title: Actions of endothelin-1 on cultured rat renomedullary interstitial cells are modulated by nitric oxide.
abstract: 1. Cultured renomedullary interstitial cells (RMIC) isolated from 4-week-old Sprague-Dawley rat kidneys possess ETA receptors, as identified by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). 2. Treatment with endothelin (ET)-1 (10(-6) mol/L) increases the intracellular inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate concentrations within 10 s and intracellular calcium concentrations after 7 s. 3. Endothelin-1 (10(-7) and 10(-10) mol/L) induced increases in intracellular cAMP concentrations, but only in the presence of N omega-nitro-L-arginine, a nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitor. Addition of ET-1 (10(-10) mol/L) to the RMIC culture led to increases in intracellular cGMP concentrations through activation of NOS. 4. In the presence of ET-1 (10(-7) and 10(-10) mol/L) and during NOS inhibition, RMIC responded with increased cell proliferation and extracellular matrix (ECM) synthesis. These responses were abolished by BQ-123 (10(-6) mol/L), suggesting mediation via the ETA receptor subtype. The proliferative effect of ET-1 was also abolished by atrial natriuretic peptide (10(-6) mol/L). 5. The present study provides evidence that binding of ET-1 to ETA receptors on RMIC activates several intracellular second messenger systems that mediate cell proliferation and ECM synthesis. 6. These results also highlight an important interaction between ET-1 and nitric oxide in the control of RMIC function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia. c.maric@anatomy.unimelb.edu.au
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Maric
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Aldred
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Antoine
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Eitle
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Dean
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Alcorn
mesh_terms: D000313:Adrenal Medulla / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002452:Cell Count / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000378:metabolism; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000187:drug effects; D019332:Endothelin-1 / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D005109:Extracellular Matrix / Q000187:drug effects; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D019332:Endothelin-1; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate; D004247:DNA; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D006152:Cyclic GMP; D002118:Calcium