Mice with disruption of the kinin B2 receptor (B2KO mice) are sensitive to salt-rich diets, which causes hypertension. The aim of the study was to assess the role of endothelin-1 (ET-1) and angiotensin-II in hypertensive B2KO mice on a salt-rich diet. We also wanted to verify if there is an upregulation of the mRNA expression of the precursors or receptors for these hormones. Two groups of B2KO mice (20–25g) were investigated. The first group received an 8% NaCl diet with 1% NaCl in drinking water (HS) and the second was fed with normal food with tap water (NS). The antagonists tested were the ETA receptor antagonist BQ-123 (1 and 5mg/kg), the ETB receptor antagonist BQ-788 (0.25 and 1mg/kg), the angiotensin receptor type 1 antagonist losartan (10mg/kg) and the angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor captopril (3mg/kg). These were injected intraperitoneally 30min prior to blood pressure measurement by the tail-cuff method. We also studied the level of expression of preproET-1, ET-1 receptors, angiotensinogen and angiotensin receptors by RNA extraction from the heart and kidneys of these mice followed by reverse transcriptase (RT)-PCR. B2KO mice (HS) were hypertensive after 8 weeks compared with B2KO mice on normal diet (HS, 93.4±1.5mmHg, n = 7; NS, 61.4±2.7mmHg, n = 7). In the HS group, the mean arterial blood pressure was significantly reduced by BQ-123 (5mg/kg) to 61.9±1.8mmHg (n = 7), by BQ-788 (1mg/kg) to 58.8±2.6mmHg (n = 6), by losartan (10mg/kg) to 73.2±1.7mmHg (n = 8) and by captopril (3mg/kg) to 86.0±2.3mmHg (n = 8). The expression studied by RT-PCR did not show any difference (either in precursors or receptors expression) between hypertensive and normal mice. The four antagonists used seemed to reverse the hypertension. These results suggest that ET-1 and angiotensin-II are probably involved in the mechanism that leads to hypertension since the effect of these hormones is probably not compensated by kinins in B2KO mice. Further studies are necessary to understand the implication of the cross-talk between these hormones in the hypertensive state.
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Role of endothelin receptors in the hypertensive state of kinin B2 knockout mice subjected to a high-salt diet
Isabelle BROCHU;
Isabelle BROCHU
*Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada, J1H 5N4
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Julie LABONTÉ;
Julie LABONTÉ
*Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada, J1H 5N4
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Ghassan BKAILY;
Ghassan BKAILY
†Department of Anatomy and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada, J1H 5N4
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Pedro D'ORLÉANS-JUSTE
*Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada, J1H 5N4
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Publisher: Portland Press Ltd
Online ISSN: 1470-8736
Print ISSN: 0143-5221
© 2002 The Biochemical Society and the Medical Research Society
2002
Clin Sci (Lond) (2002) 103 (s2002): 380S–384S.
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Isabelle BROCHU, Julie LABONTÉ, Ghassan BKAILY, Pedro D'ORLÉANS-JUSTE; Role of endothelin receptors in the hypertensive state of kinin B2 knockout mice subjected to a high-salt diet. Clin Sci (Lond) 1 September 2002; 103 (s2002): 380S–384S. doi: https://doi.org/10.1042/CS103S380S
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