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Angiotensin type 1a receptors in the subfornical organ are required for deoxycorticosterone acetate-salt hypertension. Hypertension 2013 Mar;61(3):716-22

Date

12/26/2012

Pubmed ID

23266541

Pubmed Central ID

PMC3573251

DOI

10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.111.00356

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-84874360680 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   55 Citations

Abstract

Although elevated renin-angiotensin system activity and angiotensinergic signaling within the brain are required for hypertension, polydipsia, and increased metabolic rate induced by deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA)-salt, the contribution of specific receptor subtypes and brain nuclei mediating these responses remains poorly defined. We hypothesized that angiotensin type 1a receptors (AT(1a)R) within the subfornical organ (SFO) mediate these responses. Transgenic mice carrying a conditional allele of the endogenous AT(1a)R (AT(1a)R(flox)) were administered an adenovirus encoding Cre-recombinase and enhanced green fluorescent protein (eGFP) or adenovirus encoding eGFP alone into the lateral cerebral ventricle. Adenovirus encoding Cre-recombinase reduced AT(1a)R mRNA and induced recombination in AT(1a)R(flox) genomic DNA specifically in the SFO, without significant effect in the paraventricular or arcuate nuclei, and also induced SFO-specific recombination in ROSA(TdTomato) reporter mice. The effect of SFO-targeted ablation of endogenous AT(1a)R was evaluated in AT(1a)R(flox) mice at 3 time points: (1) baseline, (2) 1 week after virus injection but before DOCA-salt, and (3) after 3 weeks of DOCA-salt. DOCA-salt-treated mice with deletion of AT(1a)R in SFO exhibited a blunted increase in arterial pressure. Increased sympathetic cardiac modulation and urine copeptin, a marker of vasopressin release, were both significantly reduced in DOCA-salt mice when AT(1a)R was deleted in the SFO. Additionally, deletion of AT(1a)R in the SFO significantly attenuated the polydipsia, polyuria, and sodium intake in response to DOCA-salt. Together, these data highlight the contribution of AT(1a)R in the SFO to arterial pressure regulation potentially through changes on sympathetic cardiac modulation, vasopressin release, and hydromineral balance in the DOCA-salt model of hypertension.

Author List

Hilzendeger AM, Cassell MD, Davis DR, Stauss HM, Mark AL, Grobe JL, Sigmund CD

Authors

Justin L. Grobe PhD 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

Animals
Arterial Pressure
Biomarkers
Desoxycorticosterone
Glycopeptides
Heart
Hypertension
Male
Mice
Mice, Transgenic
Mineralocorticoids
Polydipsia
Polyuria
Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 1
Recombination, Genetic
Sodium
Subfornical Organ
Sympathetic Nervous System