Mechanisms of angiotensin II stimulation of NCC are time-dependent in mDCT15 cells

In Sprague Dawley rats, 2-week angiotensin II (AngII) infusion increases Na+ transporter abundance and activation from cortical thick ascending loop of Henle (TALH) to medullary collecting duct (CD) and raises blood pressure associated with a pressure natriuresis, accompanied by depressed Na+ transporter abundance and activation from proximal tubule (PT) through medullary TALH. This study tests the hypothesis that early during AngII infusion, before blood pressure raises, Na+ transporters’ abundance and activation increase all along the nephron. Male Sprague Dawley rats were infused via osmotic minipumps with a subpressor dose of AngII (200 ng/kg/min) or vehicle for 3 days. Overnight urine was collected in metabolic cages and sodium transporters’ abundance and phosphorylation were determined by immunoblotting homogenates of renal cortex and medulla. There were no significant differences in body weight gain, overnight urine volume, urinary Na+ and K+ excretion, or rate of excretion of a saline challenge between AngII and vehicle infused rats. The 3-day nonpressor AngII infusion significantly increased the abundance of PT Na+/H+ exchanger 3 (NHE3), cortical TALH Na-K-2Cl cotransporter 2 (NKCC2), distal convoluted tubule (DCT) Na-Cl cotransporter (NCC), and cortical CD ENaC subunits. Additionally, phosphorylation of cortical NKCC2, NCC, and STE20/SPS1-related proline–alanine-rich kinase (SPAK) were increased; medullary NKCC2 and SPAK were not altered. In conclusion, 3-day AngII infusion provokes PT NHE3 accumulation as well as NKCC2, NCC, and SPAK accumulation and activation in a prehypertensive phase before evidence for intrarenal angiotensinogen accumulation.

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“…2007; Ko et al. 2015), and chronically by increasing its abundance and phosphorylation (Gamba, 2012; Nguyen et al. 2013).…”

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Short-term nonpressor angiotensin II infusion stimulates sodium transporters in proximal tubule and distal nephron

et al. 2015

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“…40 In cultured kidney epithelial cells, NCC is rapidly trafficked to the cell surface in a phosphorylation-independent manner within minutes of an increase in AngII, then, after an hour, AngII induces SPAK-dependent NCC phosphorylation. 41 The time course of chronic treatment with AngII provides support for direct activation of NCC phosphorylation by AngII: in 3 day AngII- infused rats, NCC and NCCp increase 0.5-fold in the absence of increased ENaC activating cleavage, urinary K + loss or K + depletion; 42 as mentioned above, in 4 day AngII infused mice, SPAK and SPAKp increased significantly prior to NCC or NCCp increases in the same samples, suggesting that SPAK regulation precedes NCC regulation by AngII; 8 a key caveat is that potassium balance was not measured.…”

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Potassium Supplementation Prevents Sodium Chloride Cotransporter Stimulation During Angiotensin II Hypertension

et al. 2016

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Ang II hypertension increases distal tubule Na-Cl cotransporter (NCC) abundance and phosphorylation (NCCp), as well as epithelial Na+ channel (ENaC) abundance and activating cleavage. Acutely raising plasma [K+] by infusion or ingestion provokes a rapid decrease in NCCp that drives a compensatory kaliuresis. The first aim tested whether acutely raising plasma [K+] with a single 3 hr 2% potassium meal would lower NCCp in Sprague Dawley rats after 14 days of AngII (400 ng/kg/min). The potassium-rich meal neither decreased NCCp nor increased K+ excretion. AngII infused rats exhibited lower plasma [K+] versus controls (3.6 ± 0.2 vs. 4.5 ± 0.1 mmol/L, p < 0.05) suggesting that Ang II mediated ENaC activation provokes K+ depletion. The second aim tested whether doubling dietary potassium intake from 1% (A1K) to 2% (A2K) would prevent K+ depletion during AngII infusion and, thus, prevent NCC accumulation. A2K fed rats exhibited normal plasma [K+] and 2-fold higher K+ excretion and plasma [aldosterone] versus A1K. In A1K rats, NCC, NCCpS71, and NCCpT53 abundance increased 1.5- to 3-fold versus controls (p< 0.05). The rise in NCC and NCCp abundance was prevented in the A2K rats, yet blood pressure did not significantly decrease. ENaC subunit abundance and cleavage increased 1.5- to 3-fold in both A1K and A2K; ROMK abundance was unaffected by Ang II or dietary K+. In summary, the accumulation and phosphorylation of NCC seen during chronic AngII infusion hypertension is likely secondary to potassium deficiency driven by ENaC stimulation.

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“…Furthermore, the activation of NCC by Ang II occurs only in presence of WNK4 and this mechanism is SPAK phosphorylation dependent. These findings are supported by knock-out models for SPAK phosphorylation site, which induces a Gitelman syndrome-like phenotype, which is caracterized by non functional NCC [44].…”

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Pathophysiology of Post Transplant Hypertension in Kidney Transplant: Focus on Calcineurin Inhibitors Induced Oxidative Stress and Renal Sodium Retention and Implications with RhoA/Rho Kinase Pathway

Calò¹,

Ravarotto²,

Simioni³

et al. 2017

Kidney Blood Press Res

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Post-transplant hypertension is a common occurrence during treatment with calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs) in kidney transplant population. The pathogenesis of vasoconstriction induced by CNIs involves vascular tone alterations and kidney sodium transport regulation. Among the factors involved a key role is played by the activation of intrarenal renin-angiotensin system with enhanced release of Angiotensin II (Ang II) and increase of oxidative stress. A common pathway between oxidative stress and hypertension induced by CNIs may be identified in the involvement of the activation of RhoA/Rho kinase pathway, key for the induction of hypertension and cardiovascular-renal remodeling, of the oxidative stress mediated increased nitric oxide (NO) metabolism and increased renal sodium retention via increased activity of thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter (NCC) in the distal tubule. We examined literature data including those coming from our group regarding the role of oxidative stress and sodium retention in CNIs induced hypertension and their involvement in cardiovascular-renal remodeling. Based on the available data, we have provided support to the activation of RhoA/Rho kinase pathway as an important effector in the pathophysiology of CNIs induced post-transplant hypertension via activation of oxidative stress and sodium retention. Clarification of how the biochemical and molecular mechanisms that regulate the processes involved in CNIs induced post transplant hypertension work and interact, would provide further insights not only into the comprehension of the pathophysiology of CNIs induced post transplant hypertension but could also have a positive impact on the clinical ground through the identification of significant targets. Their specific pharmacologic targeting might have multiple beneficial effects on the whole cardiovascular-renal function. The demonstration that in kidney transplanted patients with CNIs induced post-transplanted hypertension, the treatment of hypertension with different antihypertensive drugs inducing a comparable blood pressure reduction but different effects for example on oxidative stress and oxidative stress related proteins and/or Rho kinase and sodium retention, could be helpful for the choice of the antihypertensive treatment in these patients which takes advantage from effects of these drugs beyond blood pressure reduction.

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Mechanisms of angiotensin II stimulation of NCC are time-dependent in mDCT15 cells

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Short-term nonpressor angiotensin II infusion stimulates sodium transporters in proximal tubule and distal nephron

Short-term nonpressor angiotensin II infusion stimulates sodium transporters in proximal tubule and distal nephron

Potassium Supplementation Prevents Sodium Chloride Cotransporter Stimulation During Angiotensin II Hypertension

Pathophysiology of Post Transplant Hypertension in Kidney Transplant: Focus on Calcineurin Inhibitors Induced Oxidative Stress and Renal Sodium Retention and Implications with RhoA/Rho Kinase Pathway

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