title: Effects of angiotensins II and IV on blood pressure, renal function, and PAI-1 expression in the heart and kidney of the rat.
abstract: The role of angiotensin II (AII) and angiotensin IV (AIV) as inducers of PAI-1 expression during hypertension was studied in vivo. A 2-week infusion of AII (300 ng/kg/min) via an osmotic pump increased systolic blood pressure (171 +/- 2 vs. 138 +/- 6 mm Hg), urinary protein excretion (32 +/- 6 vs. 14 +/- 2 mg/day), and renal (2.2 +/- 0.5 vs. 1.0 +/- 0.1) and cardiac (1.8 +/- 0.3 vs. 1.0 +/- 0.1) gene expression of plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 (PAI-1). AIV infusion did not affect any of the above with the exception of PAI-1 gene expression which was increased in the left ventricles (1.7 +/- 0.3 vs. 1.0 +/- 0.1). AII-infused rats displayed a decreased creatinine clearance (538 +/- 75 vs. 898 +/- 96 ml/min) and hypertrophic left ventricles (0.275 +/- 0.006 vs. 0.220 +/- 0.011 g/100 g). Our results demonstrate that AII but not AIV infusion is associated with increased renal PAI-1 gene expression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Renal/Urology Research, GlaxoSmithKline, King of Prussia, Pa 19406-0939, USA.
authors.forename: Christian T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Abrahamsen
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Pullen
authors.forename: Christine G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Schnackenberg
authors.forename: Eugene T
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Grygielko
authors.forename: Richard M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Edwards
authors.forename: Nicholas J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Laping
authors.forename: David P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Brooks
mesh_terms: D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D007677:Kidney Function Tests; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D017395:Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1 / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013268:Stimulation, Chemical
chemical_list: D017395:Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D000804:Angiotensin II; C012877:angiotensin II, des-Asp(1)-des-Arg(2)-Ile(5)-