Journal
JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR PHARMACOLOGY
Volume 61, Issue 1, Pages 17-22Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/FJC.0b013e318274d2ef
Keywords
diabetes; kidney; aldosterone; oxidative stress; amlodipine; renal fibrosis
Funding
- Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Inc.
- NIH [NIDDK-078757, NIH HL091535]
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Aldosterone is increased in diabetes and contributes to the development of diabetic nephropathy. The authors hypothesized that reduction in aldosterone production in diabetes by amlodipine or aliskiren improves diabetic kidney disease by attenuating renal oxidative stress and fibrosis. Normoglycemic and streptozotocin-induced diabetic Sprague-Dawley rats were given vehicle, amlodipine, or aliskiren alone and combined for 6 weeks. At the end of study, we evaluated blood pressure (BP), 24-hour urinary sodium (UNaV) and aldosterone excretion rates, renal interstitial fluid (RIF) levels of nitric oxide (NO), cyclic guanosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cGMP), and 8-isoprostane, and renal morphology. BP was not significantly different between any of experimental groups. UNaV increased in diabetic animals and was not affected by different treatments. Urinary aldosterone excretion increased in diabetic rats receiving vehicle and decreased with amlodipine and aliskiren alone or combined. RIF NO and cGMP levels were reduced in vehicle-treated diabetic rats and increased with amlodipine or aliskiren given alone and combined. RIF 8-isoprostane levels and renal immunostaining for periodic acid-Schiff and fibronectin were increased in vehicle-treated diabetic rats and decreased with aliskiren alone or combined with amlodipine. The authors conclude that inhibition of aldosterone by amlodipine or aliskiren ameliorates diabetes induced renal injury via improvement of NO-cGMP pathway and reduction in oxidative stress and fibrosis, independent of BP changes.
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