title: Role of endothelin ET(B) receptors in the renal hemodynamic and excretory responses to big endothelin-1.
abstract: We determined the role of endothelin ET(B) receptor in the renal hemodynamic and excretory responses to big endothelin-1, using A-192621, a selective endothelin ET(B) receptor antagonist and the spotting-lethal (sl) rat, which carries a naturally occurring deletion in the endothelin ET(B) receptor gene. An intravenous injection of big endothelin-1 produced a hypertensive effect, which is greater in wild-type (+/+) rats pretreated with A-192621 and in homozygous (sl/sl) rats. Big endothelin-1 markedly increased urine flow, urinary excretion of sodium and fractional excretion of sodium in wild-type rats treated with the vehicle. These excretory responses to big endothelin-1 were markedly reduced by pharmacological endothelin ET(B) receptor blockade. On the other hand, big endothelin-1 injection to the endothelin ET(B) receptor-deficient homozygous animals resulted in a small diuretic effect. When renal perfusion pressure was protected from big endothelin-1-induced hypertension by an aortic clamp, the excretory responses in vehicle-treated wild-type rats were markedly attenuated. In homozygous or A-192621-treated wild-type rats, there was a small but significant decreasing effect in urine flow. In addition, big endothelin-1 significantly elevated nitric oxide (NO) metabolite production in the kidney of wild-type rats but not in the homozygous rats. We suggest that the diuretic and natriuretic responses to big endothelin-1 consist of pressure-dependent and pressure-independent effects and that the increased NO production via the activation of endothelin ET(B) receptors in the kidney is closely related to the big endothelin-1-induced excretory responses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 4-20-1 Nasahara, Takatsuki, Osaka 569-1094, Japan.
authors.forename: Fumiko
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Konishi
authors.forename: Yuka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: Masanori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takaoka
authors.forename: Cheryl E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Gariepy
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yanagisawa
authors.forename: Yasuo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsumura
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D030801:Animals, Genetically Modified; D065128:Endothelin Receptor Antagonists; D019332:Endothelin-1; D016232:Endothelins / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000502:physiology; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D011922:Rats, Mutant Strains; D044023:Receptor, Endothelin B; D017466:Receptors, Endothelin / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D012079:Renal Circulation / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D014554:Urination / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D065128:Endothelin Receptor Antagonists; D019332:Endothelin-1; D016232:Endothelins; D011498:Protein Precursors; D044023:Receptor, Endothelin B; D017466:Receptors, Endothelin