title: Contribution of Ras GTPase/MAP kinase and cytochrome P450 metabolites to deoxycorticosterone-salt-induced hypertension.
abstract: We recently reported that norepinephrine and angiotensin II activate the Ras/mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase pathway through generation of a cytochrome P450 (CYP450) and lipoxygenase metabolites. The purpose of this study was to determine the contribution of Ras/MAP kinase to deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA)-salt-induced hypertension in rats. Administration of DOCA and 1% saline drinking water to uninephrectomized rats for 6 weeks significantly elevated mean arterial blood pressure (MABP) (166+/-5 mm Hg, n=19) compared with that of normotensive controls (95+/-5 mm Hg, n=7) (P<0.05). The activity of Ras and MAP kinase measured in the heart was increased in DOCA-salt hypertensive rats. Infusion of the Ras farnesyl transferase inhibitors FPT III (138 ng/min) and BMS-191563 (694 ng/min) significantly (P<0.05) attenuated MABP to 139+/-4 mm Hg (n=14) and 126+/-1 mm Hg (n=4), respectively. Moreover, infusion of MAP kinase kinase inhibitor PD-98059 (694 ng/min) also reduced MABP in hypertensive rats. Morphological studies of the kidney showed that treatment of rats with FPT III, which reduced Ras activity, minimized the hyperplastic occlusive arteriosclerosis and fibrinoid vasculitis observed in untreated hypertensive rats. In addition, the rise in CYP450 activity and MABP in hypertensive rats was prevented by the CYP450 inhibitor aminobenzotriazole (50 mg/kg) and was associated with a decrease in Ras and MAP kinase activity in the heart. These data suggest that the Ras/MAP kinase pathway contributes to DOCA-salt-induced hypertension and associated vascular pathology consequent to activation of CYP450.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Pharmacology, and Pathology, University of Tennessee, Memphis 38163, USA.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Muthalif
authors.forename: I F
authors.initials: IF
authors.lastname: Benter
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Khandekar
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gaber
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Estes
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Malik
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Parmentier
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Manne
authors.forename: K U
authors.initials: KU
authors.lastname: Malik
mesh_terms: D019883:Alkyl and Aryl Transferases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism*; D003900:Desoxycorticosterone; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D051231:Farnesyltranstransferase; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000494:pharmacology; D020558:GTP Phosphohydrolases / Q000378:metabolism; D006973:Hypertension / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D006984:Hypertrophy; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D048369:MAP Kinase Kinase 1; D008297:Male; D020929:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D017673:Sodium Chloride, Dietary / Q000494:pharmacology; D018631:ras Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D005419:Flavonoids; D017673:Sodium Chloride, Dietary; D003900:Desoxycorticosterone; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D019883:Alkyl and Aryl Transferases; C064911:p21(ras) farnesyl-protein transferase; D051231:Farnesyltranstransferase; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D048369:MAP Kinase Kinase 1; D020929:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases; D020558:GTP Phosphohydrolases; D018631:ras Proteins; C093973:2-(2-amino-3-methoxyphenyl)-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one