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Influence of the renin-angiotensin system on epidermal growth factor expression in normal and cyclosporine-treated rat kidney.

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BACKGROUND:Epidermal growth factor (EGF) plays an important role in renal tubular regeneration after ischemic injury in kidney. The present study reports the association between the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) and EGF, and the effect of angiotensin II blockade with losartan (LSRT) on EGF expression in an experimental model of chronic cyclosporine (CsA) nephrotoxicity in rats. METHODS:Two separate experiments were performed. In the first experiment, rats on the normal-salt diet (NSD; 0.3%) or low-salt diet (LSD; 0.05%) were treated with or without LSRT for four weeks. In the second experiment, rats on the NSD or LSD were given vehicle (VH group, olive oil, 1 mg/kg per day) or CsA (15 mg/kg per day) or CsA (15 mg/kg per day) plus LSRT (100 mg/L per day). Renal function, histopathology, TUNEL staining, plasma renin activity (PRA), and the expression of renin and EGF were studied. RESULTS:Normal rats on the LSD showed significantly increased EGF expression (cortex, 2.6-fold; medulla, 1.7-fold) and significantly decreased EGF expression with the LSRT treatment compared with the rats treated with the NSD (cortex, 74.8 vs. 10%; medulla, 22.5 vs. 5%). In contrast, the CsA-treated rats on the LSD had a significantly lower EGF expression (cortex, 98 vs. 53%; medulla, 94 vs. 14%); however, concomitant administration of LSRT increased the EGF expression (cortex, 91- vs. 3.8-fold; medulla, 19- vs. 2.4-fold) compared with the rats on the NSD. In the normal and CsA-treated LSD rats, EGF expression was well correlated with PRA. In addition, EGF expression was well correlated with the interstitial fibrosis score (r = 0.664, P < 0.01) or number of TUNEL-positive cells (r = 0.822, P < 0.01) in CsA-treated LSD rats. CONCLUSIONS:These results suggest that angiotensin II blockade with LSRT decreases EGF expression in normal rats on the LSD, but it protects EGF expression in CsA-induced nephrotoxicity. This finding provides a new perspective on the renoprotection of angiotensin II blockade in chronic CsA nephrotoxicity.

journal_name

Kidney Int

journal_title

Kidney international

authors

Yang CW,Ahn HJ,Kim WY,Shin MJ,Kim SK,Park JH,Kim YO,Kim YS,Kim J,Bang BK

doi

10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.060003847.x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2001-09-01 00:00:00

pages

847-57

issue

eissn

0085-2538

issn

1523-1755

pii

S0085-2538(15)47940-2

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Influence of the renin-angiotensin system on epidermal growth factor expression in normal and cyclosporine-treated rat kidney.