Studies of salt and stress sensitivity on arterial pressure in renin-b deficient mice. PLoS One 2021;16(7):e0250807
Date
07/29/2021Pubmed ID
34319999Pubmed Central ID
PMC8318244DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0250807Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85111564742 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 2 CitationsAbstract
Excessive sodium intake is known to increase the risk for hypertension, heart disease, and stroke. Individuals who are more susceptible to the effects of high salt are at higher risk for cardiovascular diseases even independent of their blood pressure status. Local activation of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) in the brain, among other mechanisms, has been hypothesized to play a key role in contributing to salt balance. We have previously shown that deletion of the alternative renin isoform termed renin-b disinhibits the classical renin-a encoding preprorenin in the brain resulting in elevated brain RAS activity. Thus, we hypothesized that renin-b deficiency results in higher susceptibility to salt-induced elevation in blood pressure. Telemetry implanted Ren-bNull and wildtype littermate mice were first offered a low salt diet for a week and subsequently a high salt diet for another week. A high salt diet induced a mild blood pressure elevation in both Ren-bNull and wildtype mice, but mice lacking renin-b did not exhibit an exaggerated pressor response. When renin-b deficient mice were exposed to a high salt diet for a longer duration (4 weeks), there was a trend for increased myocardial enlargement in Ren-bNull mice when compared with control mice, but this did not reach statistical significance. Multiple studies have also demonstrated the association of environmental stress with hypertension. Activation of the RAS in the rostral ventrolateral medulla and the hypothalamus is required for stress-induced hypertension. Thus, we next questioned whether the lack of renin-b would result in exacerbated response to an acute restraint-stress. Wildtype and Ren-bNull mice equally exhibited elevated blood pressure in response to restraint-stress, which was similar in mice fed either a low or high salt diet. These studies suggest that mechanisms unrelated to salt and acute stress alter the cardiovascular phenotype in mice lacking renin-b.
Author List
Nakagawa P, Gomez J, Lu KT, Grobe JL, Sigmund CDAuthors
Justin L. Grobe PhD Professor in the Physiology department at Medical College of WisconsinPablo Nakagawa PhD Assistant Professor in the Physiology department at Medical College of Wisconsin
Curt Sigmund PhD Chair, Professor in the Physiology department at Medical College of Wisconsin
MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
Angiotensin IIAnimals
Blood Pressure
Male
Mice
Renin
Renin-Angiotensin System
Sodium Chloride
Stress, Physiological
