Alterations in the regulation of androgen-sensitive Cyp 4a monooxygenases cause hypertension. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001 Apr 24;98(9):5211-6
Date
04/26/2001Pubmed ID
11320253Pubmed Central ID
PMC33189DOI
10.1073/pnas.081627898Scopus ID
2-s2.0-0035942194 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 223 CitationsAbstract
Hypertension is a leading cause of cardiovascular, cerebral, and renal disease morbidity and mortality. Here we show that disruption of the Cyp 4a14 gene causes hypertension, which is, like most human hypertension, more severe in males. Male Cyp 4a14 (-/-) mice show increases in plasma androgens, kidney Cyp 4a12 expression, and the formation of prohypertensive 20-hydroxyarachidonate. Castration normalizes the blood pressure of Cyp 4a14 (-/-) mice and minimizes Cyp 4a12 expression and arachidonate omega-hydroxylation. Androgen replacement restores hypertensive phenotype, Cyp 4a12 expression, and 20-hydroxy-arachidonate formation. We conclude that the androgen-mediated regulation of Cyp 4a arachidonate monooxygenases is an important component of the renal mechanisms that control systemic blood pressures. These results provide direct evidence for a role of Cyp 4a isoforms in cardiovascular physiology, establish Cyp 4a14 (-/-) mice as a monogenic model for the study of cause/effect relationships between blood pressure, sex hormones, and P450 omega-hydroxylases, and suggest the human CYP 4A homologues as candidate genes for the analysis of the genetic and molecular basis of human hypertension.
Author List
Holla VR, Adas F, Imig JD, Zhao X, Price E Jr, Olsen N, Kovacs WJ, Magnuson MA, Keeney DS, Breyer MD, Falck JR, Waterman MR, Capdevila JHMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AndrogensAnimals
Arachidonic Acid
Blood Pressure
Castration
Cytochrome P-450 CYP4A
Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System
Dihydrotestosterone
Enzyme Induction
Female
Gene Deletion
Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids
Hypertension
Kidney
Male
Mice
Mice, Knockout
Microsomes
Mixed Function Oxygenases
RNA, Messenger
Renal Circulation
Sex Characteristics
Testosterone
Vascular Resistance