β-Aminoisobutyric acid supplementation attenuated salt-sensitive hypertension in Dahl salt-sensitive rats through prevention of insufficient fumarase.

Abstract

The human Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension-Sodium Trial has shown that β-aminoisobutyric acid (BAIBA) may prevent the development of salt-sensitive hypertension (SSHT). However, the specific antihypertensive mechanism remains unclear in the renal tissues of salt-sensitive (SS) rats. In this study, BAIBA (100 mg/kg/day) significantly attenuated SSHT via increased nitric oxide (NO) content in the renal medulla, and it induced a significant increase in NO synthesis substrates (L-arginine and malic acid) in the renal medulla. BAIBA enhanced the activity levels of total NO synthase (NOS), inducible NOS, and constitutive NOS. BAIBA resulted in increased fumarase activity and decreased fumaric acid content in the renal medulla. The high-salt diet (HSD) decreased fumarase expression in the renal cortex, and BAIBA increased fumarase expression in the renal medulla and renal cortex. Furthermore, in the renal medulla, BAIBA increased the levels of ATP, ADP, AMP, and ADP/ATP ratio, thus further activating AMPK phosphorylation. BAIBA prevented the decrease in renal medullary antioxidative defenses induced by the HSD. In conclusion, BAIBA's antihypertensive effect was underlined by the phosphorylation of AMPK, the prevention of fumarase's activity reduction caused by the HSD, and the enhancement of NO content, which in concert attenuated SSHT in SS rats.

• Authors: Xuewei Zheng, Luxin Zhou, Yuexin Jin, Xinrui Zhao, Hussain Ahmad, Yanan OuYang, Sa Chen, Jie Du, Xiangbo Chen, Lan Chen, Di Gao, Zhe Yang, Zhongmin Tian
• Journal: Amino acids (Amino Acids) Vol. 54 Issue 2 Pg. 169-180 (Feb 2022) ISSN: 1438-2199 [Electronic] Austria
• PMID: 34837556 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
• Copyright: © 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Austria, part of Springer Nature.

Chemical References

• Aminoisobutyric Acids
• Fumarate Hydratase
• 3-aminoisobutyric acid

Topics

• Aminoisobutyric Acids
• Animals
• Blood Pressure
• Dietary Supplements
• Fumarate Hydratase (genetics, metabolism)
• Hypertension (drug therapy, prevention & control)
• Rats
• Rats, Inbred Dahl