Differential expression of renal nitric oxide synthase isoforms during pregnancy in rats

Hypertension

Volumn 33, Issue 1 II, 1999, Pages 435-439

  Alexander, Barbara T ^c   Miller, M Todd ^c   Kassab, Salah ^c   Novak, Jackie ^c   Reckelhoff, Jane F ^c   Kruckeberg, Walter C ^a   Granger, Joey P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Endothelial factors; Glomerular filtration rate; Kidney; Renal blood flow

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY PLASMA FLOW; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MEDIATOR RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SECOND MESSENGER; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 0032951140     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.33.1.435     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Christianson RE. Studies on blood pressure during pregnancy. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1975;125:509-513.
2. Lindheimer MD, Katz AI. Renal physiology and disease in pregnancy. In: Seldin DW, Giebisch G, eds. The Kidney: Physiology and Pathophysiology. 2nd ed. New York: Raven Press; 1992:3371-3431.
3. Davison JM, Dunlop W. Renal hemodynamics and tubular function in normal human pregnancy. Kidney Int. 1980;18:152-161.
4. Conrad KP. Renal hemodynamics during pregnancy in chronically catheterized, conscious rats. Kidney Int. 1984;26:24-29.
5. Novak J, Reckelhoff J, Bumgarner L, Cockrell K, Kassab S, Granger JP. Reduced sensitivity of the renal circulation to angiotensin II in pregnant rats. Hypertension. 1997;30:580-584.
6. Molnar M, Hertelendy F. Nw-nitro-L-arginine, an inhibitor of nitric oxide synthesis, increases blood pressure in rats and reverses the pregnancy-induced refractoriness to vasopressor agents. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1992; 166:1560-1567.
7. Bachman S, Mundel P. Nitric oxide in the kidney: synthesis, localization, and function. Am J Kidney Dis. 1994;24:112-129.
8. Baylis C, Suto T, Conrad K. Importance of nitric oxide in control of systemic and renal hemodynamics during normal pregnancy: studies in the rat and implications for preeclampsia. Hypertens Preg. 1996;15(2): 147-169.
9. Danielson LA, Conrad KP. Acute blockade of nitric oxide synthase inhibits renal vasodilation and hyperfiltration during pregnancy in chronically instrumented conscious rats. J Clin Invest. 1995;96:482-490.
10. Kassab S, Miller MT, Hester R, Novak J, Granger, JP. Systemic hemodynamics and regional blood flow during chronic nitric oxide synthesis inhibition in pregnant rats. Hypertension. 1998;31:315-320.
11. Deng A, Engels K, Baylis, C. Impact of nitric oxide deficiency on blood pressure and glomerular hemodynamic adaptations to pregnancy in the rat. Kidney Int. 1996;50:1132-1138.
12. Molnar M, Suto T, Toth T, Hertelendy F. Prolonged blockade of nitric oxide synthesis in gravid rats produces sustained hypertension, proteinuria, thrombocytopenia, and intrauterine growth retardation. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1994;170:1458-1466.
13. Baylis C, Engels K. Adverse interactions between pregnancy and a new model of systemic hypertension produced by chronic blockade of endothelial derived relaxing factor (EDRF) in the rat. Clin Exp Hypertens Preg. 1992;B11(2&3):117-129.
14. Goetz RM, Morano I, Calovini T, Studer R, Holtz J. Increased expression of endothelial constitutive nitric oxide synthase in rat aorta during pregnancy. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1994;205(1):905-910.
15. Weiner CP, Lizasoain I, Baylis SA, Knowles RG, Charles IG, Moncada S. Induction of calcium-dependent nitric oxide synthases by sex hormones. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1994;91:5212-5216.
16. Conrad KP, Joffe GM, Kruszyna H, Kruszyn, R, Rochelle LG, Smith RP, Chavez JE, and Mosher MD. Identification of increased nitric oxide biosynthesis during pregnancy in rats. FASEB J. 1993;7:566-571.
17. Reckelhoff JF, Kellum JA, Blanchard EJ, Bacon EE, Wesley AJ, Kruckeberg WC. Changes in nitric oxide precursor, L-arginine, and metabolites, nitrate and nitrite, with aging. Life Sci. 1994;55:1895-1902.
18. Lowry OH, Rosebrough NJ, Farr AL, Randall RJ Protein measurements with the folin phenol reagent. J Biol Chem. 1951;193:265-275.
19. Mocada S, Palmer RM, Higgs EA. Nitric oxide: physiology, pathophysiology, and pharmacology. Pharm Rev. 1991;43(2):109-142.
20. Bachman S, Bosse HM, and Mundel P. Topography of nitric oxide synthesis by localizing constitutive NO synthases in mammalian kidney. Am J Physiol. 1995;268:F885-F898.
21. Star RA. Intrarenal localization of nitric oxide synthase isoforms and soluble guanylyl cyclase. Clin Exp Pharm Physiol. 1997;24:607-610.
22. Ujiie K, Yuen J, Hogarth L, Danziger R, Star RA. Localization and regulation of endothelial NO synthase mRNA expression in rat kidney. Am J Physiol. 1994;267:F296-F302.
23. Morrissey JJ, McCracken R, Kaneto H, Vehaskari M, Montani D, Klahr S. Location of an inducible nitric oxide synthase mRNA in the normal kidney. Kidney Int. 1993;45:998-1005.
24. Ahn KY, Mohaupt MG, Madsen KM, Kone BC. In situ hybridization localization of mRNA encoding inducible nitric oxide synthase in rat kidney. Am J Physiol. 1994;67:F748-F757.
25. Wilcox CS, Welch WJ, Murad F, Gross SS, Taylor G, Levi R, Schmidt HHW. Nitric oxide synthase in macula densa regulates glomerular capillary pressure. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1992;89:11993-11997.
26. Nadaud S, Philippe M, Arnal JF, Michel JB, Soubrier F. Sustained increase in aortic endothelial nitric oxide synthase expression in vivo in a model of chronic high blood flow. Circ Res. 1996;79:857-863.
27. Buga GM, Griscavage JM, Rogers NE, Ignarro LJ. Negative feedback regulation of endothelial cell function by nitric oxide. Circ Res. 1993;73: 808-812.
28. Ravichandran LV, Johns RA, Rengasamy A. Direct and reversible inhibition of endothelial nitric oxide synthase by nitric oxide. Am J Physiol. 1995;268:H2216-H2223.
29. Lu JL, Schmiege LM, Kuo L, Liao JC. Downregulation of endothelial constitutive nitric oxide synthase expression by lipopolysaccharide. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1996;225:1-5.