Nicotine Mediates CD161a+ Renal Macrophage Infiltration and Premature Hypertension in the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat.
Nicotine Mediates CD161a+ Renal Macrophage Infiltration and Premature Hypertension in the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat.
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DOI:
10.1161/circresaha.116.309402
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发表时间:
2016-10-28
影响因子:
20.1
通讯作者:
Abboud FM
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作者:
Harwani SC;Ratcliff J;Sutterwala FS;Ballas ZK;Meyerholz DK;Chapleau MW;Abboud FM
Renal inflammation contributes to the pathophysiology of hypertension. CD161a+ immune cells are dominant in the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat (SHR) and expand in response to nicotinic cholinergic activation. We aimed to phenotype CD161a+ immune cells in pre-hypertensive SHR following cholinergic activation with nicotine, and determine if these cells are involved in renal inflammation and the development of hypertension. Studies utilized young SHR and Wistar Kyoto (WKY) rats. Splenocytes and bone marrow cells were exposed to nicotine ex-vivo and nicotine was infused in-vivo. Blood pressures, kidney, serum, and urine were obtained. Flow cytometry, Luminex/ELISA, immunohistochemistry, confocal microscopy, and Western blot were used. Nicotinic cholinergic activation induced proliferation of CD161a+/CD68+ macrophages in SHR-derived splenocytes, their renal infiltration, and premature hypertension in SHR. These changes were associated with increased renal expression of monocyte-chemoattractant-protein-1 (MCP-1) and very-late-antigen-4 (VLA-4). Lectin-Like-Transcript 1 (LLT1), the ligand for CD161a, was overexpressed in SHR kidney, while vascular cellular (VCAM-1) and intracellular adhesion molecules (ICAM-1) were similar to WKY. Inflammatory cytokines were elevated in SHR kidney and urine following nicotine infusion. Nicotine mediated renal macrophage infiltration/inflammation was enhanced in denervated kidneys, not explained by angiotensin-II levels or expression of angiotensin type-1/2 receptors. Moreover, expression of the anti-inflammatory α7-nicotinic-acetylcholine receptor was similar in young SHR and WKY. A novel, inherited nicotinic cholinergic inflammatory effect exists in young SHR, measured by expansion of CD161a+/CD68+ macrophages. This leads to renal inflammation and premature hypertension, which may be partially explained by increased renal expression of LLT-1, MCP-1, and VLA-4.