Cardiac Inflammation After Ischemia- Reperfusion of the Kidney: Role of the Sympathetic Nervous System and the Renin-Angiotensin System
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Cellular Physiology Cell Physiol Biochem 2019;53:587-605 DOI: 10.33594/00000015910.33594/000000159 © 2019 The Author(s).© 2019 Published The Author(s) by and Biochemistry Published online: 20 September 2019 Cell Physiol BiochemPublished Press GmbH&Co. by Cell Physiol KG Biochem 587 Press GmbH&Co. KG, Duesseldorf PanicoAccepted: et al.:12 SeptemberCardiac Inflammation 2019 After Renal Ischemiawww.cellphysiolbiochem.com This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Interna- tional License (CC BY-NC-ND). Usage and distribution for commercial purposes as well as any distribution of modified material requires written permission. Original Paper Cardiac Inflammation after Ischemia- Reperfusion of the Kidney: Role of the Sympathetic Nervous System and the Renin-Angiotensin System Karine Panicoa Mariana V. Abrahãoa Mayra Trentin-Sonodaa,b Humberto Muzi-Filhoc,d Adalberto Vieyrac,d,e,f Marcela S. Carneiro-Ramosa aCenter for Natural and Human Sciences, Federal University of ABC, Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil, bCellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, cCarlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, dNational Center of Structural Biology and Bioimaging/CENABIO, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, eNational Institute in Science and Technology for Regenerative Medicine/REGENERA, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, fGraduate Program in Translational Biomedicine/BIOTRANS, Grande Rio University, Duque de Caxias, Brazil Key Words Cardiac hypertrophy • Inflammatory cytokines • Renal ischemia/reperfusion • Renin-angiotensin system • Sympathetic nervous system Abstract Background/Aims: To investigate the role of the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) and renin- angiotensin system (RAS) in renal ischemia/reperfusion-induced (I/R) cardiac inflammatory profile.Methods: Left kidney ischemia was induced in male C57BL/6 mice for 60 min, followed by reperfusion for 12 days, and treatment with or without atenolol, losartan, or enalapril. The expression of vimentin in kidney and atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) in the heart has been investigated by RT-PCR. In cardiac tissue, levels of β1-adrenoreceptors, adenylyl cyclase, cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA), noradrenaline, adrenaline (components of SNS), type 1 angiotensin II receptors (AT1R), angiotensinogen/Ang II and renin (components of RAS) have been measured by Western blotting and HPLC analysis. A panel of cytokines – tumour necrosis factor (TNF-a), interleukin IL-6, and interferon gamma (IFN-g) – was selected as cardiac inflammatory markers.Results: Renal vimentin mRNA levels increased by >10 times in I/R mice, indicative of kidney injury. ANF, a marker of cardiac lesion, increased after renal I/R, the values being restored to the level of Sham group after atenolol or enalapril treatment. The cardiac inflammatory profile was confirmed by the marked increase in the levels of mRNAs of TNF-a, IL-6, and IFN-g. Atenolol and losartan reversed the upregulation of TNF-a expression, whereas enalapril restored IL-6 levels to Sham levels; both atenolol and enalapril normalized Marcela S. Carneiro-Ramos Center for Natural and Human Sciences, Federal University of ABC Santo André, São Paulo (Brazil) E-Mail [email protected] Cellular Physiology Cell Physiol Biochem 2019;53:587-605 DOI: 10.33594/000000159 © 2019 The Author(s). Published by and Biochemistry Published online: 20 September 2019 Cell Physiol Biochem Press GmbH&Co. KG 588 Panico et al.: Cardiac Inflammation After Renal Ischemia g IFN- levels. I/R mice showed upregulation of β1-adrenoreceptors, adenylyl cyclase, PKA and noradrenaline. Renal I/R increased cardiac levels of AT1R, which decreased after losartan or enalapril treatment. Renin expression also increased, with the upregulation returning to Sham levels after treatment with SNS and RAS blockers. Angiotensinogen/Ang II levels in heart were unaffected by renal I/R, but they were significantly decreased after treatment with losartan and enalapril, whereas increase in renin levels decreased. Conclusion: Renal I/R-induced cardiac inflammatory events provoked by the simultaneous upregulation of SNS and RAS in the heart, possibly underpin the mechanism involved in the development of cardiorenal syndrome. © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Cell Physiol Biochem Press GmbH&Co. KG Introduction Close physiological and physio-pathological relationships between the kidney and heart are found that share several functions maintaining homeostasis [1]. Cardiorenal syndrome is characterized by different clinical conditions, with an overlap of cardiac and renal dysfunctions. One subtype of this pathology involves cardiac hypertrophy and failure after acute renal injury (AKI) [1]. AKI frequently leads to the development of chronic kidney disease, and may be associated with ischemia followed by reperfusion (I/R). Ischemia 2 supply [2]. restrictstarget the renal heart, blood and flow,promote whereas cardiovascular reperfusion alterations restores thefollowing circulation the involvementand O of the immuneIschemic system renal damage [3]. promotes the release of different inflammatory cytokines that mainly complement system, etc.) is a non-traditional risk factor in cardiovascular diseases. Recently, Inflammation, a systemic condition mediated by multiple factors (cytokines, markershowever, andischemia, outcomes infection has beenand uremic documented milieu arein patientsknown to with stimulate chronic several kidney inflammatory disease [5- components in both the kidney and heart [4, 5]. An association between inflammatory 7]. Inflammation may, therefore, serve as a crucial link between increased cardiovascular risk Anand important kidney disease. role of Nevertheless, interleukin-6 the(IL-6) direct in the involvement molecular ofmechanisms immune or underlying inflammation the mediated damage to the pathogenesis of cardiorenal syndromes requires confirmation [8]. the sympathetic nervous system (SNS). Moreover, endogenous catecholamines present in immuneinitiation cells of hypertrophy play a central has role been in the identified crosstalk [9], between a process the involvingSNS and immune the participation system [10- of 14]. Trentin-Sonoda et al. [15] showed the participation of cytokines in cardiac lesions after renal I/R in mice. The evidence suggests an association between changes in the components of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS), levels of angiotensinogen II [16, 17], and cytokines including[18], with atrialincreased natriuretic cardiac factormass and(ANF) deleterious and acute cardiac cardiac remodelling lesions have [19-21]. been In reported the last [22-25].2 decades, Of thespecial relationship interest is between that important inflammatory direct andcytokines, indirect cardiac effects natriureticof RAS exist, factors, likely in the heart [16, 17]. mediatedWe also by foundlocal Ang – with II and the baroreflex, use of transthoracic respectively, echocardiography, which enhance SNS electrocardiogram activity and action potential recording in the left ventricle – that renal I/R provoked cardiac hypertrophy, increased cardiac wall, augmented myocyte width, and intense electric remodelling [15]. I/R [15] targets the heart and alters local RAS and SNS, underpinning the mechanism of a The leading hypothesis herein is that the systemic inflammatory response elicited by renal the observation that the b-adrenergic stimulus increases a macrophage-mediated immune responsePKA-mediated in the dysregulation presence of cAMP of the as cardiac the central cytokine mediator profile. [26, Support 27]. With for this this hypothesis hypothesis as is a 1 receptors (AT1R)) and enalapril (an inhibitor of the angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE)) tobasis, target we RAS.have Atenolol, investigated a blocker the responses of b1 to losartan (a specific1-AR) was antagonist used to inhibitof the Ang SNS. II type -adrenoceptors (β Cellular Physiology Cell Physiol Biochem 2019;53:587-605 DOI: 10.33594/000000159 © 2019 The Author(s). Published by and Biochemistry FigurePublished 1 online: 20 September 2019 Cell Physiol Biochem Press GmbH&Co. KG 589 Panico et al.: Cardiac Inflammation After Renal Ischemia Materials and Methods I/R Groups (60 min oclusion) Losartan (10 mg/kg d.w) Animals Enalapril (40 mg/kg d.w) All surgical procedures and 0 DAYS OF REPERFUSION 5 7 11 12 protocols abided by the Ethical Principles in Animal Research Atenolol (10 mg/kg i.p) Sham Groups Sacrifice set forth by the Brazilian College (No oclusion) of Animal Experimentation, and were approved by the Fig. 1. Flow chart showing chirurgical and pharmacological Federal University of ABC Ethics interventions in the Sham and I/R groups from the ischemia (or not) Committee for Animal Research 1 administration.on day zero until sacrifice after 12 days of reperfusion (horizontal (029/2013 and 030/2013). Male gray bar). Abbreviations: d.w, dissolved in water; i.p, intraperitoneal SãoC57BL/6 Paulo J University,mice, 8-week-old Institute (22– of Table 1. Primer sequences used for gene expression analysis Biomedical28 g), were Sciences obtained (São from Paulo, the Brazil). Mice were housed in a temperature and light-controlled environment (24°C; 12/12-h light/dark cycle), and had free Ǧα access to standard mice chow Ǧ Ǧγ (Purina Agribands) and water ͳ β Ǧ until