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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY
卷 24, 期 7, 页码 1053-1062出版社
AMER SOC NEPHROLOGY
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2012080839
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- American Diabetes Association [1-10-BS-168]
- American Heart Association [10POST4140109, 13SDG14220012, 10SDG4150061]
- National Institutes of Health [HL108880, HL65289, HL92026, DK088018, HL82798, HL29587]
Various stimuli, including hormones and growth factors, modulate epithelial sodium channels (ENaCs), which fine-tune Na+ absorption in the kidney. Members of the EGF family are important for maintaining transepithelial Na+ transport, but whether EGF influences ENaC, perhaps mediating salt-sensitive hypertension, is not well understood. Here, the ENaC inhibitor benzamil attenuated the development of hypertension in Dahl salt-sensitive rats. Feeding these salt-sensitive rats a high-salt diet led to lower levels of EGF in the kidney cortex and enhanced the expression and activity of ENaC compared with feeding a low-salt diet. To directly evaluate the role of EGF in the development of hypertension and its effect on ENaC activity, we infused EGF intravenously while continuously monitoring BP of the salt-sensitive rats. Infusion of EGF decreased ENaC activity, prevented the development of hypertension, and attenuated glomerular and renal tubular damage. Taken together, these findings indicate that cortical EGF levels decrease with a high-salt diet in salt-sensitive rats, promoting ENaC-mediated Na+ reabsorption in the collecting duct and the development of hypertension.
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