title: Overexpression of cytochrome P450 epoxygenases prevents development of hypertension in spontaneously hypertensive rats by enhancing atrial natriuretic peptide.
abstract: Cytochrome P450 (P450)-derived epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) exert well recognized vasodilatory, diuretic, and tubular fluid-electrolyte transport actions that are predictive of a hypotensive effect. The study sought to determine the improvement of hypertension and cardiac function by overexpressing P450 epoxygenases in vivo. Long-term expression of CYP102 F87V or CYP2J2 in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) was mediated by using a type 8 recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV8) vector. Hemodynamics was measured by a Millar Instruments, Inc. (Houston, TX) microtransducer catheter, and atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) mRNA levels were tested by real-time polymerase chain reaction. Results showed that urinary excretion of 14,15-EET was increased at 2 and 6 months after injection with rAAV-CYP102 F87V and rAAV-CYP2J2 compared with controls (p < 0.05). During the course of the 6-month study, systolic blood pressure significantly decreased in P450 epoxygenase-treated rats, but the CYP2J2-specific inhibitor C26 blocked rAAV-CYP2J2-induced hypotension and the increase in EET production. Cardiac output was improved by P450 epoxygenase expression at 6 months (p < 0.05). Furthermore, cardiac collagen content was reduced in P450 epoxygenase-treated rats. ANP mRNA levels were up-regulated 6- to 14-fold in the myocardium, and ANP expression was significantly increased in both myocardium and plasma in P450 epoxygenase-treated rats. However, epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor antagonist 4-(3'-chloroanilino)-6,7-dimethoxy-quinazoline (AG-1478) significantly attenuated the increase in the EET-induced expression of ANP in vitro. These data indicate that overexpression of P450 epoxygenases attenuates the development of hypertension and improves cardiac function in SHR, and that these effects may be mediated, at least in part, by ANP via activating EGF receptor.
authors.affiliation: The Institute of Hypertension and Department of Internal Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Xuguang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jiangtao
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Xuefeng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Guangtian
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Xiao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: James W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Voltz
authors.forename: Darryl C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Zeldin
authors.forename: Dao Wen
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D015126:8,11,14-Eicosatrienoic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism / Q000652:urine; D000256:Adenoviridae / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000187:drug effects; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D015153:Blotting, Western; D000090762:Cytochrome P-450 CYP2J2; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology*; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D006334:Heart Function Tests; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D006973:Hypertension / Q000235:genetics* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009126:Muscle Relaxation / Q000187:drug effects; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects; D032383:Myocytes, Cardiac / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: C107016:14,15-dihydroxyeicosatrienoic acid; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D000090762:Cytochrome P-450 CYP2J2; D015126:8,11,14-Eicosatrienoic Acid