Differential Effects of Antihypertensive Drugs on Renal and Glomerular Hemodynamics and Injury in the Chronic Nitric-Oxide-Suppressed Rat

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Background/Aims: Prolonged nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibition with N<sup>ω</sup>-nitro- L-arginine methylester in normotensive and hypertensive rats has been demonstrated to produce severe systemic and glomerular hypertension with glomerular sclerosis, and these changes have become a useful experimental model of hypertensive nephrosclerosis. This review summarizes data from our serial studies as well as work of others who are also investigating the effects of the commonly used antihypertensive drugs (including calcium antagonist, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, angiotensin II type 1 receptor blocker, aldosterone antagonist and thiazide diuretic) on renal and glomerular hemodynamics, renal function and glomerular histopathology using this model. Methods: A Medline search was performed to identify the relevant literature describing renal effects of antihypertensive drugs in models of hypertension and nephrosclerosis produced or exacerbated by NOS inhibition. Results: Existing data have indicated that most of these drug classes have produced dramatic renoprotective effects, structurally or functionally, on nephrosclerosis induced by prolonged NOS inhibition. Conclusion: This review of experimental studies has provided strong evidence supporting the clinical benefits of antihypertensive drugs for hypertensive patients with renal impairment particularly those with endothelial dysfunction associated with NOS deficiency.

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Angiotensin-receptor blockade versus converting-enzyme inhibition in type 2 diabetes and nephropathy.

Calum C. Bain, Sten Madsbad, Jukka Mustonen … (2004)

Few studies have directly compared the renoprotective effects of angiotensin II-receptor blockers and angiotensin-converting-enzyme (ACE) inhibitors in persons with type 2 diabetes. In this prospective, multicenter, double-blind, five-year study, we randomly assigned 250 subjects with type 2 diabetes and early nephropathy to receive either the angiotensin II-receptor blocker telmisartan (80 mg daily, in 120 subjects) or the ACE inhibitor enalapril (20 mg daily, in 130 subjects). The primary end point was the change in the glomerular filtration rate (determined by measuring the plasma clearance of iohexol) between the baseline value and the last available value during the five-year treatment period. Secondary end points included the annual changes in the glomerular filtration rate, serum creatinine level, urinary albumin excretion, and blood pressure; the rates of end-stage renal disease and cardiovascular events; and the rate of death from all causes. After five years, the change in the glomerular filtration rate was -17.5 ml per minute per 1.73 m2 (where the minus sign denotes a decrement) in the telmisartan-treated subjects, as compared with -15.0 ml per minute per 1.73 m2 in the enalapril-treated subjects; the treatment difference was thus -2.6 ml per minute per 1.73 m2 (95 percent confidence interval, -7.1 to 2.0 ml per minute per 1.73 m2)[corrected] The lower boundary of the confidence interval, in favor of enalapril, was greater than the predefined margin of -10.0 ml per minute per 1.73 m2, indicating that telmisartan was not inferior to enalapril. The effects of the two agents on the secondary end points were not significantly different after five years. Telmisartan is not inferior to enalapril in providing long-term renoprotection in persons with type 2 diabetes. These findings do not necessarily apply to persons with more advanced nephropathy, but they support the clinical equivalence of angiotensin II-receptor blockers and ACE inhibitors in persons with conditions that place them at high risk for cardiovascular events. Copyright 2004 Massachusetts Medical Society.

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A comparison of outcomes with angiotensin-converting--enzyme inhibitors and diuretics for hypertension in the elderly.

Bruce West, Reginald Morgan, Karen A. Brown … (2003)

Treatment of hypertension with diuretics, beta-blockers, or both leads to improved outcomes. It has been postulated that agents that inhibit the renin-angiotensin system confer benefit beyond the reduction of blood pressure alone. We compared the outcomes in older subjects with hypertension who were treated with angiotensin-converting-enzyme (ACE) inhibitors with the outcomes in those treated with diuretic agents. We conducted a prospective, randomized, open-label study with blinded assessment of end points in 6083 subjects with hypertension who were 65 to 84 years of age and received health care at 1594 family practices. Subjects were followed for a median of 4.1 years, and the total numbers of cardiovascular events in the two treatment groups were compared with the use of multivariate proportional-hazards models. At base line, the treatment groups were well matched in terms of age, sex, and blood pressure. By the end of the study, blood pressure had decreased to a similar extent in both groups (a decrease of 26/12 mm Hg). There were 695 cardiovascular events or deaths from any cause in the ACE-inhibitor group (56.1 per 1000 patient-years) and 736 cardiovascular events or deaths from any cause in the diuretic group (59.8 per 1000 patient-years; the hazard ratio for a cardiovascular event or death with ACE-inhibitor treatment was 0.89 [95 percent confidence interval, 0.79 to 1.00]; P=0.05). Among male subjects, the hazard ratio was 0.83 (95 percent confidence interval, 0.71 to 0.97; P=0.02); among female subjects, the hazard ratio was 1.00 (95 percent confidence interval, 0.83 to 1.21; P=0.98); the P value for the interaction between sex and treatment-group assignment was 0.15. The rates of nonfatal cardiovascular events and myocardial infarctions decreased with ACE-inhibitor treatment, whereas a similar number of strokes occurred in each group (although there were more fatal strokes in the ACE-inhibitor group). Initiation of antihypertensive treatment involving ACE inhibitors in older subjects, particularly men, appears to lead to better outcomes than treatment with diuretic agents, despite similar reductions of blood pressure. Copyright 2003 Massachusetts Medical Society

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Aldosterone/salt induces renal inflammation and fibrosis in hypertensive rats.

Eileen R. Blasi, Ricardo D. Rocha, Amy Rudolph … (2003)

We evaluated the role of aldosterone as a mediator of renal inflammation and fibrosis in a rat model of aldosterone/salt hypertension using the selective aldosterone blocker, eplerenone. Unnephrectomized, Sprague-Dawley rats were given 1% NaCl (salt) to drink and randomized to receive treatment for 28 days: vehicle infusion (control); 0.75 microg/hour aldosterone subcutaneous infusion; or aldosterone infusion + 100 mg/kg/day oral dose of eplerenone. Blood pressure and urinary albumin were measured and kidneys were evaluated histologically. Renal injury, inflammation, and fibrosis were assessed by immunohistochemistry, in situ hybridization, and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Aldosterone/salt induced severe hypertension compared to controls (220 +/- 4 mm Hg vs. 131 +/- 4 mm Hg, P < 0.05), which was partially attenuated by eplerenone (179 +/- 4 mm Hg, P < 0.05). In aldosterone/salt treated rats, renal histopathologic evaluation revealed severe vascular and glomerular sclerosis, fibrinoid necrosis and thrombosis, interstitial leukocyte infiltration, and tubular damage and regeneration. Aldosterone/salt increased circulating osteopontin (925.0 +/- 80.2 ng/mL vs. 53.6 +/- 6.3 ng/mL) and albuminuria (75.8 +/- 10.9 mg/24 hours vs. 13.2 +/- 3.0 mg/24 hours) compared to controls and increased expression of proinflammatory molecules. Treatment with eplerenone reduced systemic osteopontin (58.3 +/- 4.2 ng/mL), albuminuria (41.5 +/- 7.2 mg/24 hours), and proinflammatory gene expression: osteopontin (OPN), monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta). These findings indicate that aldosterone/salt-induced renal injury and fibrosis has inflammatory components involving macrophage infiltration and cytokine up-regulation. Attenuation of renal damage and inflammation by eplerenone supports the protective effects of aldosterone blockade in hypertensive renal disease.

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Journal ID (publisher-id): AJN

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Am J Nephrol

Journal ID (doi): 10.1159/issn.0250-8095

Title: American Journal of Nephrology

Publisher: S. Karger AG

ISSN (Print): 0250-8095

ISSN (Electronic): 1421-9670

Publication date Subscription-year: 2005

Publication date (Print): April 2005

Publication date (Electronic): 18 May 2005

Volume: 25

Issue: 2

Pages: 138-152

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Hypertension Research Laboratories, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, La., USA

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Publisher ID: 85358 Other ID: Am J Nephrol 2005;25:138–152

DOI: 10.1159/000085358

PubMed ID: 15855741

SO-VID: e948d096-4f45-424c-986e-4ffbf95d263a

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Date received : 28 September 2004

Date accepted : 11 March 2005

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Angiotensin-receptor blockade versus converting-enzyme inhibition in type 2 diabetes and nephropathy.

A comparison of outcomes with angiotensin-converting--enzyme inhibitors and diuretics for hypertension in the elderly.

Aldosterone/salt induces renal inflammation and fibrosis in hypertensive rats.

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