The renal endothelin (ET) system is involved in the pathogenesis of kidney fibrosis as well as blood pressure control by regulating tubular sodium excretion. Long-term effects of ETA receptor blockade on blood pressure and kidney function in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs) on a high-salt diet are unknown. We treated SHRs on a 6% (w/v) NaCl sodium diet (SHR-S) for 48 weeks with the ETA antagonist LU 135252 (whose selectivity for ETA is 150 times greater than for ETB) with 10, 30 and 100mg·kg-1·day-1 or placebo. The ETA antagonist had at no time-point any effect on blood pressure. Glomerular filtration rate was normal in SHR-S and not altered by LU 135252. However, urinary albumin excretion was markedly reduced by the ETA antagonist (SHR-S, 145±50mg/day; SHR-S+10mg·kg-1·day-1 LU 135252, 33±11mg/day, P<0.05 versus SHR-S; SHR-S+30mg·kg-1·day-1 LU 135252, 55±16mg/day and SHR-S+100mg·kg-1·day-1 LU 135252, 32±11mg/day, P<0.05 versus SHR-S at both concentrations). Total urinary protein excretion was likewise significantly reduced by treatment with 10mg·kg-1·day-1 LU 135252 (SHR-S, 0.25±0.06g/day; SHR-S+10mg·kg-1·day-1 LU 135252, 0.089±0.01g/day, P<0.05 versus SHR-S). The higher dosages of LU 135252 showed only a trend towards reduction of total urinary protein excretion. Computer-aided image analysis after haematoxylin/eosin and periodic acid-Schiff staining revealed that treatment with 10mg·kg-1·day-1 LU 135252 significantly reduces the media/lumen ratio of intrarenal arteries. Higher dosages of LU 135252 were less effective. Renal matrix protein synthesis in SHR-S was not altered by LU 135252. In conclusion, the renal ET system contributes in a blood-pressure-independent manner to the regulation of urinary protein excretion and renal vascular hypertrophy in SHR-S. Lower doses of the ETA antagonist were more effective, indicating that a potential additional blockade of the ETB receptor using higher doses of LU 135252 seems to oppose the beneficial effects of a sole ETA blockade. Urinary protein excretion is an independent risk factor of chronic renal failure, thus ETA antagonists might be a therapeutic tool to prevent proteinuria-induced chronic renal failure.
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Endothelin receptor A blockade reduces proteinuria and vascular hypertrophy in spontaneously hypertensive rats on high-salt diet in a blood-pressure-independent manner
Jörg TRENKNER;
Jörg TRENKNER
*Department of Nephrology, Charité, Humboldt University of Berlin, Schumannstrasse 20-21, 10098 Berlin, Germany
†Institute of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Free University of Berlin, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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Friedrich PRIEM;
Friedrich PRIEM
‡Department of Pathobiochemistry, Charité, Humboldt University of Berlin, D-10117 Berlin, Germany
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Christian BAUER;
Christian BAUER
†Institute of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Free University of Berlin, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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Hans-Hellmut NEUMAYER;
Hans-Hellmut NEUMAYER
*Department of Nephrology, Charité, Humboldt University of Berlin, Schumannstrasse 20-21, 10098 Berlin, Germany
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Manfred RASCHAK;
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§Knoll AG, D-67008 Ludwigshafen, Germany
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Berthold HOCHER
*Department of Nephrology, Charité, Humboldt University of Berlin, Schumannstrasse 20-21, 10098 Berlin, Germany
†Institute of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Free University of Berlin, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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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): 385S–388S.
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Jörg TRENKNER, Friedrich PRIEM, Christian BAUER, Hans-Hellmut NEUMAYER, Manfred RASCHAK, Berthold HOCHER; Endothelin receptor A blockade reduces proteinuria and vascular hypertrophy in spontaneously hypertensive rats on high-salt diet in a blood-pressure-independent manner. Clin Sci (Lond) 1 September 2002; 103 (s2002): 385S–388S. doi: https://doi.org/10.1042/CS103S385S
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