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ArticleAmerican journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology2013

Hypertension in mice with transgenic activation of the brain renin-angiotensin system is vasopressin dependent.

Nicole K Littlejohn, Rick B Siel, Pimonrat Ketsawatsomkron, Christopher J Pelham, Nicole A Pearson, Aline M Hilzendeger, Beth A Buehrer, Benjamin J Weidemann, Huiping Li, Deborah R Davis and 5 more

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Article in American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers.

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42 citing papers in PubMed, 69 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nicole K LittlejohnDepartment of Pharmacology, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
Rick B Siel
Pimonrat Ketsawatsomkron
Christopher J Pelham
Nicole A Pearson
Aline M Hilzendeger
Beth A Buehrer
Benjamin J Weidemann
Huiping Li
Deborah R Davis
Anthony P Thompson
Xuebo Liu
Martin D Cassell
Curt D Sigmund
Justin L Grobe
University of Iowa · US

Funding

Role of the brain Renin-Angiotensin Sys. in Cardiovas and Metabolic RegulationP01HL084207 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI SIGMUND, CURT DANIEL · 2007 to 2022
$30.2M
Vascular Protection During HypertensionP01HL062984 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI FARACI, FRANK M · 2000 to 2015
$22.2M
SIGNIFICANCE OF ANGIOTENSINOGEN VARIANTS IN HYPERTENSIONR01HL061446 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI SIGMUND, CURT DANIEL · 1999 to 2013
$4.8M
Role of Enhancers Regulating Renin Gene ExpressionR37HL048058 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI SIGMUND, CURT DANIEL · 2006 to 2015
$4.3M
TRANSGENIC STUDIES OF THE HUMAN RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEMR01HL048058 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI SIGMUND, CURT DANIEL · 1993 to 2004
$1.8M
Central Renin-Angiotensin System: Metabolism, Fluid Balance, and HypertensionR00HL098276 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI GROBE, JUSTIN L · 2012 to 2014
$715k
Central Renin-Angiotensin System: Metabolism, Fluid Balance, and HypertensionK99HL098276 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI GROBE, JUSTIN L · 2010 to 2011
$214k
NHLBI NIH HHS HL-048058NHLBI NIH HHS HL-061446NHLBI NIH HHS HL-062984NHLBI NIH HHS HL-084207NHLBI NIH HHS K99/R00 HL-098276NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL062984NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL084207NHLBI NIH HHS R00 HL098276NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL061446NHLBI NIH HHS R37 HL048058
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An indispensable role for the brain renin-angiotensin system (RAS) has been documented in most experimental animal models of hypertension. To identify the specific efferent pathway activated by the brain RAS that mediates hypertension, we examined the hypothesis that elevated arginine vasopressin (AVP) release is necessary for hypertension in a double-transgenic model of brain-specific RAS hyperactivity (the "sRA" mouse model). sRA mice experience elevated brain RAS activity due to human angiotensinogen expression plus neuron-specific human renin expression. Total daily loss of the 4-kDa AVP prosegment (copeptin) into urine was grossly elevated (≥8-fold). Immunohistochemical staining for AVP was increased in the supraoptic nucleus of sRA mice (~2-fold), but no quantitative difference in the paraventricular nucleus was observed. Chronic subcutaneous infusion of a nonselective AVP receptor antagonist conivaptan (YM-087, Vaprisol, 22 ng/h) or the V(2)-selective antagonist tolvaptan (OPC-41061, 22 ng/h) resulted in normalization of the baseline (~15 mmHg) hypertension in sRA mice. Abdominal aortas and second-order mesenteric arteries displayed AVP-specific desensitization, with minor or no changes in responses to phenylephrine and endothelin-1. Mesenteric arteries exhibited substantial reductions in V(1A) receptor mRNA, but no significant changes in V(2) receptor expression in kidney were observed. Chronic tolvaptan infusion also normalized the (5 mmol/l) hyponatremia of sRA mice. Together, these data support a major role for vasopressin in the hypertension of mice with brain-specific hyperactivity of the RAS and suggest a primary role of V(2) receptors.

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AnimalsAntidiuretic Hormone Receptor AntagonistsBenzazepinesBlood PressureBrainGene ExpressionHypertensionHypothalamusMiceMice, TransgenicReceptors, VasopressinRenin-Angiotensin SystemTolvaptanVasopressinsAntidiuretic Hormone Receptor AntagonistsBenzazepinesconivaptanReceptors, VasopressinTolvaptanVasopressinsantidiuretic hormoneVaprisol

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PMID23535460
PMCPMC3652167
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