Uninephrectomy reduces 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 and type 2 concomitantly with an increase in blood pressure in rats

Lauterburg, Meret; Escher, Geneviève; Dick, Bernhard; Ackermann, Daniel; Frey, Felix Julius (2012). Uninephrectomy reduces 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 and type 2 concomitantly with an increase in blood pressure in rats. Journal of endocrinology, 214(3), pp. 373-380. Bristol: BioScientifica 10.1530/JOE-12-0200

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Renal allograft donors are at risk of developing hypertension. Here, we hypothesized that this risk is at least in part explained by an enhanced intracellular availability of 11β-hydroxyglucocorticoids due to an increased 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 enzyme (11β-HSD1), an intracellular prereceptor activator of biologically inactive 11-ketocorticosteroids in the liver, and/or a diminished 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 (11β-HSD2), an inactivator of 11β-hydroxyglucocorticoids in the kidney. To test this hypothesis, uninephrectomized (UNX) (n=9) and sham-operated (n=10) adult Sprague-Dawley rats were investigated. Mean arterial blood pressure and heart rate were measured continuously by telemetry for 6 days in week 5 after UNX. The mRNA of 11β-Hsd1 and 11β-Hsd2 in liver and kidney tissues were assessed by RT-PCR and the 11β-HSD activities were directly quantified in their corresponding tissues by determining the ratios of (tetrahydrocorticosterone+5α-tetrahydrocorticosterone)/tetrahydrodehydrocorticosterone ((THB+5α-THB)/THA) and of corticosterone/dehydrocorticosterone (B/A) by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The apparent total body activities of 11β-HSD1 and 11β-HSD2 were estimated using the urinary and plasma ratios of (THB+5α-THB)/THA and B/A. Mean arterial blood pressure was increased after UNX when compared with sham operation. Hepatic mRNA content of 11β-Hsd1 and hepatic, plasma, and urinary ratios of (THB+5α-THB)/THA were decreased after UNX, indicating diminished access of glucocorticoids to its receptors. In renal tissue, 11β-Hsd2 mRNA was reduced and B/A ratios measured in kidney, plasma, and urine were increased, indicating reduced 11β-HSD2 activity and enhanced access of glucocorticoids to mineralocorticoid receptors. Both 11β-HSD1 and 11β-HSD2 are downregulated after UNX in rats, a constellation considered to induce hypertension.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Dermatology, Urology, Rheumatology, Nephrology, Osteoporosis (DURN) > Clinic of Nephrology and Hypertension

UniBE Contributor:

Lauterburg, Meret, Dick, Bernhard, Ackermann, Daniel, Frey, Felix (B)

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

0022-0795

Publisher:

BioScientifica

Language:

English

Submitter:

Factscience Import

Date Deposited:

04 Oct 2013 14:39

Last Modified:

29 Mar 2023 23:32

Publisher DOI:

10.1530/JOE-12-0200

PubMed ID:

22739210

Web of Science ID:

000308406100013

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.15635

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/15635 (FactScience: 223043)

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