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Title: Increased osteopontin expression following renal ablation is attenuated by angiotensin type 1 receptor antagonism.
Austin Authors: Cao, Zemin;Cox, Allison J;Bonnet, Fabrice
Affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Austin & Repatriation Medical Center, Heidelberg West, Victoria, Australia
Issue Date: 2002
Publication information: Experimental Nephrology; 10(1): 19-25
Abstract: Osteopontin is an extracellular matrix protein that is upregulated in renal injury. The aim of this study was to explore the renal expression of osteopontin in a model of progressive renal injury following subtotal nephrectomy (STNx) in rats and the effects of angiotensin type1 (AT1) receptor antagonist irbesartan on osteopontin expression. STNx or a sham operation was performed in 8-week-old Sprague-Dawley rats. STNx rats were given either irbesartan (15 mg/g) or no treatment for 12 weeks. Upregulation of osteopontin mRNA expression was observed in injured renal tubules as assessed by in situ hybridization (42 +/- 8 dpm/mm(2) v.s. control 7.7 +/- 0.6 dpm/mm(2), p < 0.01). Increased osteopontin expression was closely related to infiltration of monocytes/macrophages and increased cellular proliferation. Double immunohistochemical staining demonstrated co-existence of proliferating cell nuclear antigen and osteopontin positive staining in individual cells in kidney sections from STNx rats. The increase in osteopontin expression was inhibited by the AT1 receptor antagonist irbesartan (6.9 +/- 1.2 dpm/mm(2)), associated with attenuation of impaired renal function and pathology as well as decreased monocyte/macrophage infiltration and cellular proliferation. These findings suggest that osteopontin is upregulated in STNx rats and is reduced by AT1 receptor antagonism.
Gov't Doc #: 11803201
URI: https://ahro.austin.org.au/austinjspui/handle/1/9379
Journal: Experimental nephrology
URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11803201
Type: Journal Article
Subjects: Angiotensin II.antagonists & inhibitors
Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists
Animals
Biphenyl Compounds.pharmacology
Blood Pressure.drug effects
Cell Division.drug effects
Immunohistochemistry
In Situ Hybridization
Kidney.drug effects.pathology.physiopathology
Leukocytes, Mononuclear.drug effects
Macrophages.drug effects
Male
Nephrectomy
Osteopontin
Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen.metabolism
RNA, Messenger.biosynthesis
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 1
Renal Insufficiency.etiology.metabolism.physiopathology
Sialoglycoproteins.biosynthesis.genetics.immunology
Tetrazoles.pharmacology
Transcriptional Activation.drug effects
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