RGD Reference Report - Alpha and beta-adrenoceptors in hypertension. I. Cardiac and renal alpha 1-, beta 1-, and beta 2-adrenoceptors in rat models of acquired hypertension. - Rat Genome Database

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Alpha and beta-adrenoceptors in hypertension. I. Cardiac and renal alpha 1-, beta 1-, and beta 2-adrenoceptors in rat models of acquired hypertension.

Authors: Michel, MC  Kanczik, R  Khamssi, M  Knorr, A  Siegl, H  Beckeringh, JJ  Brodde, OE 
Citation: Michel MC, etal., J Cardiovasc Pharmacol. 1989 Mar;13(3):421-31.
RGD ID: 7175287
Pubmed: PMID:2471888   (View Abstract at PubMed)

To determine whether adrenoceptor changes in genetic hypertension occur primary or secondary to blood pressure elevation, we measured cardiac and renal alpha 1- (by [125I]Be 2254 binding) and beta 1- and beta 2-adrenoceptors (by (-)-[125I]iodocyanopindolol binding) densities in various rat models of acquired hypertension (Dahl S rats on a high-sodium diet, 1-clip-1-kidney (1C-1K) renal hypertensive and DOCA-salt hypertensive rats) in comparison with genetically identical age-matched untreated rats. In addition, alpha 1-adrenoceptors were assessed in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and in SHR treated with the immunosuppressant cyclosporin A. In heart, no clear pattern of changes in alpha 1- or beta 1- and beta 2-adrenoceptors was obtained. In kidney, however, beta 1- and beta 2-adrenoceptors were increased in all models of hypertension, and a good correlation between renal beta-adrenoceptors and systolic blood pressure was found. In contrast, renal alpha 1-adrenoceptors were only increased in SHR but not in any form of acquired hypertension. Thus, renal beta-adrenoceptor increases probably occur secondary to blood pressure elevation, whereas alpha 1-adrenoceptor increases appear to be associated with genetic hypertension. Because renal alpha-adrenoceptors are linked to tubular sodium reabsorption, we suggest that an increase in renal alpha 1- (and alpha 2)-adrenoceptors may be a very early step in the development of genetic hypertension.

RGD Manual Disease Annotations    Click to see Annotation Detail View
TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
hypertension  ISOAdrb2 (Rattus norvegicus)7175287; 7175287 RGD 
hypertension  IEP 7175287 RGD 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Adrb2  (adrenoceptor beta 2)

Genes (Mus musculus)
Adrb2  (adrenergic receptor, beta 2)

Genes (Homo sapiens)
ADRB2  (adrenoceptor beta 2)


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