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ArticleMolecular metabolism2016

Mechanisms underlying prorenin actions on hypothalamic neurons implicated in cardiometabolic control.

Soledad Pitra, Yumei Feng, Javier E Stern

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Article in Molecular metabolism, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. The (pro)renin receptor in health and disease.Nature reviews. Nephrology · 2019
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  9. The renin-angiotensin system in cardiovascular autonomic control: recent developments and clinical implications.Clinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society · 2019
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  10. The prorenin receptor in the cardiovascular system and beyond.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2018
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  11. A-type KAmerican journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2017
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Soledad PitraDepartment of Physiology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, United States.
Yumei FengDepartments of Pharmacology, Physiology and Cell Biology, Center for Cardiovascular Research, University of Nevada School of Medicine, United States.
Javier E SternDepartment of Physiology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, United States. Electronic address: jstern@augusta.edu.
Augusta University · USUniversity of Nevada, Reno · US

Funding

The Neural Mechanisms of HypertensionR01HL122770 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI EARLEY, SCOTT, FENG EARLEY, YUMEI · 2015 to 2023
$4.2M
Altered CNS Intercellular Signaling Mechanisms in Cardiovascular DiseaseR01HL090948 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI · PI STERN, JAVIER E · 2008 to 2017
$3.0M
CENTRAL NEURONAL-GLIAL MECHANISMS AND NEUROHUMORAL ACTIVATION IN HYPERTENSIONR01HL112225 · NHLBI · GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI STERN, JAVIER E · 2012 to 2015
$1.5M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL090948NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL112225NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL122770
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHypertension and obesity are highly interrelated diseases, being critical components of the metabolic syndrome. Despite the growing prevalence of this syndrome in the world population, efficient therapies are still missing. Thus, identification of novel targets and therapies are warranted. An enhanced activity of the hypothalamic renin-angiotensin system (RAS), including the recently discovered prorenin (PR) and its receptor (PRR), has been implicated as a common mechanism underlying aberrant sympatho-humoral activation that contributes to both metabolic and cardiovascular dysregulation in the metabolic syndrome. Still, the identification of precise neuronal targets, cellular mechanisms and signaling pathways underlying PR/PRR actions in cardiovascular- and metabolic related hypothalamic nuclei remain unknown. METHODS AND

resultsUsing a multidisciplinary approach including patch-clamp electrophysiology, live calcium imaging and immunohistochemistry, we aimed to elucidate cellular mechanisms underlying PR/PRR actions within the hypothalamic supraoptic (SON) and paraventricular nucleus (PVN), key brain areas previously involved in cardiometabolic regulation. We show for the first time that PRR is expressed in magnocellular neurosecretory cells (MNCs), and to a lesser extent, in presympathetic PVN neurons (PVNPS). Moreover, we show that while PRR activation efficiently stimulates the firing activity of both MNCs and PVNPS neurons, these effects involved AngII-independent and AngII-dependent mechanisms, respectively. In both cases however, PR excitatory effects involved an increase in intracellular Ca(2+) levels and a Ca(2+)-dependent inhibition of a voltage-gated K(+) current.

conclusionsWe identified novel neuronal targets and cellular mechanisms underlying PR/PRR actions in critical hypothalamic neurons involved in cardiometabolic regulation. This fundamental mechanistic information regarding central PR/PRR actions is essential for the development of novel RAS-based therapeutic targets for the treatment of cardiometabolic disorders in obesity and hypertension.

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AngiotensinPotassiumProrenin receptorPVNSONSympathetic

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