Chemical renal denervation-induced upregulation of the ACE2/Ang (1-7)/Mas axis attenuates blood pressure elevation in spontaneously hypertensive rats

OBJECTIVE: Evidence has shown that the ACE2/Ang (1-7)/Mas axis plays an important role in the control of hypertension. Thus, we hypothesized that chemical renal denervation (RDN) could reduce blood pressure by regulating the ACE2/Ang (1-7)/Mas axis in spontaneously hypertensive rats.

METHODS: Twelve rats were randomly divided into sham group and chemical RDN group. All the rats were sacrificed 4 weeks later. Plasma samples were collected to measure the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) activities and reactive oxygen species levels by radioimmunoassay, chromatometry and ELISA. Paraventricular nucleus (PVN) tissues were collected to examine the expression of the components of the ACE2/Ang (1-7)/Mas axis by western bolt and immunofluorescence.

RESULTS: The systolic blood pressure (169.33 ± 7.50 vs 182.67 ± 7.00 mmHg, p < .05) and the diastolic blood pressure (97.50 ± 4.68 vs 109.33 ± 4.41 mmHg, p < .05) in the RDN group were obviously lower than the baseline levels, whereas the opposite results were observed in the sham group. The RDN group exhibited a significant reduction in the plasma ROS (91.59 ± 13.12 vs 72.34 ± 11.76 U/ml, p < .05) and NADPH oxidase (171.86 ± 1.14 vs 175.75 ± 1.74 nmol/ml, p < .001) compared with the sham group, while the plasma eNOS (3.47 ± 0.42 vs 2.49 ± 0.51 U/ml, p < .05) and NO (55.92 ± 8.10 vs 43.53 ± 4.58 μmol/L, p < .05) were increased. The expression of the components of the ACE2/Ang (1-7)/Mas axis was upregulated while the expression of the components of the ACE/Ang II/AT1 R axis was downregulated in the plasma and PVN in the RDN group.

CONCLUSION: Our findings suggested that the reduction in blood pressure was regulated by chemical RDN-induced upregulation of the components of the ACE2/Ang (1-7)/Mas axis.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:42

Enthalten in:

Clinical and experimental hypertension (New York, N.Y. : 1993) - 42(2020), 7 vom: 02. Okt., Seite 661-668

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Han, Wenzheng [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Ming [VerfasserIn]
Zhai, Xinrong [VerfasserIn]
Gan, Qian [VerfasserIn]
Guan, Shaofeng [VerfasserIn]
Qu, Xinkai [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

31C4KY9ESH
9041-90-1
ACE2/Ang (1-7)/Mas
Ace2 protein, rat
Angiotensin I
Angiotensin I (1-7)
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2
EC 1.14.13.39
EC 1.6.3.-
EC 3.4.15.1
EC 3.4.17.23
Hypertension
IJ3FUK8MOF
Journal Article
NADPH Oxidases
Nitric Oxide
Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III
Nos3 protein, rat
Peptide Fragments
Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A
Proto-Oncogene Mas
Proto-Oncogene Proteins
Reactive Oxygen Species
Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled
Renal denervation

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Date Completed 17.11.2020

Date Revised 04.12.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/10641963.2020.1772812

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM310569095