title: Formation and actions of 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid in rat renal arterioles.
abstract: The present study examined whether preglomerular arterioles of the rat produce 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (20-HETE) and whether 20-HETE is vasoactive on these vessels. Raf preglomerular arterioles produced 20-HETE (4.8 +/- 1.0 pmol.min-1.mg-1, n = 7) and, to a lesser extent, 14-, 15-, 11-, and 12-dihydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid, 6-ketoprostaglandin F/alpha and prostaglandin E2 when incubated with [14C]larachidonic acid. The results of immunoblotting and reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction experiments indicate that these vessels express mRNA and protein for a P-450 4A2 enzyme. With the use of a rat juxtamedullary nephron microvascular preparation perfused in vitro with a cell-free media, addition of 20-HETE (1 nM-1 microM) to the bath reduced the diameter of proximal and distal portions of the efferent arterioles. At a concentration of 1 microM, the diameter of the proximal and distal portions of the afferent arteriole fell by 14 +/- 1 and 16 +/- 3% after 20-HETE. The response to 20-HETE (1 microM) was not altered by blockade of cyclooxygenase, lipoxygenase, and p-450 pathways. Blockade of the large-conductance Ca(2+)-activated K+ channel with tetraethylammonium (1 mM) reduced the diameter of afferent arterioles by 10% and blocked the vasoconstrictor response to 20-HETE (1 microM). These results indicate that 20-HETE is an endogenous constrictor of preglomerular arterioles and suggest a role for the P-450 4A2 enzyme in the regulation of renal vascular tone.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Medical college of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226, USA.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Imig
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Stec
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Harder
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Falck
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Roman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016718:Arachidonic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D001160:Arterioles / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D001483:Base Sequence; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000378:metabolism; D006893:Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*; D007536:Isomerism; D008297:Male; D008833:Microcirculation; D015335:Molecular Probes / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012079:Renal Circulation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D019789:Tetraethylammonium; D013757:Tetraethylammonium Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology; D014661:Vasoconstriction
chemical_list: D006893:Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids; D015335:Molecular Probes; D013757:Tetraethylammonium Compounds; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D019789:Tetraethylammonium; C055987:20-hydroxy-5,8,11,14-eicosatetraenoic acid