Role of prostaglandin E receptor EP1 subtype in the development of renal injury in genetically hypertensive rats.
One of the major causes of end-stage renal diseases is hypertensive renal disease, in which enhanced renal prostaglandin (PG) E2 production has been shown. PGE2, a major arachidonic acid metabolite produced in the kidney, acts on 4 receptor subtypes, EP1 through EP4, but the pathophysiological importance of the PGE2/EP subtypes in the development of hypertensive renal injury remains to be elucidated. In this study, we investigated whether an orally active EP1-selective antagonist (EP1A) prevents the progression of renal damage in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRSP), a model of human malignant hypertension. Ten-week-old SHRSP, with established hypertension but with minimal renal damage, were given EP1A or vehicle for 5 weeks. After the treatment period, vehicle-treated SHRSP showed prominent proliferative lesions in arterioles, characterized by decreased alpha-smooth muscle actin expression in multilayered vascular smooth muscle cells. Upregulation of transforming growth factor-beta expression and tubulointerstitial fibrosis were also observed in vehicle-treated SHRSP. All these changes were dramatically attenuated in EP1A-treated SHRSP. Moreover, EP1A treatment significantly inhibited both increase in urinary protein excretion and decrease in creatinine clearance but had little effect on systemic blood pressure. These findings indicate that the PGE2/EP1 signaling pathway plays a crucial role in the development of renal injury in SHRSP. This study opens a novel therapeutic potential of selective blockade of EP1 for the treatment of hypertensive renal disease.
Suganami
Takayoshi
T
Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan.
Mori
Kiyoshi
K
Tanaka
Issei
I
Mukoyama
Masashi
M
Sugawara
Akira
A
Makino
Hisashi
H
Muro
Seiji
S
Yahata
Kensei
K
Ohuchida
Shuichi
S
Maruyama
Takayuki
T
Narumiya
Shuh
S
Nakao
Kazuwa
K
D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002934:Cinnamates; D051545:Cyclooxygenase 1; D005355:Fibrosis; D005920:Glomerular Mesangium / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000378:metabolism; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / Q000378:metabolism; D011507:Proteinuria / Q000209:etiology; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR; D011921:Rats, Inbred WKY; D018078:Receptors, Prostaglandin E / Q000032:analysis / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000502:physiology*; D058306:Receptors, Prostaglandin E, EP1 Subtype
D002934:Cinnamates; D007527:Isoenzymes; D008565:Membrane Proteins; C411295:ONO 8713; C545635:PTGER1 protein, human; C545637:Ptger1 protein, rat; D018078:Receptors, Prostaglandin E; D058306:Receptors, Prostaglandin E, EP1 Subtype; D051545:Cyclooxygenase 1; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases; C496513:Ptgs1 protein, rat