Effects of long-term ouabain treatment on blood pressure, sodium excretion, and renal dopamine D1 receptor levels in rats
Effects of long-term ouabain treatment on blood pressure, sodium excretion, and renal dopamine D1 receptor levels in rats
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10.1007/s00360-009-0391-z
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2010-01-01
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Ren, Yanping
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Zhang, Yurong;Yuan, Zuyi;Ren, Yanping
To examine the effects of chronic ouabain treatment on blood pressure (BP), sodium excretion, and renal dopamine D-1 receptor level, male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were treated with ouabain (27.8 mu g kg(-1) d(-1)) intraperitoneally for 5 weeks, and systolic blood pressure (SBP) were recorded weekly. After 5 weeks, sodium excretion and dopamine D-1 receptor agonist fenoldopam-mediated natriuresis were measured, and the expression and phosphorylation levels of the renal cortical dopamine D-1 receptor were confirmed by Western blot analysis. The effects of ouabain on fenoldopam-mediated inhibition of Na+-K+-ATPase activity were determined by colorimetric assays in human proximal tubular epithelial cells (HK-2 cells). After 5 weeks, the SBP in ouabain group was significantly higher than that in the control group (P < 0.01), but the sodium excretion and renal cortical D-1 receptor expression levels were reduced, and D-1 receptor phosphorylation levels were increased after ouabain treatment. Intravenous administration of fenoldopam caused an increased sodium excretion in control rats, but failed to induce natriuresis in ouabain-treated rats. In addition, fenoldopam induced a dose-respone (10(-9) to 10(-6) M) inhibition of Na+-K+-ATPase activity in HK-2 cells,but these effects were significantly diminished in HK-2 cells pretreated with nanomolar concentration of ouabain for 5 days (P < 0.01). We propose that the ouabain-induced reduction of the renal dopamine D-1 receptor function serves as a mechanism responsible for sodium retention, and this contributes to the hypertension induced by chronic ouabain treatment.