Affiliation:
1. Departments of Pharmacology and Emergency Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi
Abstract
The endothelin (ET) system has emerged as a therapeutic target for the treatment of diabetic nephropathy (DN). The present study examined whether chronic endothelin A (ETA) receptor blockade with atrasentan prevents the progression of renal injury in two models of DN with preexisting renal disease that exhibit an increased renal ET-1 system compared with nondiabetic rats: streptozotocin-treated Dahl salt-sensitive (STZ-SS) and type 2 diabetic nephropathy (T2DN) rats. Nine week-old SS rats were treated with (STZ; 50 mg/kg ip) to induce diabetes. After 3 wk of diabetes, proteinuria increased to 353 ± 34 mg/day. The rats were then separated into two groups: 1) vehicle and 2) atrasentan (5 mg·kg−1·day−1) via drinking water. After 6 wk of treatment with atrasentan, mean arterial pressure (MAP) and proteinuria decreased by 12 and 40%, respectively, in STZ-SS rats. The degree of glomerulosclerosis and renal fibrosis was significantly reduced in the kidneys of atrasentan-treated STZ-SS rats compared with vehicle STZ-SS rats. Interestingly, treatment with atrasentan did not affect GFR but significantly increased renal blood flow by 33% and prevented the elevations in filtration fraction and renal vascular resistance by 23 and 20%, respectively, in STZ-SS rats. In contrast to the STZ-SS study, atrasentan had no effect on MAP or proteinuria in T2DN rats. However, treatment with atrasentan significantly decreased glomerular injury and renal fibrosis and prevented the decline in renal function in T2DN rats. These data indicate that chronic ETA blockade produces advantageous changes in renal hemodynamics that slow the progression of renal disease and also reduces renal histopathology in the absence of reducing arterial pressure and proteinuria.
Funder
HHS | NIH | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
HHS | NIH | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHBLI)
HHS | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Publisher
American Physiological Society
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