イチハラ アツヒロ   ICHIHARA Atsuhiro
  市原 淳弘
   所属   医学部 医学科(東京女子医科大学病院)
   職種   教授・基幹分野長
論文種別 原著
言語種別 英語
査読の有無 査読あり
表題 Neuron-specific (pro)renin receptor knockout prevents the development of salt-sensitive hypertension.
掲載誌名 正式名:Hypertension
略  称:Hypertension
ISSNコード:1524-4563(Electronic)0194-911X(Linking)
巻・号・頁 63(2),pp.316-23
著者・共著者 Li Wencheng†, Peng Hua, Mehaffey Eamonn P, Kimball Christie D, Grobe Justin L, van Gool Jeanette M G, Sullivan Michelle N, Earley Scott, Danser A H Jan, Ichihara Atsuhiro, Feng Yumei
発行年月 2014/02
概要 The (pro)renin receptor (PRR), which binds both renin and prorenin, is a newly discovered component of the renin-angiotensin system that is highly expressed in the central nervous system. The significance of brain PRRs in mediating local angiotensin II formation and regulating blood pressure remains unclear. The current study was performed to test the hypothesis that PRR-mediated, nonproteolytic activation of prorenin is the main source of angiotensin II in the brain. Thus, PRR knockout in the brain is expected to prevent angiotensin II formation and development of deoxycorticosterone acetate-salt-induced hypertension. A neuron-specific PRR (ATP6AP2) knockout mouse model was generated using the Cre-LoxP system. Physiological parameters were recorded by telemetry. PRR expression, detected by immunostaining and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction, was significantly decreased in the brains of knockout mice compared with wild-type mice. Intracerebroventricular infusion of mouse prorenin increased blood pressure and angiotensin II formation in wild-type mice. This hypertensive response was abolished in PRR-knockout mice in association with a reduction in angiotensin II levels. Deoxycorticosterone acetate-salt increased PRR expression and angiotensin II formation in the brains of wild-type mice, an effect that was attenuated in PRR-knockout mice. PRR knockout in neurons prevented the development of deoxycorticosterone acetate-salt-induced hypertension as well as activation of cardiac and vasomotor sympathetic tone. In conclusion, nonproteolytic activation of prorenin through binding to the PRR mediates angiotensin II formation in the brain. Neuron-specific PRR knockout prevents the development of deoxycorticosterone acetate-salt-induced hypertension, possibly through diminished angiotensin II formation.
DOI 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.113.02041
文献番号 24246383