, whereas aldosterone synthase mRNA and plasma aldosterone (PA) levels were increased by salt restriction and reduced by losartan. Forty-eight hours after nephrectomy, PRA fell to undetectable levels; in contrast, adrenal renin expression, assessed by semiquantitative reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (using GAPDH as a standard for gene expression), showed an 18-fold increase and was further increased after salt restriction and losartan (all P2-receptor antagonism did not significantly affect PRA, adrenal renin, and aldosterone biosynthesis and production in either intact or nephrectomized salt-restricted rats. These results demonstrate that the adrenal renin-angiotensin system plays an independent role in the regulation of mineralocorticoid biosynthesis in vivo. This action is mediated primarily via the Ang II AT1-subtype receptors.
KW - Aldosterone
KW - Angiotensin receptor
KW - Hypertension
KW - Kidney
KW - Mineralocorticoid
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M3 - Article
C2 - 9351460
AN - SCOPUS:0030698180
VL - 81
SP - 857
EP - 864
JO - Circulation Research
JF - Circulation Research
SN - 0009-7330
IS - 5
ER -