title: Renoprotective properties of angiotensin receptor blockers beyond blood pressure lowering.
abstract: Clinical studies have demonstrated that some antihypertensive agents provide renoprotection independent of BP lowering. Recent in vitro and in vivo studies evaluated the mechanisms involved in this protection. First, the in vitro effects of several angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockers (ARB), calcium channel blockers (CCB), and beta blockers (BB) on various mediators were compared: Formation of pentosidine (an advanced glycation end product), hydroxyl radical-induced formation of o-tyrosine, and transition metals-induced oxidation of ascorbic acid (the Fenton reaction). All of the six tested ARB but neither the six CCB nor the nine BB inhibited pentosidine formation. ARB, as well as BB but not CCB, inhibited hydroxyl radicals-mediated o-tyrosine formation. ARB but neither BB nor CCB inhibited efficiently transition metals-catalyzed oxidation of ascorbic acid. Second, the in vivo consequences for the kidney of these various in vitro effects were evaluated. Hypertensive, type 2 diabetic rats with nephropathy, SHR/NDmcr-cp, were given for 20 wk either olmesartan (ARB) or nifedipine (CCB), or atenolol (BB). Despite similar BP reduction, only ARB significantly reduced proteinuria and prevented glomerular and tubulointerstitial damage (mesangial activation, podocyte injury, tubulointerstitial injury, and inflammatory cell infiltration). It is interesting that only ARB prevented abnormal iron deposition in the interstitium, corrected chronic hypoxia, reduced expressions of heme oxygenase and p47phox (a subunit of NADPHoxidase), and inhibited pentosidine formation (which correlates well with proteinuria). These observations confirm unique renoprotective properties of ARB, independent of BP lowering but related to decreased oxidative stress (hydroxyl radicals scavenging and inhibition of the Fenton reaction), correction of chronic hypoxia, and inhibition of advanced glycation end product formation and of abnormal iron deposition. These benefits of ARB may contribute to the renoprotection observed beyond BP lowering.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medical Sciences and Department of Internal Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Izuhara
authors.forename: Masaomi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nangaku
authors.forename: Reiko
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Inagi
authors.forename: Naoto
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tominaga
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aizawa
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kurokawa
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: van Ypersele de Strihou
authors.forename: Toshio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyata
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D057911:Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001120:Arginine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006977:Hypertension, Renal / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000517:prevention & control; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology*; D008239:Lysine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric
chemical_list: D057911:Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; D001120:Arginine; C062187:pentosidine; D008239:Lysine