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Vasoactive compounds are known to affect intrarenal hemodynamics and gene transcription, but specific effects of fenoldopam in the setting of acute renal ischemia are not known. We utilized a rat model of acute ischemic nephropathy to test the hypothesis that fenoldopam improves corticomedullary tissue oxygen tension (PtO2) and attenuates angiogenesis gene expression in acute renal ischemia. Rats anesthetized with 50 mg/kg urethane were divided into 4 groups (n = 6 each): (1) sham with infusion of 0.9% saline; (2) sham with infusion of 0.1 microg x kg(-1) x min(-1) fenoldopam; (3) unilateral renal ischemia followed by 6 h of reperfusion with saline, and (4) ischemia/reperfusion with fenoldopam. Renal artery blood flow (RBF), renal cortical perfusion (RCP), and PtO2 were recorded throughout. Total RNA from left kidneys was used to probe microarrays. Gene expression was measured as percent positive control (GAPDH) and confirmed using RT-PCR. Fenoldopam significantly increased RBF (p < 0.05), RCP (p < 0.01) and PtO2 (p <0.01) in both non-ischemic and post-ischemic kidneys. Fenoldopam attenuated 11 of the 13 ischemia-induced genes and 44 of 78 ischemia-suppressed genes. This attenuation was statistically significant (p < 0.05) for five genes. Data from this rat model of ischemic nephropathy suggest that fenoldopam improves intrarenal hemodynamics and attenuates ischemia-related changes in angiogenesis gene expression. Copyright 2006 S. Karger AG, Basel.

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H Humes, D A Cieslinski, Lúcia M. C. Galvão … (1989)

To determine the timing and location of renal cell regeneration after ischemic injury to the kidney and to assess whether exogenous epidermal growth factor (EGF) enhances this regenerative repair process to accelerate recovery of renal function, experiments were undertaken in rats undergoing 30 min of bilateral renal artery clamp ischemia followed by reperfusion for varying time intervals. Renal cell regeneration, as reflected by incorporation of radiolabeled thymidine within the kidney, began between 24 to 48 h and reached a peak at 72 h after renal ischemia. As demonstrated by histoautoradiography, renal thymidine incorporation was essentially confined to tubule cells. Morphometric analysis of histoautoradiograph sections of renal tissue demonstrated that the majority of labeled cells were found in renal cortex, but some labeled cells were also located in the inner stripe of the outer medulla, suggesting that injury to medullary thick ascending limbs also occurs in this ischemic model. Exogenous EGF administration produced increases in renal thymidine incorporation compared with non-treated animals at 24, 48, and 72 h after ischemic injury. This accelerated DNA replicative process was associated with significantly lower peak blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and serum creatinine levels, averaging 63 +/- 20 and 3.1 +/- 0.4 mg/dl in EGF-treated ischemic rats compared with 149 +/- 20 and 5.1 +/- 0.1 mg/dl, respectively, in nontreated ischemic rats, and was also associated with a return to near normal BUN and serum creatinine levels in EGF-treated animals approximately 4 d earlier than that observed in nontreated animals. This report is the first demonstration that EGF accelerates the repair process of a visceral organ after an injurious insult.

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Regulation of endothelial matrix metalloproteinase-2 by hypoxia/reoxygenation.

Yaara Ben-Yosef, Nitza Lahat, Sarah M. Shapiro … (2002)

Among the consequences resulting from the exposure of endothelial cells (ECs) to ischemia/reperfusion is angiogenesis, involving degradation of vascular basement membrane and extracellular matrix. Matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2, a member of the MMP family, partakes in this process. MMP-2, secreted as a proenzyme, undergoes activation through interaction with membrane type (MT)1-MMP and the endogenous tissue inhibitor of MMPs (TIMP)-2. Although hypoxia and reoxygenation (H/R) are major constituents of ischemia/reperfusion processes, their direct effects on endothelial MMP-2 have been scarcely investigated. This study examined the in vitro effects of H/R on human macrovascular ECs (EAhy 926). The level of MMP-2 mRNA (Northern blot) and protein (zymography, ELISA) and the mRNA of its activator (MT1-MMP) and inhibitor (TIMP-2) were analyzed. Short (6-hour) hypoxia inhibited the mRNA expression of MMP-2, MT1-MMP, and TIMP-2, culminating in reduced latent and active MMP-2 protein. Prolonged (24-hour) hypoxia further suppressed MT1-MMP and TIMP-2 mRNA, whereas it enhanced MMP-2 mRNA and enzyme secretion (after 48-hour hypoxia). Reoxygenation did not influence the inhibited TIMP-2 but upregulated MMP-2 and MT1-MMP mRNA expression, leading to enhanced secretion of active MMP-2 protein. These results demonstrate H/R-mediated modulation of EC MMP-2 at both transcriptional and posttranscriptional levels. Prolonged hypoxia of ECs appears to enhance MMP-2 production and secretion, whereas reoxygenation further increases its level. These H/R-mediated effects on MMPs have the potential of enabling EC migration and possible angiogenesis.

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PubMed ID:: 16931895

DOI:: 10.1159/000095350

ScienceOpen disciplines: Chemistry

Keywords: Acute Disease,Analysis of Variance,Angiogenesis Inducing Agents,pharmacology,Animals,Fenoldopam,Gene Expression Regulation,drug effects,Ischemia,drug therapy,Kidney,blood supply,Kidney Diseases,physiopathology,Male,Models, Animal,Neovascularization, Physiologic,genetics,Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis,Rats,Rats, Sprague-Dawley,Renal Circulation,Reperfusion Injury,prevention & control

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Fenoldopam improves corticomedullary oxygen delivery and attenuates angiogenesis gene expression in acute ischemic renal injury.

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Thrombospondin-1 is a major activator of TGF-beta in fibrotic renal disease in the rat in vivo.

Regulation of endothelial matrix metalloproteinase-2 by hypoxia/reoxygenation.

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