Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS)-Dependent Hypertension in D2 Receptor Deficient Mice: 41
Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS)-Dependent Hypertension in D2 Receptor Deficient Mice: 41
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2006-10
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8.3
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I. Armando;Xiaoyan Wang;V. Villar;J. Jones;L. Asico;P. Jose
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I. Armando;Xiaoyan Wang;V. Villar;J. Jones;L. Asico;P. Jose
Alterations in dopamine D2-like receptor function have been reported in essential hypertension. A polymorphism in exon 6 of the D2 receptor (D2R) gene is associated with elevated blood pressure and a Taq1 polymorphism is associated with human essential hypertension. We have previously shown that disruption of D2R in mice (D2-/-) results in high blood pressure that is associated with increased aldosterone production and defective aldosterone suppression by high salt diet. Aldosterone has been shown to increase the expression of NADPH oxidase subunits as well as oxidative stress. We hypothesized that the increased blood pressure in D2-/is related to increased NADPH oxidase activity and ROS. We determined the mRNA expression of the NADPH oxidase subunits p22, p40, p47, p67, Rac1, Rac2, Nox1, Nox2 and Nox4 by RT-PCR in kidneys of D2-/and their wild type littermates, D2 / .The mRNA expression of Nox1, Nox2 and Nox4 was increased 30 3, 14 1 and 29 2%, respectively in D2-/(p 0.05 vs D2 / , n 5 per group).The mRNA expression of the other subunits tested was similar in both groups. The protein expression of Nox1, Nox2 and Nox4, determined by western blot, was increased in kidneys of D2-/mice by 45 8, 89 10 and 55 5%, respectively (p 0.05 vs D2 / ). The urinary excretion of 8-isoprostane (77 15 vs 35 8 ng/mg creatinine [D2 / ]; p 0.04, n 9), a marker of oxidative stress, and renal NADPH oxidase activity (121,300 15,310 vs 81,200 9,870 [D2 / ] LU/mg prot; p 0.05; lucigenin assay) were also increased in D2-/mice. Treatment with hemin, an inducer of heme oxigenase-1 (50 mol, IP, for 24 h), normalized blood pressure in anesthetized (Avertin) D2-/mice (systolic: vehicle: 123 5; hemin: 89 6 mmHg; p 0.05; n 5) but had no effect in D2 / mice (systolic: vehicle: 103 2; hemin: 100 1 mmHg; n 5). Treatment with apocynin, a NADPH oxidase inhibitor (3 mg/k/day, via osmotic mini-pumps, 10 days), also normalized blood pressure in D2-/mice (systolic: D2-/-, 96 2; D2 / , 96 1 mmHg; n 5 per group). Our results show that the D2R is involved in the regulation of ROS production and suggest that by direct and indirect mechanisms altered D2R function may result in ROS-dependent hypertension.