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ACE inhibition prevents and reverses L-NAME-exacerbated nephrosclerosis in spontaneously hypertensive rats.

Abstract
Chronic nitric oxide inhibition exacerbates hypertension and nephrosclerosis in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs). In this study, we determined whether angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibition could prevent or reverse the systemic, renal, and glomerular hemodynamic alterations and the pathological changes of nephrosclerosis. Four groups of 20-week-old SHRs were studied: group 1, untreated controls; group 2, treated with N omega-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME, 50 mg/L for 3 weeks); group 3, L-NAME cotreated with quinapril (3 mg.kg-1.d-1 for 3 weeks); and group 4, L-NAME for 3 weeks followed by quinapril for 3 weeks (same doses). The results of this study demonstrated that both cotreatment (group 3) and posttreatment (group 4) with quinapril reduced mean arterial pressure (186 +/- 9 and 192 +/- 9 mm Hg, respectively, compared with group 2 SHRs, 221 +/- 5 mm Hg) and total peripheral resistance index associated with significant reductions in afferent and efferent arteriolar resistances; nephrosclerosis pathological scores; and urinary protein excretion (all at least P < .01). ACE inhibition also significantly increased stroke index, single-nephron glomerular filtration rate, and ultrafiltration coefficient compared with the L-NAME SHRs. Most notable were the findings that cotreatment with quinapril completely prevented the renal glomerular hemodynamic alterations with reduced glomerular capillary hydrostatic pressure and efferent arteriolar resistance compared with both the untreated and the L-NAME-treated SHRs (all at least P < .01). Posttreatment with quinapril also reversed the glomerular injury (subcapsular, -83%; juxtamedullary, -56%) and arteriolar (-87%) injury scores obtained from renal biopsy specimens (P < .005 and P < .0001, respectively). These changes were associated with decreased periarteriolar fibronectin and increased afferent arteriolar alpha-smooth muscle actin deposition (immunohistochemistry). These data, therefore, demonstrate that ACE inhibition not only prevents but also reverses L-NAME-exacerbated severe nephrosclerosis in SHRs, as indicated by improved systemic, renal, and glomerular hemodynamic changes, proteinuria, and histological alterations.
AuthorsH Ono, Y Ono, E D Frohlich
JournalHypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) (Hypertension) Vol. 27 Issue 2 Pg. 176-83 (Feb 1996) ISSN: 0194-911X [Print] United States
PMID8567038 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Isoquinolines
  • Tetrahydroisoquinolines
  • Arginine
  • Nitric Oxide Synthase
  • Quinapril
  • NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester
Topics
  • Analysis of Variance
  • Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors (pharmacology)
  • Animals
  • Arginine (analogs & derivatives, antagonists & inhibitors, toxicity)
  • Blood Pressure (drug effects)
  • Body Weight (drug effects)
  • Enzyme Inhibitors (toxicity)
  • Glomerular Filtration Rate (drug effects)
  • Heart (drug effects)
  • Heart Rate (drug effects)
  • Hemodynamics (drug effects)
  • Isoquinolines (pharmacology)
  • Kidney (drug effects, pathology, physiopathology)
  • Kidney Glomerulus (drug effects, physiology, physiopathology)
  • Male
  • NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester
  • Nephrosclerosis (chemically induced, physiopathology, prevention & control)
  • Nitric Oxide Synthase (antagonists & inhibitors)
  • Organ Size (drug effects)
  • Quinapril
  • Rats
  • Rats, Inbred SHR
  • Renal Circulation (drug effects)
  • Tetrahydroisoquinolines
  • Vascular Resistance (drug effects)

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