Angiotensin II mediates LDL-induced superoxide generation in mesangial cells
Angiotensin II mediates LDL-induced superoxide generation in mesangial cells
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DOI:
10.1152/ajprenal.00160.2003
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发表时间:
2003-11-01
影响因子:
4.2
通讯作者:
Lee, HS
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作者:
Park, SY;Song, CY;Lee, HS
Lipid abnormalities and activation of the local renin-angiotensin system (RAS) may be involved in the pathogenesis of chronic glomerular disease. This study investigated whether low-density lipoprotein (LDL) activates local RAS in cultured human mesangial cells (HMC) and, at the same time, whether ANG II mediates LDL-induced mesangial cell proliferation, hypertrophy, and superoxide (O-2(-)) generation. Quiescent HMC were exposed to 50 to 200 mug/ml of LDL or 10(-7) to 10(-10) M ANG II for 0.5 to 24 h in the presence or absence of 10(-6) M losartan, an ANG II type I (AT(1)) receptor antagonist, or 10(-5) M diphehylendieodonium (DPI) or 10(-4) M apocynin, inhibitors of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase. LDL induced an up to threefold increase in the ANG II levels in the culture medium of HMC. LDL upregulated AT(1) receptor and angiotensinogen mRNA expression in HMC. LDL incubated with HMC increased O-2(-) production by up to 3.3 times compared with the level of control cells. The LDL-induced, increased O-2(-) generation was suppressed by losartan, DPI, or apocynin. LDL significantly increased mesangial [H-3] thymidine or [H-3] leucine incorporation, whereas these processes were abrogated by losartan. In conclusion, LDL increases ANG II production by mesangial cells, which in turn results in increased O-2(-) production, and cell proliferation and hypertrophy, these effects of ANG II being mediated by the AT(1) receptor.