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Am J Physiol Renal Physiol (November 4, 2009). doi:10.1152/ajprenal.00496.2009
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Submitted on August 24, 2009
Revised on November 3, 2009
Accepted on November 3, 2009

Altered whole kidney blood flow autoregulation in a mouse model of reduced {beta}ENaC.

Samira Campos Grifoni1, Rumbidzayi Chiposi1, Susan Elizabeth McKey1, Michael J Ryan1, and Heather A Drummond1*

1 University of Mississippi Medical Center

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: hdrummond{at}physiology.umsmed.edu.

Renal blood flow (RBF) autoregulation is mediated by at least two mechanisms, the fast acting myogenic response (~5 s) and slow acting tubuloglomerular feedback (TGF, ~25 s). Previous studies suggest Epithelial Na+ Channel (ENaC) family proteins, {beta}ENaC in particular, mediate myogenic constriction in isolated renal interlobar arteries. However, it is unknown if {beta}ENaC mediated myogenic constriction contributes to RBF autoregulation in vivo. Therefore, the goal of this investigation was to determine if the myogenic mediated RBF autoregulation is inhibited in a mouse model of reduced {beta}ENaC (m/m). To address this goal, we evaluated the temporal response of RBF and renal vascular resistance (RVR) to a 2-minute step increase in mean arterial pressure (MAP). Pressure-induced changes in RBF and RVR at 0-5, 6-25 and 110-120 sec after step increase in MAP were used to assess the contribution of myogenic and TGF mechanisms and steady state autoregulation, respectively. The rate of the initial increase in RVR, attributed to the myogenic mechanism, was reduced by ~50% in m/m mice, indicating the speed of the myogenic response was inhibited. Steady state autoregulation was similar between {beta}ENaC +/+ and m/m mice. Although the rate of the secondary increase in RVR, attributed to TGF, was similar in {beta}ENaC +/+ and m/m mice, however, occurred over a longer period (+10 s), which may have allowed TGF to compensate for a loss in myogenic autoregulation. Our findings suggest {beta}ENaC is an important mediator of renal myogenic constriction mediated RBF autoregulation in-vivo.







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