title: Cyclosporine A-induced increase in glomerular cyclic GMP in rats and the involvement of the endothelinB receptor.
abstract: 1. A transient two fold increase in the cyclic GMP content was observed in rat freshly isolated glomeruli 6 to 9 h after a single subcutaneous injection of 20 mg kg-1 cyclosporine A (CsA) in conscious animals. 2.In vitro stimulation with endothelin 3 (ET-3) of isolated glomeruli obtained from CsA-untreated rats resulted in a dose-dependent increase in cyclic GMP content. The increase observed with 10 nM ET-3 was similar to that observed in glomeruli isolated 9 h after in vivo CsA administration. 3. The rise in glomerular cyclic GMP content after in vivo CsA injection was prevented by in vivo treatment with L-NAME (10 mg kg-1) or by in vitro calcium deprivation of the incubation medium. 4. The stimulating effects of CsA on glomerular cyclic GMP content were inhibited by in vivo administration of the ETB receptor antagonist BQ-788 (2 mg kg-1) but not by the ETA receptor antagonist BQ-123 (2 mg kg-1). 5. The maximum increase in glomerular cyclic GMP content induced in vitro by acetylcholine (100 microM) and by ET-3 (100 nM) was slightly lower (approximately by 20-25%; P < 0.05) in glomeruli from CsA-treated rats than in glomeruli from untreated rats. In contrast, the maximum increase achieved with 1 microM sodium nitroprusside was similar in both groups. 6. A single subcutaneous injection of CsA did not significantly alter the glomerular mRNA expression of constitutive endothelial NO synthase (eNOS), as evaluated by RT-PCR, whereas the mRNA expression of the inducible NO synthase (iNOS), which follows pretreatment with lipopolysaccharide, was prevented. 7. These results indicate that in vivo administration of a single dose of cyclosporine A transiently increases the cyclic GMP content of freshly isolated glomeruli, and that activation of ETB receptors and stimulation of the NO pathway are involved in this process. Furthermore, a single administration of CsA does not impair eNOS mRNA expression and only slightly reduces NO-dependent glomerular cyclic GMP production.
authors.affiliation: I.N.S.E.R.M U388, Institut Louis Bugnard, Faculté de Médecine de Rangueil, Toulouse, France.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tack
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Marin-Castano
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Bascands
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pecher
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Ader
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Girolami
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D016572:Cyclosporine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D019334:Endothelin-3 / Q000494:pharmacology; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000494:pharmacology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D044022:Receptor, Endothelin A; D044023:Receptor, Endothelin B; D017466:Receptors, Endothelin / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D019334:Endothelin-3; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D044022:Receptor, Endothelin A; D044023:Receptor, Endothelin B; D017466:Receptors, Endothelin; D009599:Nitroprusside; D016572:Cyclosporine; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D006152:Cyclic GMP; D000109:Acetylcholine; D002118:Calcium