title: Infusion of angiotensin-(1-7) reduces glomerulosclerosis through counteracting angiotensin II in experimental glomerulonephritis.
abstract: Recent identification of a counterregulatory axis of the renin-angiotensin system, called angiotensin-converting enzyme 2-angiotensin-(1-7) [ANG-(1-7)]-Mas receptor, may offer new targets for the treatment of renal fibrosis. We hypothesized that therapy with ANG-(1-7) would improve glomerulosclerosis through counteracting ANG II in experimental glomerulonephritis. Disease was induced in rats with the monoclonal anti-Thy-1 antibody, OX-7. Based on a three-dose pilot study, 576 microg x kg(-1) x day(-1) ANG-(1-7) was continuously infused from day 1 using osmotic pumps. Measures of glomerulosclerosis include semiquantitative scoring of matrix proteins stained for periodic acid Schiff, collagen I, and fibronectin EDA+ (FN). ANG-(1-7) treatment reduced disease-induced increases in proteinuria by 75%, glomerular periodic acid Schiff staining by 48%, collagen I by 24%, and FN by 25%. The dramatic increases in transforming growth factor-beta1, plasminogen activator inhibitor-1, FN, and collagen I mRNAs seen in disease control animals compared with normal rats were all significantly reduced by ANG-(1-7) administration (P < 0.05). These observations support our hypothesis that ANG-(1-7) has therapeutic potential for reversing glomerulosclerosis. Several results suggest ANG-(1-7) acts by counteracting ANG II effects: 1) renin expression in ANG-(1-7)-treated rats was dramatically increased as it is with ANG II blockade therapy; and 2) in vitro data indicate that ANG II-induced increases in mesangial cell proliferation and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 overexpression are inhibited by ANG-(1-7) via its binding to a specific receptor known as Mas.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University School of Medicine, Nanjing, China. njzjdo8@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Jiandong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Nancy A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Noble
authors.forename: Wayne A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Border
authors.forename: Yufeng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000803:Angiotensin I / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism; D000085962:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2; D000818:Animals; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D024042:Collagen Type I / Q000235:genetics; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005353:Fibronectins / Q000235:genetics; D005355:Fibrosis; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D015918:Infusion Pumps, Implantable; D055104:Infusions, Subcutaneous; D007518:Isoantibodies; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D050527:Mesangial Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D007703:Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A / Q000235:genetics; D017395:Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011507:Proteinuria / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012083:Renin / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics; D013997:Time Factors; D053773:Transforming Growth Factor beta1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D024042:Collagen Type I; D005353:Fibronectins; D007518:Isoantibodies; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D017395:Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D053773:Transforming Growth Factor beta1; C035678:anti-Thy antibody; D000804:Angiotensin II; D000803:Angiotensin I; D007703:Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A; C000705329:Ace2 protein, rat; D000085962:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2; D012083:Renin; C118790:angiotensin I (1-7)