title: Effects of converting enzyme inhibitors on renal P-450 metabolism of arachidonic acid.
abstract: The effects of blockade of the renin-angiotensin system on the renal metabolism of arachidonic acid (AA) were examined. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were treated with vehicle, captopril (25 mg x kg(-1) x day(-1)), enalapril (10 mg x kg(-1) x day(-1)), or candesartan (1 mg x kg(-1) x day(-1)) for 1 wk. The production of 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (20-HETE) and epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) by renal cortical microsomes increased in rats treated with captopril by 59 and 24% and by 90 and 58% in rats treated with enalapril. Captopril and enalapril increased 20-HETE production in the outer medulla by 100 and 143%, respectively. In contrast, blockade of ANG II type 1 receptors with candesartan had no effect on the renal metabolism of AA. Captopril and enalapril increased cytochrome P-450 (CYP450) reductase protein levels in the renal cortex and outer medulla and the expression of CYP450 4A protein in the outer medulla. The effects of captopril on the renal metabolism of AA were prevented by the bradykinin-receptor antagonist, HOE-140, or the nitric oxide (NO) synthase inhibitor, N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester. These results suggest that angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors may increase the formation of 20-HETE and EETs secondary to increases in the intrarenal levels of kinins and NO.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Endocrinology, and Hypertension, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai 980 - 8574, Japan.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Omata
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Hoagland
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Roman
mesh_terms: D015126:8,11,14-Eicosatrienoic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D057911:Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D016718:Arachidonic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D001562:Benzimidazoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D001713:Biphenyl Compounds; D001920:Bradykinin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D065168:Bradykinin Receptor Antagonists; D002216:Captopril / Q000494:pharmacology; D042926:Cytochrome P-450 CYP4A; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism*; D003900:Desoxycorticosterone / Q000494:pharmacology; D004656:Enalapril / Q000494:pharmacology; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D006893:Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D007668:Kidney / Q000201:enzymology*; D007672:Kidney Cortex / Q000648:ultrastructure; D007679:Kidney Medulla / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008297:Male; D008861:Microsomes / Q000201:enzymology; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000378:metabolism; D009251:NADPH-Ferrihemoprotein Reductase / Q000378:metabolism; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester / Q000494:pharmacology; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D044140:Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 1; D044139:Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 2; D013148:Spironolactone / Q000494:pharmacology; D013777:Tetrazoles / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D057911:Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; D001562:Benzimidazoles; D001713:Biphenyl Compounds; D065168:Bradykinin Receptor Antagonists; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D006893:Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids; D044140:Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 1; D044139:Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 2; D013777:Tetrazoles; D013148:Spironolactone; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D003900:Desoxycorticosterone; D004656:Enalapril; C055987:20-hydroxy-5,8,11,14-eicosatetraenoic acid; C065679:icatibant; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D002216:Captopril; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D042926:Cytochrome P-450 CYP4A; D009251:NADPH-Ferrihemoprotein Reductase; D015126:8,11,14-Eicosatrienoic Acid; C081643:candesartan; D001920:Bradykinin; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester