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Montoro-Molina S, Quesada A, O'Valle F, Morales NM, de Gracia MDC, Rodríguez-Gómez I, Osuna A, Wangensteen R, Vargas F. The Long-Term Study of Urinary Biomarkers of Renal Injury in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats. Kidney Blood Press Res 2021; 46:502-513. [PMID: 34237745 DOI: 10.1159/000516843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2020] [Accepted: 04/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The age-related increase in blood pressure in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs) is associated to cardiac hypertrophy, heart failure, and renal injury. Here, we investigated for the first time the urinary enzymatic activities of glutamil aminopeptidase (GluAp), alanyl aminopeptidase (AlaAp), dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP4), and Klotho urinary levels, proteins that are strongly expressed in the kidney, as early biomarkers of renal injury in SHRs. METHODS Male SHR and Wistar Kyoto (WKY) rats were studied from 2 to 8 months old. Systolic blood pressure (SBP), the heart rate (HR), metabolic variables, and urinary markers were measured monthly. At the end of the study, a histopathological evaluation of the kidney was performed. RESULTS Kidneys of SHR did not develop signs of relevant histopathological changes, but showed increased glomerular area and cellularity. Plasma creatinine was decreased, and creatinine clearance was augmented in SHR at the end of the study. Urinary excretion of Klotho was higher in SHR at 5 and 8 months old, whereas plasma Klotho levels were similar to WKY. GluAp, AlaAp, and DPP4 urinary activities were increased in SHR throughout the time-course study. A positive correlation between glomerular area and cellularity with creatinine clearance was observed. Urinary GluAp, AlaAp, DPP4, and Klotho showed positive correlations with SBP. CONCLUSIONS GluAp, AlaAp, DPP4, and Klotho in the urine are useful tools for the evaluation of renal damage at early stages, before the whole histopathological and biochemical manifestations of renal disease are established. Moreover, these observations may represent a novel and noninvasive diagnostic approach to assess the evolution of kidney function in hypertension and other chronic diseases.
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- Servicio de Nefrología, Unidad Experimental, Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain
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- Departamento de Anatomía Patológica e Instituto de Biomedicina Regenerativa (IBIMER), Facultad de Medicina, Granada, Spain
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- Departamento de Anatomía Patológica e Instituto de Biomedicina Regenerativa (IBIMER), Facultad de Medicina, Granada, Spain
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- Servicio de Nefrología, Unidad Experimental, Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria GRANADA, Hospitales Universitarios de Granada, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Granada, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria GRANADA, Hospitales Universitarios de Granada, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
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Vargas F, Wangesteen R, Rodríguez-Gómez I, García-Estañ J. Aminopeptidases in Cardiovascular and Renal Function. Role as Predictive Renal Injury Biomarkers. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:E5615. [PMID: 32764495 PMCID: PMC7460675 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21165615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2020] [Revised: 07/23/2020] [Accepted: 08/03/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Aminopeptidases (APs) are metalloenzymes that hydrolyze peptides and polypeptides by scission of the N-terminus amino acid and that also participate in the intracellular final digestion of proteins. APs play an important role in protein maturation, signal transduction, and cell-cycle control, among other processes. These enzymes are especially relevant in the control of cardiovascular and renal functions. APs participate in the regulation of the systemic and local renin-angiotensin system and also modulate the activity of neuropeptides, kinins, immunomodulatory peptides, and cytokines, even contributing to cholesterol uptake and angiogenesis. This review focuses on the role of four key APs, aspartyl-, alanyl-, glutamyl-, and leucyl-cystinyl-aminopeptidases, in the control of blood pressure (BP) and renal function and on their association with different cardiovascular and renal diseases. In this context, the effects of AP inhibitors are analyzed as therapeutic tools for BP control and renal diseases. Their role as urinary biomarkers of renal injury is also explored. The enzymatic activities of urinary APs, which act as hydrolyzing peptides on the luminal surface of the renal tubule, have emerged as early predictive renal injury biomarkers in both acute and chronic renal nephropathies, including those induced by nephrotoxic agents, obesity, hypertension, or diabetes. Hence, the analysis of urinary AP appears to be a promising diagnostic and prognostic approach to renal disease in both research and clinical settings.
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- Félix Vargas
- Depto. Fisiologia, Fac. Medicina, Universidad de Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
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- Depto. Fisiologia, Fac. Medicina, IMIB, Universidad de Murcia, 30120 Murcia, Spain
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Montoro-Molina S, López-Carmona A, Quesada A, O'Valle F, Martín-Morales N, Osuna A, Vargas F, Wangensteen R. Klotho and Aminopeptidases as Early Biomarkers of Renal Injury in Zucker Obese Rats. Front Physiol 2018; 9:1599. [PMID: 30483154 PMCID: PMC6243116 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2018] [Accepted: 10/24/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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The aim of this study was to investigate if urinary glutamyl aminopeptidase (GluAp), alanyl aminopeptidase (AlaAp), Klotho and hydroxyproline can be considered as potential biomarkers of renal injury and fibrosis in an experimental model of obesity. Male Zucker lean (ZL) and obese (ZO) rats were studied from 2 to 8 months old. Kidneys from ZO rats at the end of the study (8 months old) developed mild focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis as well as moderate tubulointerstitial injury. Urinary excretion of Klotho was higher in ZO rats at 2, 5, and 8 months of study, plasma Klotho levels were reduced and protein abundance of Klotho in renal tissue was similar in ZL and ZO rats. GluAp and AlaAp urinary activities were also increased in ZO rats throughout the time-course study. ZO rats showed an augmentation of hydroxyproline content in renal tissue and a significant increase of tubulointerstitial fibrosis. Correlation studies demonstrated that GluAp, AlaAp, and Klotho are early diagnostic markers of renal lesions in Zucker obese rats. Proteinuria and hydroxyproline can be considered delayed diagnostic markers because their contribution to diagnosis starts later. Another relevant result is that GluAp, AlaAp, and Klotho are related not only with diagnosis but also with prognosis of renal lesions in Zucker obese rats. Moreover, strong predictive correlations of aminopeptidasic activities with the percentage of renal fibrosis or with renal hydroxyproline content at the end of the experiment were observed, indicating that an early increased excretion of these markers is related with a higher later extent of fibrosis in Zucker obese rats. In conclusion, GluAp, AlaAp, and Klotho are early diagnostic markers that are also related with the extent of renal fibrosis in Zucker obese rats. Therefore, they have a potential use not only in diagnosis, but also in prognosis of obesity-associated renal lesions.
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- Servicio de Nefrología, Unidad Experimental, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain
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- Departamento de Anatomía Patológica, Instituto de Biopatología y Medicina Regenerativa (IBIMER), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain.,Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria de Granada (ibs.GRANADA), Granada, Spain
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- Departamento de Anatomía Patológica, Instituto de Biopatología y Medicina Regenerativa (IBIMER), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Servicio de Nefrología, Unidad Experimental, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain.,Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria de Granada (ibs.GRANADA), Granada, Spain
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain.,Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria de Granada (ibs.GRANADA), Granada, Spain
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Beneficial Effects of Different Flavonoids on Vascular and Renal Function in L-NAME Hypertensive Rats. Nutrients 2018; 10:nu10040484. [PMID: 29652818 PMCID: PMC5946269 DOI: 10.3390/nu10040484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2018] [Revised: 04/02/2018] [Accepted: 04/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND we have evaluated the antihypertensive effect of several flavonoid extracts in a rat model of arterial hypertension caused by chronic administration (6 weeks) of the nitric oxide synthesis inhibitor, L-NAME. METHODS Sprague Dawley rats received L-NAME alone or L-NAME plus flavonoid-rich vegetal extracts (Lemon, Grapefruit + Bitter Orange, and Cocoa) or purified flavonoids (Apigenin and Diosmin) for 6 weeks. RESULTS L-NAME treatment resulted in a marked elevation of blood pressure, and treatment with Apigenin, Lemon Extract, and Grapefruit + Bitter Orange extracts significantly reduced the elevated blood pressure of these animals. Apigenin and some of these flavonoids also ameliorated nitric oxide-dependent and -independent aortic vasodilation and elevated nitrite urinary excretion. End-organ abnormalities such as cardiac infarcts, hyaline arteriopathy and fibrinoid necrosis in coronary arteries and aorta were improved by these treatments, reducing the end-organ vascular damage. CONCLUSIONS the flavonoids included in this study, specially apigenin, may be used as functional food ingredients with potential therapeutic benefit in arterial hypertension.
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Rodríguez-Gómez I, Manuel Moreno J, Jimenez R, Quesada A, Montoro-Molina S, Vargas-Tendero P, Wangensteen R, Vargas F. Effects of Arginase Inhibition in Hypertensive Hyperthyroid Rats. Am J Hypertens 2015; 28:1464-72. [PMID: 25907224 DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpv049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2014] [Accepted: 03/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND This study analyzed the effects of chronic administration of N[omega]-hydroxy-nor-l-arginine (nor-NOHA), an inhibitor of arginase, on the hemodynamic, oxidative stress, morphologic, metabolic, and renal manifestations of hyperthyroidism in rats. METHODS Four groups of male Wistar rats were used: control, nor-NOHA-treated (10 mg/kg/day), thyroxine (T4)-treated (75 μg/rat/day), and thyroxine- plus nor-NOHA-treated rats. All treatments were maintained for 4 weeks. Body weight, tail systolic blood pressure (SBP), and heart rate (HR) were recorded weekly. Finally, morphologic, metabolic, plasma, and renal variables were measured. Arginase I and II protein abundance and arginase activity were measured in aorta, heart, and kidney. RESULTS The T4 group showed increased arginase I and II protein abundance, arginase activity, SBP, HR, plasma nitrates/nitrites (NOx), brainstem and urinary isoprostanes, proteinuria and cardiac and renal hypertrophy in comparison to control rats. In hyperthyroid rats, chronic nor-NOHA prevented the increase in SBP and HR and decreased proteinuria in association with an increase in plasma NOx and a decrease in brainstem and urinary isoprostanes. In normal rats, nor-NOHA treatment did not significantly change any hemodynamic, morphologic, or renal variables. Acute nor-NOHA administration did not affect renal or systemic hemodynamic variables in normal or T4-treated rats. CONCLUSION Hyperthyroidism in rats is associated with the increased expression and activity of arginase in aorta, heart, and kidney. Chronic arginase inhibition with nor-NOHA suppresses the characteristic hemodynamic manifestations of hyperthyroidism in association with a reduced oxidative stress. These results indicate an important role for arginase pathway alterations in the cardiovascular and renal abnormalities of hyperthyroidism.
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- Isabel Rodríguez-Gómez
- Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Granada, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs.GRANADA, Hospitales Universitarios de Granada. Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs.GRANADA, Hospitales Universitarios de Granada. Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain; Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Murcia, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs.GRANADA, Hospitales Universitarios de Granada. Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain; Departamento de Farmacología, Facultad de Farmacia, Granada, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs.GRANADA, Hospitales Universitarios de Granada. Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain; Departamento de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Jaén, Jaén, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs.GRANADA, Hospitales Universitarios de Granada. Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain; Departamento de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Jaén, Jaén, Spain
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Granada, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs.GRANADA, Hospitales Universitarios de Granada. Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs.GRANADA, Hospitales Universitarios de Granada. Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain; Departamento de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Jaén, Jaén, Spain
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Granada, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs.GRANADA, Hospitales Universitarios de Granada. Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain;
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Lee A, Slattery C, Nikolic-Paterson DJ, Hryciw DH, Wilk S, Wilk E, Zhang Y, Valova VA, Robinson PJ, Kelly DJ, Poronnik P. Chloride channel ClC-5 binds to aspartyl aminopeptidase to regulate renal albumin endocytosis. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2015; 308:F784-92. [DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00322.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2014] [Accepted: 01/04/2015] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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ClC-5 is a chloride/proton exchanger that plays an obligate role in albumin uptake by the renal proximal tubule. ClC-5 forms an endocytic complex with the albumin receptor megalin/cubilin. We have identified a novel ClC-5 binding partner, cytosolic aspartyl aminopeptidase (DNPEP; EC 3.4.11.21), that catalyzes the release of N-terminal aspartate/glutamate residues. The physiological role of DNPEP remains largely unresolved. Mass spectrometric analysis of proteins binding to the glutathione- S-transferase (GST)-ClC-5 C terminus identified DNPEP as an interacting partner. Coimmunoprecipitation confirmed that DNPEP and ClC-5 also associated in cells. Further experiments using purified GST-ClC-5 and His-DNPEP proteins demonstrated that the two proteins bound directly to each other. In opossum kidney (OK) cells, confocal immunofluorescence studies revealed that DNPEP colocalized with albumin-containing endocytic vesicles. Overexpression of wild-type DNPEP increased cell-surface levels of ClC-5 and albumin uptake. Analysis of DNPEP-immunoprecipitated products from rat kidney lysate identified β-actin and tubulin, suggesting a role for DNPEP in cytoskeletal maintenance. A DNase I inhibition assay showed a significant decrease in the amount of G actin when DNPEP was overexpressed in OK cells, suggesting a role for DNPEP in stabilizing the cytoskeleton. DNPEP was not present in the urine of healthy rats; however, it was readily detected in the urine in rat models of mild and heavy proteinuria (diabetic nephropathy and anti-glomerular basement membrane disease, respectively). Urinary levels of DNPEP were found to correlate with the severity of proteinuria. Therefore, we have identified another key molecular component of the albumin endocytic machinery in the renal proximal tubule and describe a new role for DNPEP in stabilizing the actin cytoskeleton.
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- Aven Lee
- UQ Centre for Clinical Research, The University of Queensland, Herston, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Sciences, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Republic. of Ireland
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- Department of Nephrology, Monash University Department of Medicine, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Physiology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Pharmacology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York
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- Department of Pharmacology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York
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- Department of Medicine, Saint Vincent's Hospital, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
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- Children's Medical Research Institute, The University of Sydney, Westmead New South Wales, Australia; and
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- Children's Medical Research Institute, The University of Sydney, Westmead New South Wales, Australia; and
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- Department of Medicine, Saint Vincent's Hospital, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
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- School of Medical Sciences and the Bosch Institute, The University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Montoro-Molina S, Quesada A, Zafra-Ruiz PV, O'Valle F, Vargas F, de Gracia MDC, Osuna A, Wangensteen R. Immunological detection of glutamyl aminopeptidase in urine samples from cisplatin-treated rats. Proteomics Clin Appl 2015; 9:630-5. [PMID: 25470983 DOI: 10.1002/prca.201400096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2014] [Revised: 10/28/2014] [Accepted: 11/26/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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PURPOSE The aim of this work is to demonstrate if urinary excretion of glutamyl aminopeptidase (GluAp) can be quantified by immunological methods. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Urine samples from control and cisplatin-treated rats (n = 10 each group) were obtained at 1, 8, and 15 days after cisplatin injection. GluAp was analyzed by kinetic fluorimetry, ELISA, and immunoblotting. Sensitivity and specificity was studied for fluorimetric activity and ELISA 24 h after cisplatin injection. We also analyzed the predictive value over renal dysfunction at the end of the experiment. RESULTS GluAp was easily detected by immunoblotting and ELISA, and its urinary excretion was increased in cisplatin-treated rats (p < 0.01). Results obtained with ELISA were strongly correlated (r = 0.8186; p < 0.0001) with fluorimetric activity. Kinetic fluorimetry was the method with the highest AUC (AUC = 1) and the highest predictive value over serum creatinine (r = 0.7630; p = 0.0001) and body weight increase (r = -0.8721; p < 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE GluAp can be detected in urine samples with immunological methods, making possible the development of an antibody-based kit for its determination. Its excretion correlates with the extent of renal dysfunction in cisplatin-treated rats, confirming its value as an early marker of renal damage that can be a diagnostic aid in renal diseases.
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- Unidad de Nefrología, FIBAO, Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain
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- Área de Fisiología, Departamento de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Jaén, Jaén, Spain
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- Departamento de Anatomía Patológica, IBIMER, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Unidad de Nefrología, FIBAO, Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain
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- Área de Fisiología, Departamento de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Jaén, Jaén, Spain
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Wangensteen R, Rodríguez-Gómez I, Perez-Abud R, Quesada A, Montoro-Molina S, Osuna A, Vargas F. Dietary salt restriction in hyperthyroid rats. Differential influence on left and right ventricular mass. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2014; 240:113-20. [PMID: 25030483 DOI: 10.1177/1535370214544265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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This study assessed the impact of salt restriction on cardiac morphology and biochemistry and its effects on hemodynamic and renal variables in experimental hyperthyroidism. Four groups of male Wistar rats were used: control, hyperthyroid, and the same groups under low salt intake. Body weight, blood pressure (BP), and heart rate (HR) were recorded weekly for 4 weeks. Morphologic, metabolic, plasma, cardiac, and renal variables were also measured. Low salt intake decreased BP in T(4)-treated rats but not in controls. Low salt intake reduced relative left ventricular mass but increased absolute right ventricular weight and right ventricular weight/BW ratio in both control and hyperthyroid groups. Low salt intake increased Na(+)/H(+) exchanger-1 (NHE-1) protein abundance in both ventricles in normal rats but not in hyperthyroid rats, independently of its effect on ventricular mass. Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) protein abundance was not related to left or right ventricular mass in hyperthyroid or controls rats under normal or low salt conditions. Proteinuria was increased in hyperthyroid rats and attenuated by low salt intake. In this study, low salt intake produced an increase in right ventricular mass in normal and hyperthyroid rats. Changes in the left or right ventricular mass of control and hyperthyroid rats under low salt intake were not explained by the NHE-1 or mTOR protein abundance values observed. In hyperthyroid rats, low salt intake also slightly reduced BP and decreased HR, proteinuria, and water and sodium balances.
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- Servicio de Nefrología, Unidad Experimental, Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, 18014 Granada, Spain
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- Servicio de Nefrología, Unidad Experimental, Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, 18014 Granada, Spain
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- Servicio de Nefrología, Unidad Experimental, Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, 18014 Granada, Spain
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, 18012 Granada, Spain
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Increased Kidney Metabolism as a Pathway to Kidney Tissue Hypoxia and Damage: Effects of Triiodothyronine and Dinitrophenol in Normoglycemic Rats. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2013; 789:9-14. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-7411-1_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Rodríguez-Gómez I, Banegas I, Wangensteen R, Quesada A, Jiménez R, Gómez-Morales M, O'Valle F, Duarte J, Vargas F. Influence of thyroid state on cardiac and renal capillary density and glomerular morphology in rats. J Endocrinol 2013; 216:43-51. [PMID: 23048210 DOI: 10.1530/joe-12-0208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The purpose was to analyse the cardiac and renal capillary density and glomerular morphology resulting from a chronic excess or deficiency of thyroid hormones (THs) in rats. We performed histopathological, morphometrical and immunohistochemical analyses in hypothyroid and hyperthyroid rats to evaluate the density of mesenteric, renal and cardiac vessels at 4 weeks after induction of thyroid disorders. The main angiogenic factors in plasma, heart and kidney were measured as possible mediators of vascular changes. Mesenteric vessel branching was augmented and decreased in hyper- and hypothyroid rats respectively. The numerical density of CD31-positive capillaries was higher in left and right ventricles and in cortical and medullary kidney from both hyper- and hypothyroid rats vs controls. Numbers of podocytes and glomeruli per square millimetre were similar among groups. Glomerular area and percentage mesangium were greater in the hyperthyroid vs control or hypothyroid groups. No morphological renal lesions were observed in any group. Vascularisation of the mesenteric bed is related to TH levels, but an increased capillarity was observed in heart and kidney in both thyroid disorders. This increase may be produced by higher tissue levels of angiogenic factors in hypothyroid rats, whereas haemodynamic factors would predominate in hyperthyroid rats. Our results also indicate that the renal dysfunctions of thyroid disorders are not related to cortical or medullary microvascular rarefaction and that the proteinuria of hyperthyroidism is not secondary to a podocyte deficit. Finally, TH or its analogues may be useful to increase capillarity in renal diseases associated with microvascular rarefaction.
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- Isabel Rodríguez-Gómez
- Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Granada, 18012 Granada, Spain
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Rodríguez-Gómez I, Wangensteen R, Pérez-Abud R, Quesada A, Del Moral RG, Osuna A, O'Valle F, de Dios Luna J, Vargas F. Long-term consequences of uninephrectomy in male and female rats. Hypertension 2012; 60:1458-63. [PMID: 23071124 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.112.198499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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We investigated the effects of uninephrectomy (UNX) in 6-week-old male and female rats on blood pressure (BP), renal sodium handling, salt sensitivity, oxidative stress, and renal injury over 18 months postsurgery, studying control sham-operated and UNX-operated rats at 6, 12, and 18 months postsurgery, evaluating their renal sodium handling, BP, urinary isoprostanes, N-acetyl-β-D-glucosaminidase, and proteinuria before and after a 2-week high-salt intake period. At 18 months, plasma variables were measured and kidney samples were taken for the analysis of renal morphology and tissue variables. BP was increased at 6 months in male UNX rats versus controls and at 12 and 18 months in both male and female UNX rats and was increased in male versus female UNX groups at 18 months. UNX did not affect water and sodium excretion under basal conditions and after the different test in male and female rats at different ages. However, the renal function curve was shifted to the right in both male and female UNX rats. High-salt intake increased BP in both UNX groups at 6, 12, and 18 months and in the female control group at 18 months, and it increased proteinuria, N-acetyl-β-D-glucosaminidase, and isoprostanes in both UNX groups throughout the study. Renal lesions at 18 months were more severe in male versus female UNX rats. In summary, long-term UNX increased the BP, creatinine, proteinuria, pathological signs of renal injury, and salt sensitivity. Earlier BP elevation was observed and morphological lesions were more severe in male than in female UNX rats.
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Quesada A, Vargas F, Montoro-Molina S, O'Valle F, Rodríguez-Martínez MD, Osuna A, Prieto I, Ramírez M, Wangensteen R. Urinary aminopeptidase activities as early and predictive biomarkers of renal dysfunction in cisplatin-treated rats. PLoS One 2012; 7:e40402. [PMID: 22792302 PMCID: PMC3390365 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2011] [Accepted: 06/09/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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This study analyzes the fluorimetric determination of alanyl- (Ala), glutamyl- (Glu), leucyl-cystinyl- (Cys) and aspartyl-aminopeptidase (AspAp) urinary enzymatic activities as early and predictive biomarkers of renal dysfunction in cisplatin-treated rats. Male Wistar rats (n = 8 each group) received a single subcutaneous injection of either saline or cisplatin 3.5 or 7 mg/kg, and urine samples were taken at 0, 1, 2, 3 and 14 days after treatment. In urine samples we determined Ala, Glu, Cys and AspAp activities, proteinuria, N-acetyl-β-D-glucosaminidase (NAG), albumin, and neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL). Plasma creatinine, creatinine clearance and renal morphological variables were measured at the end of the experiment. CysAp, NAG and albumin were increased 48 hours after treatment in the cisplatin 3.5 mg/kg treated group. At 24 hours, all urinary aminopeptidase activities and albuminuria were significantly increased in the cisplatin 7 mg/kg treated group. Aminopeptidase urinary activities correlated (p<0.011; r2>0.259) with plasma creatinine, creatinine clearance and/or kidney weight/body weight ratio at the end of the experiment and they could be considered as predictive biomarkers of renal injury severity. ROC-AUC analysis was made to study their sensitivity and specificity to distinguish between treated and untreated rats at day 1. All aminopeptidase activities showed an AUC>0.633. We conclude that Ala, Cys, Glu and AspAp enzymatic activities are early and predictive urinary biomarkers of the renal dysfunction induced by cisplatin. These determinations can be very useful in the prognostic and diagnostic of renal dysfunction in preclinical research and clinical practice.
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Affiliation(s)
- Andrés Quesada
- Área de Fisiología, Departamento de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Jaén, Jaén, Spain
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Departamento de Anatomía Patológica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Granada, IBIMER Granada, Spain
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- Servicio de Nefrología, Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain
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- Área de Fisiología, Departamento de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Jaén, Jaén, Spain
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- Área de Fisiología, Departamento de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Jaén, Jaén, Spain
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- Área de Fisiología, Departamento de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Jaén, Jaén, Spain
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Vargas F, Rodríguez-Gómez I, Vargas-Tendero P, Jimenez E, Montiel M. The renin-angiotensin system in thyroid disorders and its role in cardiovascular and renal manifestations. J Endocrinol 2012; 213:25-36. [PMID: 22043064 DOI: 10.1530/joe-11-0349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Thyroid disorders are among the most common endocrine diseases and affect virtually all physiological systems, with an especially marked impact on cardiovascular and renal systems. This review summarizes the effects of thyroid hormones on the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) and the participation of the RAS in the cardiovascular and renal manifestations of thyroid disorders. Thyroid hormones are important regulators of cardiac and renal mass, vascular function, renal sodium handling, and consequently blood pressure (BP). The RAS acts globally to control cardiovascular and renal functions, while RAS components act systemically and locally in individual organs. Various authors have implicated the systemic and local RAS in the mediation of functional and structural changes in cardiovascular and renal tissues due to abnormal thyroid hormone levels. This review analyzes the influence of thyroid hormones on RAS components and discusses the role of the RAS in BP, cardiac mass, vascular function, and renal abnormalities in thyroid disorders.
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- Félix Vargas
- Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain.
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