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Role of immune factors in angiotensin II-induced hypertension and renal damage in Dahl salt-sensitive rats. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2018 Mar 01;314(3):R323-R333

Date

11/10/2017

Pubmed ID

29118017

Pubmed Central ID

PMC5899245

DOI

10.1152/ajpregu.00044.2017

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-85043569584 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   24 Citations

Abstract

The present study assessed the importance of immunity in angiotensin (ANG) II (5 ng·kg^-1·min^-1 iv)-mediated hypertension in Dahl salt-sensitive (SS) rats and SS rats deficient in T and B lymphocytes (SS^Rag1-/-) fed a 0.4% NaCl diet. Baseline mean arterial blood pressure (MAP) was not different between groups. ANG II infusion significantly increased MAP in both groups, although MAP increased more rapidly in SS rats, and the maximal MAP achieved was significantly greater in SS than SS^Rag1-/- rats (190 ± 3 vs. 177 ± 3 mmHg) after 12 days. Renal damage, as assessed by albumin excretion rate, was significantly increased after 12 days of ANG lI infusion in SS (from 32 ± 4 to 81 ± 9 mg/day) and SS^Rag1-/- (from 12 ± 2 to 51 ± 8 mg/day) rats; albumin excretion rate was significantly different between SS and SS^Rag1-/- rats at all points measured. After 9 days of recovery from ANG II, MAP was decreased to a greater extent in SS^Rag1-/- than SS rats (143 ± 5 vs. 157 ± 8 mmHg) compared with the peak MAP during ANG II infusion. At this same time point, albumin excretion rate was significantly lower in SS^Rag1-/- than SS rats (42 ± 8 vs. 66 ± 7 mg/day). Further studies demonstrated an increase in CD45⁺ total leukocytes, CD11b/c⁺ macrophages/monocytes, and CD3⁺ T cells in kidneys of ANG II- compared with vehicle-treated SS rats. The present data suggest that infiltrating T cells in the kidney exacerbate renal damage in ANG II-induced hypertension in SS rats maintained on a 0.4% NaCl diet, similar to results observed with a salt stimulus in SS rats.

Author List

Wade B, Petrova G, Mattson DL

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Albuminuria
Angiotensin II
Animals
Arterial Pressure
B-Lymphocytes
Chemotaxis, Leukocyte
Cytokines
Disease Models, Animal
Genes, RAG-1
Hypertension
Kidney
Kidney Diseases
Male
Phenotype
Rats, Inbred Dahl
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Rats, Transgenic
Sodium Chloride, Dietary
T-Lymphocytes